AHHHHHH! GOING CRAZY!? Yea me to. ANYWHO ANOTHER UPDATE!? I know right, I'm just full of surprises for you all. I hope you all enjoy this one! Since things are really brewing! And things will get even more crazy from here on out! Yep CRAZY!

Challenge? I want to do one, and I think I will, I'll probably post it on my bio page soon enough so yea...

Also many of you may not know but I'm also an artist, and was wondering if you guys would like to see any fanfic doodles? Like what characters would you like to see drawn out? Some I already have... if you'd like to see let me know.

BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE! To all you favers and follower's that are reading this, thank you. To all my reviewers thanks to you as well. Like I always say you guys keep me writing!

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ANYWHO ONWARDS WITH STORY TIME!

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Three hours had passed, it was around seven in the morning or so when they stopped to refuel. There was silence among them, it was a somber start to the morning. In one night everything seemed to have changed. For better or worse she really didn't know. But she knew one thing. Everyone here was used to this, the wars, the fighting and the bloodshed. But the Boy Wonder? She knew Gotham was bad but this was different. Robin wasn't going to come out of this the same. This land, this world, it did that to people. And once you placed your foot firmly into it, there was no going back. All there was in this land was war, killing, and survival.

It wasn't for the faint of heart, which is probably why of all people Deathstroke himself choose Robin to be his heir. The hero took everything with stride. Even when he seemed to be falling apart, he quickly picked himself up again and carried on.

"So wait..." Gus had nudged her out of her thoughts. "You're telling me that Deathstroke... of all people, has been looking for an apprentice, and he choose Robin?" Gus had refueled the helicopter about thirty minutes ago, everyone was out stretching their legs it would seem, leaving him and Sariel to catch up in the cockpit.

"Yep."

"Like Batman and Robin?"

"Yes." she giggled at her friend.

"Titan leader Robin?"

She rolled her eyes at her companion. "The very same."

"Damn, I thought he was dead. So what's his deal?"

"Hrmmm?"

"Isn't Deathstroke like a villain to them?"

"Deathstroke, from what I can gather, has been for awhile Robins arch nemesis. But apparently Deathstroke sees something more in the kid. Wants to train him or something."

"And he's been with you guys the whole time in disguise?"

"His accent gave him away, although I admit he's good, but regardless I knew he was not who he said he was."

"Why didn't you call him out on it though?"

Sariel shrugged. "I was bored, wanted to see where it went, I thought maybe he was with the ben Elohim... but apparently I was wrong. Instead I got Deathstroke the Terminator."

Gus was silent for a moment before he turned his attention back to the dashboard in front of him. "What do you think on it?"

"What do I think?"

"Yea... About Robin."

"I think Robin has to make a choice. I dunno how that will end, but I think he better make one soon... Although I have to admit, it would be interesting to see Robin turn his back on the Supes. I personally think he's changed, he's not so... misguided anymore. I really can't put my finger on it though. I could be completely off."

Gus gave her a smirk. "Imagine all the intel he could bring into the fold..."

"Even if he turned his back on everyone he ever knew from his superhero days, do you honestly think Deathstroke would allow Robins knowledge to just fall into anyones hands?"

He smiled even more. "Robin knows you well enough from what I can gather, and Deathstroke is good pals with your grandma, sooo..."

"No no no... don't even start planning anything."

"Oh come on."

"Hell No! And that is final."

"Ok fiiiine, be that way."

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It was very early in the morning. Robin had woken up when he felt the jerk and the sudden shift in their landing. It seems that they had some walking to do. And although he was asked if he would like to sleep a little longer, he refused.

Asif said he would stay with the helicopter while the rest wandered into a small town. Regardless of how quaint it was, Sariel knew that someone would have the fuel they would need. There was a war ravaging this land, someone would try and benefit from that.

When they got to the village itself it seemed everyone went their separate ways. Sariel and Gus wandered off to find some fuel. Slade went off to god knows where, and him? He sat on the edges of that little town, looking up into the sky. It was warm out, the sky was changing itself from night to day. The blue was beginning to peak out but you could still see the stars that laced the sky. He sat out there for awhile it seemed. Just him, the sky and the dunes that stretched out endlessly. Him and his memories. Him and his lies.

Tranquility turned itself into a nightmare. And he kept asking himself how it all had come to this?

"Robin."

The boy wonder knew exactly who was behind him, but no longer cared. "What?" he sneered at the man in distaste, his eyes never leaving the view before him. It certainly was a much better one then what he grown accustomed to over the past few days. Less fire, Less death...

"We should be getting back." He only received a mutter from the boy as an answer. "Robin?"

The boy huffed, he'd been wanting to ask this for awhile. "I don't get it." Robin shook his head. He briefly wondered what the man had been up to beforehand and perhaps thought to ask, but he squashed the idea all together. Maybe it was best not to know.

"Get what exactly?"

The boy stood up then and turned to face his adversary. "Why? I don't get it..."

Slade, amused, prodded the boy further. "Why what Robin? You have to be more specific."

