I awoke next morning and stretched. I looked at my wolf shaped clock.
10:43
"Man it feels good to sleep in," I said out loud.
Rumble!
I looked down at my growling stomach.
"Damn I'm hungry," I said getting out of bed and walking to the door.
I walked to the kitchen and saw Wintergreen drinking his herbal tea.
"Ah, Master Rocky-"
"Rocky."
"-Rocky," Wintergreen said, smiling. "Would you like deer or elk?"
"Actually, I'm craving-"
"I'm way ahead of you," Wintergreen said, bringing out a dead rabbit.
"Thanks, GW," I said.
(AN: GW equals Wintergreen. First I thought of WG, but it sounded horrible. So I came up with GW. Please continue.)
I ate my breakfast and headed for the door to outside.
(AN: I know that Slade's lair is supposedly underground', but they have to get outside somehow. Shutting up now. Please continue.)
The sun was shinning bright and there was a light breeze that made the temperature just right. I sat down in the shade of our big oak tree.
I felt a tingle in my paw, so I examined it. Then a ball of light in my paw appeared. The ball felt like energy.
This is weird. It's a ball of energy. Ball of energy? An energy ball.
"Master Rocky!"
BANG!
"Holy shit!" I yelled as the energy ball hit the tree, making a hole in it. I turned quickly around. "Wintergreen! I… uh… don't… um… Heh. Oops."
"May I ask what you are doing?" Wintergreen asked, eyeing me suspiciously.
"I call… it…an… um… an energy ball," I said slowly, so that Wintergreen understood.
"How did that happen?"
"I…uh…don't know," I said.
It was true; I hadn't a clue.
"Come back inside," Wintergreen said. "We'll discuss this with Master Slade later."
"Wait!" I yelled running up to Wintergreen.
He stopped and turned.
"Yes?"
"I'll tell him later," I said. "He's real busy with Robin and I'd feel better if I talked to him alone. Please don't say anything!"
"All right, all right," Wintergreen said. "Just come inside."
"Thanks GW," I said.
I walked past Wintergreen and went inside. I walked past the training room and heard a large splash.
Just ignore it.
SPLASH!
There was a pause.
"HOLY CRAP IT'S COLD!"
"What the hell are you doing, Robin?" Slade yelled. "Get out of the pool!"
I walked into my room, thinking on how I would tell dad what I had miraculously done. As I was thinking, I heard squeaking outside my opened door. Robin came into view, sopping wet. He was shaking like a leaf, his teeth chattering.
"Cold?" I asked the obvious.
"Y-yeah," Robin said, stuttering. "I-I n-need a t-towel."
"Towel closet; down the hall, five paces, turn left, then you're there."
"Th-thanks," Robin said walking away.
He was going the opposite way of the towel closet.
"Wrong direction!" I yelled.
Robin walked by my room again as he went the right way. Dad stopped by my room, staring after Robin. Then he turned towards me. I grinned.
"I guess we need a heater for the pool, hm?" Slade asked me.
"Looks that way," I said laughing.
"Wintergreen said that you had something to tell me."
I inwardly rolled my eyes.
Thank you Wintergreen. If I were the boss, you would so be fired.
"I don't know what GW's talking about," I said convincingly.
"So I guess that noise outside wasn't you?" Slade asked mockingly.
I am so busted.
"Would you believe me if I said that a bomb exploded?" I asked seriously.
Dad smirked, even though I couldn't see it, then said, "I don't think so."
"You wouldn't believe me even if I drew a picture for you," I said.
He folded his arms across his chest; I could feel just how serious he was becoming at this point and knew that I couldn't hide it any longer.
"Try me."
I looked down at the floor.
"I formed, what I call, an energy ball," I said.
I winced as Slade started to laugh his evil laugh that made my spine tingle. He could barely breath. He took a large breath.
"An-energy ball!" He laughed some more. "What do I look like, a sucker to you?"
I growled in annoyance.
"Dad," I said, "I can't explain." An idea came to me. "Why don't I show you."
I walked past him and headed for the training room. Robin was staring after me, standing next to Slade with a towel around his waist.
"Follow me," Slade said to Robin.
Robin, Slade, and I walked down the stairs to the training room. Slade and Robin stood behind me; I felt weird with them standing there. I started concentrating on my paw that I was lifting. I felt my paw starting to tingle again.
"Wow," Robin said amazed as the energy ball formed in my paw.
Dad was silent.
"Touch it, Robin," Slade demanded in his purr-like voice.
"Touch it?" Robin asked dumbfounded. "No way!"
"I gave you an order," Slade said. "Now!"
My energy ball disappeared.
