Robin awoke with a start his eyes flashing in the artificial light presented by the
row of lights in the ceiling. A tall being with three fingers hovered over Robin pulling off
a metal plate that had been pasted to Robin's forehead. Several beeping noises and a flick
of the wrist sent the object floating away, unheld by any hand.
Robin's unmasked eyes darted around the room, his heart rate accelerating. The
beats hit his chest painfully, the cold air burning his skin. He was being crushed his lungs
contracting, again fading into black.
The doors to the far end of the room flew open with a mechanical hiss, shutting behind the girl who ran to Robin's side, a fearful air. Her blue cloak drifting behind her, boots patting softly on the floor as they rushed.
"God what have you done to him?" her voice cried out to the nearest creature, bestowing all her fury to it.
Adopting her tongue it spoke softly, feeling no emotion, "Prisoner Beta three hundred and thirteen has served his sentence as dictated by our high arbiter. He has, in the space of a few jromjii experienced twenty seven human years of prison and then fifteen seconds of our latest development. Your comrade felt a lifetime worth of love for what felt to him like fifteen seconds. Your Robin will be distraught with misery for a lifetime"
"Jesus, What the hell was all this about"
"Prisoner Beta three hundred and thirteen was accused of high treason against the Arkethulean government"
"You don't have jurisdiction over him; you will be lucky if"
"No more information is available on Prisoner Beta three hundred and thirteen"
Raven knew it was over, her bond with Robin had been severed a few hours ago and she knew something must have been wrong. This didn't just border on cruel and unusual punishment. It was already there. The Arkethulean nearest Raven took the metal slab where Robin was lying and hovered it over to and through the open door. Raven followed it closely. Cyborg who was already making a nuisance of himself to the guards by the door took one look at Robin and lunged at the nearest Arkethulean, yelling with a passion. He was sent into the wall easily before there was any contact made between him and the creature. After a moment Cyborg propped himself up on one arm and held his head with another, "No," he mumbled to himself.
"The punishment has already been given. It's much worse than I thought though"
Her friends gave her a pained expression and turned to Robin, who was still under. The tower was now a monument to Robin who had not since woken up in many days. The titans stood solemn, waiting, not eating, and not speaking. No one needed to watch the boy wonder, he stared into the ceiling, his eyes open constantly, tears leaking out. It was the twenty fifth of December, a day that no one was celebrating, when Robin sat up. He was drenched in a cold sweat from head to foot and he shuttered, a nauseas feeling creeping upon him.
He slammed his fist violently into the bed, "What? No!" He continued for a long while to mumble to himself, saying things out of order, not consciously speaking, "I didn't even know your name, but"
Raven came in, already knowing that he was awake, her connection with him reestablished. Robin was leaning over forwards, crying. Raven sat next to him as he buried his face into her shoulder.
"Raven"
She didn't answer and he pulled away looking at her.
"They told me you were dead"
"Robin, I'm sorry, it hasn't been as long as you think it has."
The doors to the far end of the room flew open with a mechanical hiss, shutting behind the girl who ran to Robin's side, a fearful air. Her blue cloak drifting behind her, boots patting softly on the floor as they rushed.
"God what have you done to him?" her voice cried out to the nearest creature, bestowing all her fury to it.
Adopting her tongue it spoke softly, feeling no emotion, "Prisoner Beta three hundred and thirteen has served his sentence as dictated by our high arbiter. He has, in the space of a few jromjii experienced twenty seven human years of prison and then fifteen seconds of our latest development. Your comrade felt a lifetime worth of love for what felt to him like fifteen seconds. Your Robin will be distraught with misery for a lifetime"
"Jesus, What the hell was all this about"
"Prisoner Beta three hundred and thirteen was accused of high treason against the Arkethulean government"
"You don't have jurisdiction over him; you will be lucky if"
"No more information is available on Prisoner Beta three hundred and thirteen"
Raven knew it was over, her bond with Robin had been severed a few hours ago and she knew something must have been wrong. This didn't just border on cruel and unusual punishment. It was already there. The Arkethulean nearest Raven took the metal slab where Robin was lying and hovered it over to and through the open door. Raven followed it closely. Cyborg who was already making a nuisance of himself to the guards by the door took one look at Robin and lunged at the nearest Arkethulean, yelling with a passion. He was sent into the wall easily before there was any contact made between him and the creature. After a moment Cyborg propped himself up on one arm and held his head with another, "No," he mumbled to himself.
"The punishment has already been given. It's much worse than I thought though"
Her friends gave her a pained expression and turned to Robin, who was still under. The tower was now a monument to Robin who had not since woken up in many days. The titans stood solemn, waiting, not eating, and not speaking. No one needed to watch the boy wonder, he stared into the ceiling, his eyes open constantly, tears leaking out. It was the twenty fifth of December, a day that no one was celebrating, when Robin sat up. He was drenched in a cold sweat from head to foot and he shuttered, a nauseas feeling creeping upon him.
He slammed his fist violently into the bed, "What? No!" He continued for a long while to mumble to himself, saying things out of order, not consciously speaking, "I didn't even know your name, but"
Raven came in, already knowing that he was awake, her connection with him reestablished. Robin was leaning over forwards, crying. Raven sat next to him as he buried his face into her shoulder.
"Raven"
She didn't answer and he pulled away looking at her.
"They told me you were dead"
"Robin, I'm sorry, it hasn't been as long as you think it has."