Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. I only own the naughty thoughts of Slade and Red X ganging up on Robin for the sole purpose of torturing him -grins-.

Pairing: Sladin X

Warning: Rated M!

A/N: We're finally getting somewhere with the plot. I enjoyed writing this chapter, and hopefully it won't be long before the next one is out as well. -grin- Hope that you enjoy this next instalment. Only a few more chapters to go :D

Robin didn't know whether to be pissed or relieved at the situation that the town was currently in. Jump City was completely desolate. There were only a few stray people hurrying towards their homes, a handful of cars rushing through streets, and shop owners had closed up for the day.

The Titan frowned in agitation at the city he'd protected for years. It irked him for some reason that Jump hadn't trusted the words of his team and had vacated. All that hard work over the years and they couldn't even trust the words of the people who had been saving them?

"Don't look so annoyed." Slade commented, after figuring out why Robin had such a sour face.

"I'm not…" but he stopped himself, realizing that he was, indeed, extremely annoyed.

"You've been incognito for two days. The city has reason to feel scarce. Especially since it was always you who had been informing the media of what action would be taken. Ninety-nine percent of what you've said has always come true." Slade explained, wondering, even to himself, why he was defending the town.

"I disappear for two days and they feel the need to panic?" Robin glared, arms crossed. All three of them were currently standing on top of Jump City bank in one of the busiest sections of town. Well, usually…

"Think if Superman disappeared?"

"I suppose, it still-"

"Uh, guys?" Red tried to butt in.

"Vince has been terrorizing the town for a month, it stands to reason…" Slade continued, both villain and Titan arguing back-and-forth.

"Guys?" Red tried again, his eyes wide behind the mask.

"Why are you ever defending them?" Robin screeched, miffed.

"I am not-"

"GUYS?"

"What Red!" the hero glared with a snarl.

The klepto pointed to above them, where Vince was amusedly floating above them, seemingly enjoying the show as if it were his favourite cartoon. Robin hissed in anger. Slade narrowed his steel-grey eye, defensive position already taken. The thief glared, ready to defend his Boy Wonder at all costs. It was completely strange how only a year ago, neither villain had any interest in the Titan whatsoever, other than to tease, steal, and on a much lesser degree take over Jump. Amazing what a year can change, considering now all three of them were fighting on the same side for once.

"Amusing, but bothersome." Vince said, frowning. "I see you took my threat literally, my lovely little Robin. Smart."

The hero quickly pressed the invisible alarm on his belt, letting his friends know he was in trouble, and his exact location.

"We fight now." Robin glared, pulling out his bo-staff.

"Yes." Vince smirked, his hands already glowing a harsh red, indicating he was about to fire a nasty ball of fire. The hero glanced at the man's face, noticing the evil glare that was directed at Red, who was the closest to Robin at the moment. It only took seconds for the teen to figure out what was about to happen. But, it was too late. Vince took action, the blast causing momentary blindness, the screech of pain from the klepto as he was shot from the building, three buildings over, hitting the glass painfully.

"RED!" Robin shouted in panic. He couldn't even see the thief anymore. What if he had…?

"I will have you." Vince snarled, eyes blazing in hatred at the other man who had taken his toy away from him. "Nothing and no one will stand in my way."

It was then that Vince soared through the air toward them.

There were few and far in-between instances that Robin felt true fear. He'd felt it when his parents had died, right in front of his eyes. He'd felt it when he'd left Batman and began working on his own. He'd felt it when he finally told his team that he was gay…

…and he felt it now, while watching as Vince managed to punch a fist-sized hole in Slade's stomach. Robin almost felt like vomiting at the sight. Slade staggered back, and Vince gripped the man's mask, before hurling his arm back and punching the mercenary in the steel surface, cracking the metal and sending the one-eyed assassin backwards and off a building.

It was then that Robin felt his body turn completely cold.

Vince turned to him, an evil smirk plastered across his beautiful face. It was then that the teen hero felt his instincts kick in and scream at him to run, and run his fucking ass off.

He didn't have time to think up a strategy. All thoughts left his mind. Thoughts of Slade and Red X, and how his stomach had dropped in dread when they'd gotten hurt. Thoughts of why his team hadn't shown up faster. Thoughts of the last few days…

The teen hero breathed heavily as he rounded another corner, skidding to a halt when he saw that Vince was there as well, a small smile on his face, just floating a few feet off the ground casually. As if such a chase had been nothing but mere child play.

