To Heartless demon wolf: Thank you for your review!

The reason you can't any stories that lead up to this one, is probably because 'A Starry Night' is the only one that does. -And even then 'A Starry Night' mainly exists to give them more moments in Sisters, and I'm finding it to have little effect as this is the first chapter to reference it- A majority of my stories have nothing to do with each other, it's just kind of something that comes automatically with being a multi-shipper. And while I understand that reading an authors previous works can sometimes help understand their current ones, that is not the case here.

I'm saddened to hear that Robin has been OOC. This chapter basically talks about his motivations, so hopefully it helps. If not then if you wouldn't mind specifying what's making him act Out of Character, then that would be great!

To Everyone else: Sorry for the long wait. Things just came up...

Well I'm here now. With a new chapter. You don't need to kill me.

A quick warning that I had a hard time drawing the line between flashbacks and him just recounting previous events, so that part might be a little confusing...

Anyways, Enjoy!

Robin's POV

I woke up to Terra shaking me excessively "Wake up! Or do I have to throw cold water on your head?!"

I groaned in confusion. Why did she need to wake me? My body was used to waking up at 5:30.

Then I noticed the time.

"Terra, it's five o' clock. We wake up at five thirty to get ready for breakfast at six. We still have thirty minutes." I groggily reminded her.

"Yeah, and since apparently you weren't paying attention last night, today is different. Apparently he scheduled a meeting with a possible ally yesterday, but forgot to set a time and wants to be there first so we're trying to get there around six thirty. We're supposed to be getting up around now and have breakfast at six." She retorted.

I sighed in defeat. I guess I hadn't been paying much attention after Blackfire left. "Can you please leave? I kinda need to shower here."

"Fine, but can I get a thank you first?" Terra asked "I just took time out of my morning to wake you up."

My eyes narrowed suspiciously "Were you under orders?"

"Maybe?"

I rolled my eyes as the girl scurried out. At least now I could actually take that shower.

I walked into the connecting bathroom, the only place I had any privacy in this hellhole. Slade had been pretty blunt about that when he warned me of the cameras he'd installed into my bedroom. At least he had the decency to give the bathrooms doors and let them be.

I sighed kind of disappointed that the night where I hadn't been having nightmares was also the one where I was waking up early.

I mean it wasn't like I'd been having a good dream. I just hadn't been dreaming, which was a step forward from the constant terror that I usually experienced when I slept.

As I entered the shower I decided to take the time to reflect on everything that was going on, and my own feelings about it all.

Oh, where to start…

I guess we could start with my complicated relationship with Slade. It was a sore subject, but weren't they all?

When the Apprenticeship began I was constantly attacking him, trying to steal the trigger so that they would no longer be in danger.

Then 'The incident' happened.

It was my second mission, and honestly I was kind of anxious, for obvious reasons. To make matters worse it was from my father's company, Wayne Enterprises.

Of course I had to trip off the alarm -I mean I guess that was a given considering the security my father has- and therefore alert the Titans about my crime.

At first I'd came to the logical assumption that I couldn't beat them in an actual fight, -especially considering the amount I cared for all of them- and tried to just get back to the haunt.

Unfortunately Slade wouldn't hear any of it. The Man ordered me to go back and fight them for his stupid chip.

So I had to fight them. I was honestly surprised by how well I was able to stand against them. Maybe it was because I'd been trained by the Batman, himself. Maybe it was because I knew their weaknesses. Although all things point towards the idea that it was because they were holding back, and I barely was.

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't about to break a bone or anything like that. But Raven and Cyborg seemed reluctant to just punch or do anything to hurt me physically. And Beast Boy, the only one who seemed to be able to find it within himself to actually attack me instantly dropped his guard the moment he thought I was hurt.

But right when I thought that the fight was done, Starfire intervened.

Starfire hadn't tried to intervene in any way throughout the entirety of the fight, she'd only tried to get through to me. So her intervention now came as a great surprise.

Slade reminded me to use the thermal blaster I had previously stolen in my first heist.

We then went into a stalemate, her starbolt versus my blaster. At first we were both silent, waiting for the other to strike.

It was then she did it -not a strike, but a surrender.

"Robin, you are my best friend. I cannot be in a world where we must fight. If you are truly evil then go ahead, do what you must" She lamented while lowering her bolt.

Shocked, I lowered my stance... and my guard "Starfire, no"

It was a stupid thing to do, considering their lives were in danger. But that had all left my mind, all I could see is my best friend looking so sad, so defeated, so… betrayed. But not in an angry way, in an 'I cared for you, and I thought you were my friend but I guess I was wrong.' or a 'Did I do something to deserve this?' kind of way.

Unfortunately Slade was still watching, and still had the trigger. I was reminded of that by a bunch of static coming from the earpiece before I heard Slade's voice.

"Robin! I gave you an order. If you won't attack, my probes will."

Starfire's body slowly turned orange and began she moaning in pain.

"Starfire!" I quickly ran over and caught her. I turned to the others, only to see them in the same state.

