Hi! Next Chapter! Mwa ha ha! Slade makes a special appearance in this chapter, so you might just wanna skip the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: *singsong voice* I own Teen Titans! I own Teen Titans! WAIT! NO DON'T! NOOO! YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME! I DON'T OWN TEEN TITANS! IM TOO YOUNG TO BE SUED! *gasps* Or am I?
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Chapter 21: Is that any way to talk your Father?
They got to the house on Miamo they walked up the front steps of the porch.
"You sure this is it?" asked Beastboy, peering in one of the dirt stained windows. "It looks kind of abandoned."
"Duh," said Cyborg. "Slade's not the kind of guy who would put a huge neon sign over his front door that said, 'Slade hides here'!"
Robin rolled his eyes and tried opening the door. "It's locked." He said looking at Shadow. Shadow got the hint and went through the wall, unlocking the door from the inside and letting the Titans in. She could have, of course, unlocked it with her house key, but then they would have suspected something.
They slowly explored the house. Shadow walked around slowly, tapping her foot lightly every here and there. The Titans stopped what they were doing to watch her.
"Um, what are you doing?" asked Robin.
"Checking for a door in the floor." She tapped down and heard a hollow clunk. Kicking aside a small hand-knitted rug, she revealed an imprinted door handle. The Teen Titans stared in awe.
"What?" she asked, trying to sound like it was a lucky guess. Robin could tell it was time to change the subject.
"Well, lets go." He said, ushering shadow to open the door. She quietly bent over and opened it, revealing a staircase. She led the way down the staircase, dreading what she would find at the bottom.
When they finally reached the bottom, a light flipped on, and they found themselves surrounded by Slade's robots. They all had some kind of blasters attached to their arms. The floor opened up a few feet in front of them, and a platform rose up from it. On the platform was Slade. And he was holding a man tied up in chains by the collar.
"Let him go you snot-nosed, overly-controlling, black-hearted pig!" she yelled. The Titans just stared; amazed that she would talk to him like that.
"Now, now Shadow," he said in a counseling voice. "Is that any way to talk to your father?" Shadow flinched. The Titans were speechless.
Cyborg finally found his voice, lost his surprise and grew angry. "So that's why you wanted to be a Teen Titans so much!" he shouted at Shadow. "You were just leading us to Slade here!"
Shadow was about to respond when Slade responded for her. "My you're smart." He said, smiling at Shadow cruelly.
"No! He's lying!" She cried, looking at the Titans. They were all looking at her with looks of misunderstanding. All except Robin, who was glaring at Slade, and Cyborg, who was glaring at Shadow.
Slade smiled. "Good job Shadow." He said. "You did very well." He threw her uncle (whom he was still holding) to the side and smiled. "Good job." He repeated. Shadow fiercely walked forward so she was face to face with Slade.
"You disgust me." She said. "You always have." He slapped her across the face with such great speed, she didn't have time to dodge it, and was sent to the floor unconscious.
Before the Titans had time to react, 5 of Slade's robots fired thick metal collars that slapped around each of their necks, sending an electric charge through all of them. They too, fell to the floor.
Slade smiled evilly. "Take the Titans to our special guest cells." He ordered the robots that had fired at them. "And make sure Katherine here is most uncomfortable."
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When the Titans woke up, Shadow was gone and they were all in a huge jail cell. They still had the collars around their necks.
"Where are we?" asked Starfire. "And where is Shadow?"
"Who cares where Shadow is." Said Cyborg angry. He was sitting on a bed, staring into space. "For all I care, she can go to-"
"That's enough Cy." Said Robin sternly. He went over to the bars and shook them. "They aren't made of Titanium Sulfrite. Maybe Shadow can get us out."
"Why would back-stabber help us?" said Cyborg gloomily.
Raven stood up and walked over to Cyborg. "Cyborg, my father's evil. Does that make me a bad person?" she asked sharply. "And besides, couldn't you see that she was set up?"
Cyborg still didn't believe it. "Yah, I could also see she's a-" He said.
"I said that's enough Cyborg," Interrupted Robin. Behind them, Beastboy whined.
"What is the matter Beastboy?" asked Starfire. "Do you need to take a 'potty-break' as you call it?"
Beastboy just stared at her for a moment, taken aback by what she had just said. "What?!?" he asked exasperated.
"Never-mind that," said Robin. "What's the matter?"
"Oh, yah!" said Beastboy remembering. He went back into Drama mode. "I can't use my powers!" he said, falling to his knees, and clutching his heart for full effect.
"What?!" everyone cried in unison. Everyone tried using their powers. It was no use. Cyborg's systems were wacked, Raven couldn't concentrate, Starfire couldn't even get her eyes to glow, Beastboy was just now "Boy", and even Robin wouldn't be of any use, seeing how his utility belt had been taken away (it was hanging on the wall outside the door along with the keys) and his Karate moves couldn't do anything but dent the bars a bit.
But they all refused to give up. They all went to sleep that night, exhausted from trying so hard. In minutes, everyone was asleep except for Cyborg. He was lying on his side, wondering if Shadow really had been set up, and if she had been, would they still be able to be friends?
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Hope you liked that chapter! I do! :) I was hoping to make this one a little longer, but, hey, I couldn't find a way!