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Well, I rewrote this chapter quite a few times. hope ya like it. if not, too bad.
Chapter 6
Redemption Pt. 1
Rose slipped and stumbled to the cold, wet ground. She had been nearly carrying Jason down the sewer walkway for the past ten minutes. Jason fell away from her grasp and landed in the sewer water with a loud splash. His head popped above the water, spitting out dirty water that had gotten in his mouth. Rose got to her knees and held out a hand.
"Jeez Jay. Pick your ass up and let's go! They could be behind us!" Rose said, staring back down the way they came.
Jason spit out a little bit more water and grabbed Rose's hand. She pulled Jason out, and quickly jumped a few steps out of the way.
"Good god! You stink!" She said, holding her hand over her nose.
"Y…yeah, well, what do you expect? I just fell into the fucking sewer water!" Jason replied, giving her a nasty look.
"Don't look at me like that. Get up and let's go. The Master is going to be pissed at us for failing."
"You failed. I brought Terra to the meeting place. YOU were supposed to take it from there." Jason said.
"Oh please! You could've helped out a little bit! Rather then just stand there like a fucking idiot!" Rose shot back.
"Fine. Whatever. Let's just go!" Jason said.
"Fine." Rose replied, a smile on her face.
The two teens ran down the walkway until they reached a door. Rose reached out and opened it, pushing Jason out of the way and walking in first.
"Jeez, you'd think Master would've picked a better place to put the HQ. Last time the Titans found out where it was." Rose told her male counterpart.
Jason said nothing and continued walking forward. After a few more minutes of walking, the two reached another door, which opened for them as they neared it. The room they walked into was dark, with a hanging light bulb in the middle of the room. Rose and Jason walked towards it, they heard their Master's voice.
"You two have failed me." Slade's voice rang out as he stepped out of the shadows and into the light.
"I'm sorry Master." Jason and Rose said at the same time.
"Sorry is not good enough." His calm voice replied.
Slade walked until he was in front of the two. "You even lost your weapons, my dear Rose."
Rose stared at her feet, not wanting to meet her Master's eyes. Slade turned to Jason, staring him in the eyes.
"And you, my young Apprentice," Slade said, his voice showing huge disappointment. "With all the power you have in your possession, you should have easily disposed of the Titans and brought me Terra. But, you failed."
Slade walked around his two apprentices until he faced them once again.
"During your…failed mission, I devised plan B."
Slade turned and walked towards a small computer panel. Slade pushed a button on the panel and a giant, holographic screen appeared. On it, was a picture of a young man with blood-red eyes.
"Who the hell is that?" Jason asked.
"That's Carcer." Rose replied. "He used to be one of Master's apprentices."
"And he is the key to getting closer to the Titans." Slade added.
"And how are we going to do that? Ask him nicely?" Jason asked.
"Do not take that tone with me, Apprentice." Slade snapped. "I have sent Mammoth and Jinx to distract Carcer. Both are in Steel City, making sure he has his hands full, so he can't turn up unexpectedly."
"Yea, why couldn't I stay there and help those snot-eating losers!" Came a high, scratchy annoying voice.
"Ah, Gizmo. You have arrived. You know why you couldn't stay. Get to work. The blueprints are in your workshop." Slade said.
"Aw fine! It'll be a few hours though." Gizmo said, walking towards his workshop.
"What is the plan, Master?" Jason asked.
"Come with me. Both of you. There are two parts to this plan that will need to be executed perfectly." Slade said, walking towards another room.
Rose and Jason followed, each wondering what the plan would be.
T TITAN'S TOWER T
When the Titans got back to the Tower, they all sat in the living room, watching Robin pace furiously across the floor. Beastboy slouched down on the couch, remote in hand, trying to watch TV. After a while, Robin's pacing got on the Green Changeling's nerves.
"DUUUUDDEE! Robin, stop pacing! I can't watch TV with you pacing in front of it!"
Robin turned and glared at Beastboy. "Turn it off. We need to start planning for their next attack! Slade is back and now he has more help! Jason and Rose are two of the most dangerous criminals I have ever seen! And all of you are just sitting around…watching TV!"
"Robin, we just got here. You've been pacing for the last five minutes, thinking to yourself, not to us," Raven began. "You always do this when Slade is involved, going out on your own, not telling us what you-"
"Alright! I'm sorry. You're right…" Robin sighed, looking at the Gothic sorceress. "But we need to come up with a plan! Slade's back and we need to-"
"Robin! Look man, every time Slade comes back, he's different. He's always after something different from the last time! He's impossible to predict!" Cyborg said. "We just gotta go with the flow and wait for Slade to make the first move. The only thing we know is that he wants Terra back and he's using her Brother against us! If you can come up with a plan to counter whatever Slade's planning with that little information, I won't ever argue with you again!"
Robin stared at his robotic friend, realizing he was right. All he could do was to wait and watch. Robin sighed and slumped down onto the couch, next to Starfire.
"You're right. All we can do is wait and watch…"
"Good! We can pass the time by watching TV!" Beastboy said, turning on the huge TV. "Super Ninja Ranger Dog-Cats is on!"
Raven sighed and stood up, announcing she was going to her room. Before anyone else could say anything else, She had teleported to her room.
While the team was watching Super Ninja Ranger Dog-Cats, Terra got up and walked over to the breakfast bar and sat down, her hands under her chin, thinking about what had happened between her and her Brother. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice Robin walk up and sit beside her until he started talking to her.
"You ok Terra?"
Terra looked up, startled. "Yeah, I'm just…thinking. That's all."
"When we came and found you down there, your powers overwhelmed that collar that Jason put on you. Do you know why? I had Cyborg analyze it on the way back to the Tower, and he said it should have worked."
Terra sat and thought for a few seconds before replying.
"I was just so mad, mad at Jason for joining Slade, I guess I just lost control of my powers. And you've seen what happens when I lose control of them."
"That's true, but you don't lose control at all anymore. I guess that was the one good thing Slade did for you." Robin replied.
Terra stared at Robin, a slight scowl on her face.
"Please don't remind me of that. I would rather not have control of my powers then knowing the fact that he gave me control."
"Right. Sorry." Robin glanced at the clock, it was nearly eight. "Terra, you've been through a lot today. Why don't you get some rest?"
Terra yawned and stretched out her arms. "I guess your right. G'nite Robin." Terra said, getting up and walking towards the door. Before she could leave the living room, Beastboy called out to her.
"Terra! Aren't you gonna stay and watch the show with us?"
"No BB. I'm tired. I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?" Terra said as she walked through the door.
Beastboy watched her as she left the room, and slowly turned back to the show, but seeming less interested. Cyborg gave him a whack on the back, knocking the Green Teen onto the floor.
"Hey man, don't worry about it. She's been through a lot today. I mean, her brother did turn on her. Just let her get some rest."
Beastboy got to his feet and flopped back down on the couch.
"I know…let's just watch the show."
T THE NEXT DAY 10:30 A.M. T
Robin had the Titans training hard on the obstacle course when the Tower's security alarm went off. All the Titans stopped and looked towards the tower, before Robin shouted his signature phrase, "Titans, GO!"
Cyborg was the first one into the Tower's living room and skidded to a halt when he saw who was sitting on the couch, surfing through channels. The other Titans did like wise, all stopped and stared. It was Raven that broke the silence.
"C...Carcer?"
The man sitting on the couch slowly turned around, revealing red eyes and a smile.
"Hey Raven, Titans. What's up?"
