CHAPTER 3:
Whatever Happened to Batman and Robin?
Richard Grayson thought back to that fateful night as he sat on his bed, stroking the head of his black dog, somewhere to the west of Jump City. He had a new life now that the Titans were no more.
"I know what you did, Robin. You tried to hide it, but it couldn't work on me." That's when Robin started to think about what the truth would do to her. It will destroy her. Raven… I know she doesn't speak to me very much now, but still, the things she does say…
After finishing off the recent robot she had been battling, Raven saw something out of the corner of her eye. "Robin!" Raven saw the familiar black glow form around one arm from the robot she had recently dispatched. Telepathically, she flung it in Slade's direction. Slade was hit by the flying robotic arm from behind so he never even saw it coming.
Despite being hit by the almost 15 ton (exaggeration, I know…) piece of metal, Slade was able to flip back onto his feet before the arm hit the side of a nearby building. So he escaped with the worst being a sore back. But he was ready to fight back nonetheless.
"Starfire!" –Cyborg.
Starfire spun around, and gasped, to see 10 robots leap on top of her. She struggled to free herself and before Cyborg could get there to help her, she had blasted them with a blinding green column of light.
"Guess you can take care of yourself!" –Cyborg.
"Raven, Look out!" –Beastboy had just seen Slade run up behind Raven, who was helping Robin up, and do a spin kick. This knocked Robin and Raven down to the ground away from each other.
A Little Later…
Slade had Raven in a tight spot. He had pinned her to the wall of a building by her arms. "You think you know Robin. But he has actually kept a lot of secrets from you and his little friends."
"What nonsense are you talking about now?" –Raven.
"You know, I think Robin has a soft spot for you, child."
"Oh Shut Up!"
"I mean it's obvious. But I think your relationship will never work."
"I think I know the answer to that! He could never--"
"Love someone like you? (Laughs…) You mean he never told you?"
"Told me what!"
"His secret!"
"Robin would never—"
"He's crazy because he killed Batman."
Raven was so shocked she didn't know what to do or say. "That—That's a lie! Anything you say is a lie!"
"Are you so sure, Raven? Maybe you should ask Robin?" And Slade vanished into the darkness of the fighting robots as Raven's anger took over and her powers brought the neighboring buildings down onto where he had been.
Robin: "Raven! Are you—
Raven: "Don't touch me."
Robin: "Raven, what are you—"
Raven: "How could you lie to us! I never thought that you would be the one who was a liar!" Robin angrily watched Raven storm away.
"I told her what you did." –Slade.
"What did you say to her!" –Robin.
END CHAPTER THREE!