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Yes I'm alive... kinda... maybe... not really. XD

Anywho this chapter... this chapter toook me so long to do. I warn thee it's not my best but it had to be done. I really dunno how I feel about it. But PLEASE BE GENTLE! The next chapters will get interesting tho...

Anywho Thank you to all the peoples that have faved and followed this lil' Fanfic of mine and THANK YOU to all my Reviewers! You guys are the best. Truly! You keep me writing! Also I have answered some questions for you all to.

Top Hat Elephant: Don't worry the Titans and Batman will be around. Mwahahaha!

Asilla: I may take you up on that offer. =)

Matheus: I'm not telling lol, I have been leaving some hints tho, but change is something that takes time. Robin is changing, but towards what I'm not saying but he is definitely not the same Robin who lead the Titans.

Roxas: I never put any major thought into Robins age, but I always considered that he is around 17 to 18ish in this story.

Anywho onwards with the story!

EDIT: 01/31/2022, sorry just fixed some things that were bugging me.

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This was wrong. All wrong.

How? How is this even possible?

It wasn't just Madaline, but the black entities or spirits made a return as well. They seemed to surround them. Sariel would be correct. Geist would be behind this. He'd have to be. Robins mind flickered back to the Temple incident that happened a few weeks back. Richard flinched, how long had it really been since then? Days? Weeks? A Month or two?

Regardless, Robin felt the same way he did back in the temple. Confused, and a bit frightened all at the same time. Emotions he had overcome thousands of time, but the temple? The temple was different. The temple had a different air about it. Back then he may of been out of the game, but now he was far to involved. To the point they wanted to kill him and the rest simply to silence them. He could not allow this.

He would not allow this.

Madaline was a walking corpse, so finding Geist probably wouldn't do anything. It seemed she was simply given time, and that time perhaps wasn't up for debate. He doubted even Geist had control over that. He had to think of something.

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Her phone buzzed. Vibrated in one of her belts multiple pouches.

She ignored it for obvious reasons. The number one reason was the walking and talking corpse standing in front of her that wanted to kill her and her little group.

"You think you could get rid of me so easily, hrmm?"

"Can't blame a girl for trying."

"Perhaps not. I really don't fault you Sariel. I would of done the same."

"Gee thanks..."

"You should have become one of us. You would of done so well..."

"Sorry I may have done some stupid shit in my time but secretly backstabbing the entire world into some sort of subtle submission isn't my idea of fun."

"In time you would of thought differently."

"You people just don't get it, do you?"

"Get what moya kroshka?"

"How horrible you are? You think yer shit don't stink but you are all the most foul things around. For centuries you have done nothing but create wars, slaughter innocent people, divide countries, and for what? I don't get it."

"Unfortunately it is not your place to know little one. Only she knows."

Sariel narrowed her eyes at the mention of her. Her phone vibrated again. Who the hell was calling her? And at a time like this?

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"We need to do something."

Slade looked down to his apprentice, his hand still sitting on the boys shoulder. Curious that the boy didn't shrug the man's hand away or give off his usual flinch whenever he appeared to the boy.

It was good. The boy was becoming to accept him, and he hoped also accepting his knew role in Robins life.

"And do what exactly Robin?" Was the boy planning something again? The young man's mind was always reeling he knew, always planning ahead. Slade himself thought of various things he could do to come out of this one alive, but he wanted Robin to put his head to use. He wanted the boy to start thinking more and more of how to survive and what that meant. What would he do to survive? To stay one step ahead of the enemy? Also the consequences, the repercussions. Robin was intelligent, not doubts there. He knew how far the boy would go to obtain the outcome he had wanted. Red X was evident enough of that.

"I don't know." Robin turned to look up the man. "But we can't just stand here." Looking back to the walking corpse that was Madaline, Robin shook his head. What happened at the temple seemed to be happening all over again. The Spirits, the black shadows. Robin curled his fists in anger. He was tired of just standing there, it was time to take some action.

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He didn't know what overtook him in that moment, all that he knew was that he had to do something. Anything was better then just standing there.

Robin pulled out his bo-staff, leaving Slade's side he went into defensive mode and stood along side Sariel and Asif.

"Look who has joined the party." Madaline's voice was dripping with sarcasm. "Feeling left out?" The woman stood there, taunting them, her stature however wasn't as threatening as her words, albeit a little bit creepy. She was sluggish, leaned over a little bit. She almost looked drunk, and he would probably think she was intoxicated if it wasn't for the bullet mark in her head. However, being brought back from the dead can do things to people, he wouldn't think her any less powerful then before.

Robin narrowed his eyes. And hand once again graced his shoulder and Robin didn't need to look to confirm it was Slade standing next to him.

"The both of you hrmmm? You do realize this really has nothing to do with either of you. But you have dug yourselves in too deep. Shame really, what a good bargain you would of fetched." her dead eyes looked on to the young man before letting out a sigh. "It was a mistake to come here, this is our world. You'll pay for your blunders. But if you wish to die instead, then I shall grant it."

Robin smirked at her little speech. "Not today, but if anyone is going to pay for their mistakes, it's gonna be you."

Slade internally smirked in glee at Robins response. He wouldn't show it on the outside but Slade was amused by Robins little rebellious streak. The boy was taking a stand, a bit of his heroic flair had popped back into place, but it was a much more somber outlook then it was ever before.

The corpse of a woman laughed. "You're as useless as Sariel."

"Hey I resent that." The woman in question spoke up.

