Chapter 4:
Each titan had the exact same reaction in their mind. Only Beast Boy said it out loud.
"Created?"
"Like…a father?" Cyborg said.
"Try mad scientist." Rhea answered. "Now if you guys aren't going to get me out of here…" she lifted the chains around her hands, getting ready to start pounding them against the wall bracket again.
"Wait," Robin said. "How do we know you don't work for Slade?"
"Listen, sweet-pants, if I worked for him, why would he leave me behind?"
What's wrong with my pants?, Robin thought.
"Perhaps to infiltrate our team, and cause our destruction?" Starfire suggested.
A.N.: Sound familiar?
"If I was gonna do that, I wouldn't have told you that he created me, hence causing this conversation, hence forcing me to come up with reasons why I don't work for Slade. Got it Barbie?"
"Hey, listen," Beast Boy interrupted, "I found you here and I called the others 'cause I thought you needed help. But if you want to handle this on your own, we can go do something more important."
At that Rhea looked to Beast Boy. She didn't stare him down, just looked him over. He cringed nonetheless, his show of bravado short-lived.
"Alright, I'm sorry I seem so rude. But frankly, I don't know you guys either. Just because you say you're here to help doesn't mean you believe my story or that you're actually going to help me."
This sudden politeness caught the titans off guard.
"Well, we're heroes. It's kind of taken for granted that we're here to help," Raven said.
"Touché, mam'selle. I suppose I'll have to trust you, before you trust me?" The girl arched her eyebrow at them.
They gave each other a look, before Robin spoke. "If you don't mind, we're going to have to keep those chains on you, until we figure something out." He winced a little on the inside when Rhea looked him up and down as she had done to Beast Boy. How did Raven take a full blown glare from her?
"Very well," she sighed and held up her hands, "do what you want. It's better than starving to death here."
Raven came forward and easily broke off the chains close to where they attached to the wall. "See you guys at the tower," she said before drawing her cloak around them both and vanishing.