Robin brought his staff up, spinning it round his head and blocking Slade's blow. Slade rebuked, attacking with powerful blows. Robin had to resort to blocking his opponent's attacks, instead of actually attacking.
Slade swung and Robin stepped backwards to avoid it. He knew this was a bad thing to do; stepping backwards gave his opponent a chance to advance, but he had no choice. Within thirty seconds of combat, Robin was already right up against the wall.
In the corridor, Cyborg stirred and stumbled to his feet. He glanced inside the room and saw Robin against the wall, fighting Slade.
"Vic! Your dad!" Robin yelled.
Vic jumped to his feet, ran to the hospital bed and grabbed his father's unconscious form, then he grabbed the unconscious Starfire. He held them both, on in each arm, then looked towards Robin.
Robin ducked a powerful stab attack from Slade's staff. The hilt of the staff went through the plaster wall with a crash. Robin lashed out with his foot, sweeping Slade's feet from under him.
"Go!" Robin yelled.
Vic ran out the door, as Slade lashed out at Robin's ankles with his staff. The boy wonder did a back-flip to avoid it, then attacked Slade again. Slade jumped to his feet, parried, and the two were locked in combat once more.
Beast Boy sat down next to Raven and handed her a Styrofoam cup full of steaming tea.
"Thanks," Raven said, a small smile on her face. She gently sipped down her tea as Beast Boy downed his soda in one go. "You shouldn't drink that all in one go," she told him.
"Why not?" asked Beast Boy, throwing his can into the trashcan.
"It might make you sick."
"We're in a hospital Rae. I'm sure I'll be fine."
"That's not the point. I don't want you getting sick."
Beast Boy looked at her and she looked back at him, and they stared into one another's eyes for a moment, then he gently took his hand and laid it on top of hers. Raven smiled weakly at him, before heavy footsteps came down the hallway.
"Gar! Rae!" Cyborg yelled desperately.
"Vic? What's…?" started Beast Boy, quickly pulling her hand away from Raven's out of embarrassment.
"It's Robin… He's…"
"In trouble," finished Raven. "Get them out of here. We'll go help Robin."
Slade's staff slammed into Robin's jaw and Robin was thrown backwards, into a bench full of hospital equipment. He slid down the bench, leaning against it as he breathed heavily in exhaustion. The hospital equipment fell to the ground and Robin soon sat in a pool of medicine bottles, syringes, knives and larger electrical equipment.
Slade walked over and kicked Robin's Bo Staff out of his hand. He drew a sharp disc from his belt, then raised it high. "Goodbye little bird."
"Stop!" came two voices from behind the villain. Slade spun around to see Raven and Beast Boy, ready for anything. He grunted once out of annoyance and dropped the disc.
Beast Boy started towards Slade, shifting into a wolf. Slade held his staff in front of him defensively. The green wolf growled ferociously.
Suddenly, the staff started to be surrounded by a black aura, and shot out of Slade's hand and into the nearby window, shattering the window into a hundred pieces.
Slade looked towards the window in brief shock and was instantly pounced on by the green wolf. Slade was knocked to the floor as the wolf snapped at his face and hands.
The villain rebuked himself, kicking the wolf off and giving himself an instant to get up before it was back on him. The wolf growled and leaped towards him, teeth bared.
Slade grabbed the defibrillator from the cartful of hospital equipment and shoved it outwards at the green wolf. Volts of electricity surged through the green wolf's body before it turned back into Beast Boy.
Beast Boy fell over, smoking slightly and undoubtedly unconscious. Raven kneeled next to him and placed one hand on his chest. Then, she scowled at Slade and raised her other hand.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she yelled, as she let the black magic burn around her hands. Dozens of pieces of sharp glass from the broken window shot upwards and towards Slade.
The villain flipped and twisted his way around them as best he could. But, three pieces of glass embedded into his arm, the blood seeped from them slowly but there was no pain. Slade didn't feel pain anymore.
He jumped high, and landed behind Raven. She turned around quickly to see Slade's foot collide with face before she fell unconscious over Beast Boy.
Slade got up and smiled before walking over to Robin and picking up the disc again. Robin groaned in pain. Slade smiled and picked up Robin's Bo Staff. He cleverly attached the disc to the end of it and drew it high, letting the razor sharp disc lay inches above Robin's neck. "Where was I?" he muttered.
A metal hand shot out on a cable and grabbed the staff. "Dunno, but you're gonna be in jail!" yelled Cyborg, pulling his hand back. Slade didn't let go of the staff in time and flew through the air towards Cyborg, until the bionic teen hit him hard with his other hand.
Slade yelled in pain before flying into the wall with a crash. Robin, with a little difficulty, got up and stared at his adversary. Suddenly, a dozen green bolts of energy flew into where Slade was and exploded, smoke billowed from the area and Robin coughed weakly.
The smoke cleared and revealed nothing. Slade was…
"Gone," said Cyborg.
"For now," finished Robin.
"You mean he will return?" asked Starfire.
"I guarantee it Star," replied Robin, obviously somewhat frustrated.
"Then next time," said Raven as she climbed to her feet. "We'll be ready for him."
Raven helped Beast Boy up. "I hate hospitals…" the green boy muttered.
"So what do we do now friends?" asked Starfire.
"Whatever we can, we stop Blood, we stop Slade and anyone else who wants to get in our way," said Robin.
"Are we gonna join the Justice League?" asked Beast Boy.
"Bats will never allow it," said Robin. "We'll make our own team, wherever we want..."
"But we'll need a headquarters," said Cyborg.
Mr. Stone stumbled through the doorway and lean on its frame. "Maybe… I can help with that…"
Sorry for the wait. UIL been taking a lot of my time again but I didn't make it to State, so I'm done… Hope you liked this chapter and for those of you are confused about Slade's hatred of Robin, quickly reread Chap19, and that explains it all. Sorry if it wasn't clear enough. sob My next chapter will probably be my last one… This is an origin fic it has to come to an end at the beginning of the series…. So stay tuned. I'll try to update quickly. Also, make sure you guys read my other fic, Changed World, because… well, because. Anyhoo, see ya!