Chapter 10
So when I told you guys to guess who the master of the Joining is I didn't expect you to guess RIGHT! But to make you still in suspicion, I'll tell you that some of you were right. SOME.
So…enjoy
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, Batman, or the Justice League. Unfortunately. But some people can be….persuaded…
"Batman?"
Batman looked down at Robin, surprise laid in his eyes. "You're…you're still alive?"
Robin shook his head as though to clear up his thoughts. "Yeah…yeah, of course I am! Why?"
"The Joining told me that they took care of you. Stupid of me to believe them…" Batman muttered, and frowned at himself.
"Now what do we do?" Robin wondered. "We've got to get out of here before the Joining do…whatever they want to do."
"They wanted to take over the world, that's certain." Batman explained. "They did that. They…they've killed everyone. We're the only ones left. They need us for something."
"Wait…they killed everyone?" Robin asked, the truth dawning on him. "The whole planet…gone?"
"Not all of it yet." Batman replied, his voice as hard as stone. "They haven't gone overseas yet, but they've destroyed at least half of the United States already. It's only been days. And they're gaining strength; soon, they'll be able to obliterate an entire continent in the blink of an eye."
"Where's Alfred?" Robin whispered.
Batman shook his head. "Dead. I saw it."
Robin's eyes widened. He sat by and watched?
"I didn't have a choice." Batman answered, knowing Robin's unspoken question. "He was screaming at me to get out. I was almost at the exit pod when they came. I got locked it. I had to watch…"
Robin placed his hand on Batman's shoulder. No, he wasn't Batman at the moment. He was Bruce; a man who had lost and suffered so much, and just wanted to bring more good in the world, but kept being punished again and again. "Bruce…I…I'm so sorry…"
"I should be the one saying sorry." Bruce murmured. "Alfred was as much family to me as he was to you. I didn't protect him well enough."
"Don't. Don't say that." Robin- no, he was Dick right now- said, his voice wavering and beginning to crack. "Don't you dare blame yourself for this. You didn't do anything. You couldn't."
"Exactly. I didn't do anything." Bruce replied, mimicking Dick's angry words at his friend the other day.
"You couldn't." Dick enforced, squeezing Bruce's hand.
Kid Flash coughed from behind them. "Uh, guys? Sorry for interrupting a moment here, but-"
Kid Flash was thrown across the room, and Robin- he was Robin now, he had transformed from the injured orphan to the kid who kicks butt- turned into a defensive stance. He reached for his bow staff before he remembered that the Joining had taken that, along with his belt. He felt two Joining robots grab his arms and drag him away from Batman. "Batman!" he cried, trying to rip away from the Joining's grasp. But it was no use. Robin was thrown violently into another room, and the doors were locked behind him.
Robin stood up hastily and banged against the door. "Hey!" he screamed. "Hey!"
"Relax, Robin." A calm, snide voice whispered. "My servants brought you here so we could talk. Small chat."
Robin already knew who the voice belonged to before he turned around to face him.
Slade.
You know how I said some of you guessed right? Well, some of you did. And so did the rest of you :P Next chapter, Robin will have a "calm" chat with Slade about his plans and be told about the impossible choice he will be forced to make.