I want to personally thank jordylily777 for reminding me of Red X. I had completely forgotten about him until I read your review! So thank you, he will be in this chapter. I have a perfect role for him to play! Also I was rereading through my reviews and realized that I should probably answer your questions….so Is Jinx and Robin's relationship and friendship or romance? Umm…I intended it to be more of a friendship, but it has been more of a romantic. I want to keep it as a friendship though (at least for now) Will Batman be in this story? Most certainly yes! What will happen between Slade and Robin (my most common question) Read and find out! =)

Jinx and I walked slowly through the halls. Most of the kids had cleared out by now, either they went home with their mentors or they went to their dormitories like Jinx will after she drops me off at the gym. I wonder just how many people here actually have mentors. I would think that most mentors would want to keep their apprentices with them at all time. Slade had intended to keep me with him at all times, but my depression got too server for that to be possible.

As we got closer and closer to the gym, I wished that my day was longer. I didn't want to go home. I didn't want to face Slade. I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die. But given the circumstances my day went pretty smoothly, or at least I think it did. To be honest, it could have gone a lot worse. But it also could have gone better too. I have mixed feelings about the day, but one thing was for sure, I absolutely did not want to go home to Slade.

"Whelp," Jinx said, clapping her hands together, "This is your stop. I will see you tomorrow, that is if you survive the night." Jinx cracked a smile.

I couldn't help it; I smiled a little bit despite my fear. Even though it was a meant to be a joke, there was truth to it. A truth that I didn't want to face, it was going to be hell tonight and I would be lucky if I got out of there alive. But Jinx was trying to make it better, so I let a small smile spread across my face.

"It's going to be okay," Jinx placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Robin," Mr. Knapp called after me, standing in the entrance of the gym, "Come on. I don't have all day and I doubt you have all day too."

"Alright," I called back to him; he nodded and turned to leave. I looked over to Jinx and whispered goodbye.

She said her goodbyes and left leaving me to face Mr. Knapp and his stupid combat course by myself. As I walked into the gym the smell of sweat and deodorant hint me. I wrinkled my nose. Mr. Knapp stood in the middle of the gym and writing on his clip board. Mr. Knapp stood at an angle, blocking someone. I tried to see who it was, but I couldn't get a good look from where I stood. I walked closer cranking my head to the side, but it was too late the person saw me first.

"Hello, Kid," he said. I moment I heard his voice I knew who it was. That unmistakable sound of the voice changer built into the suit. Red X.

"Hi," I mumbled. I didn't think he went to this school, I haven't seen him all day. Or maybe I just wasn't looking for him.

"Robin, normally I would have you redo the course, but it sounds like you have had a rough day and your going to have an even rougher night, so I will not force you to make up this course, but know that in the future you will have too. No exceptions. Okay?" Mr. Knapp told me without taking his eyes off his clip board.

"Yes Sir," I said, glaring at Red X.

Mr. Knapp walked out, without another word. Leaving Red X and I alone, together.

"So, you got yourself into a sticky situation, huh?" Red X asked.

"Shut up," I snapped back at him, "What are you doing here anyways?"

Red X shrugged, "Sometimes I come here and help the less brilliant, coordinated, and popular students. You know so they can be more like me, I have all three of those qualities by the way," Red X gave me a wink.

"Yeah, something tells me you where one of those students before you stole my suit." I accused him.

"Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Actually I would."

"You're not going to get anything from me."

"I'm sure if I look hard enough I will find something," I threated and gave him a smirk. Honestly I wasn't sure that I would find anything, but I wanted to scare him with something.

Red X laughed, "I'm not here to fight; in fact I want to help you."

"Why," I asked him slowly. Why would he want to help me?

Again he shrugged, "We are alike in many ways, and well I like the way we had things, you on the good side and me on the not so good side. And I don't like seeing you here, your miserable and Slade's an ass. So lets call it a truce for now, until we get you back on the side that your meant to be on."

I was shocked, but stranger things had happened to me today, and I really wanted another person I could talk to about this whole situation. But, the little voice in the back of my head told me not to trust him. He was a criminal and he could very possibly be working for Slade, spying on me.

I wouldn't look at him, I wanted to bad to trust him, but I had been hurt by so many people in the past that I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I let my eyes drift over to the clock and I groaned when I realized that I still needed to go to Mr. Jantz's and serve a detention there.

"Look, Kid" Red said to me, placing a hand on my shoulder for comfort, "I know you don't trust, I don't even trust me, but you look like Hell. You've been to Hell and back. I don't want to see you here, this place drags a person down. I know from personal experience."

"Okay," I said taking a seat on the bleachers and Red followed, "I just I don't understand why me. You know? Out of all the heroes in the world, why me? Why am I so special? There are hundreds of students here that would love to be his apprentice, but it had to be me. Why?"

"You already know the answer to that." Red said while getting up, "Come on. You have to get to Mr. Jantz."

I slowly got up and we walked down the hallway to Mr. Jants , "What do you mean I already know the answer? No I don't."

"You do, but you refuse to acknowledge it. Now, I have to go talk to Mr. Simpson. Good luck tonight."

"Thanks," I muttered, but he was already gone.

I walked into Mr. Jantz. He was on the computer typing away. I cleared my throat to let him know I was here. I looked up briefly and handed me a stack of papers.

"Here," he said, "You can grade these, when your done you can leave."

The stack was thick, really thick. I would be here a long time. I sat there grading those stupid papers, it was dead silent. I was trying to avoid thinking about tonight, but the thoughts just keep poping back into my mind. I was only a fourth way through the papers when Mr. Jantz spoke up, "Robin, you can go now."

I looked at him, "Really?"

"Yep."

"Thank you," I said and rushed out. I hurried out of the building to find Slade sitting in the parking lot. I opened the door and slid in, careful not to look at him. It was silent for a long time. I knew he was looking at me. I felt the panic start to rise and tears started to form. I was scared, truly utterly scared.

"Robin," Slade growled, "Do you know how long I have been sitting here, waiting for you?"

Not, trusting myself to speak I just shook my head, but I did know exactly how long; 45 minutes. He had been waiting for 45 minutes.

"45 minutes," Slade told me. There was something in his voice that made me jump. He wasn't happy. He was utterly pissed. And I was terrified. I still wasn't looking at him. I just looked down at my feet. Tears started to form and before I could stop myself I let it slip, the question that has been on my mind sense the day I became his apprentice, "Why me?"

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