Trust
Author: Flying Star
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, and I'm glad I don't, I could never do
the series justice.
Prologue
" I trust you received my newest invention?" the speakers' face on screen was in shadow, only the slight outline of wide brimmed hat visible to the other person.
" Yes, it arrived fully intact, as per your instructions."
" Good. And I will get a full report on it's function once the tests are complete?"
The person receiving the call nodded. " Once I relieve the Titans of their leader, I'll begin sending you the results. In fact.." The person turned around, gesturing to a group of garbed men standing behind him. With a quick nod, the group left, leaving the two speakers alone. " They will bring him here shortly."
" And you don't expect him to put up a fight?"
" Oh, I know he will. Robin has always been such a spirited leader, that's why I need him. He and I are so very much alike." Slade chuckled, pulling up a screen within the screen for his guest to watch. "I learned that from our earlier encounter."
Scenes of Robin engaging Slade's robotic double in battle flashed across the screen for a moment. Slade pushed a button and the scene faded, the speaker's face coming into full-view.
The Scarecrow nodded, his grin a leering caricature of a real scarecrow. " Yes, I see. You know where to contact me. I await your results."
The screen went blank as Slade turned around, lifting the device from it's container, the polished metal reflecting off his mask. " I look forward to the results as well."
* * * * Hello readers, I decided to try my hand at writing a Teen Titans story. This is my first fic. Constructive criticism is accepted, but please no flames. This story takes place at the end of the episode " Masks" just as Starfire left Robin's room. The story will be in three parts. I have no clue if the Titans ( besides Robin) know about the Scarecrow, so I'm going to base this as if they haven't. PG for some swearing. Okay, on with the story.
------------- Chapter 1: He left without saying goodbye.
( Interior of the Titans Tower)
* Slade did not trust you, and you did not trust us.*
Sighing softly, she leaned back against his door, already regretting her choice of words. Had she really said he was no better than the criminal he had tried to catch?
* Yes.* She thought glumly.
She cast a final glance at his door before making her way to the living area.
" Yo Starfire, wanna see me beat Cyborg's high score!" Beastboy called enthusiastically as she entered the room.
Starfire glanced at him, her thoughts distracted. " Hmmm....no. I wish...." she hesitated, seeing his wide smile. Nothing seemed to bring him down, why couldn't she feel the same way.
* Because you doubt Robin.*
" You talked to Robin, didn't you?"
Starfire jumped slightly, seeing Raven hovering by the window, one eye open and glaring at her. So preoccupied was she that she'd failed to notice Raven's presence. The same Raven who was obviously annoyed at yet another distraction during her meditation.
" I....yes." Starfire admitted, lowering her gaze to avoid Raven's intense glare. " I just wish to understand Robin."
" Not much to understand if ya ask me. Dude lied to us, pure and simple." Cyborg leaned back on the couch, his eyes not leaving the game. " He's lost a lot of my respect, and when you lose my respect, ya have to do a lot to get it back."
" Same here." replied Beastboy, taking his eyes off the screen. " He could've told us, could've at least let us in on the ploy just enough so that we wouldn't of been totally in the dark. But he decided that bringing Slade in was more important than his frie...."
" No!" Starfire interrupted him. " Robin did what he had to do, to keep us safe!" she sighed. " He did what he thought was right."
" Funny way of showing it." Beastboy muttered, then his eyes went wide. " Aw man, I lost!"
" Boo ya, the top score is still mine!" Cyborg laughed.
Beastboy's eye twitched. " Best two out of three."
" You're on!" Cyborg chuckled, resetting the game. " Prepare to get your ass whupped again!"
" You'll be eating those words when I'm through with you!" Beastboy taunted as he turned back to the game.
The two had obviously forgot about Starfire.
She now focused her attention on Raven. " And you Raven, what about you?"
Realizing she wouldn't get any peace in this room, Raven lowered herself to a standing position, but kept her back to Starfire. " Trust is a double- edged sword Starfire, it can work for you, or, turn against you. Robin decided that he couldn't trust us, why then should we trust him?"
" I do not understand, how can a sword..."
Raven cut in. " A double-edged sword is a sword in which both sides of the blade have an edge. If one isn't careful the opponent can use the other side against you. Robin kept information from us, information that worked against us."
" But Raven, Robin was trying to help us, he just...."
This time Raven did turn around. " Just what...." She began, her tone frosty. "Did he want to wait until one of us was seriously injured or worse. You mean to say that the thought never crossed your mind?"
