Life and Death, and a New Begining


Robin arrived just in time to Starfire stabbed by Hatred. He could only watch as she started glowing red and morph into a small, red sun. Hatred's expression turned from delight in her kill to sheer panic as Starfire supernovaed in her face instead of turning to ashes. The explosion was tremendous. Robin had no time to grieve as several objects hit the ground near him, damn near hitting him. One was a charred little book.

"Dammit!" He yelled. One last piece of the puzzle was gone. He turned around to see Hatred recovering from Starfire's supernova. He had to think of something quick. He looked around and found Raven's gift stuck in the ground. He walked over to the sword and pulled it from the ground. "Raven, I have a pretty good idea what you wanted me to do with this sword. Let's just hope it works."

Robin stared down the now recovered Hatred. His own hatred flowed though him. Robin had some training with swords. As Batman's protégé, he had training with various types of weapons. Batman was the king of just in case training. Robin looked in directly into Hatred's eyes. He saw a cold capacity to kill. This was something you didn't see in most villains. Most were money hungry bastards that didn't have guts to kill. He could see that she had crossed that line and sure as hell wasn't going back. She was baiting him to come to his death. She was going to let him make the first move. He was hoping that was her final mistake. Raven gave him this weapon for a reason. He was hoping that he knew the right one. "Raven, forgive me." He said softly. This was going to end in death, no matter the outcome. He sucked in a breath of air for possibly the last time and raised the sword to his side. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" He screamed as he charged at Hatred. This was all or nothing, for all the marbles, this was life and death.

Hatred grinned when he charged. "He fell for it! That dumbass!" She thought. Humans were always stupid when they were angry. She crouched and swung the reaper from her side at the now close Robin. Robin had expected it and swung his sword to block her attack, but instead of just blocking it, the staff part of her blade was slice in half by his block. The bladed end spun though the air for a few feet then melted into nothingness. "What the hell?" Hatred thought. Robin, who was acting as if he knew it was going to happen, which he didn't, spun out of the block and plunged the sword into Hatred's heart. It was a perfect combo. "AAAAAAHHHH" Hatred screamed as she writhed in pain. Her mutated body started to turn back to normal. First her arms and legs, then her body, and then her face until the real Raven was sitting on the ground.

"Oh god." Robin said. He hadn't expected this. Having to face Raven as he killed her.

Raven looked up to Robin and said, "It's alright. There was no other choice. You did what you needed to do. I forgive you." Those were her final words as the sword in her chest started to glow with life. The sword released a red lighting that hit both Raven and Robin at the same time. Raven face turn into a look of sheer tranquility as her body turned to stone.

In the Devil's lair, Slade waited patently for his master's arrival. Just like any other of his daring plans, this one would finish in his favor. "SSSSLLAADDDDEE!" Trigon yelled as his eyes appeared in the cave wall. "You let the gem be destroyed!"

"But, that's impossible! As the grim reaper, the gem is invincible." Slade retorted. "You told me this was true!"

"Almost invincible, I said. There was one weapon on this planet that could kill her. The sword of truth. A sword created from a bible by a prophet who was facing a grim reaper. It is pure poison to us." Trigon explained. "And you let the gem have it!"

"This is not my fault. You should have made me aware of such a weapon. I would have prevented the gem from using on herself." Slade replied. He wasn't going let this demon blame him for his own stupid mistakes.

"You fool. The gem wasn't capable of self-destruction in her form. A warrior named Robin did this." Trigon replied with a chuckle.

"WHAT! Robin!" Slade shouted in anger and surprise. He and Robin were the same but he never thought Robin would kill Raven.

"You failed me for the last time, human. You will pay eternally for that." Trigon told him as a burning fire engulfed Slade.

BEEP... BEEP... BEEP... "What the hell is that noise?" Robin thought. "OH. Ouch. My head." He said. It felt worse than the night after Slade's little booby trap went off.

"Doctor, he's awake." A young, beautiful nurse said to older looking man with a white lab coat on.

"Bout time." Doctor replied. He walked over and shined a light into Robin eyes. This effectively made his head hurt worse.

