The next day....
"Oh Mr. Slade! I'm so happy to see you!" Star said, in a high-pitched voice.
"Hmmm...I don't remember you," Mr. Slade said turning around. "Oh wait, you were involved in the fight yesterday."
"That's right. I wanted to talk to you in your office," Star said, timing it so she asked right when the principal walked by.
"Well I can't refuse a student in trouble," Mr. Slade muttered through his teeth. "Come right in."
After walking through the door, Star carefully tilted her chair so both she and Slade would be framed by the camera lens. Everything was going perfectly.
"I would just like to apologize for what happened yesterday. I had no idea that everyone would get so out of hand." Star carefully avoided names to make sure that Slade would have an opportunity to jump to conclusions and bash robin on tape.
"Well that's what happens when you hang out with riff-raff." Star, grinned, Mr. Slade had taken the bait. No one could mistake his meaning even with his out-of-date slang. "I'm sorry, who is riff-raff?" She tried to sound as naïve as possible.
"That Robin kid and his friends of course," Mr. Slade snapped dropping titles. "They think they are better then everyone else. 'Oh look at me I'm so superior.' Well they'll get what's coming to them. Sooner than they think."
"Is that a threat?" Star asked, carefully choosing her words.
"It's a promise. I live for the day that I bust their sorry behinds..." Mr. Slade continued, too caught up to remember who he was speaking too. "You'd do better to hang out with better kids."
"Better kids?" Star asked, trying to keep him talking.
"Yeah, like Kitten and Fang. That cute couple here yesterday."
"You knew they were a couple? And you still called them here to testify against Robin?"
"Of course they're a couple. They were holding hands in here! I only pretended to miss it so I could get Robin in more trouble. I love my job." Slade chuckled.
Star shuddered. She never, ever wanted to see him chuckle again. "Well, thank you for the advice."
"Remember what I said," Slade continued, oblivious to his demise. "Robin is no good and I'll make sure he gets caught. Or if he doesn't, framed!"
Slade began to laugh maniacally. 'Maybe it's something in the water that the teachers drink.' Star wondered remembering her first period teacher.
Star walked back slowly to first period. 'This is one strange school' she thought when entering the classroom.
The day was sunny, the first in a long time. The teacher stared outside. He seemed to be growing more and more pathetic. There weren't even any raindrops to watch and he seemed captivated. As Star took her seat, everyone crowded around.
"Dude! Did you get it?" BB asked.
"Oh yea!" Star whispered, turning around. "As Mr. Slade would say, I busted his sorry behind."
Everyone burst out laughing, a nice change from Mr. Slade's freaky chuckle.
Suddenly, Cyborg stopped. "How are we gonna get that camera back now?"
"I'm two steps ahead of you!" Star laughed. "I left my jacket in there on purpose so I can get it during lunch. He always goes out to eat, I saw some Taco Bell bags in his trash can."
Once again, everyone resumed laughing. Everything was perfect.
Everything went just as Star planned. She waited outside Mr. Slade's office until she saw him leave. Then going in, she barely even said a word before the secretary waved her in. She walked into the office and grabbed her sweater which she had pushed mostly behind the chair so Mr. Slade wouldn't see it and bring it to her before she got to his office. She picked it up and went over to the filing cabinet to grab the camera. Reaching into the correct spot she pulled her hand back...with nothing in it!
"What?" She gasped, too surprised to even think straight. "Where is it?"
Just as she reached in again she heard a voice behind her.
"You all think you are sooo clever," Kitten said, smirking. "You didn't even realize I was next to you all during math. I'd have to be deaf not to hear what you guys were saying."
Star grimaced. "Just give me the camera." She said quietly, not wanting to disturb the secretary.
"As if I would be dumb enough to do that! No, I think you need to leave now and tell your pathetic little friends that if they want the camera they need to get Robin to go out with me!"
"I thought you were going out with Fang?" Star asked.
"That loser! No he broke up with me this morning. And won't he be jealous when he sees me and Robin going out." Kitten cackled.
'Seriously, what is it with these people. Mr. Slade chuckling, Kitten cackling, it's seriously disturbing,' Star thought.
She left Kitten still plotting her dastardly deed (I always wanted to say that!) and walked slowly back to her friends.
She entered the lunchroom and made it slowly over to her friends. Cyborg had his laptop out and everyone was looking glum.
"I don't know what you guys are sad about, but let me add to it," Star said sighing. "Kitten..."
