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My Life Just Turned Insane Chapter 2: Captured

I opened my eyes and sat up. I covered my eyes with one hand and rubbed the back of my neck with the other.

“Ow, what hit me?”

I hadn’t a clue where I was, but it was so dark that I supposed it didn’t matter.

“This.”

I stopped rubbing my neck and looked at the thing in front of me. It was a syringe and someone with gloved hands was holding it in front of my face. I looked beyond the needle at my captor.

My captor wore all armor and had on a copper and black mask with only one eye showing. His eye was grayish-blue and I knew who it was immediately.

“I got kidnapped by you?” I asked in monotone. “How did you get me here anyways?”

“I stole your car.”

“You stole my mom’s car!” I shouted. “Dude, I know you steal technology that will help you out, but my mom’s car? What were you thinking?”

“You talk too much.”

“My mom’s car is a piece of crap and you stole it!”

“I had to get you here easily without anyone getting suspicious. So I came in, cloaked in cloaking technology, and knocked you out with this.”

Slade turned around and picked up a file.

“So are you just gonna ignore me now?” I asked. “Or are you going to tell me why you kidnapped me?”

“Your smart, you can figure it out,” Slade said. “Unless… it’s too hard for you?”

“Give me a break dude,” I said, “I know what you do. You kidnap teenagers and train them to be your Apprentice, but you always manage to lose. And now you want me to become your Apprentice so that I can take over the villain business after you die, but guess what… it ain’t gonna happen.”

“You’ll soon find out you don’t have a choice,” Slade said. “There’s no way out of here and you’ll be lost after five minutes. And I know what you’re capable of. In fact, I know everything about you.”

“You do, do you?” I asked. “Okay Mr. Smarty-pants, what’s my name?”

“Rocky Vegeta Rex Wolf.”

“Okay, then when’s my birthday?”

“July 31st.”

“Where was I born?”

“Grant Pass, Oregon.”

“What school do I go to?”

“Grants Pass High.”

“Who are my two best friends?”

“Lea Brinkman and Courtney Cooper.”

“How old are they?”

“What does that have to do with you?”

I scowled and glared at Slade’s back.

“Okay so you know a lot about me,” I said. “But that doesn’t mean you know everything.”

“Would you like me to specify?” Slade asked, turning his head slightly in my direction.

“Sure go ahead.”

“You have two sisters named Venus and Abby, Abby twenty-three, Venus seventeen. You have a mom and dad and their names are Rick and Chris, they both work, and you have a six month female German Shepard Pit Bull mix named Dakota,” Slade said knowingly. “Your last dog, Jake, died of a tumor and she’s buried in your back yard, behind the pool and she was your favorite pet in the world. Your sister has a calico cat named Lily and she’s the oldest pet you've had…”

As Slade kept naming off my favorite food, music, etc., I had already stood up from the table I was on and was looking around. The place was huge and there were tons of gears in the large room. I listened to Slade’s every word and was getting annoyed.

“Alright! I get it!” I shouted. “So you know almost everything about me. Big deal! But you forgot a few minor details.”

“Such as?”

“I’ve been doing karate since I was four and got my second degree black belt when I was ten,” I said. “I’ve trained with my father who is also a second degree black belt and I’ve already kicked his a$$. I learned Genjutsu, Taijutsu, and Ninjutsu in a total of two years, at the age of twelve, and I still have time to get my homework done.”

My back had been facing the door and I was a few feet away from it. Slade chuckled. I felt butterflies in my stomach.

“I knew all that already,” he said. “I just wanted you to fill in the gaps. What you don’t know is that I’ve been in the army, studied and practiced Taijutsu, and I’m an assassin to top it off. Young age isn’t as smart as old age and I’ve been doing this for years. Anything else you’d like to say?”

“Yeah, you talk too much,” I said. “Well it was nice seeing ya dude, but I’ve gotta go.”

I turned around and walked towards the door.

SNAP!

I stopped and twenty robots were standing in my way and ten were behind me. I could take all of them on, but I couldn’t fight or defeat Slade. I was screwed.

