Tuesday night: Robin's POV
It was inside me: burning, living, feeding off of me. I tried to pull it out. I tried to claw, bite, and rip it out. But I could only make it grow as it fed off of my pain. Blood dripped slowly down and dropped to the floor leaving a pool of scarlet misery. It still wouldn't leave me. I screamed, I begged, I pleaded! But it only grew as it drunk my silver tears. I let myself fall to the ground.
I was nothing. Just a broken toy, long forgotten, basking in ruby red blood that glistened like a jewel against my icy skin. . I was drowning in the burning fire. Teeth and claws pulled at my flesh mercilessly. The warmth was fading away. I could hear my teammates crying, weeping, over my limp form. They called my name and pleaded with me to stay. Why did they want me to stay? Now, I was nothing but a burden. I was dangerous and scary and worthless. Why did they still want me?
I was falling with the air whipping my face. It stung my eyes, stole my breath, as the buildings rushed past. Lights blurred out of focus, because nothing was real except the ground. It came closer, reaching its iron fist, trying to enclose me in its death prison. I let out an agonizing scream as its fingertips brushed me. Then, a bright light filled me.
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Tuesday night: Normal POV
"What happened?" Artemis's voice rang out, loud and clear, above the beeping of hospital machines and yelling that came from the emergency room.
"I do not know. He started screaming and clawing at himself. I tried to stop him but he was too strong. He would not stop until the blood loss caused him to pass out. That was when the rest of you arrived." Kaldur informed her, looking upset and grave. His silvery eyes were constantly flickering to the door. On the other side Robin was struggling for life as Wally, Roy and M'gann did their best to help him. Why did these things have to happen when all Black Canary and Red Tornado were away?
"Well, all thanks to you, Robin is dying and none of the justice league can get here faster than an hour!" Artemis carried on, perfectly content in directing her anger and fear at the leader.
"I know. I am sorry. I should have been watching him better-" he was cut off by Superboy who had appeared behind the two.
"This is as much your fault as yesterdays was M'gann's and Roy's." he informed Kaldur, making a point by ignoring Artemis. Artemis fumed and glared at the floor. Kaldur sighed and looked down as Superboy put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
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Later that Tuesday night: Normal POV
Artemis slipped into Robin's room. He lay between glossy white sheets, his skin tone blending into the starch white blankets that were piled on top of him. Artemis walked over to the bed and sat down in a handy chair next to it. Her hand ran across his bandaged chest and stomach before pulling the blanket higher up to his chin.
"The Joker is going to pay for what he did to you." She whispered to Robin, vowing with all her heart to avenge his pain. "Please, just hold on for a little while more. Batman will find a cure and then we will go beat up Joker, all six of us."
She continued as if he could hear her. She tried to ignore the tear that fell down her cheek.
"I know it's hard for you to show anyone what you're feeling but, I want you to know that…..you can always talk to me." She adopted a small smirk as her little monologue continued. "Sometimes being creepily calm won't always solve problems."
Another tear dripped down across her faltering smile.
"Promise me you will be more open if- when, you are cured? As for now please try to snap out of it before you hurt yourself too much for us to fix. We can't lose you Robin, you are our little bother." /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Do you like it? Sorry if I'm not putting enough interaction between different characters. I promise I will have a little moment between them all. PLEASE REVIEW! More reviews=more inspiration= more writing= more chapters! By I want to thank Robin's Star for some of the ideas that are in and will be in this story.