The Next Generation

Chapter 9: The Horrid Truth

Blaze sat on his bed with a confused expression on his face. He ran his hand through his hair, which was standing up in all different directions and was quite funny to look at. It's normally gelled strands were fluff, and cow-licks.

Tyger would love to get a load of me now, 'specially with his camera.

Blaze managed a small grin before he stood up and opened the door to his room and stumbled out into the hallway.

"Huh, nuh." Blaze muttered as he walked down the silent halls. Blaze stretched as he entered the living room. A dark shape sat at one of the stools near the bar/table area where the kitchen connected with the living room.

"Hey." Blaze replied, figuring it was a Titan.

"Normally up at this time?" Came a cold, monotone voice.

"No, just tonight." Blaze grinned as he turned on the light. Violet peered back at him, a small smile crossing her face when she saw his hair.

"Nice hair, Blaze."

"Yup. It's a beauty, isn't it?" Blaze grinned again, but his grins were shallow.

"What's bothering you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Blaze, it wouldn't take a physic to tell something's wrong." Violet shook her head. "You're just like your mother."

"I had…a…dream. A really freaky one." Blaze closed his eyes and shook slightly, remembering it.

"Nightmare, Blaze?" Violet asked, eyebrows raised.

"Kinda, it was worse. I guess you could call it a vision. Or prophecy."

"Explain."

"I dreamt of when Dad finished off Slade. I was Dad. And, well, Slade threatened Dad. He said: "I will return. And when I do, you will be old and your children will be the Teen Titans!"

"Freaky. So, do you think he means it?" Violet's eyebrows raised even further on her head.

"Well, knowing Slade, it will happen. But how can he come back if he's dead?"

"When Mum had her birthday issues, he came back with the help of Trigon."

"Well, yeah, but he had a body then! His dissolved when he fell in the giant container of chemicals. I know, I saw." Blaze looked away, his face flushed.

"True, true. So…how could Slade come back when we were around if he's dead. How could he insure he was ready by the time we were Titans." Raven studied the tanned face in front of her. Was there something he wasn't telling her?

"Well, he probably guessed that at the age of 14, we'd want to be Titans like our parents. So, he just had to insure he was ready then, but wouldn't he be older then our parents by then? He'd have to be in his late 50s."

"You're right he couldn't beat us then. He'd have to be youthful. Maybe his kid is supposed to come back…"

"Slade didn't have children." Blaze ran a hand through his messy hair.

"Unless of course he literally meant himself, as a…"

"Clone." Blaze finished for her.

"And the only clone we know of is…" Violet's eyes grew wide. Blaze growled.

"Shit."

Hey! Sorry this took awhile, we had a lot of exams at school and I had a minor friend crisis. I'm really sorry. Hope you like this chapter, had to leave it with a cliff-hanger. Please review, and tell me what you think of Slade's Big Revenge Plan.

-WinnieDawg15