"Cyborg. Why?" Robin asked as he slowly walked over to his friend.
The only answer he got was a backhand to his face, sending him into a wall. Slade snickered as he watched as the Titans ran over to Robin.
"What's your deal Cy?!" Beast Boy asked.
"Yes. We want to know why you have joined Slade." Starfire said.
"I'd rather join with someone who hates me, than with people I live with and who are supposed to care."
"What are you talking about? Of course we care about you." BB said. "Is it because of your birthday?"
"No. I already told you, it's because you don't care. None of you do." He said as BB remembered what he said when he left.
They ignored him, treated him like shit, only wanted him around when they wanted something, and didn't even help him when he was hurt.
"So this is how you want it Cyborg?" Robin asked as he stood up.
"It's not how I want it, it's how you made it."
Robin went to attack, but Raven cut him off.
"Wait. Something isn't right."
"What is it?"
"I don't know, but he's not acting right. Look at him, even the way he stands is different."
They looked at him trying to figure out what it was.
"Are you guys going to stand there all night, or are we going to settle this?!" Cyborg asked in frustration.
"I'm sorry Raven, but we have no choice. We have to fight him. Once we defeat him and Slade we can find out what's wrong. Titans! Go!" He said before all of them attacked Cyborg, except for Raven. She stood there for a minute as they all began to fight, but joined them knowing that Robin was right.
"I'm sorry." All of them thought towards Cyborg before engaging him.
Robin threw a bird-a-rang at him while BB took to the air. Cy grabbed it and used it's momentum to throw it at BB who couldn't avoid it because he was too close to Cy.
It hit him in the face, while Starfire shot several star bolts at him and Raven through several empty crates at him with her energy. Cy hit a button on his mid-section making a force field appear. Starfire's starbolts were useless, as was Raven's energy.
"Good. I see that modifying that belt will only make defeating the Titans all too east for him." Slade said while he and Cinderblock watched.
"What did he just do?!" Beast Boy asked as he ran to Robin.
"He hit something on his body and that force field appeared. Starfire and Raven can't do anything when that's on. Slade really went all out this time."
Cy aimed his sonic cannon at Starfire and blasted her through the skylight of the warehouse, then blasted Raven, sending her into the wall. The force field disappeared as he walked over to Robin and Beast Boy. They had to regroup and plan this out.
Starfire came back in through the same hole and joined them as did Raven.
"What do we do Robin, with that force field there, we can't get any attacks in, and he can just blast away at us." Beast Boy asked as they ran from his blasts.
"That's it! It has to be whatever is controlling that force field!" Raven said.
"What's it?" BB asked.
"Didn't you see him push a button on his stomach?"
"Yeah. I think I saw a belt there too."
"That has to be it. We break that belt, we break Slade's control over Cyborg."
"But he's not controlling him Robin. Cyborg joined him on his own free will because of us." Starfire said as she lowered her head.
"That's true Starfire, but I can't see into his mind." Raven said.
"C'mon guys! Are you going to run from me all night?!" Cyborg said as he just stood there waiting for them to attack. "What about you Rob?! I know you want to fight me! Especially after the tournament of heroes. You were declared the best, but you didn't fight me; and in the back of your head you're wondering who would've won between us."
"Don't go Robin, he's only trying to draw you out so he can blast you." Starfire said as she grabbed his arm when he started to go.
"He's right though."
"I got it! Why don't you fight him, and only go after that belt." BB said.
"I agree with Beast Boy, it seems like he only wants to fight you right now." Raven said.
Robin nodded and jumped out from where they were hiding. Both he and Cyborg grinned the same grin while taking their fighting stances while the others watched.
"Mmm, now this shall be really interesting." Slade said.
They charged at each other. Robin jumped in the air and tried a kick to his face, but Cyborg moved out of the way and grabbed his cape and tried to punch Robin but he ducked and punched him in the face. It didn't even faze him, and Robin did his backflip kick sending Cyborg back into several crates.
