Greetings. I know, I know. It has been a very long time since that day that I told you I would give you this story on Tuesday, right? Well, hey, better late than never right? The reason this one took so long was because I had it written out and everything. Then, I read back over it, and realize I put Cyborg's car in it, and I mean a lot, and it broke last chapter! So, after a few re-writes, I think I have this best it can be. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer- Okay, you know the drill, I don't own the Teen Titans.


And so, the two rivals stood facing each other, their hatred for the other apparent in their glare. Rancid broke the staring contest with a smirk. With a wail, the R cycle sprang to life, rocketing at its former owner. Robin jumped to the side, just in time to avoid a collision, as he felt the wind from the bike blow past him.

Rancid skidded the bike to a stop, and turned to face a Robin in cloaked in the darkness of the alleyway. Rancid threw his head back and laughed, as the Boy Wonder took out his bo staff, and began twirling it in front of him so fast it look as if it were a shield. Johnny just continued to laugh, as he pushed a button at random. As soon as he pressed the button, steel spikes jutted out of the cycle's tires.

Great, just great…Robin thought, The ONE thing I was hoping that he wouldn't find, and by sheer dumb luck, he finds the wall-scaling device…His thoughts were interrupted by Rancid charging at him. He jumped to the side again, just as the spikes crashed into the space he had just occupied.

Robin ran to put distance between him and Rancid, before he skidded to a stop, and in a crouched stance, turned to face his rival. His staff place in front of him, his mind hoping that his idea would work, he ran at Rancid. Rancid laughed his manic laugh, and charged again at the Boy Wonder.

As the distance between Robin and instant death decreased, Robin stuck his staff into the ground like a pool-vaulter. Robin launched over top off Rancid. Johnny, seeing his chance to end the Bird Boy start to slip away pulled his bike into a wheelie, the spikes on the tires' end connecting with Robin's back.

Robin's eyes widened, as he fell to the ground a short distance behind the bike. The spikes had not ripped though enough skin to stun him, but far more than enough to slow him down. Also, the impact had ripped open the cuts from his dreams, which felt like an eternity ago. Robin stood up slowly, his eyes narrowed into a death glare directed towards Rancid, the skewed remains of Robin's cape covering the bloodied up part of his back.

Johnny laughed, the hysterics almost completely filling his voice. "The boss will pay me big for bringing you down, my bird brained friend." And with that, Rancid pushed a button, as a rocket launcher appeared, and launched its deadly projectile at the Boy Wonder.

I just have one shot at this…Robin thought, forcing out what Rancid had just said, at least for the moment. Robin jumped into the air, spun bringing his right foot out, and aimed for the solid mid-section of the missile.

Raven ran into the main room of Titans Tower, and hit the 'Emergency Only, THIS MEANS YOU BEAST BOY!' button, sending an alarm blazing throughout the whole of Titans Tower. In a few seconds, the rest of the team was huddled around the dark empath.

"Dude, what's going on?" Beast Boy asked. He had been rummaging though his room, looking for a Gamestation game, and had a pink sock over one ear.

Starfire showed no sign of her previous crying. She had her pet larva cradled in her arms, trying desperately, and failing, to get her mind off of Robin.

Cyborg just looked at Raven, obviously waiting for an explanation. He had the Titans communicator in one robotic hand, wires connecting it to his arm.

"Robin is in danger-" Raven started, before Cyborg cut her off with a cutting hand motion.

"Good! Let him get beat up a bit, and see how HE likes not having us their to help him out!" Cyborg yelled, as Beast Boy was reunited with his previous rage.

"HE will most likely DIE if we are not there to help him!" She said, uncharacteristically raising her voice, to show how grave the matter was. This disturbing revelation brought out a startled gasp from Starfire, a wide-eyed look from Cyborg, and a muted "Dude…" from Beast Boy.

Cyborg looked at his feet, then, feeling as though he had to explain his earlier actions, "Look, I wanted the little squirt to get paid back for ditching us, but this… this is just…" He stopped, being at a loss for words. Then, as if on cue, his communicator beeped, and let out a muted, "Target found." Cyborg flipped it open, reading the results to himself. He almost dropped it for what he saw on it.

"He… He's in the abandoned section of town…" was all that he needed to say. He was outside of Slade's old lair, the part of the city that people still feared, for the evil aura left behind by Slade was still strong, even after he was long gone.

Without another world, the four Titans clamored outside, before realizing that they had no car. Starfire looked around, scanning for something that they could use. Just off their island, she spotted what she was looking for. She picked up Cyborg, as Beast Boy turned into a hawk, and the Titans flew over to a parked car. "May we borrow this?" Starfire asked its blinking owner, who just nodded. The Titans clamored into it, and drove off, to try and save their friend.

Robin's foot connected with the solid part of the warhead, making in turn around, its flight path now aimed towards Rancid. As his feet touched the ground, he wrapped himself in the remains of his cape. Johnny's eyes grew wide, as he jumped off of the bike, just before the missile hit the bike, making it explode.

As Rancid searched for Robin though the smoke, a foot connected with Rancid's torso, sending him flying into an ally's wall. Robin quickly brought up one of his shorter staffs up to Rancid's throat, putting pressure on it, making it so that the only breath Rancid could draw was a slow, ragged one. Rancid's eyes widened, as did the look within them. This gave Robin a widow into Johnny's soul, and he could see his insanity, closely watched, but always on the brink of escaping. The Boy Wonder leaned close to him, their eyes directly in front of each other.

