Missing Hope

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Robin hung his head and followed behind him. He knew what was coming now. A punishment and a shot.
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Chapter 7-A Horrible Truth

Robin slowly brought his sleeve up while slade prepared the shot. Slow and silent tears began to stream one by one down robin's face. He knew he was too far gone to return to his heroic stature, but he also knew he was about to lose the thing he held most dear. His humanity and his friends. At the same moment slade turned around the wall collapsed pinning him under for the time being.

"Titans booyah!" Cyborg yells as the smoke clears.

The titans rush over to robin. With concerned yet angry looks.

"Don't think we're helping you man, you joined them!" BB said the last part more of a hiss than words.

"Friend robin we wish for you to explain of the reasons." Starfire added in.

"Look guys. It's not like I wanted to. If I had it my way I'd be a statue by now. But it was either give in and save you or refuse and be forced to watch you die and join them. Either way I'd be stuck on their side." Robin explained.

The titans seemed to accept that answer. Raven picked up the syringe with her magic. And came over to the group.

"What's this?" She asked.

"Not sure, but slade planned to finish what he started with it." Robin answered.

"If we can get back to the T tower it's should should protect us. There we can trace the serum and find out what is is." Cyborg offered.

"Alright. I'll contact Batman and the rest of the JLA so they know we're alright. After I change out of this stupid thing first." Robin said gesturing to the apprentice uniform.

"One more thing.....Titans booyah?" Robin asked.

"You say go, I say booyah." Cyborg answered cheekily.

As the titans made their way back and into the T tower, slade watched from where he was lying. "That's right robin, run to Batman. Let him watch as I drag you back. You will be brought back. One way or the other....."

As the titans got into the main room of the T tower robin turned to the bedrooms hallway Robin was about to go and get changed when the titans stopped him.

"Robin there's no time. Worry about your outfit later. I know you hate slade but we need every second we can get." Raven said.

Robin nodded begrudgedly and made his way over to the T computer. He dialled the JLA and waited.

-JLA-
"Incoming call. It's from the titans!" Superman yelled.

"Answer it." Batman said faster and Han anyone could blink.

Superman pressed the answer button. A picture of robin with his team behind him popped up. Something was off however. It wasn't beast boy or cyborg on the right or raven or starfire in the left. Oh no. It was robin.

"Is everything alright down there?" Superman asked.

Robin nodded. "Trigon wanted a few puppets to play with but we were able to escape. The towers defences kept his second wave from effecting any of us but we're going to have to stay in the tower to avoid anymore." Robin confirmed.

"We have one slight issue however. Slade decided to team up with trigon." Raven notified.

"Slade?" Batman asked.

"Dude! Robin never told you?" BB said astounded.

"He didn't need to know beast boy. I'll send you my file. You can look over it." Robin said as his fingers flew across the keyboard.