Cyborg got up and popped his neck, then charged at Robin. He tried a right hook, followed back a spinning left backfist, and a repeat. Robin dodged them all as the past attack knocked a whole in the wall. Robin retaliated with a right hook of his own, but Cyborg blocked it with his left arm and gave him a left jab to the face.
"I'm not done with you yet!" Cy said as he grabbed Robin's right arm and clotheslined him. He still held onto Robin's arm and picked him up, then clotheslined him again making Robin do a corkscrew to the ground.
Robin got up in frustration and punched Cy in the face again, but Cy just flexed his shoulders and gave him another clothesline making him roll on the back of his neck. Starfire moved to help Robin out, but BB and Raven stopped her and shook their heads.
Anger and frustration were taking over as Robin tried a straight right bunch but Cy moved to the left to dodge it, Robin countered with his right elbow, then with a back hand. He finished Cy off with spinning sidekick to the mid-section, hitting the belt making it crack as he flew into a wall.
Cyborg got up groggy. Both of them were breathing heavily as their attacks were starting to take their toll on them. A shock went through Cyborg's body because the belt was damaged. Robin charged at him with another spinning sidekick, but Cy moved with him, grabbed his ankle and slammed him into the wall, then immediately nailed him with a punch to the stomach, knocking the air out of him.
Robin slumped to the floor gasping for air as Cy went to finished him off, but another shock went through his head.
"R-Robin?" He said while looking at Robin who was holding his stomach. "I'm sorry man." He said but another shock caused him to try and kill Robin.
The pause was long enough for Robin to move out of the way and give Cyborg a dropkick, sending into the wall. He then called for the others.
"I've damaged the belt, but it's causing him to malfunction. We all need to take him on again to destroy that belt."
They were still huddled, when Cyborg jumped into the air and punched the ground were they were as they dodged. His fist was still in the floor as he changed it into his sonic cannon and blasted it, making a shockwave go through the floor. Starfire flew in the air as BB did, Robin and Raven.
Beast Boy flew down and turned into a ram, then nailed Cyborg in the back. Cy shot at BB with his sonic cannon but he dodged. Starfire nailed him with several of her starbolts. Cyborg tried to activate his force field but it wouldn't work.
He shook his head as he stood up slowly. He looked up to see a bunch of crates flying at him. He dodged them, but it was hard because he was already tired from his fight with Robin and the attacks he received made him weaker. Still be able to dodge them though, he ran at Raven and punched her in the mid-section knocking the air out of her.
He raised his hands to finish her off as his force field came on while Starfire shot more bolts at him.
"Raven!" Robin yelled as they ran at them.
Another shock went through his head the force field went away.
"R-Rae?" He said as he slowly lowered his arms.
He leaned down and lifting her up. The others stopped running and watched. Gaining her composure, she looked at him as the belt made him try to attack her again. She placed her hands on his cheeks to look him right in his eyes.
"No! You're the enemy!" He said as he tried to back away, but she held him with all of her strength.
"It's me Cyborg. It's your Rae." She said in his human as he slumped to his knees.
"Rae?" He asked as a tear ran down his cheek.
She looked him the eyes again and nodded, then held him. She closed her eyes and used her powers to remove the belts control from him. The others smiled knowing that they had their friend back.
"Titans! Get Slade!" Robin yelled while looking at Slade who was standing up.
Slade just laughed as Robin, Starfire, and BB charged at him.
"You think that that belt was controlling Cyborg? Well you're wrong. The belt just gave him that force field. While I put it on him, I placed a control chip in him, but it's not just a control chip. It's also a debugger." Slade said as he pressed a button making Cyborg scream in pain as the chip was frying his circuits.
"Son of a bitch!" Robin yelled as he jumped towards Slade, but he moved into the shadows and disappeared.
Robin scoffed, and ran back over to his fallen friend. Smoke was coming from his body as he feared the worst.
"Is he?" Beast Boy asked.
