Disclaimer: I do not own the 'Teen Titans.'
Sorry for the late post, but school work had to be done first. 9th grade is fun, but the teachers stink! Not that you care…
Robin fell through the hole in the wall onto the street. He got up, brushed himself off, and then run full speed into the street, not looking back. On day you both shall join me. If not by choice, then by force. Slade's words still ringing in his ears. Why, of all people, did he have to choose me? Robin thought. This isn't fair. His mind was still racing faster than the Bat-mobile when someone grabbed him from behind.
"Friend Robin!!!!" Starfire's excited voice broke his concentration, "I have found you at long last!"
"Um, nice to see you too, Star." Robin struggled to escape her crushing hug, "But please, let go!"
The girl heard the urgency in his voice and partially obeyed his wishes; letting go of the hug, but still held his had firmly. "The others have been searching far and wide for you. Where were you?"
Robin decided to tell the others later. "I'll let you know later."
Starfire nodded and then flew into the air with Robin in tow.
The Titans gathered in the T.V. room as Starfire began to prepare another one of her 'scrumptious' meals. "So, buddy. Where did ya go?" Beast Boy asked as he started a game of Mega Racers 4.
Robin sighed. He wasn't sure he wanted to tell them of his 'adventure' with their new enemy, "Um, Cyborg? Was there any mail today?"
Cyborg stared harshly at Robin, "You're keeping something from us that could return to hurt us."
"Cyborg's right, Robin," Raven added, "And you know with my power, I'm rarely wrong."
Robin turned his head away. After what Slade told him, he didn't feel up for a public confession. "I'm just tired." As soon as the words exited his mouth, he felt a prying in his mind. It felt as though a hand was pulling his mind apart. "Ahhh!" he screamed. He opened his eyes and saw all the Titans staring at him, but Raven was staring the hardest.
"'The secret may be dangerous but they mustn't know…' Hey!?" Raven exclaimed. An unseen force was pushing her out.
"Get out!" Robin held his head trying desperately to control his anger which was building by the second. "Get out!" With that last phrase, the last emotional barrier was up and Raven's power was shot out of his head, flinging her back into the wall. Robin stood and faced his team.
"What did he tell you, Tim?" Raven questioned.
The look on his face was of pure resentment and, without a word, he left the presence of the Titans.
"What was that about?" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy turned to Raven, "Talk to him."
Raven shook her head, "I can't. Not after what I just did. I betrayed his trust. Those barriers are stronger than ever… for the time being,"
"Well someone has to talk to him." Beast Boy answered back.
Starfire took the opportunity, "I'll talk to friend Robin," she volunteered. And without waiting for an answer or comment, she left to talk to her leader.
Robin collapsed in his room on the floor. That is why he had seen the man Slade before in his dreams. The murder; it was all coming back now. "Why? If Bat-man had been there, my family would still be alive today." Then he thought about all the good times he had. If he hadn't been orphaned as a child, he wouldn't have met the Titans. But more importantly, if he hadn't join the Bat-clan, the Bat-man would become even more sadistic and emotionally unstable. Ever since Jason had been killed, Bat-man had become a maniac. "My mother always told me that all things happen for a good cause; a greater purpose, but I still miss my parents. If it hadn't been for that devil incarnate, Slade, they would still be alive."
With great difficulty, Robin crouched next to his bed, and, for the first time in a very long time, he cried.