Hello once again Titans! Turbee is here again even though I am writing a chapter every day. God my life is hard! I'm supposed to be preparing at least one comic for Heroes Con but here I am doing fanfic. Anyway, here's the show, find out Robin's secret! (other than the obvious)
"Why hello again, Dick. I haven't seen you face to face for almost a year now. I think it's finally time your past comes back to haunt you. If you want to meet, go to this location in Central City." The computer screen says.
"WHY DO YOU THINK I'LL LISTEN TO YOU!?" I start, the calm down from sad memories. "After what you did," I say under my breath.
"You'll listen to me, because of this." He turns the camera to a chair covered with a cloak. I heard crying, obviously from a person. "And what I did, is none of your concern anymore." The screen turned black. I rushed out the door. I was caught by Cy.
"Where are you going at this hour?" He says. I shake him off and leave.
"Out," I say. I go across the city in my own T-Jet extension. It took me about an hour to get to Central City. I walk into the warehouse. Darkness. Never a good sign. Slade appears, and so does 20 Slade bots. I take them out, but not without a fractured arm. Slade could see I was hurt.
"You're weak Robin. You always have been. I gave you hundreds of chances to make you strong but you rejected all of them. I was hoping for more than this Robin. Much more. And now, I'm going to kill you, but not in the way you think. No, I'm going to stab you where it hurts!" He reveals the civilian in the chair. Though it was no civilian, it was Starfire. My head went blank. The girl I loved, is now captured by Slade. With no thought, I charge at Slade. He easily twists me and my arm, breaking it. I cry from the utter pain.
"ROBIN!" Star yells.
"WHAT DO YOU DAMN WANT SLADE? WHAT DOES YOUR SICK MIND WANT!?" I scream, half from pain, half from anger.
"I want you to tell her. About the secret. Or she gets a 30 millimeter knife in her chest. She's strong, but not that strong. Your choice Dick. Tell her how I know your name." He demands.
"Slade-Slade," I start. "Was my step father." I close my eyes.
"Tell her everything my boy." He cooed.
"Once my parents died, everyone was sought to believe, that I went to Batman first. Well it's a lie. Slade took me in. He was a nice man, in the scheme of things. Taught me how to fight, and win. Until one day, we were given a mission. A mission we were almost certain we couldn't handle. But we were determined. Our mission was to kill Deadshot. The man that never misses. A supervillain we thought we could handle, but couldn't. Slade was shot in the eye and almost died. Slade lost his mind that day. And he signaled me on thefts from weapons co. I eventually realized it was wrong, so I confronted him. And he beat the hell out of me. So I went to Batman. And I covered my tracks." Every word was painful. I looked at Star, I could see emotions of shock, sadness, and anger in her.
"That's not all." He says looking into my masked eyes. The dark secret.
"Slade made me- kill an innocent life." He smiled, Star cried, and I fell. Star was untied and Slade disappeared. I tried to get up, even with the excruciating pain of my arm. "Star, please, don't hate me." I whimper. She gets out of the chair, and leaves. I fall back down, going unconscious from the stress on my brain and body. Besides, there's no point in getting up.
TOMMOROW: TITANS INFIRMARY
I wake up in the Titans Infirmary. The team must have found me. I could've cared less if I died out there. After what I did, I think I deserved it. The one titan that hates me walks in. I kind of wish I died that night right about now. She sits down next to me with a concerned frown.
"Robin, I do not hate you," She said almost reading my mind. "I was just shocked, and needed some air." I nod in understanding. "I just need to know… why did you do it?" I looked for an answer. I think Star deserved the truth.
"Because he offered me my freedom, from him. If I did. I totally didn't want to, but I was no worse than Slade back then, I knew how to kill, and had the guts to do it. I didn't pull the trigger, Slade did. He just gave me the gun." I told her. She nodded. "That…kiss you gave me, what was it for?" I ask.
"I think you already know." She says, and then kisses me. We both smile through the kiss. She eventually breaks off for air. I try to get up, and succeed. "Where are you going Robin?" She asks concerned as she'll ever be.
"Slade, I know where he is, and I need to beat my old master." I say and walk out of the tower. Here we go Slade, just you and me.
