"Whoah man!" Cyborg raised his hands.

"Relax…Not literally…I just need you guys to look dead…Some fake blood, and makeup and all.

"Oh, I get it! Make him THINK we're dead!" Beast boy said.

"No duh Sherlock…That's what he JUST said." Raven stated dryly.

NANANANANANANANANANANANANANA NANANANANANANANANANANANANANA NANANANANANA

After they had finished putting on their makeup and zombifying themselves, they met back up in the main room around the time that Slade said he would call again.

Beast Boy was snickering at Raven.

"Im sorry Raven, but you, plus fake blood, plus that expression you've got on your face is just priceless!"

Raven simply looked at him with an emotionless glare.

"Ok, this is it. Make it convincing." Robin said.

"How do you make being dead look convincing?.." Beast boy wondered as they sprawled themselves out across the floor.

Beast Boy looked at Raven who already had her eyes closed.

"Whoah! Ray! You actually DO look dead!"

She opened one eye and glared at him.

"That's the whole point idiot…Now shut up, lay down, and die." Raven snapped.

Beast boy widened his eyes, and pointed at her.

"I see dead people…" He whispered to her, then snickering, he layed down and closed his eyes.

Robin was sitting in a position around the bodies, and had put eyedrops in his eyes to make it look like he was crying.

They stayed laying there for a while. How long was this going to take before he finally called?

Suddenly, as if answering their thoughts, the screen lit up with Slade's face once again.

Robin slowly looked up at him from his fake crying, and made his voice sound hoarse and wavery.

"al-…Alright, you win…" He said quietly. There was silence for a few moments.

"YOU WIN!" He shouted suddenly. Everyone was quite surprised from their position on the floor. Robin sounded genuinely broken.

"Are you happy? I killed them! I killed my team! I killed my fr-..friends.…" He looked down momentarily, then back up.

"Now let my brother go!" He demanded. He was doing a pretty good job too, even Jason, watching the screen actually thought that maybe…just maybe, he really did kill them.

"Now, now, Robin, let's not be hasty…" Slade started.

"You have shown me the bodies….Now prove to me that their dead…"

Robin froze, and everyone else on the floor actually felt as if their hearts did actually stop. They were NOT expecting that.

"H-how?..."

Any way you want really…their already dead after all, so…I don't know, shoot them, stab them, decapitate them, I don't care.

"But their already dead! You just said so yourself! Why should I prove it to you any further, when I have already broken myself over this? He asked, sounding pleading.

"Because you did it OFF camera…If it was on camera, that would be a different story. I need proof.

"Proof? Just LOOK AT THEM!" He practically screamed pointing around the room sounding broken, and done, as he desperately fought to change Slade's mind.

"Enough Robin! Do you take me for some idiot? I know what kids can do these days with just a bit of makeup and fake blood! Now if they are really dead, then PROVE it to me!

Robin didn't know what to do. Slade had just uncovered their entire plan, and he was at a standstill now. There was simply just silence for a few moments. Then Slade spoke up again.

"I really don't believe that they are dead at all Robin. Did you really think you could just pull some prank and I would fall for it without any proof whatsoever? Shame Robin, I thought you were smarter than that, now tell your friends to get up, their making themselves look ridiculous…"

Robin didn't know what else to do, their plan had completely backfired. He finally motioned for them to get up, and one by one they reluctantly rose from their positions on the floor.

Slade shook his head.

"Unreal Robin…I hold your brother's life in my hands, and you test my patience with cheap, childish, pranks?..." He spat.

"Fine then, how about this? If your friends are not TRULY dead by tomorrow at this time, your brother will be! How's that for testing my patience?

Slade walked over to the table where Jason was, took the tazer that he had used off camera before, and fired it up into his side.

Jason's eyes went wide and he screamed as his body convulsed. But Slade didn't let up, he turned it up even higher. Jason's back was arched as the electricity coursed through his body.

Robin was yelling for him to stop, but Slade ignored him. Only when Jason's screams were dying down did he finally turn it off.

Jason's body relaxed finally, as he took deep gasps for air.

But Slade wasn't finished. To Jason's horror, he took a metal bar and started pounding his knees, chest, face, and shoulders. Jason screamed in agony, he didn't try to hide it. He couldn't, not after all the pain he had already gone through.

Again and again it crashed against him. Jason's mind went back to the warehouse those years before, at least he didn't have to hear the maniacle laughter this time around.

Slade stopped finally. Jason was barely conscious now.

Slade put the bar down.

"Normally we would be done now…" Slade started as he went back over to his table of instruments, and took a small bottle.

"But I cannot just let that stunt of yours fly, Robin." Slade went back to Jason, and filled an eyedropper with the substance.

Jason didn't even want to think of what it was, and struggled in vain against the tight restraints.

Slade raised the eyedropper over Jason's head, and opened his right eye as Jason had them tightly shut.

"P-Please don't….Please" Jason genuinely pleaded.

Slade didn't look away, but kept Jason's eye open as he addressed Robin.

