Me: Hmm, what could the title of this chapter mean? Read to find out more.

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I awoke and I tried to sit up, but every inch resulted in pain. I clutched my abdomen, which was bare except for the bandages, and I sat up in bed. Then a problem occurred.

"Shit, I've gotta pee."

I carefully and slowly moved my legs towards the edge of the bed. My feet touched the floor and I used my other hand to push myself up. I slowly made my way to the bathroom and I shut the door. My left side and my abdomen were screaming in pain, but I ignored the pain as best as I could. I flushed the toilet, washed my hands, and left the bathroom. I slowly made my way to the door to get into the hall and it slid open. I stepped out and I went to my left. I passed Robin's room, but it slid opened and I turned back around and peered inside. Robin was nowhere in his room and I frowned a bit.

"Rocky?" I slowly turned to my right and Slade was walking towards me. "What are you doing near Robin's room?"

"I was looking for him," I said.

"He's still in the infirmary," Slade said. "Follow me."

He turned around and he went the way he came. I followed him and he led me to the infirmary. He motioned for me to sit, so I did. The pain in my side and abdomen was getting worse and I knew that this was why Slade wanted me to follow him.

"What happened to Robin?" I asked.

"He was careless while fighting the Titans," Slade responded. He had medical supplies in his hands and he set them down next to me. "Sit up straight."

I sat up and Slade was unwrapping the bandages from my abdomen. Once the cold air hit my bare skin, pain shot through my whole body.

"Alan sure did a number on me," I said wincing. "Those claws of his are long."

Slade started wrapping the clean bandages around my abdomen and he tightened them a lot more than Wintergreen did last night.

"That should keep the wounds from reopening," Slade said.

As Slade went to put the supplies back, I asked, "Are they really dead?"

Slade stopped and he slowly turned to face me.

"Yes, they are."

I nodded and I stood up.

"I know I should have been asleep when you said all of that last night, but I wasn't," I said. I smiled. "Calling me the perfect Apprentice made my life seem way easier. I appreciate it… Master."

I slowly made my way for the door and I could feel Robin's gaze on me.

Sorry Robin, I thought. But maybe it's time to just give up… for the Titans' sake.

I walked outand I returned to my room. I turned on my laptop and I rummaged through my drawer in search of my pills. I only found the red ones, but the blue ones were nowhere to be found. I looked in my bathroom, my desk next to my bed, and even under my bed, but they weren't here. I stood up and I scratched my head.

"Where are they?"

My door slid open and Robin walked in.

"Why are you, all of a sudden, calling Slade 'Master'?" he asked angrily. "And what do you mean your friends are dead?"

I snorted.

"Oh give me a break Robin," I said. "They were never my friends. I said I didn't care if I ever saw them again and now I won't have to… ever. And maybe your just jealous that Slade thinks I'm perfect and your not. Is that it Robin?"

"Why would I be jealous?" Robin asked. "You think I like being Slade's apprentice? Well guess what, I don't. I hate it here Rocky and you should too. You said that we'd get out of here and out of Slade's clutches once your friends arrived and you practically promised me. What happened to you? Why the change?"

I turned my back on Robin and I sighed.

"I gave up Robin," I said. "Maybe its time you did too. If you just gave up, then you wouldn't have to worry about your friends from dying. I choose this life and there's nothing I can do about it. They are gone and I can't bring them back."

I walked past Robin and I left him in his thoughts.

"What happened to my blue pills Master?" I asked.

"You don't need them anymore," Slade said. "But I still require you to take the red ones before training."

"Yes Master."

I walked away and I returned to my room. We had been training the whole day and I was off to bed. I hadn't seen or talked to Robin since our conversation yesterday, but I found that I didn't care all that much. I pulled back my blanket and I sat down on my bed. I lied down on my back and I stared up at the ceiling with my hands behind my head.

I wonder if my parents miss me.

"Stop that," I told myself. "You don't need anyone, but Master now."

I closed my eyes and I drifted off to sleep.

It's been a week since I stopped taking the blue pills and I had two other assignments that I accomplished in under ten minutes. I was getting better at stealing and I could take down over 50 Slade-bots now in under ten minutes also.

I was fighting Master and as always, he was getting the upper hand. I had used fire and water, but Master easily avoided both. I sent a punch my way, but I grabbed it and I kicked out at him. He caught my foot with his free hand and he sent me falling to the floor. I landed on my stomach, but I did a handstand and I jumped to my feet. I front flipped as Master tried tripping me from behind and I sent a boulder at him. He took out his Bo Staff and he attacked the rock. He broke the piece of earth in half and he jumped between the two pieces and he attacked me with the staff. I blocked it with my metal embraced arm and I kicked the staff out of Master's hands. He sent a roundhouse kick at me, but I dodged it and I summoned earth. I jumped onto it and I rose into the air, out of Master's reach. I sent water at him from all sides and the waves crashed into him. I got rid of the water and I jumped from my perch. Slade was on his back and as I got closer, he put his hands behind his head and he jumped up.

