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Birthday Bird

Part 4-Mind Games

Robin watched Slade nervously as the man began to creep closer, shadows dancing across his black and copper mask. The boy's fear was now overwhelming, and it was all Robin could do to hold his ground.

"Yes," Slade hissed, stepping closer and closer. "I do believe that punishment is in order." The man's eye was honed in on Robin's mask, instilling more fear into the boy wonder. When Robin realized what Slade had in mind, he desperately tried to run. Turning around, he had taken just a step when his body froze on him.

*No, not now, not now!* Robin pleaded with his muscles to work again, but they were locked into place. And all the while Slade was still walking slowly toward him, a dark chuckle now escaping his throat.

*Please!* Robin heaved his body against the will of the suit, and to his surprise, he managed to break its hold. Right as Slade caught his wrist. Before Robin could break away from the man, he had already flipped Robin so that the boy was facing him and pushed Robin into the ground.

"Let's see those dazzling eyes of yours," Slade whispered, drawing out each horrifying word. Robin, led by fear, swung a blind fist at Slade, only for the man to easily catch it and place it in his other hand that was already holding Robin's other wrist.

"You'll have to do better than that, Robin," Slade spoke teasingly. "And here I thought you had actually made some progress."

This last statement rekindled some of the anger in Robin. He might have been afraid of Slade, but no one was going to make fun of his training. Using the new strength his anger provided, Robin grabbed Slade's hand with both of his wrists and used Slade to flip over, kicking the man in the process. Surprised by this advanced move, Slade let go of the boy wonder's fists and took a step back.

Yelling a battle cry, Robin lunged at Slade, this time a little more careful. He didn't try to attack Slade head on, but rather, he waited for when Slade had just tried to hit him that he would go in for a swivel kick or a sucker punch.

But just as Robin was learning this new rhythm, his muscles froze again. It was bad timing too, because Robin had just put his leg up to kick Slade in the mask. Unable to keep his balance, Robin fell to the ground, still frozen. Gritting his teeth, Robin tried to get up but found himself truly unable to move this time. Another dark chuckle whirled around the room.

"Poor Robin," Slade knelt down and hissed into the boy's ear. "Unable to spread his wings."

Before Robin could reply, Slade had grabbed him by the hair and yanked him off the ground so that the two of them were eye level. Although he was startled by this, Robin refused to show any more weakness to Slade, so he clamped his mouth shut and didn't let the man revel in his screams of pain.

Slade's eye bore into Robin, but surprisingly, the boy held his gaze, still holding onto his anger at Slade's cockiness. He attempted to punch Slade, but his wrist only hardened. The man seemed to see this, and Robin swore he was smiling behind his mask.

"How does it feel Robin, not being in control of your own body?" Slade prodded. "How can you stand just dangling here without any way to fight back?"

Robin growled at this, but refused to respond. Slade's own eye narrowed, and before Robin could try to attack, he had slammed the boy into the ground.

"I'll figure out a way to defeat you," Robin finally hissed. "I always have before!"

"Hm, and how do you plan to defeat me when you can't even defeat yourself," Slade replied, lowering himself so that he was right over Robin's battered body. "I can always stop your attacks, freeze your defenses, or cut off any witty comments you attempt to make. Think about that."

Robin's anger was depleting now, being replaced by his ever greatening fear and now a threatening sense of despair. How was he going to make it out of this one? His fear getting the better of him, Robin jumped up, slamming Slade in the mask with the back of his head. However, Robin too took damage from this blow, and fell back to the ground weakly. While the boy wonder had hoped to elicit some reaction out of Slade other than cockiness, to his despair, Slade simply chuckled. This time, Robin didn't need to try to move to know that Slade had frozen his body. From the ground, he could hear Slade make his way over to him. Robin already knew Slade was right next to him even before the man spoke.

"That's what I love about you Robin," Slade accented each syllable, especially Robin's name, as if it was the title of some prize that Slade had been trying to win for a long time.

And now, he just might have won that prize.

"What?" Robin asked through his teeth.

"You never quit fighting." And before Robin knew what was happening, Slade had grabbed him off the ground and turned him around so that the two were about an inch apart. To Robin's utter horror, Slade's hand was grabbing the edge of his domino mask.

"D-don't Slade, please," Robin hated how weak he was sounding, but maybe if he behaved if only for a moment, Slade wouldn't take away the last thing that belonged to him. The man had already robbed him of almost all of his dignity and control over his body. Robin's identity was really all he had left.