“You were saying?”

My eyes started to burn and I shut them tight. My hands turned into fists and I opened my eyes. I smirked and folded my arms across my chest. I turned around and one of the robots was standing next to Slade.

“You can’t hold me here forever,” I said. “I can take down all of these robots in ten minutes and be out that door. Well I say, bring it on.”

I got into a fighting stance and I faced Slade.

“How can you fight if you aren’t awake?”

Oops.

A robot grabbed me from behind and stuck something in my neck. I relaxed in the robots hold and the room was swirling. I fell unconscious as Slade walked in front of me and my world turned black.



I opened my eyes and felt something soft underneath of me. I stood up and rubbed my eyes. I looked around; I was in a small room that looked like a metal box and there were two metal doors, one closed and one opened. The opened door lead to a windowless bathroom with a shower, a sink, and a toilet and there was a bedside table to my left. I stood up and walked into the bathroom to do my business. I came back out five minutes later and went to the closed door. I tried to open it, but it wouldn’t budge.

Great. Locked.

I looked around the room one last time for anything I might have missed and saw a piece of paper on top of something that was folded. I walked over to it and picked up the paper and read it.

Here’s your new Apprentice uniform and you are in your new room. Someone will be unlocking your door in a few minutes after you awake and they will lead you to me. I do so hope you like your stay because you are going to be here for a very long time.
S.W.

I crumpled the paper into a wad and threw it towards the bathroom trash. I carefully picked up the black and orange uniform and looked at it.

“Great, now I’m servant boy,” I said out loud. “Great job Rocky. You should’ve listened to Courtney when she told you to stay away.”

I went back into the bathroom and closed the door behind me. I took off my shoes and jeans, but left my boxers on.

I took my slow a$$ time to pull the uniform up to my waist. I pulled my shirt off. I pulled the rest of the uniform on and saw metal bracers and a metal S on the counter. I put the braces on my legs, knees, arms, wrists, and the S to my chest where my heart would be. I looked at myself in the mirror and noticed that my eyes seemed a darker blue. But I also noticed how stupid I looked in black and orange.

Okay, seriously dude, you need a little more fashion sense than this. I rather wear blue and black thank you very much.

I pulled my shoes back on and I walked out of the bathroom. I sat back down on the bed and I waited. The door slowly creaked open and I stood up. But instead of Slade, an elderly man walked in and he was wearing a white suit with matching tie.

“Mr. Slade hopes the uniform fits and he also hopes you slept well,” the man said with a British accent. “If you follow me, we’ll meet Mr. Slade in the training room.”

The elderly man walked out of the room and I, reluctantly, followed.

“So, who are you?” I asked as we walked down a hall.

“My name is Wintergreen,” he said. “I am Mr. Slade’s personal butler and caretaker and you must refer to Mr. Slade as Sir or Master.”

Like I would call him that.

We walked the rest of the way in silence and Wintergreen led me to a door. He opened it and he walked inside. I hesitated before walking in after him and we were in a room with little light, large computer monitors, a large metal chair, and… gears.

Slade was sitting in the chair and was looking at statistics on one of his monitors. He didn’t look at Wintergreen or me as he spoke.

“I made sure the uniform was going to fit since I know oh so much about you,” he said.

“Well the colors are a bit tacky, but it feels just like my regular clothes that I’m not allowed to wear, that I’m guessing,” I said.

“It was supposed to feel that way,” Slade said standing. “And I made sure you could fight in it too.”

Slade motioned for Wintergreen to leave and he obeyed. He closed the door behind him. Slade and I stared at each other in silence.

“So where are we exactly?” I asked. “I mean are we still in Oregon or what?”

“We are in Jump City, California,” Slade said. “You, Wintergreen, and I aren’t the only ones here.”

“What does that have to do with where we are?” I asked. “I mean I know the Titans live here and all but-”

You, Wintergreen, and I aren’t the only ones here.

“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?” I asked. “Are you saying that one of the Titans are here?”

