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A Trap for the ages.
Everyone was staring at each other. They seemed in a daze. Finally Kestral broke the ice. "Hi sorry to drop in on you guys literaly but I think we can all agree that we have the same goal so let get to work. Like NOW!"
"Your the future Titans right?" asked Raven
"Yes ma'me we are and we could defenetly use your help!" said Beast Girl. She was all jumpy.
"Can you help us get her back safe and sound ?" asked Robin
"We'll do everything in our power to help ,Robin but I can tell you right now I'm not sure if she even still alive." said Firebolt
Robin eyes flash a deep shade of red as he grabbed Firebolt by the scruff of his shirt and said "WHAT TO YOU ME IF SHE STILL ALIVE? SHE NOT DEAD! SHE CAN'T BE DEAD?" HE SCREAMED
Starfire ran over to him and said "Calm down Robin. Yelling is not going to solve anything so let him say something."
He gritted his teeth and put him down and said "Sorry,please explain."
" Star-Robin, my Angel and I are connected. We can sense the others pain as well as see, hear, and feel each other during time of crises. Right now I can't feel anything so she is either hurt so bad that she unconciness or she's ....." he couldn't finsh the sentence
Cyborg turn to face Synthoid and asked her "How did you guys get here? We assume you don't have the Crystal since it most likely somewhere in this time. So how you pull it off?" He was genuinly curious.
"I combined my partical beam and plasma ray and sent both of them at super sonic speeds through the already charged field of krontions recreating the tachyon beam and we lept back here." she said. She was quite proud of herself.
"Now you said that comlinks are down due to the space time annimoly?" asked Kestral
They all nodded.
"Well I 'm going to have to do this the hard way. I 'll need two things. One a map of the city and two something of Star-Robin. Do you have anything like hair or blood, something of hers anything?" asked Kestral
"Here a map of the city."said Raven " But we don't have anything of hers.
"Well what I have in mind won't work with out some thing of hers." he said
"Wait will this work?" said Robin as he hand him one of the sticker photes from the booth.
"It will work but it will be very weak." said Kestral. Closing his eyes he prepared himself.
He pulled out a small purple crystal on a thin silver chain. He tied the photo to the string and began to chant "Azerath Metrion Zenthos."
Beast Boy stared and said "What in Hell's name are you doing?"
Raven at once regonized what he was attemping and exclaimed "You are scrying for her aren't you?" She was impressed by his ingenuity.
He nodded. However Beast Boy was still confused "He's doing what?"
"Scrying, stupid! He's trying to located her by feeling the mysticle virbrations from a personal object. But he could use some help. Raven why don't you help him?" said Beast Girl
Raven nodded and joined him. Together both of them chanted in hopes of finding Star-Robin alive.
Cyborg and Synthiod went to work on a plan "B'' if they couldn't find the Crystal. Beast Boy and Girl were trying to located the Crystal and Robin,Starfire ,and Firebolt were praying the worst hadn't come to past.
Beast Boy couldn't help notice that Beast Girl was quite pretty. So he asked her about herself.
"Well I take after my Father alot. Though I'm not quite as funny. But I'm a lot more patient then he is. Would you like to hear a few jokes?"
"Sure but don't steal any of mine ok?" he said with a laugh
"All right. What's Garfeild the Cat middle name?" she asked
"Mark?" he said as he guessed his own middle name.
"No "THE". Okay what has 8 legs and drinks milk?" she said
He shrugs completly baffled.
"An Octpussie! Final one, What house is alwasy sick?" she had a gleam in her eyes
"I really don't know tell me." he said
"A GREEN HOUSE!" and they broke into a fit of laughter.
"Hush you two!! Its hard enough to concentrait without your laughter!" snapped Raven&Kestral at the same time.
"Sorry" they said still giggling. It was good to laugh.
In Slade's hideout the two were drinking cappcinos served by that albino butler. They were also eating lemon pie. They were laughing happly. Above them was a round cage with electrecic blue bars humming. And the top of the cage was lined with deep red lights that glowed dimmly. Star-Robin lay unconiss, she was remembering a sweet memory.
It was a sunny summer day. She was 4. She was with her parents at the new city park on a picnic. She was at the swings with her Daddy,and her Mommy was laying out the picnic. Her daddy was pushing her on the swing at the same time he was telling her to pump. She sailed high. Laughing gleeful she could she for miles. She glanced behind her to look at her father. His leather black suit with the blue creast and long black hair but not his face, same with her mom. Her clothes were like Star's only glowing white, yet she could not see her face. She flew over and join them for lunch when it began to rain. But they didn't run for shelter they danced in the rain till twin rainbows came out. She smiled happily because now she could see her parents face.
