"You want me to do what!?" Robin said completely discombobulated

"Fight with this blindfold on," Ashly said as if it was something people did every day. The two were in a room that can be any changing room in the world with too many lockers, half-broken toilets and showers that were seldomly used. The only difference here is instead of lockers they had weapon closets.

Ashly had led Robin out off the basement as if shooting people in the head was as ordinary as talking on the telephone and practically dragged him into a stadium where she said they will fight and if he won, he and his friends will walk away free.

"And what if I refuse to fight?" Robin said bluntly looking down at Ashly who was busily looking down at a giant axe.

"Well." Ashly said calmly "If you refuse to fight me, I will start to do some pretty nasty things to your friend's father!"

Robin blinked rapidly. He had been in this position before and he knew that he had no other choice but to comply. This was like Slade making him his apprentice all over again, except this time it was his psychopathic daughter who wants to fight him to the death because he...his future self...refused to kill someone who had killed someone Ashly cared about.

Ashly smiled at the look on Robin's face and said "if you are wondering why you and I are wearing blindfolds, you are blind in this future...and I want a fair fight."

"Ashly...please…" Robin said "Don't do this...please..."

"Oh...but I do!" Ashly sneered "You are weak...pathetic...spineless and I want to correct it!"

"Ashly...my daughter..." Robin said, pleading with her but Ashly acted as if she had gone deaf

"If one of us dies or gets knocked out they loose." Ashly said bluntly as she tossed an axe into the air. "Lets hope its the former, and not the latter"

Robin was terrified for his life. He didn't know what was going to happen, but he knew that he had no other choice. He can't see anything, but his hearing and other senses seemed to have augmented dramatically. Unconsciously he was reminded of the time when all the Titans swapped bodies. It was after a failed attempt to capture Mumbo Jumbo when he cast a spell which resulted in everyone except for Cyborg switching bodies with one another. He and Starfire had swapped bodies; as well as Beast Boy and Raven, and it was a comment that Raven said, about how sensitive Beast Boy's senses are.

Robin wasn't sure how this situation made him think about Raven's comment but he is beginning to get a general idea. His ears seemed to pick up every sound around him as if everything from the movements in the air to the sounds that he made painted an image in his head on his surroundings. His sense of smell was also augmented as his nose detected every possible smell around him, from rusty metal to damp, sterile air only found in hospitals. His skin was sending him confusing messages and his tongue seemed to have converted the tasteless air into a glass of fine wine. He didn't dare remove the blindfold. Ashly made it clear that she wanted a fair fight and he shuddered to think about what the consequences would be if he removed his blindfold.

'If this is what blind people experience or not.' Robin thought 'How do they handle all of this?'

Robin didn't know how long he was left standing in the room, all he can do was clutch his bo staff as if his life depended on it. He inhaled. In. Out. In. Out. He tried to calm his mind. This was like another training session and all he had to do was knock Ashly out. But Ashly wanted to kill him...and he was almost certain that he may have trained her or not and that would cause a lot of other questions.

Suddenly a siren blared and to Robin, it felt as if his brain had been forcibly removed from his skull. He heard a metallic creek and a rush of warm air hit him like a truck. He knew what was going on. An arena fight. Some twisted fantasy of Ashly.

He ran forward trying to rely on his augmented senses...only to hit something hard almost immediately.

He staggered back, trying to compose himself. He concentrated on his ears, trying to see if he can use them like his second eye, like how bats 'see' in the dark as the myth said. He tried to soothe his mind to concentrate. He took a step. Water flew up in the air. The water droplets shimmered in the air creating tiny sounds that were increased by Robin's augmented hearing. The sound created a tiny picture in Robin's mind of the layout of what was in front of him.

A concrete maze. With 3 paths. One left, one right and one center. Flipping a coin in his mind he chose the left, using his hand to trace the sandpaper-like wall. He increased his pace. The water on the floor getting louder and louder which further increased the mental image of the maze. He stopped suddenly. He went down on his knees and felt the floor in front of him. Solid. Mucky. Muddy. Air.

