Ok, here's Chapter 2, but first, some shout-outs from the author!

The Wild Ambition: Thanks! I'm gladyou like it, as long as I have at least 1 reader I will continue this story!

Iartaneditor: Ha ha, you should have seen it before it was edited, and I'm in honors English too. Go figure.

James: And I'm sure you'd be one of her neighbors

Hekatie: Thanks! (Editor's Note: I can't wait to read it)

Megax 328: OK OK I will, haha, I'm not sure if I will have the elementals in this story, but since I haven't written the whole thing out yet, I just might put them in.

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The Spawn of Slade
Chapter 2
Ready to Die?

Project Apprentice surveyed his new surroundings. After breaking free from the
operation table, he decided to venture out into the world above the one he had known.
Taking the same path that Slade had taken, Project Apprentice ducked under the series of pipes and waded through the sewage, determined to reach the surface he had been
deprived of ever since he was created. Upon lifting the manhole cover, bright sunlight
poured upon him, causing him to lose his footing and fall back into the sewage below.
'Damn, I had no idea the sun was so...bright.' Deciding it was wise to wait until dark, and to formulate a plan, he made his way back to Slade's lair.

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Upon biding farewell to the Elementals, the Titans had returned to the Tower and everything had returned normal.

"Well, since it's sunrise, let's start off our day with a nice tofu pancake surprise!" said Beast Boy early one morning three days after the Elementals had left.

"No way BB, how about I make us all triple meat omelets!" Cyborg shot back in disgust, remembering the last time he ate Beast Boy's cooking.

"Hello, don't you remember I'm a vegetarian!"

Sensing an all out brawl about to begin, Starfire said, "Let us all partake in some nuts of
dough."

"All right, doughnuts!" cried Cyborg and Beast Boy as they ran to the kitchen, forgetting their differences and wolfing down large amounts of doughnuts. Raven, noticing that Robin was not present in the room, set out to find his whereabouts. She found him in the evidence room, staring at one of the Slade masks he had obtained.

"He's still out there," said Robin somberly.

"Yes, but he is gone for now," replied Raven, stepping into the room.

"I really thought we had him this time, we had four more allies on our side and we still
weren't able to defeat him!" yelled Robin angrily as he pounded his fist into the wall.

"Robin, don't let your emotions cloud your reason. Slade was badly injured during that
battle, and even Slade needs time to heal. We won't be seeing him for a long time yet,"
said Raven as she moved closer to Robin.

Looking over at Raven, Robin smiled slightly, saying, "I suppose you're right. We did
kick his ass pretty good this time."

Smiling, Raven said, "Let's go join the others."

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"Damn it, when does the sun set on this godforsaken city, it feels like it's been three days already!" yelled Project Apprentice impatiently as he waited for the "long" day to end. Now that I think about it, when does the sun set at all... wait, a minute," he suddenly thought. "The sun could have set for hours, even days, there aren't any windows down here!" yelled Project Apprentice upon realizing his idiocy and that he had no way of knowing what was happening on the surface. "That bastard must have some way of knowing what goes on... some kind of computer," he thought as he looked around. "Ah,there it is, I must not have noticed it before, and it appears the sun has just set," he thought as he gazed upon the rather large surveillance equipment in yet another chamber of the lair. Walking over to what had been working on for three days he said, "Get ready, Robin, because here I come."

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As night fell, things were as they always had been. Raven reading one of her many books, Beast Boy and Cyborg in another Game Station battle, Robin hard at work as always, and Starfire attempting to convince Raven to accompany her to the mall of shopping.

The Titans weren't expecting a big occurrence. A common robbery, and a gang fight yes, but not anything to raise concern. So when the alarm went of in the Tower, no one was too worried. Slade wouldn't make another move this soon. He had just lost a battle to them three days ago! How wrong they were.

As the Titans arrived at the scene of the crime, Cyborg reassured them saying it was a
common robbery. They all blasted into the bank, in their trademark ways, ready for the
battle. None of them anticipated what they saw next. In the back of the bank, coming out of the vault, was none other than one of Slade's robots.

"What?" yelled Robin, "Why is Slade resurfacing this early?"

Finishing his thought, Cyborg yelled, "And why is he sending one of his robots, to rob a bank, this is hardly his style."

"For whatever reason he has, we'll still take him down, Titans go!" And with that
command from Robin the battle began. Quickly making her way over to where the robotwas making its escape, Starfire hurled a series of startbolts at it. Easily maneuveringaround each one, the robot blasted a hole in the wall and swiftly made his escape.Chasing after it, the Titans continually attacked the robot, but it did not seem to be taking much damage.

"Dude, what is with this robot, it's way faster than all the other ones!" yelled Beast Boy
as he transformed into a cheetah, hoping his added speed would allow him to catch up
with the robot.

"Don't let it get away!" yelled Robin throwing another one of his explosives and missing. After about 5 minutes of the chase, the robot suddenly climbed up a building at the end of town and stopped on the roof.

The Titans made their way up the roof, ready to finish the job. When they all reached the top, an audible gasp was heard from each of the Titans. Standing next to the robot, that had caused them so much trouble, was a tall figure, cloaked in a black shroud. Removing the cloak from his face, the figure replied, in a perfect imitation of his creator's voice.

"Why, hello Robin, ready to die?


That's the end of Chapter 2, please review and tell us what you think!