The Second Test
A/N: I personally think this is a very lame update. Blame the continuous projects and examinations that came forth! Unedited…
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
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"Please… Don't kill me!" The wounded man pleaded him. An emotionless stare met him. Fear arose inside him. Silence filled the air between them. Blood was dripping from the sharp katana he was holding. His lips formed into an evil smirk.
"Maybe next time." The slashing sound made by the katana whispered in his ears, giving him the feeling of delight. That was the last of his targets for the day yet he still felt the demon inside him telling him to kill some more.
His gaze fell onto those he killed in the past minutes. Brutal? Bloody? Unmerciful? He found himself scoffing. He felt nothing. He never felt contentment. He was still empty. Dragging his katana, which he never bothered unsheathing, he made his way out of the damn building, disappearing through the night, preparing for his next hunt.
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"If only…" Tears started flowing down her face. Her hand slightly trembling as it reached out for the cold marble tombstone. Her fingers traced each letter, wishing she could turn back time, but she knew she couldn't. What's done is done. The past could never be altered.
She fell down to her knees, hugging herself.
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"Perfectly done, Robin. I could never have done such a better job myself." A man deeply chuckled, sitting on a chair, smoking his last cigarette from the box. Robin just stood there, saying nothing. He never bothered looking at the speaker. After all, he could never see his face for darkness covers it.
"And for that, I'm giving you a reward." That didn't delight him. It just made him feel irritated. His hands were itching to strangle that neck of his. He badly needed a kill.
"What reward?" His stoic, cold voice came out. The man seemed to be glad that he spoke.
"You see, Robin… Because you performed so well, I'm giving you a more challenging mission." Robin had his mouth twitch breaking into a grin. A scroll rolled over, stopping at his steel toed combat shoes. He bent over to pick it up, opening it to reveal its contents.
"Bring me that obsidian diamond at all cost." Robin's masked eyes narrowed, a scowl on his face.
"What the heck do I get in here?"
"At all cost, Robin. At all cost…" The man snickered. "I'm giving you the permission to annihilate anyone, I meant anyone, who would get in your way." Robin slid the scroll in one of his pockets and left the room. Diamond he said he wanted? A diamond he gets.
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It was supposed to be their day-off. A day-off from crime fighting and such. Not until the alarm started blaring red, distracting the titans with whatever they were doing. Someone decided to stir up trouble again.
Raven placed her book at her bedside table and teleported herself to the common room. Starfire left her bubbly pinkish substance, one that she calls food, in the kitchen to meet with the others. Beast Boy had woken up from his little siesta and hurriedly went out of his room. Cyborg tapped into the common room's computer to get the details.
"Who is it this time?" Beast Boy asked as he stifled a yawn. He stretched his arms to get him into the full awaken state. Cyborg seemed different after he read everything.
"It's him." Seriousness was reflected in their faces upon hearing the simple statement. After weeks of their last encounter, they would have to fight him again.
The titans didn't waste any time and want to the scene in an instant.
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The guard immediately ran for his life and was this close to the button that would alert his fellow guards. Not until a dagger ripped through his flesh, pinning his hand to the wall. He screamed in pain. Red liquid gushed from his hand. With his left hand, he tried removing it but it was also struck by another dagger.
Scream.
His shaking head slowly turned at the teen that was the reason behind all this. Why was he doing this? He was supposed to be saving him, not bring him to death.
"We wouldn't want to notify the others, don't we?" He said in a low voice. Shivers crept into the guard's spine.
"It's useless! The titans would soon be here even if I don't sound this alarm! You would still be imprisoned!" He felt his nerve twitch in annoyance and stabbed the man directly to his heart.
"The faster they get here, the better." He stealthily slipped off and hacked into the building's security system. Hacking the security cameras to favor him and disarming the lasers and other alerting devices.
He brought down all the other guards that tried to attack him. He yawned at their performances. They were nothing but petty creatures. The big catch is yet to come. He opened the glass container that contained the diamond.
Even before he could lay his hands on it, it was covered with black magic and was pulled away from him. Perfect. His true enemies are here.
"I suggest you keep your hands away from this for the moment." Raven said in her normal tone, monotonous.
"Friend Robin, you are not like this. Please come back to us." Starfire tried to appease but Robin threw a small knife pass her shoulder, heeding a warning. The alien princess gasped at his sudden move. She never thought he would do this. Not even the others expected it. The last time they encountered him, he wasn't this impulsive.
"How 'bout a no?" He told them as he charged towards them. "Titans, don't hold back! Go!" Cyborg commanded which everyone followed but deep inside they were hesitant to hurt an old friend.
The half-robotic teen fired his sonic canon that he easily evaded. He practically knew all their moves. Beast Boy charged as a mammoth but Robin just jumped on his tusks and reached his head, giving him a deadly blow with the handle of his katana making him transform back to his human form.
That would probably be a concussion. Green star bolts rained down on him, he shielded himself with his cape, one much better than his old one. This can survive sonic canons and star bolts. He threw out a disk to her that exploded and caught her in an electrifying net. Electricity ran through Starfire as she tried to move.
Shards of inky black colored glass came to him. He unsheathed his katana and sliced through them. He slashed it but Raven caught the blade with her bare hands. He managed to wound her shoulder. "Rae!"
Cyborg hit him with a pole, sending him backwards. Cyborg continued pursuing him with the pole and it was getting on his nerves. He pulled out smoke bombs and went behind his back. He hit him and hacked into the half-robot's system, shutting him down.
He was about to end him when a black persona came behind him and entered him. He got down on his knees, his head aching. His sight was blacking out.
"Stop this, Robin! Starfire's right! You are not you. Snap out of it!" Raven's voice said in his head. He pulled his hair more.
"No! This is me. I am me!" He replied telepathically. Faint flashing was registered in his mind. Flashes of him happy, smiling and having fun with his friends came to him. His parents faces.
Friends… Family… Did he even have such? He felt his head ache a lot more.
He looked up and saw himself, grinning deadly at him. "How pathetic. You're just gonna let that woman go into your mind? You're weak! Everyone hates you. Killing them is the only answer."
Is it? Is it really that? Is this really just his life? Robin thought. He closed his eyes shut. "It's either they die or you do." Robin opened his eyes, feeling himself returning to something.
"No." His other-self smirked victoriously. "I won't die…"
"You will!" He stabbed his other self, whose eyes turned completely red. "No!" It shouted in another voice as it turned into a red light and entered him, somehow, completing his being.
He felt something grab him by the neck and slammed him into the wall. His eyes shot open and saw a woman holding him and he was somewhere he doesn't even recognize. Everyone in the room looked shocked. The woman's grip slowly loosened, lowering him down.
"How?" She asked Robin. He looked at her confusedly.
"How did you do it? I practically made sure that no one's gonna pass this stage."
"Do what?" He asked but in a blink of an eye, she was already gone. What did he do? He eyed the other people, rather Azarathians, in the room.
"What did I do? Did I commit some crime?" They slowly shook their head.
"You didn't. You're just unbelievable." That comment just left him wandering more than ever. What the heck just happened?
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A/N: Should I edit it or not? Have the need to criticize? Fire them away. I'll edit this if you want. By the way, sorry for the very long absence.
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