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New Titans:

Chapter 27:

Dick smiled as he got up, and stretched. Looking over, Dick chuckled to himself. Kory had taken up most of the bed now, and her left leg was wrapped around his, making sure that he couldn't leave.

"Kory, baby, get up," Dick kissed his wife lovingly, and waited until her eyes floated open.

"Richard?" She asked, as her mind became fuzzy.

Dick began to stand, but his legs wobbled. "Yeah, baby?"

"What's that smell?" She knew that smell; she knew, it was already too late as she began to black out.

"Don't fight it; or I'll make it hurt even worse," a voice said, menacingly.

-A Few Hours Later-

Dick woke up and looked around, Kory was across the room still unconscious. Her hands were cuffed behind her, and she was gagged. Dick then realized, that he was wearing his sunglasses. 'Where am I?' He wondered, as he tried to wiggle himself out.

Just then he saw them, across the room was Slade and a new girl that Dick had never seen before.

"Well, well, look who's up." Slade's voice taunted, as he made his way over to Dick's side. "Now, I know you're wondering who my lovely assistant is. Well, her name is Jupiter, and she's Tara's sister. Isn't that lovely, Robin?"

"What are you doing with us?" Dick questioned, as Jupiter smiled seductively at him. Her blonde hair covered her pitch black eyes, "And why is she here? Does Tara know about her?"

Slade's hand came down hard and he swung the baton full force into Dick's head. There was a sick cracking sound and Dick's head flew to the right and slumped down. He didn't move, he was knocked unconscious, blood started to pour from the gash above his left eye. Slade leaned over his limp body and hit him viciously with the baton again, this time in the ribs and chest.

"Well maybe now, you-will-shut-up-and-stop-asking-so-many-questions, Robin."Slade said, beating him with the baton again.

"NO, NO please…stop it, stop hitting him….please, please!" Kory pleaded, as she woke up from her own unconscious state. She tried to stand up but Jupiter's hands just pushed her back down into the chair.

"Now, when we leave, behave yourself and don't do anything stupid! Just remember one thing…..He'll pay for it… later!" Slade taunted, as he smiled at Jupiter. "We have to inform your friend's of your kidnapping, right Jupiter?" Slade took Jupiter's hand and they walked out of the room.

Looking over her shoulder Jupiter said, "See you two lovebirds in a little while!" Laughing the whole time.

Kory jumped up from the chair and ran over to Dick; she was in a panic now.

Blood was running down his face and his body had bruises all over it. She put two fingers to his neck and found his pulse; she breathed a sigh of relief. Next she looked around for something to put on the cut; she had to stop the bleeding.

The chains held her back and she couldn't get to the other side of the room. She saw another bucket and knew there was water in it but she couldn't get to it.

She found nothing, and decided to use a piece of Dick's T shirt. It was already ripped and torn. It was also wet, which would help her clean the wound up a bit. She folded it and patted his forehead gently, wiping away some of the blood, but it kept coming, it was a deep gash and it continued bleeding. She began to apply pressure to the wound and after a bit, the bleeding slowed, his blood began to form a clot and she thanked God for that.

She ripped another piece from his T shirt and began wiping the blood off of his face and chin. "C'mon Richard, hang in there, please babe."

She felt sick to her stomach, seeing him like this. The tears began to fall, she prayed that he would be ok but each time her eyes roamed lower and saw his bruised body, it was harder for her to believe it.

'How could he possible be ok? She questioned herself. 'Stop it Koriand'r,' she thought to herself, 'stop thinking that way and help him. I have to focus,' she told herself.

She got up and went over to the steel pipe and began pulling on the chains. She used her leverage and pulled but the steel pipe was embedded firmly in the wall, it was no use. She began looking around again; she found a small piece of metal on the floor and shaped it with her fingers. She began picking the cuffs; she sat down in the chair and desperately worked the lock on the cuffs.

She lost track of time and was so involved in picking the cuffs that she didn't see him move. A low moan caught her attention and she picked her head up and spoke, "Richard?!"

She got up and went over to him and this time he groaned in pain and moved.

She began talking to him softly, "Baby, Richard? Honey, you can't move, okay? I need you to stay still. Alright, honey?"

"Ughh." another moan came out and he tried to shift his weight, his arms felt dead under him. His eyes suddenly shot open and he groaned in pain, he clenched his jaw and stiffened, trying not to move.