" Well....she hesitated, remembering her earlier words to Robin. " No, I mean the thought did cross my mind, I just do not want to believe it."
Raven nodded slightly. " I thought so. Listen Starfire, a leader leads by example. Until he learns that we're a team, I don't think...."
* CRASH!*
" What was that!?" Starfire turned, and just had enough time to duck before...
* CRASH!*
The door from Robin's room flew across the room, slamming into the TV, prematurely ending the gaming duel between Cyborg and Beastboy.
" Aw man, I was that close to beating you!" Beastboy griped before Cyborg yanked him off the couch.
" Later BB, We've got bigger problems." Cyborg said, dropping Beastboy next to him.
" Robin. " Starfire called. " Robin, are you unhurt?!"
A moment later a figure stepped into view, followed by several others, familiar figures wearing black suits with an orange circle on their face masks.
" Slade's robotic henchmen." Cyborg growled, charging his sonic cannon.
Without hesitating Starfire charged the group, throwing a quick " Titans Go!" over her shoulder as her fists met the first four henchmen. Even as their bodies slammed into the men behind them, Starfire was already plowing through the next group, scattering them as she reached Robin's room.
" No." she whispered. The room looked like a hurricane had blown through. The bed was overturned, along with a few chairs. Various pictures that adorned his walls were scattered about the room. But what really drew her attention was the new exit adorning his South wall, courtesy of the man- sized hole cut into it. And in front of the hole...a trail of red originating from a small puddle of the same color. But no Robin.
" Blood, he is hurt." Starfire whispered.
" Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Two black-enshrouded robots flew across the room, one shooting through the hole, the other slamming next to her.
Anger coursed through Starfire, her vision a haze of red as she grabbed the remaining robot by the shoulders. * These beings are the reason why Robin is hurt!* Her mind screamed at her. * They hurt him and took him away from us..away from me.* Distantly she heard cries of surprise from the others. Whether it from her actions or the state of the room she didn't know, and didn't care. She wanted answers and she wanted them now!
" Tell me now, she began through clenched teeth. where you have taken Robin!"
The robot raised his head, the faceplate covering it, falling away, revealing the now familiar monitor. It flickered to life, Slade appearing on the screen.
" Well, well, well." he mused, eyeing the group. " I take it my 'men' didn't keep you too busy?"
" Skip the pleasantries, Slade! What have you done with Robin!?" Starfire growled, her grip tightening, dimly aware of the slight sound of crunching metal.
Slade's gaze fell on her, his tone of voice still maddenly calm. " He's currently my guest at the moment." The screen panned around, falling on...
" Robin!" Starfire gasped.
Laced in a straightjacket and fitted with a metal cap that covered his eyes, Robin looked more like he belonged in a mental institution.
" What manner of device have you placed on him!" Starfire demanded, her patience wearing thin.
Slade nodded. " As impatient as Robin, I see." he chuckled, adding to Starfire's already increasing fury. " This wonderous device was loaned to me by a nemesis of Batman. I believe he called himself the Scarecrow."
The Titans blinked in confusion.
Slade sighed. " The Scarecrow was famous for his fear-inducing gas. Once inhaled it rendered it's victims powerless, reduced to cowering from whatever the person was most afraid of. Even the great Batman fell victim to it on more than one occasion. This device, " he gestured to the helmet. " is a more advanced version of the gas. Instead of inhaling the gas, the device scans the person's memories and creates their worst fears in their mind, past, present, or both. Since it doesn't wear off, it effects eventually become....permanent."
" Dude, that's seriously twisted. " Beastboy commented, then he frowned. " What use would Robin be to you as a fear-filled vegetable?"
" Ah, but that's the beauty of it. Once trapped in the nightmare, his mind becomes susceptable to my, ah, 'suggestions'. I can make him believe anything I tell him, he will belong to me."
* Crack!*
Starfire, face still twisted in anger, eyes glowing dangerously green, tossed aside the severed robot arm before glaring at Slade. A million thoughts were running through her mind, but one stood out. * How dare he- how dare Slade manipulate Robin like that! * Unknowingly her grip transferred to the robot's neck.
Slade laughed, obviously enjoying her frustration and rage. " You can try to find me, if you can. It doesn't really matter, by the time you find me, he'll be too far gone to even recognize you. I'll even....zrxt zztz... The head of the robot suddenly fell off, severed by Starfire's glowing hand.
" Uh, Star...I think you just melted down our only source of information." Beastboy squeaked, eyeing the half-melted head.