"I know why you brought me all the way out here... but why. Why did you pick me? Of all the people out there WHY ME!? DAMN IT SLADE! You could literally have ANYONE as an apprentice. But you picked me. Why?"

"Is this you accepting your new role in life? Or do you just need to get something out into the open before you can move on? Is that what this all about?"

"Just answer the question Slade."

The man stopped to think for a moment before proceeding to answer the boy. "Because... out of everyone else I have ever watched, out of all of the youth around the world that have some sort of talent or another, you exceed them all. You stand at a different level then the rest. And yet... there is so much more you could learn... You hold potential not many possess." Slade looked to the boy, his face unchanging. It was simple. Why didn't he see it? "It's simple Robin, you're the best there is."

There was silence between them. Slade watching Robin's subtle movements while the boy having turned his back once again to the mastermind. His eyes looking upon the desert sands before him. The silence didn't last long however when Robin started to laugh. Once again he turned to Slade with a smile on his lips and a laugh reaching Slades ears.

"Is that all there is to it?" He kept giggling. As if it was the funniest thing in the world.

Slade smiled at his younger companion. "Does it have to be so complicated? I told you when this first began how I have watched you, left you clues, puzzles, all which you have figured out, easily I might add. But you past those tests years ago Robin. And you've only gotten better."

"Gee thanks..." his laughter died down. The smile had faded...

"I mean it Robin."

"I guess there is no going back now is there?"

"No. There isn't. But look on the bright side of things."

"And what the hell would the bright side of all this be?"

"I'm not like your former mentor. I will let you finish your work. I know you are planning to help Sariel. She wants to take out this 'ben Elohim', and you want to be part of it."

"How did you...?"

"We think alike, remember Robin."

"So you want to get rid of them to? Doesn't sound very villainy Slade."

"Situations like these are not always so black and white, you should know this by now. And war is not something you can so easily control. But they seem to do it quite well, and have apparently been doing so for centuries. Color me intrigued."

"Huh." Robin let himself sink back down into the sand, he sat there with his legs stretched out and his arms crossed, this time however he was facing towards the mastermind. He was lost in thought for a moment before he spoke up.

"I'm not calling you master."

"It would be more appropriate if you did."

"Then to bad for you."

"Are you agreeing to the position but don't even want to give it any clarity Robin?"

"I'm agreeing to stay... here, like this... whatever this is?"

"Then it's my turn to ask why? What changed your mind?"

"Just..." Robin slouched his shoulders in defeat. Slade thought the pose didn't look good on the boy, Robin always held himself upright. He wouldn't have an apprentice that thought badly of himself.

"Speak up."

Robin sighed. "I can't go back, after what I did, after I left them all there to die. You were right..." He could tell this was hard on the boy but he patiently waited for him to finish. "I left them there to die, there is no difference then pulling the trigger myself. Plus..." He lingered. Slade let out a sigh. The boy was guilt ridden.

"They didn't come, why didn't anyone come? No one tried to save these people and most of that city was torched to the ground, there was no one that came to help them. Why is there no help for these people? It's like no one cares, they figure it's ok to just let them die. Like... like they're some sort of cattle to the slaughter. There was kids in there Slade. Bloody fucking kids. And they just-" he cut himself off then. "I want to finish it. I want to stop them. And I know if I go down that path there is no going back to being a Titan. But I think... it's for the better."

"Then you'll need a teacher."

"A partner."

"Perhaps in time... But if you insist on going down this path Robin, you'll need someone to watch over you. To be a guide through this side of the world. I'll make you a deal. We can call each other by name in private but you will call me master in public in front of my various contacts. I do have a reputation to uphold."

"Agreed..." They shook hands on it and the winds changed for the two of them. "Master."

"Apprentice."

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Sariel was the first to notice that Slade and Robin had returned. She was also the first to notice that something had changed between them. There was far less of a tension between the two. Well at least it seemed that way from the way Robin was walking and Slade seemed much more confident then usual.

"So he made a choice." she thought to herself. "I hope it's worth it."

It was Robin that made his way into the helicopter first, his feet guiding him towards the cockpit. "Where are we going from here?"

"I got a lot of work to do, so I can drop you guys off-"

Robin shook his head. "I'm going with you. Sariel... after everything, I just can't let it go. They need to be stopped."

She was prepared to cut ties with the two, but Robin wanting to stay was something she wasn't ready for. She let out a sigh. "This isn't about being a hero Robin."

"No it's not, but we got to stop them regardless... Isn't that your mission?"

Slade had snuck in and had taken a seat in the back, she eyed him wearily as he pretended to not take any interest in their conversation. Her eyes looked back to the boy wonder... or maybe it was former boy wonder now?

"Robin... Yea but-"

He placed a hand on her shoulder, trying to reassure her that he was willing to move forward. "I know there is no going back after all that is said and done and I've dug my own grave. I'm not a Titan anymore. I'll accept that. I can't go back to them, not after what I've done..."

