If I die young
this may be like a song fic ..
Because listening to this song gave me this inspiration
Please listen to the songs i put above the texts. I wont put lyrics in the text, but they do decide the mood of the text and it will get you in the right mood:P
Sum 41 – pieces
Robin sat in the darkness of Gotham city. He sighed while he went over the fight he had with Bruce.
He didn't even remember what it was about. Did it even matter?
All they did was fight. There was no happiness any more in their life's. Robin sighed and closed eyes and jumped of the roof feeling the wind gently touching his skin, ruffling through his hair.
He was falling down fast. Robin smirked with his eyes still closed and grabbed his grappling gun.
Within second he had taken a good clean shot and he was flying through the sky.
He didn't like being around Bruce any more. Always talking about how he would one day take up the mantle of the Batman. That he had to be perfect and that he couldn't afford to make mistakes.
Robin opened his eyes and he went to the Zeta-tubes that would take him to the mountain. Why he was going there he didn't even know. They weren't his true friends. They don't know him. They didn't know the real him. Off course Wally knew his secret ID and he knew who Dick Grayson was, but even with that knowledge he didn't realize who Robin truelly was.
Robin was not the creature of light they thought he was. Robin wasn't perfect. Robin wasn't even their friend.
It Ends Tonight – All-American Rejects
Robin stepped into the Zeta-beam and went to the cave. He heard his arrival being announced and he sighed while he disappear into the darkness of the cave.
He trained a little bit, but as unmotivated as he was he finished up fast and went to bed. While he closed his eyes he could only hear Bruce shouting at him. Robin had no fun memories since he had joined the Young Justice team. Off course it had sounded cool, but after a couple of weeks he noticed how he started to get left out.
Bruce had gotten angry at him for putting up against him and that was when the fights had started.
Robin lay on his bed in the darkness slowly sinking in a depressing mood. He knew hat thinking like this wasn't good, but he couldn't help himself.
Robin knew that he couldn't stay here. This tidy, clean room would only make him more depressed.
He jumped up and walked out of his room. He passed through the living room ignoring his team mates and took the Zeta-beam to Gotham.
Robin started patrolling since the people would need him or was it the fact that he wanted to make Bruce proud. Robin honestly didn't know any more.
He took care of some small-time crooks wondering if what he had done was truthfully the right thing.
Robin sat down on a rooftop looking over the city wondering if he should stay with Batman and Young Justice. If they really were what he needed
And then the answer became clear. As if darkness turned to light. The answer was standing in front of him even if he didn't realize it.
The dark figure in front of him was someone he hadn't seen before. He reminded him of the Batman, but this man somehow really scared him. Robin started looking for a way to get away.
Robin noticed that the man had caught him at a good timing, since there was no way for Robin to get away unless he wanted to plummet towards his death.
Across The Line - linkin park
Robin had to take the risk and attack the man, but he was scared to do so. And it was at that moment that he saw a redhead going from rooftop to rooftop, towards him. Yes, she was the light in his life. Seeing her reminded him of this. Babs, Batgirl would be able to help him out. Together they could do it.
Robin took out some smoke pallets and threw these towards the man while making all kind off acrobatic tricks he started to attack.
The man blocked his attack easily. And pullet out a weapon, while he grinned in a devious, yet heartless way. He pointed his weapon towards Batgirl and pulled the trigger. Robin's eyes went wide open. Batgirl was in mid air and couldn't avoid the red coloured beam which came out of the weapon. At the moment she was hit Batgirl fainted.
Robin jumped over the rooftop catching her just in time, while grabbing his grappling gun to pull himself back on the roof, with the devious man.
Robin knew that it was a fight he could not win and started imprinting the looks of this man.
The man in question was wearing a orange-black mask of which only one eye was open. He typed everything down faster then lighting in his computer and he put his computer next to Batgirl.
He was going to do the stupidest thing he had ever done. He was going to try reasoning with the man.
But even before he opened his mouth. The man who had remained silent until now said: 'ah, Robin you should know better then to rely on others. The only thing you do is hurt them like this.'
Robin knew that the man was right. No, he believed he was right, but he didn't want to believe that he was right. Robin looked grim and kept silent, as the man started talking again: 'you know robin.. I never found the name robin suited for you, nor did I find the name Richard Grayson much to my liking. But I must say I do like you.'
Robin panicked when he heard his true name and he knew he was in trouble, but all he did was raise an eyebrow and muttered: 'Great another maniac who likes small boys'. The man who heard this comment didn't seem happy about it and grabbed robin and started smashing in on him, while saying: 'I do believe you have potential Robin, but your not using it'. 'What's up with that, huh?'. The man stopped beating him and put him down gently. Then he put his hand on Robin's shoulder and spoke happily: 'become my apprentice and I will show you your true strength, your true potential.
Robin looked surprised at this proposal, it wasn't exactly what he was expecting. But he spit in the man's face rejecting him with all his might and said (his voice being smaller then he meant it to be):'I already got myself a mentor'. Robin smirked and continued on a cocky tone: 'I don't need someone like you to teach me stuff'.