With clenched fists Starfire stood up. " Will you all assist me in rescuing Robin?" she snapped, keeping her back to them.
The others shuddered at the ice in her voice. Even Raven felt a slight shiver run down her spine.
The room fell silent for several moments, the tension thick in the air.
Finally Starfire's shoulders slumped, the anger abating slightly. " I am sorry. I understand if you are still angry at Robin for his misdeed. But I must find him before Slade's device..." she sighed, too worried about what Slade had said to finish the sentence. " I will return when I find him." She started to fly when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
" No, Star. You're not going it alone." Beastboy said, smiling slightly.
" Thank you."
Cyborg frowned. " Dude did lie to us, but he's still my friend. So yeah, I'm in."
" Raven?"
" Yes."
" Good." Starfire turned to face them, her eyes glowing softly. Inwardly she was still furious at Slade and her eyes reflected the inner turmoil as she struggled to keep calm.
" There's only one problem Starfire. " Beastboy said, flinching when her still glowing eyes focused on him. " I found his locator by his door, smashed to bits. So we don't know where Slade's keeping him."
She nodded grimly. " There must be something..." her eyes lit up, well as much as they could since they were already aglow. " Beastboy, I require your assistance!" she snapped.
" Yes ma'am!" he saluted, clicking his feet together.
Starfire blinked, and then giggled. " Beastboy, why did you do that?"
Like a balloon that had expelled the rest of it's air, so too did the leftover tension in the room disapate.
Beastboy shrugged. " Dunno, just the way you asked for my assistance, I guess."
Startfire smiled, and gestured to the red puddle. " I have heard that Earth dogs are capable of picking up the scent of a person from personal things such as blood. Do you think you can get his scent from this?"
Beastboy cracked his knuckles. " Just leave it to me." he grinned, shifting into a green bloodhound. He took a cautious sniff at the blood...then suddenly keeled over!
" Beastboy?" Starfire asked, a hint of worry entering her voice.
The bloodhound flipped back over, shaking his head and sneezing twice, before shifting back to his original form. " Whoa! That was seriously weird." Beastboy sniffed, his eyes swirling.
" What was weird?" Starfire questioned, now eyeing the blood warily.
" There's something mixed in his blood, felt like I wanted to take a long nap after getting a whiff."
" No wonder." Cyborg said, scanning the blood with his sensors. " There's enough tranquilzer mixed in it to knock out an elephant."
" So....how come I'm still awake?"
Cyborg held up a shattered syringe. " Robin must've knocked it out of his attacker's hands, but not before getting a large dose of it, probably in his neck by the looks of the blood. The needle must've nicked an artery, leaving the puddle. The rest of the tranquilizer fell into it."
Starfire stiffened. " This needle did not damage him badly, did it?" She didn't know what a syringe was used for, or how a little needle could leave that much blood, but the thought of Robin bleeding to death before they even got to him was enough to make her feel sick with worry and fear.
Cyborg frowned." No, it couldn't of bled for long, and I highly doubt that Slade would allow Robin to die after all he went through to get him." He twirled the syringe around, using his sensors to test the potency of the remaining liquid. " Ah, that explains why we didn't hear his struggles, stuff worked fast, knocked him out quickly."
" Then what now? Beastboy can not get the scent if he is rendered unconscious." Starfire turned to Raven, at least comforted by the fact that Robin was not seriously injured, at least physically. " Raven, is it possible to scans his thoughts from here, to see if perhaps he has any knowledge of Slade's place of hiding?"
Raven was already shaking her head. " Even if he was conscious at any point before Slade put the device on him, I'm afraid his thoughts might be too muddled to get any real information now."
Starfire sighed.
" Don't worry, I've got ya covered." Cyborg said, turning his scanners off. " Beastboy shouldn't have a problem with the few blood droplets near the hole, my scanners show no sign of the tranquilzer in them."
" I'm on it." Beastboy replied, shifting and sniffing the drops. " Bark!"
" Ya got the scent?"
" Bark!" Beastboy nodded, leaping out the hole and shifting into a hawk, then back into the hound as he landed. A moment later Starfire and Raven followed, hovering above Beastboy as Cyborg landed next to them with a thud.
" Lead the way!"
Beastboy was already running, sniffing the ground and the air for Robin's fading trail, the other Titans keeping pace as they raced against time.
End of Part 1. Does Robin even have a bed in that huge room of his!? I swear it looks like he only has pictures and a table and nothing else. Ah anyway, so what do you think? Comments are welcome. Part 2 will be up soon. - - - - - - --
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, and I'm glad I don't, I could never do
the series justice.
