A/N: I was really expecting that review S.t.S, thanks :) ... And stay tuned for the next chapters ;). Btw, this is a shorter one.

Part 5 – Dream a little dream

The sight of Starfire leaning in towards another man made Robin withdraw his eyes from the scene. He knew he had it coming to him, he knew he deserved it after what he had done, but still this was too much for him and he couldn't accept it. For a moment he wanted to go in, strangle Rage and beat him into submission but that thought soon faded away. Instead, heart broken, confused, stressed and exhausted, Robin left Starfire's room and headed towards the rooftop.

He couldn't bare going back and start an argument or a fight knowing how this would probably cause even more problems, both to him and his one love, but he also didn't like the thought of going back to his room, the place where he practically pushed the one he cared most for away from him in the most violent manner.

When he arrived to the roof, he sat down next to the metallic wall of a vent way, with his knees to his chest and looked up to the night sky. He then checked his communicator watch that read 2:54 but there was something about the sky that he couldn't help notice. The moon was no where in sight, there were only stars twinkling. The stars reminded him of his girlfriend, just like they did even before they were a together. He started thinking about everything they went through and the way he acted that night, and came to the conclusion that his conscience was right. With low self esteem, he agreed that he was indeed a failure. He remembered feeling this way after he lost his parents. Now, he lost the only person alive he cared most for.

"I am a failure" he said to himself almost crying.

After a small pause during which he had flashes of him and Starfire together, or just of Starfire in all of her alien beauty, he was again struck by thoughts, only this time they weren't sad or nihilistic.

"RAGE!" a voice in Robin's head seem to shout "You know Starfire would never leave you, it's all his fault. You're an idiot for believing he's a friend. He waited for this moment all this time and you didn't even notice he was hitting on her. Starfire isn't the one to blame, she was only confused because of your stupid reaction, it was Rage that manipulated her, dragging her away from you, breaking you two apart, making you lose what you love most".

In the condition he was Robin agreed that this was the truth, the truth that he failed to notice. Again another failure. Anger filled Robin's heart and in his mind there were voices that yelled out "Revenge", "Traitor", "Liar", "Manipulator", "Enemy", "Blood", "Death" and many other words, all of which either characterized Rage or were actions Robin had to take against his 'friend'.

At about 3:13 he fell asleep with a load of thoughts on his mind, all of them negative and all of them blood thirsty for revenge. During his sleep he had nightmares of everything that has gone wrong in his life time and all of the problems that have originated from his actions.

The nightmare was continuous. From the death of his parents, to leaving Batman, to the fact that he couldn't find Slade, the images and memories of him failing succeeded one another. Everything he was dreaming was covered in black and red, but all of the sudden, when he felt that he couldn't bear anymore of this torture, a white light cast the negative images away from his sight. He looked towards the light and saw someone approaching. At first he couldn't make out who it was but as the silhouettes got nearer and nearer he saw a women and a man. When he finally saw who it was he was stunned. The people who approached him and made everything bad go away were his mother and father. Robin ran and tried to embrace them but it was as though a spiritual wall kept him away from his parents.

"Mom, dad, please, help me!" Robin cried out not realizing that it was only a dream

His father and mother approached even more and now faced him.

"Why do you need help Richard? What's wrong?" the image of his father asked.

"I can't - I can't do anything good, everything I do, everything I accomplish goes to waste, everyone I care for is hurt because of me. I'm a failure, please, help me!" replied Robin in despair.

As he practically fell to his knees the image of his mother helped him pulling him up gently by placing her hand under his chin.

"Why are you saying these things Richie?" his mother asked "My boy is not a failure. Me and your father even if we're not alive anymore still look after you and we are proud of what you have done".

"You're proud of a failure? You're proud of a pathetic excuse for a hero?"

"No Richard, we're not proud of you because of this, we are proud of you for all the good things you have accomplished" his father answered.

The images of his mother and father were now along side him and pointed towards the light. The light started to change and images of Robin's successes revolved around. From the first criminal he apprehended, to saving the world from Trigon, to admitting his commitment towards Starfire, all these images reminded Robin of how he prevailed over his fears.

When the images stopped flashing his mother and father went in front of him.

"We are proud of everything that you have done Richie, and all the people that you have helped are glad that someone like you exists" said his mother as both her and Robin's father started to easily fade in the light. "See Richie, you don't need help, all you need is confidence, trust others, protect that which you love most and stop those that try to ruin your life or the life of others"

"But, how can I do that? I'm not sure I can trust anyone anymore, not even myself" replied Robin as he watched his parents slowly disappearing again.

"Go the right way Richard, go the right way! Remember these words and they will help you" his father said.

As the image of his parents faded away in the growing bright light Robin heard a last encouragement from his parent: "We love you son".