OK, so to top it all of I'll explain the situation to those who aren't able to clarify for themselves;
One: Slade shows up, but it's him in the body of a child him about 12 years old or over, haven't a clue . Roko was an evil side to the prince Richard/ Roku, his mother called him Richard and his counterpart evil dad's been calling him either. He was supposed to be one; a bad influence on the kids.
And lastly: Becoming a helper of Lord Roku as an evil catalyst, he was a light catalyst to help his friends he met on his journey. That was how he met the guardians and was turned. Easier said than done right? Uh uh.
Arianna, Ravenna and the guardians, Alice and her old counterpart Arisu were all once allied or against the king or his son and family. Ok, so enjoy the story some more!
Oh! And... will we discover who Alice's boy's mom is? Is she...-
/A/
Chapter 13: Tsani's Hope and a Mother's Fears
Or your choice in exchange for the curse I've placed on you, would be your...Brother, Arisu..."
"What about Beast boy? He was here to fight you first, am I right?" Mal said to his old man curiously.
Sighing, Roku could not stop the kid from voicing his opinion. It was only natural to answer as calm as he might to his people of spirit back home..
"I'm through playing games with him, you can take him back, I will not oppose you." Kinetically
he was lifted by the demon lord, Beast boy's eyes were placed shut and his mouth slack jawed open. Starfire was released by Arianna, since the calm had entered a storm thanks to this new foe.
She had to say something... she had to respond, but quickly.
"Beast boy! You are un-
"Now...Who- what, will you chose? I leave this all up to you...Titans!"
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Cy wasn't happy as the halls turned into jello. He could even see his breath! And past that fog he saw another fighter...
"Hsari, Red X, and you?" he exclaimed almost surprised to see someone other than his own shadow or himself.
And another was with the two. He was in shadow, Slade was here to watch, he'd find a way later to-
"Metal man?" X rasped as if already weak and beaten, he was after all lowest of the low now... "Oh man! You gotta get this lug-
"What he means to say is that we shall fight, you and I, as warriors of time..."
Of...time, how...He did not mean with good girl fighter queen Sarasim of the past, or the gods of the spirit's world like Isis and...others...then time? "What time-
Ex villain X was thrown into a corner as the night came in from all around them. This was time's unexpected decision...to fight...
"Bring it then! Come on! You aren't just gonna stand there like a-
Hsari wielded a weapon alright, one meant to be used as a mechanism of fate to seal Roku's enemies into a vast majority of unknown worlds. If Cyborg lost all on his own, he'd never see the light of day, play game station two, or eat...gasp...pizza with his friends ever again!
The shadow gulped down the panther lord into its depths until he was completely invisible. Cy used his light-one once used to cloak and destroy the presence of he and his friends, to try and locate the energy signature of the magician's enormous power. Well the panther was magic, a child or adult action figure brought to life; all because of some human creating evil as evil as it got from-
WAM! Cyborg's hit was accurate.
With real accuracy and precision Hsari slunk by as the powerful blow had knocked him back into a daze.
He...wasn't able to fight like a true spirit guardian before! Hsari the big cat reminisced to himself. X was getting up as the battle continued and the cat was sure he was without a doubt, but a nuisance.
Cy threw a cannon sized 'boom' to the cat which caught him off guard,
"." Little possessed Piper was with two blades as she prodded Cy in the back threateningly. She wanted him gone...Yet a part of her had never done this kind of thing before. She was a child almost thousands of years old next to..to...
"DESTINY!" She carried her broken cry up to the sky as she was lifted from bondage to an ornery ugly halfhearted and soul disturbed god and demon. Excluding all but one, her creator Destiny!
Eternal was Destiny a great spirit with dreams to rid the world of harmful things. But...why Roku...?
Slumped up into a ball on the floor she was saved until Slade intervened. So harsh would she be...attacked merciless for her failure-
PIPER!
Another follower had entered the realm like no other. He float down surrounded by impish children of darkness. She knew that call, the curse was only allowed to break if-
(We won't tell you just yet!)
Piper hid between the fighters, Hsari tried to escape after X whom fled just as the fight had become more interesting.
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"I'm waiting...so? What shall it be? I will not take no as an answer, as of now-
The hourglass appeared to be working in unison to his words. This was a trap.