Prologue
" I trust you received my newest invention?" the speakers' face on screen was in shadow, only the slight outline of wide brimmed hat visible to the other person.
" Yes, it arrived fully intact, as per your instructions."
" Good. And I will get a full report on it's function once the tests are complete?"
The person receiving the call nodded. " Once I relieve the Titans of their leader, I'll begin sending you the results. In fact.." The person turned around, gesturing to a group of garbed men standing behind him. With a quick nod, the group left, leaving the two speakers alone. " They will bring him here shortly."
" And you don't expect him to put up a fight?"
" Oh, I know he will. Robin has always been such a spirited leader, that's why I need him. He and I are so very much alike." Slade chuckled, pulling up a screen within the screen for his guest to watch. "I learned that from our earlier encounter."
Scenes of Robin engaging Slade's robotic double in battle flashed across the screen for a moment. Slade pushed a button and the scene faded, the speaker's face coming into full-view.
The Scarecrow nodded, his grin a leering caricature of a real scarecrow. " Yes, I see. You know where to contact me. I await your results."
The screen went blank as Slade turned around, lifting the device from it's container, the polished metal reflecting off his mask. " I look forward to the results as well."
* * * * Hello readers, I decided to try my hand at writing a Teen Titans story. This is my first fic. Constructive criticism is accepted, but please no flames. This story takes place at the end of the episode " Masks" just as Starfire left Robin's room. The story will be in three parts. I have no clue if the Titans ( besides Robin) know about the Scarecrow, so I'm going to base this as if they haven't. PG for some swearing. Okay, on with the story.
------------- Chapter 1: He left without saying goodbye.
( Interior of the Titans Tower)
* Slade did not trust you, and you did not trust us.*
Sighing softly, she leaned back against his door, already regretting her choice of words. Had she really said he was no better than the criminal he had tried to catch?
* Yes.* She thought glumly.
She cast a final glance at his door before making her way to the living area.
" Yo Starfire, wanna see me beat Cyborg's high score!" Beastboy called enthusiastically as she entered the room.
Starfire glanced at him, her thoughts distracted. " Hmmm....no. I wish...." she hesitated, seeing his wide smile. Nothing seemed to bring him down, why couldn't she feel the same way.
* Because you doubt Robin.*
" You talked to Robin, didn't you?"
Starfire jumped slightly, seeing Raven hovering by the window, one eye open and glaring at her. So preoccupied was she that she'd failed to notice Raven's presence. The same Raven who was obviously annoyed at yet another distraction during her meditation.
" I....yes." Starfire admitted, lowering her gaze to avoid Raven's intense glare. " I just wish to understand Robin."
" Not much to understand if ya ask me. Dude lied to us, pure and simple." Cyborg leaned back on the couch, his eyes not leaving the game. " He's lost a lot of my respect, and when you lose my respect, ya have to do a lot to get it back."
" Same here." replied Beastboy, taking his eyes off the screen. " He could've told us, could've at least let us in on the ploy just enough so that we wouldn't of been totally in the dark. But he decided that bringing Slade in was more important than his frie...."
" No!" Starfire interrupted him. " Robin did what he had to do, to keep us safe!" she sighed. " He did what he thought was right."
" Funny way of showing it." Beastboy muttered, then his eyes went wide. " Aw man, I lost!"
" Boo ya, the top score is still mine!" Cyborg laughed.
Beastboy's eye twitched. " Best two out of three."
" You're on!" Cyborg chuckled, resetting the game. " Prepare to get your ass whupped again!"
" You'll be eating those words when I'm through with you!" Beastboy taunted as he turned back to the game.
The two had obviously forgot about Starfire.
She now focused her attention on Raven. " And you Raven, what about you?"
Realizing she wouldn't get any peace in this room, Raven lowered herself to a standing position, but kept her back to Starfire. " Trust is a double- edged sword Starfire, it can work for you, or, turn against you. Robin decided that he couldn't trust us, why then should we trust him?"
" I do not understand, how can a sword..."
Raven cut in. " A double-edged sword is a sword in which both sides of the blade have an edge. If one isn't careful the opponent can use the other side against you. Robin kept information from us, information that worked against us."
" But Raven, Robin was trying to help us, he just...."
This time Raven did turn around. " Just what...." She began, her tone frosty. "Did he want to wait until one of us was seriously injured or worse. You mean to say that the thought never crossed your mind?"