"Has the camera," finished Robin. "Cyborg still has the laptop hooked up to it. The camera's in her pocket but we still heard the whole thing."
"Dude! This is so not cool!" BB complained.
"Can't we just beat her up?" Raven asked. "It's not like it going to be hard."
"We don't know where the camera is though!" Robin's fist pounded the table.
"I thought you said it was in her pocket?" Star asked.
"No he just said that because we couldn't see either of you when you were talking. I could be in her pocket, or Mr. Slade's drawer, or a billion other places." Cyborg clarified.
"It seems like I'm going on a date," Robin sighed.
"Dude! Wait! I just had a brilliant idea!" BB shrieked.
"Do tell." Raven said in her usual monotone.
"Well, we can't see where the camera is right? But we can tell if it's moving!"
"So?" Raven asked.
"If we see it's moving, we know Kitten has it and we can get it from her. But she's probably too scared of us..."
"...especially without Fang." Star interrupted.
"... to keep it on her person. She probably just moved it to another spot in the room. As long as we keep monitoring on Cyborg's computer, we can come back later and make a thorough search of Mr. Slade's office!"
"I guess sleep is out," Cyborg whined. "meet back in the basement at 12:00."
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The Titans found themselves once again in the basement.
"Whoa, déjà vu!" BB said.
"Let's go," Raven said. "I spend enough time with him at school."
Once again making their way towards Mr. Slade's office, Cyborg hacked into the security system. "Ok, we have to hurry. There are a billion spots it could be and we only have 5 minutes."
They entered the office and quickly fanned out. Not two second had gone by when:
"Found it!" Raven said.
It was hidden on the side of he spotted box in a different spot.
"Dude! That was so my idea! She can't even come up with a creative one on her own!" BB whined.
"Be glad. A creative spot would have taken longer to find," Raven said wisely.
They left the office after Cyborg doubled checked to make sure it was the right camera. They stopped off at a mail box and Robin pulled a pre- addressed envelope out of his belt pocket. "I figured we would need this."
After Cyborg deleted any extraneous scenes on the camera, they stuck in the mail slot.
'Dude! Our future depends on the US postal system! I hope they don't mess up," BB worried.
They didn't. Barely a week had passed before Mr. Slade was put on extended leave. The Teen Titans had done it again.
"Oh Mr. Slade! I'm so happy to see you!" Star said, in a high-pitched voice.
"Hmmm...I don't remember you," Mr. Slade said turning around. "Oh wait, you were involved in the fight yesterday."
"That's right. I wanted to talk to you in your office," Star said, timing it so she asked right when the principal walked by.
"Well I can't refuse a student in trouble," Mr. Slade muttered through his teeth. "Come right in."
After walking through the door, Star carefully tilted her chair so both she and Slade would be framed by the camera lens. Everything was going perfectly.
"I would just like to apologize for what happened yesterday. I had no idea that everyone would get so out of hand." Star carefully avoided names to make sure that Slade would have an opportunity to jump to conclusions and bash robin on tape.
"Well that's what happens when you hang out with riff-raff." Star, grinned, Mr. Slade had taken the bait. No one could mistake his meaning even with his out-of-date slang. "I'm sorry, who is riff-raff?" She tried to sound as naïve as possible.
"That Robin kid and his friends of course," Mr. Slade snapped dropping titles. "They think they are better then everyone else. 'Oh look at me I'm so superior.' Well they'll get what's coming to them. Sooner than they think."
"Is that a threat?" Star asked, carefully choosing her words.
"It's a promise. I live for the day that I bust their sorry behinds..." Mr. Slade continued, too caught up to remember who he was speaking too. "You'd do better to hang out with better kids."
"Better kids?" Star asked, trying to keep him talking.
"Yeah, like Kitten and Fang. That cute couple here yesterday."
"You knew they were a couple? And you still called them here to testify against Robin?"
"Of course they're a couple. They were holding hands in here! I only pretended to miss it so I could get Robin in more trouble. I love my job." Slade chuckled.
Star shuddered. She never, ever wanted to see him chuckle again. "Well, thank you for the advice."
"Remember what I said," Slade continued, oblivious to his demise. "Robin is no good and I'll make sure he gets caught. Or if he doesn't, framed!"
Slade began to laugh maniacally. 'Maybe it's something in the water that the teachers drink.' Star wondered remembering her first period teacher.
Star walked back slowly to first period. 'This is one strange school' she thought when entering the classroom.
