A/N: Ok so I've always loved the dynamic between Robin and Slade, and was sad that there was no Sladenes in the final season except for the last episode. The whole fanfic however is a bit of a dare. I don't usually do fanfic unless it's stupid little shorts, but this guy is going to be long one. Please please review.
Summary: The Brotherhood of Evil has captured Robin. The Titans have lost their leader, and now they struggle to regain control. With all these events going on Slade spots the perfect oppertunity to regain what was once his. The Perfect Apprentice.
EDIT: 07/09/2019 I've been meaning to go back and FIX a lot of the errors in the first few chapters... while the entire thing is basically the same, I've fixed a lot of stuff... and added some to flesh it out a bit. I will be added notes like this to the rest of the early chapters after I have edited them.
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-Prolouge-
He gritted his teeth. How had they lost? To a brain in a jar no less? The Brotherhood had captured him and the other Titans. "No!" his mind reeled. They had recruited enough people to fight along side them, or so he thought. But now looking back, it didn't seem like enough. Was it ever? Maybe they were just fooling themselves? Thinking that they could go up against these so called world class villains. "No." he thought. "We've bested better." It was true. They had saved the world several times over, from Hell itself even, and now how the tables had turned on them.
Robin wanted to scream, he wanted to deck out the so called jar head of a genius and the ape. He wanted to run, to break free from these bonds. But there was no way he could leave. Not when all his teammates were surrounding him, bound in chains or worse, frozen. And Robin knew he was next in line to join them. So he stood there, watching the Brains plan come to fluishion. Still, in this time of peril, when his death seemed ever approaching, his mind was tinkering with ideas of how to get around this, how to come out the victor.
"It is time Robin, for you to join your friends."
"You wont' get away with this!" he snarled. Things had gone from bad to worse in an instant. If he was frozen who would lead the team? There was still many of his allies left standing. Although, things did indeed seem far more dire now. They surely needed him. And if it came down to it, then Cyborg. However, his second in command was no were to be found. Which gave him hope, but also made him not want to dwell on what could of happened to his friend. Shaking those thoughts out of his head, he reminded himself that he may be their prisoner for now, but he was still here and that's what mattered. If he was going to do something, he ought to do it now. If he got frozen, and with Cyborg MIA at the moment... he wasn't sure he'd like the outcome.
"That is were you are wrong, for I already have."
"Your wrong Brain, there is more of us then you know, someone will stop you." Robin glared at his foe. Then turned his attention to the guard that had come to retrieve him. He would fight this, he had to. The dread crept up onto the Boy Wonder, but he wouldn't let it win. He'd face this dead on.
As a few guards came to collect the hero, Robin put up a bit of a struggle. They were able to stop him, and with his hands restricted behind his back, Robin was pushed forward and forced him to walk ahead of the three men, all pointing guns at his back. The Hero frowned at the outcome. "Think Richard, think!" was all his mind kept repeating. He'd have to wait for the right moment. Until then, he would have to plan something.
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-Meanwhile deep under Paris-
He had been watching the Titans since day one. Capturing all their victories and all there defeats on camera. But even when defeated, the Titans always jumped back. But this time it truly seemed like the end for his apprentice's little team.
Oh yes, Robin was still his apprentice in his mind. No one could ever take the teenagers place. The boy was just to perfect. He held so much potential. And even though he got away the first round, his teachings for the young boy never stopped. Terra, The dust in the mask, all preparations for just the right moment.
Little did the Brotherhood of Evil know that by capturing Robin, they had also granted Slade access to all of their security cameras. All thanks to a little microscoptic trasmitter Slade had injected the boy with, so he could continuously watch over his favorite Titan. Initially meant to be simply used on the Titan Towers cameras, Slade had advanced it over the past couple of years, making it a much more effciant tool. Giving Robin the upgrades without the boy finding out was always more difficult then it really needed to be, being that it was Robin... However, in present, any secured area Robin entered, Slade had automatic access to the buildings cameras, which also lead him to tampering with their security right under their noses. They would have no idea.
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"This is it." he thought. They were going to encase him in ice for the rest of his life, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. How he hated the cheering and the taunting the criminals threw his way. Even worse was when the crowed roared when he was placed inside the tube.
"An end to a new generation of heros.", the brains metallic voice spoke onto his audience. "Soon there will be no one to stop us, with the younger heros out of the way, all that will be left is the Justic league. And soon they will have nothing worth fighting for."
Robins mind began to pace quickly through every scenario as he was placed under the heavy machinery, it's horrible purpose to turn humans into frozen trophies. This was not how he wanted to die. He had to get out, had to get away, had to come back and save the Titans. All of them relied on him so much and he had let them down. He should of known it was Madame Rouge taking Hot Spots form. He should of thought ahead. This was all his fault. All of it, it just made him angrier. Then...
Frost.
Nothing.
"An end to a era."
The crowed cheered once more.
