19 16 Impertinence
[A/N* Not my best chapter but it'll do until I do a little editing and touch ups
Quick question but does anyone know what Klarion was planning on doing with the Helmet of Fate if he got it?*]
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--3rd POV--
[Gotham High School, Gotham USA]
'It wasn't supposed to go this way!' Pain was seeping into every pore of Robins body so much so that he struggled to even think rationally, 'Everything is going wrong today whether it be the discovery of 'Speedy' to be a clone and this!'
Opening his eyes to gaze upon the cruelties of this world he saw him.
The mysterious masked figure that had reaped the lives of many, the man that had fought The Bat of Gotham to a standstill, the Boogeyman of this world, The assassin that hunted death and all those other stupid titles
But finally another name that beheld itself to him and his tally of kills - The Man who killed Dr Serling Rocquette
Deathstroke stood above the dead body of the Nano scientist and researcher who was famed across the world for her works and emitted an aura that lacked any remorse for the woman he just killed but it still sent shivers down Robin's spine as his body went cold with fear
For to the Boy Wonder this man before him was the sheer incarnation of Death itself, a beast who would bare its fangs to anyone - for the right price of course
One singular bullet piercing head skull and staining her desk red as her blood dripped and oozed onto the floor
Her body that was slouched across the table, a perpetual reminder to Robin of his failure, fell to the ground, her face lifeless and her blonde hair soaked in the red of her death gloriously forcing him to see the blood that physically stained her body and metaphorically, his hands as well
"Mission complete. Target has been eliminated, I expect the rest of my payment to come soon," Deathstroke spoke into his earpiece before kicking the head of Rocquette - swivelling her head to the side - before moving towards the restricted bird who trembled
'COME ON! THINK ROBIN! WHAT WOULD BATMAN DO?!" He redirected my gaze to the sword impaled my arm and pinning me to the wall and wiggled his body in an attempt to reach it and pull it from his body, 'I NEED TO MOVE! GET HELP AND WARN THE OTH-!'
A sharp agonising pain was felt through his arm, as Deathstroke drove the blade into it even deeper then before which caused blood to splatter across the fabric of his helmet
"AHHH!" Robin screamed in utter anguish as agony overtook the mind and fear crawled into his body and controlled it from the inside like a parasite
"Stay. Don't even try what good will it do to take up arms against me once more anyway?" He spoke sharply that it mimicked the winter's icy grasp, "You've failed Boy Wonder."
For the second time this day, Robin the successor of the Bat had failed his duty as a hero and now at the hands of this soul crushing defeat was forever etched into memory as he sunk further into the depths of despair as he locked gaze with this figure he trembled before his head fell down
No matter how conditioned this child was to fight against evil and retain justice he would still remain just that... a child who's heart was breaking under the weight of his many, many failures
Failure to meet Batman's expectations. Failure to recognise his friend was a fake and finally failure to protect Dr Serling Rocquette from the hands of death
There was no sadistic glee to Slade's action only the mechanical monodic logic of a machine bred to kill and take the reward for itself. No more words needed to be exchanged or spoken so Slade turned around to watch as Kid Flash and M'gann emerged from the shadows bloodied and beaten along with a darkened shadowy figure who seemed to be the epicentre of these warped shadows
"I've dealt with them," The eeriness to his tone was as uncanny as his facial features that looked to be a doll mask wrapped around his face
"What of the rest?" Deathstroke questioned after attaching devices to the walls that glowed red at their placement.
"Cheshire and the rest of her shadows are fighting The Archer as we speak however we have failed to locate the clone and Atlantean," The man answered without missing a beat
"Hmmm... it matters not after all the target has already been eliminated," He freely moved through the room attaching two more of the devices before moving towards the door to exit
"What should I do with them?" The doll faced shadow manipulator asked with a tilt of his head
"Do as you will. Whether they die or not is not of my concern, " Taking one last glimpse of Robin's dishevelled body, he rushed out of the room with speed that surpassed that of a normal human's
"Do as I will...huh?" The darkness engulfed the room as tendrils that became jaded and laced with intent to kill circled around him like a torrent of shadows each malevolent as the figure they were birthed from, "...then die"
With death fast approaching, Robin's mind was plagued with regrets that riddled his life as he remembered every single day he lived
And at the end of it was an indescribable sense and state of overwhelming failure, 'Sorry Wally, Kal, Superboy, M'gann, Speedy, Bruce... and even you Satoru. I failed"
Flying from their positions, the shadows grew in ferocity and went to rip the bodies of the team into shreds without mercy
And they would have...if something hadn't burst through the roof and collided with the ground
In an instant the air stiffened with an ear piercing silence, the world was devoid of any sound entirely but through the smoke and rubble that had begun to clear. Two iridescent cerulean eyes were unveiled
They contained knowledge of everything that was under the heavens and everything beyond, perceiving and peering every crevice of the soul. All humans shall bow and every tongue shall praise the ground they walk on
Bare to the world, a pressure like no other enveloped the school and its inhabitants and there before Robin's and Shade's eyes was..
A man above it all. A man above the material world itself. The Strongest Sorcerer of Today
Satoru Gojo
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"Time has become limited. It seems it's time to make my escape," Slade spoke from a distance away from the mess that was about to unfold.
A sigh emanated from his covered face as he stopped his paced running and collected himself.
With a simple nod of his head to himself - an acknowledgement of what he had accomplished, he pressed a switch before calling out to the world, "Retrieve me."
A scarlet haze engulfed his being and he was gone like he was never existed in the first place
A ghost
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Before time could even register in the heads of the two conscious inhabitants of the room, the doll faced figure was flung into the world at breakneck speeds - his arms mangled and shredded as if they had been twisted around like a doll's head when faced with the average psychopath child
"Robin! I'm here to save you~" Scanning the room Gojo stood upon the rubble with one leg with a grin that spoke volumes of his arrogance.
He waltzed up, grabbed the sword out of Robin's arm and ripped it out of him to Robin's displeasure before grabbing Wally and M'gann by the back of their clothes like they were hand bags, "Man~ I'm away for a few moments and this happens? What would you do without me~?"
Taking note of Roquettes body and the state of the heroes in his grasp, he grimaced as the mind of Satoru Gojo became even more in disarray
"Sator-!" Robin attempted to get out as he collected his body but the click of the devices Slade had placed on the walls cut him off and forced the two of them to avert their attention, "hu- A BOMB!"
Before any ordinary person could react, the school was up in flames and an explosion that shook the very Earth desecrated the room they were in with no hope of survival
Fire consumed everything it touched until nothing was left unscathed
No one could have lived after such a ploy was used
...except if they were...Satoru Gojo
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[A/N* I get it Gege
It's way too fun to kill off characters 🤭
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