HOW DID IT TAKE THIS LONG TO WRITE ONE CHAPTER
I MEAN IT'S BEEN 4 MONTHS
AND I JUST STARTED THE CHAPTER TODAY
I'm sorry it's taken me forever to update! I've been really busy lately, as for some reason the summer is much busier than the school year. But things are slowing down, so updates will be much more frequent now.
Here you go! Chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans ;(
"Slade." Robin whispered venomously. He edged to the back of the room, the farthest from Slade he could possibly be.
"Hello, Robin." Slade murmured, turning to face Robin. "It's been a while."
Robin felt anger bubble up inside of him, like a volcano, but he kept his calm façade. For now.
"What do you want, Slade? Why are you doing this?" Robin asked, his voice betraying some of his anger, but mostly curiosity seeped through.
He wanted to have a reason for why he was doing this. Why he was behind it all. To torture him? Was this another scheme of Slade's to…what? Make Robin his apprentice again?
"Why?" Slade echoed, his voice airy and snide. "Why not?"
"You can't just wipe out a large fraction of the population without a reason, Slade. Even you can't do it without some sort of remorse." Robin seethed.
"Remorse?" Slade whispered. "Oh, Robin, I haven't felt remorse in years."
How could he not be guilty? Robin wondered. He was killing innocent people. He had done it before, but…it was to get his life back. He distantly remembered when Trigon had taken over, with the help of Slade. He got his life back. And he got to destroy the Titans for a time. That was a reason. But this…what was the point? Just killing the superheroes…killing the population…is that enough of reason for him?
"However," Slade muttered. "There is something I get out of the bargain."
Robin clenched his fists. "And what's that?" he asked, his voice dangerously low.
"You."
Robin frowned. "What's that supposed to mean?" Me? He thought. What is he talking about? How does he…oh, no. No no no no no no no.
As Robin stumbled upon the answer, Slade smiled, his grin stretched out wide across his face. "Yes, Robin." Slade murmured. "Be my apprentice again, and I'll stop. Everyone else gets to live."
"And if I refuse?" Robin whispers, his voice treacherously close to breaking.
Slade beamed, the wide grin growing wider. "Every single life form on this planet will die. And you will watch it all. You'll be the last to go."
Being Slade's apprentice, or watching all of humanity die…there really was no choice. He had been Slade's apprentice for just the lives of his friends. But now all of humanity was held hostage in exchange for his freedom.
As Robin drowned in the terror of becoming Slade's apprentice once again, he was vaguely aware of an insane laughter coming from Slade.
He had won.