"He's lying! We do not have a choice, we cannot leave here!" Starfire pointed to the mystical device in the air as it was also growing close to time's end...
"Not until we give him what he wants..."Robin growled under his breath. He did not want to become a...voice for all these lives! The Titans, guardians, human race and the unknown could think for themselves. He wouldn't be the keeper of any such thing that could mean...-
"Time's ticking away children...you have exactly...hmm,"
Roku closely examined a clock illusion created to tell the hours of their world. His hand held it floating up off the cold floor, if- there was only a room to have a floor in this vortex!
"About...Ten, seconds?" Robin glanced up to the hourglass, a trick! Robin clenched his fists, they were goners...
Rorek was standing still as he began to transform back into a powerless wizard. Forcing the kid to turn to the ally that had once been a foe to he and his friends,
"Don't just stand there! Fight hi-
Huffing with a sigh Robin was powerless to. So, he'd already made up his mind...to make a long story short, this had all been a test...he'd been duped by a brain game of the god's. It was all over.
Starfire left the ground slowly to avoid a fellow wolf from chomping on her leg..
"Robin, you...he...his-
"I don''t care!" Richard cried to her breathless and hating this more and more- of the challenge that befell each and every one of the teammates.
Sadly Rae broke the silence with a heartened gasp of air to her lungs just as she'd had all she could deal with.
Mal rushed to catch her before she hit the floor, boy was he quick!
Robin gasped; then when he was able to compose himself spoke horse as ever now to the team.
"I want to see you guys alright, I shouldn't have to show you guys...this, as a problem...because it is..and...i don't want to lose you..."
The titans all exchanged glances before shaking a head or two. Cyborg intervened. "Whoa! You sound like this is our last time to see you! First off- you're crazy, little man. Second you're not putting up much of a show!"
"Humph, you're right Cy, Robin smiled slyly to the tin man. That made the others get their hearts ready. Let's give his majesty a real performance..."
"Titans go-"
"Well, it seems I have no place here as messenger. Here anyway... So then? What am I?"
"Huh?" The shortness of warmth in the atmosphere made the others shiver. Including our hero. Rubbing his arms for warmth he also felt his breath drown out the sounds of the calamitous god and his weary friends!
~They aren't here...this is my world- my voice..~ The sound of an echo could be followed and traced to absolute nothing...
~I want to tell you a little more about Roku...~
Robin's fists readied to the voice that echoed in this clearly dark world...
/
"Who's there? Show yourself!" A shadow of a small male child about five years old stepped, or float over in a way that Robin could not describe. This, child was wearing a large black coat with a red cap covering his head. He was very pale compared to Star or BB...
Richard knelt to the child's height with his hands on his knees, and oddest of all...
The kid became a tear jerked mess right in front of him as he sniffled and bawled out.
"Wha...wh- where's my mommy! Where's mama!"
Rob didn't know what to do, so he reached out a hand to comfort the crying child-
"Please, calm down...Everything is going to be-
"WAAAAAAA!" the little guy made his appearance more miserable than it had seemed before!
The red cap that the emotional little guy had on fell off his head to in front of Richard's shoes. The child stooped over, snatched up the special crown as if it were one, and tried to hide his face with his arms in the large trench coat. As he tried to be curious and reached out to touch the older boy's hand, he began to break apart with little light cast over him at all, the shadows were back...
The great treasure of the boy's was swept away and Robin's eyes popped to his surprise...
His- the small boy's hair was raven haired and...long into a warrior's tail in the back of his head.
"Wait! What's happening-
That child looked as Roku's son had- in the painting that Jerome the camel had shown Dick! In fact...was it just his imagination playing tricks, or was that kid's eyes painted...
Blue...a deep blue-
"...it...it couldn't...!" And, the clothing was way to unfitted around the kid...it just...
Robin slumped to his knees, body trembling. Could that have really been the same person...?
~Now, see?~ v The voice boomed. ~It's been proven time after time again, you are him!~
The voice was tricking him, he could not...yet...
"No - I'm...Roku...? His, son..." He got up and almost fell in the process. When he'd found his way to stand, he started to trek towards the voice as an unfolding map lead him away from the dark...His eyes were brilliant blue to violent red.
/
He rambled on out loud to himself.
How, am I... A monster...I did all of those things?" He mumbled now as his eyes darted to a stop , the crossroads before him.
