Hey, everybody! This fic is just growing in leaps and bounds.

Kaliann—Thank you so much for being one of my reviewers. I can always count on you to give me your feedback!

Ttchaku—I need sleep, buddy! I can't always spend all my time writing, sometimes I'm too tired to do more than fall over at the end of the day. Trust me, the situation is getting dire: I have been up all night finishing Agamemnon for World Lit, and by tomorrow I have to have "King John" read for Shakespeare. But I'm not reading, I'm taking a break and writing, so relax! I will find time to write, it's just a matter of when, how tired I am, and how much homework I have. I hope you like this latest installment. One last thing: Jerry? Slade? How sinister and evil! Sorry, Jerry isn't Slade, but he is something else.

Chapter 14

Beast Boy stayed on the windowseat, his breath frosting the glass as he breathed. They had been in Oxford for two days now, and each time that Batman went out, he went out alone. The hotel they were in was called the Belfry, but BB really thought that Batman had bats in his if he thought they were just going to sit around much longer.

"Beast Boy?" Starfire said quietly. "Perhaps you would wish to view a movie with us?"

"Aw, I'm sick of sitting around watching flicks!" Beast Boy groaned. "When are we gonna know what's going on or if he's found anything?"

"Look, man," Cyborg said, coming into the suite's sitting room. "He said he'd tell us if he found anything out, and he also said that the way we could help him best would be by being patient. Some of us could get away with going out in London, but not in Oxford, so chill already, will ya? We don't like it any better than you."

"I know, but this waiting around inside is driving me crazy," he complained.

"Why don't you turn into something and climb the walls?" suggested Cyborg. "It'll give you something to do."

Beast Boy just glared at him.

"That won't be necessary," Batman said as he came in. "I've met the person we came to meet."

"And-?" Cyborg prompted when Batman grew quiet.

"Robin's fine, and he's at a school in the country called Camden Hall Academy. Apparently he has a deal on with Slade: He spends one semester there without contacting anyone from home, and if he still doesn't wish to remain with Slade, then he doesn't have to."

"Whose idea was that?" Raven asked, surprised.

"From what our contact has learned, Slade's," Batman muttered, sinking into a chair. "The phrase 'dealing with the devil' comes to mind, doesn't it?"

"What, you think Slade won't keep up his end of the deal?" Beast Boy asked.

"This is Slade we're talking about," Cyborg grumbled. "Of course he won't. I have a bad feeling that even if Robin keeps his end of the deal, Slade won't keep his."

"And when that happens, Robin will be crushed," Starfire said mournfully. "Slade will take advantage of that."

"So that means we have to find Robin and get him out of there, away from Slade."

"Where is this school?" Raven asked.

"Near Scotland, near a small village. How soon do you want to leave?"

"How about tonight?" Beast Boy asked. "We can have Robin home in time for breakfast!"

"I don't think it will be that easy," Batman said as he picked up the telephone. "Slade's bound to have a watcher at the school, and Robin's safety may depend on how low of a profile we keep. I may have to go alone to get him."

"Dude, I don't care if I have to dress up in a clown outfit and do the hula to get him back, just so long as we get him back and get him away from Slade," Beast Boy said, suddenly deadly serious.

"I'll keep that in mind since we may need a diversion," Batman told him as he dialed the front desk.

"What an image," Raven said, not surprised that Beast Boy had suggested something so asinine. "Will you need a red squeaky nose?"

That set Starfire off into giggles. "Oh, yes! Perhaps some purple sparkly hair that is artificial or maybe some very big shoes?"

"Okay, you can quit teasing me!" he snapped. "I'm just saying that I'm ready to do whatever's necessary to get Robin back!"

"You're not the only one," Batman said quietly before the concierge picked up.

Everyone stayed quiet while Batman arranged their checkout, and after that it was a frenzy of packing and preparing to go. According to Batman, they would have to check into an inn in the dead of night and stay there while he went out to reconnoiter.

"Again?" Beast Boy complained in disbelief as "Mr. Weiss" called for his limo. "Dude, what about me?"

"What about you?" Cyborg asked, disinterested.

"I can change into any size of animal, but what am I doing? Staying quiet and out the way and wearing out chair seats! Come on! There has to be something I can do!"

"Such as?" Raven wanted to know.

Beast Boy glared at her. "It's official," he snarled. "I'm surrounded by idiots. I can change into a mouse, a bug, a spider, anything at all, and get into the school! I can learn the layout of the place, and I can learn Robin's schedule so that we know where he is at all times! That's what I can do!"

"Forgive me," Batman said, sounding truly contrite. "I was so worried about Robin, I was too worried to think about the rest of you. Of course you all have skills that can be of use to us, and I was only thinking about protecting you from Slade by keeping your presence here hidden. I am sorry."

"Don't feel too badly," Raven said, closing the bag that held her things. "Keeping our presence here under wraps is a good way to keep Slade from getting nervous and moving Robin even further away and leaving us to start the whole process over again. You're working as best you know how, but Beast Boy has made a good point. He can be unobtrusive while we can't. That would be a happy medium between the two extremes. I say we do it."

"All right by me," Batman said, smiling the slightest bit. "Everyone packed? Then let's go."

A long limo ride followed, and all of the Titans were asleep by the time they arrived in Camden. Batman woke them, hurried them inside the inn, demanded absolute secrecy from the staff, and asked for a multi-room suite. It was just nearing dawn.

"Mr. Weiss, I don't understand how you and the Teen Titans are connected," the concierge said, looking very confused. "Why must their presence here be kept secret?"

"I cannot tell you," Mr. Weiss said, looking the tiniest bit angry. "Please do not ask again, and I will see that you are compensated for any inconvenience on your part or your staff's. Please send a continental breakfast up to us in a few hours. We have been traveling all night and we will be hungry."

"Of course, sir," the concierge said, capitulating when he realized what form the "compensation" would take. He snapped his fingers for a bellman, and one appeared so quickly that he seemed to spring out of the floor. The Titans and Mr. Weiss surrendered their bags to him, tipped him handsomely once he had shown them to the suite, and headed for bed as soon as he had gone. Beast Boy was the first in bed, determined to rest as much as possible so that he may head to the school directly after he had eaten.

Well! The Titans and Batman are getting closer to finding Robin, and Slade seems clueless. How will it end?