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Ch. 18-A Surprise to Die For
(Robin's POV)
"Let me out!" I screamed as I banged on the door for the hundredth time. "Let me out Slade! I know you're lying!" After I had found the hair, I had decided it was time to find out my own answers, but the door had been locked. Slade had never locked the door on my before.
After a few more pounds on the door, I sunk to the ground utterly confused. I didn't want to be here, but that didn't make sense. I didn't like Slade anymore, but why not? What wasn't Slade telling me? And where was Slade now?
"Slade!" I screamed as I threw myself at the door. I heard a slight creak in the metal, but the door stayed closed. Sinking to the ground again, I looked around, trying to find another way of escape. Then it donned on me, the other villains. If Slade didn't want me to know what he was up to, then there was no way he would let the other villains know. And technically, the villains did have to obey me.
Pressing one of the small buttons on my arm, a small image of Mad Mod came up.
"Robin," the Brit hissed.
"I need you to come and get me from my room," I began. "And bring a blindfold. Slade needs you to come and blindfold me while he sets up for our training."
At this, the Brit smiled, for whatever reason. "I'll be right over."
"Good," I pressed the button again, preparing to make my escape from my…
*No,* I thought to myself. *This isn't my home.*
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(Jay's POV)
"Well Reyna, you certainly have gotten better," Slade spoke. We were standing on opposite ends of the roof, eyeing each other warily. Both of us had been fighting intensely, and it seemed that we were almost evenly matched. "But, you can't expect to defeat me. I sought you out tonight so that I could finally finish you myself."
"Well then," I smiled, just as nonchalant. "What are you waiting for?"
Suddenly Slade lunged. Flipping backwards, I dodged his fist and threw an explosive S at the man as I landed on a beam above the roof. Slade had already dodged, but I was waiting. When I felt Slade jump up from behind me, I dropped to the ground just as a fist whizzed in the air above me. Spinning around, I managed to catch Slade's legs, tripping him. Jumping off the beam, I landed back on the roof and rolled to the side just as Slade's mass came hurtling toward me.
Standing up quickly, I noticed Slade had stopped for a moment. Then, to my amazement, I saw that he was breathing a little bit heavily. This made me smile.
"What's the matter Slade?" I teased. "Can't keep up?"
Slade lunged again. This time I lunged, and we collided, but at the last second Slade ducked and grabbed my suit from behind me, throwing me to the ground. Before I could get up, Slade had his foot firmly planted on my stomach again.
"Time to finish you," Slade whipped out his bo staff and raised it. But he never got the chance to swing it. Suddenly, he was flying backwards, with a new black mass on top of him.
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(Robin's POV)
After about ten minutes, Robin heard Mad Mod making his way around the hideout. Then, on second thought, Robin waited.
*Maybe if I let Mad Mod think I'm actually going to train with Slade, he wouldn't call for help when he brings me to the training room,* Robin thought to himself.
Suddenly the door slipped open.
"Let's go," Mad Mod had brought a blindfold and tied it around Robin's eyes. Like he really needed his eyes. Mad Mod was so bad at hand to hand combat that if need be, Robin could fight the Brit blindfolded.
Once they had made their way to the training room, Mad Mod stepped away from Robin.
"Do you need the blindfold taken off?" Mad Mod asked, hatred present in his voice. Robin knew why. Their little run in not so long ago had made things extremely tense between them. Slade had claimed that Mad Mod had just been in a craze when he had tortured Robin, but the boy wasn't so sure.
"No," Robin responded. Then, as an afterthought, he spoke, "Leave the door open Mad Mod, Slade's coming in soon."
"Very well," Robin heard Mad Mod's heels click out the door. After waiting a minute, he pulled the blindfold off, and made his way toward the door, which was thankfully open. He was about to run away from the echo of Mad Mod, but then caught himself again.
*What if Mad Mod knows what Slade's up to?* Robin thought to himself. Deciding it would be better if he knew what his supposed master was up to, Robin quietly followed Mad Mod's echo through the halls of Slade's hideout.
It was long before he heard something shift open and Mad Mod step through. Peering around the corner, Robin saw a door dissolving into the wall! But the handle still remained. In a mad dash, Robin sprinted toward the door handle, ready to fight. Slade had been keeping something secret from him.
