Chapter Three: Alone

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Reviews: Thanks gothgirl. That's what I was going for… whispers the C word.

Pawpaws: I know... I am going for cute and trapeze ropes are hard to break AND he doesn't have his belt! But thank you for the tip.

Robin was alone in the darkness listening to his music. He had been regagged.

"Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation, darkness stirs and wakes imagination, silently the senses abandon their defenses… slowly gently night unfurls its splendor, hear it feel it, tremulous and tender…" the song began to make him wonder. What if he did give up all defenses? What if he gave in to Slade? What if he forgot everything of his life as a titan? He wondered if he would ever get out. It had been about 2 days since Slade left him there.

Meanwhile:

"Got it!" cried Cyborg. "I installed a mini camera in Robin's belt." He activated the camera.

"I do not see Robin!" said Star, almost crying again.

"It must be a dark room." Came the reply. "I'll activate the night vision." He typed something and they saw a figure in the corner of the room.

"There's no movement. He isn't wearing the belt."

"Cyborg, can you figure out who that is?" asked Raven, pointing to the figure in the corner.

"Ya." They watched as he typed jump and the camera began to move away from the belt. The figure grew closer and closer. They heard music.

"Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thought away from cold unfeeling light, and listen to the music of the night!"

"Phantom of the Opera…" Starfire whispered. "Robin!" she cried.

"Stmphire?" came Robin's reply. Because he was gagged it was all he could manage.

"How can he hear us?" asked Beast Boy.

"Another gadget. The camera has a communications thing. You can talk to anyone in range."

"Robin are you hurt?" asked Raven. He shook his head. He was in what seemed to be an abandoned warehouse.

"Well, do you know where you are?" again, he shook his head. Suddenly, his mask narrowed and he turned to face the left side of the room. They heard footsteps and Cy put the camera in stealth mode. Slade found it anyway and picked it up.

"hmm…" he said. He fiddled with the camera, then saw the screen with the titans.

"How did you contact them?" he yelled at Robin. The titans saw him jerk as if he had kicked something and then a sharp yelp from Robin.

"He didn't!" the all cried at once.

Slade put the camera back down so that the titans could see Robin, head tilted up because Slade held his hair, and Slade with a knife. He placed the blade on Robin's throat.

"Come here and surrender to me or he gets it!" he said to them, pushing harder and causing Robin to flinch as a thin line of blood appeared.

The titans gasped.

"No! Please! Don't hurt him!" sobbed Starfire. Slade smashed the camera. These words appeared on the screen.

"Camera 1: terminated

Location: The old Home Depot"

"That could come in handy." Said Raven as they prepared to save Robin.