Chapter 3, involving the capture of Robin, The return of Chronus, and a nice cliffhanger...
Robin remembered being blindfolded, and then having his hands and feet bound with a strange cord-like material, little else. The journey was a long and rough one.He was sure they had beenonthe road for hours.As far as he could tell Slade's white-eyed minions had piled them all in the back of a large truck. He knew no one but Beast Boy could snore as loud as that... Robin could break free, he knew he could, but then what? What if Slade had the truck surrounded? And he couldn't possibly carry allfour of the other Titans. Robin's troubled thoughts were interupted by a loud explosion. The vehicle rocked uncertainly, before rolling off the road and landing on it's left side. Robin couldn't react in time and slid with the rest of the unconcious Titans losing his blindfold in the process. Upon landing Robin managed to reachhis beltand find a boomerang (Slade obviously didn't bother to dissarm him thinking he wouldn't try to escape with his friends in danger) and cut Through his bonds. Standing up and leaping nimbly over the others who were being roused by the events outside, he pressed his ear to the what was once the floor of the truck. he heard shouts outside, lasers or something and then, quiet. He was stepping back to kick the door open when something flew through the roof with a terrible crash and a shower of dust, wood, and metal.
Beast Boy, awake at last, screemed in terror, as it pulled up just before it pounded him into the ground. it hung in midair for a few seconds,basking in the moonlight streaming in through the floating dust. Stepping back a few paces, Robin realized it was an enourmous, thick-fingered hand!
"like a giant, flying glove." Robin thought. It was about four feet long and covered in horizontal bands of black and white. It seemed to have independant thought. Robin was ready for a fight, he didn't know if it were friend or foe but he wasn't taking chances.
A familiarly raspy voice called through the hole. "Aros, good, now come here." The massive hand sped through the hole with blinding speed, dislodging further pieces of the side of the vehicle and leaving Robin posed forbattle with nothing but air
"Chronus, is that you out there?" called Cyborg standing up (much to the distress of his teammates who had been lying on top of him and fell to the ground amid much yelling and scrambling).
"Now who else would want to save you lot?" Chronus joked back, hoping in through the hole.
"Dude! How did you do that thing with the hand?" Beast Boy asked, the tone of awe evident in his voice, as he, Raven, and Starfire untangled themselves from each other.
"Time travel isn't my only power," he replied, "Titans, meet Aros and Vos!" And with that the monstros hand returned followed through the gaping hole by another identical to the first, which instantly set about shaking everyone elses hands between two of it's massive digits "What makes me suspiscious," he continued "is that slade only set two gaurds on this truck."
"I guess he just trusted Robin enough not to try anything funny when his friends were at risk"
Raven supplied picking some of starfire's hairs off of herself and drawing up her hood.
"What want to know, is how do we to defeat who look exactly like us?" Starfire said worriedly.
"I know, each one is, like, more the same than the last one!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
"I'm going to pretend you aren't that stupid." Raven replied casualy.
"Most impressive," said Slade, walking over to the bubble that contained Starfire "Your sister Is a magnificent actress as well as a fine fighter. Blackfire will make a most pleasing apprentice." Starfire Shouted with anger and frustration, She began again to shower the ionized containment sphere with Starbolts for the upteenth time that day. When it held fast she turned her rage on Slade instead.
"YOU!" She cried "are the most zurbean hunbundler ever to crawl out from under a Traikinean Flazirard's scuffiddle." She kicked hard at her confining bubble.
Slade laughed dryly "I wouldn't try too hard to escape." He said as he walked around the Faintly glowing sphere which wasset on a tall pedestal in the very heart of the control room. "It won't be long 'til you'll find the outside world to be a place without heroes, friends, a home, or perhaps," he paused "lovers?"if looks could kill I doubt evenSlade could survive Starfire'sglare right now "Yes," he continued as if he didn't notice"under the cover of my hollogram Blackfire looks, sounds, feels exactly like you in every way. More perfect than even my clones. Soon she will be able to finally finnish off that pesky Chronus. And after she tricks Robin into following her here I will be able to destroy him myself. I have no use for two apprentices, especially one who does not appreciate my teachings. But it is such fun to toy with people's emotions... The other Titans? will fall quiteeasily at the hands of my army."
"NO!" she screemed, eyes ablaze. tearing her gaze from Slade to see the many monitors in the room that still watched the other Titans plus Chronus and Blackfire.
"Oh, yes," Slade answered calmly, "and I'm going to make you watch all their excecutions. and then their will be only one." And he left. and as his footsteps echoed out of the giant room filled with little but darkness. Starfire felt alone, so utterly alone that she could not bear it. She slumped to the floor and looked down allowing her long red hair to fall around her face. Alowing it to cover her eyes, to cover her tears, to cover her shame. Slade it seemed had fnally won.
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