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Clueless
Chapter 10:
Beast Boy just stared at Raven's lifeless body, scared to breath, in case that knife dug a little deeper… His eyes closed, trying to get the image of Raven bleeding to death out of his head. He was going to kill Slade. Kill him for doing this to her.
"What do you want?" He heard Nightwing say. He could hear the fear and hatred in his leader's voice. Slade laughed and Beast Boy glared. How dare he?
"Why I want someone to whom I can pass my knowledge." Slade turned to the side and faced the water, but the teens weren't fooled. One wrong move and the girls were dead. "And now… I have two…" Beast Boy couldn't help it. He snapped.
"Raven would NEVER work for you!" He snarled. "Neither would Star!" There it was again. That terrible laugh.
"You would think that wouldn't you?" The sladebots stood up, roughly dragging Starfire and Raven with them. They each held up a finger and the boys could just see needles extending out of them.
"I found the most interesting drug when you all exiled me." Two years ago, Raven had finally defeated her destiny, and had become stronger because of it. Slade, defeated and nearly destroyed, had fled, never to be seen again… Until now. "You see I was curious… I had studied into all of your lives, trying to learn what made you tick… All I found for most of you was back-round information. Where you were from, what your powers were." Beast Boy suppressed a growl. GET TO THE POINT! He desperately wanted to see Raven free and safe from harm. "But that was most of you," Slade continued. "I couldn't find anything on you Nightwing…" He spat the name contemptuously. "And all I could find on young Beast Boy…" He turned to face the changeling, "…was that he was from Africa…" Beast Boy went cold and stared at the needles. "So when I was exiled I decided it would be the perfect opportunity to dig up more information on said mystery." Slade cupped Raven's chin, apparently studying her face. This time Beast Boy didn't suppress his growl.
"Get your hands off her, you monster."
Slade cackled, but dropped Raven's face anyway. "As I was saying… I came upon a most interesting drug… puts them completely under the control of the person they see next…" The robots placed their fingers so that the tip of the needle just rested on the girls' arms.
"NO!" Screamed the boys, including Cyborg. Beast Boy dropped to his knees and stared at the ground.
"Please don't, I'll do anything…"
"Anything…" Nightwing echoed helplessly.
"A simple trade." Stated Slade. They could hear his smile. Nightwing gritted his teeth. "Raven for Beast Boy, Starfire for Nightwing."
"Done." Both boys said instantaneously. Cyborg just stared at the wall, his hands shaking in fury. He couldn't do anything. He had to just stand there and watch as two sladebots suddenly appeared and grabbed his two best friends.
"Take care of them." Nightwing whispered. Beast Boy was staring at the ground, breathing raggedly. The moment they were on the roof with Slade, he threw the girls off. Cyborg caught them, and heard a sigh of relief come from the roof. Tears rolled down Cy's cheeks as he stared up in horror as the sladebots injected the drug into Beast Boy and Nightwing. Both gasped and dropped down to the ground.
"Get... out of here…" Nightwing gasped as he started to shudder. Cyborg hesitated. "That's… an order… Cyborg…" Tears almost blinding him, Cy bowed his head respectfully and jumped into his car, roaring off towards the tower, just as Beast Boy and Nightwing passed out. Slade started to laugh again. He had won.
"24 hours and I will have you finish off the others anyway you love sick idiots…" He whispered to the unconscious boys.
Back at the Tower:
Starfire awakened with a terrible headache and extremely cold. Shivering, she sat up and looked around. She was in the infirmary, but she had no idea of how she got there. She shivered again and wrapped the blanket around her tighter. She looked over at the bed next to her and gasped.
"Raven!" But as she said her name, Raven groaned and sat up too.
"What- what happened?"
"I do not know!" Star searched around. "Where is Nightwing?"
"And Beast Boy…" Raven said. She knew that Beast Boy should be here… Something was wrong…
Star got up, wrapping the blanket around her shoulders and headed towards the Common Room, Raven following close behind. When they arrived they found Cyborg sitting on the couch, his back to them.
"Friend Cyborg?" They saw him wince.
"Cy, where's BB and Nightwing?" No answer.
"Cyborg?" He slowly turned to face them. They gasped as they saw the tearstains that blotched their friends face.
"Gone."
Author's Comments: Ohhhh poor Cy… -ish sad- Well review! Maybe it will help their predicament… -hint hint-
