It is beginning to weigh down on me. I haven't written two stories at once since back on my old account, but now I am. "The Titan Massacre" is going to be really fun to write, and it's what I wanted to write as I am doing this. But this story came first, and it is my priority. It's actually nearing eleven p.m. on a Wednesday evening as I write this, and I hope to finish this chapter and the next chapter to my other story by tomorrow night. It will be hard, but I'll do it. I've had some recent writing inspirations as of late. I wrote my first song fic called "I'm Not Okay, I Promise". I have another one already planned. This weekend is going to be so productive... Anyways, on with the chapter. Enjoy.

I do not own Teen Titans.

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Chapter 7: Slade's Agenda

Cyborg's View

He wasn't sure if he had heard Starfire right. It almost sounded as if she said that she discovered a way to bring Robin back, but that couldn't have been it. That wouldn't make any sense at all. But looking at Starfire's face, Cyborg only saw determination. She was serious about whatever it was that she was talking about. He was trying to think of a logical question to ask, but Beast Boy laid it down pretty simple.

"And how exactly do we bring Robin back?" He asked, the disbelief obvious in his voice. Cyborg understood why. As much as he wanted Robin to be alive, it just couldn't happen. 'Or could it?' A small voice inside of his head told him. He shook his head quickly. He was going crazy if he believed that. Cyborg turned his focus back to Starfire, who had gone and sat down on the couch.

"It involves your people, right Star?" Taen asked her. The alien girl nodded as an answer. She propped open the book and read a page. Cyborg looked at the ceiling silently, feeling mildly awkward in the silence. "You gonna tell us what's going on Starfire?" He asked her as impatience got the better of him. He was surprised to see Starfire smile at what he had said. She closed the book and leaned forward. "Nork Borahkim," She said simply and leaned back.

"Uh- Bless you?" Raven said. Cyborg ignored his urge to laugh at her little joke. "What exactly does that mean?" He asked her instead. "Energy Transfer..." Taen said slowly. Cyborg turned to the blue haired alien, as did Beast Boy and Raven. "Okay. Enough of your little alien secrets. What's going on here?" The changeling asked. Taen nodded at Starfire to say something, and she once again leaned forward to speak.

"Nork Borahkim, or energy transfer, is a complicated technique that Tamaranian women have the ability to do. It has long been outlawed on my planet, due to religious beliefs. The book that I have been reading tells of this technique in detail," She answered. Cyborg stared at her blankly. "And this helps us how?" Raven asked. Starfire cleared her throat quietly before continuing.

"It is rather simple. Every living thing has life energy. When a biotic creature dies, this energy is extinguished. However, my people have learned an ability that can drain a part of one persons energy and give it to another. This way, I could take part of my own life energy and give it to Robin, therefore bringing him among the living once again," Starfire told them quietly. The Titans eyes lit up.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's do it!" Beast Boy said excitedly. Raven and Cyborg nodded along with the idea, but stopped at the look on both Starfire and Taen's faces. "There is a minor drawback. The technique can take days or even years to master. If something goes wrong, I could go into a deep coma," Starfire said sadly. "It is also possibly fatal," Taen added onto it. Beast Boy's arms dropped from the air. "Great..." He muttered sarcastically.

"All is not lost. I can begin to train my mind right away, though it was never a strong point of mine," Starfire said. Cyborg could tell that Raven was struggling with her self. "I can help you," Raven said. The other Titans turned to look at her, a look of surprised etched into their faces. "Excuse me?" Starfire said politely. Raven sighed. "I can help you," She repeated. "Right! If anyone knows how to perfect their mind, it's Raven!" Taen said. "Let's go," Raven said dryly and walked off with Starfire.

Taen threw himself down onto the couch. "I'm guessing this Sai guy gave you a rough time, right?" Cyborg asked him. Taen nodded weakly from the couch, turning his head towards him and Beast Boy. "Back when we were children, I was supposedly the answer to the war. My speed was quicker than others, and my strength was also phenomenal. But Sai was always stronger than me. His jealously seemed to make him very hostile towards me. Now he's back, and stronger than ever," Taen answered.

Beast Boy rubbed his head where he had been hit as he listened. Cyborg had no idea what it must have been like for Beast Boy once he got knocked out. Alone, no way out. He couldn't believe that the green teen was still alive. When Cyborg awoke, he found Beast Boy unconscious on the ground, barely breathing. Starfire was in the corner crying, holding the body of Robin in her arms. Cyborg had never been so afraid.

