A/N: This chapter has a lotta stuff that I looked up on Slade, so he's telling the truth most of the time… sorry this chapter is a bit longer than normal, considering the last chapter was a little short… um this make up for it… YEAH! Props are at the bottom.
Slade got up swore on a stack of Darth Vader merchandise and took the stand, "Slade how old are you?" Killer Moth asked.
"Forty-nine."
Jury Status: The members that just woke up (Gizmo, Speedy, Aqualad, Mumbo, and Jynx) are trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Speedy and Gizmo are totally lost, Aqualad has a small idea and Jynx and Mumbo have a better idea of what's happening. Starfire is feeding Silky a bottle of his special zorka berry substitute (left over exploded giant Silky)
"Slade tell us how you got Robin to be your apprentice."
"When I first discovered the titans, I knew there was something different about Robin. The boy has so much potential, and he was wasting it all on the side of good. I couldn't stand to see it all go to waste, so I asked him if he would like to be my apprentice. When he said no, I knew the only way was to threaten him so I did."
"That is NOT WHAT HAPPENED!" Robin said, "Slade is a gay pedophile and that creep wanted to do stuff to me!"
"Shut up!" Red X said, "You had your turn."
"Robin said you tried to give him liquor, explain this."
"It wasn't liquor, it was seltzer. It was the only thing in my hideout. I was going to have Robin run to the store and steal food but I was sick of his bitching and got tired of threatening to kill his friends for that day. That kid is such a drama queen… king."
"You were right the first time." Batman said from the jury.
"Please explain the candles."
"I use all of my electricity on my machinery. I've never had electric lights at my place, ever, unless you count the one in the refrigerator. I use candles and torches to provide light."
"And the point of that incident was?"
"I had to feed the boy. One more thing, Robin forgot to say that the table was only set for one. That table is mine; I need to take off my mask to eat and if you think I was going to show Robin my face you're insane! Robin ate in his room when he was my apprentice. I offered him seltzer because it was the only thing to drink in the place."
Jury Status: Starfire is staring at Slade evilly, Kitten is staring at Spider-man, Spider-man wants so badly to strangle her, Silky is chewing on Jynx's shoes, Gizmo is poking Batman again, Batman is too hungry to notice, he's looking at New Fu, New Fu is attempting to run away but he can't because he's in a jar. Everyone else is not buying Slade's story.
"Tell us about how Terra became your apprentice."
"I wanted to destroy the titans very badly; I saw that Terra was struggling with her powers and how willingly the titans accepted her. When she left them it was perfect, I asked her to be my apprentice and she said yes."
"Tell us about her uniform."
"I helped her learn to control her powers, but I knew she wasn't strong enough. I designed the suit so that if I threw a punch, she'd throw it at the same time but with my strength plus hers; giving her at least five times the strength she had before. It worked; she took out the titans with no effort at all. I also designed the suit never to come off, just incase she decided to stab me in the back, turns out she decided to kick me into a pit of lava instead. I came back, she turned into a rock. I am somewhat satisfied."
Jury Status: The jury isn't buying it.
"Tell us about the deal you made with Trigon."
"It was to get my flesh and blood back, when I fell in the lava I didn't die. I got burned very badly, Trigon told me to bring him Raven and he'd make me look like what I did before the accident. He also gave me new powers to help, it wasn't bad. Then the bastard turned on me because Raven came on her own free will."
"What happened with her uniform?"
"I did nothing to it. It was Trigon trying to break out of her a little earlier than he should have."
"How was Raven really the portal?"
"She's supposed to sit on a platform and say some magic words when the planets are in the proper alignment."
"Exhibit A, B, C and D. 'Birthmark,' 'The Prophesy,' 'The End Part 1,' and, 'The End Part 2," Killer Moth played all of the tapes, "Your honor, ladies, gentlemen and larva M319 of the jury you can now see everything that Raven said was crap."
Jury Status: Starfire does not care; she is still staring at Slade evilly, ready to shoot starbolts at him any second. Everyone else believes what Slade said about Raven. Spider-man has changed seats with Speedy so he won't have to sit next to Kitten, Jynx is trying to get Silky off of her, when she succeeds she throws him on Speedy, Kitten is still staring at Spider-man.
"Slade, were you ever in a serious, romantic relationship with another adult?"
"Yes, I had a wife," the teen titans' eyes widen, "and I had a girlfriend after we broke up." Their mouths drop.
"Did you ever have any children?"