Slade chuckled and my eyes started to burn again. The floor shuddered and something was rising from the floor. Metal bars started to appear and once it came completely out of the ground, I saw that it was a cage and someone was sitting in it unconscious. He was about my age and he wore a mask over his eyes.

Robin.

I couldn’t believe it, Robin, the Boy Wonder, was here in Slade’s clutches… again.

“I was able to enter Robin’s room of Titans Tower last night and I knocked him unconscious the same way I did you,” Slade explained. “He’ll also be serving me.”

“Why though?” I asked not taking my eyes off the unconscious teen.

“After much consideration, I realized what I had been doing wrong,” Slade said. “Robin couldn’t take on his friends the night he escaped me because he needed help. And two is better than one.”

I still had one question on my mind, but I wasn’t able to ask it.

Robin started to stir and his masked eyes were slowly opening. Slade was right next to the cage and he was facing Robin.

“How did I-?”

“Hello… Robin.”

Robin looked up and his eyes widened.

“Slade.”

Robin tried to stand, but he fell back down again. He hissed in pain and he was clutching his leg.

“You might want to be careful Robin,” Slade said. “I’m afraid you broke your leg in the process of getting you here.”

“You… b*****d,” Robin said in pain. “I’ll never work for you again.”

“Oh, but you will,” Slade said.

“Not unless his friends rescue him like last time,” I said.

Robin turned his head in my direction and gave me an angry look. He turned his attention back to Slade, his hands balled into fists.

“Now you’re kidnapping?” he asked angrily. “When will this end Slade?”

“I’m thinking never,” I said.

“My new Apprentice is right Robin,” Slade said. “I’ll never end this and you won’t escape me again.”

“My friends will help me Slade,” Robin said. “They’ve done it before.”

“Not this time Robin,” Slade said. “They have the probes in them again, but there is no way for them to detect the probes. And you won’t be able to pull the same stunt you did last time. They only attack the DNA that I tell them to attack and that DNA is inside your former teammates.”

“If you activate the probes, the Titans will know if they’re dying or not,” I said. “They’ll be able to detect them then.”

“They won’t feel any pain and they won’t glow the way they did last time,” Slade said not taking his eyes off Robin. “They won’t detect them… at all.”

I gritted my teeth in anger and was looking at Robin. The cage went away and Robin wasn’t inside it anymore. Slade knelt down to Robin’s level. He pulled his head back by his spikes. I was shaking in anger. I clenched my fists harder.

“Don’t touch him!” I shouted.

Slade moved so fast that I didn’t have time to register. Slade kicked me in the stomach and I flew back across the floor. I clutched my stomach in pain and my eyes started to burn.

“I’ll do whatever I want,” Slade said. “I own both of you and you’ll listen to my every word or the Titans are dead.”

I growled at Slade. I was still clutching my stomach.

“Slade… please… leave him alone and let him go,” Robin pleaded. “If it’s me you want, then release him.”

Slade turned around and faced Robin.

“But I want both of you,” he said. “I’ve realized I need two Apprentices instead of one to accomplish anything. You both have great fighting abilities and your both smart enough to be my Apprentices. If either of you disobey me, then the Titans are history. You wouldn’t want that now, would you Robin?”

Robin gritted his teeth and I pulled myself to my feet.

“No,” Robin said in defeat.

“Good boy,” Slade said walking past him. “You and Rocky will be sharing the same room, so I suggest you help one another.”

Slade walked into the shadows and Robin used his hands to pull his broken leg up to his chest. I walked over to him and extended a hand. Robin looked at it for a few seconds, but he grabbed it. I helped him to his feet and he put the most pressure on his left leg. We walked towards the door together. I opened it with my free hand.

We walked down the hall and I followed the path that Wintergreen and I took on our way to Slade’s control room. I was good at memorizing routes and we found the room five minutes later. I led Robin to the bed and the door shut and locked right behind us by itself. I walked him over to the edge of the bed and he sat down. I tried the door but it wouldn’t budge.

“Great, never thought I’d live with a Psychopath before,” I said angrily. “My life was pretty much normal before all of this happened and now I’m serving someone.”

I sat down next to Robin and he was rubbing his broken leg.

