DISCALIMER: I own nothing. Nada. Not The Teen Titans, not Batman. None of it's mine except the story line, and I'm not making any money from this, it's all for fun...(I think that's everything...).
SUMMARY: When an old enemy of Robin's comes to town, so does Batman. The Titans learn of Robin's past, and much more... but what about his future?
NOTE: Big thanks to everyone for reviewing! Alexnandru Van Gordon, stop guessing what's gonna happen! And RobxRae4eva, Robin is still a boy - it was a typo! LMFAO (Hey, I used it - hehehe!). You've probablly already got this, but regular Robin would be there 'cos where would you go if you were unconciouss? You got it! And I'm sorry about the typo's. Sometimes my brain goes faster than my fingers, and they can't quite keep up - doh! And, can you beleive it, my PC doesn't have SpellCheck. In this day and age! Shish!
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Raven walked slowly down the corridor, trying not to make any noise. She wasn't sure where she was going, or what she was going to do when she got there, but she'd think of something - she hoped. She made it to Robin's room. The door was slightly ajar, letting out small stream of light. She opened the door slowly, looking around the room as she did so. It seemed empty. She looked in the far corner and saw a figure lying on the bed. She stoped. It was Robin, but which Robin, she couldn't tell. But, wait a minute. She looked a little closer. His cape was black. Black, with a yellow lining. "Robin." She said quietly to herself, making her way into the room. She knelt beside the bed. He was lying on his side, facing away from her. "Robin?" She said, gently. He didn't move. "Robin." She said, again, this time more forcefully. He stired slightly. She placed her hand on his shoulder. "Robin, wake up."
He stired again, this time rolling over onto his back and openeing his eyes. "Raven?" He asked, sounding supprised. "You're here." He smiled. "You made it." He sounded relieved.
"Are you OK?" She asked as he sat up. He nodded and swung his legs over the side of the bed. "Do you know where He is?" She sat next to him on the bed.
Robin shook his head. "Where who is?" He asked.
"I was kinda hoping you'd know that." She said, sounding a little confussed. "None of your other sides would tell me who 'He' is." She explained. "But he's here. And we need to stop him." She looked at him. He looked as if he was trying to remember something.
After a few moments her spoke. "I'm helping it." He said, sounding shocked. He looked at her. "I'm helping the virus to kill me, and I can't stop myself." He had no emotion in his voice.
"No," Raven said, shaking her head. "You can stop it." She said, standing. "Come on, we've gotta find it." She started towards the door. She turned when she realised Robin wasn't following her. "Robin?"
"I do know who he is." Robin said, looking at the floor. "And I can't beat him again."
Raven walked back over to him and knelt down in his eye line. "I'm here to help you. OK?" She said, softly. "Whoever this part of you is, I'll help you keep him locked away if that's what you want." He looked at her. "And I'll help you kill of this virus, or whatever it is." She smiled a little at him. "Promise."
Robin smiled at her. "Thanks." He said, standing.
Raven followed him. "So you gonna tell me who 'He' is?" She asked, hopefully. All this talk of 'Him' was starting to annoy and confuse her a little. "I mean, I've met the rest of you, so..."
"You won't like this side of me." He said, sounding scarily like Red Robin. "Trust me."
The two walked down the corridor in silence. After a few minuets, Raven spoke. "Where are we going?" She asked.
"To talk to him." Robin said, not looking at her. "He's protecting the virus." He looked at her briefly. "I had a lot of time to figure this out while you were at Bruce's house." He said, smiling to himself a little. They took the stairs down to the basement. "We're here."
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Beastboy sat in a chair inbetween the end of Robin and Raven's bed. He was alone. After much talking, he'd convince Starfire she was doing nobody any favours by refusing to leave her friends. Batman had refused to leave, but Cyborg had at least convinced him to grab something to eat. The two were now in the kitchen, leaving Beastboy alone. He just sat there, staring into space, thinking. He was wondering what was going on. The fact that both Robin and Raven were inside Robin's head freaked him out a little, if he was honest. He just hoped that whatever was going on in there was in their favour. He looked at his watch. Thirty-three hours left.
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Robin pushed the door open. The room was pitch black. To Raven, it seemed ever blacker than black, if that was at all possible. Robin walked in first, Raven followed closely behind him.
"Nice to see you again." A voice said from the darkness. It was a cold voice.
"Where are you?" Robin called out.
"I'm here, Robin." The voice said. "Right where you left me."
Robin stopped walking. Raven stoped just shy of bumping into him. "Show yourself." Robin called out. With that the light in the basement came on. Except they wern't in the basement.
Raven had no idea were she was. They were in a large, dark room with no windows. She looked around herself. There was a large screen on one wall, the dim light glowing from it was all that lit the room. "Where are we?" She asked, quietly.
Robin didn't answer. He was staring straight ahead. Raven looked to where he was looking. "Oh my God." She said to herself. Standing before them was Robin. But this Robin had no cape. He was dressed differently. Raven recognised the "S" embleme on his chest instantly. She quickly looked around her, this time recognising where she was. Slade's Lair.
"Good to see you again." The other Robin said, tilting his head to one side. "And you bought a friend. How sweet."
"Cut the crap." Robin said. His voice sounded far less confident then usual.
"Oh but it's been so long, Robin." The other Robin said. "No catch up chat?" He started laughing to himself.
"Robin?" Raven asked, quietly.
"Oh, you're wondering who I am?" The other Robin said, still laughing slightly. "I'm Robin's," He waved his hand, as if looking for the word. "I guess you could say Dark Side."