"Oh Robin," Slade teased, his hand sliding a little bit farther under the mask, prying the corner from Robin's skin. "You'll have to do better than that."

"P-please," Robin desperately tried to move, hoping for some way out of this. But his body was exhausted, and in no condition to fight Slade's hold over it.

"Say it," Slade's teasing voice was suddenly filled with a new edge. But what Robin originally thought was annoyance in this new tone, he realized to actually be hunger.

Robin knew what Slade wanted him to say, but he just couldn't say that. Yet as Slade's finger began to slide deeper under his mask, Robin weighed his options. His fear and desperation for something to still call his own won over, and Robin found himself uttering that disgusting word.

"Master."

Just as Slade had begun to pull the mask off Robin's face, his hand stopped. Without warning Slade let Robin fall to the ground in a heap, another dark chuckle escaping his lips.

"Just look at your progress," Slade mocked, circling around the fallen Robin now, like a tiger circles its prey. "It's only been a few minutes and already you're saying master on your own. That's my boy."

Robin, humiliated by his show of weakness, said nothing. He merely stared at the ground and prayed that Slade didn't see his cheeks turning in red in anger and embarrassment. When Slade didn't continue, Robin looked up, and to his surprise, the man was walking away.

"Where are you going?" Robin hoped the acid in his voice would cover up the desperate cracks in his question. Stopping abruptly, Slade turned around as he opened the door to the room they were in.

"I'm going to go have a word with your precious Titans," Slade hissed. "Particularly with your Tamaranian friend. I need to make sure that she and her outbursts will not pose a threat to our little deal."

Robin's heart froze.

"KEEP STARFIRE AND THE REST OF THE TITANS OUT OF THIS!" he roared. His anger suddenly overpowered his fear and he was up again, running full speed at Slade. A crazed growl escaped his throat, and he was determined to not let Slade leave the room in one piece.

But to Robin's utter despair, Slade whipped out the trigger that controlled his suit, and with the mere push of a button, his muscles froze, his bones locked, and everything quit on him. He fell to the ground, tears already stinging his eyes as he began to slip unconscious, shaking as Slade's laughter echoed through the darkness that was quickly overpowering him.

(4:30)

"What do you mean Beast Boy and Cyborg have been kidnapped?!" an enraged Bumblebee shouted at Speedy and Aqualad. She had just managed to find the two in a storage closet, and now they were saying that Beast Boy and Cyborg were prisoners of the High Five!

"We'll still have time for the party," Speedy reassured Bumblebee. "Look, Mas y Manos have already agreed to patrol the city and look for anything suspicious. I'm sure they'll find something that will lead us to those annoying Hive kids. We find the High Five, we find the Titans. Who knows, Robin and the others might have already found the High Five and they're battling right now."

"Robin…oh my gosh!" Bumblebee suddenly remembered the reason she had flown back to Titan's tower. But as the realization of what was happening began to make itself clear, her heart stopped. Two of the Titans had been kidnapped, maybe more. Robin was being spied on by Slade. And that cell phone call. Bumblebee could only imagine who that was to.

"Aqualad," she said finally. "Didn't you make contact with the Titans just a week ago?"

"Yes, why?" Aqualad narrowed his eyes, confused.

"What did the Titans call for?" Bumblebee continued. It was quite possible that Aqualad had just talked to Cyborg as friends, but her aquatic friend had seemed very troubled after talking with Cyborg that evening.

"Well…the Titans…were calling me because they were thinking about having us over in Jump," Aqualad replied, looking around nervously.

"Why?" Bumblebee pressed, knowing there was more. Things usually didn't make Aqualad this uncomfortable, so when something did, it was usually something pretty big.

"They were looking for help to deal with…Robin…" Aqualad finally spoke.

"Robin?" Speedy cocked an eyebrow. "Why would they need help with their own leader?"

"Cyborg didn't say much," Aqualad said hurriedly. "Just that Robin was working with some guy that was holding him against his will and making him steal and fight. But the Titans resolved it quickly. Didn't they?"

Speedy and Aqualad looked to Bumblebee. Sighing, she collapsed on the couch.

"While I was flying over the city," she mumbled, her head in her hands, "I saw Robin…with Slade."

"What?!" Aqualad cried. "But what would he be doing with him?"

