KK: No new reviews, but I can put up with that. It's not as bad as my HP story though on my other name (AliceRiddle/DesamayMalfoy). No reviews and I'm almost done with the story! Lolz. Anywayz, read, review, and enjoy.

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Chapter 6: The Capture

Peregrine sat on the edge of the cliff, watching the small forms of the Teen Titans going about their lives. Soars was perched on her shoulder, preening himself. They were both worried. It had been a week since the bomb incident, and Slade had not made any contact with them. Suddenly, Soars turned around on Peregrine's shoulder.

^Someone's coming.^

^Let them come,^ responded Peregrine, drawing her knees up to her chest and resting her chin on them.

Soars looked down at her worriedly as Slade walked out of the forest shadows. "Peregrine, why did you not come back to my hideout after your mission?"

"Because I live here."

Soars took off from her shoulder.

"You work for me. You live where I tell you," Slade argued.

Peregrine stood up, faced him, and raised her eyebrows. "I work (I) for (/I) you? I thought we had a partnership."

"I can only allow you to be partners with me if I can trust you to carry out a plan properly."

Peregrine snorted.

^Peregrine!^ Soars suddenly shouted into her head, ^Slade has robots in the forest.^

^Right.^ Peregrine flared her wings and took off from the ground.

Slade snarled, plunging her hand into his and pulling out a gun. Peregrine flapped her powerful wings and caught an updraft, allowing her to effortlessly fly out of Slade's reach. He fired anyway. The large bullet burst into a net five feet below Peregrine, but directly over Soars, who wad flying lower than Peregrine. It fell and wrapped itself tightly around him, causing him to drop from the sky like a rock. One of Slade's robots caught him before he hit the ground.

"Soars!" Peregrine screamed and tucked in her wings. She sped through the air. But another one of Slade's robots fired a gun, which shot out a bullet full of stun gas. Peregrine coughed and the collapsed, crumpling in a heap at Slade's feet.

The robot holding Soars' unconscious body (he had been knocked out by net) walked over to Slade and handed him the bird. Slade looked from the girl at him feet to the bird in his hands, eyes twinkling.

"Excellent. I now know how to destroy the Teen Titans."

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