digi-gal-rox: New chappy! O.K, just to clarrify some things, Dick and the Titans did not leave Gotham and return to Jump City, they are at Gotham. Secodnly, I was firstly going to pair CW and BM together, but now I decided to change the pairing to WW and BM, so a big apology if there was some confusion. Anyways, enjoy the story!

Chapter 10 - Missing

"Let me get this straight. Slade came out, and Nightwing went after him?" Batgirl repeated. Starfire nodded meekly.
"Why didn't someone follow him?" she continued.
"He said to stay behind." Beast Boy exclaimed. "Will he also go after Terra?"
"I already have the Robin watching her." Oracle sighed, rubbing her temples. "Stubborn ass." she muttered to her- self.
"So you'll help?"
"Not like I have anyother choice." she sighed. "I'm getting back up."

"What do you want, Slade?!" Nightwing demanded, struggling to pull free from his binds.
"I'm hurt, Nightwing." Slade said quietly leaning towards the dark knight, "You should know." Nightwing's eyes widened.
"Oracle!"
"Yes," Slade to himself.
"It's always been about her. Why?"
"She has information I needed."
"Than why didn't you get her, when you trashed the Manor?!"
"To confuse you all." he smiled.
"If you lay a finger on her I'll-"
"You'll what?" Slade laught, "In case you're forgetting, you're all tied up." Nightwing narrowed his eyes. He had to get out. He had to save her.

"Get back here, you son of a bi-" he bellowed, as he was thrown into a compact cell.
"Nightwing?"
"Batman!" he exclaimed. "You're alive!"
"Ofcourse I'm alive. What are you-"
"No time for questions. We have to get out. He's after Babs."

"O.K, so why do they come out now?" Batgirl asked, tightly tieing up, Poison Ivy, Mad Hatter and Scarecrow.
"'Cause they thought that without Batman, we'd be nothing." Oracle responded.
"You'll pay for this!" Poison Ivy cried out, as both heros left the scene.
"I'm sure we will," Batgirl called back. Oracle glanced nervously behind her. "Oracle?"
"Red X." she murmured. A villian in black with a skull like mask and a red X across his chest made his presence known.
"Quite a talent, you have there Orcale." Batgirl could feel her mentor and guardian stiffen.
"What are you doing here?"
"I have some information for you."
"What kind of information?" she asked, turning to face him. Red X lowered his head.
"About Nightwing's old friend Slade. He's after you."
"What?!" Batgirl cried out.
"Rumours has it that you have information he wants." Oracle narrowed her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. Red X folded his arms.
"Let's just say he owes me now."

"Let me get this straight... you're saying that I'm in danger?" Terra asked, "By some guy called Slade?"
"Look, just trust me on this."
"No!" she exclaimed, "You're just some guy in a costume."
"Does the name Beast Boy mean anything to you?"
"Should it?" she asked sharply, "I remember him trying to persuade me that I'm a hero. Ha."
"Look, right now your life may be in danger. It's my job to protect it... for the time being."
"Look here, Robin." she growled, "If this Slade wanted me, wouldn't he have gotten me by now?"
"We don't know for certain." he muttered, "But I know for certain that there are people who care about you, and if Slade is after you, he'll do anything to keep you away from those you love. Including Peter." she stiffened.
"How did you know about him?"
"It's my business to know." he responded, "So you want my help or not?"

"What do you want, Huntress?" Oracle asked hotly.
"Let me help." it wasn't a question. It was more of an order.
"You can't boss me around."
"I see it now that he care about you. A lot. Let me do this for you." Huntress said, flexing her wrist.
"What's the catch?" Batgirl demanded.
"I just want to see this Slade rot in jail." Huntress narrowed her eyes, "When Dick and I were together, Slade had haunted Dick's very thought."
"You're doing this for him then," Oracle folded her arms.
"I don't want him to get hurt, when something happens to you." Huntress said quietly. Oracle looked at her hard.
"You're serious," she said quietly, she nodded at Batgirl. "Let's go."

"O.K, so why us?" Speedy asked, irritably, tapping his foot.
"Cause we're the only League members who know Slade," the Flash responded. "You definately have my help, Red."
"And mine!" Supergirl cried out, arriving at the scene.
"Supergirl!" Batgirl exclaimed happily. Oracle sighed heavily.
"Wally?"
"What?!" he cried out.
"Did you tell her?"
"I did," Batgirl boasted happily. She received a cold stare. "Sorry."
"Come on, Barb. You could always use some extra hands." Supergirl smiled. The Flash had a serious look on his face.
"You haven't faced Slade, Kara. You don't know what he's like."
"No, but I've faced Poison Ivy, Harlee, Live Wire..."
"That's not the point." Oracle cut in.
"It is." Supergirl cried out.
"Come on, let her help!" Batgirl pleaded. Oracle narrowed her eyes. "Uh-oh."
"You're both staying here. And I'm making sure that someone has their eyes on the both of you."
"So what's the plan?" Speedy asked.

"Damn it," he muttered, as they reached another dead end. "Where to know? All communications are blocked..."
"We keep trying." Batman responded, flexing his wrist.
"I know this guy, Batman. He's not going to let us go that easily. He maybe using us as bait."
"Than we'll just have to cause some trouble." Batman muttered, pressing a small button on his utility belt.
"No signals can get out," Nightwing heaved.
"What about a high pitch sound so only Superman or Supergirl can hear?" Batman smirked. Nightwing paused.
"I don't think it'll work."
"It's worth a shot."