"He didn't know it was Slade," Bumblebee hissed. "The man had his mask and his suit off!"

"Darn it," Speedy growled, kicking a chair. "The Titans might have been captured by the High Five, but if Slade's really running the show, then we have bigger issues to worry about!"

"What should we do?" Aqualad turned to Bumblebee. He had always admired her for her quick thinking and wise choices, and they definitely needed a solution, fast.

Looking at her two friends, Bumblebee thought for a moment. "Alright," she decided. "Speedy, call Mas y Menos. Tell them to start looking in downtown Jump, that's where I saw Robin with Slade last. Aqualad, Cyborg told me he once installed an emergency tracking device in Beast Boy's uniform to make sure that Beast Boy never got lost and hurt himself, see if you can figure out how to activate that."

Speedy whipped out his communicator and dialed up Mas y Menos. Aqualad headed down to Cyborg's room. Bumblebee, now on full alert, headed away from the main room in the other direction of the tower. Turning a corner, she slipped into a deserted hallway, trying to stay calm so she could figure this whole mess out.

When she reached the door she was looking for, Bumblebee slid it open. The room was a mess, that was for sure. But if she wanted to defeat Slade, she had to learn how to take him down.

"Sorry Robin," she mumbled to herself as her foot kicked a box filled with newspaper articles, all about the same masked villain she was looking for. "Hope you don't mind me going through your room."

(4:45)

Slade watched as Robin eventually stopped shaking, his mind giving into his physical and emotional exhaustion. Sighing, he picked the boy up and began to carry him through the various hallways.

While Slade did enjoy tormenting Robin so, it did him no good to have this sort of relationship with the boy. Mockery and total control would get him none of the boys trust, but whenever he was dealing with Robin, Slade just couldn't help himself. Robin was probably the only person he had ever truly felt threatened by, and Slade always felt that he had to prove he was better than Robin; that he was always one step ahead. Because if he fell back even a little bit, Robin would take advantage of that.

And he couldn't afford to give Robin any advantages at this point in the game they were playing.

Finally, they came down a hallway with residential rooms. Entering through the closet door, Slade was happy to see it was unoccupied. Gently placing Robin on the bed, Slade looked at the boy for a moment. His eyes scanned over Robin's ebony locks, laced with sweat, his arms and legs (more muscular since the last time he had seen him, which was only a few weeks to date), and the tight expression on his weary face.

It wasn't much to start with, but at least he finally had his precious bird. And this time, those annoying Titans wouldn't take Robin away. That, Slade would make sure of.

Glancing at his bird one last time, Slade left the room and locked the door behind him. It was time to pay the Titans a little visit, one that they would never forget. Now that he had his mask back on, he was again their rival, their enemy.

Just the way he liked it.

Starfire lifted her heavy eyes, finally rising from unconsciousness. Blinking a few times rapidly, she quickly sat up. However, her heart fell as she saw she was back in a cage, with her fellow Titans. Only Robin wasn't with them. She had a feeling she knew where Robin was at the moment, but she didn't want to think about where her best friend was in this horrid place…or who he was with.

"Hey guys! Look! Starfire's up!" Beast Boy shouted. The other Titans looked over to the exhausted Tamaranian.

"Well how about that, our home grown hulk is awake," Cyborg allowed a small smile.

"How did you escape your cell?" Raven asked. "We've been trying for the past hour to find some weakness in them, but so far…nothing…"

"I am sorry friends," Starfire mumbled sadly. "I do not know how I escaped. I was just extremely angry, like I am now!"

Without warning, Starfire threw her back against the wall of her cage, making a small but still noticeable dent. Groaning, she slid down to the floor, tears forming in her eyes.

"It is not fair!" Starfire roared. "Robin's body is his own!"

"I have to agree with Star," Cyborg sighed. "Slade's reached a new low if he thinks the only way to get Robin to join him is by controlling the guy's body."

"Have I now?" the Titans' heads whipped around as Slade made his way into the dimly lit room they were situated in. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. If there was to be a next time, I would have made it more exciting for you all." He didn't even bother to hide his sarcasm. Without Robin, Slade realized, these were just four brats, whining and crying like babies.

"You're going to wish you were never born," Raven hissed darkly. "When we get out of these cages-

"Ah, dear Raven, but that's where you're wrong," Slade interrupted, his own voice becoming dark. "You won't get out. Not again," his eye darted to Starfire.

