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Chapter 2- The Awakening

Robin's POV

Darkness… darkness consuming everything. The type of darkness that doesn't let anything breathe. The type of darkness that doesn't allow light to escape. I slowly walked with no destination or purpose. I stopped to try and understand what was happening. Nothing… nothing seemed to come to mind. That was just it… I was nothing now. I have come to except my death… MY death. I kept wandering through the darkness.

"Keep trying, we can't lose him…"

Voices… why am I hearing voices…

"Focus on his heart…"

My heart has already given up…

"Stay with us Robin!"

Who is 'us' and why should I stay…

"CLEAR!"

I fall to my knees… pain… The teen titans… my friends…

The darkness clears for a second allow me to think clearly for once. Just as it cleared it began to consume me once again.

"That didn't work… do it again!"

No more pain… please…

"CLEAR!"

The darkness once more clears but this time it appears to be leaving. I began to remember everything now.

My friends… why are you saving me…

"He's alive, but his still in critical condition."

Raven… can you hear me…

"Good, keep trying to stabilize him."

Cyborg… why do you keep trying…

I stand there as light slowly begins to fill this space. Light is a big welcome but as there are lights there are bound to be shadows.

"Robin, how nice to see you."

I know that voice. That voice will haunt me for the rest of my life. That voice is of the man that I despise. The man who has made my life a living hell.

"Slade," I respond with a sneer, "What are you doing here? If I remember correctly I killed you."

"Yes, you did. You didn't even hesitate to pull the trigger," Slade walked out of the shadow, "And I must say I'm proud of you. You're more like me every single moment."

I held my ground, getting ready for the upcoming battle.

"I'm nothing like you Slade; I'll never be like you!"

"But you are Robin… You proved it at the rooftop. I was at your mercy and you looked me in the eye," he leaned closer to me, "and you struck in my throat without giving me mercy. You're like me whether you admit it or you don't."

He began to walk back to the shadows. Stopped and looked back at me.

"Besides, if you were nothing like me, why do you have blood on your hands?"

I looked at my hands, he was right, they were full of blood. His blood. The blood of the man I despised. I killed him for that reason. I had become like him. I stood there pondering if I had done the right thing. I shook my head and realized that I should've done better than that. I had become weak. I was no longer worthy of leading the Titans. I was no longer worthy to carry the name Robin. Everything seemed to fade as I felt pain once more.

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Normal POV

As Robin woke up from his sleep he saw his teammates all scattered around him. He winced in pain as he tried to get up. He lay down a bit longer and noticed that most of his major injuries were healed. He smiled at the realization that it was Raven's handiwork. Cyborg began to beep and he got up.

"Robin!"

Everyone got up at the sound of his name. Raven got up from her chair and dropped her cloak that she was using for a blanket. Beast Boy shoot up but soon fell back as his chair lost balance and Starfire immediately went to Robin's side.

"Are you feeling better Robin?" asked the young Tamaranian girl.

Robin looked at her and shook his head lightly.

"Hey Robin, you okay? Why aren't you speaking?" Beast Boy jumped up and asked.

Robin looked away from his friends and he closed his eyes. His friends realized what he was trying to say, so they turned around and started to walk out the room. Cyborg stopped and turned back.

"We understand what you went through was hard, and we hope you feel better later."

He turned around and walked out. Beast Boy and Starfire followed. Raven stayed behind next to Robin.

"Robin… talk to me. You know you can talk to me."

Robin didn't even budge from his position. Raven began to focus her powers on Robin, trying to probe his mind but was stopped by his mind barriers. Walls that he had put up to hide what he was thinking. Raven grew concerned from this; Robin never had his mind so guarded from her before.

"Robin, please speak or at least let me see what's wrong."

Robin looked up at her and lay his head down again. Raven gave up and walked out of the room.

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Raven's POV

For the last two weeks he's been there. Lying on the bed, refusing to let me heal his wounds. Refusing to speak to anyone, even me.

I stood there watching as Cyborg changed his bandages. I guess it's for the better. At least like this we can keep an eye on him.

I looked at Robin's expression, he seemed to be lost, like he wasn't even her. I tried once more to probe him with my mind but he still had his walls up. I could try to break them down, but if I did that I would only hurt Robin more.

Cyborg was done removing most of the bandages and watched as his wounds seemed to have healed nicely. He would have scars of course, but Robin already had a bunch of them.

"Well, your wounds have healed pretty good," Cyborg began to talk as he rewrapped them, "my guess is that you'll be able to walk around now. What do you say?"

I could tell what he was trying to do. He was trying to get Robin to speak something, anything.

Robin stepped down from the bed and took a couple of steps before stumbling a bit. I was about to rush to his side to help but Cyborg looked at me and shook his head. We both watched as he stood straight and walked to the window.

He spoke for the first time in weeks, and the words he said began to burn into my heart.

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OOOOOH! Cliffy! Well what do you guys think? Not as good huh? Well, we'll just have to wait and see if it gets better. You guys know the Drill, if you guys want it to be updated, you guys have to R&R. plus….. I also have a challenge to all those Rae&Rob shippers here it is

A contest, a Raven/Robin writing contest that is being held by Raven42431

Rules:

Raven HAS to say something about she can't love. Robin HAS to make her believe she can. entries emailed to raven42431 yahoo .com. Or look her up, its Raven42431, yes she's in FanFic. net. She'll accept the story and later declare a winner

Good Luck to all!