"What are you saying? Am I really going to hurt them? I...I can't!-
The voice seemed to pause as the question was processed slowly. ~ It did happen, so...Why avoid it? You never asked for a life like this one, you never know...it could be worth more than the previous-
"NO!" The light grew stronger and the voice began to appear in form of another, a girl in a beautiful rainbow sky blue dress, with ribbons in her short blue silver hair. Great as it was to know that she was helping light the way from the dark path of one others doing, poor Tsani was in pain of losing her powers to help the Titan boy any longer- fighting wasn't what an unborn goddess felt necessary in these times, she had to be strong, she would relay a message. Her last days as a child of the starry heavens. Her new days of being born again.
"Be careful and wary here. This is a new world made by my captor, Roku."
Robin shook his head, "Then...it wasn't just my imagination! Who was he? That voice? He tried to-
"I understand it all," Lady Tsani told him softly. "Find the dragon Earth, the ladies of darkness and light, my aunties!" Crying out before shadows turned to sun beams she said aloud;
"I give you a gift in order to go back to your world- yet remember," the little girl reminded. She formed a ball of light in her palm, to give to the team in shadow in their world of dark while Robin and Tsani were not. "Go now! The friends you keep will be waiting on the Earth plain!"
Robin felt warmth as the light penetrated the dark and cold. It shone like a star in the darkness around them no more as they began to time warp home, all of the friends kept close to Dick's heart...
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Roku stomped over to his seat, Slade's old lair wasn't really his type- after all! The great princess had destroyed her chance at ever being an immortal adult. That way he could go between worlds and defeat the gods with all her strength, not to mention Roku whom controlled the power of time's child once...that brat he did need, here yet!
"Richard fought my power, and to think you might have been returned to your form- Slade...?"
"But!" The little one protested while bringing his heart forth. "I was suppose to be with X! Piper messed up Hsari and his plan! I ra-
"YOU ran after X." Corrected the god angrily. "The tin Titan, Stone was at fault, why did you not use the power I gave you? We aren't afraid now? Are we?" Roku tapped his fingers as they drummed against the armrest of the seat.
Slade shook his fists without knives to toss or bombs to plant...he was afraid- afraid to have to serve Roku in this...body, so long as he lived!
"Tell you what, I'll give you another chance- if you can do this job without fail that is.." He hissed.
Slade grunted his displeasure to himself. "What now?-
"..Infiltrate the base of these children, corrupt it so that I may enter their world."
"Hah! You think it's soo easy being you, don't you your highness? Well, it's not. I've done it as Slade Wilson the adult! You can't just expect me to-
He fell back slowly on his sentence.
"To-
Why was Roku so calm? Did he steal his old self's potential or...something...uh oh.
The god lifted a great arm, snapped his fingers once, and out came an old friend in the shadowy corner of the room.
"No, Wintergreen!-
There, you see?" The god was a crook all right. Sly as a jackal and to do, this to an old...it was unacceptable!
"Leave him out of this! This is between you and me, dragon!" The growl from the back of Slade's throat hurt as it came out to attack the god with words.
"Hmm, so. Did you know that this man-
He pulled the old timer forwards by way of magic;
"Knows very many types of formula for tea, stew and..."
As Slade barked his legs collapsed from under him. "Just say it! Let him go-
And poison."
Now Slade as a man would have thrown out a fit in fists, little guy Slade was only able to fight from the legs up.
"You Jerk! Give him back to meee!" Roku blocked his hits and sent the kid flying back into a wall, it was a good thing he'd remained conscious yet not as the god spoke to him. Still controlling poor William Wintergreen...
"Fail me once and he'll give me that formula as a servant of the dea-
"No!..." Cradling his child like pride, Slade tried to stand. He was a soldier, not a toddler! He could-
"Win their souls and bring the Titans to me, and he and you shall never see my face again..."
Wintergreen coughed and let out a gasp. "Don't! His intention is solely where he stands young- Master!"
"William...no...I...I'll free you. You are my only real friend, I cannot bear the though of being alone with..." He shivered from the cold, dark presence of the demon lord's eyes. Like a snake.
"Whatever you wish..." Slade knelt to one knee and found no shame in doing so. He'd be free. Free without that slithering serpent to boss him around. Robin and his team would be gone to, possibly sent to some hellish world with the dragon at their heels.
