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Let Me Dream: Part Seven - A Dark Bird
After Math, Slade pulled Robin with him to his next class. He was joking and carrying on the entire way there. Robin was annoyed and could not wait to be free of Slade, even if just for a few hours. They stood outside the door to the boys locker room when Slade turned Robin to face him. He has lost the grin he had wore all morning and had taken on a very serious expression.
"Hey Robin, man I gotta tell you something. These kids here, they all know about your coma. Most of them thought you were dead, the rest just hoped you were. You ah, you don't have a lot of friends here if you know what I mean. We were all told yesterday at one of those fake ass assemblys that you would be coming back, and that you couldn't remember shit. The whole flippin school knows, and I don't trust these guys. If anybody messes with you, anybody at all, I want you to let me know. I'll take care of it. I'll take care of you." Robin scanned Slades face searching for a hint of sarcasm. Slade however looked sincere. Robin pasted a smile on his face, as hard as it was.
"Thank you. I'll be alright." Slade's face cracked and he grinned again.
"With me watching out for you, of course you will be. Anyway, get the hell out of here. I gotta get to gym before Mr. Fuller goes nuts."
Robin walked around the courtyard. It was all of fifteen minutes into his Free period and he was ready to end it. The free period had left him to his thoughts and for Robin, that was a dangerous place to be. He began to pay more attention to the people around him after Slade's warning to notice that most of the students did shy away from him, If they looked at his there was something angry in their eyes. Robin tried to shrug it off but it still bothered him. He woke from being a hero, to being someone everyone seemed to hate, and he didn't even know why. He turned out of the courtyard and walked between two buildings. Head down he was so engrossed in his thoughts that he walked right past a group of kids to his right. His ears however perked up to a familiar voice speaking in a soft angry tone.
"I said, leave me alone." Robin turned his head sharply to see Raven standing with her back to the wall. There were four boys around her, and none of them were looking particularily nice. Robin was shocked, pissed, and happy all at once. "Raven, she's here!", Robin thought excitedly. His eyes scanned over her. It was definately Raven. Her short purple hair fell framing her face. Her dark eyes looked wary and annoyed. She wore a black skirt that swept her ankles and a t-shirt with white lettering simply stating the words BITE ME. She had a number of jelly bands on her wrists, a pair of scuffed docks on her feet, and a small chain collar around her neck. She held her bookbag in front of her so tightly that her knuckles were white as she backed up a final step, her back now firmly pressed to the wall.
"What if we don't want to? What if we're tired of shit like you walking around like you're better than the rest of us?" The leader spat at the ground in front of Raven.
"I'll give you one good reason to back off now!" Robin's eyes narrowed and he stepped forward ready to defend his friend. There was no way he was going to let them hurt her. If he could take on an army of robots on his own, take Cinderblock down in his rage, there was no way that these four punks would escape the punishment he was about to dish them. The boyes were clearly shocked that anyone else was there. They however quickly recovered. The leader laughed and motioned at Robin.
"Oh? I guess that reason would be you?" Robin clenched his hands in fists and nodded.
"This is your last warning. Leave Raven Alone."
"Make us." With that comment, Robin lunged forward prepared to beat the life out of each of them. He jumped in the air aiming a kick at the leader. The one closest to him hit him hard in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him and causing him to fall to the ground. Another kicked him in the gut, while he was being punched into the ground by the remaining boys. The beating lasted mere moments but to Robin, it lasted forever. As hard as he tried he could not pull off one move. He could not get in one attack. He just didn't understand. No one could beat him. His martial arts were precise, deady, unmatched. He thought this while he lay bleeding on the ground as the leader kicked him hard in the stomach a final time.
"Loser. your nothing. You aren't even shit." He spat out before stalking off with his buddies. Robin coughed and his spit was frothy with blood.
"Raven, are you ok?" He rolled over and forced himself up to see Raven still standing with her back to the wall, looking down at him. She appeared unharmed, and for that he was thankful.
"Trying to play hero huh?" Raven scoffed. "Way to go boy wonder."