Starfire glided down the hallways of Titans Tower, heading right for Robin's room. Her face didn't have that shimmering smile that puts a grin on her comrades' (not to mention a lot of boys') faces. There was no way she could shake off the way Raven made contact with Robin when he was about to end Johnny Rancid's life. Nor could she shake off how incredibly heartless Robin seemed when he wore that new uniform of his.

Starfire stopped at Robin's door and carefully knocked on his door. Starfire felt a major chill flow through her skin when she gave Robin's door the third knock. After backing off a few feet and covering herself from the unnatural chill, the door opened. The frost flowed out of Robin's dark room, and a strange whisper came out of that darkness.

"… Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Alemekus Zintel Mortex…"

"Robin? Is that really you in there?" Starfire asked with a quaking voice. The chanting ceased instantly. A pair of ice-blue glowing eyes flashed wide open and stared right through her. Starfire swore that her very heart froze from those cold eyes.

"… Starfire. What brings you here?" Robin asked. That very voice wasn't the voice that tempted Starfire to jump at Robin and give him a hug. His voice was far less soothing and far, far more vicious. Just like Lord Darcia's from the hit show "Wolf's Rain."

"My… my best friend. We need to talk to you. All of us. Please come to the main lounge with me," Starfire asked very kindly. Starfire tried to wear that lovely smile she always wore for Robin when he was still in the red and green. At least that Robin was more kind-hearted that time. More… human. When Robin came out of the darkness, his eyes returned to normal.

"Okay, Star. Just lead the way." Starfire and Robin walked shoulder-to-shoulder, heading for the main lounge. As usual, Robin's face was emotionless, due to his mask. However, Starfire could tell that Robin won't like what the other Titans will have to tell him. Her heart beat with anxiety, fearing what she was about to ask him.

"Robin?"

"Yeah, Starfire?"

"What did… what did you and Raven do while we were out in space facing the legions of Darkseid?"

""… There wasn't really much to do around here. We got along pretty okay, but like Raven said it was just plain dull around here when you guys weren't around. Why do you ask?"

"… It's nothing. Please don't mind me."

"Glad you could come, Robin." Cyborg's words lacked sincerity. All of the Titans seeming sat comfortably on the sofas. However, Robin preferred to stand.

"Look, Cyborg. I'm sorry about what happened at the Convention. I really crossed the line when I blasted you away and-"

"Crossed the line? That's definitely the understatement of the year! Not only did you endanger the life of our enemy, but you also endangered the life of a TEAMMATE!"

"Cyborg, just take it easy, dude. Yelling isn't gonna get us anywhere."

"I've been taking it easy on that spike-head for too long! What he needs is a good kick in the-"

"We have to calm down, everyone. We can't let our emotions get the best of us."

"I must concur with Raven. Our main concern is Robin."

"Look, you guys. If you all have something to say about me, just spit it out."

Robin's words ended their exchange of words. All eyes focused on Robin. Beast Boy let out a sigh.

"… Robin. We had a discussion about what needs to be done for you, bro. I mean, what you did out there to Johnny was so totally… not you. You know what I mean?"

"I did what had to be done, Beast Boy. Either take him out or-"

"But friend Robin, taking a life is not our way. You were taught that lesson even before you joined the Titans. Please sit down with us. Please…"

Reluctantly, Robin took a seat on the sofa. All eyes focused on the Boy Wonder, every pair of eyes filled with concern. Raven's eyes looked down to the floor, eyes filled with defeat. Cyborg cleared his throat.

"… Robin. After what you've done earlier today, we've reached a decision. Three out of the four of us voted that… you are to be suspended for a month. You're hereby not allowed to fight by our side when trouble rears its head in Jump City."

"… what?"

"My best friend, I had to concur with the others. Ever since we've returned to from our fight with Darkseid, you've been acting very strange. There's so much… pain written all over you. We feel that this suspension is a way for you… to heal."

"Your powers isn't the only thing that's bothering us, dude. You're so damn withdrawn from us, it's as though something really bad has been bothering you. Starfire's right. You should use this suspension to head back to Gotham City and-"

"You can't DO this! You got a lot of nerve to make a decisionfor mebehind my BACK!" Robin shouted.

A vase next to one of the sofas glowed black and shattered into pieces.

"Please calm down, Robin. I don't like this any more than you do, but-"

"Look. I don't need to take this crap! I'm heading back to my room. If you guys want me out of Jump City that badly, then I'm not EVER coming back!" Robin stormed his way out of the lounge and headed back to his room. The other Titans looked to one another with concern. Raven got up from her seat angrily.

"I KNEW this would be a bad idea!" Without making any eye contact with her comrades, Raven stormed out of the lounge as well, hot on Robin's tracks.

"Dude, what's eating her?" Beast Boy asked.

"That's not important. Something's seriously bothering him, and I feel that he's the only one who can help him. He's our only hope," Cyborg replied.

Surrounded by torches, Robin focused on one of the martial arts he learned called Tai Chi. He was too afraid of letting his hard arts set off his powers, so he used the soft arts to practice the art of combat more calmly. After finishing one of his forms, a knock came from his door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Raven. Can I come in?"

With a snap of a finger, Robin's door opened for Raven. Raven entered his room and closed the door with her powers. Robin and Raven sat together on the edge of his bed.

"Robin… is there something you want to talk about?"

"What do you mean, Raven?"

"The others are right. Something is really bothering you. I don't want to pry into you mind, so why not talk about it?"

"… There are some things not worth talking about at all, Raven. Bringing it up would be… too damn unbearable," Robin replied, staring down to the floor. Raven lightly placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Whatever goes wrong, just remember: you can talk about anything with me, okay?"

"… You're so kind to me, and you understand me better than anyone. That's why I love you so much…" They embraced one another and kissed. Robin lied on top of Raven and kissed her lightly on the neck, making Raven moan with delight. Raven closed her eyes and clutched onto Robin even tighter.

"… Yes… Oh yes…" Raven whispered. Robin began to grind into Raven, causing Raven to moan without any control. Feeling more heat build up, Raven dug her nails into Robin's back of his shirt and ripped it off with his cape.

Fiery-red inscriptions glowed out of Robin's back, glowing out ancient writings. Neither of the Titans was aware of it.

Out on the construction site for a new skyscraper, over a hundred construction workers were working their hearts out, working on building the 10th floor. Down at the bottom, one of the workers was using the jackhammer.

The worker felt something underneath his jackhammer, something too damn tough to hammer into. He immediately turned off his hammer and placed it down, kneeling down to the mysterious stone he hammered accidentally.

"… What hell is that stuff?" he asked himself. As he looked closer to what he just dug up, a huge red "S" glowed hot red out his latest discovery.

Out of the very ground he dug up, a gloved hand grabbed the worker grabbed the worker by the very face. The worker tried to scream, but all he could do was let out a mumble. A masked man came out of the earth and raised his victim right off the ground by his jaw. The one-eyed masked man smiled to himself as he watched the worker quake with fear.

"Aaaaaahhhh… fresh meat. You should be honored to be the first sacrifice for my master…" A huge ancient temple emerged from underneath the construction site, causingall theconstruction workers to run for their very lives. Not all of them got away. Red-fanged, black-skinned demons jumped out of the ground and snatched dozens of workers, wrapping them into their webs. As the horde of demons got behind their superior with their victims, the temple glowed fiery-red symbols from all sides. The man's forehead glowed a red "S".

"… The moment is finally at hand…".

… to be continued.