Robin turned the other way, willing his feet to move him faster, but it didn't take long for Vince to catch him once again. The Titan fought with everything he had. The feistiness only making the villain want the hero even more, knowing that it would be such a treat to beat the child into submission at his feet.

Robin flew across rooftops, ducking out of the way of the numerous fire that never seemed to stop. He didn't know where in town he was, or if he was still in Jump City, having ran blindly for over an hour, trying desperately to get away. He'd just shot his jump cord, swinging towards another building, when a punch, out of nowhere, hit him in the side, sending him crashing to the ground, the wind knocked out of him.

"I enjoy a good chase, but I want to enjoy something else." Vince sneered, landing in front of the wheezing teen, both noticing that they'd made it towards a forest just on the outskirts of Jump City.

Robin felt panic rise in his stomach, which caused him to lash out with his bo-staff, almost staring in shock when he'd hit the unsuspecting man in the gut. The hero tried to make a break for it, but Vince caught him before he could escape. Holding the battered and beaten hero by the nape of his neck, squeezing so he could barely breath, taking in the sight of the beautiful boy, did the villain knock the teen out.

"Your mine now, I'll take good care of you pet, don't you worry."

The town was in a state of panic.

Fires raged buildings, people were fleeing their homes, firemen and police trying everything they could to keep citizens calm.

"Robin? Robin!" Starfire cried as she flew around town for the third time, desperately trying to locate their leader. But, it was hard to see anything with all the destroyed homes, crushed office buildings, and small fires that spread across Jump City. The alien felt tears flood her eyes as she called out relentlessly for Robin

"I found one, he's in pretty bad shape, but he'll live." Cyborg said calmly to a group of medical assistants, hoisting a broken metal beam off the small lithe figure of Red X, who's mask had been torn off, blood soaking the black material of his costume. "Jesus…" the half-man muttered, picking the man up and bringing him to a stretcher that was waiting a few feet away. The paramedics taking the villain in their ambulance without a word of protest.

Another small building broke under the pressure and crumbled to the ground, causing a sickening crunch noise. Raven continued to use her powers to lift debris off citizens so that rescue patrollers could begin helping those less fortunate. The Empath shut her eyes for a moment, just knowing that if the town looked like it was in ruins, from the battle between Vine and Robin, she didn't want to know what the evil man was doing to him at the moment.

"Robin…" she breathed, her voice filled with a soft sadness so unlike her.

"Guys, I can't get a single trace on Robin, its like he's vanished!" Beast Boy exclaimed into the communicator. He'd just landed on one of the buildings that hadn't been destroyed, transforming out of his bird shape.

"We must continue to search, he is out there somewhere!" Starfire screeched, her anger weighing heavily on her emotions at the moment.

"Cy, can you get a read on him anywhere?" the changeling wanted to know, glancing around the town, noticing that most of the fires had finally been put out.

"No man, can't find a thing." the metal-man reported. "I did find Red X though, should have seen him, he's in pretty bad shape. I've never seen anything like it."

"We must find this bad man at once! I fear the terrible things he may do to our friend!" Starfire practically sobbed.

"We'll find him Star. We'll find him." Cyborg tried to comfort, before growing angry. "If we'd only known! Its all my fault! The damn door…!"

"Vince hacked the security systems at the Tower, you couldn't have known." Raven's monotone voice stated over the speakers.

Cyborg glared at his surroundings. "We should have been here! We should have helped!"

"Our friend is gone!" Starfire continued, beginning to sob uncontrollable while Cyborg continued to grow even angrier.

"We could have done something! If only that damn criminal hadn't messed with my system!"

"We'll never be able to enjoy the sheets of cotton or partake in the many corns of the pop, while watching movies with funny creatures!"

"If only I'd known!"

"QUIET!" Raven shouted, immediate silence over the communicator. "Everyone is to meet at the downtown Clock Tower, NOW!"

As the remaining Titans met at the Clock Tower, people were still being rescued from broken homes and destroyed venues.

"We need to come up with a plan. Fast." Raven said in a clipped tone, almost as scary as Robin's when he was in a bad mood.

"I don't even know where to start. " Beast Boy complained.

"Surely there is a way for us to locate our friend? All hope is not lost, yes?" the alien girl asked hopefully, floating a few inches off the ground, her hands clasped together.

