A/N: Okay, the OC/Slade isn't going to kick in until probably a few chapters later on. I really wanted to put it in quicker but it hasn't fit its self in anywhere yet. Also, is it unoriginal to name a character after myself? xD I just like to sort of, take hold of characters I create and when it gets that important, I'll adapt them after myself. I'm probably going to do that in other fictions as well. :P Enjoy.

Hidden Hospitality

Written by Lex

Chapter Six: Bitch, Please

"D-daughter?" Lexi spat out in shock. She was completely baffled at the idea. Rose smirked and walked up to her. "Don't act too surprised kid, it might be taken as something you don't mean..." She circled her, examining the new girl carefully. "You look weak." Lexi made a face in disapprovel with the smartalic girl that was, eligably, her master's daughter.

Lexi eyes scrolled over her. She was like, an exact replica of Slade, just thirty years younger and thrown into a gender bender. It almost scared her how much they resembled each other.

Slade motioned the two girls to follow him and, catching Lexi off guard, Rose sped off, (Weirdly, walking,) over to where he was. Lexi squinted her eyes in irritation and soon followed. She stood, preferabley, behind the two of him. Before them, stood the same screen with the same information on Robin as it had presented moments ago.

Lexi wasn't quite sure what to say anymore. She grew... uncomfortable, around the two. Obviously, she would be excluded in the "greatly talented" section of apprentices. Slade would definately be the type to play favorites, it was only typical. Lexi's face slowly grew dull and pale as Slade pressed a button.

On the screen, there now appeared to be a grid with something in the shape of a 'T' on it. She was pretty sure it was a map of Titans Tower, but she wouldn't dare risk revealing stupidity by asking. Since no one bothered to say differently, she would just have to assume.

On it the map, there was a miniscule red dot moving upward. "That," Slade pointed out. "Is what we're after." It was a highly vague statement. The quiet girl in the back felt excluded from whatever the other two knew about. "Is that uh... supposed to be Ro-"

"Robin? No shit, Sherlock." Rose insulted her, not even turning her head to face her. "So when are we going after him?" She asked in an almost innocent sounding tone, to her father.

"Now." He answered flatly.

"What!" The two adolecent females interjected at the same time. Running through Lexi's mind, were complaints on how she has had ZERO training, and is expected now to capture the LEADER of a group of heroes? Through Rose, complaints on how this would be her first run in with the Titans. She, like her father, prefered to toy with her prey before slipping in for the kill...

"Is there a problem with that?"

Silence...

"Didn't think so." He added. slipping on his mask that way lying nonchalantly on a counter under the screen. "Shall we?"

Robin paced himself back and forth in his bedroom. The disrespect from Raven was the least of his problems. He hated dealing with Slade, more than he had dealing with the Joker back in Gotham. Atleast the Joker didn't sneak around doing criminal shit, he flat out DID it. Slade wasn't that easy. He was extremely predictable in general, but not in specifics.

He sighed and plopped down onto his bed and threw his back against the sheets violantly. He grunted and groaned in annoyment with the entire stituation. Looking up at the ceiling, it almost felt as if it were glaring back at him, taunting him. Oh well, for now, he could just relax.

EHHHHH!

Or not.

He shot up off the bed at the sound of the alarm and jogged down to the living room where the others were gathered round. There was no call on the head communicator, but a big blinking text that read, "SECURITY BREACH," in big, bold letters.

"Great..." Robin described it.

"GREAT!" Rose screamed over to Lexi, who had just attempted to burn the door open that lead into the tower from the roof. "That was smooth, Criminal. Very secretive."

"I didn't think it would set off an alarm!" Lexi argued defensively.

"Oh, no. A headquarters for superheroes, how COULD they have a security system?"

"Fuck off!"

"Would you two just get in!" Yelled Slade, already half-way into the place.

"Cyborg, where is it coming from?" Demanded Robin, beginning to shut down power at different sections of the tower. Cyborg streamed around on the mega-computer until her found a coordinents. "It says it set off on the roof." He replied quickly.

