Wow… I actually started this chapter more or less sooner than usual after I uploaded the last. Oh well. Anyway, thanks so much for reading this far, I congratulate you! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. I only own Phantom, and this plot line. If I did, however, don't you think the whole team would be protected by copyright laws that forbade any sorts of morons to attempt to Role Play with a 'relative,' or, dare I say it, 'lover' of the original team members?!

You don't want to see it… Trust me. Stupid despies… --'

I'm thinking of changing the title, because it's sort of misleading. O.o I'm not sure. Tell me what you think though!

As always, italicized words indicate either a flashback or thoughts. You should know the drill since you're read this far. :P

The sounds of screeching tires and the growl of a motorcycle roared through the streets of the already hectic city.

Cyborg was driving his little 'baby' after some modifications from a more recent battle, which caused half the car to be melted to mere twisted scrap metal.

Phantom was sitting sullenly in shot gun, leaning against her elbow that was sitting on the windowsill, and staring rather miffed out the window.

'I still don't see why I have to ride in the stupid car. Sheesh. I know I can only hover when I become phased, but still. Curses…' She thought irritably, and stared at the other Titans outside the vehicle.

Robin was pulling up beside the T-Car on his R-Cycle, (A/N: What is their obsession with Capital Letters?!) his cape flapping and twisting out beside him.

Raven and Starfire were both flying speedily near the two vehicles, each concentrating on the task ahead.

Beast Boy, on the other hand, was a large green bird; a raven to be precise. He was flying above the T-Car.

Phantom sighed and leaned back in her seat, drumming her fingers on the sides of her arms, looking rather sour. It had all started out so well, when they had left the tower. But then she got stuck in the 'Car.' Ooo. Fancy-schmancy name for some lame scraps of metal stuck together by a amateur. But of course she wouldn't tell Cyborg that. Wouldn't want him to get angry, right?

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After some fast minutes of driving/cycling/flying, the Titans reached their destination. Which, as it turned out, was an abandoned subway station. How original, eh?

"How original." Phantom commented dryly, squatting down to get a better look before standing back up. She had phased through the door, and the ground, landing safely underground on the now deactivated tracks, finding it a lot easier than the extreme time-consuming task of turning the handle, opening the door, and walking down the stairs.

The other titans got off their assorted vehicles, after Cyborg locked the car, and then the Titans jogged/floated (depending on their powers) down to where the currently retired thief stood.

"Beggars can't be choosers. We wanted to find Slade, and we did. No thanks to you." Robin grinned wryly.

Phantom turned and glared at him, muttering something inaudible under her breath.

The other titans stared at each other, and shrugged. Cyborg at the moment had turned his shoulder flashlight on, to lend some light.

Robin nodded to Cyborg who then returned the nod, checking his arm for statistics.

"Yep. The signal's faint, but it's definitely a vital sign. Something's alive down there. And I bet all of us can guess who it is." He looked down the tracks.

Robin nodded. "Slade." He jumped down next to Phantom, and turned to look at Cyborg again. "Which way?"

"That way. Er, the way, that is, that you're facing." He grinned sheepishly.

"That would be North."

"Errr, right."

"Okay Titan-hey. Where's Phantom?" Robin looked around, searching for girl.

Raven floated down, along with Starfire. Beast Boy leapt down and landed on his feet squatting. Cyborg jumped down as well, with a reassuring CLUNK sound.

"Hey, Titans. You guys coming or what?" The large, eerily blue panther turned its fierce amber eyes on the group.

Beast Boy got up, and grinned wryly, before turning into a leopard and running down to meet the cat, which was by far much larger than him.

The two jungle cats turned and looked impatiently at the remaining Titans, before Cyborg ran after the group with a loud, "BOO-YAH!"

Starfire smiled and flew down the abandoned tunnel, starbolts lighting her hands for additional light. "Come, let us go and find Slade!" She called, pausing in mid-air and turning to face Robin and Raven, the only two left.

Robin smiled, and ran down the tracks as well, until only Raven was left. The group ahead had already started running again, so it was unlikely that she'd lose sight of them anytime. They were basically a huge group of neon lights flashing, 'Look at us Slade, we're coming! And we don't know the meaning of the word 'stealth!''

Raven rolled her eyes and floated slowly but surely, until all the Titans were running down what they hoped was the road to victory.

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Many hours later, in the late hours of the night going on morning, the later citizens of Jump City were finally going to sleep. Little did they know that they may not be able to sleep soundly for much longer.

The Titans had eventually slowed down, the beeping of Cyborg's arm; which indicated a stronger reading of the vital sign spotted hours earlier, starting to go faster and faster, until a growling ghost-panther caused him to rethink the volume he had put on the device.

They had found themselves going through secret passageways, oh, miles upon miles perhaps of secret passageways built into what seemed in every nook and cranny. Sometimes they had to turn around completely and blast through rusty door hinges to make their way through.

Soon they found themselves in the deepest part of the Sewer System, those who were lucky floating precariously above the knee high sewer water. Ahhh, the life of a hero, no?