"Cyborg, you got a plan?" Taen asked him. The half human turned to look at him with a shocked expression. 'Huh?' His mind blanked out. "What do you mean?" He asked. Taen sat up quickly with a strange look on his face. Was it an annoyed look? "Well, with Robin dead, you're the leader for now. If Slade comes back, we're gonna need a plan to take him down once and for all," Taen told him. Cyborg slowly realized that Taen was right, and his feeling of stupidity was replaced with one of dread. He had never tried to lead the Titans...

"I haven't even begun to think about that," Cyborg answered honestly. Taen let out a growl and smashed his head against the pillows. It seemed as if he hadn't expected an answer like that. "Well you'd better start thinking. With Slade and Sai on the same side, it's going to be very hard to beat them. They obviously needed that Stek metal for something. There are so many uses for it that I can't even begin to think what they need it for. One things for sure though," Taen said. "What's that?" Beast Boy asked. "I think that the metal has something to do with Sai having the dream powers now," Taen said.

"Great. So we have a guy who can kill us in our dreams, and a madman who can kill us when we're awake! Can it get any worse?" Cyborg asked more to himself than the others. He looked down at the ground, trying to form a decent idea in his head. "I say that we at least begin to train ourselves. If Slade comes back, maybe we'll have a better chance if we're a little stronger," Cyborg suggested. "You're the boss!" Beast Boy said. He saluted Cyborg and ran off. Taen stood up with a smile, then nodded his head before teleporting out of the room. Cyborg looked around the empty room, sighing as he exited.

Beast Boy's View

It was a truly agonizing thing. A few weeks vacation from the vigorous training to fight Sinister, and now here they were again, a week into their new training program. As powerful as Beast Boy felt he had become, that didn't mean that he enjoyed becoming stronger. Taen and Cyborg were not the guys he liked to train with the most. Cyborg kept telling Beast Boy to push his limits, and Taen was just a jackass. Well not really. He just enjoyed fighting so much that he never stopped. It was insane.

In fact, right now, Beast Boy was in the middle of a fight. This left him wondering why the hell he wasn't concentrating on Cyborg and Taen, who were also fighting in the free for all. He brought his attention back to the real world, where Taen had backed Cyborg in the corner. Beast Boy ran forward quickly to attempt a cheap shot, as it was what he was best at.

He jumped into the air, turning into a bear as he did. He aimed for the two of them, but Taen saw him at the last minute. The alien jumped back wards, and Beast Boy landed on nothing but hard ground. Cyborg kicked him into the air, and Taen jumped up and knocked him aside, throwing Beast Boy into the wall. The changeling got up slowly to find the other two back at it again.

Taen jumped into the air, swinging his leg around. Cyborg ducked quickly and grabbed Taen's other leg and smashed him into the ground. He raised his boot to stomp down on him, but Taen grabbed onto his boot. Cyborg struggled to bring it down, but Taen was managing to hold him off. "Take this!" The half human yelled as his boot bottom opened up, the cannon inside about to fire. Taen quickly threw him aside, the energy shooting across the room. Beast Boy displayed his rarely shown acrobatics by flipping over it as he ran at Taen.

Taen got up only to find Beast Boy jumping at him again, this time as a Cheetah. He ducked, and the animal flew over his head. Beast Boy quickly turned into a Gorilla, and raised his arms over his head. He brought them down, but Taen teleported in front of him. He punched, and Beast Boy stumbled back as he changed into human form. "Look out!" He yelled. Taen didn't turn at time as a group of missiles flew from Cyborg's shoulders. Beast Boy turned into a bird and flew off as Taen summoned an energy shield. It blocked most, but the last missile broke through and knocked him back.

Beast Boy flew at Cyborg, dodging cannon shots. He changed into a ram at the last second, crashing into the half human and knocking him over. Cyborg slid across the ground and smashed through the wall behind him. Beast Boy ran into the next room and found Cyborg lying on the floor in a heap of wood. He had smashed into a table. "I give up!" He yelled. Beast Boy smiled, but it quickly faded as a hand gripped him and threw him back into the fighting room.

Beast Boy managed to turn himself right and landed perfectly. Taen teleported in front of him. "You really are getting good at those moves, Robin would be proud," Taen said. Beast Boy smiled in reply, then turned into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and chomped down. Taen's eyes grew wide as Beast Boy got him into his mouth. The changeling threw his head sideways and spit Taen out. The alien rolled across the ground and didn't move. "I won!" Beast Boy yelled. Before he knew it, there was a whoosh of air and he heard a tearing noise.

Looking down in front of him, he saw that Taen had teleported in front and sliced the air with his sword. "You're dead..." He said with a smile. Beast Boy looked down to his uniform, which had been torn across the stomach. "That was so not fair! I thought I had won!" He yelled at Taen. The blue haired teen frowned. "Slade and Sai are not going to fight fair. You have to expect the unexpected," Taen said seriously. With that he walked off.

