I sit in my room listening to Green Day, 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'. I had clicked the repeat button, so it plays over and over again. All of a sudden, I hear screaming. I hear a shot and no more screaming. I know the day that my mother talked about is here. Someone knocks on my door. I blast the music and ignore it. It bursts open and Slade stands there.
"Come on," he says.
I flip him off and say, "I'm not walking past my dead mother."
"You don't have a choice. Let's go."
"I already told you, I'm not going anywhere."
He pulls out a gun and points it at me.
"What are you going to do? Shoot me?" I say.
He knows he can't and I know it. He lowers the gun.
"That's right."
He lunges for me and I simply hop out of the way.
"You can't beat me and you know it."
"I don't have to beat you," he says, snarling. "I just have to catch you."
"Which, as you can see," I say, dodging him again. "Is going to be a lot more difficult then you think."
My wall explodes with blue light and Slade and I turn.
"Titans, Go!"
The Teen Titans rush into my room and go after Slade. Robin runs to me and tries to lead me away.
"I don't need your help," I say coldly.
Robin looks at me funny and says, "That man is dangerous. I think you do need our help."
"I don't," I say, still ice cold. "He's my father."
Now Robin looks stunned.
"Now could you leave?" I say, icily.
"Even if he's your father, we still have to take him down," Robin says.
"I don't want him taken down," I say, getting angry now. "I want him dead."
Robin looks very confused now.
"Get over here now!"
Robin and I turn around and I hop away once more as Slaid lunges.
"Follow me," I say to Robin, and I begin walking towards the living room.
He follows. We reach the living room and I stop at the body on the floor.
"This is my mother," I say. "Slade did this a few minutes ago."
You can see that she was killed without mercy. One bullet through the head. Robin looks as though he's going to vomit, but I continue staring at the body.
"We have to leave," he says.
I look at him and say the words I've said my entire life.
"Kill me."
And then I faint.
