Summary: An old man tells of how the last titan brought down the killer of his team-mates
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything in this one-shot except the plot and Richard who I deemed special enough to name after Robin. He's not Robin though so don't get your knickers in a twist (I need to stop watching UKTV).
Last One Standing
An old man of around sixty years old sat in a chair in front of the young heroes in training and began to speak.
"Settle down all of you. Do you want to hear what happened to the last of the Teen Titans or not?" he said with a slight bit of annoyance in his voice at the end. All of the children settled down immediately.
"Ok now where did we leave off?"
A boy around 12 years old raised his hand.
"Yes Richard do you remember?"
The boy called Richard hesitated for a second before sharing his answer.
"Well the last titan had gotten knocked out and the other titans were fighting Slade who had risen again"
"Ok then" said the man smiling slightly "On with the story. He awoke and as he did…"
He awoke and as he did a feeling of dread hit him.
There's something I'm feeling
There's something that's wrong
He checked his surroundings and the streets around him told him everything he needed to know.
These streets are revealing
In the early morn
He struggled to remember what had happened during the fight that had occurred the night before.
The war was last night
Remembering he had been badly wounded in the fight he looked at his side where a red stain was still slowly spreading.
These wounds are not healed
It was a wonder he was still alive with his massive blood loss.
If we keep believing
Then we got to feel
He staggered to his feet and looked at his fallen comrades
As it goes
By the story that's already told
He didn't need a doctor to tell that they were all dead
Comes a time when we all must let go
What had happened to them?
What happened to the story
It didn't take him long to remember
Discontent it cuts inside
Slade
It's not meant to be this lonely
We were never meant to fail
He looked at them more closely
There's something that's crawling
One had been crushed
In my skin
Lying next to him in a pool of blood another had had their throat slashed freeing him from the wreckage
Emotions are falling
Cyborg's limbs littered the room as he had been decapitated to the extent that no one would be able to repair him
As it begins
The last had been suffocated.
I lost all my virtues, long ago
As he looked at them tears came to his eyes
I didn't want to hurt you but now we know
As it goes
By the story that's already told
Comes a time when we all must let go
What happened to the story
After a short while he came to a grim resolve
Discontent it cuts inside
He would find Slade
It's not meant to be this lonely
And he would kill him
We were never meant to fail
Never meant to fail
Never meant to fail
As it goes
He hunted Slade down
By the story that's already told
And it wasn't long before he caught up to him
Comes a time when we all must let go
After a long fight Slade finally went down
What happened to the story
Only then did the last of the titan allow himself to cry
Discontent it cuts inside
He cried for his friends that had fallen
It's not meant to be this lonely
That could never rise again
We were never meant to fail
We were never meant to fail
They were never meant to fail so how did this happen?
We were never meant to fail
Why did this happen?
We were never meant to fail
We were never meant to fail
"With Slade dead he went home to the tower for a week before coming here to teach young heroes in the hope that they would not have a hard time of it as he did"
The bell rang and the children started to file out of the classroom.
Richard was the last to leave and before he did he asked one question.
"Mr. Logan is he still alive?"
Logan smiled a far away smile.
"Yes he is and he might be closer than you think. Now hurry up or you'll be late for your next class."
Richard nodded and ran off down the hall.
Logan looked down at his hand and began to fiddle with the ring that rested snugly on his middle finger keeping his identity safe.
After all these years he hadn't forgotten and he would pass on the story to make sure the world never would either.
How was that? Please people Read and Review I have writers block with my other stories because this one was nagging at me so I've published it so you guys can tell me what you think of it.