"I never thought I'd be stuck in this rat-hole again. Gawd, this smell is killing my nose…" Phantom muttered in the back of the non-flying line, behind Cyborg, Robin, and Beast Boy. In that order.

'I could phase through and float,' she thought, glancing jealously up at the flying forms of the two female Titans. But that'd take too much of her energy away, and she didn't want to waste it. The crap in the sludge-water was going to take ages to get out of her tail though.

"We should be getting closer." Robin piqued up from ahead of her.

"He said that thirty minutes ago…" Beast Boy murmured out of the corner of his mouth.

Phantom grinned, glad the light of Cyborg's shoulder-light and Starfire's star bolts faded before it reached her eyes. It also hid the grin on her face from Beast Boy's remark.

The rest of the trip was in silence, though 'the rest of the trip' doesn't do much to describe their one-way journey because,

"Dead end." Cyborg spoke, his light shining on a grimy, dirty wall that looked as though it hadn't seen the sunlight in a couple hundred years.

"Look's that way. 'Course, we haven't had that problem before." Robin grinned, remembering the walls that had crumbled so easily earlier.

"I thought you'd never ask." Cyborg smiled, swinging his robotic arm to aim his sonic cannon at the wall. Without warning, he shot the bright blue laser blast at the wall, only to have it come ricocheting back two seconds later.

"Raven!"

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" A large black bubble covered the group as the blast simply blew into the makeshift shield instead of the teenage heroes.

"Nice work Raven. We would have been toast for sure." Robin spoke, sending a reproachful look at Cyborg.

"What?! You practically asked me to blast it." He replied angrily, waving his cybernetic arm at the impervious wall.

The Boy Wonder looked as though he were about to say something when Phantom sighed irritably and grabbed Beast Boy's hand, dragging him up to the front of the group.

"Look, guys. You seem to be forgetting who you're with here." She took a deep breath before continuing, in a very slow voice.

"Me Phantom," She pointed at herself with her free hand, "Me go through walls," she pointed at the solid mortar wall, "Me take Titans with her." She indicated Beast Boy at the end of her hand then gestured at the other Titans.

"Pick a hand, any hand. Everyone needs to be connected physically somehow for me to take all of you." She said nonchalantly, looking back to the wall and pretty much ignoring the Titans, gazing at the wall with a thoughtful stance.

"I am not holding Beast Boy's hand." Raven muttered.

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After some debate, the line ended up Phantom, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Starfire, Robin, and Raven. Needless to say, this ordeal had taken some time.

"Some team members you guys are…" Phantom muttered out of the corner of her mouth, adjusting her hat with her free hand.

"All right Titans. This'll feel strange at first, but you need to hold on no matter what. If you let go you'll most likely spend the rest of your life in mid-step, trapped in that wall." She said this with an air of importance in her voice, continuing only after she muttered about how "unless of course this wall is electrified in which case I can't guarantee any of your safeties…"

"What was that?" Cyborg raised his eyebrow hearing parts of Phantom's speech.

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Anyway, somehow you all stay connected when 'phased through' so hold tightly onto your… partner's hand. Or whatever you're holding onto." She grinned wryly.

"Can you just take us through?" Raven asked in a monotone voice.

"Yes, I would love to experience this 'phase through' ordeal! It sounds similar to what the humans call 'the high' when taking in large and deadly amounts of plants known as cocaine!" Starfire smiled happily.

"Uhhh, Starfire? Remind me after this for you to never watch the Discovery Channel again." Robin said quietly to disperse the offended stare of Phantom.

"Whatever." And without another word Phantom activated the ghostly powers within her and took a step into the wall and dragging the Titans with her.

"Hey-"

"Could've-"

"Given-"

"Us-"

"Some warning." Raven finished the outrages of the Titans when they found themselves floating through the wall, a very interesting experience they would not likely forget soon.

Phantom pulled out of the wall flipping the sunglasses on her nose at a downward angle, to allow her cat-like eyesight take over.

The Titans followed, each with a look of amazement mixed with puzzlement on their faces to find themselves facing dark.

A whole lotta dark in every direction.

Phantom sniffed once or twice, her small nose twitching with familiar but unwelcome scents, and looked up.

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All at once, the fluorescent lights of the complex blazed with light, similar to those at a football field.

Phantom yelped in agony, falling to her knees, her hands releasing her grip on the Titans, leaving them to become solid again, to rub her eyes to rid them of the dancing black lights exploding in front of her vision.

The Titans each held a hand in front of their eyes to block the light, each readying for battle with a spare hand. Cyborg's arm expanded in the cannon. Beast Boy morphed into a green grizzly bear, on paw blocking its dense vision. Robin took some birdarangs out of his pocket, ready to be thrown. Raven pulled a shield of black in front of her body. And each of Starfire's hands glew with the emerald light of Starbolts.

"Welcome, Titans. To my humble abode." Slade's slow and menacing laughter filled the chamber as the bright and large lights revealed an army of Slade Soldiers ready to attack.

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Dun Dun Dun. Muahaha, I like this cliffy. :) Sorry if it was a bit short, but I thought this was an appropriate place to pause.

Review please, and I hope you liked the chapter! The next should be coming soon, depending on how the penguins decide to feed me. o.O