The man just smiled and shook his head. 'Tsk Tsk .. Bad decision Robin': he said while pushing a button that Robin had failed to notice until then.
He pushed it and all of the sudden Barbara started lighting up in a weird red colour. Robin ran over to her trying to find out what was wrong. Quite frankly he had forgotten about her being there, until she became a christmas tree. Robin sighed of relieve when the man pushed the button and Barbara turned back to normal. He glared at the man knowing that he had all the strings in hand and was playing them like a master manipulator.
Robin sissed angrily: 'What do you want?' and the man smiled and said: 'my robin, I want you now come along or she dies'
Robin closed his eyes and stood up, while he walked toward the man.
'Fine, I will try out this apprenticeship, but remember that I will backstab you at every opportunity I get'.
The man smiled gently and said: 'I wouldn't expect it any way else'. 'You can call me Slade, boy'.
Robin looked up realizing that only just now he had learned the man's name and he felt ashamed of himself. Bruce had trained him better then this.
Slade commanded Robin to take all of his clothes, except for his precious mask and forced him into a black-orange uniform that he gave to him.
Robin changed quickly since the Gotham air at night was chilly and he didn't have any other choice then to go with this Slade figure.
And then they disappeared together into the darkness of Gotham.
"Jar of Hearts" – Christina Perri (Sam Tsui Cover)
Robin looked at the small room he was put in. He had been in here since a week or so. Sometimes things like time became fuzzy. Sometimes he had gotten out of the room to train with Slade. He didn't like the training sessions. Slade always said something bad about him and pointed out how stupid Batman was.
This night Robin had managed to take a newspaper that was laying around in the training round and he saw a picture of Batman under the lines: 'Batman desperate looking for Robin'. It looked that that was what the entire newspaper was about.
About Batman searching for him. Some articles said that Batman had become brutal in Robin's absence.
Robin cried being happy that someone was looking for him, but he remembered how Bruce acted towards him before he had disappeared and even though he didn't want to stay here at Slade he also didn't want to go back to Batman.
He put the newspaper away as he hurt some sounds on the other side of his door. He was just in time since Slade walked in.
Slade had folded his hands behind his back and looked down on Robin. He smiled kindly and said: 'Robin, I do think that it is time you are gonna proof yourself towards me'. 'I want you to steal a couple of items'. Robin looked grim. This was it.. the step where he would go over the line that separated good from evil.
The line was so thin and non visible, but he knew that that line was there.
Robin closed his eyes and opened them again remembering himself to keep breathing. He let his eyes go over the list of items. He didn't had a choice he had to steal them or else Babs would die.
Robin sighed and nodded towards Slade as he left the building that he had been in.
First one on the list was in Star city – Queen labs. Green arrows company.
Bullet for my valentine – Your Betrayal
Robin stole the first motorcycle he saw and went on his way.
He kicked in the gas and went full speed to Star City. He didn't have time to think. He had to get the item. He just had to get it. It had to be done. He wasn't going to let the love of his life die.
He crashed his motorcycle through the window letting go off all subtlety. Immediately he heard Slade cursing in his ear. Robin could only grin when the man got angry, it was his way of taking revenge. Not that it really mattered.
Robin started walking through the corridors of the building, towards his precious price. Fifty meters more and he would have to commit his first crime.
He felt like he was betraying everything he stood for, but he had to do it. He kept telling himself that he had no choice. He knew he had no choice.
Robin opened the door towards his price and slipped into the room taking his prize. Robin looked at the item in his hands wondering. It was so easy, so easy to commit a crime.
After blinking his eyes twice he started running towards the exit. Only to see three archers waiting for him there.
He grinned. He was really happy finally seeing someone else then Slade. They just looked baffled at Robin. Robin could imagine what they were thinking, but then again who really knew what went on in someone's mind except for the martians.
Robin was shocked for a moment when he heard Slade say: 'Engage them'. Robin shook his head denying the command.
Robin could almost feel Slade's anger when denied him. Slade sissed: 'Don't let them know about me, Now engage! Or the redhead dies'. Robin gulped and took an offensive stand. He lumped towards them hitting Green Arrow in the face. In the meanwhile Red Arrow grabbed his leg and threw him against the wall reassurring himself in the meanwhile that Green Arrow was okay. Robin knew that a lot of things had changed since his absence. Since the last time he saw Roy he couldn't stand Green Arrow. Robin stood up quickly and continued fighting. While Artemis started screaming while observing Robin: 'Why Robin? Why did you betray us?'. 'Nobody ever thought that you were the mole'. 'But you betraying us like this .. It hurts you know'.
Robins eyes went wide open and he looked genuinely shocked at the aquisations but then it looked as if he was listening to something and he smirked and said in a very dark voice: 'Ah, Artemis wouldn't you love to know?'. 'but then again isn't it so that everybody betrays you in your life?'. Artemis looked genuinely hurt and Robin felt guilty, but he didn't have any choice. It wasn't as if he was close with Artemis or anything. Okay they had shared some life and death situations, but then again who hadn't?
Robin beated her fast and hard knocking the wind out of her and he started to run dissappearing into the dark cold night