Caged Birds Cannot Sing

Bravery and Decision

Petal lay in bed, shaking, Slade had been very harsh, on all of them especially her and Robin, he began hitting her, she thought that he was going to murder her, he never stopped until she cried out, it made her cringe thinking of it.

'Mom...I miss you'

She cried silently as she dreamt

Petal's P.O.V

Mm...where...where am I?

This isn't the ship, Robin, Kit? Slade! Where are you? Please talk to me...

I was scared very, very scared, where was I and why was I here?

"Petal"

A soothing voice sounded

"W-Who is this? Show yourself!"

I said slightly afraid but when I saw the woman I was brimming with tears, I ran to her and hugged her tight.

"Mummy"

I wept

"Quiet love, I have come to bear you good news, god has permitted me to help you in you time of need, but only until the passing sun, I shall show you how to escape, but run and don't look back, I shall see you soon"

I shook my head in disbelief

"That...didn't happen...right?"

I asked myself as I got up, only to see Slade hit poor Robin more, he must have been really angry at him, was it for not killing that girl? Was she so horrid that Slade wished her dead, or am I missing a valuable piece of information?

"Only one way to find out, I have to confront Slade!"

I gulped as I heard the table break

'Once he relaxes...'

I sweat dropped as I went over to Robin, he smiled.

"Hey Petal, you ok?"

I looked at him with pleading eyes, he saw my intentions

"NO! No way! I won't let you see him!"

Robin snapped

"But, Robin...we will never be free if we do not try, even Kit deserves to be free...we are not his pets Robin, we're human beings that have families , friends and lives, we cannot let him control us any more..."

I was shocked at my own words, was this really me?

"Are you sure about this?"

Robin asked, I waited a second before answering

"As sure as life has a death"

End P.O.V

With Titans East

"Oh my god so..he- that's sick!"

Speedy was gagging at the sight

"Yea, set all of it up, even the trap, the only thing he never did was set the bomb, they must have thought of that themselves, it makes me wonder, why separate the titans? What was his goal?"

Speedy wondered, Aqualad gasped

"Not what...who! I know where they are! Get in contact with Star and tell her not to advance! No telling what this bastard has up his sleeve..."

Aqualad said lowly as Speedy dialled Star, there was no response...

"Her talkie is off...you don't...think..."

The fiery headed boy trailed off

"Titans East and West, this is Aqualad, I need you to cut off Starfire, she is in over her head, this is a worldwide threat, repeat, do not let her out of your sight!"

Aqualad said

"Aren't you going a bit...far?"

Speedy asked

"There have been 3 deaths! And the only two survivors are a boy that has vanished and an emotion-struck girl, if she goes in now and dies, how will we locate Robin? We need her to track him in order to stop Slade once and for all!"

Aqualad explained

"So, you wish Slade's death? Is Robin not a plus to this?"

Speedy asked

"He chose to go, he is a traitor"

Speedy gasped

"Can you hear yourself? Robin has always been-"

Aqualad snapped

"HE HAS WORKED FOR THE BASTARD BEFORE, ahem, how do we know Robin didn't just fake his injury, what if he led the team to their doom? How do we truly know?"

Aqualad accused

"That's why we need Starfire, she'll clarify this, until that time, I am disbanding you!"

Speedy ripped his badge away

"WHAT THE HELL FOR!"

Aqualad roared

"For the disbelief of a fellow Titan! Robin has always cared for us, and now, at this time, he needs us, so whether he has gone evil, or not, we will save him!"

Aqualad growled

"You don't know what your dealing with"

And with that he vanished leaving a very wary Speedy behind

"Where did it all turn bad?"

Speedy sighed as he walked, not ran, slowly to the skydeck, he watched the stars twinkle and saw a shooting star, he prayed.

'Please let everyone return alive?Please'

he sighed as he let the cool breeze tickle his face.

With Robin

Robin looked at Slade as he gestured him over

"Listen, there are too many of you around than I would have liked, here, I want you to take Petal and Kit into the other room and choose the one that you want to keep, the other, you know what to do..."

Robin stared wide eyed

"Remember, dear bird, that if you won't choose I will"

Slade threatened, Robin slumped down as he walked in and gathered the girls, Petal began to cry, Kit stared solemnly, Robin was still gripping the gun, he didn't want to do this, it was sick and wrong but, if he didn't who would die?

'I don't want to chance it...sorry Kit'

Robin raised the gun and aimed it at Kit

"I'm sorry..."

He sighed, just as he was about to shoot, the wall exploded, knocking Robin out...

Oh what a turn of events

At least no one died

Who knocked Robin out?

And

What will Slade do when he finds out his pets have escaped

Please R&R

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