Robin sat at the window, looking at the calm night in front of him. He could see the city from the Tower and no commotion whatsoever was going on. Things had been extremely boring lately. No crime at all.
Rain started to splatter at the window violently, making Robin sigh. I wish something bad would happen, He thought. This is getting pathetic…He thought he had heard something and looked around, no one was there. All the others had gone to bed but for the past week he couldn't get any sleep, didn't even feel tired. He kicked the wall out of boredom. "God, I'm sick of this," He mumbled to himself.
He slowly got to his feet and walked to the kitchen. This sounds so incredibly stupid but I actually wish Slade was still alive…His eyes went wide with the thought. How could I ever think something like that! He shouted at himself in his mind. It's better that he's dead, who cares if its boring as hell over here? No lives are being taken so I should be happy. He sat down at the table and layed his head down. Thunder rang out and the whole Tower lit up from the lightning outside. "What the hell is wrong with me?" He asked out loud.
"Maybe locking yourself in your room in the day and staying up every night does weird things to a person," Came a female voice.
Robin spun around in panic and saw Raven standing there, her herbal tea in her right hand. "What are you doing up?" He asked, trying to get off the subject that he hadn't tried to start.
"The better question is: why are you always up?" Raven asked, wondering what was wrong with her leader as well. She sat down across from him. "You just don't seem yourself lately." She took a sip of her tea. "Something you want to talk about? You know, I'm here for you and all that crap if you need to talk this over."
Robin just looked at her for a moment. Why did she care about his problems? He shook his head. "Nothing's wrong," He said making his tone serious. "I just haven't been tired lately." He shrugged like it was no big deal. "I'll let you know if there's some kind of problem, okay?" She didn't drop the questioning look she had been giving him. "It just seems weird, being this quiet and all…Really, there's nothing wrong."
"Alright…" She said, giving him a cold stare. You're a complete mystery sometimes Boy Wonder, She thought.
The sound of the metal on the bottom of someone's shoes echoed throughout Slade's lair. It was dead and dark, almost in a calming way. Slade sat at his metal chair that was as big as a throne. The whole city supposed him dead, everyone thought the blonde titan had brought him to his end by throwing him into that pit of lava. Well the city was wrong. How could they just assume these things? There had been no body after all, what kind of proof was that?
A girl walked out from the shadows. She had long blond hair, blue eyes, and an outfit that had a robotic look to it. "I'm here," She said sounding confused and annoyed. "Now, you wanted me because?" She gave him a demanding glare.
Slade couldn't help but smile at this girl. "Oh Terra," He said but was cut off.
"Terra?" Asked the girl as she took a step forward, making her much more visible. "Is that my name?"
Slade nodded. "Yes Terra." He got up off his chair and began to walk away. "Follow me." He ordered and kept moving forward.
Terra looked around as if expecting an answer from something or someone but got nothing. She breathed out heavily and followed Slade.
They walked around the building for quite some time but Terra didn't see the point in it. "Does any of this look familiar to you?" He asked, giving her a quick glance out of the corner of his eye.
Terra shook her head.
"I didn't think so." He turned around to face her. "Like I said before, your name is Terra. You have been working for me for a long time, years as a matter of fact, but you got killed in a tragic accident. These people called the Teen Titans are responsible for your temporary death." A bunch of screens lit up showing a video clip of each titan with their name under it.
A feeling of concern and caring went through Terra when she saw them but quickly vanished as Slade's words repeated in her head. "They…they killed me?" She asked in disbelief. "Even that green one?" Why did I ask that? She thought, having no idea where those words came from.
Slade gave her a questioning glare for a moment but let it go. "Especially the green one," He said, trying to get any good feelings of the Titans out of her mind. "But you see the one with the mask and black hair? He also was working for me, but they've tricked him into going on their side. Your job is to get him back for me." He smirked, knowing his plan was going to work this time. "So will you do this, Terra? I did bring you back."
Terra questioned the whole thing in her mind, could this Slade really be trusted. He did bring me back though so he must care about me… She smiled evilly. "Yes, I'll do it."
"Good," Said Slade, his smirk getting bigger. "Very Good."
