Chapter 9-
The Titans were horrified. As soon as they walked through the wall, Cyborg fought the urge to throw up and Starfire let out a strained cry.
"No…" Beast Boy gasped. Raven stood there.
"Cyborg." She said without moving. "Start tracking this location."
Robin was lying in a pool of blood. The man from the tower, Number One, was standing over Robin's limp body with his arm raised. He was holding a crow bar. Then he brought it down. Over and over, Number One brought the bar down onto Robin's back, sides, arms and legs. Robin, who grunted and yelped every time, did his best to remain stone faced. But the beating was taking its toll.
"We must do something!" Starfire screamed.
"We can't help him. Cyborg, can't you get a lock?" Raven spoke in a hoarse voice.
Cyborg looked up from the computer built into his arm. "Not yet." He said grimly. It was killing to watch his friend suffer when he couldn't do anything but watch.
Come on you stupid locator! Work! He thought desperately.
He didn't know how Robin could put up with this for so long. He was only human.
Robin choked back the tears threatening to pour out of his eyes. He wanted to tell Number One where the formula was, he wanted to make the pain stop. But he couldn't. He wouldn't.
As Robin endured the beating, he shivered as a familiar feeling surrounded him. Almost like someone was watching him. It couldn't be…
Raven?
The Titans watched as minutes ticked by. "Cyborg, why can you not find this place on your locator?" Star whimpered to him, tears streaming down her face. Cyborg mentally shot himself.
"They have some kind of metal covering this place. It's messin' with my systems!"
Number One stopped the beating and bent down next to Robin's ear.
"Where is it?" He asked as if nothing had happened. Through ragged breaths and shudders, Robin answered.
"Like I'd tell you."
"You can't survive much longer."
"Go to hell."
"That wasn't very nice."
"Screw you." Robin spit in the mans face. The Titans were awe stuck by their friend's courage in the face of so much danger. The man stood up. "Suit yourself." He brought back the crow bar and Robin shut his eye tightly and prepared for the hit.
"I got it!" Cyborg yelled. Then Starfire flew at the man, her eyes glowing brighter than they ever had before.
"Starfire, no!" Raven yelled. But it was too late.
