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ROBIN

"you know, Robin. I really didn't think I would ever see you again." the man from the shadows said as he supposedly paced circles around the room. Invisible.

"And I don't think you ever thought you would see me." Robin could hear the words being said from the center of wherever he was, but couldn't find out where it was coming from. He frantically flicked his head from side to side, determined to find the mask he knew would be there. The mask haunting his dreams. The mask that he couldn't get away from. Slade's metal mask of horrors.

"You can't win Slade. Give up now, and you won't get too badly broken." Slade's monotone laugh echoed throughout the large, nameless room.

"And how many times have I heard THAT, Robin. "You can't win." It makes me tear up every time."

"Well this time Slade, I mean it. "

"Good, Robin. You're finally getting somewhere. but let's see how you do against a REAL nightmare."

Slade's mask flew out of the shadows, and before Robin could act, had clasped itself around Robin's head. Struggle as he might, Robin could not find any seams or clasps that kept the mask in place. He stumbled around the room, and hit a wall which, surprisingly, shattered. He looked up to find a broken mirror, and turned around to see that he was surrounded by the same mirror, in all directions. Watching his own clothes melt away into an exact copy of Slade's. Robin looked at his hands in shock.

"You see Robin," said slaves voice, emanating from all of the mirrors at once. "You're ME now. A REAL nightmare."

Robin jerked up in bed, his whole body covered in sweat. He looked at the clock on his wall. 3:54 AM. Robin closed his eyes, still breathing heavily from his dream. The same dream he had been having every night for months. Robin hated. Himself for not realizing. The first step in recognizing a dream is to think about how you got to where you are. But he always forgot. Robin rolled out of bed and got dressed. He always got up at 5:00 AM, an hour early couldn't hurt. He opened his door and walked down the hallway to his living room, and was about to make himself some waffles. Then he realized that there was a note on the breakfast counter. Robin picked it up, thinking it was a note from his friends INside the tower. But all that was on it, was three words, and Slade's enigmatic symbol. "See you tomorrow"

Writer's note: this is only a test to see if people think I should update, it is my first story, and If people DO think I should keep going, the chapters will be a lot longer.

My love, Anonymous