Suddenly everthing changed to the night she last spoke to her mom and dad. They told her they had to leave and probably wouldn't be able to contact her. She asked "Were are you going and when will you be back?" "We're going to Tamran my Star Child and we don't know when we'll be back." said her mom "Can you tell me why? Can't I come?" she asked "No Starry we can't tell you why and you can't come becaue it your responsibilty to protect this city. Just know we wouldn't be leaving if millons of lives didn't depend on us. We love you more then anything in Heaven and Earth. I promise I will alwasy be there when you need me. I swear." her father said as hugged her as a tear rolled down his face down her cheek. Her mom than kissed her goodbye and they disppered. "NO MOMMY!, DADDY! COME BACK DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! COME BACK!" she woke up screaming by the painful memory.
She heard laughter as she looked below. The Slades were laughing at her! "Oh did the little girl have a nightmare? "MOMMY DADDY DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! laughed the Future Slade. She could tell it was him because he qivered slightly when he spoke and his left arm was twinching. She also noticed the S insignia.
"Slade this recent agression is nothing short than a cowardly gambit! What ever your planning it won't succeed! Good will alwasy preveil over evil!" she shout at him
"Someone's been watching too many Saturday morning cartoons! This plan will work and me and my other self will have our hearts desier at last. And the Titans both present and future will be sentence to oblivine!! My future self has assured me that we will previl. The future is mine for the taken!" said Past Slade
"Well I guess he didn't tell you why he so desperate to change the past! He such a sniveling coward in future afraid to die with honor and dignity that he has to resort to this! Oh how the mighty have fallen!!" She said laughing
"What is she talking about? AFRAID TO DIE WITH HONOR AND DIGNITY?!!" he demand his future self to answer.
"Nothing! It all honey and lies. She trying to distract you from the plan. Now let get on wit.......... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed in pain as his whole body shook and he wrapped his arms around his cheast.
Past Slade eye widen in horror. He turned to face Star-Robin and demanded "Tell me what worng with him?!!"
"He's dying! He did it to himself! I won't tell you how you did it. But he won't live more than five months. That's if he doesn't commit suidce first because I've imange that pain is increadble. Looks like the Teen Titans will have the last laugh after all." she said with a smirk.
The pain subsided and he picked himself up and said "Believe me Star-Robin before the sunsets the Titans will all be dead and you will be the one in the most pain! Take a close look at that cage your in. It specifically intuned to your DNA so if you tried to escape " he held up a remote and pressed a button and uninmanageable pain raced through her body. It only lasted a minuet but it felt longer. She was screaming. As she grabbed her waist she collasped to the floor withering.
"Wonderful is it not? I can make your body feel the worst pain in the universe but thats not all." he said. He turned the dile on the remote and the lights glowed bright red. Suddenly all of her most recent painful memory raced through her mind but the feelings attached to them hurt worse than the phyiscal pain did. She screamed louder as she grabbed her head.
"I'll stop only if you beg me to. I love to see you grovel." he said.
She got to her feet and said "No matter what you do to me you will not and I repeat YOU WILL NOT BREAK ME SLADE! NOT YOU OR YOUR PAST SELF! NEVER!"
The Slades said together "Then we will give you a living Hell and you 'll beg us to put you out misery!" as the physical and emotional pain was put to the max. She held on tight to a photo from the booth and thought
"Robin ,Starfire ,Firebolt I need you! Come save me!"
All three of them said at the same time and said "You felt that didn't you?"
"Felt what? Are you guys ok?" asked Cyborg
"Star-Robin! She's alive but in a lot of pain! She needs us now!" said Firebolt shouting at the top of his lungs
"But we still don't know where Slade took her!" Said Synthiod
"We do now! The old metal refinery! He's beneath it. That's funny though in our time it a recylcing plant. " said Kestral
"That roach alwasy likes dark place to hide! Come on lets go get him so we can snag him! "said Beast Girl determination flashed in her eyes.
"Hold on have you found the Cyrstal yet? What good would it do to save her and not have a way to send you guys home?" said Robin
"Well said Beast Boy "We determine that the Crystal is somewhere in the mini mall at the northeastern end of the city because that's were the museum will be in the future. It could be any where between the hardware store and the 7ll."
"Me and Firebolt will go find the Cyrstal and join you as soon as possible." said Starfire
"Starfire no let one of the others look. I need you. " said Robin as he took her hands in his and looked directly into her eyes.
She placed her right hand on his face and said "No Robin I have to do this. You have a promise to keep. I will be there as soon as I can. I promise you won't have to face Slade alone again I 'll be there this time."
"If all this settle lets go you'll" said Cy
Everyone ran down the stairs but before Star could leave Robin gave one of the photes to her. The hugged and he said to himself "You hurt me and my friends once Slade I will not let happen again!!!!!" And he ran.