"Okay Johnny, I'm gonna ask nicely…." Robin started, his masked eyes narrowing. "What did you mean by, 'your boss'?" Rancid just smirked at Robin. Robin growled, before he rammed his staff harder into Rancid's throat, not letting him get any air for a few seconds, before releasing.

"NOW Johnny, who-is-your-boss?" Robin yelled. Rancid opened his mouth to speak, as a flash of lightning showed him a stooped figure creeping right behind Robin. Rancid's expression became a mixed of utter horror and glee.

"Heh, I'll see you in HELL Bird boy." Rancid spat, before losing consciousness from lack of air. Robin cursed, and spun on his heel to examine the remains of his smoking bike, just as the figure launched a punch at Robin's face. It connected with his jaw, sending the off-guard Titan flying into a dumpster.

Robin landed on his side, his view off his attacker blocked by the side of the dumpster, as another bolt of lightning flashed. He struggled to get up, and succeeded in climbing to his knees. He wiped the blood off of his chin, as he felt something trickle down his skull. He touched it, and found out it was blood. He must have landed on a broken bottle. He forcefully pulled himself up and out of the dumpster, as he looked for his attacker. He spotted him, with Rancid over his shoulder, inhumanly jumping up the side of a building.

Down to his core, Robin was engulfed by a dark flame of fury, that permutated down to the depths of his soul. He used this as his fuel, to keep himself going, when he should have been on the ground. He looked up at his mysterious attacker, who had finally stopped jumping, and was currently on the top of an abandoned 'Wayne Enterprise' office building.

Robin rummaged in his belt, before grabbing his grappling hook, and shot it up towards the roof. The rain tempo increased in power, falling in heavy sheets as he flew from the ground to the rooftop. He landed with a light tap, as his feet touched the ground. He instantly went into a crouched position; his two halve sized staffs in front of him. His eyes scanned the area looking hatefully for his attacker.

As Robin's eyes fell on him, the Boy Wonder launched himself at the figure, his staffs twirling. The figure turned, just as a flash of lightning showed Robin its face. Robin's eyes grew wide, as he stopped his attack. "No way…" he thought, as the figure threw a blinking object at Robin's head. It blew up a few inches from his face, sending him flying into the air.

He landed near the edge of the rooftop with a loud thud, and a vulnerable yell, as his conscience loomed, just escaping his reach. The figure came over, and inserted something into Robin's belt. Robin's world became dark, as he heard more figures appere onto the roof.

Cyborg drove the 'borrowed' car like a mad man, with no regard for any of the other traffic, as he sped down the highway manically, forcing the other cars to get off of the road.

Beast Boy would have been rambling madly, if he did not understand the deadly seriousness of the matter. He, like Cyborg, was still mad at Robin, but hey, since they now that he was being attacked himself, they knew it wasn't like Robin meant not to show up for the fight. Besides, their friendship was much stronger than anger, and they could get on Robin's case, after they saved his sorry butt.

Cyborg skidded the car to a stop, letting his still battle weary teammates out of the car. They looked around, scanning the area for Robin.

"The communicator says we should be right on top of him!" Cyborg said, in a loud whisper. They all looked up towards a 'Wayne Enterprising' office building, as they heard a loud yell. The team looked at Cyborg, who nodded solemnly. He was grabbed by Starfire, as the four Titans flew to the top of the building. They landed, just in time to see the figure make a getaway off the edge of the roof.

Starfire began to chase after it, as the rest of the team huddled around their fallen leader. "Star, no," Cyborg said, "We need you here, now."

With that Starfire hovered toward Robin. As her eyes fell on him, she let out a muffled gasp, seeing how badly he had been damaged. It was a wonder he had been able to fight at all… She thought, a tear running down her cheek.

"We have to get him to the Tower… NOW" Raven said in a commanding voice, "As quickly as possible. I think I can teleport him and I to the tower… I should have regained enough contestation for that…" She didn't sound too sure, but it was their best plan, and they had no time to waste.

Cyborg, who was the temporary leader for as long Robin was out, nodded. "Me and BB will take the car back to its owner. Star, you will fly back to the Tower, ASAP and help Raven with whatever needs to be done." The Titans nodded, as Raven and Robin were swept up in a pitch-black raven. Starfire flew as fast as she could towards the tower.

"Not words about missing the fight, not a word, okay Beast Boy?" Cyborg said in a more commanding tone then in an asking one, as he stood up. "When he wakes up, he doesn't need to know how mad we were."

Beast Boy nodded and turned into a pterodactyl, and flew them to the car parked just below them. They quickly got in, and drove off as fast as they could.


Well, I kind of gave you a bit of a cliffhanger there, didn't I? I had fun writing this chapter, so I do hope you enjoy it. And don't worry. My next chapter will be out, MUCH sooner than my last two. I already have some of it written, while the rest is planned out. So don't worry, you'll get it.

And to all of you who have reviewed my story, when I said the last chapter could be the end? I want you to MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW! Just review these, no matter what, okay? I want you're to know what you think of the story while it's going on, not just when it's over.

So until next time, this is The Good within the Darkness saying, see ya latter!