“How did Slade get me here in the first place?” Robin asked.

“He told me he was able to get into Titans Tower last night and knocked you out with a syringe,” I said. “He told me before you woke up.”

“I can’t believe that the Titans have the probes in them again,” Robin said. “What makes me really mad is the fact that they can’t detect them ever. The only way I could let them know is if I told them myself. But if I did that, then Slade would set the probes loose and the Titans still wouldn’t know.”

“Well my mom must be pissed that the car was stolen with me in it,” I said. “She’ll probably think I’m out joyriding or something.” Robin was staring at something in the corner and I looked. “Hey, my backpack.”

I ran over to it and brought it to the bed. I spilled its contents onto the bed and was rummaging through the mess.

“Got enough stuff in there?” Robin asked.

“I’m thinking not enough,” I said. “Found it.”

“A CD player?” Robin asked.

I looked at him strangely and said, “Uh, yeah. I have to do something if I’m bored.”

I pushed the PLAY button, but nothing happened. I opened the CD player and took my CD out. I opened the battery compartment, but nothing was in it.

“Something wrong?”

“I forgot to add the damn batteries,” I said. “And I don’t have extras.”

I turned my backpack around and opened the cell phone compartment.

“Now what are you doing?” he asked.

“Getting my cell phone,” I said, “which is not here. My friend Courtney might be trying to contact me right now to see if I’m okay, even though I’m not.”

Robin yawned and pulled his broken leg up onto the bed with his hands.

“Do you have the time?” Robin asked.

“Yeah, its 11:00,” I said checking my watch. “If you’re tired, you can take the bed and I’ll take the floor.”

“What? No, I don’t want you doing that,” Robin said. “I’ll take this side of the bed and you can take the other.”

“You know how wrong that would look?” I asked. “I rather sleep on the floor anyways.”

“Why?”

“I like the floor,” I said.

“But it’s a metal floor,” Robin said.

I just shrugged and lay on my side. I closed my eyes and fell asleep instantly.

My Life Just Turned Insane Chapter 4: Mission 1: Accomplished

I was cornered and my foot was back against the maze wall. I saw no other way to put space between Slade and me, but to get over Slade’s head… or underneath him.

I ran at Slade and as he came around with a roundhouse kick, I got onto the floor and slid underneath him. I stood up and started running again.

Good thing for metal bracers.

I ran for what seemed like hours and was way out of breath when I finally stopped. I put my hands on my knees as I tried catching my breath.

“Okay, I don’t know this maze like the back of my hand, but Slade would know where the shortcuts are and where the dead ends are too,” I said out loud. "Alright, what’s the time?” I checked my wrist for my watch, but it wasn’t there. “Where’d my watch go?”

I checked my utility belt, but it wasn’t there.

“Looking for this?”

I turned around quickly and Slade was holding something in his hand. I saw a small glint of metal from the little light that we had and I knew it was my watch. Slade crushed it in his hand and let the remains fall to the floor.

“Hey! That was my dad’s watch!” I shouted. “He gave it to me when I was 11! Did you destroy my cell phone too?!”

“That and your mom’s car,” Slade said lazily. “And you only have 5 more hours to avoid me.”

I was so angry that I ran at Slade, but he didn’t move until I was a few inches from him. I hadn’t realized what Slade was trying to do and it was so dark that I couldn’t see the maze wall in front of me. I banged my head on the maze wall and fell to the floor. Slade hovered over my head, blood trickling down my forehead.

“Gotcha.”

I swung around on the floor and tripped Slade’s legs out from under him. He fell down backwards. I put my hands behind my head and jumped to my feet. I turned the corner and started running again. I ran for about an hour. I stopped to think about what I was going to do for 4 more hours. I looked at the wall in front of me.

I smirked.

I focused on my Chakra into my hands and feet. I jumped at the wall. I started jumping up the wall and after five minutes, I got to the top. I looked around. I could make out how big the room was. I saw several dead ends.

Why go through the maze when I could jump from wall to wall?

“Sometimes I amaze myself,” I said quietly to myself. “Maybe I’ll rest up here for a while.”

