Chapter 3: Moving On
Flashback to 6 months ago
Robin was breathing heavily, the broken glass flashed in the moonlight. Just then Robin heard the door open. "Robin?" Raven asked. Robin turned to see Raven standing there in her leotard. "Oh, hey Rae, what's up?" Robin said, trying to pull himself together. "I thought I heard something out here, I came to investigate." She said. Her eyes wondered over to the broken glass on the other side of the room. "Accident." He mumbled, walking over to the broken glass and sweeping it up. "Anything you wanna talk about?" Raven asked, watching Robin discard the broken glass. Robin closed the trash bin and looked at Raven. "No…..no I'm fine. Just came out here to get a glass of water and the glass slipped out of my hand." Robin said, not really looking at Raven. "Good night." He said, walking quickly past Raven to his room. Raven glided to the wall opposite the kitchen, noticing some glass sticking out of a small hole. Robin shut the door behind him. What was going on with him? He jumped back into his bed. Robin had never felt this kind of anger before, not even when he saw Slade come back from the dead. He sighed and looked at his clock. It read 4:34 A.M. He needed sleep to lead the team in training tomorrow. He closed his eyes, trying to forget what had happened an hour ago.
A buzzing noise. That's all that Robin was hearing as he stared at a small mouse, scurrying on the floor. The mouse looked up at Robin, and then went back into his hole. Robin just stared at the wall where the mouse disappeared. The buzzing noise was deafening now, but Robin completely ignored it. It was like a part of him now. "ROBIN HEADS UP!" Shouted Cyborg. Robin suddenly turned his head, only to get hit in the head by a moving target. Robin was knocked to the floor, the wind getting kicked out of him. "Yo Star, shut it down!" Shouted Cyborg. Beast boy ran up to Robin to help him up, but he swatted his hand away. "I'm fine!" He said, getting back on his feet. "Robin, you okay man?" Cyborg asked. "I said I'm fine, team take five." Robin said, heading into the locker room. "What crawled up his butt?" Beast boy asked, only to get smacked in the head by Raven. Robin ripped his mask off his face, and then splashed some water on it. He looked at his own reflection. Robin hadn't even noticed he was crying. Tears traveled down his cheek, and onto the floor. What the hell was happening to him?
Flashback to present
"Message #99, left at 2:42 A.M. beep Hello Robin, wherever you are, I hope you are happy. I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. The team is doing well. We have stopped the one you call Billy Numerous for the third time this week. Our fri-My friends tell me that you are never coming back and that you are gone forever. I don't want to believe them but." Starfire began to sniffle. "Anyway, I am sorry but this is the last message I will be leaving you, I hope you have a good life Robin. beep." Robin just stared at the screen. He had listened to all 99 messages on his communicator. After message 70, they were all from Starfire. The rest of the team had stopped trying to contact him after message 70. Robin sighed and powered off the communicator. He slowly got up and walked into the bathroom. He splashed some water on his face and stared at his reflection. He had grown taller and slimmer over the six months he had disappeared. He was starting to grow a beard. His hair was very messy, not jelled like it was before. His posture was slumped, and he had a slight limp. Robin stared at his reflection. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a wallet. He pulled out a picture from the wallet and looked it over. It was a smiling Robin and the team, celebrating Robin's 17th birthday. They were all smiling and wearing party hats, arms over shoulders and making silly faces. He smiled at the picture and said softly "I'm sorry." Then he taped the picture to the mirror and left the bathroom.
A loud alarm went off in the Titan's tower. "Trouble." Cyborg said, looking at the computer screen. "Where?" Raven asked sternly. "Nuclear power plant. Let's move." Cyborg shouted, jumping into the T-car while the rest of the team flew out the window. They arrived at the power plant to discover it in flames. "Titans, move!" Shouted Cyborg. Beast boy morphed into an elephant and started to douse the flames while Raven used her spells to lift large amounts of dirt onto the fires. Starfire lifted Cyborg into the burning power plant, looking for trapped survivors. "There!" Cyborg shouted, using his eye to scan for human life forms and pointing at a nearby office. Starfire used her eyes to shoot power bolts at the doors to blast it open, only to find someone they thought they would never see again. "Hello titans." Said Slade.
