Chapter 78:
A/
"The one that never came for you."
Uh-oh. Slade was behind him, right?
Before Robin's counterpart could react Slade had him by the arm and his hair pulled straight up high into the air.
"Ow, Ow, OW! How dare yoouuu!!" Slade let him fall back but his hair was taken back into the gloves ofyoung Roku's master. "How dare I? I think not apprentice." Bringing his prentice back to eye level his hair being twisted back, the man again spoke.
"If you were having trouble finding me you could have asked about, I'm sure no one would have minded." Robin was thrown back against the table and now kneeling on the floor felt strangly troubled in the worst of ways. "I...—
I don't care about you." He huffed. "I was only here to retrieve my book." Dusting himself off, trying to stand he looked Slade in the eye. "What would you care, lackey?"
Slade had heard enough, within the minutes that had been given he knocked Robin back down, picked him up by the front of his shirt, and ripped the amulet away from his chest. Robin was dazed as he scrambled onto his knees and looked back up bewildered. He'd been let go of as Slade began examining the uneccessary, accessory.
"Where did you get this." he asked a bit interested. His smile behind the mask was bitter and so very cold. Robin puffed out his chest as he stood. "None of your business!" his look of fear spread right across his face as he looked about to cry. He was not. The door beside himself was the only escape he'd need. So he decided to take it.
What was her name? His? Oh! I know.
Taking a breath he started.
"John and Mary." The amulet began to glow so that it blinded Slade, enough given time for Roku to escape. Rushing past off of his knees Robin's counterpart form ran to the door with the book in hand. He'd forgotten something; bring a friend…
B/
"Ravenna, Ravenna!"
"What? And why are you calling me that?"
She appeared in her nightgown that she'd been given by a maid of the castle. Her cloak was about her sides. "I…I was intending to ask for your assistancethat name is not your's to know about ." He said quickly. She frowned. "Did you and Starfire switch bodies or something,.and why did you call me Ravenna? Whatever, you can come in." Her room was still lit by candles and was no more foreboding than Slade's abode. Slamming the door Robin made a lock by materializing it, the only magics he now knew. "Look, don't ask for questions I'm in a hurry —
"Hurry for what? Don't you have a dragon to slay." Her voice was commonly accusational and made Roku shiver from her glare. "Sure, I'll help. Just give back Robin —
What? No way! His body is mine to foresee as scriptured." She pushed him up against the door frame. "Look, I don't like you, you're working for a monster, I know monsters. And Robin, isn't your plaything, got it?" The demon child shook his head. "Whatever works, but you have to help me avoid my master long enough so that we may find whoever sent me the amulet Slade has from mee." He whined.
Raven sighed raspily. "So, where is he?"
"Who?" Raven slapped her hand to her head. "Roku's lackey, where is Slade?" Roku only gulped. "O- o-out side the door…" BANG, BANG!
"I know you're here, now come out of there this instant!" That wasn't Slade's voice, it was a wee little person's voice.
Roku almost had to hold his sides to contain fits of giggles. "Oh? Is that how it is? Well then mind you I'll get the master."
Roku looked up at Raven knowing it was time to get going. Grabbing his things Roku waited for each to be ready to leave this place and find the 'friend' from the letter. "That way no one can find me.." he whispered.