I laid down on the top of the wall; I fit perfectly. I rested my hands behind my head. I looked up at the ceiling, thinking about home and sleeping in my own bed.

'Dad’s gonna kill me when he finds out my watch was destroyed.'

Rocky, will you stop talking to yourself.

I opened my eyes and almost fell off the wall as I sat up.

'What the ********! Courtney?'

Yeah, are you all right?

'Hell no! A Psychopath kidnapped me and I’m serving him as his Apprentice!'

Where are you?

'Jump City, California. I’m not exactly sure where, but you, Lea, and Sheilee need to get here ASAP. If I don’t get out of here, I’m screwed.'

Who kidnapped you?

'Slade.'

You have to get out of there now. No one has ever defeated Slade and you can’t either.

'If I tried to leave, the Titans will die. Like I said, you need to get here ASAP.'

If Slade tries to give you any pills, don’t take them.

'What? What does that have to do with anything?'

Oh… um… forget I said that. Just don’t eat them okay.

'But-'

Sorry, gotta go! Moms callin’!

“Courtney, get back here!" I shouted.

Beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

BOOM!

“WHOA!” I fell off the wall sideways and was falling fast towards the floor. But instead of hitting the floor and seriously getting injured, I fell into a pair of strong arms. I looked up and Slade’s masked face came into view. “You saved me?”

“I’m not finished yet.”

Slade threw me and I landed on my stomach. I got up on my hands and knees and tried to stand, but Slade kicked me and I fell forward. My right temple hit the wall and it temporarily blinded my right eye.

I stood up and started running again. I turned a corner and slipped on water. I fell flat on my face and my nose hit the floor. Blood spilled out and I heard footsteps coming behind me. I stood up and ran through the maze. I put my arm against my nose to try and soak up the blood the best I could.

Now what am I going to do? I almost got killed, so I’m not going to try that again. And since I don’t know what time it is and… Ugh! I can’t do this, I just can’t!

I concentrated my Chakra into my hands and feet again. I jumped at the wall. I ran up the wall on all fours and reached the top again. I jumped from wall to wall like a fox and stopped a few minutes later. I looked around the maze again and when I memorized the places that I could see, I started jumping again. I did this for about an hour and had the whole maze memorized.

“Alright, now to find Slade.”

I started jumping once again. As I was jumping to my tenth wall, something wrapped around my foot and I started falling. As I was descending, my back hit the wall at about 12 feet and my stomach was facing the floor. I landed painfully on my stomach and tried pulling myself off the floor. I got into a sitting position on my knees and wrapped my arms around my sore stomach.

“I’m actually surprised that you would try to pull the same stunt twice,” Slade said next to me. “You start running again, you’ll only have an hour to avoid me. You have three seconds to get up.”

I didn’t need to be told twice. I stood up, still clutching my stomach, and started running again.

At least I memorized the maze.

I went right, forward, right, left, right, and forward again. I took a breather 20 minutes later and listened intently for footsteps. I heard none. I sat down on the floor for five minutes.

“Okay, I have about 35 minutes left and I have a good feeling that I need to be in the same spot where Slade and I started.”

I stood up and headed in that direction. I arrived where I thought Slade and I would meet five minutes before time was up and, speaking of the devil, Slade arrived five minutes later. He had the remote in his hand. He placed it on the floor in the middle of the space. He stepped away from the remote in the same amount of space that I was. I stared at it suspiciously.

“You have 55 minutes left,” Slade said.

I would just have to chance it and I went for it…

And I only had 55 minutes to get it.

AN: Comments are appreciated! (Seriously, I mean it peeps)

My Life Just Turned Insane Chapter 6: Pills

The next morning I woke up and my whole body was sore. I slowly got out of bed and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. There was a blue towel on the sink and I went to the shower. I turned the showerhead on. I took off my Apprentice suit and stepped into the shower.

Hot water washed over my aching body and I stayed under the water for an hour before washing my hair and soaping up my body. I washed away the soap and shampoo and spent another half an hour under the water. I got out of the shower and put my black boxers on. I yawned and stretched as I walked towards the door. I opened it. I stepped out and Robin was still sleeping in bed.

