The room was lit up like a Christmas tree and Robin squinted under the glare. Slade was still under and robin hoped he would wake up with a hang over. But his life was too much like a horror movie for his to have that kind of luck. Dark slid into the room silently, peering over Robin's shoulder. Robin sighed and Dark felt the stiff corners of his mouth. Beast boy yelled over the intercom, apparently it was training time. Dark looked around hurriedly as Robin began to leave.
"Wait, Robin! Am I supposed to watch Slade?"
"You would do as well as any of us if he woke up, not that he will. But you don't have to, this room is impenetrable and inescapable, plus he's already tied down enough."
Dark sighed nervously, "Yeah ok, I just don't want to be here when he wakes up."
"I can understand that," Robin said leaving.
After much indecision Dark figured it would be best to come to the training room. He was no fighter, certainly not at the magnitude of the heroes who would be there, but he was curious to test his mettle regardless.
The doors flew open with a hiss and Dark stepped in, standing behind Cyborg so no one would see him at the present moment. Cyborg cheered as Speedy missed Bumble Bee by a hair and she deep fried him with a shock from her wands.
It wasn't a competition so there was no decided winner but it would have been obvious. The titans proceeded to harass each other in the name of exercise and when Cyborg was up against Starfire, some others turned to see Dark leaning up against the wall. Starfire was gleeful to see that Dark had joined the living and asked if he would compete. He nearly refused for fear of pain but reexamined his situation and accepted. He had lost a hand, and gotten into a car crash that put these reality police shows to shame, he could handle the pain.
Once Starfire wrestled Cyborg to the ground, she asked if Dark would come fight with her. He had said yes, and he always kept promises. Starfire was just shorter than he but from what he had seen, much stronger. Before the match began, Dark asked Robin for his Bo staff, so that at least he had a small advantage. Robin didn't hesitate to lend it to him.
When the fight began Starfire flew up and hurled one starbolt towards
him. He dodged it and she threw a few more. It might not have been
very interesting for spectators, but Dark was deep in a pit of his
own fear. He never let it show. Starfire flew lower and eventually
landed seeing as she could not his him from the air. She kicked for
his head and he ducked back wards swinging the staff elaborately.
She blocked it and tore it from his hands, at which point he sent
his foot straight for her chest. She grabbed it and twisted it
sending him spinning. He kicked her in the head as his other foot
came around, scoring the first hit. Thinking that he had hurt her,
he stopped to ask but she wailed him in the stomach and he fell,
defeated. In the event that she would punch him he had planned to
throw up the staff and spin around her. The only thing her threw up
was his last meal. The other matches were more interesting until Dark
was faced with Raven. She looked at him, her eyes filled with respect
and yet knowing that that respect was built on the rocky foundation
that is fear.
When the match began, Raven moved in closer and they circled each other for a few minuets, looking each other in the eyes. Dark knew this was in the bag. She was helpless, but she was trying not to let him see that. Dark stopped circling and punched right for her stomach. She meant to put up a shield but nothing came and Dark grabbed her around the neck pulling her back off balance. Had he a knife she would have been at his mercy.
"You're dead," Dark whispered into her ear as if it were a real battle. The other titans looked at him in disbelief.
He left the room after helping her up. Enough for one day. Dark left the room, feeling depressed rather than invigorated.