"Stop! Please stop!" I begged through the earpiece.

"Attack, Robin" he monotoned back. I saw Beast Boy, who had a hand on his stomach in an attempt to hold himself up despite the pain, but to no avail.

"It's the only way to save them" Raven was starting to curl into herself from the pain that I could only try to fathom.

"Attack with everything you've got" Cyborg grunted his teeth, I began to realize how close to tears he -and most likely the other Titans- were.

Even though my mind was made, I still looked towards the one I'd actually have to hurt as I set her down.

Surprisingly despite the overwhelming amount of pain she had to be in, she seemed more hurt by me putting her on the ground .

"Robin…" She whispered, reaching up for me. I paused, though I knew shooting her with the blaster was for her own good I still could hardly cope with the hurt expression written on her face.

It was kind of stupid to shoot her, if we're being honest. She posed no threat at the moment. But the only way to save her was to shoot her now, even if she was currently rendered helpless by the probes.

"I'm sorry…" I whispered as a red beam shot down towards her.

The smaller fight that erupted after they woke up, was pretty short. I tried my best to 'miss' with the blaster while we fought. That didn't last long though, since Raven managed to disassemble it with her magic. I was thankful towards her, even if my reaction of grabbing her arm and tossing her to the side didn't exactly show it.

Not long after that I made my getaway using some mini exploding disks.

With a lot of anger towards Slade.

When I got to the haunt he was replaying footage of our fight. I seized my chance.

"My Apprentice is progressing faster than I had hoped. All he needed was a little… motivation."

He turned towards me right as I was about to attack "Motivate this!" I yelled while throwing a punch at his big, stupid face.

Unfortunately for me he caught the punch with ease. He just sat there, gripping my fist for a few seconds before throwing me across the room. Luckily my reflexes are pretty good and I landed on my feet and got ready for a fight.

"Robin, that was vicious, dishonorable and ruthless" Slade said while walking over to me. My stance tightened. "Excellent, Robin. You're becoming more like me every second."

He threw the next punch. For a while the fight was mostly one-sided, with me only landing a couple hits here and there.

That is until I started kicking his mask. The first time was more like a lucky shot, but it distracted him long enough for the second, which hurled him across the room and cracked his mask.

I hopped down to him as he began getting up, triumphantly standing over my opponent. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying this. I always did love winning.

He turned to face me. "You're going to wish you hadn't done that"

"I only wish I'd done it sooner!" I responded while throwing my symbol to the ground with great satisfaction.

He grunted before getting up and resumed his attacks. I felt lucky that my past as a trapeze artist had made me very agile.

Unfortunately he caught my ankle while I was doing a back hand spring. He held me like that for a few seconds before tossing me to the side.

He walked over to me, who was no longer the triumphant one. "I have much to teach you, but the first thing you need to learn is gratitude" he chastised as I got up.

I turned to the screen that showed the probes. What I was supposed to be grateful for?! This?! Him blackmailing me with my friends lives?!

I charged towards him, but he quickly caught my punch and threw me to the ground. I rolled over, trying to catch my breath but he grabbed my head and held me to the ground.

I think he was lecturing me about something, but I was only half paying attention. I think it was about how I should be grateful that I was his Apprentice, but I was too busy squirming, trying to get out of his grip to pay much attention.

Eventually he let go. I caught my breath and began getting up, finally paying attention to what he was saying.

And what he said next would shatter me.

"If the Titans are so distracting, maybe I should just get rid of them." He threatened while putting a finger above the button to show he was serious.

I felt the reality of my situation come crashing down as he said that. I couldn't just keep attacking him and expecting that this would be the time I won.

Their lives were at stake here, and Slade only had so much patience. If I continued this reckless behavior, they'd die.

And the last thing I wanted was for more people I loved to die.

"Don't… I'll do whatever you say…" The words ripped out my heart, but I had to say them. I had to stop fighting back everyday. It's for the Titans, I reminded myself.

"Good boy..." he purred "...And from now on, I'd like you to call me... master"

In that moment I could feel my world crumble around me.

I wanted them to burst in, for them to assure me they were my friends. Then I wanted to figure out some way to outsmart him, and make those damn probes disappear.

But they didn't burst in, and I didn't figure out some way to outsmart him. Instead I submitted to him.

"Yes... Master" I could only whisper the words. Luckily Slade seemed content with the whispers.

"The probes are cloaked" he informed me "and even if they weren't it's not like your so-called 'friends' would come for you. Erase any idea in your head that the Titans are going to save you. They aren't.

"Which means" He said with what was probably a smirk under his mask "You're mine."

He then sent me to my room for the Night. I guess he was happy enough with me calling him 'Master' to let me off the hook on a punishment. I even got to have dinner.

I mean sure I had to have it in my room. But I still got dinner.

Although he did say that it was because I needed my nutrients to fight, so maybe that part wasn't because he was proud of me. Whatever.