Supergirl covered her ears, screaming. Speedy quickly rushed to her side, the Flash close behind.
"What happened?!" the Flash asked.
"How the hell would I know?" Speedy retorted. "Oracle, we have a problem." he added loudly. Barbara emerged from the door, Cassandra behind her.
"What-" she stopped, seeing her friend, curled up on the floor. "Kara!"
"It's them," she said hoarsely, regaining her strength. "They're somewhere at Jump City."
"How'd-" Cassandra started.
"Are you sure?" the Flash cut in.
"No," Supergirl admitted, "But the sound thingy was something Superman and Batman thought of together, like some sort of code."
"I heard about it," Oracle said quietly. "Jump City did you say?" the blond hero nodded. "Wally, get the Titans to head back, and search. You follow them."
"Righty-o!" the Flash zipped out the room.
"Speedy, saty here with Kara, and if there's more information, call me."
"Sure," he nodded.
"What about me?" Cassandra asked, timidly.
"We're going to meet an old friend of Nightwing's."
"Who?"
"Terra."

"She doesn't know anything, Oracle." Robin sighed, glancing nervously at Terra who peered over the building. "Care- full, you don't want to fall from this high."
"Somewhere in the back of her mind. She has to know!"
"She's clueless!"
"No. She just doesn't want to remember." Oracle sighed.
"Oracle, the Titan's have found something." the Flash's voice came through the communicator.
"I'm on my way." she noted. She looked at Batgirl, and knelt down till they were face to face. "Cassie, I want you to stay here with Tim."
"I'm not leaving you," Batgirl said, stubbornly.
"You don't know this guy. Neither does Tim. If he does come here, I don't want him to be alone when he faces Slade."
"But what can I do?" she asked quietly.
"You're a strong fighter," Oracle smiled, "Both of you." she added, when Robin held on tightly to Batgirl's sholder.
"Barb..." Robin murmured.
"If he comes, give him everything you've got," she ordered. Robin nodded, pulling Batgirl away from Oracle.
"Be careful." Batgirl said, fighting back the tears. Oracle gave a small smile, before whipping out her line and disappearing into the sky.
"Will she be O.K?" Terra asked uncertainly, approaching the two dark knights.
"Yeah,' Batgirl nodded, a smile forming on her masked face. "yeah, she will be."

"We saw Blackfire go down here." Cyborg reported, as Oracle arrived to the scene.
"Decoy." Oracle simply responded. "Nightwing once said he'd do that, if he doesn't want to be found."
"All clear," Beast Boy's voice came. "She's right."
"You sent him down there?" Oracle asked, eye's wide.
"We had to check." Raven shrugged. Oracle rubbed her temples. "What is it?"
"Search the skies," she said. "The rest of us will scan the ground." Raven nodded and took off, Supergirl close by. Moments later Beast Boy and Starfire came up, and followed their hooded friend.
"Well, let's get rollin'." Cyborg exclaimed as the heroes went their seperate ways.

"Just give it a rest, Batman. They didn't get the signal," Nightwing growled, jumping over Slade's army of robots.
"You give up to easily." Batman barked, breaking the last robot in half.
"I am not!" the dark knight's former protege protested, holding his arms up in defence. Batman simply shrugged, and continued his way down the corridor. "Somethings never changed," he muutered.
"I heard that." Batman called back after him, a small smile grew on his face secretly.
"You were meant to!"

Oracle stared eyes wide, a nervous look on her face, as she stared at the three villians that surrounded her. She remembered Nightwing once talking about them. Overlode, Plasma and Cinderblock. Beside her, Huntress had a smug expression printed on her face. Oracle knew by the look on her face that she had delt with them before. On her other side, Speedy and the Flash stood, ready to attack the three creatures that stood in front of them. She stole a quick glance up above, Cyborg was on a neighbouring building with Beast Boy and Raven and Starfire was hovering above.
"Titan's Go!" Cyborg bellowed. Oracle and Huntress remained still.
"Something's gonna happened, huh?" Huntress smirked, as the two former Titans charged towards the beats, as did the Titans. Oracle couldn't help but smirk as well.
"Oh yeah." Just at that moment the three foes combined.
"Damn it!" Cyborg bellowed, "We really could use some help here ladies!" he called, turning hs head slightly.
"Ready?" Huntress smirked. Oracle whipped out some disks.
"Let's go."

"Argh, where am I?" she groaned, forcing herself up. Surrounded by darkness, she tried to find something to support her weight. She could hear water dripping.
"You're awake," a familiar voice slurred. She jolted up.
"Slade," she growled. The villian appraoched her, grabbing her tightly by the neck.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way." he said, soothingly.
"Go to hell!" she spat.
"If that's the way you want it," he smirked, dropping her. "Your friends won't come to save you." he added coldly. A bright light of purpule illuminated from her right. Her eyes widened as the figure approached her. "Deal with her."
"With pleasure," the voice responded, an evil smile on her face.

digi-gal-rox: Well, that's it for now! Review!