I'll Be Fine
Chapter 10: Awakening
A/N: Here it is, and please, review!
~I'll Be Fine~
A soft breeze floated through the forest as a metal man, a young alien, a demon girl and a green changeling searched through the forest. They needed to find him, he was unstable when upset and would do something horribly rash, they knew this, so they searched far and wide until there paths led to the forest. Cyborg was taking it the hardest, he had snapped at Robin, and he even knew how sensitive Robin really was inside. The kid could hide it, but, he was so fragile sometimes it was hard to tell if he was really sixteen as he had said he was the day they had formed a team. That's right, they were a team, a team of outcasts, runaways and orphans... sometimes all of the above. As the search continued, Raven and Beast Boy formed a group while Starfire and Cyborg formed a group to cover more ground. As they walked, the stress of knowing that Robin was probably knocked out naked somewhere thanks to the full moon from last night was driving Beast Boy crazy. He knew that Robin could suppress his powers to a certain degree on the full moon...
But if he was really emotional from last night...
After what felt like hours but was actually about ten minutes, Beast Boy cracked. He had promised never to tell... he had promised, but he couldn't take it anymore, this was life or death here and with the recent killings Beast Boy really didn't want to find Robin murdering someone that morning.
"Rae... can we talk?" Beast Boy asked, immediately, the empath stopped her walking to turn to Beast Boy.
Raven studied Beast Boy. "Your stressed, I can sense it, what is it?" Raven asked.
Beast Boy sighed. "I think... I think I know where Robin might be." He admitted.
"Why didn't you tell the others?" Raven questioned.
Beast Boy sighed, his shoulders slumping as he did so. "Because... he made me promise never to tell anyone."
Raven suddenly placed a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and made him sit on a log, looking into his dark green eyes carefully. "Garfield, Robin is in danger right now and no one can blame you for trying to keep your promise to him, but if it can help us find him before he does something rash, then tell me please. You know him like I do, he's unstable when he's emotional and could hurt himself or others."
Beast Boy nodded as he let out a secretly held breath. "Robin... he's a Wolf Child, he might be at the waterfall again."
"I knew it." Raven said in a slightly knowing voice.
Beast Boy jumped in fear and surprise. "WHAT!? Why'd you make me tell you then!?" He yelled.
Raven shrugged. "I needed to know if he would be anywhere else. Besides, I'm sure he won't mind since he knows that I've figured it out." She explained.
"Rae... how did you find out?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven sighed. "Well... it all started a few months ago..."
~I'll Be Fine~
A dark night fell upon Jump City as the residents fell asleep in there beds, including all but two Teen Titans. A young fifteen year old girl, Raven, walked alone through the tower as she watched the city full of lights shine beautifully across the water. In all of her life, she had never seen such a sight since she had joined the Teen Titans, with them, miracles just sort of came. It was truly beautiful. As the minutes passed, Raven could hear someone cry out in the night, the young girl waited for a moment... the noise had seemed to stop. As Raven was about to go to bed, a loud howl ripped through the air. That wasn't Beast Boy. With a feeling of worry filling her chest, Raven hurried down the elevator of the tower and rushed to the backdoor where she had heard the scream and howl. As she opened the door, she saw a horrifying sight.
A young wolf, looking to be in its teens, was bleeding from a large gash in his side. Blood gushed out of the cut and shimered over the raven colored fur of the poor creature. Raven looked into the wolf's eyes, he begged for mercy. As Raven contemplated what to do, the wolf howled at the moon with the last of his energy and changed to... ROBIN!? The boy wonder wasn't dressed in anything as far as Raven could see, dried tear tracks covered his unmasked eyes as he stared up at her, his gorgeous baby blues begging for help.
"Help me." Robin whispered before falling unconscious.
Not three seconds later, Raven sent a shock to Cyborg's power grid to wake him up. As soon as Cyborg saw Robin, he gasped and carried the unconscious boy to the medical bay. The boy wonder didn't wake up for three days... Starfire and Beast Boy had been told that Robin was on a secret mission... but only Raven really knew that Robin was a Wolf Child, she had told Cyborg that she found Robin unconscious on the porch. When he had awoken, he remembered only small snipets of what had happened, none of which included Raven seeing his true form. So... Raven had kept it to herself. As soon as the boy wonder had awoken, he had looked scared.
"Rae?" He asked as Raven had started to help him up.
"Yes, Robin?" She asked as she helped him.
Robin sighed. "Did I... did I scream in my sleep last night?"
"No." Raven had said.
It was a lie.
~I'll Be Fine~
"Dude! That's SO cool!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "I only saw him turn is all, at least your finding out was more epic... but... still cool, right?"
Raven let out a rare chuckle. "Still cool, Beast Boy."
Beast Boy laughed as he pointed at Raven. "Hey, you laughed at my joke!" He said happily.
"I guess I did." Raven said more to herself then Beast Boy.
