Robin just stood there in shock, speechless about what was just said, as were the others. The other Titan's shifted their heads back and forth not knowing what to say or do, so they just remained silent, hardly even breathing.
"What…what did you just say?" Robin managed to squeeze out in between his frequent gulps. No one has ever seen Robin in this condition, scared and not knowing what to do about it.
Slash chuckled again. "You heard what I said, I am not going to kill you, you will kill yourself." Slash concluded. "But if you'll excuse me, I have more…pressing matters to attend to." Slash laughed out loud, this laugh struck Robin down to his soul, he then turned away from the screen and it shut off.
Still, no one said a word; they all just sit there in silence, taking in everything that had just happened. Not only did Slash have Starfire, he said that Robin would kill himself. But how? What was Slash planning? No one knew, and no one wanted to know, but they had to do something, they just couldn't let this psycho get away with all this.
"So, what's the plan Rob?" Cyborg finally broke the silence.
"I don't want to talk about it right now." Robin said uninterested in anything at the moment.
"What do you mean you don't want to talk about it? Star is kidnapped, being tortured by this psycho and you don't want to talk about it?" Beast Boy was yelling, however he stopped when Raven had put a hand on his shoulder to signify that it was enough and he should stop before Robin does something.
Robin was very unstable in this condition, he had always been. Anything that was done to him that involves his friends or loved ones, would trigger something in Robin that would make him unpredictable and therefore, very, very dangerous.
"Leave me alone for now, we will figure out what to do in the morning." Robin said as he got up from the couch and headed towards the door. Robin really wanted to get to bed, it had been a very long and saddening day, and all he wanted was some rest to clear his head. He could think better after some sleep, then they could figure out what to do with this situation. After all, it was a very delicate one that needed precise planning.
He walked to the door and stopped just outside of it and leaned against the hard steel and started to cry.
"Why…why her?" He said in between sobs. He stopped after he heard something coming from the living room, the others were talking again. He leaned closer so that he could hear what was being said.
"I can't believe him," Cyborg started. "We need to get to planning as soon as possible or else something worse will happen to Starfire. And all he wants to do is sleep? I can't believe that little…"
"Listen," Raven interrupted. "He is obviously very sad about this and needs to clear his head. Let him sleep, and in the morning we will figure out what to do." Raven had always known Robin best, she understood him at a level the others didn't, and for that he was always close to her.
He was thankful of Raven, she had always known what was best. She gave him time from the others to come up with a plan of attack.
He went to his room and closed the door. He got out of his clothes and into some pajamas, and tried to sleep, this was going to be the worst night of his life.
There was darkness all around Robin except for one single source of light and it was in the distance. He started to walk to the light and saw something in the light as well. It looked like a person, a girl.
'Could it be?' Robin thought to himself. "Yes! It is.' Robin had finally reached the light and was standing over a girls body, it was Stafire, and there was blood everywhere around her, but no open cuts that Robin could notice.
"Star, please wake up, please." Robin pleaded, but to no avail, the girl was not moving, she lay motionless on the cold hard steel floor.
"She can't hear you Robin." A voice said coming from the shadows. Robin knew this voice all too well. Robin turned immediately.
"What did you do to her? Speak!" Robin yelled, enraged.
"Pathetic little girl, had no strength, she was a weakling, like you Robin." Slash said emerging from the shadows into the light that reflected off his armor.
"You didn't know her, you psychotic bastard. You never knew the power she had, instead you did this to her. What's wrong with her?"
"Robin, do you always as such stupid questions? Check her pulse, and see for yourself."
Robin did as he was told, and was starting to shake as he touched the young, beautiful alien's neck.
Robin fell back and started to cry, there was no pulse. Starfire was dead. His love, his life, gone in a split second.
"See Robin, this is what makes you weak." Slash started. "You care too much, if you are ever to have real power, you need to throw away all your friendships and harden yourself, so nothing can penetrate you."
"You know nothing!" Robin screamed as he lunged at Slash who moved out of the way. Robin immediately felt himself falling, falling into a black abyss, of which there was no escape.
Robin awoke from the horrible dream panting and in a cold sweat.
"What in God's name was that? That was the weirdest dream I have ever had." Robin said to himself. He could no longer take this anymore, he now knew what he had to do. "I need to find Starfire…now." With that said he got up, put his costume back on and headed out of his bedroom door, and outside into the darkness of the night.