Uh, yeah...Sorry it took three or more months to update...I'm even busier over the summer than I am during the school year. Yeah, anyway:
Chapter 5
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Slade stood up, breathing heavily and towering over Sparrow, who was lying almost unconscious on the floor. "Next time you'll obey my orders," he said angrily as he kicked the boy in the side and walked away. Sparrow winced and gasped, but otherwise didn't respond. His uniform was torn, and it was black and gold like Slade's mask. He wanted so desperately to defeat Slade, but no matter how hard he tried he was always thrown to the ground and beaten unconscious. He lay on the floor, fighting his exhaustion, and let his thoughts consume him. He remembered how kind the Titans had been to him. His heart filled with hate when he thought of how Slade had used him to hurt them. Empowered by his hate, he got up and lunged at Slade once again. Slade heard him coming and turned around. Sparrow aimed a kick at his head but he ducked, caught the boy's foot, swung him around by his foot, and then threw him into the wall. "Now Sparrow, What did I tell you about attacking me when my back is turned?" he said in a menacing voice. He pulled out a remote control and pushed a red button. Immediately the boy started to writhe and yell in pain. "My patience has run thin, Sparrow," Slade said, "I will not tolerate any more rebellion from you."
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Instantly Sparrow woke from his dream breathing heavily. A cold sticky sweat covered his whole body, and he instinctively jumped out of bed onto his feet. He looked at the big pink digital clock Starfire had said he could use, and saw that it was four in the morning. Usually 4 AM meant it was time to begin training, but today it was different. Today Slade wasn't there to make him do anything, meaning he could climb back into bed and sleep until four in the evening if he wanted, so he slowly crawled back under the covers. There he sat waiting for three hours.
At seven he got out of bed, spread up the covers to make it look nice, walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. Not long after, Raven walked in from the hall. She was a bit surprised to see Sparrow in her spot on the couch, but walked into the kitchen and made some herbal tea. Sparrow began to tense up. He wanted to be somewhere else. A few minutes later, Raven walked over and sat down on the couch next to Sparrow with two cups of tea. "Would you like some?" she asked. Sparrow stared at the cup for a few seconds, then nodded his head and said "Yes, thank you." Raven smiled a little and handed him the cup, which Sparrow took and sipped slowly. His hands became sweaty, and the cup was starting to slip out of them. He set it down. "What's wrong?" Raven asked. "Uh..." Sparrow stuttered, "it was slipping out of my hands...because of the condensation...I guess..." Raven raised one eyebrow. "Condensation is when water particles in the air get cooled down and gather on the outside of something cold," she said. "Uh, right!" Sparrow said, blushing a little, "I knew that..."
Beast Boy saved the day. He burst into the room screaming "HELP!! HE'S GONNA RIP OUT MY LIVER!!!!!" BB jumped over the back of the couch and curled up into a shivering ball between Raven and Sparrow. Robin came in soon after him wearing a white towel, and his hair was dripping wet and green. "WHERE IS HE?!?" he yelled with rage. Beast Boy turned into a mouse and jumped into Raven's hands. Cyborg, Starfire, and the others came running in. "What has happened?" Starfire asked. Robin was too mad to be embarrassed. "Beast Boy stole my shampoo and put green hair dye in it!" he exclaimed, lunging at Beast Boy. Cyborg held him back. "He's gonna kill me!" Beast Boy said, turning back into himself and jumping behind Raven. "You are both acting like immature idiots," Raven stated plainly, "Robin, go wash your hair and put on some decent clothing." Robin realized his appearance. His face turned bright red and he ran out of the living room. Beast Boy gave a sigh of relief. "Thanks Rae," he said, "I thought I was a goner..." "You will be the next time you pull a prank like that," Cyborg said, "We can't protect you all of the time."
The titans began their morning routine, and soon Robin came out wearing his uniform with his hair spiked perfectly as if nothing unusual had happened that morning. The only difference was that instead of his hair being black it was dark dark green, and he kept shooting death glares at Beast Boy, who tried to avoid him for the rest of the morning.