Hey hey! Third chapter now up! This one's a bit shorter than the others, hope you guys don't mind! Oh yeah, just a bit of Raven & Robin coupling in here, but I won't say any more... I'm not sure if I like this chapter too much, so hopefully I'll be able to add Chapter Four soon!

Disclaimer: The only thing I own is, well read this: Phantom and this plotare copyrighted to me, and that's the only thing! Hah! -sticks out tongue-

So.. I think that's about it! Review when you're through!

"So, you've returned." Slade looked down upon me, kneeling and allowing my allegiance to be seen

"Yes, Master." I responded, holding out the painting and bowing my head.

"Good. Very good Phantom." Slade took the canvas from my outstretched hand, and sat there, on his throne-like seat, inspecting it. "This will fetch a fair price for what I need."

"And what is that?" I asked, knowing I wouldn't get an answer.

"Actually I'm glad you asked Phantom. You will have a special role for my next plan to destroy the Titans." Slade chuckled slightly under his blackand amber mask.

"Your next plan?" I asked dryly, rolling my eyes.

"Silence!" Slade kicked me side swiftly, so fast I didn't have time to react. I cringed in pain, my rib cage already in agony from the battle with the Titans, more specifically that blasted Raven-girl. "You should learn to hold your tongue, girl." Slade pulled me close to his face by the collar of my coat.

I said nothing but tried not to flinch as he glared at me. Slade threw me away and I slid along the floor before slowing to a stop on my side. He came over and stepped forcefully on me, causing me to writhe in pain.

"Remember what I did to you, Phantom. And I can do it again. And again. And again. As many times as I need to." Slade's voice was more menacing than ever.

I shuddered, unwilling to face the pain, the horrible torture that always came.

"Yes, Master."

"Oooooh, my aching head..." Beast boy held his thumping head in his hands. His face was also covered in band-aids, and part of his side was wrapped up also, thanks to Phantom.

"Man, you're tellin' me! Do you know how long this it's gonna take to fix myself?" Silence greeted Cyborg's words.

"Dude, that didn't sound right —" Beast Boy began.

" - You know what I mean man!" Cyborg responded, minorly ticked off at him, and began to use a torch to mend his robotic arm where the panther had burned down the hardware.

"We are all broken and bent from that horrible, mean, destructable and devious N'nnith-Barag!" Starfire said, retreating into her own language and flying above the others. Her hands were clapsed by her face, which was expressed in an feeling of worry and hope.

"Yeah, but the question is HOW did that creature get us under ground?" Robin asked, serious as ever, his head and his shoulders bandaged also from the battle.

"Well, I dunno about you guys, but when that creepy cat creature took me under ground, I felt all weird, and jiggly and un-weight-ee. Like... Like..." Beast Boy's idea rambled off, and the other titans stared at their friend with an unreadable expression on their faces.

"...You know, like I didn't stop ON the ground as I normally did! That's it!" Beast Boy slammed a fist into an open palm, finally getting his train of thought. "Oh yeah, and I was see-through, too."

"...Yeah...Yeah, there was definatly that. Man, how'd we not see that before?" Cyborg asked, his voice a bit sheepish. he scratched the back of his head in a nonchalant manner.

"So... maybe her powers must be some result of an accident somehow... I'm thinking a lab incident or something..." Robin mused, thinking, desperately looking for a way he and his team could conquer this villain.

Raven had been absent from this meeting; she was lying alone in the hospital clinic since the battle. She had been the most wounded, and took the longest to get out of the ground. She had been half-conscious at the time, but kept muttering something about, 'Slade, wounds, past...' and so on and so forth. The others thought it strange, but decided it was smart not to press her on the matter, deciding to help first and inquire later.

Robin had found something in that, more serious thanwhat the other Titans thought, and thought that Raven had somehow connected with Phantom, the way her powers worked. Perhaps she had gone back in the mind of Phantom... figuring she had gone into a part of Phantom's past a long time ago.

Raven sighed and sat up in her bed, the same way she had seen the little Phantom in her first vision-type thing. She stared sadly out the window, and started to talk to herself, trying to figure everything out when the swooshy doors swished and Robin walked in, looking rather somber.

"Raven —" he began, but Raven cut him off.

"I know what you're thinking. And yes, I did see visions of Phantom. Four of them. And I'm trying to figure out what they all mean." Her face never changed when she said this, and Robin figured this was a good sign. She was able to control her emotions when she spoke about it, so he sighed a deep breath of relief and said rather cheerily, "I suppose you wouldn't mind telling myself and the others about them then?"

Raven paused, yes; her friends might be able to help with this little problem. So she half-smiled shyly at Robin and murmured, "Sure, that'd would be fine."

Robin grinned back and turned to the doors, which swished open and the rest of the Titans fell in - clearly they had been eavesdropping in on the conversation.

"Uhhhh, hey guys!" Beast Boy grinned rather embarrassed.

"Hello friends Robin and Raven! Perhaps, Raven, you would not mind telling us these 'visions' you speak of?" Starfire smiled nervously, revealing in her speech that they had been in fact eavesdropping, despite the frantic gestures from Beast Boy.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah; I agree with what those two said," Cyborg muttered angrily. "But would you two PLEASE get off me!" he called from underneath Beast Boy and Starfire.

"...Oh, yeah, sure dude!"

"My apologies Cyborg!"

"Ehh..." Cyborg muttered under his breath.

"Anyway, can we let Raven talk now? What she said sounded cool!" Beast Boy said, and led the other two over to Raven's bed.

"All right." Raven took a deep breath and started, "It began with a flash, and a small girl in a lightning lit room. She, I suspected, was a young Phantom. But she didn't look like she did now..."

"Now, Phantom. Are you ready for your next assignment?" Slade.

"Yes... Master." Yours truly.

"You'll need to go to Gotham City for this one. You'll know which building."

"Yes, Master."

"The trip should be short, and you won't be getting any annoying Titans visits, you took care of them last time."

"Yes, Master."

"Now go."

"Yes, Master."

I slid into the floor silkily and away from the lair, my heart heavy with thoughts that had never really occured to me before.