Quetzalcoatl and the Wolf

Chapter 77: Never Let This Go

A/

"Robi —

Uh!"

"Starfire! Oh my gosh it's been so long!" A young woman was standing over Kori's body as she'd been sent to a room for nursing her back to health. "The master has requested that you be properly trained, you and your friends before the next fight—

NO! I shall not fight him, even if I must…" her words faded out as they dwindled once she saw him in the doorway. "Good you've awoke, my father's lackey will be most pleased with the news I plan to bring him." Starfire frowned. "Why have you become so distant even though I can see you? Slade, he is to blame for all the badness in this world for now…" Robin looked at her in a peculiar manner. "Well, when you are done explaining yourself then you may join us for supper. You are now my master's trainees as of today —

Please! This must not be right, you are our friend and leader…"

"Yes, and as a lead I wish only to fight worthy adversaries, so he will train you, got it?" Starfire buried her head in her hands. "How can you do this?" she wailed. "You are my friend, Slade…you do not belong to him —

Of course I don't, he's not a power source like my father, just a descendant of our prophetic journey. In my time he was a prince and later lost his title to villainy. Oh well, not everyone can be a dragon lord's son…well we'd better get you dressed for dinner. He's waiting you know…"

Starfire got up off of her bed in the room claiming to be her guestroom for the night. "I…will not be joining you…" she began. Roku turned to her. "Why not?" He spat. Starfire looked up at him. "Because I have seen what Roku has made into my friend! I truly believed his power to be of good, but now…he's is nothing to me!" she through herself down onto the bed and began to cry. Turning from the pillows that surrounded her she shot back; "Now leave!"

Roku went straight through the door and slammed it all the way, to the guard he reminded that he keep a close watch on the princess of both kingdoms.

B/

No one came to the table that night, knowing who would and would not attend the invitation. Slade stayed underground with the true dark lord as company. Cyborg and Beastboy stayed up talking about how they were to escape. Starfire went to bed with tears in her eyes and an empty heart full of remorse. Raven cast a spell that would help her to see the guardians whom had been chained back up for full precaution. Her room was dark so in case anyone tried to get by the bed to attack, she'd be ready.

Roku shut and locked up his chamber that was smaller than his friends. He deserved it, as having not been suitable for his master at all. He was a messed up wreck as he slumped down onto his cot and slowly shut his eyes. That was until he'd heard a knock at the door of his tiny room. "What?" he groaned, eyes fully shut. Instead, the person or being, spirit of some great power slipped a note under the bottom of Roku's door. Roku was now fully awake, as he had heard the paper hit the floor. Stone cold. "Hm?" Getting up Robin was present at the door within less than a moment. Picking up the parcel he examined the outside so as to see what kind of paper it was. 'Pine…from the mountains?" he paused looking down at the doorframe. Opening the letter in what seemed like a rush, the envelope fell out of his hands and onto the stone floor.

It read:

Meet me at midnight by the old stone bridge out side of the castle. Inside this envelope is an amulet, where it was made remains a partial mystery. But you knew that all along, didn't you Richard?

Robin looked at open space with eyes wide. Then switching back to the letter.

When you put on the amulet, exchange powers with it by chanting the name of your birth parents. Then meet me at the address point. Good luck getting by the guards. Signed;

A friend.

P.S. bring someone who you can trust with you.

Robin stared at the letter and then at his study books. But maybe he had time to figure this all out…No!

"Ok mystery, whatever you are. Let's play." Smiling he tossed the letter onto his bed, packed some supplies into a sack son after and unlocked the door for the time to come. Bringing the amulet to eye level he brought it to his face and over his head. Looking at the symbol it was a resemblance of a worldly tree of life. Something felt different about the whole idea after the gift had been given. Somehow, he smiled almost kindly. Shaking himself clear of the moment he grasped the sack of items and remembered suddenly something he needed. "I need my book back. Shouldn't be to hard to get back from ol Sladey." He smirked.

C/

Slade was not in his room that night; possibly in the keep with Rokuro, young Roku's father. But it did yet bug him that he might be back any minute. So he would have to work fast. Slipping into the room through its door he eyed the shelf of studied books on the myth, his myth. Frowning, Roku got to work on taking some time to feel if the book's presence was still or not. He decided to try the shelf to see if it had been hidden from his counterpart, Robin. Picking up one book at a time his luck seemed dryer than any of it he'd already used up. "No, no, no…" he frowned wider than before. "Not here…" Now his gaze was on the dresser. Maybe this time it wasn't inside another book at all…

He decided to look since Slade was not going to return that early for rest. The dresser of course was filled with wears that did fit only its wearer. But between that bunch of clothing lay a sweet smelling paper flower, folded from a green leaf. "How very strange…weird." No luck and the last place to check would be his side table drawer by the large bed. The whole room was kind of creepy, it was dark and foreboding. Smelling of some type of body spray and paper and inks. Roku stuck out his tongue at the thought. "Right, drawer…" Heading over to its contents he opened the piece slowly. Then rummaging through the works that were kept in it. For the luck he hadn't yet used his was not just about to expire. There it was…the book that had been given to his counterpart by the old teacher and wizard/ sorcerer.

"The one that never came for you."

Uh-oh. Slade was behind him, right?