|Chapter 3|

|Midna (Darkling)'s POV|

Midna smiled at Grant. "So you want to know who Slade is, huh?"

Grant nodded. "I feel like I know him somehow, but I don't even know what he looks like..."

"I don't either, but we can try to find him if you want." Midna said.

Grant looked thoughtful for a moment and then nodded. "Sounds good to me."

"Where should we start looking?" Midna asked.

"No problem there." Grant picked up a file folder and held it in front of Midna. "This is a list of H.I.V.E.'s contacts. Slade is bound to be included here."

Midna smiled. "Jinx mentioned working for him once. Is that what you broke in to steal when we first met?"

"Yes, and it was ridiculously easy to steal too." Grant said, leafing through the papers. "Help me look through these."

Midna picked up half of the papers and began to look through them. When she finally did find Slade's name, she couldn't help but let out a snarl of rage. "Empty!" she cried, slamming the papers down on the table.

"What do you mean?" Grant asked.

"It says 'restricted' where any type of contact information should be." Midna sighed.

"Great." Grant got to his feet and slammed his hand against the wall. "How are we going to find him now?"

"Jinx said that Slade seems to want the Teen Titans defeated..." Midna said, "Perhaps if you were to get involved with them somehow..."

"I'm not joining them!" Grant snapped.

Midna started at his harsh tone. Why was he suddenly so defensive? "Sorry. I wasn't saying that you should join them, you could just get into a fight with them... It'll have to be big though, and you'll have to leave a really good impression on him..."

Grant shook his head. "I don't think so. He never showed interest before, why would he now?"

Midna opened her mouth to try to comfort him, but he left the warehouse before she even got a word out.

|Grant (Red X)'s POV|

Grant stormed down the street and pulled his mask on. He couldn't believe his bad luck. Why did Slade have to be so secretive? Why couldn't the H.I.V.E.'s files just have contained the information he had needed?

He felt bad for snapping at Midna, but he was too irritated to apologize. Besides, she wasn't helping...

Then an idea hit him. Darkling! Midna was Darkling and her powers were nothing short of impressive. If Slade saw someone fighting the Titans with the kind of power Midna had, he was bound to become interested. Grant felt a smile spreading across his face. he could make good use of Midna after all.

|Slade's POV|

Slade walked towards the row of graves and placed the roses in his hands on the soft soil. He looked up at the writing on the grave and let out a small sigh. 'Adeline Kane'.

"It has been quite a while, hasn't it?" Wintergreen said.

"Yes, it has..." Slade said. He trusted wintergreen, but not even he could see Slade's emotions, even if he could guess at them. Nobody could see the pain that rose in his chest whenever he saw that name. Adeline Kane. His ex-wife, the mother of his kids. He had truly been a failure of a husband, just as he had been a failure of a father. It was his fault that Adeline was dead, his fault that Jericho lost his voice, and his fault that Grant was dead.

Grant. Slade turned away from Adeline's grave and began to walk towards his son's grave. When he got there he froze. Something was wrong. He felt rage boiling up inside of him when he saw what had become of his son's grave.

"Wintergreen, how long has it been since I was last here?" Slade asked, his voice deathly calm.

"A few months I believe. The same for myself." Wintergreen replied, staring at the grave, his voice numb with shock.

Slade clenched his fists and looked at Grant's grave. Well, what remained of it. The headstone was knocked over and cracked in half, the ground under which his son lay was disturbed. "Who did this?" he growled to himself. Who was it who had something agaist him? Who was it who would destroy his son's grave? Why wouldn't they just let him rest in peace?

Slade spun around and stalked away from the graveyard. Whoever had messed with Grant had made a mistake. Now they would have to deal with Slade.

~I hope you liked it! Please R&R! Thanks! ~FoxEmpress