"My scanners aren't picking up any of his trackers, they've been deactivated." Cyborg growled.

"My nose isn't picking up anything either." the changeling sighed.

"I have an idea." Raven stated. "But, it will take a while."

"What ya got?" Cy questioned.

"Remember when Robin got hit with that gas from Slade's mask?" the Empath questioned, seeing the nods, she continued. "I forced my way into Robin's subconscious to see what we, otherwise, could not. I believe that the same can be used in this situation as well."

"I do not understand. Robin was merely under some type of spell, was he not?"

Raven turned to Starfire and shook her head.

"It is possible for me to get a read on his life energy. Through that means, I might be able to infiltrate his mind and see where he is."

"Couldn't you just pick up his energy and find his location? Why are we wasting time then?" Cyborg frowned, ready for some action.

"Its not that simple. I am not that advanced when it comes to that type of magic. However, I am almost certain I can enter his mind and find out his location." Raven said calmly, knowing that, had it been a stranger, she wouldn't have been able to enter their mind. But, luckily, her and Robin had a bond.

"Then what's the problem?" Beast Boy blinked, wondering why the woman hadn't already done such a thing.

"He needs to be awake." the Empath said simply. "Any time I try to reach out for his energy I am blocked, leading me to believe that he is unconscious."

The Titan's were quiet for a moment.

There was a sudden crash of debris, the crazy sound of concrete being crushed, and a grunt of anger. Slade burst out from under a pile of concrete, wood, and miscellaneous things, looking battered, his uniform torn in different places, still hanging from his body, mask crumbled somewhere in the rubble.

"ZOMBIE!" Beast Boy screeched and jumped into Starfire's arms. Slade looked very true to that statement at the moment, gashes and blood covering various parts of his body, but the hole in his chest, however, was not there anymore.

"Slade?" Cyborg blinked, all eyes on the villain. The man was looking around wildly, almost as if he was crazed.

"Where is he?" Slade sneered, causing most of the Titan's to jump at the intensity of the glare they received.

"Gone." Raven replied.

"Where?"

"The bad man took him." Starfire said miserably, BB now standing at her side.

"Where?" the villain repeated in his deadliest voice to date.

"We don't know man, we're trying to figure that out. But Raven here-"

"Useless! Why must Robin command such simple beings!" Slade snorted in anger, pushing away from the debris and onto the concrete ground, rising to his full height.

"Hey! We're not-" but Beast Boy was silenced with such an intense glare that he 'eep'ed' in fright and hid being Starfire.

"Calm down, we have a plan." Raven said dryly, and although a little afraid, she could read the amount of worry that was flowing off of Slade's energy at the moment. It would have surprised her under normal circumstances, had this not been an emergency. Besides, having a crazed, psycho, angry super villain on the loose now, would not be beneficial.

As they moved to another location inside an abandoned building, so as to not been seen or heard, just in the case that Vince was listening in on them, they finally explained their plan to Slade. The man still glared a lot, which was even nastier, considering he didn't have any mask to speak of. No one commented on that fact, however, they all liked their heads where they were.

Then they came up with a plan of rescue, who would be doing what parts, and who would take over in an instance that someone was knocked out, captured, or failed. Slade seemed pleased with the results.

"I just got a report of Red X's condition. He's stable, lost a lot of blood, a broken leg and arm, but other than that, he is gonna be fine." Cyborg stated, after having received the report via his arm-computer.

"I kinda wish he was here to help, ya know? Just to have a little more backup. Never thought I would say that, yuck!" Beast Boy said distressed.

"The Red X is not such a bad man, yes?" Starfire asked quietly. "Not like Vince, correct?"

Slade snorted.

"Vince is scum!" Beast Boy agreed. "Red X is just annoying!"

Raven glanced at Slade and, although she never said it, she didn't think Slade was like that either. He might be a little stalker-ish, apprentice-crazed, and confusing. But, she knew that deep down, he cared about Robin. Maybe not in the traditional sense of the word, of course, but…

"He's awoken!" the Empath suddenly announced, interrupting her own thoughts and the voices going on around her.

Slade smirked evilly, already looking forward to the amount of pain that he planned to inflict on Vince once he caught him, and then, it would be a long, slow, painful death.

"Begin." Slade commanded.

Raven took her meditation pose, and began her work.

