The rain fell hard on the concrete jungle littered with bright spots of colorful light, and standing on the top of one of the tallest buildings in the cold winter night, stood a man, in an iron-clad mask.

The man stood, only barely sustaining his weight, breathing heavily as his hand reached for his arm. Thick red liquid came pouring down, running over his fingers. Raindrops stung his wounds as they began to fall harder, and feeling the pain flowing through his torn body, he smiled weakly.

"What are you smiling at?" The jet black spiky haired leader spoke. His tone was cautious. He knew all too well what this monster was capable of. He stood silently, behind him, the others, soaked with the drenching rain, but determined and focused. Ready to move on a single phrase to pass their leaders lips.

"Why Robin…" Slade's voice was cool, unchanging in tone. "I thought you'd realize by now…" The man struggled to stand up straight and looked his opponent in his eyes, although covered by a mask, Slade's look was piercing to Robin's soul. "I don't want to tell you." Slade's smirk turned into a grin, and then he began to laugh.

Robin glared at him. This wasn't right. They almost had him; he was going to go to jail! Why was he laughing?

"Titans! G…" Before he could finish Slade held a bright white glowing orb in his hand.
"Not so fast my little Robin." Slade grinned slightly, and then winced with the pain that shot into his arm. "This is my last stand. I want to show you, what it would be like…" Slade started to laugh again. His laughter rang through the cold emptiness that surrounded Jump city that night. Robin clenched his fists. "I want to show you Robin, what it would be like, if you could wake up tomorrow, and not have the burden… of being a Titan."

Robin's eyes narrowed. He was confused, yet intrigued by the man whom he had waited his entire teen life to destroy. Feeling the pressure of his team's eyes focused solely on him, he quickly conformed to reality.

"Titans! GO!" Robins scream echoed in his team's ears. They all sprang to life in attack formation.

Slade gave one last smile before raising the glowing orb to the sky. The orb burst with light, shining in all directions. The Titans were surrounded in white. They squinted and shielded their eyes from the blinding light, and when they opened their eyes the white had suddenly faded to black. Nothingness surrounded them, and one by one, they began to fall, uncertain what was happening to them, or what would happen now. All they could do was scream.