I do not own the Teen Titans or The Underland Chronicles, but Rabin/ Kimberly is mine. Angel is a character I borrowed from my State of Matter.
First Steps
By Rabin
Robin's Story
My sister needed to go to the Underland. So what? I let her go because her bond needed her.
Beast Boy looked at me after Rabin ran up to the hallway where her, my daughter's and my rooms are located. I sat back down, resting my head on the back of the couch. Angel walked over and climbed onto the couch beside me.
"What wrong, Dada?" she asked. Her purple eyes looked up at me. I gave a reassuring smile at her.
"Nothing, sweetheart. Do you want breakfast?" I asked her. She nodded and ran to the kitchen, giving me and Beast Boy a few minutes alone.
"What's up with Rabin?" Beast Boy asked me as we walked into the kitchen, where Angel patiently waited for breakfast to start.
"Something is going on in the Underland. Her bond is in the hospital. Rabin doesn't know what his status was, but she wanted to go to the Underland to be with him." I said.
Beast Boy was quiet, letting the news sink in. Then, he turned back to me, "Do you want to make breakfast or do you want me to?" he inquired. I made my way to the stove. He nodded, knowing why.
Later, my younger sister left Titan Tower. Everyone was there to see her go. Everyone, that is except me.
As I watched my sister run to the golden bat out on the front lawn, I rethought what had happened at breakfast. Rabin knew that everyone would miss her but she was energetic on the inside. Angel, who had no clue why everyone was quiet, talked all the way through the meal.
I watched my sister take off into the afternoon sun. I knew that my decision was right. If I had said no, Rabin would have snuck out behind my back anyway. Beast Boy stood in the doorway. "It was the right thing to do. She would be upset because she didn't know what was happening to him." he said, moving to stand next to me at the window. We watched as the black dot slowly disappeared at the horizon.
Cyborg came in. "Just so you know, Robin, your daughter is crying." I raced down the stairs. As I neared the front hallway, I could hear Angel weeping.
I found my daughter, hugging Rabin's favorite pillow and sitting in her normal spot. I scooped her into my arms. "Honey, what's wrong?" I asked her. Between sobs, I could hear, "I miss Auntie Rabin." I hugged her and sat down. My eyes were starting to water as memories of Raven and I caring for Rabin as a toddler came back to the top of my mind.
