Desert Rose

Chapter one: In Slaved

Robin sat on a rock glaring at Best Boy wondering why had Cyborg even put that button in, in the first place. The 'button' Robin was refuring to the one that would make the T-ship fall out of the sky for no good reason. Robin was also anger because right after they had crashed they had been attacked by men on camels. And wile The Titans where trying to fight these people beast boy was flitting around like the fairy he thought he was. Before the Titan's lost the fight completely Robin had sent Star fire away to find help which left Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Robin and at the mercy of the men on camels.

The Men pulled Robin in to the real world by yanking the rope tied around his wrists. he hit the rough sand hard. Robin picked him self off the grounded and began the go were they led him.

"Great Beast Boy we needed you out there!" Robin yelled at his team mate. "Where now either prisoners or slaves."

"Dude lighten up they abolished Slavery with the civil war even I know that." Replied Beast boy confidently.

Robin looked as if he was going to scream. Robin quickly calmed him self and tried to speak civilly. "Beast Boy though you are correct in thinking America abolished slavery after the civil war. We are not in America we are in the desert so-"

"Aladdin lives here ?"

"NO! Who knows the rules out here so we could be slaves and there probably going to sell us some where or kill us for some unknown reason." Yelled Robin at the top of his lungs.

Cyborg thought for a moment "Na, they'd kill us because we weren't of they're religion."

"Gee Cyborg your making us feel so much better. Robin was trying to stay P.C. but you know the cats out of the bag now." Said Raven as they walked on.

As they walked Robin found he hated two things more than Slade. The first thing: Sand. It was hard, it hid stuff they you could trip over so far he had fallen three times and was covered in his new enemy, sand also cut, burn, and got all over you in an instant. The other thing Robin hated more than sand was this desert because it contained vast amounts of sand and had a hot unforgiving sun as if the sun in jump city was a different sun.

They walked for what seemed to be hours without food or water. Robin noticed that the other titans were becoming irritable as the day wore on wile he became clumsy.

"Dude walk faster I need your shade"-"Raven don't float your cheating"- "Robin watch were your going. damn it! this is the second time I've tripped over you!"-"Robin!"- "Get the fuck! out of the way!"- "you did that unpompous" where some of the most common things Robin heard his friends yell Beast boy yell .

They finely came to a stop in a Simi big town there where many people bustling around in the dusk filled air. The Camel men stopped at a well and a woman gave each of the Titans a drink of water. By this time beast boy was ready to eat some one, Cyborg was running on low battery, Raven was just floating not bothering to talk to any one, and Robin was either sand colored or sun burn red depending on the spot you looked at.

Robin crashed on to the ground after he had gotten a drink of water. He was too tired, sun burned, and dirty to be mad at beast boy any more. Almost at once the men made Robin stand and dragged him on to a stage with the rest of his friends. 'Yup we are now property, and I'm too tiered to care' Robin thought as he looked out into the crowd. Raven and Beast Boy were sold eminently by a fat man in find clothes. 'house of ill repute mostly likely or a place of entertainment I'd hate to be there when they get their straight back.'

Just then a man dressed in slick robes walked up to the two camel man. "Do you have anything that I could give as a gift for entertainment of the Sultan? You have heard he is a collector of many things have you not?" He asked them.

"We have a tin man, and a desert viper but I don't think you want him unless you want to get your head chopped off sir."

"Let me see this 'Desert Viper' you never know what the Sultan will like."

The other camel man led the man on to the stage and showed him Robin. Robin eminently didn't like the mad his demeanor was too much like Slade's. He look at Robin not as a who but as a what. Robin growled the only thing he had straight for.

"The viper has nice teeth and is very much a viper. Is the mask on for any reason?"

"No you may remove it. But don't blame us for what you see."

The man pulled Robin's masked off to revile his enchanting blue eyes. He man gasped and smiled. Robin hissed.

"My dear fellows you have found a desert rose with thorns. How much?" the man said after putting Robin's mask back on.

Robin looked at Cyborg sadly as the new man pulled Robin off the stage. Another man who was about to make the two men an offer slipped his foot out it trip Robin in the thought of 'if I can't have it, it shall be broken". Robin hit the ground painfully hard hitting the back of his head especially hard. Robin felt dizzy for a moment as he was picked up by his new 'owner'.

" I guess your all bark no bite little one that or your very tiered. I wish I could tell you that you would get to rest but we have a long way to go and very limited time."

Robin opened his mouth to insult the man but found that no sound came out. The man laughed "I guess you don't even have bark any more my little sand snake." Robin just glared at him.

It took five days for the two to reach the place they where going. For all that time robin had yet to regain his voice but the man had let the him ride on the camel for wile. Robin didn't like that man but did realize he was being treated better then before. Although he could have done without the man laughing every time robin tripped over a sand dun. The man had also untied Robin's wrists because after all they were in the middle of a desert where could he go. His writes would be retied as soon as they were in sight of another city though. When they did get there Robin had the feeling that the man was going to at least clean him up a little. He was after all a 'gift' to some one very high up. But apparently they had become late because of Robin's constant tumbles off stuff.

The man raced to the palace and told the man in the front who he was and what he had to give. Robin found out that the man who had 'owned' him was called Omar and the man at the Door was Abo.

"What does he do?" Abo asked sneering at Robin.

"That is not for you to know until I give him to the Sultan." replied Omar calmly.

"Well all I see is a dirty little brat!"

Robin wanted to kill him but was held back by Omar. "Fine you got me he can hiss at people who insult the Sultan. Not a very good gift but one that is needed."

Abo rolled his eyes and let them through.