"You can't keep us here forever," Beast Boy growled. Slade looked over to him, his eye narrowing. Beast Boy held his ground, but inside he was shaking in fear.

Abruptly, Slade let out a small chuckle.

"Dear Titans, I don't have to keep you here forever," Slade replied, turning to face away from the four. Suddenly a spotlight hit a huge gleaming control panel that had been in the shadows when the room was barely lit. Then, turning his head ever so slightly, the man continued.

"I just have to keep you here until Robin learns his place," Slade began to walk over to the control panel. With one press of a button, all of Hive Academy was lit up by video camera feed.

"And I don't think it will take that long at all."

"You're wrong," Raven hissed. "Just like you always are when it comes to Robin. You know nothing about him, what he's been through."

This hit a nerve in Slade, and the man whirled on the girl.

"You think you know so much about the boy?" Slade's eye glittered. "You're the ones who know nothing. You're the ones who didn't know it was his birthday today. You're the ones that almost threw him a circus themed birthday party! And you tell me I don't know what he's been through!"

The Titans all sat back in their cages, shocked and afraid of this now angry Slade. It was deathly quiet among the five of them, until Cyborg broke the calm.

"How did you know we were going to throw Robin a circus themed birthday party?" Cyborg said slowly.

Slade's blood froze. He couldn't let the Titans know about his identity, otherwise they might tell Robin somehow.

"You children think I don't watch you," the man lied. "I have this whole city under surveillance. And it just so happened that I came to see you walking around carrying those ungodly circus decorations."

Cyborg said nothing, but narrowed his eye. The other Titans seemed to believe this, for they said nothing in reply.

"Now then," Slade continued. "In order to make sure that we have no more…accidents," Slade paused, eyeing Starfire, "I need to make sure you're not at full strength. We can't have any more cages broken, can we?"

"H-How are you going to know when we aren't at full strength?" Beast Boy quivered. His question was answered by a sound of whirring and hissing as a lab table equipped with bindings slid up from underneath the ground. All of the Titans' eyes widened as they saw various torture instruments rise with the table. When it finally rose and locked into place with a thud, Slade's eye narrowed as it darted from each of the Titans, finally settling on Starfire.

"So, girl, since you seem so eager to get out of your cage…"

(5:00)

"W-where am I?" Robin, finally regaining consciousness, sat up, only to find himself on a bed, alone in a small bedroom. The events of the previous hours came crashing down onto him in waves of shock and despair. Looking at his arms and legs, Robin felt like vomiting as he realized that beneath the metal he was seeing, there were hundreds, maybe thousands of little needles connecting themselves to his nerves.

Grasping the metal, Robin tried his hardest to pry the suit off, but sadly, it didn't budge one bit. Slade truly had thought everything out this time around. How was he supposed to defeat the man when at any given time, Slade could freeze his body like that? It wasn't fair! The man already had so many advantages, and now he had the ultimate one. Control over Robin's body, his every movement.

Slamming his fist against, the wall, Robin screamed into his pillow. What was he supposed to do? He didn't have anywhere to turn. He was out of options.

These thoughts whirled around in Robin's head, making it hard to think. The boy's fear was so great now, it was a small blessing that it hadn't overtaken him yet and left him in a quivering ball on the floor.

*No,* Robin told himself. *Snap out of it. This is what Slade wants. Don't give it to him.* Redirecting his fear into focus, Robin made his way over to the steel door that locked him in his room. Bending down, he rummaged around in the pockets of his suit, hoping to find a weapon of some sort. But of course, Slade had thought of that too, and there was nothing in its pockets. Still, Robin refused to let this get to him. Saying a silent prayer, Robin tried to find a latch of some sort that held the belt in place. Since it was just an accessory and didn't attach to his skin, maybe he could take only his belt off.

Pure joy rushed through Robin as he did find the latch and pressed on it, the belt falling from his waist to the floor with a muffled clang. Grabbing the belt quickly, Robin slid the tiny metal strip through the crack in the door, pleased to see that there was just enough to reach the door's lock before a pocket blocked any more belt from going in. Ever so carefully, he worked the belt inside the lock, his mind racing as he heard several distinct clicks.

Suddenly the belt became stuck in the lock. For a moment, Robin thought he had blew it, but then it was swiftly released, and the blessed sound of the door unhinging touched Robin's ears. In a matter of seconds, the door was wide open, and no one was on the other side. Peering out into the hallway, he looked to his right and his left, before taking a cautious step into the corridor. When nothing happened, Robin sped off right down the hallway without a second thought. He had no idea where he was going, but it felt so good to be free that he didn't care.