I walked over to the desk and Robin’s book and a stack of papers were sitting next to a black laptop that wasn’t there from yesterday. I picked up the papers and skimmed through them. There was a two-page schedule, a map of the lair, two pages for my first assignment next week, and the last piece of paper was instructions for the laptop.

I looked at the laptop uncertainly and after contemplating for a few seconds, I opened the laptop and found the ON switch. I pushed the button and the laptop turned on. It took a few minutes for it to load onto the login page. I looked at the paper and found my name and password for the laptop.

I typed in the username and password. I clicked on the okay button. A black S appeared on the screen. It rotated for 30 seconds. The S went away and small icons appeared on screen. After a few seconds, the desktop had the usual stuff like the “Recycle Bin”, “Mozilla Firefox”, “My Computer”, etc. on it. There was a file named “READ ME” and I double-clicked on it. Microsoft Word 2007 came up on screen and there was a memo typed onto the page.

Apprentice,

Starting tomorrow, in order to control your anger problems, you’ll be taking two red pills each morning before training. You will also be taking two blue pills before going to bed in order to sleep properly through the night. Fail to take the pills and you’ll suffer the consequences.
S.W.

Courtney warned me about this.

I exited out of READ ME document and opened Mozilla. I typed into Yahoo and signed in. I checked my e-mail and my friend from Wales, UK sent me an advice e-mail. I read through it and Robin was already up.

Rocky,

It’s Lucy. How’s it going withcha? Well, I’m having family problems and I know how good you are at helping people and I wanted to share my problems with you.

Both of my parents started drinking again and my dad hit my little brother for being too loud. It happened yesterday and my brother still won’t come out of his room. What should I do to help him out? Reply when you’ve got the chance.

Love,

Lucy

“You have an advice column?” Robin asked.

“No,” I said typing in my response. “I just have a great friend in Wales with family problems. I met her while chatting with a few people on-line. So we got to talkin’ and we’ve been friends ever since. We hope to meet each other someday, but for now we send e-mails and talk about how things are going with us.”

I clicked on the reply button and the message was sent. I typed into Neopets and logged-in. I fed my two pets and checked my Neohome. I built my tenth room on the third floor, my home almost complete. I went to the Battledome with my sly_fox_cutey and fought the Chia Clown. I defeated it for the fifth time in a row; I now had 20 trophies. I went back into Yahoo and went through my other mail.

“Why don’t you e-mail your family and friends that you were kidnapped?” Robin asked.

“Because he’ll be punished if he does.” I jumped out of my chair and got into a fighting stance. Slade just stood there calmly. “I’m not here to fight you boy.”

I slowly stood up straight and glared at the bottles in Slade’s hand.

“What are those?” I asked.

“Your medicine,” he said simply. “You’ll start taking the blue pills tonight and the red ones in the morning before training at 0600 hours. And next week you’ll be assigned your first assignment and you’ll do it without complaints. Do you understand?”

I hesitated before answering.

“Yeah, I understand.”

Slade put the bottles on the desk and walked out the door, locking it behind him. I picked up the red pill bottle and looked at them uneasily.

“What are they for?” Robin asked as I sat down in front of the laptop.

“The red ones control my anger and the blue ones help me sleep at night,” I explained. “But Courtney told me not to take them and I’m going to listen to her this time.”

I put the pill bottles in the desk drawer and quitted out of Mozilla. I shut the computer down. I grabbed the extra Apprentice uniform and utility belt and went back into the bathroom. I came out ten minutes later with my suit on. I lied down on the bed. Robin was sitting at the desk, going through my papers.

“You have to steal from a Wayne building next week.”

I looked over at Robin; he threw the papers down onto the desk in anger.

“I’m sorry, but its not my fault,” I said. “If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at Slade, not me.”

“I am mad at Slade,” Robin said. “He always makes me mad. I hate it when he lectures me, I hate his damn voice, and I hate it when he compares me to him. He always has the upper hand and I can never stop him.”

