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Ch. 14-Old Masks

Starfire paced nervously in the main room of Titans Tower. Her eyes kept scooting back to the hallway that led to his room, and then to the opposite hallway that led down of the med bay where Jay was still recovering. While part of her felt bad that she wasn't with the others waiting for Jay's awakening, it was almost Starfire's turn to talk to him. And she would not miss that for the world.

Her thoughts once again led back to Robin. She wasn't entirely sure what he would say, if he said anything at all. So far Beast Boy and Cyborg hadn't been able to get a word out of Robin. They had tried everything; bribing, yelling, begging, but none of it appeared to be working. They had told Robin the truth over and over again, but their stubborn ex-leader just turned away, refusing to listen. Starfire hoped maybe she could convince Robin, but after all that they had been through, she was nervous…to say the least.

Suddenly the sound of a door hissing echoed through the silent halls. Starfire zoomed toward Robin's room, only to almost bump into Raven, who was just making her way out. The Tamaranian looked at Raven hopefully, but Raven just shook her head sadly before disappearing in the direction of the med bay.

Starfire took a deep breath, and entered Robin's room.

It was surprising to say the least. Starfire expected Robin to be hidden in some shadowy corner of the room, but instead he was leaning on one of the walls in his room, holding Slade's mask and staring at it intensely. Almost like any other, normal, day.

"You want to yell at me too?" Robin hissed, still looking at the mask. "Everyone else has."

"I do not wish to yell," Starfire said quietly. "Merely to understand. Robin, why do you not believe us?"

"You expect me to trust you four after everything you put me through?" Robin replied, looking up at Starfire. What Starfire remembered as a happy, hopeful face, was now bitter and angry. Stunned by Robin's accusing face, she didn't say anything.

"Doesn't matter anyway," Robin continued, looking back at the mask. "You always thought I was the same as Slade anyway."

"That is not true. I said you and he are similar. From what I understand about your language, similar does not mean same," Starfire responded, and unable to handle this cold and angry Robin, fled from the room.

Starfire's flight left Robin in the room, now locked, alone. As he was looking at the mask again, Robin snapped and flew it across the room. The piece of metal slammed into the far wall, bringing down a few newspaper clippings with it. Sighing, Robin made his way over to the now fallen papers and began to pick them up.

As he went to put them back on the wall, Robin's eyes fell upon a peculiar device that was on his desk. He did not remember leaving that there; even now after so many days. Making his way over to his old desk, Robin picked up the small silver sphere, which immediately came to life, causing Robin to drop it.

However, the sphere landed on the ground softly and a holographic image of Batman himself came from a small camera.

"Hello Robin," the holographic Batman spoke. "By now you must have rejoined the Titans for you to open this in your old room. For some reason, I have not been able to speak with you to tell you this in person.

Robin, I cannot begin to tell you how deeply sorry I am for letting this happen to you. I know we parted on rather tense terms before, but I would never ever want you to feel so hurt and degraded as you did.

But Robin, you must also know, that Slade had me kidnapped. Otherwise, I would have been able to help you when your friends were forced to shoot you out of that window. And please Robin, try to forgive them if you already haven't. They were being manipulated by Slade, just as you were. I know that doesn't excuse truly any of our behavior but…know that we love you Dick. We really do."

The holographic image of Batman disappeared just as quickly as it had appeared, leaving Robin standing in the room by himself. The ex-boy wonder's eyes were wide and his heart was racing. Robin was trying to think rationally, but every time he tried to focus, Batman's words surfaced in his mind front and center.

We love you Dick. We really do.

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An hour later, when Cyborg came back into Robin's room to give his ex-teammate dinner, he found Robin standing in the middle of the bedroom, arms crossed and a determined look on his face.

"I want to talk to Jay."

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(Jay's POV)

Cyborg came out of Robin's room, still holding Robin's plate of food, with a peculiar look on his face. As he walked closer to the four of us gathered in the main room, he looked directly at me.

"He wants to talk to you," Cyborg stated, handing me the food tray.

My hands weakly grabbed the tray. To be honest, I wasn't really in the mood to talk, but this might be my only chance with Robin.

I took a step, bracing myself against the couch. I was still very weak from my fight with Slade, and still very tired since I woke up. But I wouldn't let that stop me. Inching my way across the room, I eventually made it to the entrance of the hallway that led to Robin's room. However, my legs were exhausted and I had to kneel on the ground for a moment to collect myself.

"She can barely walk," I heard Beast Boy protest. "How can she argue with Robin without passing out?"

"I'm fine," I hissed, and, with difficulty, resumed my walking crawl towards Robin's room.

"Jay, are you sure you're okay to do this?" Cyborg asked. "It's not like Robin's going anywhere."

Catching my breath, I spun around to face Cyborg and the others. "The longer we wait, the more time Slade gets to plan for kidnapping Robin back. The sooner we expose him to the truth, the better. Besides," I smiled, "I'll be alright. Robin should get a good look at what his master can do anyway."

With that, I half walked half heaved myself through Robin's door.


New chapter! Exciting! This was fun to write mainly because of the Batman scene, and if any of you were wondering, I will be explaining how Beast Boy didn't get caught even though he called for help. But anyways, please read and review! I hope you guys liked my Batman addition!

Question something?

Should Robin stay with the Titans for a bit or is next chapter Slade time?