Title: Death of the Apprentice

Author: Wogle

Rating: R

A/N: This is my first Fan Fic... Please R&R. It helps me think...

Chapter 1: Come to the Dark Side

"Pity Robin... I thought you'd have become stronger since our last fight..."

Slade's cold unemotional voice echoed in a dingy warehouse somewhere in Jump City. In the middle of the place two figures could be seen. One was overpowering, in control, and standing tall over the other; that person, down on his knees, just about keeping himself up with his arms.

"Heh... Sorry to disappoint you... I guess I should have kept off the junk food..."

Robin's sense of humour at a time like this seemed inappropriate, but he didn't care, all he could think about at that moment in time was killing Slade. Nothing else seemed to matter. He coughed violently letting out a spurt of bloodthat splattered onto the floor, and ribbled out the sides of his mouth. Slade smiled darkly behind his mask and continued to peer down at Robin.

"You still wish to fight, even though you're at the brink of destruction?" Slade asked. "You know you can't win."

Robin's anger brewed further to the point of boiling over. He couldn't bear the thought of Slade defeating him. It would mean that Slade would go on to kill each of the titans. Starfire... Beast Boy... Cyborg... and... Raven... Robin suddenly felt a jolt in his chest at her name. Raven... Why did her name suddenly do that to him... It must have just been the damage he'd received from the severe beating.

"YES... I... CAN!" Robin roared. "I... WON'T... LET... YOU... WIN... YOU BASTARD!"

With that, Robin painfully got to his feet, and tried to size himself up to Slade. Slade was delighted...

"Yes... Yes... Robin... Let your anger feed you... I am the one you want... Take me down!"

Robin launched himself at Slade throwing punch and kick after one another at him. Slade dodged them almost majestically, like a latin dancer. Robin pushed himself to the brink, fuelled on his anger and hatred towards Slade. Finally, summoning all of his strength, he pulled out his staff and swung it as hard as he could at Slade's head, sending him crashing to the ground. Robin landed on his feet, but collapsed onto his knees almost immediately.

"Hah... You forget... I never give up..." He said weakly. With that, he fell unconscious...

Slade, shocked, yet satisfied, moved towards the barely-alive body of Robin. Robin had smashed the bottom half of his mask, and Slade's mouth was visible. A smile curled on his lips as he stared down.

"Excellent Robin... Soon, your anger will overcome you, and you'll become EXACTLY like me..."

"Yo Robin! Where the hell are you?"

Cyborg's loud voice drifted into the almost empty warehouse, soon followed by the voices of the other Titans.

"Good friend Robin, where are you"
"Robin... Dude where are you? ROBIN"
"Guys... I think he's in here"
"How do you know Raven"
"His bike's outside Cyborg"
"Oh... Yeah... Right..."

Slade turned to the sound advancing voices, and slowly turned back to Robin's body.

"It has now begun..." He whispered, unemotionally. With that, Slade melted back into the shadows of the warehouse.

Within a few seconds the front door of the warehouse smashed forwards, and the other four titans were standing, surveying the warehouse.

"I don't see him..." Beast Boy said.
"Let the dust settle BB." replied Cyborg.
"He's there!"

Raven had already sensed Robin's prescence and pointed to the centre of the warehouse. They all rushed in quickly and found Robin on the ground face down, a trickle of blood flowing from a wound on his head. Cyborg turned him onto his back and checked his pulse and breathing.

"He's alive." He announced. "But he looks like shit"
"Shouldn't we take him to a hospital or something?" Raven suggested.
"I suppose we could, but you know what Robin's like Rae... He'll just rip all the wires out of himself and march out of the building. Nah... Best take him back to the tower... We'll take care of him there."

The Titans all agreed this would be for the best. Raven used her powers to carry Robin out of the warehouse and onto his bike parked outside. She then levitated the bike on to the top of the T-Car, though much to Cyborg's annoyance ("Hey! Watch the paint!"). Raven dropped down beside the bike and stared at Robin for a few seconds, before turning around to get off the roof.

"S... Slade..."

Raven's head jerked back towards Robin... Her eyes narrowed. She knew that name meant no good; Slade was almost an obsession to Robin, and no-one could do anything about it. She felt pity for him about it.

"Robin.." She whispered to herself. She began to turn away again.

"Raven..."

Raven froze. Did Robin just say her name? She told herself it was just her imagination and quickly got into the T-Car. However, all the way back to the tower, she could only think about what she thought she heard... Robin saying her name...

Well that's chapter 1 ladies and gentlemen. Heh... Robin vs Slade...