“Once my friends arrive, we’ll combine our forces and defeat Slade,” I said. “We’ll find a way to finish Slade and then I can go back home. Trust me, I know we can get away from him and things will go back to normal.”

Robin banged his head on the desk. I turned onto my side. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.



“Rocky! Rocky! Get up!”

I sat up fast and looked to my right.

“What man?” I asked. “I’m trying to sleep here!”

“You got an urgent e-mail from Courtney,” Robin said.

I jumped out of bed and ran to the desk. I sat on the chair and opened the e-mail.

Rocky, get onto Yahoo Messenger now!

I opened MSN Messenger and logged in. I typed in my response and she answered,

((The messages will have chat talk since its chat. Sorry for the annoyance))

I told Lea, Sheilee, Alan, and we told our parents, but they wouldn’t listen. So we can’t try rescuing U until school’s out. I hope U can hang on until summer, but there’s nothing we can do until then. B careful ok.

I responded,

Its fine, ok. Robin’s leg is broken and we need 2 get him out of here 2. And we can’t escape until the Titans R probe free. We’ll find out what to do until then.

I sent her the message and she replied back. I heard footsteps coming towards our room and quickly replied back.

Can’t talk anymore. Someone’s coming and I bet U anything its Slade. G2G. Bye.

I shut down Messenger, the Internet, and the computer. I picked up the papers and looked at my schedule; I had to take the blue pills at nine and be in bed by ten. I only had two minutes until I had to take the pills, but I wasn’t going to take them.

The door slid opened and Wintergreen, not Slade, stepped inside.

“Mr. Slade would like you to take two blue pills now,” he said. He looked at the desk. “Where are they?”

“In the desk drawer,” I said. “And you can tell Slade that I won’t be taking them.”

“I thought you might say that.”

Slade was leaning against the frame of the door. He walked over to the desk drawer. He took out the pill bottle and walked up to me. He grabbed my wrist and shoved the bottle into my hand. I glanced at Robin and he was in one corner of the room. I looked down at the bottle, staring at them expressionlessly.

“Rocky, just do what he says,” Robin said.

I clenched the bottle in my hand and narrowed my eyes. I looked up into Slade’s one cold eye and shoved the bottle back at him.

“No.”

Slade’s eye narrowed and with fast precision, he punched me in the stomach. I fell to the ground on my knees. I closed my eyes in pain and started coughing. I clutched my stomach with my arms. I heard Slade opening the pill bottle. He pulled my head back by my hair and shoved two pills into my mouth. He covered my mouth and nose with a single hand. I swallowed the pills. Slade released my hair. I clenched my fists in anger.

“You could’ve made this easier on yourself,” Slade said. “Then maybe you wouldn’t be in so much pain.”

“Go… to Hell.”

Slade kicked me. I flew back and hit the wall.

“I’ve been to Hell before boy,” Slade said as he leaned down in front of me. “Believe me when I say this; Hell is a place where you wouldn’t want to be. You know nothing of Hell.” Slade replaced the cap on the bottle and shoved it into my stomach. “We’ll work on that attitude of yours tomorrow. Do you understand boy?”

“Yes, I understand,” I said angrily.

“Yes, you understand what?”

“Yes, I understand… sir.”

“That will do… for now,” Slade said. “But disobey me again, and the Titans are dead. You wouldn’t want that now would you?”

“No, sir.”

There was a moment’s silence before Slade stood up and spoke again.

“Come, Robin. You have your own room now.”

“Yes, sir,” Robin said.

They left the room and the door locked behind them. I looked down at the pill bottle after I stood up and I faced the wall. I dropped the pill bottle and I punched the wall with my right hand.

“Dammit!” I shouted. “Dammit, dammit, dammit!”

I punched the wall with every word. I was seething in rage. I looked closely at the wall and noticed that some it chipped off. I touched where the wall was broken. My eyes narrowed in thought. I clenched my hands into fists and examined them.

What am I becoming?

“I’ll show you,” I said to myself. “I’ll show you that no one pushes me around.”

I got into bed and fell asleep.