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CHAPTER 4:

You Killed Batman!

Richard thought back to that night. It almost brought tears to his eyes, how everything turned out after that. He turned the page in his journal in order to remind himself for the billionth time he had screwed it up big time.

"Alright…Explain this to me again, Rob…YOU KILLED BATMAN WHILE BEING POSSESSED!" –Cyborg.

(What Cyborg is referring to is what happened in a Batman: Beyond movie I saw. In this movie, the Joker had kidnapped Robin and made Robin just as crazy as the Joker himself.)

"This changes everything now, man!" –Beastboy. "At first I just thought all of your uptightness was just you, but this!"

Starfire choked back a sob, "Why would you do this, Robin?"

Robin didn't know what to say. He just sat on the couch with his head in his hands.

"You know what? Now I just think that our whole idea of being part of this team is worthless now. Not like it wasn't before. It all means nothing now. It was all based on a lie!" –Raven.

"It's not like that, Raven." –Robin.

"Then tell us, Robin! What is it like knowing that you're a murderer!" –Raven.

"I started the Teen Titans in order to make up for what happened." –Robin.

"That's not an explanation, Robin!" –Raven, "And nothing you can say or do can ever take back the fact that you killed Batman!"

Silence followed, but Starfire broke it, "Why did you keep this from us, Robin."

Robin looked into Starfire's tear stained face. "I…I don't know…"

"Then how do you expect us to trust you again!" –Cyborg.

"You don't have to." –Robin, "Maybe I should have never started this team."

"Good! Now maybe we can all go back to our lives! I thought that you would help me defeat my father, but you're just a big goddamn fing liar!" –Raven.

That was that. The Teen Titans were no more. Richard didn't even know what happened to his ex-friends after that. He was pretty sure that Starfire had left Earth for Tamaran. Cyborg had kept in touch for a little while, but they had lost touch a while back. Beastboy was probably still friends with Cyborg somewhere in Jump City. As for her… Raven never even told the others where she was going. She had just left after calling Robin a liar one last time. The city had been practically destroyed because of Raven's unchecked anger. Richard was surprised that he hadn't been destroyed along with it.

Richard shut his journal because he knew what else was written in there. He had spent the rest of the past years hunting down Slade without anyone's help. He needed to get his revenge for what Slade had done to ruin his life. During that time, Slade had almost managed to make him an apprentice again, using what he knew about Richard's past. In the end, Slade had paid with his life for it.

What he had explained to his friends was true. The Joker had kidnapped him and forced him to become just like him: a psycho who went around killing people just for a few laughs. The Joker managed to control Richard enough to end up killing Batman… After seeing what he had done, Richard caused the Joker's plan to backfire. Robin, in turn, had killed the Joker.

Until he had started the Teen Titans, and even after that, Richard had had to control the maniacal alter ego within him, which was why he was always so uptight, as Beastboy had put it. But then he started the Teen Titans, thinking that he could somehow repair the damage he had done. But now, Richard realized that this could never be undone. Just like Raven had said, he was a liar, even unto himself.

Richard stood up and walked over to his desk. He sat in the chair and started and e-mail to Cyborg. Of course it would find him, the e-mail thing was part of Cyborg's arm! Richard had a hard time remembering Cyborg's address. Richard typed: 'It has been a long time…'

"What the Fuck!" –Beastboy. "Dude! I can't believe you just beat me! Again!"

"What are you talking about man? I always beat you!" –Cyborg.

After the Titans broke up, Cyborg and Beastboy really had nowhere to go. Eventually, Beastboy had found Cyborg and they decided to sneak back into Titans Tower to live. Right now, they were playing their favorite Game-station game, Speed Racing 5. (I don't know what else to call it…)

Suddenly… 'Bing! Bing! Bing!'

"What the hell is that!" –Beastboy.

"Chill man, it's just the e-mail system I set up." –Cyborg.

"Phew!" –Beastboy. "Who's it from?"

"I don't know! Will you just let me read it!" –Cyborg.

After a few seconds, Cyborg got this shocked look on his face, like Beastboy had just beat him at Game-station. "Dude… It's from Robin." Cyborg and Beastboy stared at each other.

"What are we gonna do?" –Beastboy.

"You mean, what am I going to do?" –Cyborg. "I don't know. Respond, I guess."

"Did you read it?" –Beastboy.

"DUH!" –Cyborg.

"Well, what does it say?" –Beastboy.

"Um…you don't want to know." –Cyborg.

"C'mon Cyborg! You can tell me! I'm really good at keeping secrets!" –Beastboy

"It's not a secret!"—Cyborg.

"Then what does it say!"—Beastboy.

"Alright! I'll read it to you…" –Cyborg.