A/N So, how are you? I'm groovy.

You may have noticed I changed my pen name. Now I write under the name of Erica Wattson. Just so you know.

Oh well, time to answer the mailbag

AntimatterManticore Mmmm, verily ye shall soon see...whistles and hums in a suspicious manner

reinsia You're right, Terra isn't in this story... At the time I started I already knew about her unfortunate end, and decided not to use her in this fic. Maybe I will on another day, in another story.

Poochie14 I hate cliffhangers too, unless of course I'm the one writing them! Mwa Ha ha!

Well, that's all the time I have for today! Bye! See you all later! (all fans glare at me) What! You still want more! That's crazy! You actually expect me to write more of the story! Well, I guess that's not such a crazy idea...Okay!

Matched Chapter 17 (wow chapter 17 already!)


Robin sat next to his last fast food bag gently rocking his body back and forth as if he was in a rocking chair. He thought about putting his thumb in his mouth, but decided against it, just because he was scared like a little child didn't mean he had to act like one.

After he had been able to pull himself together and stopped crying there had been no more sounds. Robin was sure he had snapped, so he was trying to comfort himself for what might be his last days alive.

Just then the theme from The sonic noise sounded loud and powerful. 'This is ridiculous!' he thought, sure he was imagining it all. Then he heard the noise coming from another direction. Soon The air was filled with loud sounds, vibrating the very air itself.

'Okay, I know that isn't in my imagination, unless I'm dreaming, which is possible...' Robin came to his feet. Suddenly the ground started shaking.

The shaking was subtle at first but grew powerful, and Robin had to keep moving to stay on his feet. Then the whole room lit up with bright lights. To most the lights would have been very bright, but to Robin who hadn't seen anything for a very long time was blinded.

Simply shutting his eyes didn't help much, and even with his mask his eyes hurt. 'Well at least I know I'm not crazy. At lest I know I wasn't imaging things, this is all too real.' Robin covered his masked eyes with his hands, the high-pitched, air vibrating sonic sound was increasing it's loudness every second.

His eyes were still hurting and he could not see anything but a bright white. To save his ears Robin moved his hands to cover them, but soon the quaking earth grew too powerful for him to stand.

The ground rolled him across the room until Robin hit a wall. The quaking of the ground with the vibrating of the air and the bright light was overwhelming.

Trying to stand Robin fell back onto his knees and held consciousness for a few more painful moments, but despite his efforts he passed out.


Robin awoke to find himself in another dark room, only there was some light. The room seemed to be smaller then the one before, but it was still quite large.

He knew it had to be a different room because there were gigantic gears hanging from the ceiling. There were huge television screens and many control panels on the wall in front of him.

Robin rose to his feet. He other then feeling a bit hungry he was okay, but his ears were still ringing. His eyes had no trouble with the dimly lit room. Tuning around There was more control panels, and a large chair. Slade's throne.' Was the first thought that came into his mind when he saw the chair.

Turning to the left Robin saw a huge metal door. that could be my way out!' He thought, running towards the door, He stopped in mid- step as another thought entered into his mind 'First I have to find Starfire.'

Robin felt slightly ashamed for forgetting about his friend, and he felt his face blush. He stood still for a few seconds, the room was quiet enough to hear a pin drop. Then Robin knew he heard a sound. A sound a footstep. Quickly turning back to his right, he saw what (or who) he most feared

Slade.

"You shouldn't have stopped." Slade said. Robin stood silent for a moment and then replied "Starfire I turned back for Starfire."

"Yes... Starfire. You wouldn't want to see her in the state she is in. You'd wish you had left without her." The villain said. "You don't know what I wish." Robin replied abruptly.

"Oh? I'm afraid you don't know what you wish for. I'm giving you one last chance. Are you going to leave right now without her, or do you wish to bring Starfire with you" Slade asked, in his calm voice.

"What! I'm going to bring her with me of course" Robin yelled, anger burning inside him.

"You choose to go the impossible way. Very well, this was your choice. Apprentice! Bring her in" Slade commanded. Robin staggered for a moment before the words made sense, Blackfire was now Slade's apprentice. The "her" he had mentioned must be Starfire.

Slade pressed a button on the left arm of his throne. The metal door opened. In came Blackfire, followed by Starfire. Blackfire was dressed in silverish black armor much like (in style) what Terra's had been. However Robin's eyes were on Starfire.

Starfire was dressed in a white dress going all the way down to her toes. Even in the dim light Robin thought she looked like an Angel. However her normally orange skin was a pale white, and her eyelids were closed, she looked more dead than alive.

Afraid for her safety Robin ran towards his friend. He was about ten feet away when Starfire's eyes opened and suddenly lit up with green fire. There was no real expression on her face and she showed no signs of recognizing her friend. Robin stopped running, too alarmed to continue.

"Starfire! What have they done to you" He exclaimed. Starfire did not reply, she only hovered an inch or two above the ground, and made her way to Slade's throne.

"Not much." Slade replied for her. "But I'm afraid she can't hear you. She hasn't been quite herself lately. The Starfire you once known has gone. You will find it extremely difficult to cure her."

"Why! Why go to all this trouble? Why not just kill us all"

"I want to see you suffer, besides, it's much more fun this way." Slade replied. 'This is all going so fast.' Robin thought, preparing himself in a battle- ready stance. Slade let out something like a snicker, but he did not get out of his chair.

"Oh we're not going to fight you." Slade said, pressing another button on the left arm of his chair, this time a control panel came up on the right arm. Out of the huge door came about fifty robots, the kind with the black outfits and the gold circle where their faces would have been.

Slade and Blackfire watched as Robin began to fight the robots. Starfire was there too but she didn't seem to be paying any attention to anything, 'like a robot herself' Robin noted, kicking a robot at the same time.

Without all his tools it was a lot harder to fight bad guys, but Robin managed. He put to use all the training he had done in his dark prison, 'I may not even be alive now if I hadn't practiced.' Was a thought in his mind.

Only five robots remained. Robin kicked one, who ran into another who got smashed against the wall, destroying both robots. Robin overcame the last three with ease.

"I see you have defeated my robots." Slade said " Now the time has come. Robin prepare to meet your doom"


A/N So, you couldn't say it was the shortest chapter ever. It took me quite a while to write, so I hope you enjoyed it. Well I now ask you to review, tell me what you think. I'll try to update soon.