"If he touches it, he might get hurt," I said. "I'll show you what had happened to the tree."
We walked back upstairs towards the door to outside.
"Stay," Slade commanded Robin.
"But-"
Slam!
I lead my father to the tree.
"See," I said. "When it hit, it went through the trunk, making a hole."
Slade traced his fingers around the hole, silently. After about two minutes, he put his hand down.
He sighed.
"Let's go inside," Slade said.
We went back inside and went to the kitchen.
"Sit."
I sat down. So did dad. He stared at me for some time.
"What?" I asked.
"I don't know what to say," Slade said. "It can't be natural."
I yawned. I felt weak and tired.
"Can I go to bed?" I asked.
"Yeah," Slade said.
I got off my chair and headed for my room. I got into bed and put my head down on my pillow. I fell asleep, totally exhausted, twenty minutes later.
It has been ten days since my newfound powers of making energy balls. Slade and Robin were training extra hard today.
Ring!
Wintergreen got the phone and was talking to someone. He put his hand on the mouthpiece and turned to me.
"Go get Master Slade," Wintergreen said. "Someone's on the phone for him."
"Sure," I said walking to the training room door.
Before I opened the door, I heard Robin yelling.
Shit! Robin!
I ran down the stairs. When I got to the bottom, I saw dad sitting on top of Robin.
"Slade… please… stop!" Robin yelled.
"Dad!" I yelled as I ran to them. "STOP IT!"
I rammed my father off of him, who fell over panting. Robin was crying and breathing hard. Dad stood up and looked at Robin and me.
"Go… to… your room… Robin," Slade said panting.
I looked down at Robin, who was standing up, shaking. Slade started walking to the door and I stared after him, wondering what dad had been doing to Robin. I heard something fall next to me.
"Robin!" I yelled. He wasn't moving and his eyes were closed. He was shaking uncontrollably. "Dad!"
Slade turned back around and ran back to me, kneeling down next to Robin. He felt his forehead, which was glistened with sweat.
"Go get Wintergreen," Slade said, picking up Robin.
"Right," I said running back upstairs.
Wintergreen was coming towards me.
"Where is Master Slade?" Wintergreen asked.
"Something's wrong with Robin!" I yelled, panting. "Dad was doing something and I got there in time to push him off Robin! Robin's not breathing normally!"
Wintergreen walked past me and walked to the stairs. He looked down and moved out of the way as dad came up with Robin in his arms.
"My room. Now!" dad commanded.
He walked to his room with Wintergreen and I following behind him. Slade placed Robin on his bed and started taking off his boots and the top of his armor.
"Get out of here, son," Slade said.
"But dad-"
"Now!"
I looked at Robin one last time and ran out the door, heading for my room. The door slammed behind me.
What's going on?
Ten minutes later, I heard dad's door open. Wintergreen walked past my room to his room. I followed Wintergreen and saw that he was packing his suitcase.
"Are you going somewhere, GW?" I asked.
"I'm leaving Rocky," he said not looking at me.
"But why?" I asked.
He looked at me.
"Do you know what your father has done?" he asked me.
"No," I said confused. "What did he do to Robin?"
Wintergreen sighed.
"Do you know what 'rape' is?" Wintergreen asked.
I stood there with my mouth slightly open. Slowly, the fear welled up inside of me.
"But, he wouldn't," I said shaking my head. "He never-"
"Its true, Rocky," Wintergreen said. "I can't live here pretending that none of this has ever happened. I'm sorry to leave you here with him."
This can't be happening. It just can't. D-Dad w-would never…
I ran to my father's room and saw him sitting next to Robin, who was breathing at a normal pace.
"Tell me it isn't true!" I said angrily. "You would never do something like this! Why'd you do it? Why?"
He sighed.
"I didn't mean to do it," Slade said. "I didn't know he had a fever from the lack of sunlight. And when he didn't get up when I told him to stand and keep going, I got angry with him. I didn't do it on purpose. I would never do this to anyone."
"But you did do it!" I yelled angrily at my father. "You did it! You raped Robin!"
"Stop yelling at me."
"NO! You're going to listen to me! Wintergreen is leaving because of you! Wintergreen's like a Grandfather to me and he's leaving! It's always your fault! It always is! You-"
Smack!
I fell too the ground after dad backhanded me across the face. Tears welled up in my eyes at the pain my father inflicted on me.
"I told you to stop yelling at me," Slade said angrily.
I let the tears roll down my face. I got up and headed for the door.
"I hate you," I said. "I hate you and you don't even give a shit. Fuck… you."
I walked out the door, leaving my father behind. I went to my room and fell asleep.Disclaimer: ((See Chapter 1))
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