"No, he's badly damaged but we can repair him if we get him back to the tower." Raven said as she used her powers to lift Cyborg up.
They left the warehouse as fast as they could, and took Cyborg back to the tower.
"Raven, how do you know so much about Cyborg's circuitry?" Robin asked while they worked on him.
"Well, when I helped him rebuild the T-Car, I started staying with him to learn more about it. I was curious about what he makes because in the past I just thought that he was an immature pinhead. So when I would go into his room or garage he would tell me about the things that he's doing with the T-Car, T-Sub, other thins, and eve his own body."
"Oh." Robin said as they went back to working on him. "No wonder she likes him so much." He thought.
Four more hours went by as they repaired him. They all were asleep in his room as they waited for his battery to recharge. The next day, they all woke up and waited for Cyborg to.
"My head feels like it just went through a blender." Cyborg said as he sat up after groaning.
"Glad to have you back on the team." Robin said with a smile as he folded his arms.
"Yeah dude, we missed you." BB said while giving him thumbs up.
"You guys missed me?"
"Of course, you're our friend and we love you." Starfire said.
"I'm sorry guys."
"No, we're sorry. We shouldn't have treated you like that and we're sorry about that." Robin said while the others nodded in agreement. "You need to rest though, you've been through a lot."
"Yeah." Cy said as he laid back down. "You know we never did find out who was better Rob."
"True, and I think it's best if we don't."
"Yeah."
Robin and the others left Cyborg to rest.
"So what do we do about Cyborg's birthday?" BB asked.
"We still have it. All we need to do is contact the others who want to come." Raven said.
"I thought that you were against having a lot of people here for a party." BB said.
"I do, but he deserves it. He needs to know that there are people who do care."
Robin nodded and got up to call everyone who went to his party, but was postponed.
End Of Chapter 5. Well that's good, he's back and the party is still on.
A/N: I know that I had Cy use clotheslines a lot, it's because I think that he would with those big arms of his. Another thing, don't expect to have the party up for a while because some of the people that want to be in it I'm unable to get a hold of, so you'll have to wait a little longer.
The only answer he got was a backhand to his face, sending him into a wall. Slade snickered as he watched as the Titans ran over to Robin.
"What's your deal Cy?!" Beast Boy asked.
"Yes. We want to know why you have joined Slade." Starfire said.
"I'd rather join with someone who hates me, than with people I live with and who are supposed to care."
"What are you talking about? Of course we care about you." BB said. "Is it because of your birthday?"
"No. I already told you, it's because you don't care. None of you do." He said as BB remembered what he said when he left.
They ignored him, treated him like shit, only wanted him around when they wanted something, and didn't even help him when he was hurt.
"So this is how you want it Cyborg?" Robin asked as he stood up.
"It's not how I want it, it's how you made it."
Robin went to attack, but Raven cut him off.
"Wait. Something isn't right."
"What is it?"
"I don't know, but he's not acting right. Look at him, even the way he stands is different."
They looked at him trying to figure out what it was.
"Are you guys going to stand there all night, or are we going to settle this?!" Cyborg asked in frustration.
"I'm sorry Raven, but we have no choice. We have to fight him. Once we defeat him and Slade we can find out what's wrong. Titans! Go!" He said before all of them attacked Cyborg, except for Raven. She stood there for a minute as they all began to fight, but joined them knowing that Robin was right.
"I'm sorry." All of them thought towards Cyborg before engaging him.
Robin threw a bird-a-rang at him while BB took to the air. Cy grabbed it and used it's momentum to throw it at BB who couldn't avoid it because he was too close to Cy.
It hit him in the face, while Starfire shot several star bolts at him and Raven through several empty crates at him with her energy. Cy hit a button on his mid-section making a force field appear. Starfire's starbolts were useless, as was Raven's energy.
"Good. I see that modifying that belt will only make defeating the Titans all too east for him." Slade said while he and Cinderblock watched.
"What did he just do?!" Beast Boy asked as he ran to Robin.