The room, or cage, that Robin woke up in was small. The teen felt groggy and light-headed as he tried to search his surroundings. Finally, after much inner battling, he finally stood up, at last able to make out where he was.

I'm at the old Electricity Building that was abandoned. Robin realized to himself, glancing at the worn-out Pier 5 sign that indicated his location.

There was a spike in pain around the front of his head, almost as if someone was trying to burrow a hole in his brain. It didn't last long, but it pushed Robin to his knees and he could barely open his eyes, covering his head with his hands.

"What the…?"

Before long it was gone, and the hero only felt the groggy feeling again. He couldn't put his finger on the sudden pain, but he had a feeling that he should remember it. Almost as if he'd experienced it before.

There was a small chuckle, ricocheting off the walls in the small room. Robin tensed slightly and proceeded to his feet, even though they felt like jelly.

"Whose there?" the Titan snarled.

"My my, so quick to forget." Vince laughed, still not revealing his location.

"Vince." Robin snarled, just like he used to snarl Slade's name back-in-the-day. But, this wasn't Slade, no, this was something much worse: a disgusting monster.

"Let me go, you bastard!" Robin shouted, from inside his metal cell. His uniform was ripped to shreds, mask long since taken off, belt retrieved and placed on a table that was just a few feet away from the cell, as if taunting him of it's presence.

"You are mine. I don't plan to let you go, as I have just captured you. That would be stupid." A voice said from the shadows. Robin snarled in displeasure.

This is all looking too familiar…The hero growled. This isn't Slade though. God, I wish it was Slade…never thought I would ever breath those words…but its true.

"Now, my beautiful little Robin…" the voice purred, stepping from the shadows. The man, or rather, young man as he only looked about twenty-five, did nothing to hide his appearance. There was no full-head mask, half-mask, or eye covering…The man wasn't even wearing a uniform, looking rather comfortable in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt.

But, Robin knew not to be fooled. This man was not to be misjudged.

"I hope you realize that once I get out of here, you're going to be in a world of hurt!" The hero sneered, gripping the cell bars, his knuckles turning white, as his gloves had been taken off as well.

"Don't be so unpleasant. Who knows, perhaps if your good, I might even make it pleasurable for you as well." His captor spoke, moving closer to the bars, his blue eyes sparkling brightly, blond hair glittering from the small light from the window next to them.

"…what?" The teen glared. "Pleasurable for me too? Wh…what are you planning to do, you scum?" he stuttered, hating himself. His friends had better find him soon, things weren't looking that great. He wasn't as naïve as everything thought. He knew where this was going…Didn't mean he wasn't any less scared, however. But, he couldn't show that. He had to play his face.

"I plan on doing everything I want…and then some." The blond leered at his captor's visible skin through his torn uniform. He proceeded towards the cell and ran a hand along one of the bars, before moving his hand inside and stroking Robin's black hair.

"Do you know how utterly gorgeous you are?"

Robin grabbed the hand and tried to break it, but the man was too quick.

"I'm going to enjoy breaking your spirit. I like them a bit feisty, but I must say I have never fucked someone as stubborn as you. I can only assume you are going to be rather tight, especially since you are a virgin. Such a treat." Blondie grinned evilly. "I'll make sure you forget all about that annoying klepto and one-eyed cretin."

"Don't think for one second that I would allow that!" Robin growled low in his throat. In reality, he was rather scared at the notion, but he had to be strong. His friends would rescue him, hopefully soon, and they would do away with this bastard once and for all.

"You've completely lost your mind! You sick, sadistic, fuck!"

"I did count on the fact that you would be completely adverse to the idea, so that is why I shot a nano-drug into your system when you were unconscious. It will allow me to do whatever I want to you and, unfortunately for you, this drug affects your hormones…You'll have no choice but to enjoy it."

Robin gasped at the notion, and began screaming, shouting, crying for help, anything so that someone would hear him. He even tried to kick at the cell bars, but it ended up doing nothing. He had to get out of here. He didn't even have his communicator…his friends wouldn't be able to track him anyways…he was caught and now…

"Now…hold still while I active my little drug."

"NO!"

Please, someone has to help me!

"I'm going to love the sound of your separated head hitting the floor." came the menacing snarl.

Robin almost sobbed with relief.

Well, that was until the probes began working.

A/N: Only three more chapters to go. Don't worry, I won't spoil it for you and tell you that this is gonna have a happy ending….oh, opps? -grin-

/Jayto