After that it all changed. I became submissive. I no longer fought back but followed his orders. I told myself that I was just biding my time, waiting for the right moment.

But deep down I really doubted that moment would come.

I still had a lot of built up anger, but now I just had to get it out not on Slade but in training.

Well training and -to my guilt- in my battles against my friends.

I know it's wrong but to some extent I blamed them for what happened. There was no way they could've saved me, but I wished they had. I didn't like to believe I was alone here.

I also know that this is exactly what Slade wants. To take my anger towards him and turn it at the Titans. So that I'd believe he -and maybe Terra- were the only people in the world who cared for me.

And it wasn't like I did anything but push them away by attacking harder. They were only going to have less faith in me. And I wasn't sure how much time I had left before they gave up completely.

From what I'd seen Beast Boy already had. I guess that made sense, considering he was probably the Titan that I was the least close to, but nonetheless it still hurt.

I wasn't sure whether or not Cyborg's coldness towards me came from bitterness or the fact that as the new leader he had to be strong for the others.

Part of me really wanted to know if he did hate me. But the other part reasoned that if he did hate me, I would be better off unsure.

Surprisingly Raven and Starfire didn't appear often, and when they did Cyborg and Beast Boy seemed to be on edge for something bad to happen.

With Raven I'm pretty sure it was because they were worried she would lose control. So far in the few times I'd fought her it seemed like she'd gotten close, but had been able to stop herself just in time.

I wasn't sure of her exact feelings towards me, but I imagine that I'd find out if she did lose control.

Which only made me more worried about her losing control.

Then there was Starfire… Oh god, Starfire.

She was the one who I'd hurt the most by far. Yet she was also the one with the most faith in me.

Whenever she was there, she didn't attack me in any way. She didn't even appear to be able to fly. The only thing she ever did was try to defend her teammates, while hurting me to the bare minimum, sometimes less.

I hated seeing how hurt by my actions she was. After all she had been my best friend, and one of the nicest people I know.

I tried my best to stay clear of her, in fear that I'd have to hurt her again. I cared for her too much to bear fighting the girl again.

But if I cared about her so much, why was I crushing on her evil Sister?

After it had been revealed that Blackfire had stolen a jewel and framed Star I'd gotten over my crush on her and come to terms with the fact that she'd been fake the entire time. That when she'd opened up to me that starry night on the rooftop it had all been lies.

And all things considered I'd thought that I'd done considerably well at getting over my feelings all things considered.

At least I thought I'd gotten over her.

Seeing her again, still interested in me now that I'd supposably changed sides, had given me a feeling that I'd never felt before. Sure, Jinx seemed to like me too, but with her it mostly bewildered me. I still hate her for nearly killing me and my team.

Meanwhile with Blackfire? I'd felt a mix of butterflies and a fear of how it she'd feel when it was revealed I was only being blackmailed. There was no anger, no bitterness…

Just love.

It didn't make any sense for me to be falling for her again. I'd always preached that you should never fall in love with a villain. I mean just look at Joker and Harley. Nobody wanted a relationship like that.

And why now? I was in a position where the last thing I needed was a romance with a villain

But I was falling for her again, and I to understand why. Or at least try to understand.

Was it because she was attractive?

No, that didn't make sense. While I'd argue that she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever met, it couldn't be the only thing I saw in her. If it were just her looks then there would still be some bitterness, some anger. And there would definitely be no guilt about lying to her.

Was it because she reminded me of Starfire?

Again, made no sense. To start with I'll be honest and say that I didn't view Star that way.

Sure she was my best friend, and I did love her. Just not that way. When we'd first met sure I felt some attraction towards her. But as we got to know each other I'd started to see her as less of a lover and more of a sister.

And even if I did like her that way, I would probably hate Blackfire for what she did to her sister, not be falling for her.

I sighed. If those weren't the case then why? What was going on?

That's when it hit me. The reason why I loved Blackfire. Why I was falling in love with a criminal who'd betrayed her own sister.

It was because…

No you don't get to know why. Next!

But seriously, I would've said why, but then I realized that I wanted to save that part for a later chapter.

I've always been annoyed with the ending to Apprentice. Like really Slade? You are aware that there are like a few dozen ways this could've been avoided, right? Cloaking the probes is only one of them.

And even then am I supposed to believe... *begin ranting about the endings to Apprentice, which just leads to me ranting about all the plot holes in Teen Titans in general*

Slade came off really creepy, but I swear that there's nothing romantic/sexual going on there. Otherwise Robin and Blackfire would have a whole new set of problem in their relationship!

Slade and Robin's relationship is just supposed to be a messed up father-son one, ok guys I swear!

I mean I'm still not entirely sure why Slade is letting Robin & Terra have friends. You guys can theorize about that in the reviews.

Sorry to all the Robstar fans reading for putting Starfire in the friend zone. The Story just worked that way better.

The next Chapter might not be coming right away, as I have a couple story ideas for Fathers day, and Pride month is kind of tempting me to write some slash? I dunno.

Anyway, Read and Review!