" Well....she hesitated, remembering her earlier words to Robin. " No, I mean the thought did cross my mind, I just do not want to believe it."
Raven nodded slightly. " I thought so. Listen Starfire, a leader leads by example. Until he learns that we're a team, I don't think...."
* CRASH!*
" What was that!?" Starfire turned, and just had enough time to duck before...
* CRASH!*
The door from Robin's room flew across the room, slamming into the TV, prematurely ending the gaming duel between Cyborg and Beastboy.
" Aw man, I was that close to beating you!" Beastboy griped before Cyborg yanked him off the couch.
" Later BB, We've got bigger problems." Cyborg said, dropping Beastboy next to him.
" Robin. " Starfire called. " Robin, are you unhurt?!"
A moment later a figure stepped into view, followed by several others, familiar figures wearing black suits with an orange circle on their face masks.
" Slade's robotic henchmen." Cyborg growled, charging his sonic cannon.
Without hesitating Starfire charged the group, throwing a quick " Titans Go!" over her shoulder as her fists met the first four henchmen. Even as their bodies slammed into the men behind them, Starfire was already plowing through the next group, scattering them as she reached Robin's room.
" No." she whispered. The room looked like a hurricane had blown through. The bed was overturned, along with a few chairs. Various pictures that adorned his walls were scattered about the room. But what really drew her attention was the new exit adorning his South wall, courtesy of the man- sized hole cut into it. And in front of the hole...a trail of red originating from a small puddle of the same color. But no Robin.
" Blood, he is hurt." Starfire whispered.
" Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Two black-enshrouded robots flew across the room, one shooting through the hole, the other slamming next to her.
Anger coursed through Starfire, her vision a haze of red as she grabbed the remaining robot by the shoulders. * These beings are the reason why Robin is hurt!* Her mind screamed at her. * They hurt him and took him away from us..away from me.* Distantly she heard cries of surprise from the others. Whether it from her actions or the state of the room she didn't know, and didn't care. She wanted answers and she wanted them now!
" Tell me now, she began through clenched teeth. where you have taken Robin!"
The robot raised his head, the faceplate covering it, falling away, revealing the now familiar monitor. It flickered to life, Slade appearing on the screen.
" Well, well, well." he mused, eyeing the group. " I take it my 'men' didn't keep you too busy?"
" Skip the pleasantries, Slade! What have you done with Robin!?" Starfire growled, her grip tightening, dimly aware of the slight sound of crunching metal.
Slade's gaze fell on her, his tone of voice still maddenly calm. " He's currently my guest at the moment." The screen panned around, falling on...
" Robin!" Starfire gasped.
Laced in a straightjacket and fitted with a metal cap that covered his eyes, Robin looked more like he belonged in a mental institution.
" What manner of device have you placed on him!" Starfire demanded, her patience wearing thin.
Slade nodded. " As impatient as Robin, I see." he chuckled, adding to Starfire's already increasing fury. " This wonderous device was loaned to me by a nemesis of Batman. I believe he called himself the Scarecrow."
The Titans blinked in confusion.
Slade sighed. " The Scarecrow was famous for his fear-inducing gas. Once inhaled it rendered it's victims powerless, reduced to cowering from whatever the person was most afraid of. Even the great Batman fell victim to it on more than one occasion. This device, " he gestured to the helmet. " is a more advanced version of the gas. Instead of inhaling the gas, the device scans the person's memories and creates their worst fears in their mind, past, present, or both. Since it doesn't wear off, it effects eventually become....permanent."
" Dude, that's seriously twisted. " Beastboy commented, then he frowned. " What use would Robin be to you as a fear-filled vegetable?"
" Ah, but that's the beauty of it. Once trapped in the nightmare, his mind becomes susceptable to my, ah, 'suggestions'. I can make him believe anything I tell him, he will belong to me."
* Crack!*
Starfire, face still twisted in anger, eyes glowing dangerously green, tossed aside the severed robot arm before glaring at Slade. A million thoughts were running through her mind, but one stood out. * How dare he- how dare Slade manipulate Robin like that! * Unknowingly her grip transferred to the robot's neck.
Slade laughed, obviously enjoying her frustration and rage. " You can try to find me, if you can. It doesn't really matter, by the time you find me, he'll be too far gone to even recognize you. I'll even....zrxt zztz... The head of the robot suddenly fell off, severed by Starfire's glowing hand.
" Uh, Star...I think you just melted down our only source of information." Beastboy squeaked, eyeing the half-melted head.
