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Anywho, on with the story…
Selfish Motives
Chapter 2
"Robin? Robin where are you?" Starfire pleaded through the titans communicator.
"Star, he would have answered by now." Ravens voice interrupted the alien girls' pleas.
"Raven's right. But don't worry; I got BB trying to track his scent. It won't be anything like last time." Cyborg tried to calm down Starfire.
"or at least I hope" he whispered to himself after he ended his transmission.
Following BB down countless streets, it was times like these he wished the green dog was on a leash. Taking his eyes off of Beast Boy for a moment, Cyborg noted the sun was almost going down. 'The last time I had talked to Robin it was around 10:00 in the morning, now it's almost 8:00. Something's definitely not right. Even if he had only lost his communicator, he would have still found a way back to the tower.' As Cyborg was thinking he didn't realize BB had stopped until 2 seconds to late.
"AAAAAHH!" both of the titans screamed as Cyborg tripped over the now human form of Beast Boy and landed face first into the deserted Road.
"Yo! Why the heck did you stop all of a sudden for?"
"Why did I stop? Why weren't you paying attention to where you're running?"
After a low growl of frustration, Cyborg couldn't help but wonder… "Seriously, why did you stop?"
"Lost the scent trail."
Both of them started to look around from where they now stood. "Dude, why would Robin be in the part of town scheduled for demolition?" Beast Boy asked Cyborg with a bit of worry in his voice. "I have no idea"
Beginning to walk around the area, BB spotted something bright in the middle of the road, something bright in the middle of the road, something…Yellow.
"Dude! Cyborg I found Robins communicator." Cyborg ran over to where his friend was and picked up the device. As soon as he picked it up, the cover opened and a note fell out.
Both of the titans exchanged glances of worry before picking up the folded piece of paper.
The note read:
"Hello Teen Titans. You just entered a game of two circumstances. 1) Send the Tamaranean girl with 10 million dollars alone to the abandoned Jump City-Laboratory, or 2) Don't send her and let Robin Die…Wanna Play?"
After a moment of silence and complete shock, "Who the heck is this guy?"
BB yelled to no one in particular. Just then, Cyborgs' communicator rang.
"Cyborg here."
"Cyborg, I just found something at the tower. I think you should see this." Raven said before ending her transmission. "Yeah me and BB have something too."
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Elsewhere…
Robin fluttered his eyes open only to be greeted by pitch black. "What the-"
"I bet you're wondering why you're here, aren't you, Robin?"
Red X said in a calm voice, as his words echoed through the almost-empty room.
Upon hearing his voice, Robin tried to move, only to find he couldn't not only because he was tied down but because his limbs just wouldn't respond.
"Why can't I move?" Robin accidentally asked out loud and mentally slapped himself for sounding so vulnerable.
"Muscle relaxant, but that's not all. That dart wasn't just supposed to keep you restrained. It was poison. In just a few hours, you will be out of my way for good." Red X spat with as much venom to equal the poison running through Robins veins.
"That isn't all is it? This isn't just to get me 'out of your way'. Whatever that's supposed to mean, since we haven't seen you for six months." Robin stated a little shook up from hearing his death was to come in a few hours.
Suddenly a large light turned on above Robin, blinding the boy wonder for a moment. Another light turned on over an unconscious girl of 16.
"You see her?" Red X pointed to the girl whom he was now standing next to. "She's my sister and she's dying from the same poison in you. If I lose the one person that actually means something to me, I'm going to lose someone I hate as well. I figured that if I lose you and her, I also gain something else. Or rather someone." Red X started to walk towards Robin, who was trying to think of that someone Red X was referring to. Then it hit him. "Starfire" Robin whispered to himself, ultimately earning a chuckle from Red X. "Correct. I've seen the way she looks at you, the way she cares about you, and to think, by the time she gets here, you'll already be dead. She'll see your body and after I explain I tried to save you, the titans will fall a part and she'll come crawling to me."
"She'll never go to you, not as long as I…" Robin trailed off thinking of what he was about to say. "As long as you can stop her? You'll already be dead, there's nothing you can do to stop me." Robin was about to protest but the light above him and the girl was shut off, leaving him to the darkness and to himself, once again. "Star" He muttered, not wanting her to see him dead or the destruction of the titans, especially since he promised her they would never split up.
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