Missing Hope

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Robin's world had faded into an empty and lonely abyss as he was picked up and draped over slade's shoulder.
"Hush, it'll be over soon...."
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Chapter 12: When Friendship Fails

Robin woke up to a battle between the five heroes and three mercenaries. Cheshire Was on the girls, while Slade handled Batman and superman, leaving Barry to Wally. Robin groaned and sat up.

"Wally what did they do to you? You've become like robin..." Barry said trying not to hurt Wally.

"They didn't do anything! Me and renegade are fine!" Wally growled.

"Let is help you! Let us fix whatever they've done." Barry pleaded.

Robin was getting angry. Why did everyone assume he was broken!? "Why fix us, when we aren't even broken?" Robin replied with a smug smirk.

"Heads up bolt!" Robin yelled throwing orange and red r shaped devices towards the pair.

Wally jumped out of the way, but was still caught in the crossfire. The device went off too early.....

"Wally! Are you alright!?" Robin said rushing forward.

Barry had shielded him and had Wally in his arms.

"Let him go!" Robin yelled trying to get to his friend.

Slade took that moment to interfere using one Of robin's sticky bombs on Batman, and a similar one infused with kryptonite on superman, before rushing over and grabbing robin just in time. Slade began to flee with robin in his arms as Cheshire was thrown across the room. Robin watched as Wally was taken away from him, leaving him all alone once again.
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Robin once again woke with a start. It was just a dream. It wasn't real. Why were these dreams bothering him? Did they mean something? Was he supposed to understand some sort of truth form them? He sat up carefully grabbing his throbbing head. These had been occurring since Wally agreed to join their side, and they were unrelenting. Robin hated them. His musings were however interrupted.

"Good your awake. I thought I had lost you for a minute." Slade said mockingly.

"Please. You know I hate to lose." Robin said going to disconnect the medical wires.

"Don't." Slade said sharply.

Robin froze.

"Don't take them out yet." Slade ordered.

"Yes master." Robin replied automatically.

Robin had grown accustomed to calling Slade that title. Once he hated being forced to do so, now he simply just did it.

Robin thought back to his dream and shrugged it off. It had been a while since he was around anyone sane. That bower is to be expected of course. When you spend enough time around the joker things tend not to matter much anymore. Speaking of...

"Haven't seen uncle J or aunt harls in a while......did they run out of work for you?" Robin asked using the nick names of his favourite employers.

The eight months robin spent alone after the failed rescue attempt from the hero's messed with his mind. The boy sealed off his former life, instead believing only what his master and make shift aunt and uncle had told him. He remembered Wally as a good friend and had reached out to the boy. The hero's thought it could help get robin back and told Wally to play along. Eventually Wally began to fall the same way robin had, though he was not too far gone to save like his friend.