Suddenly, alarms went off. The tower began closing off every exit and entrance point as Robin looked around in confusion, wondering what had set the alarms off. Was someone inside the tower? Who had broken in?

"Hello, Robin."

Robin turned, hatred seething in his veins as he saw Slade standing in the room, arms behind his back.

"I see you've been busy redecorating," Slade mused, motioning to the glass on the floor and the hole in the sofa.

"Shut up, Slade," Robin snarled. "Why are you here . . ." Robin suddenly blinked. "Wait, if you're here, what about the Titans? How can you be here and fighting them — "

"My robots will keep them occupied long enough," Slade interrupted. "For now, let's talk about you."

"Yeah, let's talk about me," Robin said. "Let's talk about me taking you down!" With a warrior cry, Robin attacked Slade with everything he had. However, Slade seemed content to simply dodge all of Robin's attacks. "I'm going to stop you, Slade," Robin growled as the two stared each other down. "I'm going to put an end to your plan!"

Slade laughed. "Dear boy, how can you stop me when you don't even know what I'm planning? You never have."

Robin screamed out in frustration, feeling anger blind him as he attacked again, still unable to hit Slade. "What are you going to do to them?!" Robin yelled.

"Do?" Slade asked, his voice still calm despite the fact that he and Robin had been battling and Robin was already winded. "I've already done it, Robin."

Robin froze, and Slade took this opportunity to give him a kick to the side which brought him to the floor.

"Fear not, Robin," Slade said from above him as Robin tried to regain his breath, "you will know soon enough. In fact, it's already happening."

Robin looked up in a panic, throwing several more punches that Slade dodged. "You'll never win!" Robin yelled, finally landing a punch to Slade's shoulder which threw Slade off balance.

"Just keep telling yourself that," Slade said, glancing up at the ceiling as though he were hearing a noise from far-off. "And don't worry. We'll see each other again very soon." Then, Robin saw something in Slade's hand. The villain opened his hand, and Robin could've sworn that he saw a small, seemingly robotic bug flying out of Slade's hand. Robin was so focused on figuring out what this small insect was for that too late did Robin see that Slade held a smoke bomb in his other hand. Slade threw the bomb down and it detonated. Robin could only cough and close his eyes as the smoke filled the room. Somewhere nearby, Robin heard glass breaking, and when the smoke cleared, Robin saw that Slade was gone, and their Tower window, broken. Robin was just about to follow the man out the window when the Tower doors opened and in walked the rest of the team.