A/N: Okay, so I am finally getting around to typing the second chapter to my story. I may also get the third chapter up today as well. Thanks to all of my reviewers.
Disclaimer: The standard disclaimer is as follows; I do not own Teen Titans and unfortunately for me never will. I do own a red Wonder Woman T-shirt which I bought at Wal-Mart.
Chapter 2: Scars
I was standing on a platform high above the ground in a large, brilliantly colored, bright room, staring down at a sea of endless faces of anxious spectators. Their anticipating faces stared up at me from below, smiling enthusiastically. A beautiful young woman with flowing blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes stood at my left side. A strong, brave looking man stood to my right. He had ebony hair and a dazzling smile. The woman put her hand upon my shoulder and gave me a warm, gentle smile as her other hand held firmly to the trapeze bar that hung from the ceiling in front of her. The man, to my other side, winked at me before he took hold of a second bar with both hands and leapt off the platform and into the air. The woman removed her hand from my shoulder and gently placed it beside her other on the bar.
"You'll be up next my little robin, are you ready?" she asked me, in a sweet, angelic voice.
I nodded and then she too leapt into the air. I ran to the edge of the platform and eagerly watched as the two of them flew gracefully through the air from one trapeze bar to another, twisting and turning in perfect rhythm. The man was now swinging upside down on his bar with his arms fully extended above his head. The woman let go of her own bar as it reached the peak of its ascent and flipped herself around in the air. She came down and grabbed the man's hands just as he was at the top of his swing. Their timing could not have been any more perfect.
But something was wrong, something was really wrong. The sound…it was such a horrendous sound.
"Crack!"
The rope snapped beneath their weight. Acid. It had been coated in acid, and the already worn down and frayed rope broke in two at the moment the extra weight was added to it.
They fell…
They weren't flying like they were supposed to, no. They fell, fell through the air with no way to stop. Loud, shrill screams echoed through my head, making my ears feel as if they would bleed. The screams were not their own, they came from some of the startled women who were among the audience. The man and woman…, my parents…, were dead before they ever hit the ground.
I rushed down the ladder behind me and raced over to their sides. I collapsed onto my knees and threw myself over the woman's body. I cried. I screamed at the top of my lungs as though my life had been ripped away from me very suddenly and painfully.
It had…
Four figures walked over to my side as I continued to sob over them. My face was stained with tears, I knew. A soft hand rested itself on my shoulder and pulled me away. I turned around cautiously, not wanting to see or speak to anyone right now, and I met the gaze of her brilliant emerald eyes. I stood up, and she with me. "Star…" I whispered, then looked over her shoulder at the other three. "Cyborg,…Raven,…Beast Boy…" I whispered their names slowly; the names of my friends. They were here for me. They were always by my side when I needed them the most. Starfire pulled me into her gentle embrace. I held tight to her, not wanting her to ever let go of me and I sobbed into her shoulder, thankful that she was there, thankful that they all were there.
I heard a voice behind me…
"Your emotions make you weak Robin," the voice pierced through my already broken heart. "As long as your caring for your friends remains, I shall always have the upper hand." Those words…I had heard them before. The figure pulled out a gun and pointed it towards us. Four shots; and then he disappeared into the shadows of the night. I turned around, only to see my friends' lifeless bodies laying before me along with my parents. I cried out in anger, pain, and despair.
…My heart shattered…
A/N: That's it for chapter two. I know it's not very long and so I am going to try to get chapter three up today also. But for now, please take a moment to review for this chapter and tell me what you think.
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