Chapter 2: Some Evil This Way Comes
The Titans quickly rushed over to the seedy district of town and into an old shop full of strange and mysterious things such as crushed alligator teeth and powdered bee's antennae. And strangely enough, it was only Slade, not his robotized minions.
"I don't know why you're robbing a store like this," Robin shouted, "but you're sure not going to get away with it, Slade!"
"How droll. The Teen Titans. I must say, I was waiting for you," Slade quipped.
"It doesn't matter what you were waiting for, Slade. Whatever it is, it's over," said Terra.
"My old apprentice. I see your…friends…have taken you back. A foolish move. You have betrayed them once. What will stop you from doing it again?" said Slade.
"Me, that's what," J.T. replied.
"And you would be…?" asked Slade.
"Sword Master J.T. Blade, that's who," J.T. replied.
"A sword master? My, my, that's uncommon," said Slade. "And should I defeat you, I shall become a sword master."
"Wrong. The way of the sword masters is gone, and when I go, so will all knowledge of the ways," said J.T.
"Look, enough talk! Let's just stop him," Cyborg shouted.
"Humph, very well. So it begins," Slade shouted as he charged at the Titans.
Slade flew at the Titans with a karate kick and made direct contact on Robin's chest! He turned to Starfire and tossed her into Raven. Beast Boy turned into a grizzly and got on top of Slade. Slade used the powers he somehow obtained and torched Beast Boy not only off him, but a good distance into the horizon. Cyborg tried to attack him, but quickly found himself shaking hands with the sole of Slade's boot. Terra commanded the earth under Slade's feet and dropped him into a pit, but Slade flew out and tossed Terra through the shop window and face-first into a brick wall. J.T., after seeing this, was angrier than a swarm of hornets. He picked Slade up and dropped him on his face in the alley. Slade somehow got up and popped his neck back into alignment!
"What the…? You should be paralyzed right now," said J.T.
"I should? I guess my spine didn't quite get the memo," Slade quipped.
J.T. formed a sword in his right hand started slashing at Slade wildly. However, whatever he did to Slade seemed to not affect him! J.T. started slashing wilder and wilder, but nothing happened!
"Damn…it…die! Why…won't…you…die!" J.T. grunted.
"Because I already am," Slade replied.
J.T. unclenched his fists and his swords dissolved into embers. J.T. backed off a few steps, only to be met by Slade's right hand! Slade knocked the warrior not only through the glass window, but through the building! By this time, Terra had seen everything and heard everything. In apparent disbelief, she controlled some nearby rocks and fired them at Slade, hitting him with every rock she fired. However, Slade barely flinched. He turned to his former apprentice, grabbed her by the arm, slammed her around a bit and threw her through a nearby building. Terra was bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose and had many cuts on her arms, legs and face. Even her hair was blood-stained. J.T. got up and saw his girlfriend in this situation and went completely berserk. He started slashing Slade with two flaming swords from both hands wildly. Slade's arm fell off his body, but Slade merely picked it up and reattached it like nothing had happened! J.T. continued to attack like a wildman, but Slade seemed to suffer no damage. Robin joined in not long afterwards, and then Beast Boy (who had turned into a king cobra and put his poisonous fangs in Slade's leg and wrapped Slade's legs also) and Cyborg joined in the Slade-beating. However, Slade conjured flames around him and torched all but J.T. off him. J.T. absorbed the flames, but fell to a knee.
"What the…? Those flames…they're different somehow. Like an unholy flame," said J.T.
Slade walked over to J.T. and tossed him into the same wall that he tossed Terra into not long before. J.T., like Terra, was bleeding profusely from his mouth, nose and the rest of his face. His arms, legs and chest, however, remained blood-free because of his armor. He quickly shook it off and checked on Terra.
"Terra, are you okay?" J.T. asked.
"Nnngh…J.T.? Is that you?" Terra asked back.
"Yeah, it's me. You all right?"
"I think I'm okay, aside from the bleeding and possibleconcussion. Have your eyes always been that shade of purple?"
"No, Terra, they're blue. The concussion is just making it seem that way. Anyway, I'm getting you out of here and getting you some medical attention."
J.T. picked Terra up around her back and under the pits of her legs and flew back to the tower. Raven saw J.T. attending to Terra and began to suspect something between the two. However, Raven didn't see Slade coming in at her! Starfire threw a few starbolts and smashed Slade out of her face, but even that didn't stop him. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon along with Starfire, but still not much of an effect. Starfire and Cyborg blasted at Slade while Robin tossed a few electric disks. Slade flew about ten feet into a wall, but was still coming at the Titans!
"This is futile. There's no way we can beat him," said Raven.
"Raven's right. Titans, fall back!" shouted Robin. Robin tossed few smoke pellets and blinded Slade, giving the Titans enough time to get away.
"How sad, the Titans are running away," said Slade.
Slade picked up his ill-gotten gains and headed to his former resting place. There, a mysterious voice called out to him.
"Did you retrieve the items?" the voice boomed.
"Yes, master. I ran into little opposition from the Titans," Slade replied.
"How sad. And I believed that my daughter's powers had gotten stronger," the voice boomed.
"She was holding back. She fears her destiny," said Slade.
"Well, continue to monitor her," the voice boomed.
"Yes, master Trigon," said Slade.