"Yes, I had two sons during my marriage," Robin looks very shocked and disturbed, "and I had a daughter with Lili, after my wife left." Robin falls over.
"How was your relationship with your children?"
"My eldest, Grant helped me with my evil plots before his death. He was all I ever wanted in a son. To be honest with you Robin reminds me of him in some ways," Slade held up a picture of Grant.
Robin eyes widened, his mouth dropped, he got very scared.
"My younger son Joe decided to join the side of good and betray me. We stopped speaking and he died fighting one of my allies. I didn't know about Rose until a few years ago, her mother didn't decide to tell me about her until she was 14, she also joined the side of good and I stopped speaking to her."
Jury Status: Batman is staring a New Fu with a fork in his hand, Bumblebee is telling him he can't eat the other jury members, Batman cannot hear her for some reason. Starfire took Silky away from Speedy, now he's trying to eat New Fu; Batman grabs New Fu away from Silky. The people who are paying attention would feel bad for Slade but they're in too much shock."
"Objection!" Robin said, "THAT MAN DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN!" Slade then handed three birth certificates to Cyborg; Cyborg gave them to Red X. Red X looked closely at the papers, front and back and he made one into an origami birdy.
"Slade does indeed have a living daughter and once had two sons," Red X said, "objection denied." He banged his gavel.
"Can I see the birth certificates?"
"I don't know, can you?"
"May I please see the birth certificates?"
"NO! Now stop disrupting my courtroom! I'm giving you two weeks of jury duty and if you tick me off one more time you're answering to Cyborg! Defense may continue."
"Slade," Killer Moth said, "What would you do if someone raped or molested either of your sons?"
"I'd find the bastard who did it and beat him up until he cried for his mother and then kill him."
"What about your daughter?"
"I'd break every bone in his body and then kill him the same way they killed Braveheart."
"Dang…" everyone in the jury thought.
"I thought you weren't on speaking terms with your two youngest kids."
"They're still my children."
Jury Status: The jury is definitely rethinking everything.
"There will be no further questions."
"The prosecution wants to cross-examine the creep!" Beast Boy said.
"Go ahead." Red X told him.
"Alright Slade, if that is your real name! How come you only fight kids! It's cuz you secretly want to do sick and perverted things with them isn't it!"
"No, you incompetent fool. There are no adults for me to fight; all of the adults in the series are other villains, and they aren't constantly attempting to foil my plots."
"Well if you never had some special sick and twisted feelings for Robin why didn't you kill us all when you had the chance? Ohhhh… no response ITS CUZ YOU LOVE ROBIN!"
"Once again no, you imbecilic moron. If I killed you right then and there it'd end the series, I also felt killing you then was so easy it was pathetic. Killing you then wouldn't have been satisfying."
Jury Status: Spider-man has just changed his stereo type on DC characters; every character except Slade is on drugs, Speedy is falling asleep yet again, Mumbo is trying to teleport himself somewhere else but his magic isn't working, Bumblebee is shockingly still paying attention, Batman is reading 101 Ways to Cook New Fu, Silky is eating more of the jury box and Starfire is still staring at Slade evilly.
"If you aren't gay for Robin then why did you keep trying to grab his… yeah? Cuz you love Robin!"
"Actually, I never grabbed him there. I kicked him there several times in self defense, and I punched him there once, I was aiming for his stomach and he caused me to miss."
"What about Terra!"
"I explained that already."
"What about Raven!"
"We have proof she lied."
"Um… uh… DANG IT! No further questions."
"I told you to read from the cards you idiot!" Raven said, with a huge flame behind her, "You just screwed the case over!"
"Eh… hee?" B said with a sweat drop and then ran away.
"So while the jury's out, do something useful. As long as you don't trash the place I'm fine." Red X said, "Oh yeah Slade, do you have anything to say in your defense?"
"Yes," Slade said, "I hate the teen titans, I may plot their deaths, I may give them injuries, but molestation is sick, wrong and a waste of animation funds! If you honestly think I'm going to waste my time running after kids when I am a normal heterosexual you have to be on pot or something!"
Props go to… BBfan4evah, sillymail, TheSkeet, Phoenix Skyborne, Saint H, KGdiva, worthlessdeath, Wave Maker, Lady of Faerie, rea and bb fan, Blue Wallpaper, Bunnysquirrel, TeEn TitAn 14, moo and Flames of the Sun!
A/N: Next chappie is the jury room, place, thing! It'll be up eventually...