"Robin you only knocked people out-"

"And left them to die. Sariel... They wanted to kill you and me, and everyone else that got in there way. So I say we go after them, chase them around until they have no place to hide and end it."

She had to admit, he got dark there for a second. But then again he was Batman's student. Darkness was kind of their thing. But it wasn't like that now was it? "Robins darkness would only get darker." she mused.

She sighed. "If your really up to it. Then we're heading off to Syria."

"Syria?" The boy frowned. "Great, another place in the midst of a civil war."

"We're not staying for long. We'll figure out where to go from there."

"Why Syria though?"

She smiled at the young man. "I got a few good contacts there. Well one is good, the other... well we might have to use a more of a forceful hand on him, but he usual talks with the right kind of persuasion. Plus I have a nice place to stay there, not some crummy hotel room."

Robin could only nod before taking a seat.

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Gus had started up the helicopter, Sariel was beside him. Slade had seated himself and seemed attached to his phone, and Asif seemed as silent as he had been for the past few hours. As for Robin, he sat himself on the edge. The door was open, and he sat there looking out at the horizon, his feet dangling in the air. It wasn't like he wasn't safe either, he had one of the safety belts strapped around him so he wouldn't fall out and plummet to his death.

For the most part, everything seemed normal.

But he knew it wasn't.

He had done what he always thought he would never do. He agreed to work with Slade, and not by force either. He willingly gave up his hero mantle to Slade. He sighed. No, not to Slade. He gave that up the other night in that city. He knew he did this to himself. Although Slade would carry a lot of the fault as well. He did bring him out here in the first place. But Robins actions where his own, he knew that much.

"Accept it and move on, there is so much more to this world that Slade can show you. More than anything Batman ever could." It was that dark little voice again. At first he hated the darker thoughts but now he more and more agreed with them.

He should be screaming, "What have I done!? What have I done!?" Or so he thought. But in all honesty for the first time in a very long time. Robin felt relaxed. Even though he was bagged and tired beyond even his limits, there was a weight lifted off his chest. Bruce would be in hysterics right about now. The Titans would call him a traitor. Would they attack him so eagerly as they did the last time he was in this situation? That hurt him. They probably would. But he guessed in the end it didn't matter, they couldn't defeat him anyways. They couldn't last time. He had little to worry about when it came to with them. In retrospect, really the one person he would truly miss would be Alfred. He'd be a disappointment to both him and Bruce, and worst of all to his parents. What would they think of him playing the villain? They would of probably thought of him to be a better person then what he was right now. He felt sorry then. He couldn't live up to their expectations... But he also knew then he had to put the past behind him. He had to grow, he had to get stronger, faster... In the long run this would work out better for everyone. Robin knew what he had to do now. And he wasn't going to look back and mourn for himself. What his friends and family had given him, he would still use, but on a different frontline.

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He knew the boy would join him, he had always known. Robin just needed a push in the right direct and he seemed to have hit his mark. Robin had given in, and changed his life willingly. In the end this is what he wanted from the very start. An apprentice that had a mind of his own, not some slave, someone that would stand beside him and help take on the world. Someone he could teach, someone that would carry on his own Legacy.

His first steps into this new outlook would be helping Sariel take down the ben Elohim. And he wasn't going to go in as a hero as he did with the Brotherhood of Evil, no he was going in as Slade's Apprentice. Not as Robin, the Boy Wonder... But... Perhaps the boy should pick a new name. Or not. Robin may not be the most lethal of names but everyone knew who he was. Everyone also knew what he was capable of. Perhaps leaving the boy to his old name would give them an advantage. Even if it did draw unwanted attention. Plus the benefit of everyone knowing that he had made the change in Robin, and he and the boy were working together, and that he had finally selected an heir and it was a former hero. Protégé to Batman no less. That would inflict some fear into people.

Looking down at his phone as he browsed his emails, Slade figured it would be something he would leave to Robin himself. How much of a risk did he want to take, that was on his shoulders. Although, he would not allow the boy to fall directly into harm since he was now officially in his charge, he still thought he had to give him some room to breath.

He sent Will an email regarding all the recent events. Including Robins sudden trust in himself and his acceptance to being his apprentice. He knew then that perhaps that was not the most wisest of things he had done today. He knew that Will would then be responding with the whole "When are you coming home" speel. The pestering would begin anew. It was then that it hit him. Will would want to know more about the boy since he would be a new addition to their unit. Especially being his heir... And possibly since this was Will he was speaking of, making Robin comfortable living arrangements in the base. William Wintergreen was a close friend, hence Robin would be getting to know his old friend very well himself. Amused, Slade wondered how the two would get along. He had no doubt they would. Although Robin may think Will to be a crazy old man at first.

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And there you have it! It has been said, it has been done. Is Robin Seriously serious? Does Slade look good in a fedora? Is William Wintergreen a crazy old man with a dust pan? Is Batman ever gonna get to see his birdy again? What about Raven? Does she ever get to buy that new cloak she found on sale at ?

Ok I'll stop...

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