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Avalanche was pacing back and forth in the living room of Titans Tower. Plus, it was very late, but he made his team stay up.
"Can we please go to sleep?" asked Techna,
"Just tell us what the plan is so we can go to sleep," Stormy also complained,
"I suggest we all get some sleep so our minds can be clear tomorrow," Shadow advised,
"I agree," Dakota agreed.
"Team, this is serious. Tomorrow, we'll split up and search the city. Shadow and Spirit, you two search the north. Stormy, search downtown. Dakota, areas out of Gothom City. I will search the south. And Techna, you stay here and try to figure out how Slade got to this time, and in case Slade comes back," explained Avalanche.
"But tomorrow is Christmas Eve," Dakota pointed out,
"There will be no holiday cheers if Slade plans on ruining the Holiday," Avalanche said in a serious voice.
"Now get some sleep team," he ordered and the team did what he said.
The next morning, the team searched where they were told. Where Spirit and Shadow are:
"I hope we find him," said Shadow,
"Me too," said Spirit as they flew side by side,
"But it had to be Christmas Eve didn't it?" said Shadow,
"The only thing I'm worried about is that you're searching too. You should stay out of this mission."
"Spirit, I'm not a little girl that needs protection; I'm a Titan and if Slade wants me because I have so much power or for whatever reason, he'll have to come fight!"
"(Sigh), I know, I'm just worried," said Spirit.
Then all of a sudden, a car was thrown at them,
"Look out!" Spirit had to push Shadow away. They looked down to see if they could spot who threw it,
"Of all things, he wants to throw a car," said Shadow, and with people running away, Slade was there.
The two went into attack, of course, neither thought about calling the others.
It was break time for the Titans searching for Slade so they took a break at lunch.
"No luck at all," reported Stormy,
"Everything is quiet out there," Dakota reported,
"Ditto," Techna added and Avalanche didn't find anything either.
"Hey, Spirit and Shadow aren't usually this late to anything," Stormy mentioned as he looked around to see the missing people.
Then, right on time, Spirit stumbled into the kitchen, and he was a wreck! Everyone in the kitchen that was eating pizza stared,
"Whoa! What happened, Spirit?"
"Shadow…gone…she's taken," he was able to get out before he collapsed
The future Titans looked at each other between scrambling to Spirit's need,
"Not good," they said at the same time.
"May we help you search for Shadow?" Starfire asked,
"No, you guys go enjoy your Christmas Eve," said Avalanche
"We would like your help, but please understand that this Slade isn't the same one you guys have fought and you can't risk learning something you shouldn't know about your future," said Techna. Stubborn teenagers, but they understood.
"Besides, we took him down before, doesn't mean we can't do it again," said Stormy.
They headed to the most obvious place they could think of. Dakota gave Avalanche and Techna a ride on his rock. Spirit came with them even though he was hurt. But Avalanche didn't feel much pity,
"Spirit, you and Shadow should know better than to fight Slade on your own!" he scolded during the ride with his arms crossed.
"I know! I'm sorry! I got distracted," he said,
"That's not an excuse!"
Techna and Dakota talked so they won't accidentally get involved,
"I feel bad for Spirit," said Techna
"Me too, but I do wonder, Spirit is not the kind of person to get distracted," Dakota pointed out.
"Yeah, but Shadow might," said Techna,
"Shadow I can understand, after all, Slade is after her," said Dakota.
They reached an old abandon warehouse that nobody knew was still there,
"I can't believe this is still here even in our time," said Techna.
They opened the door and started sneaking in,
"This seems too quiet, like Shadow was just-" Dakota was interrupted as all the lights turned on and the empty warehouse was, well, empty, except for Slade,
"Hello Titans," he said,
"-Bait," Dakota finished, and then it's like he just noticed that it was Slade and the boy started to panic again.
"Where is our friend, Slade!" Stormy demanded,
"Like I would tell you. You kids never learn."
"What do you want?" Avalanche asked,
"I want my old apprentice back, or should I say, apprentices,"
"Forget it!" Avalanche yelled,
"And it's not like Dakota is in the shape to join back with you," said Techna bluntly with Dakota hiding behind her.
"Slade doesn't just want his old apprentices back; he wants us, the Teen Titans, to join with him!" Spirit pointed out. Then it hit them. He was right. One by one, Slade is trying to get the Titans to be his apprentice at least once. At least, he wants the ones with the most power.
"That makes no sense, why would he make us his apprentices once and then move on to another person?" asked Techna,
"Wouldn't you like to know?" said Slade and attacked,
"Titans! Go!"
But when no one was looking, Spirit snuck away to look for Shadow,
"I know she's in here," he said to himself before he spotted a wavy cloak.
"I am."
"Shadow!" he was about to hug her for her safety but she stopped him,
"Spirit, I'm not sure if that is the real Slade," she said,
"Why do you say that?"
"Look in here," and she brought him into this room full of technical stuff,
"Slade can only be here for a certain amount of time, and if he's not on that time machine thing over there, he'll be stuck here forever. And Slade is not that reckless, this Slade is probably just a robot," Shadow explained,
"But how are you not hurt?"
"Please, a robot is a robot. I was almost trapped, but when I used a water bucket to fall on his head, Slade seem to have forgotten all about me. Which I will point to another thing: Slade built robots of himself well; water can't stop him that easily, so there must be something about this one," Spirit noticed that on the top part of her arm, there was dark red,
"Shadow! That's why you didn't want me to touch you!" he grabbed her arm to make sure, "You are hurt! We have to stop this bleeding."
"I tried; And I had to solve this whole Slade thing, I couldn't do much." Spirit looked mad, but then calmed down,
"Shadow, we're a team. What you go through, we go through. Whether it's happiness, sadness, or pain. I can see you haven't completely opened up yet. But know that we're always there for you, you're our friend, and you are my best friend," he said. Shadow let him treat her arm, and she leaned on him, feeling safe.
"Let's get out of here!" The two heard Techna yell, "Come on! This Slade is a robot!"
"No! He's a bomb!" Stormy corrected,
Spirit looked at Shadow,
"Wow, you did solve this," he whispered before every dashed out of there. Everyone made it out just in time. The entire warehouse plus a lot of the area it was by, was destroyed,
"Well, we know this is gone in our time," said Stormy.
On their way back to the Tower:
"So, how did you guys defeat him?" Spirit asked,
"Dakota conquered his fear and literally crushed that robot-bomb or whatever it is," said Techna, "It was AWESOME!"
It was evening by the time they got back,
Everybody gathered at the living room, well, almost everyone,
"Where are Beast Boy and Raven?" Shadow asked Techna and Starfire as they bandaged Shadow.
"Who knows, and stop moving! Can you take your shirt off completely? I can't bandage like this!" (they are in a room with those three in it only, so no boys are in sight).
"Please, we don't want you to hide any more injuries," Starfire pleaded.
"You guys are killing me," she said exaggerating
In the next chapter, it will be the same day but it will be focused on Beastboy and Raven and the rest of the titans. This was probably my worst chapter yet, but I had to give Shadow and Spirit the excuse that they might be more than best friends.
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