Roulet invited Starfire inside of his dorm, she accepted, although still crying. Roulet sometimes hated his humanity, how he could be a killer, but how he had a soft spot. Most humans did.
"I just do not know what to do." Starfire said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Roulet took off his jacket, and grabbed a shirt from his bed, quickly putting it on.
"I know." Roulet said, he really had no idea how to help, he had never had friends, he barely had girlfriends, and those were girls he had met and had sex with, not by his choice, by theirs, he hated to admit that he was weak, when it came to "Love." he craved it, but he had no idea what it was, so he was fine living with hate.
"What do I do?" she asked him.
"Well, you could take to him." Roulet suggested, "Tell him how you feel."
Starfire nodded, listening intently.
"What set him off anyway?" Roulet asked.
"Well, he like's when I wear lingerie.." Starfire started to say.
"No, no, what set him off, not gets him off." Roulet chuckled.
"Oh." Starfire blushed, "Please pretend, you did not hear that." she managed to smile.
"Hear what?" Roulet smiled.
"I asked him, if he was okay losing Speedy and all." Starfire sighed, "He started getting mad at me, and told me to shut up."
Roulet didn't say anything, he just listened.
"He stormed off, and I followed, hoping to resolve what was going on, but he did not want to, and then you heard whatever you heard." Starfire said, wiping her forehead.
Roulet recalled a night similar, except he had been in Starfire's shoes. He always got attached, that's one of the reasons he decided to remain a killer, he killed what he became attached to.
"He's hurting right now," Roulet said, "I know it sounds like I'm defending him, but I'm not, he lost his best friend, he's not gonna walk around like all is okay."
"Like how you do?" Starfire asked.
Roulet flinched at the question, "What the fuck does that mean?" he asked her abruptly.
"You," she said, slightly timid, "You hide, I can tell, you hide behind these walls, behind shadows, you haven't talked to anyone." she confronted him.
Roulet searched for a defense, he didn't have any...she was right, she saw right through him.
"I just moved here," he stuttered, "I hardly know anyone." he lied, he knew EVERYONE, there weakness's, their strengths, fears, he had dossiers on all of the Titans, after all, that's what an assassin does...but an assassin doesn't get attached...and that was Carter Roulet's biggest weakness.
"Well!" Starfire jumped up, "Let us, go and meet new people!" she smiled, and grabbed his hand, Roulet reacted, and stepped back, almost punching her.
"Oh shit.." he stopped dead, "Starfire I..."
Starfire stared at him, "Were you going to strike me?" she asked him.
Roulet shook his head, "No, no, I..." he stuttered, he felt nervous, he didn't like it! He didn't like feeling how she made him feel. No on, gives a fuck about Carter Roulet, why did she?
"It's my training...I react when I'm touched." Roulet said.
"Where did you train?" she asked him, innoccent eyes staring at him.
"Here and there." Roulet said quickly.
"Oh," Starfire said, brushing her hair, "You have a lot of punching bags." she smiled, floating over to them.
"Yeah, I like to keep my skills honed." Roulet said, "Otherwise someone might get the drop on me."
"What do you mean?" she asked him, lightly punching the speed bag.
"Well," Roulet said, "if I don;t train, someone could be training, meanwhile I;m not, they'll be getting better, while I'm not getting better." he tried to explain, knowing, Starfire sometimes, was...slower. Being an off-worlder, she had every right to be slow.
"Oh, so you like being the best?" Starfire asked him.
"I like trying to be the best." Roulet smiled.
Starfire nodded, and walked around his room, looking at the things he had, and at his guns, and other things. She was intrigued, by Roulet, he had a mystery about him, that...she wanted to discover, almost like Robin, she found it attractive.
"I should go." Starfire said, walking to the door.
"Wait..." Roulet stopped her, "Are you okay?" he asked her, looking deep in her eyes. They were hurt, she had never really, had a break up, and this was her first and only boyfriend.
"I will be okay." Starfire said, and went for the door.
Roulet felt uneasy, but he couldn't stand hurt...in many aspects, he was more Hero than he'd like to admit, he hated it. He hated himself.
"Okay." he sighed, and let her leave.
"Roulet," she said, as she walked out of the door, "Thank you." she smiled at him.
Roulet smirked back, "Anytime...feel free to come by." he said, "Ya know, if you wanna talk."
Starfire nodded, "I will." she said, and left his room.
Roulet shook his head, "Stupid," he said aloud to himself, "You can't talk to girls for shit!"
He collapsed on his bed, and closed his eyes, not really wanting to wake up...
Morning.
The next morning was quiet, Aqualad was busy swimming, he was the only other member staying with them, Terra had recently asked if she could join back, so she was supposed to make her way over to the tower soon. Other than those two, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Robin, and Starfire were who the normal Titans were, and that's who was staying, Roulet had been inducted, and passed, so if all went as planned, he would be staying with them, Six Titans now, instead of the original five.
Roulet grabbed a towel and toothbrush, and made his way over to the showers.
"Sup dude?" Beast Boy yawned.
Roulet hadn't really connected with anyone, something an assassin shouldn't do in the first place, but something he craved.
"Hey," he said, "Nothing much, shower, you?" he asked.
"Just finished up some Horde 2.0 in Gears of War 3, it got so much better, the new maps are tight." Beast Boy said.
"That's what I heard." Roulet smirked.
"You play?" Beast Boy's eyes widened.
