Chapter Twelve: Another Secret Of Slade's

Disclaimer: I only own Jade,

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Jade swung her staff, as she practiced in her room, it had been almost two weeks since her last encounter with Robin, she hardly ever slept, when she did, it was a nightmare filled restless sleep, she swung her staff at the air, the image in the mirror caught her eye, she stared at herself for a long time, she put her staff on the ground and walked up to the mirror, she pressed her hand against it, the girl on the other side pressed her hand against it too, Jade stared into her own eyes for a long time with her hand pressed against it, there was just a small, thin, piece of glass separating the two girls, she wondered if the girl in the mirror could see her, or if she was just a reflection in a piece of glass, Jade pressed her hand harder against the glass, as if she wanted to fall through it. She sighed and turned around and grabbed her staff and slid it under her bed. Then she sat on it, she stared at the wall, she suddenly found herself curious as to why Slade hated Robin so much, he must have done something to him in the past.

"I could always go snooping in Slade's files" said Jade quietly to herself, at first, she was joking, but then she thought, that was actually a possibility, she could sneak into the file room at night, and look up Robin.

'and plus, like Slade said, I AM with him now, so that gives me a right to know, I guess' she sighed, it would be risky, but it wasn't a bad idea.

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Jade walked down the hall, being as quiet as possible, every now and then looking over her shoulder when she reached a door that had "file room" carved into it, she opened it, surprised it wasn't locked, she hit the light switch, inside was a large computer screen, she walked over to it, there was a keyboard, Jade pressed the "on" button, the screen turned on, and on it was a little box where you type in, and above it said "Please Enter the Password"

"great" said Jade, she typed in "Slade"

"Access Denied"

"ummm" said Jade "thetitanssuck"

"access denied"

"lets see..." said Jade "sillyputty"

"access denied"

"ihatethetitans"

access denied

Jade stopped to think for a moment, what was Slade's most biggest, mysterious, future, she snapped her fingers and typed "mask"

"access denied"

"GRRRRRR" she growled "what about.... Hiddenidentity"

"access denied"

Jade got annoyed, "ihatethetitanssomuchgoddammitiwishtheywouldalljustdiieeeeeee"

"access approved"

Letters appeared on the screen, above that it said "click on the letter referring to the file you wish to find" Jade moved the mouse to "R" and clicked on it, she scrolled down until she came to "Robin" and she clicked on that and a window opened, she read the information

Jade read the whole profile, she was shocked to see EVERYTHING about Robin in there, from when he was born, to what school he went to, to what friends he had, to what siblings, his parents names, how he and Jade got separated from them, how him and the titans got together, everything was right there in this one file

"how does Slade know all this" said Jade "There are things in here that only us and our parents....could.........know" suddenly it hit Jade, it was all right there in front of her, the kindness, the second chances, helping her get stronger, her value to him, all the information on Robin, It was so obvious,

'.....You could even say I know more about you than you do....."

"Slade's my father" said Jade quietly, under her breath, suddenly she heard footsteps, she pressed the power button, she ducked behind a wooden crate in the corner of the room, the footsteps got closer, suddenly she remembered something, the lights, they were on! The footsteps got closer, she wouldn't have time to turn them off, she crossed her fingers and hoped that whoever it was wouldn't come in here, the footsteps stopped, right outside of the door. A knot formed in Jade's stomach, she clenched her eyes shut

"don't come in here, don't come in here, don't come in here, don't come in here....." she whispered quietly, then, she heard the footsteps continue down the hall, she let out a sigh of relief she waited for the footsteps to disappear then she got up, turned the lights off, and walked back to her room.

She sat on her bed and thought for a moment, "If he's our father, why does he want Robin dead?" she said to herself, she dropped onto her back, she wouldn't sleep, she knew that for sure, so she just stared at the ceiling.

::Titans Tower::

"So, she said that Slade told her to kill you?" said Raven

"Yes, I'm not sure why, but I think Jade WANTS to be with him" said Robin

"uhh, why?" said Cyborg

"I have no clue" said Robin "but one things for sure, this isn't like her, she never liked to hurt anything, or anyone, something's definitely wrong"

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