I only own the Teen Titans in my warped, slightly off color delusions.
Personal Demons
"Three years, I can't believe it's been three whole years" he thought as he stood atop the tower looking out at a seemingly sleeping Jump City. They'd been through a lot in that brief span of time, they lost their friend , their leader, their lover, ….their brother. It's been three years to the day since he disappeared during a battle with Slade in the labyrinth of sewers under the city. They had mostly forgotten the details, their numb shocked minds mercifully blotting the horror from their waking thoughts. He was not so fortunate, his cybernetic processors recording and replaying that dreadful day in all it's frightening crystal clear clarity.
" Star!! noooooo!! Shouted the boy wonder as she was engulfed in flame by the explosive adhesive binding her to the far wall erupted in a deafening roar. Starfire fell to the ground in a boneless heap, unmoving and unresponsive. "Well Robin it would seem you failed her as you failed Bruce, chuckled Deathstroke as he watched his nemesis's stricken expression. " I've told you time and again that these silly attachments of yours are only a weakness." In a fury of inarticulate rage Robin sped after his retreating enemy, leaving his friends behind in his haste, blinded to all else. Driven by his own anger at seeing his friend plight Cyborg redoubled his efforts to free himself from his fight to reign in Robin from his blind and heedless charge into what was undoubtedly a trap. Raven, quickly dispatching her foes was the first to Star's side " I can't find a pulse , she said to a grief stricken Terra as she rushed to her side. Cyborg having beaten the demons, raced into the darkened tunnel in a futile attempt to catch Robin, and Slade . He was no more than a hundred yards in before the sewers were shaken in an explosion that dwarfed the one that felled Starfire . Robin!! He screamed as he was thrown to the ground by the blast. Scorched by the flames that coursed down the tunnel, he got groggily to his feet and staggered to the source of the blast. The blast was powerful enough to blow through the ceiling exposing the night sky for a thirty foot radius. "Never thought I'd be happy to be half machine, but these built in NVG's are definitely coming in handy, Cyborg muttered as he waded through the smoke looking for any sign of his friend. After almost five minutes of searching he saw a wisp of red amongst the rubble. For the second time in as many minutes he was thankful of his cybernetic implants, using his built in spectrometer he identified the red rag as a part of Robin's cape. His grateful thoughts were brought to an abrupt end when he realized what he held was not part of Robins cape , but a blood soaked, shredded tunic with an "R" emblazoned upon it.
It seemed as if they searched those ruins for hours, they found a severed hand wearing a red and black gauntlet, and Slade's mask ,………….. but of the boy wonder they found not another trace.