With clenched fists Starfire stood up. " Will you all assist me in rescuing Robin?" she snapped, keeping her back to them.
The others shuddered at the ice in her voice. Even Raven felt a slight shiver run down her spine.
The room fell silent for several moments, the tension thick in the air.
Finally Starfire's shoulders slumped, the anger abating slightly. " I am sorry. I understand if you are still angry at Robin for his misdeed. But I must find him before Slade's device..." she sighed, too worried about what Slade had said to finish the sentence. " I will return when I find him." She started to fly when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
" No, Star. You're not going it alone." Beastboy said, smiling slightly.
" Thank you."
Cyborg frowned. " Dude did lie to us, but he's still my friend. So yeah, I'm in."
" Raven?"
" Yes."
" Good." Starfire turned to face them, her eyes glowing softly. Inwardly she was still furious at Slade and her eyes reflected the inner turmoil as she struggled to keep calm.
" There's only one problem Starfire. " Beastboy said, flinching when her still glowing eyes focused on him. " I found his locator by his door, smashed to bits. So we don't know where Slade's keeping him."
She nodded grimly. " There must be something..." her eyes lit up, well as much as they could since they were already aglow. " Beastboy, I require your assistance!" she snapped.
" Yes ma'am!" he saluted, clicking his feet together.
Starfire blinked, and then giggled. " Beastboy, why did you do that?"
Like a balloon that had expelled the rest of it's air, so too did the leftover tension in the room disapate.
Beastboy shrugged. " Dunno, just the way you asked for my assistance, I guess."
Startfire smiled, and gestured to the red puddle. " I have heard that Earth dogs are capable of picking up the scent of a person from personal things such as blood. Do you think you can get his scent from this?"
Beastboy cracked his knuckles. " Just leave it to me." he grinned, shifting into a green bloodhound. He took a cautious sniff at the blood...then suddenly keeled over!
" Beastboy?" Starfire asked, a hint of worry entering her voice.
The bloodhound flipped back over, shaking his head and sneezing twice, before shifting back to his original form. " Whoa! That was seriously weird." Beastboy sniffed, his eyes swirling.
" What was weird?" Starfire questioned, now eyeing the blood warily.
" There's something mixed in his blood, felt like I wanted to take a long nap after getting a whiff."
" No wonder." Cyborg said, scanning the blood with his sensors. " There's enough tranquilzer mixed in it to knock out an elephant."
" So....how come I'm still awake?"
Cyborg held up a shattered syringe. " Robin must've knocked it out of his attacker's hands, but not before getting a large dose of it, probably in his neck by the looks of the blood. The needle must've nicked an artery, leaving the puddle. The rest of the tranquilizer fell into it."
Starfire stiffened. " This needle did not damage him badly, did it?" She didn't know what a syringe was used for, or how a little needle could leave that much blood, but the thought of Robin bleeding to death before they even got to him was enough to make her feel sick with worry and fear.
Cyborg frowned." No, it couldn't of bled for long, and I highly doubt that Slade would allow Robin to die after all he went through to get him." He twirled the syringe around, using his sensors to test the potency of the remaining liquid. " Ah, that explains why we didn't hear his struggles, stuff worked fast, knocked him out quickly."
" Then what now? Beastboy can not get the scent if he is rendered unconscious." Starfire turned to Raven, at least comforted by the fact that Robin was not seriously injured, at least physically. " Raven, is it possible to scans his thoughts from here, to see if perhaps he has any knowledge of Slade's place of hiding?"
Raven was already shaking her head. " Even if he was conscious at any point before Slade put the device on him, I'm afraid his thoughts might be too muddled to get any real information now."
Starfire sighed.
" Don't worry, I've got ya covered." Cyborg said, turning his scanners off. " Beastboy shouldn't have a problem with the few blood droplets near the hole, my scanners show no sign of the tranquilzer in them."
" I'm on it." Beastboy replied, shifting and sniffing the drops. " Bark!"
" Ya got the scent?"
" Bark!" Beastboy nodded, leaping out the hole and shifting into a hawk, then back into the hound as he landed. A moment later Starfire and Raven followed, hovering above Beastboy as Cyborg landed next to them with a thud.
" Lead the way!"
Beastboy was already running, sniffing the ground and the air for Robin's fading trail, the other Titans keeping pace as they raced against time.
End of Part 1. Does Robin even have a bed in that huge room of his!? I swear it looks like he only has pictures and a table and nothing else. Ah anyway, so what do you think? Comments are welcome. Part 2 will be up soon. - - - - - - --