A pit. Two steps and he would have fallen in. Robin closed his eyes, trying to rely on his other senses. His tongue felt a weird sensation. As if he had tried to eat his shirt. Reaching up with his arms he grabbed the air until he felt something. A rope. He grabbed it and hoping that this isn't another of Ashly's traps, he swung...the cold air whipped onto Robin's face as he jumped off, and rolled onto the muddy floor.

Robin closed his eyes, trying to pull his senses back together. He walked forward slowly...that was when he heard it. The rapid breathing. But not his. Someone else. Ashly.

Robin froze. He clutched his bow staff closer to him as he tried to prepare himself for the fight with Ashly.

He paused. Waiting for his senses to pick something up. Nothing came. Robin paused. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting for Ashly to strike…

Then he threw himself down onto the ground. Half a second too soon and the axe could have made contact. He heard the axe slice through the air. Water dropplets flying through the air as it got sliced up by the axe.

Robin launched his attack. He thrusted his legs up and it came into perfect contact with Ashly's pelvis. Ashly stagged back crying out as she did so, Robin produced his bo staff and swung it in the air where he sensed Ashly was.

He swung the staff...and he sensed Ashly ducking the attack, mirroring his duck mere seconds ago. Ashly launched herself at Robin much like how an animal attacks its prey. Robin threw himself out of the way, nearly knocking himself out on a wall as he did so.

He got up onto his feet. His bones seemed to have been turned into jelly. His brain was shaking and his senses was dulled out. He tried to pull himself together. He staggered back and forth. He heard Asly approaching him. She too must be stunned.

He clutched his bo - staff as hard as he can with his left hand.

Robin concentrated. Waiting for his senses to detect something.

Slash.

Ashly stepped on a puddle.

No more than 12 feet away. Robin turned, holding his bo staff. Waiting until Ashly was in range of his attack.

He paused. Waiting. Waiting.

Robin didn't have time to react as Ashly threw herself at Robin's body sending him crashing to the ground. He felt cold, wet, muddy hand around his neck. He felt it tighten as it got harder and harder to breathe. Robin went mad, trying to throw Ashly off him, but Ashly had her knee on his chest, pinning him down like a bug. His legs launched itself at Ashly's back, but to no avail. His arms went wild, searching for his dropped bo - staff. If he can just grab it and hit her on the head, maybe it will all be over.

It was getting harder and harder to think. Harder and harder to breathe. His arms went mad. Then his right hand came into contact with something. Cylindrical, hard and wooden.

His bo - staff.

Without pausing to think, he grabbed it and thrusted it as hard as he can at where he sensed Ashly's head to be.

SPLAT!

Robin blinked. Then something warm and heavy fell on top of him. The hands loosened and air rushed into Robin's lungs and to him it tasted delicious.

Ashly was unconscious! Robin had won the fight!

Something warm dripped onto Robin's nose. An odd smell. Like warm liquid iron. It dripped again. And again. Then more of it fell onto Robin's face.

A siren blared, as it rang in Robin's ears. Then the voice of Ra's Al Ghul rang out.

"My...my…my..." Ra's Al Ghul said in a mocking voice "We weren't expecting that...but I welcome it all the same…It looks like our little guest is going free, while our delightful host is taking a trip to the Lazarus Pit. Don't worry, she will be fine before you know it. As for our guest, well...you win some...you loose some...and you may remove your blindfold"

Robin blinked. Hoping beyond hope that he wouldn't see what he thought he would see. He raised his arms, and removed the blindfold.

Ashly was laying on top of him. Her face frozen in that of eternal shock and pain, that was mixed with her jubilant expression. Robin turned his head to see that on his left hand side was his Bo - staff not much of an arms reach away.

Robin froze. Unable to comprehend what had happened. Then he looked back up at Ashly. And screamed as he saw what had happened to her.

An axe was on her head. Blood and brain matter flooded out of the cut making her hair look red and grey.

Ashly was dead. And Robin had just killed her.

A/N: I have some news to share, yesterday was my 18th birthday and my graduation, so that's a big deal. Also, holy shit! Robin had just killed someone for the first time, and it is his daughter! How do you think he will handle this? How do you think his friends will handle this? I will update this as soon as I can, and yes, this is just the start of the suffering that the Titans will feel in this apocalyptic future.