Spasms of pain racked his body and he began breathing deeply now. Every deep breath was causing him more pain, with each rise and fall of his chest. His head was killing him; his chest and ribs were throbbing with pain, he was feeling dizzy, confused and dazed.

Kory tired to calm him but his body would not still, it would just go into spasm again. His muscles were screaming for relief. "Easy Richard, easy, breath easy….Look at me, look at me, Richard Grayson!"

He stilled and found her green eyes. "Breath with me Richard, slow, easy, ok? Look, in and out, take little breaths, ok? You with me, babe?"

His eyes began to focus on her and he moaned her name. "Star…fire" in a low raspy whisper.

"I'm here baby, right here." Kory reassured him. She put her hands on his face and he closed his eyes. He seemed to relax to her warm touch. "That's it Richard, nice and easy, were gonna get out of this, you're gonna be ok."

He opened his eyes quickly and spoke "Kory, did that son-of-a-bitch touch you?"

"I'm fine, baby. I'm fine, I love you. Oh God, I love you so much." She took a deep breath thinking, how in the world is this man thinking of me when he must be in terrible pain himself.

She watched his chest rise and fall as his blue eyes opened and closed. His eyes would focus on her and then slowly close, she knew he was in a great deal of pain; she just kept trying to reassure him. "Honey, you're going to be fine. I promise, Richard."

He moaned, "Love you, Kory." His body calmed and his eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep again.

Kory removed her hands and checked his pulse, it was steady and stable, she went right back to work on the cuffs again.

-With the Titans-

"What do you mean Dick and Kory are missing? Where'd they go?" Beast Boy asked Cyborg and Bumblebee.

"We don't know! Dick's bike is still here, and the cameras haven't picked up them all day. Something wrong," Cyborg informed him, as he began to check the security cameras one more time

"What the hell is going on here?" Beast Boy snapped, as Raven walked into the room.

"I dropped the kids off at school, they didn't really suspect anything." Raven walked up behind Cyborg, "Anything?"

Then the alarm sounded to blare, and the red lights started to flash. Cyborg typed in the code, and pulled up the video feed from downtown. "It's Slade."

Raven's eyes glowed dark, "And Terra."

"No, it's not Terra…." Beast Boy muttered, as he walked closer. "Her hair is dyed, see the roots and her eyes are deep brown."

The group nodded, as Raven's eyes glowed red. "I don't care who she is, they have something to do with Kory and Dick."

The Titans took off downtown, ready to kill.

Slade smiled as he saw the Titan's approach, "Jupiter, it's time to make your first appearance to the Titans."

Jupiter smiled, "Of course, Slade." The ground shook under them, as she threw boulders at the oncoming Titans.

Raven ripped them apart, "Where. Are. My. Friends?" She growled, as her cloak turned red.

"Aw, Ravie, we don't need you getting mad. Now do we?" Slade teased, and smirked as Raven's eyes glowed red now too.

"SHUT UP!" Raven bellowed, as she engulfed a bus in her black energy and threw it at Slade.

Beast Boy turned into a raven, and perched on her shoulder. He chirped a few times, and waited till Raven smiled.

-With Kory and Dick-

The door swung open and slammed into the wall.

"We're back." They announce together, laughing. Kory hid the pick and just stared at the two of them.

"Kory?" Dick called out in a low raspy voice, as he struggled to move.

Slade smiled, "Aw, the big hero is worried about his wife. How touching." He pulled down on Kory's chains. She yelped in pain again and gasped, blood began to run down her arms now.

"Get up!" Slade demanded, and let go of the chains. She slowly got off the floor and he grabbed her by her hair and shoved her into the chair again. "You might be wondering how this could hurt you, Starfire. Well, I had my good friend, Dr. Chang, make me up a drug that could make a Tamaranian, like yourself, become as vulnerable as a human being or less."

"N..oo… lea.. ve … Star…" Dick mumbled and groaned in pain, he began moving around.

Jupiter leaned over Dick now and smiled to him. "Now, what would you do, for the woman you love, Nightwing?" Dick started to lift his head and began mumbling words. He was aware Slade was yelling at Kory now. Kory picked up the baton and showed it to Kory, moving it close to Dick again.

"You could have used this to warm him up some." She said pulling the trigger, taunting Kory now.

Kory kicked her leg up as hard, and fast, as it would go and kicked Slade right between the legs. He was lying on the floor curled up and coughing. She jumped up and kicked him again and Jupiter stormed over and grabbed her by her hair.