The boy wonder shook his head. "I think you're the one that is useless." The Russian glared at the young man but he disregarded her and continued. "You're the one that wanted out of that hole just as much as she did. You fucking clung onto her to try and bring her back into that cellar, you didn't care if the both of you died together down there. The real funny thing is you didn't even see it coming. When she pulled that gun out at you, when she shot you in the head, you were scared. Because you knew it was over. Your actions were like that of a scared rodent skittering around, clinging to any form of hope that you were going to get out of there alive. And now look at you. You're nothing but a rotting corpse that has very little time left on this earth. The clock is ticking and you haven't even done what you came here to do."

Madaline smiled at the boy wonder. But it, malicious or not, did not reach her eyes. They were dull, glossed over. "I'd watch your tongue boy."

"Make me."

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Robin was really giving it to Madaline. Did the kid always have this sharp of a tongue or was it a more recent development? Regardless it was a shift she didn't mind.

It was as she was looking over at Robin she noticed his position beside Slade. The kid was at Deathstroke's right side, and he hadn't really left it. He'd walk away, Slade would always come up behind him. Kid didn't even care anymore it seemed. She mildly wondered if it was just her or in that moment did he truly look far more imposing? The fire behind him, that anger in his eyes. Slade looking dead on at Madaline with his hand on Robins shoulder. Deathstroke would be correct, they would make one hell of a duo. Master and Apprentice.

She would of laughed if they weren't in such a dire situation.

Her eyes shifted to the woman in front of her. The dead woman's eyes were looking up. Completely ignoring Robin in turn. He didn't seem to happy about that.

What was she looking at?

Could she see something they could not?

What-?

That's when she heard it. A helicopter in the distance. And not a ordinary model either. Her eyes went wide. The phone calls, the texts, she was never able to check them. Would he actually come?

No...

Well probably yes. Gus, aside from Asif, was her informer. While Asif had at one point had been her military informant, Gus did the hacking, the coding and all that jazz. And he was her own historian, the kid knew more about the ben Elohim's history then anyone out there. History was kind of a big thing when you were trying to take down a few millennia old secret organization. They had been working together for awhile now. This was the same kid she had been worried about when she got found out back at the Temple. And now he may of come all the way out here to find her.

She knew he was alive, she knew he got away. He emailed her the details. But to come all the way out here to lend a helping hand? Maybe. To come all the way out here to cause some trouble in the form of lending a helping hand? Definitely. And if anything this kid was going to do it in style.

"Shit. The hell did he do this time?"

Robin looked to her confused.

"TAKE COVER!"

The helicopter was closer, Madaline kept looking to the sky for a moment before she seemingly realized she was wasting time. Taking the gun for her holster she started firing off random shots.

Robin readied his bo-staff, gave it a twirl before charging off in the woman's direction disregarded everything else around him, his eyes only full of anger. The spirits, the black ghosts...they meant nothing to him in that moment. He was mad and it seemed he was going to do something about it. Leaping from the ground he did a roundhouse kick but Madaline caught his foot and threw him into a few random crates that had been set up as barricade.

"Dammit!" Asif looked to Robins form as the boy pounded his fist into the dirt, and a faint growl could be heard from him. It didn't take long for him to gather himself up to his feet and try to attack again.

Pulling out his gun Asif fired at the woman while taking cover behind the crates, each of his bullets hitting their mark, but they had little to no effect. Sariel wanted to roll her eyes. She told them to take cover. "Why does no one listen to me?"

It was actually Slade that seemed to disappointed her next, as the man did a series of punches on the woman and had seemingly caused her some damage, but that didn't even seem to be enough.

It didn't matter however.

The helicopter was hovering above them, and hopefully it was who she hoped it to be behind the wheel. The chopper itself was defiantly military grade, something he would definitely snatch if he could, especially with the big guns attached to it. Weapons which seemed to be aimed at Madaline.

"Sariel!" a voiced echoed from a speaker on the chopper.

Yep, it was him. She looked up to the helicopter as it hovered up above her. She smiled. That little bastard.

"GUS!"

"I'll take it from here." she nodded before taking cover.

Everyone, now realizing the reasoning as to why Sariel had told them to take cover, darted to get behind something as the helicopter began to fire millions of bullets at the woman. It should of killed her within seconds but apparently zombies were not so simple. She didn't want to know how many bullets were actually unloaded into her body.

She never screamed, she only laughed.

When the guns had stopped, she dropped to the ground.

Curious, Robin walked over to the body. He looked down on her, the hatred still in his eyes. There wouldn't be any coming back from this. But he had to make sure. She looked up to him, she was barely even there. Alive but gone. Her breaths were heavy. She saw him and laughed a pitiful laugh. Her eyes turned from him to look to the sky. "I could of burnt it all down, I would of, for you. I'm so sorry Aurora..."

She truly died then.

The black spirits, the ghosts... They all vanished. As if they were never there to begin with. And Sariel wondered if Geist was disappointed in Madaline's progress.

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The helicopter landed, and the door slid open.

Gus looked onto them from the pilots seat. "Care for a ride?"

Sariel smiled at her friend. "You sneaky little bastard, where the hell did you steal this from?"

Gus looked at her and Asif and noticed some unfamiliar faces behind them. "They coming to?

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Slade looked down to Robin. The boy only looked to the pilot and nodded. Anywhere was better than here. The city was gone, there would be daylight soon and he wasn't sure if he wanted to deal with the aftermath.

No, Robin couldn't... not after all he had done that night. It may of been selfish but he didn't care. He didn't want to see the sunrise on that tortured city. He'd rather leave it's carcass behind.

He didn't care where they went, he needed sleep, and he needed to think.

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Yea I know it's kinda short but again I wanted you all to know I was alive. Life has been crazy as usual. And honestly it took me awhile to write this one up.

So where is everyone off to next?

How many little friends does Sariel really have?

Gus is not a huge OC so yea... but I have mentioned him a few times in the story before.

ANYWAYS, pls pls leave me a review. Let me know what ya think.

Later guys!

-Fangy