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 nor do I own the sushi restaurant Chiba Tsukino's if it actually exists. And if it does exist and the owner is reading this, I'm very sorry that I said it was abandonned because I'm sure your sushi restaurant is fabulous and thriving.

Chapter 9 A Stupid Mistake

After wasting time on prying Cyborg off the T Car and explaining that taking it would cause them to lose Terran (it ended only when Raven threatened to crush his baby if he didn't shut up and let them go) the Titans were discreetly on the elusive Terran's path.

Beast Boy found himself feeling troubled and confused, unable to clear his mind or focus on the battle ahead. Seeing Terran and hearing that Terra had a real reason for betraying them had shaken him up. All these memories and feeling came flooding back. He hated this. He had been over her. He had been back to normal. He had even started to have feeling again for someone else....wait, what?

"He's slowing down," Raven observed. The Titans did the same. Cyborg tapped into his systems to see where they were.

"We just left Jump City, we're now on the outskirts of Gotham," Cyborg reported in a whisper.

"Dude, um, where'd he go?" Beast Boy asked. Terran had strayed off the street and the Titans looked around wildly, unwilling to lose their one lead to Slade.

"There," Raven whispered, pointing. Terran had made his way to the parking lot of the long ago abandonned Chiba Tsukino's Sushi Restaurant. His back was to them, he suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Well, Titans, we've reached out destination." Beast Boy jumped back and all were stunned into silence.

"You....you knew we were following you?" BB asked.

"Of course. As if the so called 'almighty' Titans would let me walk away. How else were you going to find a way to rescue your precious Starfire?"

"Robin, I would think you would have expected that." Out of nowhere, Slade appeared, hand on Terran's shoulder. Terra had come with him, and she stared at the Titans head on.

"Hey guys," she said. "It's been a while." The Titans were shocked at how unprepared they were. Why hadn't they expected this? Slade wasn't stupid. They had been so wrapped up in finding Star that they hadn't given much thought to the excruciating battle they would have to fight before even catching sight of her. What if she wasn't even here? Terran knew they would follow; why lead them to her? All the Titans realized their stupidity; Robin felt especially frustrated.

"I see we've left you speechless. This is a moment to remember, apprentices," Slade said, enjoying the reactions of his sworn enemies.

"Where's Starfire?" Robin finally made out.

"Oh, she's here. We easily could have fought elsewhere but I like to be fair. Besides, it's not like I have anything to worry about. In case you haven't noticed, you've lost a fighter and I've gained one. I don't believe this will be very pleasant for you."

"You're going down, Slade," Robin said defiantly. For a few seconds the representatives of good and evil stared each other down.

And then they got ready to battle.

Oh, it's on. Another chapter finished, I know it's short, but that's how it goes! Tell me if you loved it, hated it, whatever.

Sneak Peak: The battle begins but Raven and Beast Boy get trapped in a tunnel together. Ooh, some major BB/Rae fluff going on.

Blair