Darker Days with Brighter Nights

Read Darker Days first! - As Slade takes the upper hand Robin has to fight to keep the big bad villain from taking over the 'once a video game, now a reality' world. With help from an outside source, can Robin defeat Slade or will Slade complete his evil ploy?

Chapter 1 – Surprise?

I stared up at the ceiling and could only ask myself one thing; why was I here? It had been a while since I had walked into the Wayne Manor, say hello to my awesome Butler, pick on my adoptive father, and hang with my best friends. I can't even remember the last time we were all even together. Has it been days? Weeks maybe? Who the hell knows?

I tried to sleep more than once, but my mind continued to go back to that day…

Slade decided it would be fun to kidnap every super thing in the world and tie them down and drain them until they were dead. Why? He has some obsession with wanting to take over the world apparently. Why drag us into this mess? Was this world even… Well, a world?

Being sucked into a video game was never the first choice I had. Some people would kill to be placed into a game, but not me. I wanted to keep my normal life the way it was going. I lost my house, my family, and my best friends. Now I lay here in my best at the Titan Tower, alone and simply thinking.

Speaking of which, where are my friends? That night went by so fast I was barely able to get out of there… How did that night go again?

That's right, it was two weeks ago.

There I was, staring at the love of my life as she lay there. She didn't move. How could she? Starfire was dead. Kori Ander's was no more. No, it wasn't a 'you never know what you have until you lose it' thing. It was a 'the girl I love was dead' moment. Heart breaking, right?

I closed my eyes, sleep wanting to take over. It was better than crying for the seventh time in four days. With a final yawn, I turned my thoughts to those beautiful green orbs I miss so much…

Slade smirked, standing next to Robin. Taking a few steps past the teen, he looked at the lifeless girl lying down.

"You were too late Robin." Slade turned and faced the boy. He snapped his fingers and many of his robotic creations surrounded Robin. "And everyone else you know is next." With a laugh, he began to walk away as the robots advanced.

Robin let his hand grip his retractable bo-staff tightly as he felt anger surging through him. With a sudden yell of anger he rushed at Slade. The villain turned and grabbed hold of the staff, easily redirecting the boy in another direction. Robin easily let his body flip backwards and land swiftly on both feet.

Slade held onto the staff, a smirk on his hidden lips. "It looks like someone's angry with me. Don't be a fool Robin, it was for my own good." He chuckled again. Robin grabbed onto a Birdarang and rushed as him.

"I'm getting sick of hearing your voice!" Robin yelled, his enraged state taking over and a new sense of adrenaline rushing through him. Slade twirled the bo-staff in his hand with ease as he ran at the younger male.

Robin leaped up, his foot aimed for Slade's chest. The older male dropped down, his body sliding right under Robin's mid air body, similar to a baseball player would when aiming for a base. Before the teen could respond, Slade was up and aimed a well placed kick to his opponents back once Robin was on the ground.

Robin groaned as he fell to his knees by force. Looking up, he laid eyes on one of many heroes that were strapped down and unconscious. Using his birdarang, he tossed it and watched as it landed on the large cage that held the green changeling. The explosion went off and a few sparks flew as the cage was damaged. Beast Boy groaned at the sudden explosion next to his ears, but when his eyes opened he felt a flood of relief.

"Robin…"

"Beast Boy, I need you to free the others!"

Slade glared, anger rushing through him as he shouted, "Stop them!"

Beast Boy morphed into a gorilla, easily smashing through the coffin sized cage that now had no ability to let an electrical current rush through him. Looking over, he took hold of the metal that held Raven down and he ripped it off with ease. After shaking her a few times and receiving a groan in response, he rushed off to aid others with help of Robin's birdarangs.

Large amounts of robotic Slade's came from random areas of the building, but Beast boy acted fast.

Robin smirked as he watched his friend work. Suddenly a sharp pain ran through him and his eyes widen. He fell to his knees as he looked down, eyes landing on the large blade that ran through his chest.

I jumped awake, my heart pounding and sweat coating my face. I took a second to realize where I was and what I was doing here. The alarm of the tower went off and I jumped up, already dressed in my Robin attire. My chest ached and I found myself thinking back to the dream I had. No, not a dream. It was a memory. I should've died.

I knew this alarm and found myself searching for an intruder. Getting into the Ops room, I stopped and looked over and found my jaw dropped in shock. I swore I probably looked like an idiot, but the shock was too much. There were about twelve people standing in the room and before I could comprehend who each person was, the elevator 'dinged' and the doors opened to reveal—

"Yo, Robin! What's up?"

"Shut up Grass Stain! He's obviously angry that we are here!"

"Will you both shut the hell up?"

Robin stared at Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven as they got off of the elevator. I couldn't help but feel slightly better. Probably the best I have felt in a while.