Chapter4: Robin!!

Part One: Finding Slade

[One year later. The Titans are all fifteen-except BB who's five months behind]

"Spread out Titans!" Robin ordered and the Titans spread out across the dimly lit factory, "we have to find him!" he ordered and continued to look around the factory under stairs, between plied up drums everywhere, "we have to find Slade," he stated bluntly as he continued to look for Slade, his rod ready in his hand for action.

[Normal POV]

"Dude can't you calm down for a second!" BB cried from another room, "man, you're gonna drive yourself nuts!"

"Be quiet BB!" Robin snapped at his team member, "if you keep making so much noise you might as well stand in the open with a "SLADE TAKE ME!" sign on your chest!" he cried and BB became silent.

Robin continued his search. High or low he still couldn't find Slade.

"Where are you?" Robin snarled softly as he continued to look for Slade with clenched fist.
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[Cyborg's POV]

I continued to look for Slade in the basement of the factory. Robin was getting so high strung about Slade and it was driving me bonkers! Bad enough Terra left two months ago for 'personal reasons. Robin was now working everyone twice as hard. BB sometimes went to Raven's Poetry Club just to get away from him!

I heard a something clatter from behind me. I turned to see a flash of Gizmo hurrying by and crying 'Crud' and crashing into some empty metal drums. I was about to go after him when I felt something hit me hard and I fell to the ground with a loud THUNK.

The last thing that I saw before I went unconscious was a face over me with flowing blonde hair. @@@@@@@

[Normal POV]

"Slade?" Starfire asked as she looked into another dimly lit area of the factory, "please hand yourself over," she said as she searched around the machinery, "you did wrong and you need to accept what wrong people get when they do bad things," she stated as she flew in the air to check the upper part of the area.

She suddenly saw a shadow and immediately shot at it with her eye beams. The figure grunted and slumped and Starfire flew swiftly towards it. She soon saw Slade clutching his stomach and her eyes stopped glowing as she landed in front of him.

"I'm sorry Slade but you've done wrong and I can't let you escape," Starfire said her voice filled with pity as Slade clutched his stomach, "I can only hope that you will regret your wrong doing and repen..." she said but was knocked into the wall by several crates that hit her from behind out of nowhere.

Starfire lay under the dusty wooden crates unconscious as Slade looked up to see who his saviour was and his eye widened in shock.

[The girl's POV]

"I wont be saving your butt again," I said coldly to him, "Run," I said slowly but firmly, "because the next time I see you I wont be so..." I continued but Slade interrupted me.

"Generous," Slade finished for me in an almost teasing tone.

"Get out of here before I change my mind!" I cried angrily and several objects blew up around the room and she had to cover her face.

"Why do you always have to make things har..." the girl started to say but stopped when she realized that he was already gone.

"Just like you father," she said almost chuckling, "always disappearing at the last.."

She stopped when she saw two eyes glow from just below the wreckage. Starfire was already conscious! But that would mean...

Starfire suddenly burst through the wreckage that was over her and glared at the girl in front her.

"He's your father!" Starfire cried furiously at me, "YOUR FATHER" she cried as her eyes and arms glowed green and she shook with fury and anger.

I looked at her for a moment; I had hoped that I'd be able to reason with her. But her reaction now proved that it was impossible. I was rather saddened by the fact that Slade being my father could turn everything around me for the worse, even Starfire.

I closed my eyes and responded. "Yes Starfire he is my father," I said in monotone, "but no one will ever know that," I said simply and her eyes stopped glowing as she looked at me puzzled. That was the last quizzical look she'd give when I let a metal pole I grabbed quietly with my power, appear behind and knock her hard in the head.

She cried out and fell to the ground in a heap. As I walked towards chanting a spell that I just secretly learned that could bind memories away for a certain period of time if not forever I saw tears flowing out her eyes as she said.

"Why Raven?" Starfire asked as her eyes started to close, "Why?" she asked again in a small sad voice as she soon lost all consciousness. @@@@@@@

Part Two: The Capture

[Robin's POV]

I was after Slade. It seemed as if I was finally going to capture him. I heard Beast Boy calling from not too far behind, but I didn't need him Slade was mine.

I chased him down the stairs and he nearly made through the front door when a dark aura came over the door sealing it shut.

Slade glared at her as he lowered herself from above him.

"I told you I about your butt being toast if I saw you again didn't I?" Raven asked menacingly as she landed in front of him and glared as her hood fell to her shoulders.

But just then Raven fell to the ground, Slade caught her and rest her gently to the ground and I saw the reason she'd fainted. Mammoth came from behind a large old locker with a tranquilizer gun.

"Thought you'd need some help," Mammoth said, but was surprised when Slade glared at him.

*Guess Slade wants to beat us on his own. Like that's gonna happen! * (Robin's thoughts)

By the time Slade had rest Raven on the ground; I had reached the bottom of the stairs and did a high kick aiming for his stomach.

But he was ready for me. Suddenly his foot rose in the air and made contact with my face before I even touched him! I landed on the ground and tried to jump back, but suddenly I couldn't move. I felt a slight prickling in my face and looked forward to see a few needles sticking out from the bottom of him shoe. He grinned and pressed something on his shoulder and the needles retracted.

"Sla...." I started to cry angrily but suddenly my voice caught in my throat. I couldn't breath! I was struggling but could barely get any air into my lungs. I continued gasping as I fell on my side immobile.

I was dying.

I heard chuckling as I saw Slade bend over and chuckle malevolently at me. @@@@@@@

[Starfire's POV]

I had been conscious for a while now. My friends, the other Titans were no where to be found. I had found Cyborg tied up in another room and he confirmed my great fear that our ex-team mate Terra, had joined up with Slade. We decided to go to the front area of the factory and when we got there I saw Slade dragging Robin, who seemed to trying to gulp down oxygen towards the exit.

I flew down to stop him but suddenly the ground rose and lots of it's heaviness fell upon me and pinned me to the ground. I could only watch in horror as Slade took Robin away.

"Robin!" I cried tears falling freely from my eyes.

"Staaar fiiire," I heard him rasp at me as Slade took out into the darkness and disappeared.

End Chapter4

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