{(Chapter 2- The Kidnapping)}
Slade looked over at Sayuri and pointed at the screen.
"Good. Go, then."
Sayuri shot him a glare. "I'm not one of your mindless lackeys, Slade. I came up with this plan, and I'm perfectly capable of determining when to execute it."
Slade crossed his arms, stubbornly.
"My apologies." He said in his usual cold voice. "I'm not used to treating others as equals. You're just going to have to tolerate that for a while."
Sayuri smirked. "Awww…" she said, tauntingly. "Poor little Sladey-wadey… his mommy never taught him to treat women with respect…" She dropped the teasing tone and narrowed her eyes. "For your sake, I hope that you are a fast learner."
With that, she turned and walked out of the lair.
Slade looked after her and gulped nervously. 'I'll have to be careful with this girl.'
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Back on the Titan's little island, Robin and Starfire were still sitting together; carrying on a light conversation. Above them, the sun was drifting higher and higher into the sky. A few clouds dotted the endless blue terrain, and a light breeze played across the grass. It was turning out to be a truly beautiful day.
Robin, however, hardly noticed any of this. He was too busy taking in the beauty of the girl sitting next to him. He watched as a stray strand of bright, red-orange hair blew across her face. He instinctively reached up, and gently tucked it back behind her ear.
Starfire felt him do it, and instantly stopped in the middle of what she was saying. She turned to look at him in surprise.
When Robin saw she'd noticed, he blushed deeply. "S-Sorry, Star… it was just… bothering me, I guess…"
He looked back up at her, and saw her shining, green-on-green eyes; glistening with some unspoken emotion. She closed them and shook her head.
"It is alright. Thank you, Robin."
They sat there for a few minutes more, in the awkward silence. Then, Starfire heard the grass rustle behind them. She quickly turned around.
"What was that?"
Robin turned around as well.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
Suddenly, two large orange energy blasts came flying at them. The first one was flying towards Robin. It got bigger and bigger, the closer it got. Robin quickly reached into his utility belt and threw a grenade at it. However, the orange blob just sucked the grenade into its field of energy, and quickly reached Robin, absorbing him in as well.
"Robin!" Starfire screamed.
"Starfire!" Robin yelled back, pounding on the sides of the energy sphere trapping him.
The second blast of energy was much closer now. Starfire didn't have time to react, when it hit her in the shoulder. The force knocked her to the ground, and rendered her unconscious.
"Starfire!!" Robin screamed again. This couldn't be happening! Who would be doing this?! Then a thought suddenly occurred to him.
"Slade…" he muttered.
He was mildly surprised when he saw a tall girl, with long, dark red hair pop out of the bushes. He'd been half-expecting Slade himself.
The girl quickly walked up to the trapped and unconscious titans. Robin noticed that she was chuckling when she bent over to inspect Starfire.
"Is she okay?" he asked reluctantly. He didn't usually like having conversations with the enemy, but he had to know.
The red-haired girl turned to look at Robin. He saw that her eyes were a bright, golden yellow.
"She'll be fine." The girl said. She turned back to Starfire, and easily lifted the alien off the ground. She slung her over her shoulder and turned back to face Robin. Through the energy field, he was glaring daggers at her.
"You! Put… her… down." He forced out the words through his anger.
The girl chuckled, an amused look in her eyes. "And what are you going to do to stop me, hon? Break through my nearly invincible energy trap? Even if you could, you'd still have to go through me before I let you get to her… And you could not do that."
Robin grunted in acknowledgment, and extreme frustration. He managed to calm himself enough to ask, "Who are you?"
The girl smiled. "My name is Sayuri. You don't need to bother introducing yourself, though. I already know all of you…" Sayuri glanced back at the Titan Tower. "Every one of you."
Robin pounded his fist against the wall of energy. "Why are you doing this?! Why take Starfire?! Why?!"
"Oh, it's not Starfire we really want, Robin. It's you."
"We?"
"Slade and I. Well, Slade mostly."
"So you are one of his… musclemen."
Sayuri glared sharply at him. "No. I am his partner. If anyone here were fit to be a muscleman, it would be you, Wonder boy. Not enough brains to be anything else."
Robin briefly fumed at the comment. "So… you plan to just run off with Starfire, leave me trapped in this energy… thing… And somehow, I'm supposed to get out of this "invincible" trap, and come after her?"
Sayuri shrugged. The motion almost knocked Starfire off her shoulder, so she swiftly readjusted the girl's position. "Well, there is quite a bit more to my plan then that, but I suppose that's all that you need to know about. However, I never said my trap was invincible. It's nearly invincible, but not quite. Anyone possessing a great control over his or her spirit's energy could deactivate it. I could do it easily, but then I wouldn't be able to get away without you chasing me. But, eventually, your friends will find you out here, and that telepath's powers may be able to break it."
She paused for a moment. "If she does, you'll probably want to thank her afterwards. Well, if she's still alive, that is. The attempt may kill her."
Robin's eyes widened. "Why do you keep threatening my friends like this? Trying to kill Raven, and kidnapping… Starfire." He paused to try and swallow the lump in his throat. 'Why is it infuriating me so much to see her harm Starfire?'
Sayuri watched him with an almost sympathetic smile. "You're starting to wonder, aren't you? Wonder why you're feeling the way you do." She cut herself off with a quick glance to her watch. Her eyes widened. "Oh, I'd better go. You're friends will be out here soon." She looked back at him. "Just remember, Robin. This is a game of minds… emotions… not of strength. That was Slade's oversight last time, and it could very well be yours. Don't have a mental breakdown before your rescue attempt. Slade says he needs you intact."
Sayuri turned her eyes away from him, and instead looked up at the sky. Suddenly, her body started to glow with a bright orange light. Her long tresses of hair shimmered with the glow, and the whites of her eyes shone the bright orange color. Even Starfire was turning apricot from the sudden light.
"Starfire will be depending on you. Don't keep her waiting, Robin." Sayuri said, looking back at the boy.
And then she was gone. Starfire with her.
Robin quickly looked around. "Huh?"
Where had they gone? That girl had teleportation powers too? Teleportation, "spirit energy", and who knows what else… This "Sayuri" could be a major obstacle.
Robin was driven out of his thoughts when he heard the Tower's front door being opened. He hurriedly turned, to see Beast Boy walking out into the front yard. The green morpher was looking around in all directions, a curious expression on his face.
"Robin? Star? Dudes, are you still out here? What was all that noise about?"
((A/N- Sorry to leave you at a cliff hanger. It's the only way I could think up to wrap of this chappie nicely. And… I figured y'all would want a quick update more then an excruciating long chapter. Okay… so, about my copyright privileges with Sayuri.
Sayuri's energy trap was something invented by me. It was inspired by the great, "Beautiful Sazuka" 's dimensional portal… thing. The portal trapped the victim in a black sphere of energy, and then transported them to some random place (/dimension) in the universe. My energy trap simply keeps the victim inside the bubble of energy. Simple enough, desu ne? The teleportation thing is my own, original idea. ^__^ Don't sue. I still don't own the Teen Titans, or kowaii Slade-san {kowaii- scary. Before someone asks}. To all my reviewers- I love you all! Thank you SOOO much for the comments and stuff!! I appreciate it SO much! Keep reviewing!!! ^_^))