Robin launched himself at Slade with reckless abandon, rage filling him. He'd put him away once, and he'd escaped him, but not this time; Slade would pay dearly for kidnapping Raven, he'd make sure of that. Raising his bo staff, he slammed it into Slade repeatedly, smashing against the metallic armor with everything he had.
Slade blocked with ease and pushed hard against Robin. The force of his weight kept them together for a few seconds. "Do you honestly think that you can defeat me again?" he hissed, hatred snaked through his voice. "In all honesty did you think that iron bars could hold me back?" He sneered, "Well Robin, we'll finish this, here and now, won't we?" He shoved Robin back, he kept his balance, bo staff at the ready.
"I'll see to it that you stay in prison Slade, kidnapping Raven was a huge mistake." He slammed the staff into Slade's midsection, Slade miss blocked and grunted as it made contact.
"I," he grunted, "Don't...Make...Mistakes!" He slammed his fist into Robin's stomach, causing him to double over.
"Robin!" Starfire screamed as she saw him fall to his knees. Slade was standing over him, not paying any attention to her. "Slade you have pushed my last button. As they say here on Earth—EAT THIS!" Green bolts of light blazed from her eyes and hands straight into a gloating Slade who toppled backwards, hitting the ground hard. Starfire ran over to a gasping Robin. "Are you injured?"
"No," he replied, "Just a little winded."
Slade rose and came menacingly towards them, "You are going to pay dearly, Robin, say your prayers for now you shall die!" He pulled out a wicked looking knife. Starfire rose up to fight him when suddenly, Cyborg and Beast Boy charged into Slade, knocking him away from Robin.
Slade glared at them, "Now you all will die!" he hissed as he blocked a charging tiger-Beast Boy. Cyborg stared at him hard.
"This ends now Slade." Raising his gun, he fired. Slade dodged, but still he continued firing. Beast Boy charged back in again as a rhino, slamming into Slade's back, causing him to stagger.
"Sorry, Titans, this game is over!" He began running towards an escape pod that he had brought. "Just where do you think you're going, Bub?" A voice asked him, Slade turned, there was a man standing in his way.
"Fool, you have no idea who you're dealing with!" He assumed a fighting stance.
"Oh, but I think I do!" the man shouted, his atomantium claws shot out from his fist. Slade registered his shock for only a moment before charging him with reckless abandon.
Wolverine flipped back and swung his claws up in defense. This Slade guy was definitely a maniac. He could understand why the Titans had a hard time defeating him. The guy had moves, he admitted as he blocked and slashed at the man called Slade. Slashing hard right to left, Wolverine left a great gash in Slade's body armor. Kicking the man hard in the midsection, Wolverine heard the man gasp as he staggered back from the blow. Wolverine lunged at Slade, picking him up he threw him farther back onto the top of the bridge. Slade was undeterred by this. Landing on his feet, he hurled the knife in Wolverine's direction. The knife ripped through Wolverine's shoulder, Slade smiled to himself. This was too easy. He felt his smile slip however, when Wolverine simply pulled the knife from his shoulder and charged him again.
Slade was too distracted by Wolverine and suddenly felt like he'd been hit by a rocket as Robin slammed himself into him. Shocked, he whirled around to face his opponent as Beast Boy and Cyborg joined Robin. "Titans," Robin proclaimed, "GO!" With that, they charged Slade in their fury. Slade backed up, shocked, he'd never seen them like this, never in all his battles with them had he ever seen them so powerful. He was fighting for his life now. Beast Boy jumped onto his shoulders as a great tiger and Slade felt some blood drawn from him as claws ripped through his body armor.
Cyborg fired his gun in unrelenting blasts as lasers peppered Slade's armor. He staggered back slightly, Beast Boy was stubbornly hanging onto him, he grunted as he felt sharp teeth rip into his flesh. He tried to throw him off, but Beast Boy hung on and continued clawing and biting furiously. Suddenly, fiery pain erupted in his side as a furious Starfire launched lasers from her eyes and hands. "You will pay Slade!" her voice roared with fury, "We shall take you this time!"
