I'm a big TT fan I've watched every single episode that's come out so far. And unfortunately I do not own the Teen Titans.Hey guys this is my first fanfic so remember no flames please. Please R&R. I put a lot of work into this.

The one who lurks in my shadow… Chapter 1: It was like any other day

It was like any other day at Titans tower. Or any other night. And it was raining…… ok it wasn't like any other day at Titans tower. The rain trickled down the crystal clear windows of the T-Shaped Tower. BB, Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire were watching tv (well actually Raven was reading) and they were all bored. Except one boy wonder who had been in his room all day. Robin, leader of the Titans, was laying on his bed. He was thinking about him. "Slade…." Robin thought, "How do you always comeback. How!" He gritted his teeth at the utter thought of Slade still being out there. He found slades mask near his bed. He studied it. "First me, then Terra, and now he wants Raven," the boy wonder thought, "What is his plan?"

Just then, a knock was heard on his door. "Who is it?"

"It is I, Starfire. May I come in?", she asked.

"Sure." Then the door opened and the beautiful orange- haired Tameranian walked in, her emerald eyes sparkling. "Hello Robin. What are you-" she looked at Slade's mask and replied, "Oh. I see you are… thinking about Slade." Robin, with a guilty look on his face, stared at the ground. Then looked right back up at Starfire. "First he wants me to be his apprentice, then he wants Terra, and now he wants Raven. It just doesn't make sense. What does that Mad Man want?"

She looked at him and said, "We do not know. And we will not know by wondering like this. Please, come watch the T.V. with us." Her pleading were surprisingly not enough to convince Robin about Slade. "I need to be alone…"muttered the boy wonder as he walked out the door. And there in Robin's room was an unhappy Starfire.

Robin was wandering around the dark, gloomy halls of Titans tower thinking about Slade. Slade was in his mind. "No matter how much you run, no matter how much you hide, I will always find you", said Slade in one of their previous encounters. Robin played that scene over and over in his mind. "What are you planning Slade? What's the deal?" He thought and thought about it. "He's planning something I know it. And if I'm not careful a lot of people can get hurt." Robin was even more annoyed by this. He went back to his room. The Slade Mask was on his bed. He examined it closely. Then he found something! He couldn't believe it. A chip was in the mask. A tracking chip. "Maybe this can lead me to find Slade!" exclaimed Robin. I was a shape of an S. He smirked. "I got you Slade." He dashed to the garage and hopped on his R-Cycle. He put on his helmet and drove off into the cold, rainy night.

A little later…….

Robin had been checking Jump City head to toe, but nothing. All the chip did was beep on and off. Sometimes it got smaller and sometimes it got faster. "Stupid chip. I've been searching for a long time. GIVE ME A CLUE!" Robin accelerated on the R- Cycle. He stopped after a little while and then hopped off to take a brake. "Every hero needs a rest," thought the boy wonder. Then Robin heard something. It sounded… like footprints… or something. Just then something lunged towards him, but luckily he dodged the attack easily by turning around and stepping backward. He looked forward and saw two thugs who were looking for trouble. "Hey kid if you wanna step on our turf, your gonna have to pay," said the first. Then he cracked his knuckles and said, "Or else……" "I think I'm gonna pass," said Robin getting into his fighting position. "THEN DIE!" The first one whirled a punch towards Robin, but he caught his punch with his right hand and then did a left hook punch to the thugs cheek bone. "pant you…you broke my cheek bone!" cried the first thug. The second thug pulled out his switchblade. "Nobody messes with us!" The second one lunged his switchblade at Robin, but Robin pulled out his pole (bowstaff thing he has) and blocked the switchblade's attack.

"You want it, you got it!" cried Robin. Robin twirled his pole around and then leaped in the air. While he was coming down he swung the pole at the thug and took a direct hit. The thug flew back, hitting against the wall. The thug came up staggering. "Your pretty good." "Guess I am, aren't I?" said the boy wonder with a smirk.

"Yea, but don't you think I have friends?" "Huh? What are you-," Robin was cut off by seeing maybe 20 more guys coming out of dark allies. "Nobody messes with the serpents!" screamed one of the thugs. "What have I gotten my self into?" thought the boy wonder as he stepped back, getting ready to fight "The Serpents"………

Ahhhh my first chapter is done. Gotta like cliffhangers. Later chapters will have more action. So anyway please R&R. Again no flames please.