This, was his last chance to save them both. His last chance to make things well again.
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Awakening to a pleasant breeze the team and guardians felt much better coming home than the last time.
"How, How'd we get here? Hey!" Beast boy examined his arms as he sat up smiling. "No more sword marks! I'm cured!"
"We are home! Our home is-
Starfire gasped once more. "Silkie! Oh! How did you survive? Dear bumgorf!" She cuddled him until her lovely silkworm mutant monster found its way across the room.
As if to say; ~I missed you, where were you guys?~ in his mind Silkie could scope out a pattern between the leaving and coming and going of his friends. A new foe was here and gone now, he hid in the closet until he'd heard his nanny call out!
Cy picked up his arm to watch the lit up system go dark again. "System sa-
"Who cares! We got back! Your machine is right but I'm even more right just from feeling safe!" Calumon bounced up and down with glee as he sang a song from his home world!
"Ookay, if you say so- Raven? How's your brain feel?"
Cyborg turned to her, only she didn't look happy with hair...phh...like that!
She scowled at him and stood up with shaken legs almost too weak, yet she would manage. "Don't ask." She saw him giggle with a hand over his mouth. That's right. Her do had been damaged and was a big frizzy mess thanks to-
"Ugh...I'm going to be..." she sighed. "Fixing, my part...bye."
As soon as she left Bb and Cy turned to where Starfire was and giggled and laughed until she was dizzy.
Her head spun back to the floor of the Tower's main room. "Where is-
Beastboy was to bust laughing as Cyborg joined in with a sigh of relief. "He went to bed. You could probably catch him if-
Star zipped by and knocked Calumon over, dizzy and dazed by her worry. And the boys left with chuckles still the big problem. "Party's over, let's make waffles!" Cy exclaimed into his buddy's ear.
"Only if I can have tofu waffles, you always make them with meat!"
"Do not -
"Do to!-
"Oh, yes you-
"That sound yummy! Can I try?"
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She was...a girl about twelve. And her hair and clothing was pink! Light pink! In a bob with perfect braids by her ears- she was an elf? She wore a white skirt with ruffled edges and a white flower embroidered top, almost seeming more than her age a bit. She had big eyes too! Even her eyes were pretty pink! She told no one this but, she'd been sent as a guardian sister to find...the Teen Titans that were almost older than her cousins!
"Hey, I'm Rini! Nice to meet ya!"
Beast boy was silent with Cy next to him in the background. They looked at one another then at the observant child in a skirt and blouse with white cherry blossoms!
She coyly brought her hands to her back and leaned to watch the boys discuss something silly.
"RAAAE!" B hollered down to the hall where his all powerful yell had found an ear or two.
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"How!" Cy groaned desperate enough to go to the camera security system.
"How'd she get in to the tower!" He messed with buttons, knobs and switches until he was anxious enough, and made one fall off accidentally with a turn of his wrist.
"I'm not an enemy you know! And hey! I am here to hel-
The girl, whom claimed her self as a kid named Rini frowned with her hands to her hips. But was brought to the door as Beastboy tried to push her away. "Sorry, but you can't stay, hope you enjoyed it here at Titans Tower! Goodby-
"HIYAAH!" Little Rini knew some moves, she was a black belt in karate in her home town's best martial arts program!
She swung him over like a master instructor and made him gasp as he tried to stand in shock. She was tough to beat. She gruffly huffed a sigh and was ready for another go! A little girl and not only-
Beastboy held up his palms in front of him. She was calm now, but...He rubbed his chin and eyed her cautiously but as if how Robin might or even Rae during a theft...
"Whoa, whoa! Hey! I'm sorry OK? But really, where'd you come from? If you're really an elf, can you do ma-
Rini was beyond taken back by his accusation of her being a forest creature and spirit! She was a princess of the moon!
"Take that back...now!" Fists out she flew after him darting as Beast boy started to hightail it back down the hall, only to bump into Wiz, Alice, and Verra's own Takahara!
"B?" Verra's counterpart was also alarmed a bit as he watched the Titan and a mystery girl knock into one another. The two got what was coming. Dizzy and groaning as they fell over onto the floor Alice brought her hands out to help them up.
"Beast boy? Whom may I ask are you running away from?" Asked a very polite Alice.
