A/N Okay boys and girls, I guess five reviews are good enough for me to continue. Because of the advice from the great author Fireruby (I am NOT being sarcastic on this), I guess a little background on R.J. is needed. I won't reveal too much, just little bits. Oh, and chapter 2 is edited so it's longer now.
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Slade opened the door to his lair. R.J. stepped inside, his gate carrying Robin. R.J. walked to Slade and dropped Robin on the floor.
"A rather rude awakening, wouldn't you say?" Slade said.
"Who cares?" R.J. sneered, "There was nothing about your captives being in mint-condition. Now, you better give me my reward by the end of this job, or you'll be like them, suffering through the power of my Black Gate."
"Patience." Slade said calmly, "You're dismissed for now. I need to attend to other duties." He snapped his fingers. Two of his henchmen came running. Slade picked up Robin and handed him to them. "Put him in a cell." The henchmen took Robin away. Slade left the room. R.J. exited as well.
R.J. ran toward the back of an alley and spotted a Jet-black car there. He opened the door, got in, slammed it shut, and started to drive to the outskirts of the city.
He parked into the sidewalk next to a battered building. He opened the door to it and stepped inside. He looked around the room.
"This place still hasn't changed. After 11 years, it hasn't changed." He looked toward a corner, witch had a lot of scratch marks.
*Flashback*
"I told you to open that damn thing!!" A man shouted at a boy crouched. He hit him with a whip. The boy started to cry. The man hit him again. "Next time, your gonna open that wind like you have before, and in less than 10 seconds!"
"B-but, I don't k-know how to open it. I-it just happens random-ly."
"I don't care! You just better open the damn thing next times, or I swear I'll beat the crap out of you a lot harder than now!" The man continued to hit the boy with the whip. The boy cried harder now. Then he stopped. He muttered something to himself.
"What was that, you little punk!?" He hit him again with the whip, but this time, the boy didn't flinch. He opened his eyes wide. A dark circle seemed to be swirling around his eyes.
*End Flashback.*
R.J. frowned. He left the building and drove away.
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"Argh! How could this happen?" Cyborg yelled. The Titans were back in the tower, recalling the arrival of R.J.
"Shouting like this isn't going to help," Raven said, "Don't worry, I think I may know something about his powers." Raven left the room for a few minutes, then came back with a large book.
"Whoa," Beast Boy said, "That thing must be at least 1000 pages long. Only books I know that big are dictionaries."
"I'll speed the process up." Raven used her powers to flip through several pages. She looked up after a while. Starfire was looking out of the window, just looking at the city. Raven continued to flip through the pages.
"Here," She finally said, "Gate Keepers. Gate Keepers are rare individuals that are able to open portals to other dimensions to other worlds and release tremendous amounts of energy." Raven looked up at Cyborg and Beast Boy, "It's amazing we've even seen one because their kind is close to extinction now because of side effects of their gate powers."
"Oh yeah, we're lucky that some idiot with a "gate power" is trying to kill us-"
"What are the side effects?" Starfire had rejoined the group, though still looking a bit sad.
"It says here To be born with a gate comes with a heavy price. If a Gate Keeper does not realize his power at a very early stage of his or her life, the gate will absorb happiness in the future. After this, there are just some Gate types."
"R.J. called it the Black Gate. Does it say anything about that gate?" Cyborg asked.
Raven flipped through more pages. After about 10 seconds she finally answered, "No. Maybe there is something special about that gate which we don't know about. I'll search my room and see if there's any info I overlooked."
Beast Boy raised an eyebrow, "You have more books like these? We didn't see much when me and Cy went in your room."
"Should've looked harder then." Raven retreated to her room. Starfire looked down on the ground. Beast Boy put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry. We'll find him, and then kick R.J.'s butt into last week."
Starfire looked at him and nodded.
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R.J. drove back to the same alley. He parked the car, and made his way to Slade's lair. Slade was there, along with Robin, restrained with handcuffs.
"I need to fetch something. Be a dear and watch him please?" Slade left the room.
R.J. looked at Robin, "So, Mr. Leader, how does it feel to be captured and defeated? It's never happened before right?" R.J. laughed.
"You let me go, and I'll give you something to laugh about!" Robin shot back.
"You know, Slade didn't say anything about giving you injuries while he was gone. The sooner I tire of you, the sooner the pain starts," R.J. held out his left hand, "And I'm sure you've gotten pretty used to this haven't you?"
"Eh…" Robin just glared at him. R.J. turned on the T.V. monitor.
"It'll be a little boring in here if we sit doing nothing. Watch a little of the news shall we?"
