Renegade, that's what I'm known as now. At first I used it so I wouldn't taint the name Robin. I couldn't have Robin, Boy Wonder, seen as evil.
For the past two years I've been working with Slade, unfortunately not my choice. I'd only been working with the Titans for six months or so but I'd obviously caught his attention.
I'll start at the beginning though. Way back. To one of the last days I'd seen my friends.
I was fourteen when I joined the Titans or rather when I created the Titans. I'd initially gone out to do some solo work without the Bat but instead I came across my new friends. It was a very…unusual gathering, we'd all just teamed up to beat the aliens that were threatening Jump City and it wasn't supposed to go further than that, but it did.
As the Titans we went on lots of missions. Some were really easy and some were…difficult, but it wasn't until we met Thunder and Lightning that I guess I got a little obsessed with the job or rather the person behind the job.
Slade was the one person that knew how to annoy me; he knew how to get to me in several ways. I'd already been his apprentice and during that time I had lived a living Hell. He used to beat me and train me till I almost passed out from exhaustion and pain, I couldn't do anything to get myself out, he was bigger, stronger and smarter than me, he also had the upper hand but then the Titans rescued me and for a while it was better.
Unfortunately the second time round I wasn't so lucky.
He was smart about it I'll give him that, I had just about fallen out with everyone after the Red X incident. I'd hurt their trust and I knew it would take a while for me to build it up again.
He came in the night after everyone else was asleep but me. It was around two or three in the morning when I started to feel really tired.
That's when he struck. I had no idea how long he'd been standing in the darkest corner of the room and I should have noticed him. He slammed me into the wall and in started seeing stars and my vision was fading fast when he said something, I can't remember what it was though and I don't think it was important.
I tried to escape from him but he was too strong and I could feel myself slowly fall into unconsciousness.
I awoke in a dark room to the sound of cogs spinning and I immediately knew where I was. Slade had kidnapped me again but to the same place? 'Would the Titans not just find me again?' I thought.
I stood up swaying a little from the fading concussion. He'd given me a pretty good hit to the head. I circled the room looking for any signs of him but it was then that the door swung open at the other side of the room .
Slade's large figure blocked what little light came into the room but it was enough to make me scrunch up my eyes from the brightness. Till now it had been pitch black. Without a word he motioned to me to follow him out.
Hesitantly I walked over preparing myself for a slap over the head or a punch to the face but none of it came my way. I walked through the door and turned to face Slade not trusting to turn my back on him. He pointed down the large corridor and I was pushed slightly so that I would start walking.
We eventually reached the end of the corridor and I stood in front of a door that had letters spelling my name on it, there were no other doors that I could see in the corridor. Slade opened it and shoved me inside. He shut the door without a word and left me staring after him.
That was it? No long, obnoxious speech? No pummelling?
I turned from the door and looked around at my surroundings; it was a basic bedroom with a single bed with white covers, a wardrobe and a desk with a lamp. I looked into the drawers of the desk and saw two pencils, a rubber, two pens, a sharpener and a ruler. There was nothing else. I walked up to the wardrobe and found some relatively plain training clothes, t-shirts, jeans and Kevlar suit. His style hadn't changed from the last time I was here
There was a door off to the left of the room, I opened it and it revealed a bathroom with the standard shower, toilet and sink. There were drawers underneath the sink, upon opening I found the usual toiletries that I had at home.
I tried the door out of the room to see if it would open but I knew it would be locked, Slade wasn't that stupid. I sat on the bed and waited for a few hours wondering how long it would take the Titans to get here
I could feel my eyes start to droop and it seemed that Slade wouldn't be back any time soon so I lay down and fell asleep.
When I awoke I had no sense of what time it was since there were no windows in the room but I guessed it was relatively early as there was an alarm blaring through the room.
When it stopped I quickly ran for the shower knowing fully well that Slade would come knocking in about a half hour. I showered quickly and was dressed just as I heard footsteps pacing down the hallway.
I heard the key in the lock and was already standing when Slade swung the door open. You're only unprepared for Slade once.
He was in his normal, orange and black Kevlar suit and mask, "Come Robin. We have much to discuss" I nodded and followed after Slade thankful for the mask that I still wore.
Slade led me through several corridors and we eventually reached the kitchen. There was a table in the centre of the room with a plate with two slices of toast and a thin lair of butter and some kind of green smoothie.
I sat at the table and ate the toast while Slade sat at the other side and watched me, something I would probably never get used to.
Once id finished he started to talk and I can still to this day remember each word he said.
"Robin," he began, "I have realised my mistakes that I have done from our past encounter but I assure you that I have fixed those mistakes. From now on you will not be permitted to go on any outings, including missions. You will train, physically and mentally, until I am positive that you are completely under my control and then and only then will you be permitted to go on missions for me."
I smiled to myself knowing fully well that his plan would never work until he spoke again.
"I can also assure you that your friends will not find you. I'd be surprised if even Superman could find you at this point. Notice how there is no windows in your room or the kitchen and pretty much every other room that you will go in. Also there is one exit in this entire place and I'd be very impressed should you find it."
He stood up to leave the room, motioning for me to follow him. "Oh and Robin, don't try to find the exit, don't even try to contact your friends because they will not find you," But we both knew I would still try.