"Doc, what the hell." He said knocking the light out of the doctor's hand.

"Yep, he's definitely awake." The doc said with a chuckle.

"Where am I?" Robin asked.

"The watchtower. You do know what that is right?" The doc replied.

"Yeah, yeah. I know what that is. Where are the rest of the Titans." Robin asked.

"Well, I'm right here, thanks for asking." Robin turned his head to see Beastboy in the bed beside him. He was in a full body cast.

"You Ok?"

"Dude, do I look OK!" Beastboy shouted back.

"Dude, stop your whinin. You'll be out in a week." A familiar voice said from the door.

"Cyborg, your alright!" Robin shouted with great emotion. After what happened to Star and Beastboy, he was sure that Cyborg had been wasted by Hatred.

"Ya, I'm ok. A little more cyborg than before but still me."

"Than if you're alive than Starfire..."

"No, man, sorry, but, Star's dead. Her little big bang even caused a black hole that the JLU had to take care off."

"And Raven?" Robin asked.

"She's locked up in the July's safe. I have been arguing that we should have, well, ownership, for lack of better words, of her petrified remains. However, the league doesn't trust us. They think we will try to revive her."

"I'll take of it." Robin replied.

"You bastards." Robin yelled. He had been yelling at the League's founding members for about an hour, but they wouldn't budge on keeping Raven.

"I'm sorry Robin, but your too close to this. She can't be revived." Batman replied. He liked Dick, but sometimes he just didn't see the entire picture.

"You know what; I'm done arguing with you. But I will tell you this. All you've done lately is search Luther and Cadmus and Luther again. You've become God Damn politicians and burocrates. I hope that someday you wake up and smell the roses. Because, if you don't, it would have been better if Trigon had destroyed the damned world." Robin yelled at the league as he stormed out of the room.

"He's just venting, Bruce." Clark said, seeing the frustration on his face.

"It's for his own good, Clark. He'll figure that out soon enough." Bruce replied and all the other League members remained silent, as if they took Robin's criticism to heart anyways.

TWO WEEKS LATER

Robin walked toward the main room. He had just called a meeting of with the remaining Titans. He knew they had no clue what he was going to do, but this was something he had to do. He walked in to see a waiting Beastboy and Cyborg. "I know you have no clue to why I have called this meeting, so I will get straight to the point." Robin addressed them. He walked over and gave Cyborg his communicator. "Cyborg, this communicator is what signifies who the leader of the Titans is. I programmed it so that it only works for you now."

"But, Robin..."

"No buts, Cyborg. I have issues to work out. I need time and I can't do it here. Cyborg, you are good. Damn good. Trust your instincts. You'll do fine." Robin turned to walk away when Cyborg stopped him. Cyborg pulled out an honorary communicator from his arm. He keeps one just in case they need to give one to an ally they had just met.

"Robin, keep this and remember." He gives Robin the communicator. "You will always be a Titan. If need anything, give us a ring.

"I will." Robin said as he walked out of the room, picking up his bags on the way out, that he had placed at the door when he entered. He walked down the hall for the last time and took the elevator to the garage. He loaded his stuff on the R-cycle and hoped on. As he drove into the sunset, he turned and looked at his home for the last time. It had been one heck of a ride but now it was over. And a new chapter of his life was beginning.

Meanwhile, Raven body is moved into its permanent spot in the evidence safe in the watchtower. As the safe is closed, She realizes she will be alone for eternity. A single tear roles down her cheek.

So, did you see that coming? Huh? Huh? I redid the chapter. Even cooler, I think. Hope you do too. I wanted to show separation between the JLU and Robin. This is needed for my sequel's plot to be realistic. Anyways, when you review, please tell me if it is good enough for a sequel, and if you have any ideas, please tell, I might just use it. On to the review. School killed my readers and turned them into mindless zombies. O wait, I did that. O crap.

Raven42431: The only person dumb enough to read and review when they should have been doing homework. THANK YOU! But, sorry it took so long for me to finally balance school. I hope this chapter will hold your interest until my sequel is posted, which is soon since I have already started the first chapter. Damn school.

Till, next time.

BurningDeath