Sorry sorry this is late, but better late then never I suppose.
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Anywho I wish I could give you all much longer chapters all the time. This one is a bit bigger then the usual, but not overly.
Anyways... ONWARD!
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What they had found was not a jeep, but a fully armoured truck. Definitely military issued, not a armoured bank truck that delivered money. In all honesty it was far to good of a find. What kind of luck did they have at the moment? Seemed to good to be true. Nevertheless they would take it. However, there was a driver and three other men that came along with the vehicle.
"You get the driver, I'll get the other three." Robin nodded. He easily sneaked up on the driver, open the door and rendered him useless for the time being. Sariel killed the others and Robin grimaced at the idea. But he knew he couldn't talk her out of it or give her shit for it either. She wouldn't have listened to him, besides... this was her world, and overall this situation was a little more dire then say going after the Brotherhood.
His mind scolded him at the thought. "Just because you're in a sticky situation doesn't give you the right to kill, or let others kill." He kept repeating that in his mind like a broken record. But again Robin was on the move. And he left the thoughts behind.
Sariel took the wheel, told him she knew how to drive one of these, although it had been awhile. "This baby should definitely get us to where we need to go."
Robin nodded. "The buildings are already in tatters, it should be easy enough to plow through them. Let's just not hit anyone ok?"
"I doubt there is anyone around, probably all ran for their lives as they should have or... they're dead by now. Not much you can do about that."
The boy wondered frowned. She said it so casually. Robin may have been going through some mental changes unbeknownst to him, but the loss of this much life still saddened him. Something had to be done about it.
"Ready to go?" Sariel punched a few buttons, there was no keys to this truck, it all relied solely on the internal computers. Robin only nodded and took a deep breath. He was going back to Slade, he was going back to only hope that the man had fulfilled his end of the bargain. But he already knew that Slade had. The mastermind wouldn't simply just walk away, not now. Not after bringing him out here. What worried Robin the most was how as he going to leave?
"You're never going to leave. This is your life now."
Robin took a deep breath. He had a sneaking suspicion the whispers were right.
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Asif was shaking, his arm was in a lot of pain, nothing that Sariel had done to him was done with kindness. But he would prevail, in some form or another. He looked to the so called Russian man before him. "Who are you?"
He saw the man look in his direction, the dark aura still present, his face emotionless... Just who was this?
Slade let out a sigh. "Most know me as Deathstroke."
Asif was taken aback. THE Deathstroke? "What?" it was all he could mutter in that moment. Looking up to the man before him he gained the courage to also ask another question. "Why the hell are you way out here?"
Amused, Slade answered. "I have an investment out here, a personal contract that is nearly complete."
"A personal contract?"
"Yes, something you should mind your own business about..."
Deathstroke had said his last words so sternly it gave Asif a chill up his spin. He didn't want to have any dealings with the infamous Deathstroke, it was never a good ending for anyone that did get involved. Asif would keep his distance, but he wondered...
"You're out here because of him, because of Robin. You're waiting for him out here. And for Sariel."
"Perhaps." It was a cold answer, but it was all Asif needed. The young man nodded to the mastermind. "I would like to make up for my past mistakes. My... betrayal wasn't the best planned out thing I have ever done. I should never have... But that is in the past, all I can do now is try to make up for my mistakes."
Slade understood this young man well enough. If he truly felt this way he could be a good asset not only to Sariel, but to his young apprentice as well.
"If you really mean that, then stay close, we may have more enemy arrivals soon enough."
Asif only nodded in response. He would make up for his mistakes, he would earn her trust again. He would make sure of it.
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Hot, sweaty, sticky, and bumpy. This ride wasn't the most fun thing he had ever done, although Sariel found it entertaining enough. The heat from the flames was excruciating, especially now that they were inside a large armoured truck that seemingly just became a sauna.
"I have no clue where we are going. Got any ideas?"
Robin shrugged, he really wasn't paying that much attention, all he knew is that when he came looking for her, his journey from the outskirts of the fires just brought him closer and closer to the flames before he was in them. "Sorry, I wasn't really paying attention on the way here. But where I left Slade was basically just outside the building you were in with Madaline."
She nodded, "Ok... then..." before Robin knew it he was clinging to the door as Sariel made a sharp turn.
"The hell!?"
She shrugged, "I think it's this way."
"You so sure about that?"
"Not really..."
Robin sighed. Either this was going to be a much longer night then he originally thought or Sariels presumptions would be correct. Then the show would really get interesting.
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Backup that got called in from the last backup arrived. This was getting irritating. Where the hell was Robin? He should of found Sariel by now and... unless... unless he left with Sariel? Slade pondered that thought before shoving it aside. Slade knew damn well at this point Robin wouldn't just turn away from any of this, if anything he would face it all to the brink of death.
The boy would be back.