"He hit something on his body and that force field appeared. Starfire and Raven can't do anything when that's on. Slade really went all out this time."
Cy aimed his sonic cannon at Starfire and blasted her through the skylight of the warehouse, then blasted Raven, sending her into the wall. The force field disappeared as he walked over to Robin and Beast Boy. They had to regroup and plan this out.
Starfire came back in through the same hole and joined them as did Raven.
"What do we do Robin, with that force field there, we can't get any attacks in, and he can just blast away at us." Beast Boy asked as they ran from his blasts.
"That's it! It has to be whatever is controlling that force field!" Raven said.
"What's it?" BB asked.
"Didn't you see him push a button on his stomach?"
"Yeah. I think I saw a belt there too."
"That has to be it. We break that belt, we break Slade's control over Cyborg."
"But he's not controlling him Robin. Cyborg joined him on his own free will because of us." Starfire said as she lowered her head.
"That's true Starfire, but I can't see into his mind." Raven said.
"C'mon guys! Are you going to run from me all night?!" Cyborg said as he just stood there waiting for them to attack. "What about you Rob?! I know you want to fight me! Especially after the tournament of heroes. You were declared the best, but you didn't fight me; and in the back of your head you're wondering who would've won between us."
"Don't go Robin, he's only trying to draw you out so he can blast you." Starfire said as she grabbed his arm when he started to go.
"He's right though."
"I got it! Why don't you fight him, and only go after that belt." BB said.
"I agree with Beast Boy, it seems like he only wants to fight you right now." Raven said.
Robin nodded and jumped out from where they were hiding. Both he and Cyborg grinned the same grin while taking their fighting stances while the others watched.
"Mmm, now this shall be really interesting." Slade said.
They charged at each other. Robin jumped in the air and tried a kick to his face, but Cyborg moved out of the way and grabbed his cape and tried to punch Robin but he ducked and punched him in the face. It didn't even faze him, and Robin did his backflip kick sending Cyborg back into several crates.
Cyborg got up and popped his neck, then charged at Robin. He tried a right hook, followed back a spinning left backfist, and a repeat. Robin dodged them all as the past attack knocked a whole in the wall. Robin retaliated with a right hook of his own, but Cyborg blocked it with his left arm and gave him a left jab to the face.
"I'm not done with you yet!" Cy said as he grabbed Robin's right arm and clotheslined him. He still held onto Robin's arm and picked him up, then clotheslined him again making Robin do a corkscrew to the ground.
Robin got up in frustration and punched Cy in the face again, but Cy just flexed his shoulders and gave him another clothesline making him roll on the back of his neck. Starfire moved to help Robin out, but BB and Raven stopped her and shook their heads.
Anger and frustration were taking over as Robin tried a straight right bunch but Cy moved to the left to dodge it, Robin countered with his right elbow, then with a back hand. He finished Cy off with spinning sidekick to the mid-section, hitting the belt making it crack as he flew into a wall.
Cyborg got up groggy. Both of them were breathing heavily as their attacks were starting to take their toll on them. A shock went through Cyborg's body because the belt was damaged. Robin charged at him with another spinning sidekick, but Cy moved with him, grabbed his ankle and slammed him into the wall, then immediately nailed him with a punch to the stomach, knocking the air out of him.
Robin slumped to the floor gasping for air as Cy went to finished him off, but another shock went through his head.
"R-Robin?" He said while looking at Robin who was holding his stomach. "I'm sorry man." He said but another shock caused him to try and kill Robin.
The pause was long enough for Robin to move out of the way and give Cyborg a dropkick, sending into the wall. He then called for the others.
"I've damaged the belt, but it's causing him to malfunction. We all need to take him on again to destroy that belt."
They were still huddled, when Cyborg jumped into the air and punched the ground were they were as they dodged. His fist was still in the floor as he changed it into his sonic cannon and blasted it, making a shockwave go through the floor. Starfire flew in the air as BB did, Robin and Raven.
