I re-typed and re-wrote this chapter. It overly sucked and I still need more help with this chapter!So go over it and tell me what you think.
Robin had been lucky and he knew it too. After just over a week he was walking with no ailments other then a slightly bandaged arm. He wasn't quite up to his usual gymnastic ability but he would be back to full strength soon enough.
All the Titans had gathered in the kitchen for their usual breakfast gathering.
All except for Robin much too Beast Boy's irritation.
"Dude! Where is he? It's like 8:00am and he still isn't up! What is he doing!" The green shape shifter yelled flailing his arms in the air.
"Take a chill pill Beast Boy. He hasn't exactly had it easy this past week. It'll take him a few more days before he's the Robin we know and love." Kid Flash said with a cocky grin on his face. Just then as if on queue, the doors to the living room opened with a swish to reveal the topic of their discussion.
"Morning guys." Robin greeted as he joining them at the kitchen island.
"Good morning friend Robin! Did you have a pleasant slumber?"
"I did Star. Thank you."
"Oh I am most pleased at your recovery!" She yelled, while pulling him into one of her bone crushing hugs.
"St-star, can't breath."
"Oh I apologize Robin." Starfire said while releasing him. "Sometimes I forget my own strength." She said blushing slightly.
"It's alright Starfire." Robin assured her, while placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Dude! Finally! What kept you?"
"Sorry Beast Boy. What's the big deal anyway? You only just got up your self."
"But I was up before you. Nothing good can come of that. Besides your the one that tells us that we all have to get up before eight on weekdays! You lier!" Beast Boy said chuckling slightly.
"Whatever."
"What do you want for breakfast Robin?" Cyborg asked turning to face him, from the stove.
"Nothing for me thanks. I'm not hungry." Raven looked up from her most recent horror novel and made her previously silent presence known.
"You need to eat something if you want to heal faster." She pointed out.
"Yeah I know. I'm just not hungry right now. Don't worry, I'll grab something later."
"Were ya going now then?" Flash asked from around the other side of the table.
"I'm gonna start training again." All the titans gave him discouraging looks and he was quick to defend himself.
"Don't worry guys. I'll take it easy. I know how to keep myself fit without aggravating my injuries. Don't worry so much." He said while leaving the room through the door opposite the door entered.
"Now that's the Robin we know and love." Cyborg said while letting out a soft laugh.
Robin had been taking it easy just as he promised he would. He did want to push himself but thought better of it. His arm was actually hurting quite terribly, but he couldn't just sit around anymore. He could actually feel the negative effect that his resent lack of training had taken on his body.
It was nice to feel the burn in his limbs again. He had been going easy on his right arm, which was now throbbing with a dull ache, but had been sure to get the blood pumping around his left. A punch to the head, punch to the stomach, punch to the… quite suddenly his vision blurred, like ripples under water, and before he realized what was happening he was lying face down on the mat covering the gym floor. His head hurt from hitting the mat at an awkward angle, his arm hurt more however after falling on top of it. He gritted his teeth against the pain before rolling onto his back and staring up at the ceiling through the haze before his eyes. His eyes felt heavy and a soft hum was becoming more pressent in his ears. Perhaps if he just closed his eyes for a moment he would open them again and feel refreshed. But he was so tired... he would close them, just for a moment.
He was enclosed in a dark cell, alone with only his fears to accompany him.There was a faint sound in the far corner of the cell. Water dripping? HeCouldn't tell. His ears felt like they were full of water and couldn't focus them on anything. There were flashes and a mix of blurry scenes, that Robin could make no sense of at all, followed by endless sounds and voices. He could hear people speaking to him, but could see no one. He could see people and hear nothing. None of this made any sense.
"Robin you will be my apprentice, and you will like it."
"Bait that is more significant."
"You will come to me willingly."
There were scenes that flashed before him, of Starfire and him fighting Overload, and then of him in a cell, and of Slade before him in a room filled with screens.
"Slade?" Robin asked to himself. What the hell was going on? So many scenes and he couldn't remember any of them. He knew he had seen these places, and spoke during these conversations. It had all happened before, but where? When? How? He could see himself being beaten by Slade when he refused to meet his demands. Laughing with his friends.
"Robin it is simple. You will not remember anything. It will seem as of nothing else but the fight with Overload had occurred." There were more scenes and flashes of sounds when there was another piece of a forgotten conversation added to the confusing puzzle made up of only blue sky and water pices.
"There will be a sign and if you do not come to me directly I will destroy them all."
"I will never submit to you Slade, the titans will figure out what it was going on, and they will stop you."
"If you do not come to me I shall destroy more than just you friends, I shall destroy… Robin? Robin? Are you all right Robin?"
"Oh…" Robin groaned as he regained conscience. "Robin, are you all right?" Raven asked as she approached his bed from the far side of the med wing.
"What happened?" He asked sitting up in the bed, the sheets falling loosely around his middle as he did so. "The last thing I remember is having the mat of the gym floor connecting with my face."
"You knocked yourself unconscious." Raven stated. "You worked yourself too hard, got dizzy, dehydrated, fainted and hit your head. You've given yourself a concussion." Raven informed him while assisting him up off the bed.
"You can't work yourself so hard Robin. It's dangerous."
"But I wasn't Raven, honest. I didn't even use my bad arm. No push-ups, pull-ups, running. I didn't do any of it!" Robin defended himself while the two made their way back to the main room. When they got there Robin noticed it was already dark outside, and that the main room was completely vacant.
"How long was I out?" he inquired.
"Nearly sixteen hours."
"What! Please tell me your joking."
"I'm not joking. We figured it was probably around nine when you fell unconscious. We didn't find you till around ten. So yeah about sixteen hours."
"But that makes it about midnight!
"You really are quite the detective, Boy Wonder."
"Ha ha, very funny."
"You need to eat something. What do you want?" Raven asked. "And don't even try to pull the 'The I'm not hungry' excuse."
"But Rae. I'm really not." Robin shrugged, and the two made their way towards the couch.
"Robin what's wrong?" Raven asked in her monotone voice, while turning to face him.
"Wrong? Nothings wrong Rae."
"Something's wrong Robin. I can tell. You're not looking into my eyes like you always do, your not even looking at me. You only call me Rae, when something's important, and on top of all that I've been in your head, we have a bond. I can feel your emotions, and you're not acting like yourself. I'm not really sure how, but I can feel your emotions stronger. You're worried and you're afraid. What's wrong Robin?"
bThe characters are totally OOC, and I can't stand that! Please someone help me with that!!! Thanks to those who reviewed and I will be trying to update as soon as possible. I do try, and I am not joking when I say that I think about where I am takeing the story EVERY DAY!!! So please don't be discouraged that I haven't updated in a long while. I am so sorry! Please forgive me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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