As if on cue, the two hero's heard... singing? As they turned the corner they saw a young boy who both Raven and Beast Boy recognized as Robin. The boy was humming loudly to himself as he washed off dirt in a large waterfall, it looked freezing, but at the same time it seemed to be just right for the lone Wolf Child. As he washed, he never noticed Raven and Beast Boy nearby. Now then, I'm sure you wondering how he escaped from Slade, well, here.
~I'll Be Fine~
Robin awoke with a yelp as he shot off of the really comfy couch, he was confused, hurting in certain places, scared and very hungry all at once. He had never hunted last night and never ate on full moons since he always hunted on full moons, and a hungry wolf was dangerous wolf. Wintergreen, having just made breakfast for the pup, placed the tray on the coffee table in front of him.
"Here you ar-" Before Wintergreen could finish, Robin had pounced on the table and was scrambling to get food in his system. "Or you could do that." The old man mumbled.
Slade quickly entered the room, out of uniform, and smiled at Robin seeing as he now had the results and planed on showing Robin and himself at the same time. "Hello, Robin." He said.
Robin stiffened and glared at Slade, he would have said something out of anger or self pride, but as a wolf he was unable to say a word of English or any language that humans spoke for that matter. As the staring contest seemed to take place, Wintergreen grew tired of Robin standing on all fours on his coffee table. Grabbing him by the scruff, causing a loud whimper to leave the wolf pup, Wintergreen placed Robin and the tray of breakfast on the floor. During this, Slade couldn't help but wonder why Robin hadn't simply attacked Wintergreen for moving him, oh well, Slade would ignore it for now. For now, he'd find out just what the folded sheet he had yet to read said.
"Robin, come here." Slade ordered.
Robin ignored Slade and continued to munch on the dead rabbit on his plate.
Slade sent Wintergreen a hard glare. "Will, would you please do the thing?"
"Of course, Slade." Wintergreen said before grabbing Robin's head and shaking it softly before Robin turned back into a human.
Robin quickly wrapped a blanket around himself out of common decency. "What do you want?" He asked, as if this was normal for him.
Slade sat on the couch and patted for Robin to sit next to him, the boy did so and unconsciously rubbed a hand through his hair. "Robin, did I ever tell you that I knew your mother?"
"Mama?" Robin asked automatically, he coughed and blushed as he looked away. "I mean, my mom? Um, no, I don't think you ever have. For that matter, why am I here?"
"You tell me, I found you here in front of my cabin as a wolf, you tried to kill me." Slade explained as he fingered the paper carefully. "It not your fault though, you must have had a long night I'm guessing?"
Robin's head faced the floor as tears threatened to overflow. "I ran away..." He whispered.
"Excuse me, I couldn't hear you." Slade said, he couldn't tell what the boy had just said because the wolf's voice was so quiet at the moment.
Robin glared at Slade with such hate, Slade could see a bit of red flash in his eyes. But either way, he saw it... the same eyes he had seen so many times in the mirrior in a combination also with his lover from long ago who now was six feet under. Grant's eyes, those mystic blues. But now, they were clouded with hate, anger and... fear, regret? It was odd really, but that blood red color of hunger and murder still filled Robin's eyes.
"I ran away, I split, I left them all behind me, okay!? I couldn't take it, they hated me anyways, I just... I hated being a secret from them. They never knew... what I was, what I am! I just, needed to leave. Now I'm not a titan... they hate me." Robin screamed, however the screaming turned to a hushed whisper as tears fell from his now blue again eyes.
Slade sighed and forced Robin to join him on the couch. "I'm going to read this aloud... can you handle that right now? Its important and will change alot of things." He explained, not wanting to cause a panic attack to take place.
Robin nodded numbly, his fears almost consuming him.
"Okay then." Slade said before reading the paper.
Identity Tester 4.0 Results
Richard Johnathan Grayson is immediate child of Slade Wilson and Mary Grayson.
Robin stared at Slade, a bit of an odd look to his face. "I knew it. A few weeks ago I was nearly killed, before I fainted... I saw my life flash by and I saw myself as a baby being held by a man that I now realize is you. My mother... she called you Slade. I somehow knew it was you, but I tried so hard to refuse it in my mind, I tried to say it was a lie or a trick but it wasn't! I... I don't know whats a lie and whats a fact anymore." The boys shoulders slumped as he fell rear first on the couch.
Will patted Robin's head gently. "If it helps, your team is looking for you." He tried to change the subject.
Robin perked up. "What?" He asked.
"There trying to find you, in the forest." Wintergreen explained.
Robin turned to Slade, his eyes full of hope. "Can I? I mean, we'll talk about this soon I promise but-"
Slade held a hand up. "Go, your team won't be okay until they find you. And yes, we will discuss this further in good time." He assured the pre-teen.
Robin turned to Slade as he stood. "Hey Slade?" He asked.
"Yes?" Slade replied.
Robin smiled softly. "Thanks for making my mom so happy."
And then he was gone, and Slade let him go.
~I'll Be Fine~
A/N: Whelp, that was weird but I liked writing it, hope YOU liked reading it! So, um... please R&R if you have the time, especially reviewing!
~Supercasey.