Dusting off his uniform he panicked. "She- she started it!-
"Don't be foolish! You were not even introduced to her I bet! Who is she?" Wiz was curious to know what had gone on without him. She was very very familiar close up.
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Rini waited on the couch while adults discussed the world around them, the child didn't move from her spot. She missed her home so badly to. She could wait...but for how long? Sighing she swung her feet as she sat cutely and also curious as to whether they would ask her questions.
"Where are my brothers? And where is lady Arianna-
"You, wouldn't believe us even if we told you!" Cy explained with a gasp. "This day's been real but..."
"What day? What happened? Roku was pinpointed to this realm! We knew you were in danger! I was there! The portal took us..."
Biting her bottom lip Alice frowned, to everyone's surprise. "We were under his power, yet I do not remember the ending..."
"I was happy where I was working on a breakthrough experiment!" Wiz chuckled. "You must tell us though, how did you manage-
"To fight him!" Verra finished and Wiz stepped away with a sad thin line on his face- they could not see his face from the scarf like Malchior's that covered it! He knew to well that Roku was trying to corrupt them again...this was something the gods would know, along with the return of baby Tsani! She had risked her wishes and Roku's cursed world to save the Titans.
Now as a newborn she would grow in the middle of a coming war...hopefully no longer a tool to use for her power over space – time.
"Why didn't you ask us to come as body guards maybe! You were in danger! We could have prevented it!-
Wiz stopped him as he brought up his staff for all to see. "He used a time card on them, don't you see? There will be no battle today." He said. "Only rest..."
Mal glared down to the fairly lost creature in a witches' hat, brown buckle boots, and a cape and scarf. Wiz had worked for an evil monster like Roku in his own time and plane, he said that there while fighting to repay a good soul locked away by the evil...he'd lost his only life...reborn by some act of a daydreamer's mind and scheme- he lived again.
Who had lifted him from a peaceful slumber? A way to go to the earth and heavens as written and described by unknown figures in past lives. He would only have been free, Roku...had touched the dimensional godly spirit Time. Unseen throughout, in league with a child touched by its power, a lady...Years old Tsani of the universal order of many figures in time.
Her mum and life giving essence was Aleiah- the guardian of the path to maintaining justification through out the universe.
Through a glass wall in the space time of the gods, the great goddess looked over the heroic bunch. She was at very little ease as she grew weaker. This would be her last gift to them...Her baby would come of light and stars. Shining brilliantly in the atmosphere were young whom with great pride would burn for the worlds.
"Be safe...my children of the stars-
"My lady!" Isis pressed towards the balcony looking out over their world. "Great Aleiah; the ones I must follow call to you-
She shook her crowned head in silence. The winds of the world that fell in to place above all others shook the very fabric, yes fabric- of the goddesses' time.
"Must you run away in just that gown malady? Sister Truth is waiting to see if the delivery will come natural or with complications, thanks to...to..." She frowned, for her dear Aleiah was weeping over the ledge of the world court of the castle in the stars.
"My sister!" She moaned with all the pain in her heart. "How can he take them away from me? How! We knew of his ploy eons before it began to spread to the desires of folk, like they!He will certainly-
The god of mother, after queen, after wife- and country was shocked to see her sister at war with her emotions. That alone made her blood boil.
"STOP!" She projected the angry mother of love and concern as she cried while gripping the wrist then shoulder of the old lady goddess. She was eons old too! Much older than... " All you believe is false, yet they can only fight he whom as they recall rewrites all of time! Weep as you may, that with all due respect will not protect the Lady Heaven..."
The crystal eyed child of time sniffed up her running nose and wiped away all tears. "My...my, Tsani?" she whispered out of curiosity. She was just wasting her time...Tsani would not be born among blood shed, fire and torment, as well as fear and sorrow...well, Isis wasn't the only girl god not effected here.
"SHIFTER IIIIMP!" She bellowed as well as she could to the grand hallway's entrance.
No one destroyed the happy world of a goddess and got away with it!
A small figure of fantasy perked up its ears. An impish character indeed-
He had a black deranged and tattered dwarf body. Red and black eyes just as Verra's had been...He gave a snort from his long very unattractive nose. A huff from his lips made the golden girl Isis stand by the goddess Aleiah.
Hands creating a barrier around the lady of universal peace- Lady Isis snarled as the thing with an ugly shift of its large two toed feet walked forward.
