Alright guys it's another chapter! This one MIGHT be longer but I'm not promising anything. Tee hee. R&R, hope you like it, and I don't own Teen Titans. Here it goes!

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The last chapter ended with Starfire in the hands of Slade. Robin was worried, afraid and extremely mad at Slade, but there just wasn't anything he could do to help Star. The titans were behind Slade ready to help Robin with anything he tried to do.

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"Just let her go Slade and, and......." Pleaded Robin, who now seemed confused, slightly pathetic and helpless.

"And what, young Robin? There isn't anything you can do to change my mind or save her!" said Slade as he pulled out a band with several small bombs on it, each ticking slowly, and strapped it around Star's waist.

Starfire gasped and almost started crying as Slade took his hand away from her mouth and fastened the belt. When he was done, he did not return his hand to her mouth or the knife to her neck, In fact he stepped away from her and Star started to slowly walk towards Robin.

As she did, Slade took out a small control pad from his pocket and was about to press one of the small black buttons on it when Robin yelled....

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"Wait! Don't come any closer Star! He has a control pad! Stop!"

Starfire immediately stopped and took a deep breath.

"You see Robin, you can't hurt me, but you can hurt her. If you come near her, with a press of a button, I can kill both her and you." Said Slade, as he walked closer to Starfire.

"But then you won't have anyone to try out your experiment!" said Robin with a glint of confidence and a sliver of fear.

"Yes, but like you said, I could just go to the planet and take as many Tamaranians as I need. Plus the bonus would be 2 less titans. You see, it all works perfectly! You just can not stop me, Robin."

Slade put his knife in a small brown pouch and placed it gently in his pocket. Then he took hold of Starfire and walked out of the building saying loud enough for the titans, especially Robin, to hear, "You can't win, remember the button!"

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As Slade walked away, Robin started to run towards him and Starfire but Cyborg grabbed his cape before he slipped away and whispered almost harshly, "Let her go man. We'll go after her later. As much as I hate to admit it, Slade's right, remember the button."

"We can't just let him TAKE HER!!!" screamed Robin. "And WE can't help in the process of KILLING her dude!" said Beastboy laying a hand on his shoulder and then whispering , "Listen to Cy, we'll go after later, you know, like sometime when she doesn't have the bombs on her, or in the night when Slade's asleep."

"Knowing Slade, he'll never take those bombs off her, she'll always be in danger if we try to help her!" muttered Robin under his breath while slowly walking away from the comfort of the other titans.

"Happy Birthday......Star." Whispered Robin as a tear rolled down his cheek.

He lifted his hanging head up for a moment only to see the party guests just now emerging from the safe corners of the room and Slade still holding Starfire fading away and walking farther and farther off until they were just a tiny blurred speck in the city.

"Come on let's take him home. Everyone else can stay here and enjoy the so called party." Raven said as she turned to face the other titans.

"Ya. Good idea. He should get to bed early since I know it's gonna take him a LONG time to get to sleep." Said Cyborg, nodding his head in agreement.

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When they finally got Robin home, and got him to go to sleep, they also went to sleep.

They all fell asleep while thinking of a way to help Star escape and how to find out what the experiment is. Nobody really had any ideas, except for Robin.........

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Well? How'd you like it? It was longer this time! Yay! Once again r&r and I'll be working on the next chappie probably pretty soon. Later guys!