*The Titans,* Robin decided. *Find the Titans.* He and his team had defeated Slade before. If he could free his team, then maybe he could.

"What the!" Robin spun around, his eyes wide as he saw Gizmo at the other end of the long hallway. The brat was staring at him dumbfounded, his eyes wide with a mixture of hatred and shock. Not wanting to stick around and waste time fighting the brat, Robin turned and started to run again, pushing faster this time. He heard screams coming from behind him, but he pushed that out of his mind and made his way through several more corridors.

The screams had died out completely, when Robin turned a corner and found himself back in the huge room that he had fallen unconscious in. Suddenly, a steel door slammed behind him, and he found that he was trapped in the room. Jinx and Mammoth came out of the shadows, followed by a smirking Gizmo.

"Well, if it isn't barf-brain," Gizmo hissed, grinning evilly at Robin. "Don't you know how to follow orders?"

"Don't you know how to shut your mouth," Robin snapped back, and before any of the High Five could reply, he was already flying through the air, foot planted in Gizmo's jaw.

Springing off the baby's mouth, Robin flipped back onto the floor. In an instant, Mammoth was right next to him, swinging his huge fists violently. Dodging each punch, Robin slid beneath Mammoth's legs and kicked the brute right in the back before grabbing him by the arm and throwing him across the room.

"Hiya!" Not a moment after Robin took a breath did Jinx tackle him, trying to restrain him to the ground. But Robin was already thinking ahead, and spit in her eye.

"Ew gross!" she spat. While the girl was distracted, Robin quickly heaved himself off the ground and used his momentum to push Jinx off of him.

"Why you little!" Jinx roared and sent pink rays flying. It was all Robin could do to dodge these rays and the destruction they caused when they hit the floor. Soon debris was flying everywhere, and smoke was rising as the chunks of wall and floor hit each other and exploded. Covering his eyes and mouth, Robin stood still and waited.

Once there wasn't the roar of concrete smashing in his ear, Robin opened his eyes, stunned to see that he was surrounded by a thick blanket of smoke. He could barely see his feet, much less the High Five. Still, he had found them before when they were hidden by smoke, and he could certainly do it again.

Straining his ears, Robin focused and listened for any detection of sound that could give the location of the High Five away. Silence filled the air around him, setting the boy on edge. Trying not to let this get to him, Robin slowly walked through the smoke, going on the offensive. If he could find the High Five first, then it would give him the element of surprise if he were to attack.

Suddenly a loud scream came from his right, just as Jinx shot her pink rays right at Robin. Flipping out of the way at the last minute, Robin landed right behind the girl.

"Robin, you don't know what you're-

Robin didn't let her finish, grabbing Jinx by the hair and throwing her back a ways. All of a sudden, a huge mass was on top of him.

"Stop Robin!" Mammoth screamed. "You're out of control!"

"Get off of me!" Robin grabbed Mammoth and flipped the brute over his shoulders. He went to punch Mammoth in the face but somehow the oaf managed to block it, and lunged. But Robin was quicker, and he sidestepped just as Mammoth reached his arms out to catch him. Before Mammoth could turn, Robin kicked him right in the face. For a moment, Mammoth just stood there looking as though the hit hadn't fazed him. Robin raised his eyebrows.

"Ow," Mammoth fell to the ground with a thud.

Slade watched from the shadows as Robin took down Mammoth easily. How intriguing it was, the limits Robin threw out the window when he was truly angry.

*Appears the boy hasn't mastered his emotions yet,* Slade thought.

Yet this was more then he could have hoped for. Robin was blindly doing exactly what Slade wanted him to do; fight. Fight to win.

Was it only a few weeks ago that Robin fought his precious team? He hadn't fought anything like that, that was for sure. Did the boy truly beat the difference between heroes and villains into his mind that he would barely scratch one group but brutally destroy the other? Watching Robin fight made Slade just that more thrilled. While Robin got the thrill from evil, Slade got the thrill from watching him perform. When Robin showed his true colors, it was truly something to behold. Although it would appear that Robin was furious with the High Five, Slade really knew what the boy was feeling.

Robin was afraid. Very, afraid. He was terrified of the thought of fighting the High Five. Because if they were here, then that would mean there would be no one guarding his friends. Except for Slade.

