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In the dark depths of a large room stood a man.

Now, this man wasn't ordinary, that's for sure. His mind was twisted to all extents. He enjoyed having the blood of another on his hand, he cherished the demons and the Devil himself, and he most certainly loved to help others turn into the monster he was.

Like an… apprentice…

Yes, he would enjoy that so very much.

The truth was never truly uncovered. This man had run into an accident, where he turned insane from a memory…

A memory of a small girl.

Her name was Rose Wilson. He was sure she was a Blonde. He could remember the time she had clung onto his knee in desperation for candy, or the time where she had cut her knee by mistake, and he vaguely remembered punishing the teacher and threatened him with a beating.

Of course, that was so long ago.

But this man had lost his memory, and his eye, thanks to a severe accident.

He could not remember who the little girl was, or why he was so intent on remembering her. He only know that she was dead… her blood was found on the hands of Tyler J. Parkinson, a bloodthirsty murderer bent of revenge. This man had killed him, and now he had Tyler's blood on his hands.

He actually enjoyed it.

To avenge the murder of a lost girl was one thing… to enjoy murder was another.

Soon, he realized that he… loved to murder. To witness the control he had when a victim was begging before him, on hands and knees, brought out the devil inside of him.

That was why he was so… angry… when he found out that one person refused to beg to him. He was merely a teenager, so how had this happened?

The man figured it out; this boy would be his next apprentice.

But before any of that bull shit could happen, the man needed something else.

A name.

He could not even reminisce his true name. That is why he had gone with one name. A name so powerful in words, yet it was too short to explain.

Slade…

Slade's thoughts came back.

The fact that one mere boy could resist him was no doubt a miracle

He had no powers of any sort, so how could this have happened?

Robin was no powerful being.

That was why he had decided to do something so cynical. If he could turn Robin insane as well, his inner Devil could rest in peace.

And of course, tricking was the only way…

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As of right now, Robin felt his whole world crashing around him.

Well, of course, he experienced the same feeling when he found out Raven was going insane, but now…

Everything has just gotten worst.

Starfire screamed.

Robin couldn't move then either. It was just too much.

"Dude!" Robin came out of his stupefied phase to meet Beast Boy's scared face. His breath was haggard, and he was sweating too much for his own good.

"We… we… we…" Beast Boy collapsed.

Robin shakily stood up. What could have happened for Beast Boy to faint right then and there?

It was like him at all.

"Beast Boy!" Cyborg yelled, but the green shape-shifter was unconscious.

"Robin, I know you have a hard time believing it and all, but Star's in trouble! Of some sort… come on we have to go!"

Robin didn't need to be told twice. He shot up from the white-sheeted medical bed and ran after Cyborg, not caring for his pain.

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The sight in front of them was indeed very scary. Too frightening for words, yet too powerful for sight.

It was Raven's body.

Her clothing was torn, only covering the chest and anything below the waist and above the mid-thigh. She looked to have worn a gold and silver robe before this crisis had happened to her. Her face was bloodied and so were her arms and legs. Her right arm and left ankle were twisted in such a way; you could tell it was broken severely. Her hair was spread over the floor, and her hair too looked as if it had bathed in blood.

But her eyes…

Her eyes were showing red veins, and they were wide as if she had noticed something so painful and frightening that she…

Starfire was on her knees, screaming and trembling, with tears streaming down her face.

"W-w-why is sh-she… WAAH!" Starfire cried. She couldn't take it.

"Take her to the infirmary."

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