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-Outside the Brotherhoods Base of Operations-
This he would not allow. Robin being captured by the Brotherhood of Evil was not something he was pleased with. He had to admit he was somewhat dissapointed in the boy, truly Robins ultimate plan was brilliant, but something had gone wrong. Somehow, some way, the Brotherhood got a link into the Titans inside network and blew up the young boys plans right in his face. He should of seen it coming. It was something he would have to teach the boy in the future. But at the moment, Robin was on ice. He could care less about the other Titans. He only had a singular purpose for coming here. He wanted Robin.
Slade took a few steps back to admire his handy work, he planted a few explosives around the base, now all he had to do is plant a few inside and he should be good to go so to speak. With nothing else to do, the mastermind made his way into the lions den.
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"It is done, we have completed our task." The Brain had said to his gorilla companion. "Most of the Titans have been frozen, all we need to do is find the rest, and eliminate them."
The giant mammal nodded his head to his master. " I will send out a few units, and see what we can find."
"All the young heros must die tonight."
"You may do as you wish with the Titans, but I want their leader." a voice came from behind them. Within the shadows. And it was not one of their own.
"Who is there?" Monsieur Mallah was the first to notice the intruding presense and quickly took to his masters side. Whoever was standing there gave only a faint chuckle in their direction.
"Guards!"
"I wouldn't bother, there is none." Slade smirked under his mask. Infiltrating their Headquaters was simple. He took out a few guards, bypassed a few of the so called villains that were still lingering about. And he kept to the shadows. Simple. A little too simple, if you asked him.
"Come out of the shadows, whoever you are."
"If you wish..." The man slowly revealed himself. "My my... Deathstroke the Terminator is it not?" The brain had heard of this man before. He knew him to be dangerous, cunning, cold and overall was to be quite brillaint at his work. He also knew that Deathstroke was not a man to mess with. This being his first encounter the mercenary, he didn't want to take any chances.
"Why do you want the boy?"
"Robin and I have a special... contract so to speak." Slade inched his way closer to the Brain. "And I intend to keep it intact. Along with the boy."
"It matters not, even if you and the boy share some sort of bond, he is already frozen. The boy will die within a few hours and he will remain with us as a trophy."
Annoyed, Slade would of broken the glass from the brains case and tossed it across the room by now, if he wasn't a man known for his patience. With his hands clasped behind his back, the mastermind stood his ground. "Then it seems I will have to thaw him out then. Whether you like it or not, Robin is leaving with me."
"This will not do."
"No it will not."
"Monsieur Mallah, please take care of our 'guest'."
"With Pleasure."
Slade saw the attack coming and wiped out a controller before the ape could throw a punch. "You do that and this entire complex will burst into flames." The gorilla looked to his master. "That's right." Slade chuckled, "Now give me the boy."
"Why should I give him to you, I have won this day, I have won over him. He is mine."
"So the answer is no then? Quite a shame." Slade didn't give the villain any more chances. He gripped the controller and pushed the button. And within seconds, a series of explosions stormed the building. And with the Brain and his colleagues now trying to take cover, Slade quickly made it over to the frozen form of the Boy Wonder. He gave Robin a sedative that would make the boy go limp, and quickly caught him. The boy was still ice cold to the touch, it would take time to thaw the young hero out. Not that it mattered to him, he had time.
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The Titans were to late. Beast Boy had somehow managed to wrestle up a few of the honorary Titans and brought them far into the fortress, when they were caught off guard by the explosions. Something must of gone wrong if the Brotherhood were blowing up their own base. Eventually, Beast Boy caught up with Cyborg and the others. The explosions had done some heavy damage, but what really caught Beast Boy off guard, is that the Brotherhood were disorientated. This was not their doing. Someone had come and done this to them, someone had come in and shattered their entire base in mere minutes. The Base was still somewhat functional, for the moment. It wouldn't be once the Heros were done with it.
Beast Boy and the rest of the Titans defeated the Brotherhood of Evil that day. But all the while someone was missing. Starfire brought it up a few times during the fight, but they had to defeat the enemy first. It wasn't until after the battle she asked once again, "Where is Robin?"
One of the lesser villains spilled that Robin was frozen with the rest of them. Starfire didn't want to think on it. If Robin was now a block of ice, it would of been easy for the statue to be shattered in the explosion. "No! he is still alive, we must find him."
"Star." Cyborg tried to reassure her. "There is no life signs, maybe he got out before then?"
"No! Robin would not leave us to fight by ourselves. He would of fought with us, like he always does. He is our leader, he would not abandon us."
The team didn't know what to do. Only to gather up the pieces afterwards. And be hopeful their leader was ok. However, it broke the alien a few days later to hear that Robin had been proclaimed dead. Killed in action trying to stop the Brotherhood of Evil. It was saddening to hear that Robins mentor has just given up so easily. Batman heard of the incident, and while he too had told them he thought Robin to still be alive, it didn't feel right to announce him long gone from this world. And as much as they tried not to give up or give in, it had a certain effect on the team as well. It really seemed like Robin was truly gone.
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Yep, Drop me a line, tell me what you think, I'd really like some feedback. And yes there will be more chapters. I wanted to redo the whole Brotherhood of Evil last episode thing to kinda give you an idea as to how Slade got his hands on Robin again.
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-Fangs