"You should of known better," Cyborg said as he walked up next to Beast Boy. "Well I'm sorry Cyborg, I didn't know that these training sessions were supposed to be like the real thing," He retorted. The half human stared down at him blankly. "Then what would be the point of them?" Cyborg said with a laugh as he followed in Taen's footsteps. Beast Boy jogged up to join him.

"Are Starfire and Raven almost ready? I mean, it has been one long week," Beast Boy said to Cyborg. His friend turned down to gape at him. "How should I know? Didn't Star say it could take weeks? I mean, for walls we know, Rob is never coming back," Cyborg said. Beast Boy realized that this was a very real possibility, but shook the idea out of his head quickly. True, Robin sometimes got on his nerves, as he did on Robin's. But they had been friends for years, and he loved the guy. 'But that is just gonna be my little secret' He thought to himself.

The door to Raven's room was open, and Taen was standing in it. He was watching something. "Hey Taen! What's goin on?" Beast Boy asked loudly. Taen, startled, turned around quickly, a look of fury on his face. "Quiet!" He whispered urgently and jabbed his thumb over his shoulder. Beast Boy peered around him, and saw that Raven and Starfire were both meditating. Cyborg motioned for Beast Boy to follow him. The changeling did just that.

"What?" He asked Cyborg as they reached the living room. "I don't know about you, but I need a break. Wanna play some Halo?" Cyborg asked him. Beast Boy's eyes lit up as he rushed over to the Tv that Cyborg had replaced days earlier. He got out the system and a few controllers. All of a sudden, Slade came into the screen, his eye narrowed at Beast Boy on the ground. "I don't suppose this is part of the game," He muttered. "Taen!" Cyborg yelled.

He quickly came running into the room, stopping abruptly as he saw Slade on the screen. "Hello Taen. My apprentice was quite pleased with the fight you two had. Though he didn't seem too happy with Raven interfering," Slade said. Taen casually walked closer to the screen. "Well I wasn't too happy with the fact that he tried to kill me, but you don't see me complaining," Taen said. Slade laughed cruelly. "A good point..." He said.

"Titans. I cannot thank you enough for the Stek metal. Not only has it assisted me with discovering new weapons, but it has also led to a way of sustaining the power's of Sinister. But that's another story. The real reason I have contacted you is that I have developed a bomb, or should I say two bombs... I have positioned them directly in between this city and the next. Together, these bombs combined explosions will not only destroy Jump city, but the next one as well. You won't just be costing your city's people their lives, but innocent people that have nothing to do with you in the next city. I don't think that you want that on your conscience," Slade told them.

"Where are the bombs? When do they go off?" Cyborg asked quickly. "Well... I can't tell you that much, but I will say they won't be going off for several hours. However, I will also be kind enough to point out where I am hiding. If you want to stop the bombs..." Slade said. They all held their breath. "Come and get me!" He said as the screen shut off. Beast Boy and Taen turned to look at Cyborg, who looked worried. "I don't like this, it had to be a trap," He said. "But we can't just let him blow the city to pieces!" Taen said. "There's no way we can do this without Robin," Beast Boy said to Taen. On cue Starfire and Raven entered.

"What's happened?" Raven asked them. "Slade's made a couple bombs to blow up this city and the next, and wants us to come and get him," Cyborg said. Raven shook he head. "How do we even know where he is?" She asked. "He marked it for us," Cyborg said and pointed onto the screen. The blueprint of the city and the outskirts was marked, an S in the desert part. "Where's that?" Taen asked. Beast Boy knew. He would always remember that location, as he had checked it before. "I know where it is. It's where we first met Terra..." He said sadly.

Before anyone could say anything else, Starfire cleared her throat. Raven turned to her, an embarrassed look on her face. "I forgot..." She mumbled to Starfire. "That is alright," The alien girl said. They turned their attention to her, as Starfire was looking rather pleased with herself. "I was not sure, but this changes everything. I think that I am ready to bring back Robin..." She told them

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I didn't like how I ended that one. But that's where I wanted to end it, so I guess that it will have to do. This chapter didn't seem too bad to write. It only took me about two hours to make an outline and write it up. I'm hoping that I didn't miss anything. Not that you would know I did. I threw in a fight scene for fun, took up a bit of the chapter and added some excitement. I'm no sure when the next chapter will be posted. End of the weekend at the latest I hope. Anyways, review if you wish to. Please...

Next Chapter: Starfire, determined to bring Robin back to life, tries to do just that. Will he technique be successful? Will the Boy Wonder return?

Thanks for readin'

-SinFire