Beast Boy flew down and turned into a ram, then nailed Cyborg in the back. Cy shot at BB with his sonic cannon but he dodged. Starfire nailed him with several of her starbolts. Cyborg tried to activate his force field but it wouldn't work.
He shook his head as he stood up slowly. He looked up to see a bunch of crates flying at him. He dodged them, but it was hard because he was already tired from his fight with Robin and the attacks he received made him weaker. Still be able to dodge them though, he ran at Raven and punched her in the mid-section knocking the air out of her.
He raised his hands to finish her off as his force field came on while Starfire shot more bolts at him.
"Raven!" Robin yelled as they ran at them.
Another shock went through his head the force field went away.
"R-Rae?" He said as he slowly lowered his arms.
He leaned down and lifting her up. The others stopped running and watched. Gaining her composure, she looked at him as the belt made him try to attack her again. She placed her hands on his cheeks to look him right in his eyes.
"No! You're the enemy!" He said as he tried to back away, but she held him with all of her strength.
"It's me Cyborg. It's your Rae." She said in his human as he slumped to his knees.
"Rae?" He asked as a tear ran down his cheek.
She looked him the eyes again and nodded, then held him. She closed her eyes and used her powers to remove the belts control from him. The others smiled knowing that they had their friend back.
"Titans! Get Slade!" Robin yelled while looking at Slade who was standing up.
Slade just laughed as Robin, Starfire, and BB charged at him.
"You think that that belt was controlling Cyborg? Well you're wrong. The belt just gave him that force field. While I put it on him, I placed a control chip in him, but it's not just a control chip. It's also a debugger." Slade said as he pressed a button making Cyborg scream in pain as the chip was frying his circuits.
"Son of a bitch!" Robin yelled as he jumped towards Slade, but he moved into the shadows and disappeared.
Robin scoffed, and ran back over to his fallen friend. Smoke was coming from his body as he feared the worst.
"Is he?" Beast Boy asked.
"No, he's badly damaged but we can repair him if we get him back to the tower." Raven said as she used her powers to lift Cyborg up.
They left the warehouse as fast as they could, and took Cyborg back to the tower.
"Raven, how do you know so much about Cyborg's circuitry?" Robin asked while they worked on him.
"Well, when I helped him rebuild the T-Car, I started staying with him to learn more about it. I was curious about what he makes because in the past I just thought that he was an immature pinhead. So when I would go into his room or garage he would tell me about the things that he's doing with the T-Car, T-Sub, other thins, and eve his own body."
"Oh." Robin said as they went back to working on him. "No wonder she likes him so much." He thought.
Four more hours went by as they repaired him. They all were asleep in his room as they waited for his battery to recharge. The next day, they all woke up and waited for Cyborg to.
"My head feels like it just went through a blender." Cyborg said as he sat up after groaning.
"Glad to have you back on the team." Robin said with a smile as he folded his arms.
"Yeah dude, we missed you." BB said while giving him thumbs up.
"You guys missed me?"
"Of course, you're our friend and we love you." Starfire said.
"I'm sorry guys."
"No, we're sorry. We shouldn't have treated you like that and we're sorry about that." Robin said while the others nodded in agreement. "You need to rest though, you've been through a lot."
"Yeah." Cy said as he laid back down. "You know we never did find out who was better Rob."
"True, and I think it's best if we don't."
"Yeah."
Robin and the others left Cyborg to rest.
"So what do we do about Cyborg's birthday?" BB asked.
"We still have it. All we need to do is contact the others who want to come." Raven said.
"I thought that you were against having a lot of people here for a party." BB said.
"I do, but he deserves it. He needs to know that there are people who do care."
Robin nodded and got up to call everyone who went to his party, but was postponed.
End Of Chapter 5. Well that's good, he's back and the party is still on.
A/N: I know that I had Cy use clotheslines a lot, it's because I think that he would with those big arms of his. Another thing, don't expect to have the party up for a while because some of the people that want to be in it I'm unable to get a hold of, so you'll have to wait a little longer.
