Robin was painting running as fast his legs could take him through the darken nighttime streets of Jump City. Glancing behind he ducked into an alley to catch his breath. Suddenly he dodged as an energy disk came flying at him.
"You're getting rusty in your old age Robin. You wouldn't have let your guard down for a second before." Dark Robin said stepping out from the shadows.
"You! What in the world are you doing here? I destroyed you!" Robin shouted arming himself with a birdarang in one hand and an energy disk in the other.
"You destroy me? Don't make me laugh. I've come here to eliminate you for breaking your promise." He said as he lunged for him.
Robin ducked and threw his two weapons at his adversary. "You expected me to keep that promise? To allow an evil entity like you run out of control. Never not in a million years." Robin shouted as he kicked and punched Dark Robin.
Dark Robin blocked and parried. "You can't get rid of me. Don't you see I am you! I'm whom you're meant to evolve into. Your evil to the core!" Dark Robin shouted firing the thermal blaster at him.
Robin got caught in the explosion and was sent hurling into a wall. Getting up he clutched his head and muttered, "No it's not true! I'm an agent of good! Leave me alone!" Robin shouted
"Robin, Robin wake up!" A voice said calling from faraway.
Robin woke up gasping. He glanced around and saw that he was in Leslie Tompkins office in Gotham. Leslie was standing next to him her hand on his shoulder. She was a woman about 60 with light blond hair and blue eyes. She wore a light green dress. She was looking at her patient with concern.
"Robin you became immersed in your dream again. This technique is to help you understand what you subconconciess is thinking. But if you becoming part of the dream again we can't exam it." Leslie told him patiently
"I know you think after five times I get this right." He hit the arm of the chair in frustration.
"I'm worried about you Robin for five months I've been trying to help you. We should be at step seven in your recovery but were still on step two." Leslie told the boy.
"What do you mean? I've accepted that he's a part of me. That's step one. Step two is trying to understand him. What am I doing wrong Leslie?" Robin asked tiredly
"You haven't fully expressed him or accepted what he represents. He's a part of you. You need to listen and let him have control. Now tell me more about your time spent with this great telepath in the X-men universe as your calling. The one that helped you what was his name?" Leslie prompted
"He was a great man. I'm glad we helped him. He tried to help me but all he could do after Dark Robin and me took Magneto down and in return he created a bond between the two of us. He also strengthen my mental shields." Robin explained
"Robin you seem to have healed a bit from that stay. Tell me have you done everything else I've asked you to do?" Leslie pressed
"Yes. I meditate each day with Raven to help keep my mind organized and my mental shields strong. I eat Beastboy's tofu to keep my mind healthy and I'm starting to enjoy tofu dogs. I work out and take my meds with Cyborg and I talk and journal with Starfire what more do you want from me?" The young teenager asked
"Robin you must learn to trust and listen to him. Only when you and him work as one can your personalities become one and you won't be separated any more. Now are time is almost up just tell me about this new enemy of yours. He's causing way to much stress for your condition."
"His name is Brother Blood and he's the Headmaster at the HIVE Academy. He has mental powers. We have to take him down before he destroys the city." Robin explained to her, as he got ready to leave.
"Dick I want you to promise me you'll be careful when you're fighting this Brother Blood. His powers might worsen your conditions and cause deavistating repercussion." Leslie warned her friend.
Robin stared at her. She rarely called him Dick. He hated his real name and preferred to be called Robin. Sighing he swore to her and left. Leslie watched him go. She picked up his file and walked over to her filing cabinet. Pressing a secret button she opened a false bottom in the cabinet. In the compartment was an eight-year-old file marked Dick Grayson. Sighing she whispered. "Please be careful my old friend. Your not ready for the truth."
Robin blazed down the highway at breakneck speeds down the highway. He was angry. He hated that he couldn't control his condition. "Why why must I suffer?" He thought
"Would you shut up and watch were your going please? I don't want do die you jerk." Dark Robin called through the midst of his mind.
Before he could snap back he was thrown from his cycle by a hex. He screamed as he was tossed from the cycle. Getting he removed his helmet and stared. "Well if it isn't the bozo squad."
The three hive agents attacked with a vengeance. Jinx through hex after hex but Robin tied her up with a bolo. Next he took out Gizmo with a flash grenade and smoke ball. Finally he karate chopped Mammoth down to size. "Alright answer me you three what do you want."
"Your such a moron. We've got you right were we want you." Gizmo crowed as his energy trap went off. Robin screamed in pain as 10,000 volts of electricity went through him. He passed out when it became too much.
Robin came to strapped to a table. He was in a white room with a one-way mirror and security cameras. "Hello Robin. Welcome to the new HIVE Academy." Brother Bloods voice said over the intercom.
"What do you want with me? Why have you kidnapped me?" Robin demanded. He struggled to free himself but the bonds were too tight.
"I wish to make you leader of the my HIVE agents. I'm going to groom your dark side into the perfect evil villains and take over the city. I'm a very patient man Robin. One way or the other you will join us or die." Blood informed his young captives.
"Go to Hell you sick bastard." Robin shouted letting a little of Dark Robin out. Suddenly he was being electrocuted worse than before. He retreated into his mind and searched for Dark Robin.
"I'm here Robin. We need to get help. If we separate and use the crystal's power I can get the Titans and come back for you. Don't you see its me he wants so its you who has to stay. Think you can trust me enough to save you?" Dark Robin asked wincing.
"Yeah I can. Hurry and remember we can only be separated for five hours then we have to rejoin." Robin told him
"Enough talk you two. Lets focus now on the crystals power." Annie told them. The three of them formed a triangle and focused their energy. Suddenly Robin glowed bright gold and the sensor readings on him went haywire.
"What's happening? What in the world going on in there?" Mammoth wondered.
"It would seem to me and according to our computers that the two halves of Robin have separated. No matter sooner or later I will have my prize." Blood said looking through the glass at a panting Robin.
Back at the
Tower the Titans were starting to worry. Robin had never been this
late coming home.
"We should go search for him."
Starfire said.
"I'm sure the dude's just fine." Beastboy said to her.
"I don't know I have a bad feeling." Said Raven pulling down her hood.
"You thing something bad is going to happen?" Cyborg asked her concerned for his friend's safety.
Suddenly their crystals lit up and formed a diamond above the four teenagers. Shielding their eyes they heard a scream then a thud. Glancing down they saw Dark Robin on the floor massaging his arm. "
"Yep major bad news." They all thought.