The day was sunny, the first in a long time. The teacher stared outside. He seemed to be growing more and more pathetic. There weren't even any raindrops to watch and he seemed captivated. As Star took her seat, everyone crowded around.
"Dude! Did you get it?" BB asked.
"Oh yea!" Star whispered, turning around. "As Mr. Slade would say, I busted his sorry behind."
Everyone burst out laughing, a nice change from Mr. Slade's freaky chuckle.
Suddenly, Cyborg stopped. "How are we gonna get that camera back now?"
"I'm two steps ahead of you!" Star laughed. "I left my jacket in there on purpose so I can get it during lunch. He always goes out to eat, I saw some Taco Bell bags in his trash can."
Once again, everyone resumed laughing. Everything was perfect.
Everything went just as Star planned. She waited outside Mr. Slade's office until she saw him leave. Then going in, she barely even said a word before the secretary waved her in. She walked into the office and grabbed her sweater which she had pushed mostly behind the chair so Mr. Slade wouldn't see it and bring it to her before she got to his office. She picked it up and went over to the filing cabinet to grab the camera. Reaching into the correct spot she pulled her hand back...with nothing in it!
"What?" She gasped, too surprised to even think straight. "Where is it?"
Just as she reached in again she heard a voice behind her.
"You all think you are sooo clever," Kitten said, smirking. "You didn't even realize I was next to you all during math. I'd have to be deaf not to hear what you guys were saying."
Star grimaced. "Just give me the camera." She said quietly, not wanting to disturb the secretary.
"As if I would be dumb enough to do that! No, I think you need to leave now and tell your pathetic little friends that if they want the camera they need to get Robin to go out with me!"
"I thought you were going out with Fang?" Star asked.
"That loser! No he broke up with me this morning. And won't he be jealous when he sees me and Robin going out." Kitten cackled.
'Seriously, what is it with these people. Mr. Slade chuckling, Kitten cackling, it's seriously disturbing,' Star thought.
She left Kitten still plotting her dastardly deed (I always wanted to say that!) and walked slowly back to her friends.
She entered the lunchroom and made it slowly over to her friends. Cyborg had his laptop out and everyone was looking glum.
"I don't know what you guys are sad about, but let me add to it," Star said sighing. "Kitten..."
"Has the camera," finished Robin. "Cyborg still has the laptop hooked up to it. The camera's in her pocket but we still heard the whole thing."
"Dude! This is so not cool!" BB complained.
"Can't we just beat her up?" Raven asked. "It's not like it going to be hard."
"We don't know where the camera is though!" Robin's fist pounded the table.
"I thought you said it was in her pocket?" Star asked.
"No he just said that because we couldn't see either of you when you were talking. I could be in her pocket, or Mr. Slade's drawer, or a billion other places." Cyborg clarified.
"It seems like I'm going on a date," Robin sighed.
"Dude! Wait! I just had a brilliant idea!" BB shrieked.
"Do tell." Raven said in her usual monotone.
"Well, we can't see where the camera is right? But we can tell if it's moving!"
"So?" Raven asked.
"If we see it's moving, we know Kitten has it and we can get it from her. But she's probably too scared of us..."
"...especially without Fang." Star interrupted.
"... to keep it on her person. She probably just moved it to another spot in the room. As long as we keep monitoring on Cyborg's computer, we can come back later and make a thorough search of Mr. Slade's office!"
"I guess sleep is out," Cyborg whined. "meet back in the basement at 12:00."
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The Titans found themselves once again in the basement.
"Whoa, déjà vu!" BB said.
"Let's go," Raven said. "I spend enough time with him at school."
Once again making their way towards Mr. Slade's office, Cyborg hacked into the security system. "Ok, we have to hurry. There are a billion spots it could be and we only have 5 minutes."
They entered the office and quickly fanned out. Not two second had gone by when:
"Found it!" Raven said.
It was hidden on the side of he spotted box in a different spot.
"Dude! That was so my idea! She can't even come up with a creative one on her own!" BB whined.
"Be glad. A creative spot would have taken longer to find," Raven said wisely.
They left the office after Cyborg doubled checked to make sure it was the right camera. They stopped off at a mail box and Robin pulled a pre- addressed envelope out of his belt pocket. "I figured we would need this."
After Cyborg deleted any extraneous scenes on the camera, they stuck in the mail slot.
'Dude! Our future depends on the US postal system! I hope they don't mess up," BB worried.
They didn't. Barely a week had passed before Mr. Slade was put on extended leave. The Teen Titans had done it again.