"Lady, you must not fight...we want peace..." Isis turned by to see her lady sister shaking.
"Why?" You are not like the other ones, my children..." She began to find no comfort in the appearance of this...thing, it was only mute as she wore an expression of confusion. Doubt left her as she let her hand move freely.
"I- I, will change you-
"NO!"
The two girls jumped as the stare of the imp caused them to lose possession of their former selves.
He had a croaking voice that sounded silly yet when he called to them to let him pass, a chill filled the night air. He was no joke at all. His master would only have winning demons on an class A team.
Not B
Nor C
Of course not...
"Wh..wh- what, do you want!" Now the god Isis was scared stiff to the floor. Her feet and power useless.
"You ruined master plan!" Growled the demon imp. "You will paay...Master will steal power of child, you see...!"
The time child blinked with a gasp. "Tsani? No-
"No...he had chance with that lantern girl. Now, he wants freedom! Free...free...FREEEEE!" A storm set off the alarm in even the god Thor's head, it was coming to blow them all away...
The gleeful creature started to dance around like a mad warrior! The cyclone was super as the crying girls clung to the railing of the balcony. When the demon was gone he'd left a mark on the palace- the gods not able to see him were freed or unfrozen.
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"Scaring gods and guardians like this...this is war-
Verra logged off of the contact. His head hurt, to much for him to concentrate on the latest weapon of magic and science. That was a side project. Alice was safe now...safe...no more pressure, she could go back to school, just not in Europe- the Takahara industrial corp had its matters to attend to. Alice would help with the magic, training herself in the process.
She was guarding her pain, the loss of a village, good men and women of the mountain world in the past. Then there was Rini...in the past, she was a princess of the moon and future too. Mostly future she'd said. But, her age didn't match nor for her case the clothing. She was from Tokyo? That was new! Because Takahara without V's help was also from the east. Duh! As he thought of memories passed over by new ones the phone rang twice. Even V's head was falsely playing tri-
"Wiz...yeah, uh huh. Well...yeah...hey, tell the kid when he's awake that I'm gonna be there five o'clock sharp-
"What? When? Ok! Ok, on my way!" Grabbing a coat from the chair as he head for the door he mumbled a prayer.
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Starfire knocked on the metal sliding door. To, Robin's room...was he really asleep? Did he need to heal and recuperate from all of the excitement? Why did he not go After raven or...something felt wrong. She began to get the jitt-ers that Beast boy almost never spoke of. Fear rang in her voice hanging over as it loomed about- weaving a web of mystery over the door frame.
"Robin, please answer me! You did not alert the others that you might be leaving to-
The door slid open. No one was on the other side.
"Hello... Robin?..."
The door slid shut. She jumped and almost squeaked in terror as the mood was elevating all on its own. Now she could certainly see what was wrong with the picture, or could by all means find out what had become of her love-
~And if we were to be these, lovers?~
A knot twisted up in her stomach. That was not true! The good spirits had their chance at happiness, now standing aside from the door she shook her head.
"Robin!" she called out, it was dark with only a desk lamp still on.
"Robin, it is most unpleasant without illumination...perhaps..." Her words came to a halt, the window was opened wide! No...no, he could not!
"Robin!" Rushing to the windowsill she was sure there was not a clue nor evidence by the spot. "I must warn the others! Robin..." She noticed something before leaving the room though; letters to an old friend? A-
Bruce Wayne...he is...
Flashback:
The building was within their sights. Someone was going to steal a thermal blaster ray that night...
The letter was proof, the date anonymous for today, not though since many weeks. In fact there was even a transmission from a stray character on the computer- Robin's own reply had been quite casual;
I'm not sure when I'll be in, I heard from Titans East that you would be on leave due to some serious illness-
~The fever?~
Can't be sure when I'll swing by. We've been...rather busy on our own. New stuff, same old criminals-
He does not mention the dragon...Star thought to herself. He covers up this as if he knows that this person will...
Are you sure this is alright? Your team, I can't be sure if they'll follow. But in case ANYthing happens in the time you're out of commission...call me, ok dick?
"Who is this person? He knows my Richard?"
She'd seen enough, this was proof, Robin was moving back to-
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Du dun dun! With Robin gone will the titans ever be able to solve the mystery of the dragon lord's past? And Who is the Shifter of imps? Who's going to help Rini on her mission on earth? Reviews!