"Fuck yeah dude." Roulet laughed, "All about that lancer."
"Hell yeah man!" Beast Boy laughed, "You wanna grab some food, then play some rounds later?" Beast Boy asked, looking for another gamer.
Roulet was surprised, again, he had never had friends.
"Oh, uhh," he said, "Yeah, totally."
"Well, dude if you're busy.." Beast Boy said disappointingly.
"No, I'm free." Roulet interrupted.
"Okay sweet, my dorm, say, lunch time?" Beast Boy asked.
"Works for me." Roulet shrugged.
"Okay see ya then!" Beast Boy slapped him on the shoulder, and ran down the hall.
Roulet smiled, "So that's what it's like." he said aloud to himself, and stepped into the bathrooms. He turned the shower to hot, and stepped inside, the steaming hot shower warmed his body up. Roulet often struggled in the shower, a part of him wanted to scrub the tattoo's across his torso, abdomen, neck, and arms off, but then the other part, wanted to keep them. No one, really ever noticed them, despite how plain as day they were.
Dice rolled in a seven on his neck, just below his right ear, on his chest was the number twenty-one, written in roman numerals, XXI, in small letters. Across the left side of his abdomen was the words, "Never home..."
In the center of his chest was cross, stretching down to the middle of his abdomen. He had tattooed these on himself after he escaped the facility in which he was bred. But no one knew that, no one but one.
Roulet shut off the water, and stepped out, drying himself off, and walking out of the dorms.
"Carter," he heard a voice say, he turned suddenly, and was surprised to see Raven.
"Were you just standing outside the showers," Roulet smiled at her mischievously, "To catch me in a towel?" he asked her.
She rolled her eyes, "Shut up." she scowled at him, "I was just gonna tell you, that were going out for pizza, and if you wanna come to hurry up." she informed him.
"Oh, okay, I'll go get ready." Roulet said.
"You're tatted?" Raven stated more than asked.
"Yeah," he said, looking at them, "Stupid I know...but, that's who I am." he shrugged.
"Not stupid..." Raven said, for she was also tattooed. "Anyways, yeah," she broke the silence, "We'll be leaving so hurry up."
"Got it." Roulet said, and moved quickly to his dorm.
Roulet grabbed his pistol, with homemade rounds, and slid on some jeans, grabbing his jacket and Brand New t-shirt, his favorite band, and hurried downstairs to where the Titans were.
"There's miss beauty queen!" Cyborg laughed.
Roulet laughed, and flipped him off.
"Hurry your ass up, were hungry!" Cyborg said, pointing to the backseat.
On the outside the car looked like a five seater, but it actually seated ten people, quite convenient. The Titans sped off, to the local pizzeria, and prepared to order.
"All right everybody quiet down," Robin ordered, "Now, were all here so let's order."
The Waitress sped over to them, on roller blades, "All right-" she cut herself off, "WELL look who it is, the Teen Titans, what can I get for y'all?" she asked them, in a southern accent.
"I'll have the raspberry ripple, with a slice of pepperoni pizza." Robin ordered.
"Okay, and for you?" she directed her attention to Beast Boy.
"Yeah, can I get, a litaracola?" Beast Boy asked, Cyborg and Roulet started laughing, they knew the movie he was referring to.
"I'm sorry?" she asked.
"Never mind, can I get tofu, onions, and mushrooms." Beast Boy said.
"All righty, and for you?" she turned to Starfire.
"May I please have the banana's and chocolate chips, and candy?" Starfire asked.
The Titans shook their heads, Starfire was always unique.
"Sure..." the waitress said, weary.
"And you?" she asked Raven.
"Just cheese." she ordered.
"And for you metal man?" she asked Cyborg.
"Yeah, can I get the BBQ style pizza." he ordered.
"Of course," she said, writing that down, and turned to Roulet, "And can I..." she stopped, staring at him.
Roulet pulled his gun from behind his pants, and pressed it to her forehead, "I'm faster." he smirked and pulled the trigger.
Her head exploded, and a syringe filled with poison fell to the floor.
"Whoa Carter!" Robin stood up abruptly, this guy was nothing but trouble.
"Shut up!" Roulet yelled, and knelt down picking up the syringe.
"Look!" he yelled, the syringe in his hand, "Poison."
Robin grabbed the syringe, "Poison?"
"Yes, you pronounced it perfectly." Roulet retorted. "Some one's trying to kill, you, or worse...me." Roulet explored. Thousands of questions were flooding his head, that was no ordinary assassin, they were after the Titans...and he knew it. But why? He had already been hired. He didn't get it.
Robin lifted the syringe, looking at the poison, he stared intently at it, the rest of the Titans kind of watched perplexed.
Roulet looked at the dead woman he had killed, he clipped a sample of her hair, and took some of the blood. He stood back up, and felt his phone vibrate.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Carter Roulet." the voice said.
"Who the hell is this?" he asked, knowing full well who it was...his contractor.
"You're fired." the voice said, and hung up.
Roulet noticed it quickly, and he had no time to think, he simply reacted, there was a small red dot just above Robins brow, "Get down!" he yelled, and pushed Robin down hard.
Roulet heard the crack of the gun, he heard the shattering of the glass, he felt the bullet tear through his chest, he heard himself slam against the table, he felt himself hit the floor, he saw Starfire rush to his side, and then he saw nothing more...nothing but darkness.