Robin's fist slammed into his face as he continued to stagger backwards. Robin delivered a mighty kick in his midsection, knocking the wind out of him, causing Slade to fall to one knee. Wolverine lunged at Slade from behind, causing his claws to rip through body armor into flesh. Slade screamed in agony as Robin smashed his bo staff into Slade's armored face. Furiously, he kicked and punched Slade as his blood slowly dripped onto the top of the bridge. Falling on the ground Slade gave Robin a wicked glare as he stared up at him.
"Slade, you've lost this time, and we're going to make you pay." Wolverine yanked a glaring Slade to his feet. "Well, Bub, looks like the end of the road for you!" He said as he kept his claws near the man's face.
He jerked his head back over to the other X-Men, who were battling Magneto and Pyro.
"I guess our battle's done now." Robin says, "Wolverine, we can't help the X-Men, we have to watch Slade."
"Hey, Wolverine, you're hurt, man!" Cyborg said, pointing to the man's shoulder.
"Don't worry, kid, I'll be fine," he said as Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy and Robin watched in amazement as the wound healed itself. Robin looked around.
"Hey," he said suddenly, "where's Raven?" The others looked around too for she was nowhere to be seen.
Meanwhile the X-Men began fighting Magneto. Scott unleashed his lasers furiously at Pyro, but the boy dodged and using his power he caused a great fireball to form and hurled it at Scott who jumped out of the way. "Jean, Storm, here we go!" he shouted as Jean used her telekinetic powers to slam Magneto against the wall as he hurled pipes and cars at Logan who was jumping out of the way and slashing things in half, trying to make his way towards Magneto.
Rising again to his feet Magneto reached out and took a parked car from the street and bringing it to the roof, he sent it hurling at Storm who was busy dousing out Pyro's fire. They were locked in deadly combat as Pyro hurled fire at her as Storm continually called on her powers to cause water to douse it out.
"Storm, look out!" she yelled as the car came hurtling towards her. Jean reached out with her powers as she tried to stop the car. It wasn't working; she panicked slightly and concentrated harder.
Suddenly, she heard a voice whisper softly, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" and she felt a power as strong as her own reach out and grab the car, stopping it inches from Storm who was still fighting Pyro.
Jean looked at the girl, she looked to be about 18, she wasn't sure. She was dressed in black and violet, the same color as her hair and a jewel was in the middle of her forehead. Jean smiled, "You must be the one called Raven." She said, "I'm Jean Grey." The girl reached out and shook her hand. "Thank you," Jean said simply. "Don't mention it."
Jean reached out and grabbed Pyro, sending him hurtling into a wall; the boy hit it hard but managed to rise to his feet. "You're going to pay, Dr. Grey!" He rushed at her as Rogue, Iceman and Nightcrawler suddenly appeared. Iceman raised his hands, forming an ice barrier between Pyro and the X-Men. Nightcrawler suddenly appeared behind him, slamming his tail into his midsection, causing the lighter to fall from his hands. "No!" he shouted lunging for the lighter, which to his horror, was frozen over by ice. Nightcrawler grabbed him and slammed him into the ice, causing it to break, sending the former X-Man through the ice and onto his back. Marie walked over to him and grabbed his hand, causing his powers to leave him as he slipped into an unconscious heap.
Meanwhile, Jean Grey and Raven were still battling Magneto. For every hurled object, they hurled two back at him. He was a tough opponent, Jean admitted to herself as she kept hurling things at him. Suddenly, a red laser beam shot out from the right causing Magneto to stagger and fall. Jean and Scott rushed on him, pinning him down and they held him back, making sure there were no metal objects for him to unexpectedly throw at them. "It's over, Magneto, give up!" Scott said. Magneto said nothing. He just looked at them silently.
Jean looked up to say something to Raven, but to her horror, she was gone! It was as if she had vanished into thin air. "Hey Titans, Raven's gone!"