Disclaimer: I-Own-Nothing! As always.........I need a job so I can own some money
to buy stuff that I can own.........
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Batman turned to face the Titans. His eyes pierced each of there hearts as they noticed a man who truly loved Robin as a son.
"How did this happen?" Batman asked. "How could someone so trained for battle die? Who did this? Why?"
The Titans looked at each other wondering who should tell him. Cyborg being the 2nd in command spoke up.
"Sir around four years ago Robin or Dick was captured by an evil villain called Slade. We all thought he was dead, until a few months ago. He was being used by Slade. He eventually killed Slade and got away but he was severely injured when he returned back to the tower."
"He was unconscious for a few days," Raven said stepping in. Since she helped heal Robin she thought she should be the one to tell his mentor of his injuries. "He had broken ribs, a crushed shoulder, a punctured lung, and he lost a lot of blood due to a large gash on the side of his head. Once he recovered we thought we could go back to normal but then........." She couldn't finish her sentence without her voice cracking.
"It was after dinner one night," Beast Boy said noticing Ravens pause. "We were all getting ready to clean up and then he told us that he had.........uh.........Cadar syndrome and that he was gonna' die. He got it from some poison that Slade used on him to punish him."
"Robin......... Dick died two weeks later," Starfire said quietly. "He died in his sleep. Peacefully........."
By this time all the Titans had fallen silent not wanting to remember but remembered anyway. They remembered when they found Robin and Beast Boy passed out in the entertainment room; to when he told them he was dieing at dinner that night; to when he finally was gone. They remembered everything that happened and felt just as helpless.
"So is he really gone Master Bruce?" Alfred asked stepping out of the shadows of the lair.
"Yes Alfred.........Dick is truly dead," Bruce walked over to the large computer counsel and sat down in the chair in front of the machine. "I have to contact Oracle and Leslie. They would like to know." And with that he set off calling various people who were obviously very close to Dick.
"Come along young titans," Alfred said ushering them up the stairs into the main house. "Lets leave Master Bruce to his work. Miss Starfire why don't you show your fellow companions to your room while I get their rooms ready."
"Come friends," she said as she led them through the house to her room. "Let me show you where I reside."
When they entered the large room where Starfire stayed they all sat down on the extremely large canopy bed. It was unusual for all the Titans to be so quiet.........so sullen, but I was unusual to be missing one.
"Do you think he would've liked us knowing who he was?" Cyborg asked breaking the silence.
"Yes," Starfire said. "I think he was going to tell us eventually but he ran out of time."
"Yea, I think Starfire's right," Raven said quietly looking out of the large window at the grey sky. "He just needed time to come out and say who he really was."
"He was the only one without powers," Beast Boy said also looking out the window. "Maybe he thought that he needed to hide part of himself or he might not seem as invulnerable as he wanted us to think. He might've thought that we would think less of him if he told us of his past. Underneath it all he was a boy without a real family; a boy who had his life taken away from him at a young age; underneath all that Robin attitude he was just a normal kid with a not so normal life. Without that mask and that glare he really was vulnerable to all that was around us.
"He didn't have muscles like Cyborg; he didn't have powers like Starfire or Raven; and he couldn't change shape like me. Maybe he didn't want us to know. Maybe he wanted to hide from us. He just needed more time to come out to us; just more time to let us see the real him."
The other three Titans just sat quietly throughout his little speech surprised that those words actually came from his mouth.
Beast Boy looked back at the Titans tears in his eyes.
"Right?"
"Beast Boy........." Raven started to say but stopped and grabbed the green changeling in a hug and they cried. Raven managing not to let her powers get totally out of control. Then Starfire started to cry and Beast Boy grabbed her into the embrace also and last of all Cyborg let his emotions go and he joined in.
Maybe they had changed after Robin's death. They had grown up and had grown stronger together.
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A/N: I am so sorry for not updating sooner. It's just I kind of got off track for awhile but I'm back! I think this is the 2nd to last chapter but I am not sure there might be two more chapters; so hang in there people! ' Thanks!
