Story Title: Heart's Desire

Author: Blair Lebeau, SocialButterfli

Summary: When Slade taps into Robin's dreams and figures out Robin's one weakness, Starfire, Slade kidnaps her and holds her hostage in hopes of blackmailing Robin and eventually tearing the Teen Titans apart. Will Robin succumb to Slade's wishes, or will the remaining Titans band together in an ultimate battle of good and evil to rescue Star? Occasional fluff scenes because we love them. Rob/Star, BB/Rae, Cy and...his car.

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, although I wish I did, my birthday's coming up so maybe I'll get it! Yeah right.


Chapter 6 Slade's Demands and Making Plans

Cyborg felt himself slipping into a coma as Beast Boy continued rattling off ideas to rescue Starfire that would never work. Each one was even more stupid and useless than before. He could tell Robin was getting restless, and he knew how he felt, in a way. Although he didn't have a great, romantic love for Starfire, he did care about her, and it wasn't really comforting knowing that there was nothing they could do to save her. Truth was, the almighty Teen Titans didn't know where the hell Slade was, and had no leads on where to find him.

"Ooh, or we could buy one of those billboards in Jump City and it can say 'Know Slade's location? Give Teen Titans a call and become an honorary Titan!' No, even better, we can put Star's picture on milk cartons! And it will be like 'Seen Starfire? Call the Titans and help her have a safe return!' Or...."

"Beast Boy, shut UP," Raven snapped, before whacking him over the head with a tennis racket picked up by her powers. She felt remorse after she saw a racket imprint left on his head. Why was she feeling bad? It was only Beast Boy.

"Yeah, sorry man, but you ain't helping," Cyborg agreed.

"I can't stand this!" Robin shouted in a sudden outburst, standing up. "How can there be nothing we can do? We are the TEEN TITANS. We're supposed to be able to do anything! But we can't even find our own mortal enemy's hideout and rescue one of our own? WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?" Robin flopped back down on the couch, head in his hands. Raven awkwardly patted him on the back, the second time she had shown friendly affection in one week. It was like a new world record.

"We'll find her," she said, repeating the same comforting phrase that everyone had been telling him since Star was kidnapped. "Like you said, we're the Teen Titans. The good guys always win. We'll get her back, and everything will be back to normal."

"Except for the fact that I've endangered her life," Robin said bitterly. "She'll forgive that in a second, I'm sure."

"She will, man," Cyborg said. "It's Starfire. She's never even heard of a grudge." Robin shook his head. He wasn't able to reply because the Titan meeting was interrupted by the screen crackling and showing a picture.

"Hello, Titans," the hateful voice of Slade began. "I'm sure you've been waiting for me to get in touch with you. Seems that I have something of yours, hmm? Something of personal interest, I believe, Robin?"

"What have you done with her?" Robin growled, standing up angrily.

"Patience, Robin, your little girlfriend is fine." Robin felt grateful that he had told the Titans ahead of time about his feelings for Starfire. It would have been a bit humiliating had he not told them and Slade said his little comment. "But whether she continues to be fine is all in your hands, my friend."

"I am NOT your friend. Where is Starfire? I want to see her!"

"Very well," Slade said calmly. "You may see her. I can hook you up to the security camera we have in her room. After you see that she's fine, then I believe we should begin arranging, shall we say, little tasks for you to do." Slade's figure disappeared from the screen, there was static, and then the screen beheld a practically empty stone room. The picture moved until it settled upon two figures sitting on a stone bed. The four Titans gaped at the screen and what was happening. The blonde figure moved closer to their kidnapped friend and they could just hear him saying, "I'm saying I want you."

Robin's mouth dropped to the floor.

"Want me....to do what?" The unidentified boy who was too close to Starfire for comfort chuckled.

"No, I want you, for myself." And then, Starfire fainted.

"STARFIRE!" Robin shouted, torn between rage and fear. Yes, the Boy Wonder was finally feeling the emotion most foreign to him. Only Starfire could bring fear to him. And with her in danger, it seemed the emotion would be staying.

The screen blacked out again and went to Slade. He was smiling sinisterly.

"Liked what you saw, Robin?" he asked. "I'm sure that was very entertaining for you." Beast Boy stood up.

"What happened to Star?" he asked. "She passed out. Is she alright?"

"She'll be fine," Slade said in a voice that informed them that he could care less. "She's just overwhelmed by her....feelings." Slade "forgot" to mention that she could still be experiencing side effects from the heavy sedation. "I wouldn't want her dead, now, would I? She's still of use to me. Now, speaking of use, Robin, I believe we have negotiations to make?" Robin clenched his fists.

"What do you want?"

"I want the Elyssian Diamond. It's at highest security at the Gotham City Museum, but I'm sure that's not a problem for the Boy Wonder, leader of the Teen Titans. I'll arrange for Starfire's new....friend to pick it up at sunrise tomorrow. Have it, or you'll have more to worry about than a little fainting."

"What do you want the diamond for?" Robin asked, but Slade was gone. "Aargh!" Robin took out his aggravation on the wall by punching it, leaving a nice sized hole.

"Hey, dude, don't take it out on the walls!" Beast Boy objected.

"We all want Starfire back and safe," Raven said. "And we'll have it that way. Slade made a mistake by showing us footage of that boy with Starfire and then deciding to send him here. Once we hand the diamond over to him tomorrow, we can pretend to go back inside, then follow him 'home'. He'll lead us straight to Starfire."

"Well alright, score one for the little lady!" Cyborg exclaimed, jumping up and pumping his fist in the air, but he quickly sat back down again when Raven glared at him. "I mean, uh, nice plan."

Beast Boy gazed at Raven, feeling....proud? He shook his head quickly to clear his thoughts. Robin merely nodded and stalked out of the room.

"Well, uh....see y'all tomorrow," Cyborg said, following suit.

"Yeah," Beast Boy said, feeling sick with anticipation. "Tomorrow."


Well that one was longer for ya, hope you liked it. School's starting tomorrow so my schedule will be chaotic, but I did a lot of writing over vacation so I've got some stuff ready. Also I figure this story will be around 15 chapters.

Sneak Peak: While waiting for Terran, Raven reveals a secret of her past that no one expected.

If you guys have any suggestions or anything to say, you can always email me at

Blair