"No." Robin had been thinking along that line since Slade had started asking questions, but to here it from him. "That's not possible." That couldn't be right, that monster couldn't be his father. Worse yet, as he thought about it, that would make Terra, his sister.
"Not only is it possible it's very true. I didn't know about you Robin, I don't know your birth name and don't really care either. What shames me is that my actions have brought Tara to where she is now."
"My Name Is Terra!"
"No, you were born Tara Wilson to myself and the most beautiful women in the world." Without his mask on Slade seamed to just pour emotion. "Sadly she died in childbirth. With my family fortune denied to me for marrying her, I did what I thought best and placed you up for adoption. The Markovs adopted you when you were three days old. They called you Terra but if you had ever asked your dad about your birth certificate." His voice trailed off.
"No my parents were Lisa and…"
"Say what you want girl, it does not make it true."
"And me?" Robin asked breathlessly, he had never known about his parentage and wanted to know more than ever now.
"You, you are a classic example of why booze and hookers do not belong a bachelor parties." Robin looked like he was going to kill Slade, if he didn't die of embarrassment first. "I didn't even know I had a son until I saw you unmasked and had a DNA test done. I wanted you as an apprentice because you had all the qualities that I admired in myself."
"Your wrong, I'm nothing like you." Slade just laughed.
"We've had this discussion before Robin, the reason I can always outthink you is because I think like you."
"Why?" Terra fell to her knees still reeling from the shock.
"Why what? Why tell you now, or why not tell you earlier?" He didn't wait for Terra to clarify. "I've regretted giving you up for a long time now, I've been I your life since you were seven."
"I never saw you."
"You didn't, do you remember your seventh birthday. I man in the park gave you balloons and wished you well, but when you showed mommy she took them away and told you not to talk to strangers." Terra gasped, she vaguely remembered. "Or how about when you ran away from home, you were thirteen and were taken in by a kind man who feed you. You feel asleep after that, he drugged you. Do you remember the next day; he was all beat up and told you that you had to leave. You cried and then left not knowing what to do, what you didn't know is how close you came to being raped and murdered like the six other girls he had "taken in"." At this point Terra was just staring.
"I though about revealing myself to you, but I decided the shock would not be good for you. The day you killed me I was going to tell you, after you had killed the Titans of course. With you Robin I had no desire more than you to become a willing servant, Terra you would have succeeded my empire." He sighed then slowly reattached his mask. "But that is all past, the world will end and there's nothing that can be done. Had you killed that bitch when I ordered it we wouldn't need to have this painful little chat."
"Who and what do you mean by the end of the world?"
"Ask Raven, on both counts. Now go you have what you wanted." He turned to leave.
"You're not going anywhere Slade." Robin's voice had regained its previous menace.
"You're threatening me, I should be pounding you for deflowering my daughter."
"Monster!"
"This from the boy who fucked his own sister."
"Bastard." Robin lashed outward with his staff putting ever bit of anger he could into this strike, it caught Slade full across the head, his neck snapped and spun. Slade's head was no at an extremely awkward and very lethal position.
"No Robin that would be you." Slade snapped his neck back into position. Robin screamed a war cry and came in again. This time Slade grabbed the staff and in a display of superhuman power tossed Robin backwards into Terra, both of them tumbled down the steps.
"Now I must be going, have a nice life." At that Slade vanished in a plume of fire.
Terra pushed Robin off of her and stood up offering him her hand. He just sat there, tears streaming down from underneath his mask. Terra sat beside him and gingerly removed his mask, he didn't stop her. She kissed him but he broke off.
"No, we mustn't it wrong."
"Was it wrong last night?"
"No, I mean yes, we just didn't know."
"Robin I've done horrible things in my life, so have you. Loving you is not one of them; I don't care if this is wrong I need you, more than ever now. Its possible Slade is lying it wouldn't be the first." She kissed him again deeply, he had stopped crying at this point.
"I had a father, so did you, Slade was not him in either case. Lets get out of here and figure out what to do with the rest of our lives, together."
"Together?"
"Yes."
As they mounted the staircase, Terra's mind was reeling.
I was raised a good catholic girl why am I doing this?
Because it's what's right.
Right, this isn't right. Wait I thought you were my higher being or whatever.
I'm your heart. My advice is to, one never have kids, and two never stop loving him.
Smiling she let Robin take her hand as they ascended to the world above. Walking out of the staircase into the warehouse only to be greeted by a far to familiar sight, the rest of the Teen Titans, in combat positions.