A/N
I apologize for the late update, and thank you for waiting patiently. Anyway, enjoy.
Lonely Paths Come Together: Destiny
Chapter Twenty
Every time we lie awake,
After every hit we take,
Every feeling that I get,
But I haven't missed you yet,
A loud groan echoed through out the dark cave.
"What do you call me, boy?"
The fallen masked man, rose to his knees only to be violently kicked on the back, back down to the ground.
"Don't make me repeat myself."
"Master…" Night Wing groaned out.
"I didn't hear you." Slade said and kicked Night Wing in the rib cage, wrecking any chance of his wounded body healing.
Night Wing groaned again and his breathing came hard, "Master!" He managed to get out.
"That's better my apprentice. Now who do you belong too?"
"……You, Master." Night Wing closed his eyes and felt his heart sink at the realization of what he just said.
"Good boy, who do you serve?"
"You, Master."
Every roommate kept awake,
By every sigh and scream we make,
All the feelings that I get,
But I still don't miss you yet,
"These enemies that now stand in my way, what will you do to them?"
"……Crush them…..Master."
"And Raven, what will you do with her?"
"I don't know, you haven't told me yet." Night Wing replied with some sarcasm in his tone of voice.
Slade put his hand to his "chin," as if to be thinking.
"Well once I have broken you completely, I'll need a new apprentice. Maybe she'll be a better fuck toy than you."
Anger burned through Night Wing and he quickly darted to Slade hoping to catch him off guard with a quick blow. But in his weakened state, Slade was much quicker. Slade grabbed him by both wrists and held him there, watching him pant in pain.
"That's a clear sign of disobedience, boy."
"What the hell is your problem?" Night Wing whispered. "Just leave Raven alone, its me you want, not her."
Only when I stop to think about it,
I hate everything about you,
Why do I love you?
I hate everything about you,
Why do I love you?
"On the contrary, apprentice, you are merely a tool to reel in the bait."
"Leave her alone Slade, I'll do whatever you want, just leave her alone…please."
"You, Robin, have a lot to learn."
Slade threw Night Wing back down to the ground, harshly. He walked to his stone chair facing the large screens.
"Go to your room, boy, I will be there shortly, to……keep you company." Slade said with a cold amusement in his tone.
"Leave her alone Slade." Night Wing whispered as he slowly walked away back to his cold prison, to await Slade's "valiant return."
It took two hours for Slade to finally come.
Night Wing had worriedly waited for him. Slade always introduced some new type of torture for him to "enjoy."
Every time we lie awake,
After every hit we take,
Every feeling that I get,
But I haven't missed you yet,
Night Wing heard the door being opened, its creaky hinges slowly opening. The door opened to Slade.
"Come." Was all Slade said, and sadly, Night Wing complied. He followed him to another room, except this one was quite different.
There was a bed, a dresser and a bathroom. The bed was completely shrouded in black, as well as the rest of the room.
Night Wing wondered desperately what Slade was playing at this time, but did not have time to think, fore Slade grabbed him roughly by the arm and threw him in the room, against the cold wall. A medaled hand made contact with his stomach.
Slade roughly shoved Night Wing against the wall, again hitting him in the stomach, and again. After the sixth hit, Night Wing coughed up blood. His head slumped forward and his breathing became shallow and rapid.
Night Wing felt like his head was going to explode and his body was going to wither away in flames. He coughed heavily, and blood poured from his mouth.
"Who do you belong too?" Slade asked rather calmly.
Only when I stop to think about it,
I hate everything about you,
Why do I love you?
I hate everything about you,
Night Wing coughed up more blood on to the stone floor. When he did not answer, he again felt the fist connect with his stomach, sending his mind on a roll with the pain.
"You, Master, you." Night Wing tried to say the words in as clear a voice as he could.
Slade looked Night Wing up and down, some what pleased at the work he had accomplished so fast.
"That's good, now…I want you too kill Raven for me." Slade smirked behind the mask.
"What?"
"I'm ordering you to kill Raven."
"But…I don't understand."
"You understand perfectly, boy, I want you too kill Raven, or I destroy the city. A life for a life, or in this case you choose the city or Raven."
"……I….I won't do it."
"Excuse me?"
"Go to hell Slade. I won't do what you want." Night Wing whispered.
Slade threw Night Wing on to the bed, ripping his cloths from his body. Night Wing's body was filled with blood, bruises and cuts, some which had not even begun to heal.
Only when I stop to think about you,
I know,
Only when you stop to think about me,
Do you know,
"Is that your final answer?"
"…I…won't…do it." Night Wing said and tried to move away, getting some distance between him and Slade. Of course it didn't work. Slade grabbed him by the ankles and pulled him back to him.
Night Wing heard Slade chuckle. "And I thought I had broken you entirely. I guess I'll have to try harder. You know there was this one thing that I have been saving as a last resort, just in case you decided to disobey this way."
Night Wing had no idea what he was talking about.
"Besides Raven, besides this city, what is the one thing that you have done your best to keep hidden from this world, Robin?"
"…"
"Hmmm. As a matter of fact I don't know anyone that you have ever trusted enough to actually show."
"…"
"Why is it Robin that you go to such great lengths to hide……your identity, your true face. You know I'm sure many wonder, who the man is behind the mask."
Night Wing's eyes widened in realization at the words Slade was saying.
I hate everything about you,
You hate everything about me,
I hate,
You hate,
I hate you,
"I must say, I have been curious ever since the first time you called down to me from that building nearly eight years ago. And for the life of me, I can't figure it out."
"Don't Slade…"
"Don't? Is that all you have to offer? No Robin, in order to break you, measures must be taken. And besides, you belong to me." Slade stated, down at Night Wing.
Slade grabbed his wrists and managed to lock the chains around his wrists. Night Wing did his best to kick Slade, but in his weakened state, it was nothing.
Slade ripped the remaining clothing from Night Wing's body.
"Slade, stop."
"No Robin, I won't stop, not now, not ever. You will remember me forever, I will haunt your very core, now and forever. I will never rest until I break you." Slade stated and ripped the mask from Night Wings face, throwing it off to the side, letting it fall to a dark corner, forgotten.
I hate everything about you.