Here is chapter four people!
I don't own the awesome show Teen Titan's but I do own Slash, so keep away! No touchy!
The figure stood over Robin for some time now as the words he last spoke rang through his ears like a church bell that rings in the early morning.
"I am Slade's son. I am his offspring, the fruits of his labour. My father." These words just kept on repeating over and over. "Father, my father." Over and over, he could not bear it, he could not bear it, he could not believe it.
"No! I won't believe you! There is no way." Robin screamed, then other Titan's were now on their way to their fallen teammate.
"Believe what you will Robin, but look deep into my eyes, do I look like my father?"
Robin did as he was told and still saw the emptiness that had been there like Slade, but he saw something else, a bigger, more powerful fire in his eye. This fire was revenge, he wanted vengeance for the death of his father, and something told Robin that nothing, absolutely nothing would stand in his way.
"But how? If you are really his son, then how come I never saw you before when we were fighting?"
"Oh dear Robin," now bending over so that they were face to face, his voice sounding softer than usual. "I was always there, even though you could not see me. However, I could always see you. Everything my father saw, I saw. I studied his moves, his techniques. Perfected where he was flawed, and became unstoppable. I am much more than my father and surpass him in every way. My father was weak compared to me."
Robin was shaking now, he could tell that this was, indeed a totally new Slade. This wasn't even Slade, he was Slash. A new threat to worry about.
"You think you're so tough, well then, lets go! Right here, right now!"
Slash looked at Robin with disgust. "Robin, even if we were to fight, do you honestly believe that you will win? Not a chance, however your courage is admired and we shall fight in due time."
With that Slash was right beside Robin, he had moved faster than anything Robin had ever seen before. Before Slash left, he gave Robin a little something to remember him by, a firm punch in the stomach that sent the teen immediately to his knees, gasping for breath.
"Hmph, all to easy. We will be in touch Robin." With that Slash left, leaving a hurt and broken Robin behind him as his friends finally reached the young leader.
"Ok man, time to be serious and be honest, who in the world was that?"
Robin just looked at the ground; too embarrassed to tell the other Titan's who it was. When suddenly he felt a warm hand on his shoulder, it was Starfire and she was smiling at Robin, encouraging him to tell the fellow Titan's who that stranger was.
Robin took a deep breath and finally began to speak. "Ok guys, remember what I told you yesterday, how I was attacked in that alley by that guy who I said moved, talked and looked like Slade?'
The others just nodded and listened intently.
"Well that guy who was here right now, was that same guy that attacked me yesterday."
"What?"
"No way!"
"Yes, it was, and that's not the biggest news." Robin took another deep breath, everyone he took was hurting his abdomen more and more. "That was…Slash. Slade's son."
No one said a thing, the silence that had enveloped the area was enough.
"So, it looks like Slade did have a son, and he wants he dead just as much as Slade did, if not more. I can also tell, as he said, that he is a much better fighter than his father, he has improved on his techniques and perfected any flaws that were in any of his old fighting styles." Robin was genuinely scared now, he had no idea what to do, it was obvious that his newcomer was much powerful, faster and swifter than Robin.
"So then, what's the plan?" Beast Boy asked concerned.
"I have no idea…" Robin said as he continued to look at the ground.
The next morning came fast enough, and Robin was still feeling bad about what had happened. He still could not believe that Slade had had a son, but he knew deep down, that it was true, and that he would have to deal with it.
When Robin entered the kitchen all the other Titan's were in there having breakfast. Raven and Beast Boy were sitting next to each other as usual and were eating their breakfasts that Beast Boy had prepared, as he did everyday. Starfire was sitting next to Cyborg who was at one of his video games again, trying to beat the last level.
"Good morning everyone." Robin announced that he was present.
"Good morning." Raven and Beast Boy said in unison.
"Robin! How are you this morning?" Starfire said as she leaped from her seat on the couch.
"I'm fine Star, thanks for asking."
"Then you are feeling better from the encounter with the Slash from yesterday?"
She had truck a chord, he didn't want anyone to know that it was affecting him. "Yeah, I'm ok about that too Star." He said as he kissed her and sat next to Cyborg.
"Man that was some crazy stuff that went on yesterday." Cyborg said as the Boy Wonder sat next to him.
"Yeah, I know…." Robin started.
He was cut off by the sound of the alarm. When Robin had heard this, he went over to the computer to see what the problem was.
"It's Cinderblock."
Everyone nodded,
"Titan's! Go!"
When they had returned from this disturbance, they had entered through the main doors and into the living room again.
"Man, did you see the way I clawed his butt?" Beast Boy was gloating, but no one said a thing, as they were too taken aback from the sight that they were viewing inside their tower.
It had been destroyed, there were papers everywhere, plates broken on the floor and everything was just a mess.
"No way! What in God's name happened in here?" Robin said out loud.
"Don't know, but whatever it was, it didn't find what it was looking for." Raven pointed out as she inspected the kitchen area.
"Ok guys, fan out, I want this whole tower searched to try and find whoever, or whatever did this."
The others nodded in agreement and went on their own separate ways.
Robin went first into the basement to search down there, but found nothing out of the ordinary, just a few more rats and mice than normal.
Next was Cyborg's room, he went in there and again nothing, there was just the slight hum coming from his computer and charger.
Next was his room. As he approached his door, he could see a flicker of light penetrating the bottom part of the door. He took this as unusual, because Robin had always remembered to turn off his lights before he left.
As he got to the door, he took a position beside it and readied a Bird-A-Rang and stepped into the doorway. The door slid open and revealed a most horrible sight.
His room was as trashed as the living room and kitchen, but only his room and no one else's. There was also one distinct difference that Robin saw and was taken aback when he saw it. It was a message, written on the wall, in blood, or what looked like blood. "The end is nigh. You will die!"