She put the baton to Kory's back and pulled the trigger. Kory cried out and fell to the floor dazed and in pain; she couldn't believe how much that hurt, she lay there in shock trying to recover. Her body felt weak and limp.

Dick started to thrash around when he heard Kory cry out in pain and Jupiter kept her eye on him. He was lifting his head, trying to see, but it kept flopping back down on the bed. He was too weak to even hold his head up now.

Jupiter helped Slade off the floor and sat him down on the chair for a few minutes.

He whispered something to her. Kory knew they were up to no good again and began to get up. Jupiter suddenly pulled on her chains and dragged her to the steel pipe. She now locked the chain there so Kory could not move from that spot.

"You bitch, how dare you do that!" Jupiter snarled, as the ground began to shake. Her eyes glowed menacingly.

Slade shook his head, "No, Jupiter, no powers. It wouldn't be fair. Now, go and get what I told you to get."

Jupiter left and came back with another bucket of ice water and poured the ice water over Dick's face, while Slade held his head down. Dick began violently choking on the water, spitting it out and trying to breathe all at once. Slade held his head down firmly with both hands, one hand holding him under the chin and the other pressing down on his forehead. Jupiter poured the water over his nose and mouth to be exact.

Dick leaned to one side choking and coughing up water, as soon as the bucket was emptied on him. He had aspirated a lot of it and it was now in his lungs, his body was shutting down. He was in pain and freezing now, cold coursing through his battered body. He just wanted to sleep, close his eyes and give in to the pain now. His body could take no more. His eyes slowly began to close, his body finally giving in to exhaustion.

Kory was crying and yelling at them to stop but they just ignored her. She was pulling on the chains with all her might, the cuffs cutting into her wrists even more now. Then it happened, her hands glowed green. Kory turned into warrior mode, and snarled at them.

"You will pay!" She growled, as she lit up two star bolts and fired them at them.

Slade growled, "He told me that it would last for several days, that bastard!"

Koriand'r growled, "You will pay!" She began to shoot star bolts at him, over and over. Forgetting that Jupiter was in the room, the next thing that she knew a boulder came and her world became black.

"Good job, Jupiter." Slade wiped off his suit, and sighed at the burn marks.

Before Jupiter could say anything, the wall was torn down and the Titans stood behind it. Ravanger, Sage, Batgirl, and Robin were in front of them.

"Slade," Ravanger hissed, as she adjusted her sword.

Slade looked up to see his daughter, her stance way completely different from what he had taught her. Shocked, Slade stood back and watched Jupiter go after him.

There was a rumble as the Earth began to shake, "YOU MADE A CLONE OF ME!?" Terra landed next to the Titans, and shot rocks at Jupiter. "You sick, sick son of a bitch! HOW DARE YOU!"

"How dare I do what? Make a perfect apprentice?" Slade laughed, "Tisk, tisk, Tara, you know me better than that."

Terra's hair flew up, as her temper flared. The tips of her hair, was now bubblegum pink, and reminded the Titans of Jenn, who they missed greatly.

"Now, say hello to you sister, Jupiter."

Jupiter smiled, "Yes, dear."

"DEAR! OH THAT'S IT!" The earth shook even more, as Terra lifted up the wall next to Jupiter and threw it on her. The Titans watched as two boulders landed on top of Jupiter, as they waited for Terra's tantrum to die down.

Robin shot a bird-a-rang at Slade, and snarled. "Let them go!"

"Oh, now you must be the new Robin. It's a pleasure to meet you, child."

Ravanger stepped forward, "What did you do to them?!"

Slade smiled, "Nothing that can't be fixed, my dear. No need to fret."

The Titans started to fight the army of Slade bots that appeared in front of them, as Batgirl and Sage joined in the fight.

"Slade, I'll ask one more time. Let them go," Robin clutched his bo-staff until his knuckles turned white, and waited for Slade's response.

"No," Slade growled, and launched at Robin. The two started going at it, and Rose just watched them from the sidelines, unsure what to do about this whole ordeal. Could she really fight her father?


A/N: Well here ya go, the story's finally coming to an end. The last chapter will be Chapter 30, I'm still deciding on a sequel, and I know I've been harping you all. But, I'm going to need answers soon. If not, I'll end the whole story at 30. There's a poll on my profile page, you can leave the answer in your review or PM me. Thanks guys,

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