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A/N So, I guess you liked it? Even if you didn't, review, because I could really use some right now. It's 2:36 AM here and I'm getting some sleep. Later!
-Akuma Ki-kai
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Slade opened the door to his lair. R.J. stepped inside, his gate carrying Robin. R.J. walked to Slade and dropped Robin on the floor.
"A rather rude awakening, wouldn't you say?" Slade said.
"Who cares?" R.J. sneered, "There was nothing about your captives being in mint-condition. Now, you better give me my reward by the end of this job, or you'll be like them, suffering through the power of my Black Gate."
"Patience." Slade said calmly, "You're dismissed for now. I need to attend to other duties." He snapped his fingers. Two of his henchmen came running. Slade picked up Robin and handed him to them. "Put him in a cell." The henchmen took Robin away. Slade left the room. R.J. exited as well.
R.J. ran toward the back of an alley and spotted a Jet-black car there. He opened the door, got in, slammed it shut, and started to drive to the outskirts of the city.
He parked into the sidewalk next to a battered building. He opened the door to it and stepped inside. He looked around the room.
"This place still hasn't changed. After 11 years, it hasn't changed." He looked toward a corner, witch had a lot of scratch marks.
*Flashback*
"I told you to open that damn thing!!" A man shouted at a boy crouched. He hit him with a whip. The boy started to cry. The man hit him again. "Next time, your gonna open that wind like you have before, and in less than 10 seconds!"
"B-but, I don't k-know how to open it. I-it just happens random-ly."
"I don't care! You just better open the damn thing next times, or I swear I'll beat the crap out of you a lot harder than now!" The man continued to hit the boy with the whip. The boy cried harder now. Then he stopped. He muttered something to himself.
"What was that, you little punk!?" He hit him again with the whip, but this time, the boy didn't flinch. He opened his eyes wide. A dark circle seemed to be swirling around his eyes.
*End Flashback.*
R.J. frowned. He left the building and drove away.
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"Argh! How could this happen?" Cyborg yelled. The Titans were back in the tower, recalling the arrival of R.J.
"Shouting like this isn't going to help," Raven said, "Don't worry, I think I may know something about his powers." Raven left the room for a few minutes, then came back with a large book.
"Whoa," Beast Boy said, "That thing must be at least 1000 pages long. Only books I know that big are dictionaries."
"I'll speed the process up." Raven used her powers to flip through several pages. She looked up after a while. Starfire was looking out of the window, just looking at the city. Raven continued to flip through the pages.
"Here," She finally said, "Gate Keepers. Gate Keepers are rare individuals that are able to open portals to other dimensions to other worlds and release tremendous amounts of energy." Raven looked up at Cyborg and Beast Boy, "It's amazing we've even seen one because their kind is close to extinction now because of side effects of their gate powers."
"Oh yeah, we're lucky that some idiot with a "gate power" is trying to kill us-"
"What are the side effects?" Starfire had rejoined the group, though still looking a bit sad.
"It says here To be born with a gate comes with a heavy price. If a Gate Keeper does not realize his power at a very early stage of his or her life, the gate will absorb happiness in the future. After this, there are just some Gate types."
"R.J. called it the Black Gate. Does it say anything about that gate?" Cyborg asked.
Raven flipped through more pages. After about 10 seconds she finally answered, "No. Maybe there is something special about that gate which we don't know about. I'll search my room and see if there's any info I overlooked."
Beast Boy raised an eyebrow, "You have more books like these? We didn't see much when me and Cy went in your room."
"Should've looked harder then." Raven retreated to her room. Starfire looked down on the ground. Beast Boy put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry. We'll find him, and then kick R.J.'s butt into last week."
Starfire looked at him and nodded.
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R.J. drove back to the same alley. He parked the car, and made his way to Slade's lair. Slade was there, along with Robin, restrained with handcuffs.
"I need to fetch something. Be a dear and watch him please?" Slade left the room.
R.J. looked at Robin, "So, Mr. Leader, how does it feel to be captured and defeated? It's never happened before right?" R.J. laughed.
"You let me go, and I'll give you something to laugh about!" Robin shot back.
"You know, Slade didn't say anything about giving you injuries while he was gone. The sooner I tire of you, the sooner the pain starts," R.J. held out his left hand, "And I'm sure you've gotten pretty used to this haven't you?"
"Eh…" Robin just glared at him. R.J. turned on the T.V. monitor.
"It'll be a little boring in here if we sit doing nothing. Watch a little of the news shall we?"
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A/N So, I guess you liked it? Even if you didn't, review, because I could really use some right now. It's 2:36 AM here and I'm getting some sleep. Later!
-Akuma Ki-kai