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Batman turned to face the Titans. His eyes pierced each of there hearts as they noticed a man who truly loved Robin as a son.
"How did this happen?" Batman asked. "How could someone so trained for battle die? Who did this? Why?"
The Titans looked at each other wondering who should tell him. Cyborg being the 2nd in command spoke up.
"Sir around four years ago Robin or Dick was captured by an evil villain called Slade. We all thought he was dead, until a few months ago. He was being used by Slade. He eventually killed Slade and got away but he was severely injured when he returned back to the tower."
"He was unconscious for a few days," Raven said stepping in. Since she helped heal Robin she thought she should be the one to tell his mentor of his injuries. "He had broken ribs, a crushed shoulder, a punctured lung, and he lost a lot of blood due to a large gash on the side of his head. Once he recovered we thought we could go back to normal but then........." She couldn't finish her sentence without her voice cracking.
"It was after dinner one night," Beast Boy said noticing Ravens pause. "We were all getting ready to clean up and then he told us that he had.........uh.........Cadar syndrome and that he was gonna' die. He got it from some poison that Slade used on him to punish him."
"Robin......... Dick died two weeks later," Starfire said quietly. "He died in his sleep. Peacefully........."
By this time all the Titans had fallen silent not wanting to remember but remembered anyway. They remembered when they found Robin and Beast Boy passed out in the entertainment room; to when he told them he was dieing at dinner that night; to when he finally was gone. They remembered everything that happened and felt just as helpless.
"So is he really gone Master Bruce?" Alfred asked stepping out of the shadows of the lair.
"Yes Alfred.........Dick is truly dead," Bruce walked over to the large computer counsel and sat down in the chair in front of the machine. "I have to contact Oracle and Leslie. They would like to know." And with that he set off calling various people who were obviously very close to Dick.
"Come along young titans," Alfred said ushering them up the stairs into the main house. "Lets leave Master Bruce to his work. Miss Starfire why don't you show your fellow companions to your room while I get their rooms ready."
"Come friends," she said as she led them through the house to her room. "Let me show you where I reside."
When they entered the large room where Starfire stayed they all sat down on the extremely large canopy bed. It was unusual for all the Titans to be so quiet.........so sullen, but I was unusual to be missing one.
"Do you think he would've liked us knowing who he was?" Cyborg asked breaking the silence.
"Yes," Starfire said. "I think he was going to tell us eventually but he ran out of time."
"Yea, I think Starfire's right," Raven said quietly looking out of the large window at the grey sky. "He just needed time to come out and say who he really was."
"He was the only one without powers," Beast Boy said also looking out the window. "Maybe he thought that he needed to hide part of himself or he might not seem as invulnerable as he wanted us to think. He might've thought that we would think less of him if he told us of his past. Underneath it all he was a boy without a real family; a boy who had his life taken away from him at a young age; underneath all that Robin attitude he was just a normal kid with a not so normal life. Without that mask and that glare he really was vulnerable to all that was around us.
"He didn't have muscles like Cyborg; he didn't have powers like Starfire or Raven; and he couldn't change shape like me. Maybe he didn't want us to know. Maybe he wanted to hide from us. He just needed more time to come out to us; just more time to let us see the real him."
The other three Titans just sat quietly throughout his little speech surprised that those words actually came from his mouth.
Beast Boy looked back at the Titans tears in his eyes.
"Right?"
"Beast Boy........." Raven started to say but stopped and grabbed the green changeling in a hug and they cried. Raven managing not to let her powers get totally out of control. Then Starfire started to cry and Beast Boy grabbed her into the embrace also and last of all Cyborg let his emotions go and he joined in.
Maybe they had changed after Robin's death. They had grown up and had grown stronger together.
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A/N: I am so sorry for not updating sooner. It's just I kind of got off track for awhile but I'm back! I think this is the 2nd to last chapter but I am not sure there might be two more chapters; so hang in there people! ' Thanks!