Starfire the Tamaranian, Robin the boy wonder, Cyborg, Raven the sorceress, and Beast Boy the shapeshifter. These brave teenagers formed the group known as the Teen Titans. Working together they defeated the smartest and strangest villans ever born to this planet. However, that all changed one fateful day…the day things began to fall apart. It all began with a battle that ended in Raven in a bed in the infirmary. It was a battle against their toughest villain known to many as Slade. Slade was a merciless man who delighted in the torment and pain of others. The battle against Slade was long, but victorious. Unfortunately no battle goes without it's cost, the price to pay………almost losing a good friend.
"Robin?" Starfire whispered as she slowly opened the door into Robin's room. She flipped a switch, but the light didn't come on so she raised her hand and used her starbolt energy to put off a faded green glow. Avoiding the many items on the floor, she finally reached Robin's desk. Looking around the room you could make out the clippings of several newspapers along with the different items including the Slade mask he'd acquired. There was a chair turned away from the desk, but before Starfire could turn it, the chair spun around to face her. There, sitting in the chair, was Robin, lost in thought. Robin had cuts all over his face, arms, and his costume was in a similar state.
"What is it Starfire?" Robin said in an angry yet soft voice. Starfire gulped quickly, trying to prepare herself for his reaction to her following words.
"Robin, you have been in your room for days now…you need to come out for at least a little while!" Robin slammed his fist on his desk.
"No! Not until I find out where HE is!" Starfire winced at his reaction, but spoke again.
"Robin please I understand you wish to find Slade, but your still injured from the battle! You must come out for at least a little while to-"
" NO…I WILL FIND HIM! HE WON'T GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE DID!" Robin slammed his hands down on his desk as he shouted. Starfire stepped back, the tone of his angered voice was enough to strike fear.
"Robin…I have no doubt that you will find and catch Slade, but you need to come out of your room or you may perish from your wounds or other things!" Robin looked up at Starfire, the low, dark bags under his mask showed that he had many sleepless nights of searching without any sleep.
"Get out…" Starfire looked at him sadly
"But Robin…" Robin sat back down. "You heard me Starfire! GET OUT NOW!" Starfire's eyes filled with tears. She turned and flew out of the room almost knocking Beastboy over as she flew into her room.
Beastboy watched Starfire disappear into her room, and then found Cyborg in the garage. He walked over and slumped into a chair while Cyborg tinkered with his pride and joy, the T-car. Beastboy sighed.
"Dude…what are we gonna do? Robin won't leave his room, Starfire's trying to help him and all that does is send her to her room crying, and Raven…Raven's laying unconscious in the infirmary!" Beastboy trembled with a mixture of anger and sadness as he held back tears. He wanted to kill Slade for what he had done to Raven. At the same time he felt helpless. The image of Raven laying almost dead still while Slade vanished into the darkness, made him feel cold and sick inside. Cyborg glanced up and sat straight seeing his green friend's struggle.
"Don't worry man, everything will work out! We'll find Slade, and make sure he pays for what he's done!" Beastboy looked up at him.
"You're DAMN right he will!"
Memories of the fight flooded into Beastboy's mind. Memories of how Slade led them into a trap underground, how he tried to kill them by crushing them under tuns of earth, and of how Raven used her powers to keep them safe until they could find a way out. This action on her part used up most of her energy. Eventually her powers had given out, and how she had barley been pulled out in time before being crushed. Beastboy shook his head trying to dispel the memories.
"I'm gonna go see Raven!" He mumbled and walked out. Cyborg watched him go, and then turned to get back to work.
He walked the long hallways until he was in the infirmary. He walked next to Raven, and sat in a chair. He looked at her with sad eyes. He glanced around, looking at the IVs stuck in Raven to supply the needed liquids, as well as the bandages from the little injuries from rocks. His view turned and focussed on a large wad of wrapping over her stomache. Underneath the wad, if you removed it to look, was the hole where Slade had shot Raven in his escape. Once again memories came flooding back into Beastboy's head.
Once the Titans had escaped, Slade stood a short distance away. He raised a gun and tauntingly pointed it at each Titan. When he finally fired, the shot was heading for Beastboy. Raven saw this, and somehow found the energy she needed to jump in the way. This brave action rewarded her with a bullet in the waist, which only added to the already high list of injuries.
Beastboy snapped out of the trance shaking his head. He sighed and looked down at Raven. He took her hand into both of his.
"Raven…I'm so sorry! I'm sorry that you got hurt saving us! It's…it's all Slade's fault for trapping us, and he will pay!!" He rested his head on the edge of the bed.
"He will pay…I swear we will get him back for this…" There he fell asleep, his final thoughts were images of what would be done to Slade the next time he was seen.