But as Robin flung open the door, he was utterly in shock. There, countless villains were occupying chairs, looking at multiple charts and talking amongst themselves. That is, they were. Until Mad Mod laughed manically.
"Well, look who we have here," Mad Mod grinned. "A little trespasser!"
But Robin was already running away. He hadn't stumbled upon anything secret, just a bunch of villains doing their work. And now he was in for it; when Slade got back surely he would rip Robin's head off for discovering the villains' secret room.
Robin found himself running to his room and flinging open the door. In a daze, he put on his street clothes and hurried out of the headquarters, thankfully not being stopped by anyone. But just as he had made his way out of the building, it suddenly exploded. Looking up, Robin gasped as he saw the horde of villains and their minions racing toward him, ready to kill.
*Oh no.*
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"Miss me," Batman growled, pinning Slade to the ground. Before Slade could say anything, Batman had picked the man up by the shoulders and had flung him across the roof. Slade skidded across the roof with a sickening thud.
"Are you alright?" Batman walked up to Jay, who was watching him in awe.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Jay replied, smiling a little bit. "It's a good thing you arrived though, Slade almost had me."
"Well, he won't be a problem now," Batman looked over to where Slade was getting up. "I assure you." Then, the Bat made his way over to Slade.
"Batman," Slade teased. "Finally decided to show up?"
"I'm going to kill you Deathstroke. I'm going to make you wish you had never even seen Robin," Batman spoke, dead serious. Jay's eyes widened as she saw Batman get into position.
*Deathstroke,* Jay thought to herself. *Guess Slade's got a variety of names.*
"Fine, go ahead," Slade replied. "Try to kill me. But know I'm not the only guilty one on this rooftop." Slade eyed Jay, who glared at the man.
"Jay, what is he talking about?" Batman asked Jay, not taking his eyes off of Slade. But Jay didn't say anything, her eyes just flitted nervously from Batman to Slade.
"Go on," Slade mocked. "Tell him."
"It was for Robin's own good!" Jay snapped. "It was the only way!"
"Jay, what do you mean?" Batman stole a quick glance at Jay. Slade, taking advantage of this, lunged at the Bat, with his hands ready to break the man's neck. Batman turned around too late, just as Slade-
"No!" Jay flew from across the rooftop and collided with Slade's mass, sticking one of her S hooks into his stomach. The two fell on the rooftop in a heap.
"Jay!" Batman hurried over to where Slade was lying on Jay. Throwing the man off of her, Batman helped Jay up.
"You…you killed him…" Batman said incredulously, before looking at Slade's lifeless body.
"I…I…" Jay looked at the ground nervously, biting back tears. "I had to." She had always been against killing, but in that instant, nothing had mattered more than driving her hook through Slade's heart. But as the two made their way over to Slade, a shower of sparks exploded from the wound that otherwise would have killed him. Slade himself exploded, revealing his insides…of wires and technology.
"It was a decoy," Jay breathed, and then collapsed to the ground. "That wasn't Slade! He's not dead!"
Suddenly, both Jay and Batman felt the rooftop vibrate.
"What the…" Batman looked behind, to the top of the hill that the road they were above led up to. His eyes widened, and his heart sunk as he saw a faint dot sprint down the hilly road, followed by villains. A lot of villains…and a lot of robot minions.
Suddenly, Jay gasped. Whirling around, Batman drew in a breath as he saw Slade jumping across nearby rooftops. He was about to follow the man when Jay grabbed his arm.
"Batman," Jay spoke, her face drained of color. "The only reason Slade would be here is if…"
Both Jay and Batman looked toward the nearing stampede, their hearts sinking as they caught sight of a familiar domino mask.
DUN DUN DUN! Woo updating two days in a row! Will I update the FINAL CHAPTER tomorrow...we will see! Thanks to everyone who's reviewing, over 70 reviews, this is incredible! Thank you all so much, and thank you to the people who are reading. I'm hoping you all are enjoying this story! I know there was a lot of background, but trust me, this next chapter and then the final part of the trilogy are going to be so good! There's going to be so much Slade and Robin I won't be able to handle myself!
FINAL QUESTION (this has to do more with my writing than the plot but it would still be really cool if you answered it so I would know):
Do you want me to start writing the final part in the trilogy or take a break and start a new Robin and Slade piece?
