Chapter Fifteen: Slade's tear

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That night, instead of sleeping, Slade was sitting in his quarters staring at the wall, what had gotten into Jade? She was different lately, she seemed to showing a lot less respect for Slade, it probably all had to do with Robin. She seemed less and less controllable as time went by, he would have to do something to get her back in his grip again, there was always some way he could put probes inside of her, 'I don't want to hurt her, though' thought Slade, there was always the option of putting probes inside of Robin, but if he did end up killing Robin if Jade didn't listen to him then it was just turn her against him completely, so that wasn't an option, maybe she had already turned against him, Slade got nervous, he stood up and walked out of the room, he walked down the hall toward section five, he was just too nervous and he had to check and see if Jade was still there, when he reached her door he slid it open a little, she was lying on her bed with her head at the foot of her bed, her foot and her arm were hanging over the side of her bed, Happy that she was still there, Slade stepped in the room and walked over to the bed, he was about five feet away from it, He couldn't help but notice that Jade looked kind of – cute. He shook his head to get the thought out, Jade's head rolled onto its side in her sleep, so she was facing him, she made a noise in her sleep, she moved her arm up onto the bed, Slade could tell she was about to wake up so he took one last look at her and then left.

The next morning Jade woke up with an uneasy feeling, like someone had been watching her for a period of time, she yawned, that was the best she had slept in ages, dismissing the thought of being watched, she decided that she needed to do something, so she got up out of bed and opened the door, she walked down the hall toward Slade's quarters, it was quiet in the headquarters, she was sure Slade was already awake, when she got there, just to make sure, she knocked and waited for an answer.

"Identify yourself" came Slade's voice

"It's me, Jade" said Jade

"you may enter" said Slade, Jade opened the door and stepped in, she quietly closed it behind her.

"You want something?" said Slade with his back to her

"yeah, I just wanna, umm, apologize for being such a jerk lately, I don't know what came over me" said Jade

"really?" said Slade

"yeah" said Jade kicking at the floor with her arms folded behind her,

"very well then" said Slade

"so are you, like, still mad at me?" said Jade

"I suppose a little" said Slade "but grateful that you apologized"

"ok, so, umm, seeya" and with that she left the room, she smiled a small, satisfied smile as she walked back to her room, back in Slade's quarters, he was still thinking, not now about how to control Jade, but what to do with her, if things got rough after he attacked titans tower, Jade could get caught in the middle and get hurt, or thrown in jail, or even possibly killed, maybe it was best to let her decide one more time for herself if she wanted to be with Robin or him, because his secret couldn't last forever if she was with him, she would eventually find out that he was her father, or possibly already had, (possibly) maybe it was best just to give up his life of crime for the best of Jade, but that was already out of the picture, he had gone way too far now to back out, keeping Jade with him was risky, and he was starting to think it wasn't an option, 'but she seems happy now, I mean, she apologized' Slade decided to let time work things out for itself, and if Jade showed happiness in being with him, then she stayed, but if she showed depression or anymore anger toward Slade then he would have to give her up, but it would be hard, it had been so long since he was able to show his face to her, he had another flashback, of just before everything fell apart:

Robin and Jade were sitting in the back seat of the car, Robin, ten years old, and Jade, six, Robin had headphones on, like any typical ten-year-old boy would, Jade had some bubble gum in her mouth, every now and then she would blow a bubble, Robin looked a little depressed, he was just staring out the window,

"Who died?" asked their mother looking back at Robin, "you look a little on the down side"

"I'm fine" said Robin, Jade tapped him on the shoulder, he looked at her and she blew a huge bubble and it popped, Robin laughed at Jade and she laughed with him.

Back in reality a tear slid down Slade's face under his mask, he slammed his fist down onto the table, he was crying, him, crying, He was surprised what Jade and his memories of her did to him, 'for MY sake maybe I should let her go' he thought, but then if she was with the titans he would have to look at her as an enemy instead of his daughter, then again, he done the same thing to Jade with Robin, now he knew how it felt, this was all so confusing, he hadn't slept in two days and he had all this on his mind, and he just shed a tear for Christ sake, Jade had no idea how much she was putting him through.

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