"No tricks, no cheating," Robin says. "Only you and me…"
"And me."
Robin and Slade look at me. Robin looks angry, Slade looks amused.
"You don't need to include yourself in everything," Robin says angrily.
"Well this partly concerns me," I say.
"It concerns us getting out of here," he snaps.
"Well…" I start.
"Just shut up!"
We all look at Raven. Her eyes are red and her aura is dark.
"I have a better idea then fighting," she whispers dangerously.
She breaks a pillar from the ground and throws it at Slade. He dodges it, but, in dodging it, leaves the exit unblocked. The Titans make a break for it but I stay hesitate.
"Come on!" Robin yells.
A red light starts flashing and sirens sound. A boiler explodes and a fire starts. Things start falling.
"Come on!" Robin repeats.
He runs to me and grabs my arm roughly. We run.
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"What was that back there?"
We're in the Titan Tower and Robin is yelling in my face.
"I wanted a piece of him too," I say calmly.
"That wasn't what we were going for!" he yells. "If you want to beat up Slade, do that when our lives aren't in danger!"
"I think I'll go take a walk," Beastboy says nervously, leaving.
"I'll join you," Starfire says hurriedly, following Beastboy.
"I'm gunna go work on the car," Cyborg says, leaving as well.
Raven sits on the sofa reading, unfazed by Robin's yelling.
"You guys would have been able to escape while I fought Slade," I say.
"And why did you lag behind when we left?" Robin continues, ignoring my last statement.
I sigh and get up. I start to walk away.
"Don't just leave while I'm…" he grabs my arm.
I flip him over me. Then I run to my room. I hear him yelling behind me, but I ignore it. I get to my room and punch in the code. I walk in and run to my closet, forgetting to close the door. I pull out my bag and start throwing clothes in, trying not to cry. I remember what Slade said.
"That was your mother's doing…"
I continue clearing out my belongings while I start to cry. I go to my desk and clear it out. I zip up my bag and sling it on my back. I turn around and jump in surprise.
"What are you doing?" Robin asks.
I ignore him and turn around. I wipe my eyes and pretend to be looking for something. I hear him come towards me. As he gets closer, I turn around and head for the door.
"Luna!"
I start running.
"Luna!"
I burst out of the door to the roof, and then I slap myself for being so stupid. I go to the edge and look down. I turn as I hear the door bang open.
"Luna!" Robin yells.
I look down again then back at Robin. He's running towards me. I close my eyes and fall back.
"Luna!" I hear, then my world goes black.
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I wake up in a familiar room. I look around and realize it's my house.
"But it got destroyed…" I say to myself.
I continue to look around. Then I get up and walk to the family room. I see a woman sitting on the sofa.
"Mom," I say, rushing to her.
She doesn't seem to hear me. As I get closer, I see a tiny baby.
"It's me," I whisper. "But how can that be?"
Mom moves her lips, but no sound comes out. She seems to hear a noise and looks towards her room. I turn around and see…
"Slade!"
I scream and sit up.
"It was just a dream," I say to myself, tears falling from my eyes.
I shake my head, then I tense up. I whip my head up and look around. I curse.
"What am I doing here?" I scream, getting up.
I get up from the bed and leave the room. I walk down the halls of the Titan Tower and head for Robin's room. When I get to his door I start banging on it, not caring that it's three in the morning.
"Robin!" I yell. "Get your ass out here and tell me why I'm here!"
I continue banging for a few minutes. I give up, turn around and slide down the door to sit. I put my head in my heads. I focus on the sounds of the Tower, using my excellent hearing abilities due to being part wolf. I hear Cyborg snoring, Beastboy growling and a sound coming from the training room. I get up and walk to it.
I get to the door and see Robin punching the shit out of a punching bag. He doesn't hear or see me. I walk quietly over to him. I get right behind him and just watch him for a second or two. Then I tap him on the shoulder.
He turns around and, as he does, I sock him in the face. The force of it knocks him back a foot or two.
"What the hell…" he says, holding his head.
I look at him with fire in my eyes. He stares back, surprised at my anger. He takes his hand from his head and reaches towards me. I slap his hand away, and then get into the fighting stance. He looks at me for a minute then mimics. We stand that way for a few seconds, then I attack.
I aim a kick at his stomach but he blocks. As he blocks, I smack him on the side of his head. He catches my arm as I pull it away and throws me over his shoulder. On the ground, I pull his legs from under him. He falls and I get up. He kicks himself up then faces me.
We pause, and he looks at me, lowering his fists.
"What's wrong, Luna?" he asks me.
I respond with a kick aimed at his head. He blocks it easily; I'm getting clumsy.
"I don't want to fight," he says, blocking an attempt to punch him. "I want to talk to you."
I keep trying to attack him, but he keeps blocking. He doesn't even try to hit me. He just keeps blocking.
I start hitting harder, trying to hurt him. Tears of anger burn my eyes and slide down my cheeks. He notices but, thankfully, doesn't say anything. He just keeps trying to make me stop.
"Luna, stop," he says.
I keep hitting harder, the tears pouring out of my eyes. I start crying so hard, I can't even see. I slow my punches down and Robin grabs hold of my arms. I tense up, then relax and slide to the ground, the tears still coming.
Robin kneels down and pulls me towards him. I make no effort to keep myself from his grasp. I bury my face in his chest and cry as he holds me. That's how I fall asleep. Me crying in Robin's arms.