However the mastermind did not expect the fashion in which the boy would be returning. He clearly did not expect a rather large armored truck to burst onto the street as it cleaved its way through a burning structure, taking half the supposed 'back up' along with it. He was glad to see Robin in the passenger seat along with his objective in the drivers. Sariel always did seem to take things to the extreme.
The girl jumped out first, and shot the remaining two soldiers in the head. Both clear shots. It seemed she wasn't playing by the hero's rules anymore. What surprised him even more is that in a small amount of time Robin seemed to care less and less. No jolt, no look of remorse from the boy. He just drew his bo staff and prepared himself for a fight.
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She ignored the infamous Deathstroke, ignored the Boy Wonder, and walked right up to him. Asif knew what was coming to him, a bullet to the head. And he deserved it. So he closed his eyes, not knowing what was truly going to happen.
A slap.
Then a kick.
He fell over onto the ground. Half of his face in the dirt road. He then heard a click and he knew...
"What the hell do you have to say for yourself?"
He opened his eyes and looked up to her. She was the embodiment of rage in that moment. Her finger ready on the trigger. He could understand why she was so angry. He had betrayed her. Of all the people, why did he have to do it to her? After all Sariel had done for him...
"Go on." His voice lacked any kind of emotion. As if it was dead before he was.
She narrowed her eyes at him. She only looked down on him. Why? Why had she not pulled the trigger yet?
"I have betrayed you! Betrayed your trust! Nothing I can do will earn that back. So shoot me! Get it over and done with..."
"God fucking dammit Asif!"
She kicked him then, in the gut and he fell over onto his side.
"WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF!?"
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY!?" He still layed there on the ground, his good hand holding onto his broken arm. "THAT I'M SORRY!? I'M NOT! I DID WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO SURVIVE!"
"There is better fucking ways of DOING IT! But Nooooo... You go off and join the people we are fighting against! Maybe I should just shoot you now!"
"GO AHEAD THEN!"
"I'll shoot you when I damn well fucking please!"
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Robin and Slade both stood off to the side and simply watched. It was kind of awkward to say the least. It was like they were both on the side lines of something very surreal. One moment Robin was making headway in an armoured truck smashing its way through a burning city, the next he was standing next to Slade as the watched the argument of the century go down.
Nothing felt real anymore.
In truth Robin didn't know quite what to make of it anymore. He was standing next to his arch nemesis, no fight fighting involved, no brawl, just the two of them wondering the same thing. What was going on exactly? Everything was a blur. Maybe it was all just a bad dream? Some horrible nightmare his mind had conjured up for him with his lack of sleep. Maybe? That did happen to him sometimes.
But it didn't feel like a nightmare. The heat from the flames was far to real... Everything just... it was far to real. It couldn't be what he had hoped. He had to face reality. There was no going back.
The voices began to fade into the background, and Robin became lost in his thoughts. Sariel and Asif could fight all day and he wouldn't care. Let the whole place burn down why not? It didn't matter to him at the moment. He kept thinking about everything over and over and over again. Faces and names, people he hardly knew. So many dead, so many gone. But he was alive. He was here.
Suddenly he felt Slades heavy hand on his shoulder. He shook him back to reality, the fighting had stopped. Sariel had taken on a fighting stance and Asif to had raised his gun.
"What?"
Robin looked in the direction they were aiming at.
"No..." Robin muttered. "She should be dead..."
Slade heard the boys quiet words. "Dead?" The mastermind was intrigued. Who pulled the trigger? Robin didn't take long to answer. His gaze never left the woman in question. "Sariel shot her. In the head. I gave her the gun."
Slade brought his attention back to their adversary. "Interesting." he mentally grinned. "Interesting indeed."
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Her breathing was heavy.
Her head hung low.
Her legs still seemed strong enough to hold her still.
"The fuck?" It was all Sariel could question at the time. Her eyes never leaving the should be corpse in front of her.
Asif turned to his companion. "Geist?"
Sariel nodded. "Only solution."
A chuckle came from the should be corpse. Her head was lowered and her blonde hair covered her face. "Did you really think you would get rid of me so easily Moya Kroshka?" Another chuckle came from her lips and she slowly raised her head to reveal that Sariel did indeed shoot the woman in the head. The bullet hole was evident enough. The blood that crept down her face was somewhat disturbing, but it didn't seem to bother her. The woman should be dead. If Geist brought her back... then perhaps she didn't have a lot of time? She was indeed a corpse. But why? Why bring her back?
"So Geist is behind this I would assume?"
"He's always digging around in graves moya kroshka, of course this was his doing."
"Why?"
"If you do not truly have the Legacy, nor want to participate in our activities, then it is unfortunate that the slate must be wiped clean. No one must know of us. So you all must die."
Madaline smiled at them all. She was going to finish the game.
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Yea I know, cliffhanger...
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Laterz!
-Fangy
