Dr. Stone made record time to the Warren's apartment. Getting out of his car he climbed the steps and entered the apartment were the Titans were waiting.
"Hi Dad good to see you again." Cyborg said walking over and shaking his hand.
"Victor good to see you again. Nice to finally meet your fellow Teen Titans. I believe we should save introductions for later. Now show me this chip." Nathan said.
They all went to the Warren's lab and for the next two hours the Stones and Sonia worked on the chip trying to see what clues it could provide. The Titans continued to see if they could find out whom the cat creature worked for.
"So how's life been treating you?" Nathan asked.
"Pretty well. We kicked this majorely bad guy named Slade butt a few weeks ago. Oh and one of my friends attacked us. Her name was Terra but now she's a stone statue." Cyborg said as he worked on the circuitry of the chip.
"I'm sorry to hear about that. You know Victor I really am sorry about what happened about your mother and you. I was just trying to..."
"Further your carrier! Why were Mom and me always second in your life? Didn't you care about us at all? You made me a freak Dad and you let Mom die! What kind of man lets his own wife die and lets his son be turned into a freak!" Cyborg accused.
"Cyborg please stop this nonsense. It's not helping Nakida." Sonia pleaded.
"Know I have to answer him Sonia. Victor I loved your mom more than life itself. She knew what she was getting into when she married me. When the lab accident happened I tried to save her. I begged her to let me save her but she told me to save you. She wanted you to live." Nathan tried to explain
"But why didn't you save both of us? You had the power to. You could have saved us both!" Cyborg shouted as tears streamed down his cheeks.
"I couldn't because there wasn't time to save you both. I made a choice and I've had to live with all these years son. When you left it tore me apart. Please I don't think your mother would want us to argue." Nathan said to his son.
Cyborg looked at his father with contempt and anger in his eyes. They were replaced with sadness and love. Hugging his father he said softly "I love you Dad."
"I love you too son."
Sonia smiled at the two of them. Suddenly the chip sprang to life. It was reacting to Cyborg and his father. "Everyone get in here and get in here quick!" Sonia called out.
The Titans raced in as the chip began playing a holographic message. Nakida's face appeared and in a emotionless voice began to recite. "My living nano chip has reached sentience. By implanting it on the neck of my boyfriend Cyborg it was able to learn and develop. My theory of living sentient machines can now become a reality thanks to Cyborg teaching the prototype. I shall retrieve the device and with in the next ten years develop the final product, which will be used, on my holographic friend Sonia to make her truly real. However if someone tries to steal the chip I have a plan. The chip will duplicate itself to produce a false chip, which will be useless to my enemies. To activate the duplication product simply send out my birthday date backwards in binary code to use it. Please don't let this technology fall into the wrong hands." She finished and disappeared. Cy typed in the code and the chip duplicated.
"Okay now we have the fake we can use it to get back Nakida and her family. Dad I want you to take the chip someplace safe. Can I count on you?" Cyborg asked.
"Yes Victor you can. Call me later to tell me how everything works out." He said leaving with Sonia for S.T.A.R. Labs. Cat observed them. "Slade the scientist and hologram have left. The chip is with the Titans. Should I steal it or extend them an invitation?"
"Invite them over to play. No way would they give the chip to a scientist. This is to personal." Slade told her before breaking the link.
Cat jumped off the tree branch and crashed through the balcony window surprising the Titans. "Good evening Teen Titans. My name is Cat and I am a were cat."
"We know who you are. Tell us what you did to our friends or prepare to fight us." Starfire said lighting up her hand.
"If you attack me you'll never see the Warrens again." Cat said growling angrily.
"Where are they you hairball?" Beast Boy asked.
"Don't call me names changeling. My employer Slade said if you wish to see the Warren's again you will come to the abandon warehouse district in one hour with the chip. Otherwise your friends will die." Cat purred
"Slade I should have known. What does he want with the chip?" Robin demanded
"He intends to use it on his robots to make them smarter. If you don't give it to him and Ms. Warren refuse to build it for him she will die." Cat told him
"Why are you helping him? Cat creatures don't work for money." Raven asked curious.
"I already have said to much. See you in one hour." Cat told them before disappearing into the night.
"We have to follow her and rescue the Warren's. Slade will never let them go even if we did give him the real chip. The fake one just will deliver nasty computer viruses. So what do we do?" Cyborg asked his friends glancing down at the fake.
Meanwhile the Warrens were trying not to panic. Nakida had been tortured and threatened a million times by Slade but refused to build him another chip. "You are annoying me child. Do you really believe the Titans can beat me?" Slade asked throwing her against the wall.
Blood poured out of her mouth. Talking hurt a lot but she snapped at him. "My friends will beat you. My technology will never be used for evil. So you can forget ever owning my chip." Nakida said spitting on him.
He raised a hand to hit her when Cat arrived. "The Titans are almost here Slade. I have done my job so I'm here for my payment. I believe you can handle things on your own." Cat purred
"Here's your money. Take it and go I never want to see you again." Slade told her. Cat counted her money and disappeared into the shadows.
Five minutes later the Titans appeared. "Slade we want are friends back. How about an exchange Slade? The nano chip you so desperately want for our friends." Robin asked.
"What a fine idea Robin. Cyborg will deliver the chip to me and I'll let the Warrens walk over to you. And just to show you I'm sincere I'll allow your friends to guard him." Slade said.
"Don't believe him for a minuet he's evil!" Melinda screamed.
"Don't trust him!" Evan warned.
"You can't give him the chip." Nakida warned
But Cyborg was already advancing with Raven and Beast Boy. Starfire was flying over to the Warrens and Robin was watching Slade. Just as Cyborg was about to give him the chip a Sladebot appeared and grabbed the chip.
They were surrounded and the Warrens where still prisoners. "Say good bye Titans." Slade said. Right before his robots could attack a dozen alley cats appeared and attacked him!
"What in the world is going on?" Slade screamed as the cats tried to claw him to death. Cat appeared from the shadows and yelled to him. "My Goddess Basset has ordered me to atone for my evil deeds. If I am to save my Panther Queens homeland I must do it honestly not through villainy."
The Titans attacked Slade with all they had while Cat rescued the Warrens. She led them to the waiting arms of Dr. Stone and Sonia who had returned to help fight. Slade saw he was outnumbered and quickly disappeared.
Nakida started to run after him when Cyborg stopped her. "Its okay Nakida. We gave him the fake chip. All he'll get is one nasty virus. I'm just glad you're not badly injured." Cyborg said to her.
"I knew you would come. Thanks for rescuing me and forgiving your Dad." Nakida said kissing him.
"I to am sorry for stalking you two and causing so much trouble. It was wrong and I should be punished." Cat said her tail slinking.
"We won't press charges. We understand you were pressured into helping." Melinda told her.
"You are free to go. Come back anytime you want for supper." Evan told her. Cat nodded her head. Saying good-bye she disappeared into the night followed by her cat friends.
"Well I don't know about you but I need my beauty rest. Let's all go home." Beast Boy suggested.
"Hold on a sec BB. There's something I like to discuss with the Warrens." Robin said. He walked over and began conversating with them.
The next day Nakida moved into the Tower as an official Teen Titan. She had designed herself a battle armor outfit to use in her crime fighting. Her parents would still be working in the Lab and Cyborg would talk more often with his father. All in all it was a nice way to begin a new era of the Titans. The End.