What Robin didn't know was that Slade still had one more trick up his sleeve.

Looking around, Robin searched for the last one. He grinned wickedly when he saw Gizmo running away like a baby.

"You're mine!" Robin screamed, his anger getting the best of him. He ran toward Gizmo, his lips pulled back in a snarl. It was only seconds before he was right behind the brat. Gizmo whirled around, his eyes wide with fear. Dodging Robin's first punch, he went in to kick, but Robin quickly grabbed his foot and swung him into the ground.

"Where are the Titans?!" Robin screamed, now on top of Gizmo. The brat just stared at him stupidly, tears forming in his eyes. Losing his patience, Robin slammed Gizmo into the ground again and again.

"WHERE IS SLADE?! WHAT IS HE DOING THEM?!" the words exploded from Robin's mouth. Suddenly he was thrown back off of the kid and into the ground. When he looked up, he saw Jinx, her hands outstretched. Growling, Robin stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth from biting his lip.

"You, are all, going to PAY!" Robin threw himself at Jinx, overwhelming her in a flurry of punches and kicks. When she was distracted, Robin grabbed her and swung her into Gizmo, sending the two of them flying into the ceiling.

Robin's brain was going a mile a minute. He was so angry he couldn't think straight. It enraged him that these idiots were the reason that he was here. It was because of them that the Titans were being tortured. And now they had the guts to stand here and act like nothing was happening.

"Robin!" Robin whirled around to see Mammoth standing about twenty feet away.

"Where. Are. My. Friends," he hissed.

"Dude, what are you talking about, we're right here!" Mammoth screamed. These words hit Robin like bullets.

"You're…you're NOT MY FRIENDS!" How dare this oaf stand there and mock him?! If Mammoth didn't want to willingly tell, then Robin would beat it out of him. Before he knew what he was doing, Robin had lunged and tackled Mammoth to the ground. The two rolled around on the floor, but almost instantly Robin got on top and stayed there, locking his hands around Mammoth's wrists.

"You will tell me where they are," Robin's voice was barely recognizable, even to himself. "Or I will fill your last moments with nothing but pain and misery." Dead silence followed his threatening words, until a slow clap broke the silence.

Flailing around on top of Mammoth, Robin twisted his head to see where the clap was coming from.

"Well done Robin," the clap stopped just as Slade stepped out from the shadows. "I didn't think you could take down your team that easily. You were holding back the last time."

"W-what?" Robin looked from Slade to Mammoth. At first everything was the same, but when Robin blinked for a moment, he wasn't on top of Mammoth.

He was on top of Cyborg.

"It's truly amazing, science these days," Slade continued sadistically. "Advanced enough to let one control another. To let one control another's body. Another's movements. Another's vision."

Blinking again and again, Robin watched in horror as the battered body beneath him turned from Mammoth to Cyborg. When he heard groans to his side, he shook as he saw Raven and Beast Boy getting up.

"R-raven," he sputtered. His waves of anger turned into a mountain of fear. If Slade could control what he saw, then what was real? What wasn't? It made Robin so scared and confused. He dealt in facts, and if his own eyes betrayed him to Slade, nothing that happened could really be what was actually happening. Who was to say that if he found the Titans, he wouldn't actually just be walking around this place in circles? What if he thought he was fighting Slade, but was actually giving a brutal beating to one of his teammates again?!

"C-Cyborg," Robin tried to get off his friend, but to his sheer terror, his muscles wouldn't move. Looking back at Slade, he didn't even try to hide his fear this time.

"Slade, let me go!" he screamed, his voice breaking.

"But Robin," Slade chuckled. "You still have to deliver the final blow."

"No!" Robin snapped. "You don't have that much control over me. I'll fight it! I'll fight it with everything I have!"

"I'm sure you will," Slade's eye narrowed. "So I'll give you a choice. You can either spare Cyborg-

Robin looked down at Cyborg, who was barely holding on.

"Or," Robin's heart stopped as he reached behind him and grabbed someone's arm. A moment later, the dim light was shining on bright red hair and orange skin.

"You can save Starfire."

Alrighty, so first of all I am very sorry for the long update! I had a little writer's block and there were other outside occurrences! But I'm glad I finally got this up! I hope you guys like it, please read and review! Thank you so much for all of the reviews and support, it's great to hear from you guys!