"I'm nothing like you!" Robin said, his voice back to it's usual confidence.
"You must be." Dark Robin said, "I'm a part of you. Now, I don't like that either," He said, looking at Raven. "But I'm as much a part of you as anything else in here."
Robin didn't speak. Instead he ran at Dark Robin, who supprised at the attack, didn't have time to respond. Robin caught him in the chest, knocking him to the floor. "I said I'm nothing like you!" He shouted, kicking him in the stomach. Dark Robin laughed. Robin kicked him again.
"Robin!" Raven shouted. "Stop!" She ran over to him and pulled him back. "If you kill him, you'll die too."
Robin calmed down, but didn't move his gaze away from his Darker side, who still lay on the floor. He started laughing. "She has a point." he said, still laughing.
"Why are you trying to kill him?" Raven asked. She released Robin from her hold once she was sure he'd calmed down enough.
"I have my reasons," Dark Robin said, standing.
"If you kill him," Raven said, "You'll die."
"I'd rather be dead than stuck here!" He shouted. Before either could realise what was happening, he'd ran at them, kicking Raven out of the way and punching Robin in the face. Ravne fell to the floor. Robin staggered backwards, holding his nose.
Raven took a few seconds to gather her senses. When she had, the two Robin's were in the middle of a full blown fight. She couldn't tell who was winning. She stood and faced them. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She called. Dark Robin was lifted from the ground a few feet, wrapped in black energy.
Robin looked at her - his face bloodied from the fight - and nodded his thanks. "Were is it?" He asked. Dark Robin remained silent. Raven decided to use the trick she had on Red Robin, and squeezed. Dark Robin winced slightly, but that was all. "Where is it!" Robin shouted. He didn't answer, she squeezed harder.
"I'm not telling..." He struggled a little to try and free himself. "I'm not telling you!" He shouted back at Robin.
Robin could feel himself becoming a little light headed. He didn't know if it was something to do with Raven using her powers on another side of him, or as a result of his fighting. He ignored it. "Tell me, now!" Dark Robin still didn't speak. "Raven." He said, not looking away from his other self. "Throw him."
Raven looked at Robin for a second, not sure if she should. Noticing the hesitation, Robin turned to face her. He didn't speak, but his face was enough for her. She chanted her magic words, and threw Dark Robin back against the wall. He hit it hard, sliding down to the floor.
At the same time he hit the wall, Robin gave a small cry. Raven turned to face him. He was on his knees, holding his side. She ran over to him, momenterially forgeting about his other self. "Robin." She said, kneeling down. "Are you OK?" He looked up at her and nodded a little. He didn't look OK to Raven. His nose was bleeding, probably from his fight. His lip was cut open and he now had a gash on his forehead.
"What about him?" He asked, coughing a little as if trying to catch his breath.
It took Raven a second or two to remember where she was. She stood and slowly walked over to Dark Robin. He was slumped against the wall. His eyes closed, an identical gash to Robin's on his forehead. She carefully knelt beside him. She moved her hand up to check if he was still breathing. As she did, a hand shot from nowhere and grabbed her throat. "Not very clever." He said, opening his eyes and looking at her.
Raven didn't know what to do. She could feel her windpipe being crushed. She tried to speak, but couldn't. Just as she though she was about to black out, his grip released. She fell forward onto her hands, fighting to catch her breath.
"Raven." She heard Robin say. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah." She managed to chock out. She turned her head to face him. His face was filled with pain. "Robin?" She asked, weakly.
"Don't worry about it." He said, moving his hand to his side. She followed his movement. The side of his tunic was soaked in blood. She turned quickly to face Dark Robin. A little too quickly, and she had to take a second to re-focus. When she had, she realised why he'd released her. A Birdarang was wedged deep in his left side. He was unconcious.
She turned back to face Robin. "Robin." She said again, this time her voice filled with sorrow.
He smiled weakly at her. "Come on." He said, standing. He placed his hand out to help her up, not once moving his left hand from his side. "I know where it is."
She took his hand and stood up. "Let me look at that." She said, indicating his side.
He shook his head. "I'm OK." He said. "Maybe later."
"Funny." Raven said, "I don't remember meeting your stubbon side."
He smiled at her again, before coughing. "It's this way." He said, once he'd finnished coughing. He headed out towards one of the doors. She followed him. He was limping slightly. She knew the wound in his side was worse than he'd let on, but she decided to do as he asked for now.
They walked through a door not far away into a little side room. Robin turned on the light and stoped dead. In the middle of the room sat a boy, no older than thirteen. He looked up at them when they entered. "Hello, Dick." The boy said, smiling wickedly.
Raven looked from the boy to Robin. "Robin?" She asked, not understanding why the virus - if this was it - would be in the form of a child.
Robin didn't look at her, he just stared a the boy. "It's Tim." He said, quietly. He turned to look at her. "It's my brother."
TBC...
So there you go. Now you know what was in the tower. But alas, more peril for the Boy Wonder. The virus, his own brother! "The horror!" I hear you cry! Erm, yes. Anyway...
Is this the Virus? Will they get out in time? Will they survive? Stay tuned for the next chapter of..."A Tale of Two Citites" (Sorry, I was watching an old episode of Batman today, y'know, the one with Adam West as Batman? It was a two parter and it did that at the end (" ,) ). So let me know what to think... That's it. That little blue button next to "Submit Review". Hit it. NOW I SAY! NOW! Yeah, I'm going now 'cos I've gone a bit cookoo!
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