"Beastboy, you go try and trace any familiar scent up there. You can see in the dark can't you?" Robin asked the green changeling.

"Yes, sir! Captain Kirk, sir!" Beastboy replied with a military salute as he morphed into a bat and flew up to where he was ordered.

Robin rolled his eyes at the sarcasm and looked towards the others. "The rest of you, split up. I think I have an idea of who this is..." He demanded, as he sprinted out the door, quickly followed by the others.

Cyborg ran off to the gym and sat around in the dark lazily. He hated how out of key Robin was about this. For all they know, someone could have just not shut the door completely, or maybe even a huge gust of wind blew it open. Who knows? It wasn't necessarily a break in, but he supposed it was for the best in the matter of safety.

Cy soon became extremely bored, sitting around for seven minutes with nothing happening. So, he decided to flip on a screen on his wrist, and play a little game he had installed into it the previous day. Once he turned on his system, all the mechanical parts on his body lit up, acting as a bright blue lamp, it created a dim yet visible light through out the entire gym.

He looked up for a split second to meet, face to face, a white haired, teenage girl dressed in black and orange. She also had a-... an eyepatch!

He couldn't have time to think about it. "Lights out." She cut him off with a quick, and hard, punch to the face. He fell to the ground in an unconcious state. Rose smirked to herself in a job well done.

In the dark, the quiet pitter-patter of Raven's light feet fled the halls of the thirteenth floor of the tower. She teleported herself into her room, the most foolish, yet instinctive place to duck for cover in. The whole thing made her feel ridiculous, due to it's unexplainabley wonderful timing.

'I mean, really?' she thought to herself bitterly. 'We just find out Slade has some possible sidekick now, and it leads to the extreme probability that it's THEM breaking in? Lovely.' Life was fun. Sarcasm was better.

Raven sat back and just leaned against her bed. No one would dare come in here anyway, not even Slade. Her bedroom was probably, now that she thought about it, one of the best places to hide. Slade hadn't been in here once, infact, no one except her had. (With the acception of Beastboy and Cyborg breaking in and transporting themselve's into Nevermore to eligably destroy the very fabric of her emotions forever.)

The dark girl ran her frail fingers through her thick, violet hair uneasily. She felt an unfamiliar sense amongst her and she couldn't quite tell who or what it even was. Things like this urked her, but they were usually just her mind playing tricks on her. 'Damn Paranoia, I'll deal with you later...' she said to herself deviously.

Lexi hid behind the shadows indefinately. She watched the young superhero and began to sweat like a waterfall. The nervewrecking fear of being defeated did frighten her, but not as much as the setback Slade would have to endure. Which, knowing as much about him as she did (or, as little,) would bring an unpleasent feel to Lexi later on...

She took in a deep, silent breath. If there was anything she knew, it was how to be quiet when she needed to be. She didn't plan on making any snappy remarks to the girl, she was to nervous. She wasn't even sure if she could fight back! She almost groaned from the pain rising up in her chest, but sucked it up, and turned once more to Raven.

She closed her eyes momentarily, to concentrate a bit, and opened them once more to have them appear a glowing, fiery red. Raven's head flicked toward Lexi's direction as she let out a powerful yell, and bursts of fire came shooring out towards the demoness.

Raven used her clever powers to block the attack, but the flames bounced off to the floor and curtain and walls. "Oh shit..." Lexi interjected blankly. Raven jumped up and pinned her by her wrists to the door of her room.

"Who are you!"

"Unless you want us both to die, let-me-GO!"

Raven squinted her eyes in suspicion and hate. She reluctantly let the girl, who was about three inches or so shorter than her. Lexi turned her wrists a bit from the effect of Raven's surprisingly tight grip.

"Transport us to the main floor!" She demanded sternly.

"What?"

"Just do it!"

-and within a flash, they were gone from the burning room.