"You hear that Robin? What you're foolishness is causing your brother? Now you will always remember this mistake of yours when you look into your brother's blindness. That is…if you comply before tomorrow.

At the word "Blindness", Jason's worst fear about this situation was confirmed. He struggled against the restraints, and to screw his eyes shut, but Slade held it open and put the eyedropper over it.

"N-No! NO!"

And just like that, a single drop of acid hit his eye, and he screamed. Slade went for the other eye, opened it, and let the drops fall.

Jason's body was shaking against the restraints. He tried opening his eyes after a while, but it was as if they were still shut, all he saw was blackness, nothing. Slade had blinded him.

Robin felt sick by what he was witnessing.

"Slade stop!" Robin practically screamed.

"Oh, we're not done yet Robin. You see, I know who your brother is. I know he is the titan's enemy Red X, and- oh, did you not tell them Robin?" Slade questioned after everyone suddenly had a look of shock on their faces when Slade mentioned the name "Red X".

"Well, no matter, they know now. But don't worry, I'm going to help you guys out for once and make sure he can never cause trouble for you again." With that, he pushed a button that released Jason, and sent him to the ground.

Slade pulled out a small pistol, and grabbed Jason by the hair.

"NO!" Robin shouted.

"You said I had until tomorrow!" He protested.

"Oh, and you do. Don't worry, Im not going to kill him…I'm just going to make sure he can't go back to his evil ways…You should consider it a favor really."

Jason couldn't see anything, but he felt something press against his spine. He tensed up, screwed his eyes shut, and waited for the inevitable, silently cursing the day he was born. Why was he even born? It was as if life itself enjoyed seeing him suffer, and when he had finally escaped the pain through death, life just couldn't stand the thought of losing its toy, and brought him back for even worse pain such as this. He-

A bullet crashing through flesh and bone ripped him out of his thoughts. A bloodcurdling scream filled the room as Slade dropped him to the floor, causing even more agonizing pain. Jason felt something warm and liquidy on his hands, and though he couldn't see it, his blood was pooling all around him.

That was it. Jason wanted to die right then and there. Even if he did get out of this alive, his life was already ended as far as he was concerned. He was now blind AND crippled. Slade had said that he would make Jason wish he were dead, and that was his exact wish right now.

POTTY BREAK! NANANANA POOOTTY BREAK! :D (If you've ever seen those body break commercials xD)

The screen went black. Beast boy turned on Robin.

"Dude!" He threw his hands up.

"When exactly were you planning on telling us that Red X is your BROTHER?!"

Robin looked at him with a shocked look on his face.

"Of all the things you JUST saw….the only thing you can worry about is the fact that Red X is my brother? Who even cares about that right now?!" He practically shouted.

There were nervous looks thrown around the room. Robin looked at his teammates.

"Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me!" He yelled exasperated.

"Dude…BB does have a bit of a point.." Cyborg said.

"What makes you guys even think I knew he was Red X?"

"Well…you do seem to keep a LOT of secrets." Beast boy threw out accusingly.

"I only found out about this when he was kidnapped by Slade!"

"So you did know!" Beast boy continued.

"Yet….we're only hearing about it now." Cyborg added quietly.

Robin turned and stared at Cyborg for a long moment, shock written all over his face. He finally turned to Raven.

"Ray, you of all people should know what I'm feeling right now, and what I mean. Help me out here…"

Raven was silent for a long moment before finally speaking.

"I do know what you're feeling right now Robin, but I can also see where Beast boy's coming from. If you trust us, you really should have told us when you first found out…"

"Alright! Then I made a mistake! Can we please sort it out later? I don't think him being Red X should change the fact that we should be saving him! That's our job, we save people!"

"yes…we do…but that is not what we are doing right now." Starfire spoke up.

Robin turned to her.

"what do you mean?" He asked.

"Robin…" She said qietly.

"Our job IS to save lives…but for almost the past week, we have been dedicated to looking for your brother, gaining no leads, and no evidence as to where Slade has him. We are getting nowhere fast, and the longer we look for your brother, the more other innocent people are going to get hurt out there. And if Slade is serious about you only having until tomorrow…then…I think it is time to let your brother go…." She finished, her voice barely audible.

Robin simply stared at her, Dumbfounded.

Raven spoke up.

"Star is right Robin…" She said gently.

"we need to get back to the world out there…"

"I don't believe you guys!" He threw his hands up suddenly.

"Do you hear yourselves? Did Slade plant some mind control chips in all of you now?! Listen to yourselves!"

There was a long silent pause, when finally Beast boy broke the silence.

"No Dude, its time you start listening to us…" With that, he left the room, and the others silently followed him out. Leaving Robin alone in the large room

Slade! WHY YOU SO CRUEL? YOU'RE WORSE THAN JOKER!

Slade: ummm….you're the one writing me….

…IM WORSE THAN JOKER! *sobs*

Why is it that us authors on FF have a fetish for torturing our favorite characters? :S