"Very good my Apprentice," Master said. "You more than deserve a break."

"Thank you Master," I said nodding.

Slade motioned for me to return to my room and I complied. I returned to my room and I turned on my laptop. I logged in and I opened Mozilla. I checked my e-mail, but I had none and I looked at the news reports. There was a news clip about how 4 teenagers mysteriously disappeared the same night Lea, Alan, Courtney, and Sheilee did.

That would definitely be them.

"Good riddance."

I turned off the laptop and I took a shower. I looked at my clock and it was 7:30. I walked out of my room and I headed for the surface (Remember, Slade's lair is underground). I was on the roof of the warehouse and there were metal railings on the edge of the roof. I slipped my legs in between the gaps and I sat down resting my head on my arms. I looked down at the ground and thoughts flooded into my brain. I was broken to the extent where I couldn't be repaired, but I actually liked the feeling. I truly was becoming like Slade, my Master.

"Hey. Can I join you?"

I looked up at Robin and I nodded. He sat down with his back to the railing and he rested his elbows on the metal bar with his leg over the other.

"You shouldn't be out here," I said. "Master will be pretty mad if he caught you out here."

"Well I can't really go anywhere else," Robin said. "Not with this metal collar around my neck."

"It's your fault you know," I said. "You shouldn't have made Master mad two days ago."

"I don't care if I make Slade mad," Robin said with his arms folded across his chest. "But you're right, it is my fault."

Robin and I stayed in silence for several minutes and the silence was getting to me. I pulled my legs up and I stood up.

"Night Robin."

I walked back inside the lair and I returned to my room. I got into bed 'cause I got really tired all of a sudden. I closed my eyes and I fell asleep.

I snapped my fingers and fire rose from my fingertips. I was sitting on the ground and I was getting bored. I heard someone behind me and I thought it was my Master, so I stood up and I turned around. But instead of Slade, my friends were standing behind me, but they didn't look hurt, but angry.

"You should all be dead," I said with fear clearly etched in my features. "I killed you when I used my Midnight Tornado."

"You tried to kill us with that stupid attack," Sheilee said, "but you failed."

"And you almost killed Courtney with your fire sword," Lea added.

"We were your friends Rocky," Alan said. "Was it all a lie? Did you get captured by Slade on purpose?"

"Just shut up!" I yelled. "Shut up! I don't need you anymore! You were never my friends! If you were my friends you would have told me about my powers! Master was the only one who told me the truth, unlike you! So shut up!"

"Listen to yourself Rocky," Courtney said. "We went to the same Ninja school together and I was the first to become your friend. You're only lying to yourself. Slade is lying to you. Don't blame us for your betrayal. Only you have yourself to blame and no one else."

My friend's voices echoed through my mind and I was covering my ears with my hands. I shook my head to get rid of the voices, but they only grew louder and it was hurting my head.

"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!"

My eyes shot opened and I leaned over my bed and I puked all over the floor. I did this three times and I was shaking from the fever that I knew was there. Once the puking stopped, I leaned back up and I was trying to control my body to stop shaking. I coughed and my mouth tasted terrible.

"Stop it," I told myself. "Just stop… shaking." My body wasn't listening and I kept on shaking. I wrapped my arms around the top of my arms and I was trying to stop them from shaking. Nothing was working however. My bed shifted and I looked up in alarm. "M-Master. What are you doing here?"

"I heard you yelling in your sleep," Slade said.

"It was just a dream Master," I said. "Just a bad dream."

Master placed his hand, which was gloveless, on my forehead and I shook under his touch.

"How long has it been since you stopped taking the blue pills Apprentice?" Slade asked.

"A week Master," I said. "The day after I killed the ones I thought were my friends." Slade put his hand down and he ruffled up my hair. I was still shaking and it only seemed to get worse. Slade pulled his legs onto my bed and he pulled me into him. "Master, what're you doing?"

Somehow my shaking was slowly becoming slight jerks at Master's touch and the sick feeling in my stomach was slowly easing away.

"Trying to make you feel better my Apprentice," Master said. "I'm beginning to think that those blue pills had the same side effect as a drug, or in this case an addiction and you still need them."

"That doesn't really explain why you're holding me Master," I said.

"Think of it as generosity and comfort my Apprentice," Slade said.

I, very slowly, stopped shaking and I was drifting into oblivion.

I closed my eyes and I said, "Thank you Master."

I was truly broken.

Me: Truly sorry it wasn't much, but I think it was okay. Please review and hopefully chapter 11 will be longer.

Rocky-White Wolf of Curses