#red ring

this took forever but I finally drew @red-ring-robert-robertson-iii!!

closeups, design notes, etc under the cut

@rrobertson3 @roberts-son @batboner69 @malevola-gibb-rp @swarm-mother @lightningstruckdispatch

Fire and smoke everywhere.

There was nothing but little left from the Brave Brigade headquarters,

Chase tried his best to carry Robbie to a safe place, but his broken leg and the smoke inhalation were a terrible foe.

Robbie used his own body to protect him from the explosion, how could he not noticed that before him? The pain got him and fell hard into the ground, Robbie groaned in pain and looked at him.

Robbie's body was covered in cuts and blood, missing his left arm and leg, the left side of his face was burned and scarred, somehow he was still conscious, was his willing to fight for his life or was he just too stubborn die? Who knows.

-Chase… k… kid…-He tried to speak.

Chase looked at him, tears running down his face nonstop.

-Take… care… of Robert…-His last breath as a single tear run down his only eye left, leaving this world and the pain on it.

He couldn't believe it, he almost couldn't breath, they were dead, they were ALL dead, his team, his friends, his family, he just spoke to Robbie 5 minutes ago, asking him about… What did he asked him? He can't remember, everything went to hell so fast. He could only think of getting them out of there.

Oh god… What will he tell Robert!? His dad was dead, the Brigade was gone, the mech suit nowhere to be found, his mind went a thousand miles per second, but his body could only release a single wail of pain and despair, he screamed till he couldn't scream anymore and fell on top of Robbie.

It felt like an eternity when he suddenly heard a voice… Robert!? what the hell was he doing in here!? Is he okay!? Is he hurt!? Is he…?!

-It worked!-Robert excitedly said, running towards him.

What?

-Chase, did you see me, someone tried to break in but my mini mech-bomb finally worked!- His excitement blinded him until he saw around him. There were burned debris anywhere he looked, the smoke was starting to make him feel sick.

-You… You… did this…?- Chase whispered in shock. -Why? Why did you do this?- He couldn't believe it. Little Robert caused this? All of this?

-I… I… I didn't… I just-just… just wanted… to save you guys…-Robert looked pass Chase and saw his dad's corpse, he took a step back and then he looked at his left, there was a hand with a blue glove, it was Vitalia's, only her hand… Where was… Where was the rest of…

-I only wanted to help…-He sobbed. What had he done?-I only wanted to help. I only wanted to help… I only wanted to help… I only wanted to help! I only wanted to help!! I ONLY WANTED TO HELP!!! I ONLY WANTED TO HELP!!!-He repeated almost madly, trying his best to convince himself that it wasn't his fault, that this was a dream he'll soon wake up from.

-I told you to stay… away…-Chase told him that he was too young, that his little experiments needed work, that it would be too dangerous. But he didn't listen, he didn't listen and now they're all dead. He almost saw red. All of this because he couldn't listen…

-I TOLD YOU! TO STAY! AWAY!!-Chase slapped him across his face furious, how could he do something so stupid!? This wasn't a simple mistake, this was a catastrophe!

-WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!-Robert wail in pain, he just wanted to help…

Chase grabbed him by the hair and angrily shouted:

-BECAUSE YOU!! ARE!! A CURSE!!! Do you hear me!!? YOU are a Jinx! -He didn't really meaned that but he couldn't help himself, he was just too mad to think straight.

-Chase, please!-A thin line of blood fall of the kid's nose. That snapped him out of his fury, he looked at his hand, there was blood on it, Robert´s blood, his hand started shaking and didn't stop, he breathed heavily and felt everything was numb. He didn't wanted to hurt him, he was just angry and… And… He still was, he looked at Robert's face and he still felt mad. He can't hurt him again, he had to leave, so he did.

Robert covered his face thinking Chase was going to hit him again, but a trail of light caught his eye, Chase was leaving him.

-CHASE! Chase come back!! Please come back!!-He desperately cried.-PLEASE!!!, i need you!! Please, Chase i need you please!!!-

He run. Chase run as fast as he ever did, he just couldn't face him right now, he needed to clear his mind, it ill be just a second, Robert will still be there, he will apologize, they would figure something out, but right now, he just needed to run.

-Chase….¡¡CHASE!! Please!!!…-The kid fell on his knees, sobbing uncontrollably, he didn't mean to do this. He just wanted to help… He just wanted to help… He just wanted to help…

Elliot appeared out of a wall with some of his men, he hired them to help him find the Mech and HIS Astral Pulse, he saw his honorary nephew on the ground, he was still alive.

-Robert… You're okay…-He slowly approached him.-Where is Chase?…-If he was still alive, it could be a problem.

Robert stop crying for a second, Uncle Elliot was alive, he looked up and saw him with some other people, they all had umbrellas and the same red light thingies Elliot has. But where was he? Why wasn't he here? Why did his dad died but he was alive? Why is he here now? Why did Chase had to leave him? Why…?

He was mad, he was sad, he was tired of everything and he wanted to hit something. He jumped at Elliot and hit him weakly with his fists, and keep hitting him until the stress and exhaustion made him stop, he hugged his uncle crying, everything was ruined and it was his fault.

The other henchmen looked at the scene, some unsure in what to do, others impressed of the kids audacity, others worried because… Is Elliot going to kill the kid?…

Elliot kept looking at the crying child in his chest, he calculated Robert's reaction and was prepared for it, but it still hit him a bit harder than expected.

-He left me…-Sobbed -He left me…-

Elliot looked at the remains of the headquarters, Robbie's dead body was there and he felt a bittersweet sensation, that lying bastard was dead and so were the other who were too scared to contradict him, but… He still can recall some good times with them, they used to be his friends after all.

He looked down again and raised his hand, it could be very easy to kill him, to end the Mecha Man bloodline once and for all, to get rid of any possible varieties in his plans…

Why couldn't he?…

He lowered his arms and hugged Robert, right now he was in an emotional train wreck, he would be very easy to manipulate, he would see him as everything he has left, as the only one who cared… And what better way to kill the Mecha Man legacy, but to keep it alive and tarnish it with a villain Mecha Man.

And right now, he couldn't help but see himself in this kid, throw away, alone, such a brilliant mind, a small feeling of guilt came over him.

Since it was him who altered the bomb.

-Its okay…-Elliot whispered-We'll show them… WE will show them all-He hold him tight.

Robert kept crying, but he frowned on Elliot's coat, he only wanted to help, now everyone was gone. Only uncle Elliot was here, not like Chase, he ran, he ran when he needed him most, he begged and scream but he just ran away from him.

He was NOT his brother anymore.

"Phobos, the fearbringer"

Someone on a DC server helped me picking out a new name for Skelettor! He is now Phobos! I like this name much better and he got a nemesis I'm currently working on. Deimos.

Hope you enjoy the finished one!

Also one more sketch of her with Torrent. @pikiserra because they’re silly.

Iron Man au for Dispatch

Robert captured by the Red Ring after the suit explosion saves his own life and escapes by putting a miniature Astral Pulse into his own body.