Chapter 5-The Plan Revealed

Starfire had been snatched up by Jupiter, who, for some reason, had realized that the way to Robin's heart was through Star. Ever since Jupiter and her sister Saphira had become his apprentices, Slade had drilled his one goal into them over and over-Robin's destruction.

'So, if I get her, Slade will be pleased,' Jupiter thought.

It was a stroke of genius even she hadn't expected from herself.

"Excellent," Slade murmured. "Jupiter, you will be rewarded. Saphira, bring me the drink you've prepared. (A/N Saphira is pronounced Suh fear uh)

"Master, it is not quite ready yet," Saphira squeaked.

"I gave you an order," Slade snarled.

Saphira scooted off, Jupiter in tow.

"Let-me-go!" Starfire yelled.

"Tell me, pretty one, do you really think I'm going to do that?" Slade asked in a deadly whisper.

She stopped struggling and tried a different angle.

"What do you plan to do with me?"

"Use you to get to Robin, of course."

'Robin,' Star thought. 'If only there was some way I could reach him.'

Back at Titan's Tower…

Robin was pacing back and forth, thinking (of course) that everything was his fault.

"Chill, man. We'll get her back," Cyborg said.

The others nodded. (The others: Beast Boy, Raven, Bumblebee, Speedy, Aqualad, Mos and Menos)

"We have to find her!" Robin yelled like his fellow Titans didn't already know that.

"Robin," came the voice that haunted Robin's dreams.

Everyone glanced up, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.

"It's really very nice to see you all again."

"What have you done with her?" Robin demanded.

"Come and see for yourself," Slade replied and his image left the TV screen.

Cyborg went over and hit a few keys. "They're in the old warehouse on Adams Street."

"Let's go."

In the mean time, Starfire was still trying to escape from the buckles that held her in place, pinned against the wall. Her starbolts were useless.

"You see, dear child, after I helped you and your pathetic friends defeat Trigon, I needed to reestablish myself as the most ruthless villain around."

Starfire rolled her eyes, but Slade didn't notice.

"So, lucky for me, I came across Saphira and Jupiter, struggling to stay alive. I recognized their potential and offered them a proposition. They accepted, and I trained them to use their powers to their full extent. In the meantime, I did some research and discovered when fire and ice are mixed in the exact right proportions, it makes the drinker very powerful. And now, the very drink that will make me powerful enough to defeat you and your worthless friends is on it's way to me, thanks to my dear Saphira. Then, since I have you, Robin will be forced to become my apprentice yet again. I'm so very brilliant, aren't I?"

"Why do you want Robin so badly?"

"Because there is no good and evil. There is only power and those not intelligent enough to use it are fools. Robin is no fool. After all, he did make you his girlfriend."

Starfire zapped Slade with her eyebeams.

"You'll pay for that," Slade snarled, standing.

Then they heard sounds of a scuffle.

"Jupiter, Saphira, go and fight!" Slade commanded.

The two ran out, but not before giving Slade the mixture of fire and ice. He drank it in one gulp.

"Listen dear child, as your friends are blown into pieces. My apprentices will win."

Starfire frowned, but didn't dare to hit him with her eyebeams again, frightened he might hurt her and force Robin to watch or some equally horrible thing like that.

Instead, she asked a question.

"Why did our alarm system go off when no one was present at the supposed scene of the crime?"

"Oh, that was the work of Saphira. Intelligent girl, she is. Some day I might make her my bride. My hope was to get Robin on my trail again, slowly tearing himself away from his pathetic team-and you, pretty one."

Robin broke through the door, bo staff in hand.

Robin! Starfire screamed in his mind.

His eyes noticeably widened behind his mask.

Star? His voice echoed in her mind. Since when can we speak telepathically?

I do not know. Listen, whatever you do, don't sacrifice yourself for me. He wants you to be his apprentice.

(A/N When they talk telepathically, it will be between these thingies Blah blah blah)

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