Master…

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters.

Summary: "I will break you Robin and I will get your precious friends to watch and see as their fearless leader becomes nothing but a memory…."

Chapter Three - Searching

Dinner was in silence; Robin refused to eat anything and gained a new bruise on his cheek because of it. The tension in the air was overwhelming; they were all on edge not knowing what Slade had planned to do with them.

Slade took them through a long hall leading to what seemed like a meeting room, a long oak table in the centre with chairs scattered around it.

"Take a seat Titans, you try anything and you will be punished for it." He strode from the room back into the darkness of the corridor. The teenage superheroes sat around the table seeming somewhat nervous about this situation. Robin strummed his fingers across the table, the sound bouncing off the walls. He was trying to come up with a plan to get them out safely.

They exchanged worried glances as they heard footsteps approaching, Robin abruptly stood up from the table moving in front of the others as if getting ready to protect them from awaiting danger.

Slade came through the darkness of the corridor, and elderly man with him. "Titans, this is Wintergreen." He gestured to the man next to him, Wintergreen stepped forward bowing slightly at the hip. Robin studied the man, he reminded him of Alfred, well dressed, seemingly quiet. He wondered why this man would work for someone like Slade and why he-

Robin was interrupted from his thoughts when a sudden gloved hand gripped his shoulder, dragging him forward towards the hallway. "Will, take the Titans to their rooms. I have something I must discuss with Robin".

"Come Titans; please allow me to show you to your rooms." They followed him in silence trying to ignore the fact that Robin could be in danger. He pulled out a key when they reached a steel door and opened it. They stepped into what seemed like a lounge room with various doors attached to it. "These are your rooms" he pointed to the four different doors "I believe when you are called you will meet Slade out here and wait until you are collected."

"Well if that's all I can do for you at this present time, if you'll excuse me I am going to prepare for bed. It was good to finally meet you." He left without another word, the Titans said their goodbyes and parted to their rooms to try and get some sleep.

Robin was shoved into the training room, the force making him fall on all fours. He shot back up from the floor glaring at Slade a growl forming in his throat. The mercenary gave a small chuckle which caused a chill to run up the Boy Wonder's spin.

"I have a proposition for you Robin that I think will keep you relatively pleased."

The Boy Wonder folded his arms across his chest "I'm listening" he stated trying to keep his tone even.

"One month. You spend one month as my apprentice and I let your friends go unharmed-"

"Deal" Slade paused taken aback by Robin's quick reply to his bargain. He was surprise he hadn't waited to hear the full agreement.

"Not so fast my boy, you haven't even heard the best part."

Robin was silent, waiting for the man to continue.

"For 30 days, you will be mine and do exactly as I say. I will train you and I will punish you when I think it fit of the situation. I will even let you contact the Titans during your time here but-"

A low chuckle came from Slade, for a minute it truly did scare Robin. He wasn't as confident as he was when Slade first told him of the proposition.

"At the end of the 30 days I will let you choose a toy, if you behave yourself, and I will kill you with it."

Robin's mouth dropped open, his eyes incredibly wide. Did he just hear that correctly? He couldn't find the words to say, his mind seemed to have stopped working altogether.

"Wha-What?" he stammered, not fully understanding.

Slade looked please with himself. "At the end of your 30 days I will kill you."

Robin was having trouble breathing, he felt lightheaded and he was sure that all the blood had gone from his face. He tried to think of something to say, something to do but he was unable to. If it saved his friends would it really matter? He just wanted them safe and as far away from Slade as possible.

Okay Robin, think about it, your friends get to walk out of here alive in exchange for your life. That's not new, you do that every day, but why does it sound like he is toying with me?

He sucked in a breath and glanced up at Slade who had moved closer to him, and was watching him curiously. He seemed to be enjoying himself.

"So, do we have a deal?"

The word escaped his mouth before he had a chance to register what it was he was saying.

"Deal."

Bruce ran through Titans Tower, looking for a clue, a sign, something, anything on the whereabouts of the Titans. He suddenly remembered that he still had Robin's communicator and rushed to the computer in the main room he had ended up in. He connected it into the computer, his hands flying in a black blur across the keyboard a loading bar appeared on the screen followed but a robotic 'loading' which echoed within the silent tower.

Batman held his breath as the loading bar slowly filled.

25%...56%...89%...95%...99%...100%

He let out the breath he had been holding, a new message appeared on the giant screen "Location denied, connection not strong enough. We are unable to find what you are looking for."

A growl escaped him, he slammed his fists into the keyboard some of the keys flying off from the force. He tried contacting the Batcave.

"Alfred?"

A redhead appeared on the screen "Hey Bruce, what's up?"

He narrowed his eyes, not exactly who he wanted "Batgirl, where's Alfred?

She smiled, flicking a piece of red hair out of her face, blue eyes sparking back at him. "He's up cooking dinner, why? What do you need him for? What happened?"

"Richard's gone missing."

Barbara's eyes went wide, her jaw dropping open in complete and utter shock. He was joking wasn't he; Dick was capable of taking care of himself. He was fine, wasn't he?

"H-He's okay? Right?"

Bruce sighed, he honestly didn't know how to answer that, he wasn't sure of that himself.

"I'm not sure."

Barbara narrowed her eyes, her expression turning dark, a trait she had learnt from the Dark Knight himself.

"What do you mean you're not sure?"

"Exactly that. I don't know who's taken him and his team, that's why I'm here in their tower; I'm trying to figure out who's taken them."

There was silence between them for a few moments, unsure of how to proceed with the conversation; Bruce decided to get straight to the point.

"I need you or Alfred to contact Superman, inform him that Robin is missing and that I need to use the computer there, this is a very fragile signal. I'm having trouble pinpointing where they are."

Batgirl nodded her head, long red locks falling in front of her beautiful face.

"I'm on it."

Bruce broke the call, standing up and rushing out of the Tower hurriedly getting in the Batmobile speeding down the quiet streets of Jump City.

It won't be too long now Dick, I'll find you.

A/N I'm so sorry, I had promised a certain someone that this would be posted earlier, actually it was supposed to be up on Good Friday but things didn't turn out the way I planned. My computer has been having a mental breakdown as of lately and I had to take it to get fixed, I only just got it back today. I do apologize, I would be updating more frequently if it hadn't been for all my assignments I've had, but today was my last one, yay me, for the term and I don't really get homework towards the end of term so hopefully I will be posting a bit more frequently.

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