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SOUTH SIDE JUMP CITY
Starfire was woken by Cyborg and she got up in surprise. How long have I been sleeping? She thought. Around her were tired firefighters still searching through the ruble for bodies and evidence on what made the explosions so incendiary. The police strolled quietly talking among themselves as they interviewed witnesses. Cyborg looked like a mess; he smelt of fire and burned wood. He looked like a mess; he also had a look of weariness and sadness. "Yo Star get up," he said quietly, he shook her again
"I am awake friend Cyborg, must we leave so soon?" she asked, still a little disoriented and tired
"Yes, Beast Boy is getting Raven…who is having a problem, and we need to go see if Robin and Christine are okay," Cyborg said, he truly believed Christine was alright and they would arrive to see Robin and Christine explain how they found each other. Little did he know his little dream was exactly that, a dream.
"All right, let us go," Star said as she walked to the T-Car.
WEST SIDE JUMP CITY
Beast Boy had been told when he reached Cyborg that the police was saying Raven was on her knees crying in her hands, she refused anyone to come near and recommended the Titans come and get her. Beast Boy drove his moped to the West Side and the scene of the explosion. Like the other disaster zones firefighters searched the wreckage for any clues. He arrived and went to the first officer he saw and said, "Where is Raven?"
"She is over there," the officer quietly told Beast Boy, pointing to an alley near the scene of the fire, the officer was very weary and depressed by all the carnage he had witnessed thus far
Beast Boy walked into the alley and heard his weeping wife. He saw her sitting there in an almost fetal position crying. He walked up to her, went to his knees and whispered, "Why are you crying like this Raven?"
"Because I have done it again, I have allowed the deaths of innocence simply because of my stupidity," she said
"This wasn't your fault, it wasn't any of our faults, he will look for his reasons and blame us to give him an edge and make us feel guilty. We wont let him do that, we know it was all him, we know we don't keep secrets, and we certainly know any of these so called secrets didn't deserve the death of so many innocent civilians," he reassured her
"I don't care, we had the letter, we could have told the other Titans, we could have found him before he did this, and this is my fault…" she continued
"Raven please, don't do this to yourself, it wasn't your fault, it wasn't your fault," Beast Boy continued softly as he held her in his arms. She had stopped resisting his attempts to comfort her and was now crying on his shoulders. She was feeling better now that she could share the emotions she was feeling at the moment. In a dark alley, in a dark and bloody night, a husband and his wife sat comforting each other, and preparing for the difficult days ahead.
TITANS TOWER
Robin had laid her corpse in the infirmary, he cleaned her body, and waited for the other Titans, he wished to hand her body to the paramedics with the rest of the team, he couldn't do it alone. Tears reached his eyes again as he turned away from her lifeless body and slammed his fist against a nearby wall, why did I fail, I am Robin, I am a Titan, Robin doesn't fail. The first one made no mistakes and died saving his teammates from Slade's last weapon. Now I have failed in his shadows in so many ways…the fact that I got drunk and had unintended sex, the fact that I failed to save her, the fact that I failed to stop Wilson, the fact I left so many civilians die and not go to them. Robin clenched his fists, he couldn't take it anymore, he had to hunt Wilson down now. Robin walked upstairs, wiping the tears away as he entered the main computer. He logged on his name and began searching for any information about Wilson. Before he continued, he noticed he had an emergency email sent to him. This was the address only known to a few people and was typically a life or death message. Robin checked it out, not wanting anyone else to die for his sins. His blood boiled when he saw it was from Wilson, he forced himself to read it:
Dear Robin,
I know you must be feeling very sad about the death of your girlfriend and unborn child, but I must stress this isn't my fault; it is simply the lies of the Titans which forced me to take such harsh measures. However seeing it will take more evidence to convince you I will play a game with you. You solve these false stories and uncover these Titans lies, then I will give you a clue on where you can come to fight me. However, if you refuse to play this game, if you refuse to solve these riddles your teammates keep, then I will do another bombing like the one witnessed today, and if you still review, then I will continue to bomb this beautiful city. So, your first mission: Figure out the true events leading to the last Robin's death. I warn you, you will not like what you find out.
(PS: You have two weeks; I will know if you succeed, and I suggest you start with Raven, she has a few tales to tell of Robin's demise) (Go to the address attached to this letter, it will lead you to my honesty device, use it to find the truth at whatever cost. I know you will not want to fail on your opportunity for revenge or fail this wonderful city. Hope you aren't too shocked by what you find,
-Wilson
Robin read the letter with anger and uncertainty on his mind. He responded to his letter with a simple message:
I will play your game and figure out the truth
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