Chapter Eleven

Aqualad drew up some water pips and created a giant wave, of which he was riding. Robin threw another disc and turned it into ice. Aqualad was frozen along with it. One down and seven more to go.

Cyborg went and bunched him in the back, and this time, caught Robin off guard. Robin fell to the ground in pain. Cyborg walked over and attempted to pick him up by his collar, but Robin had other plans. He took his foot and slid it across the floor and triped Cyborg. Cyborg fell and Robin was on top of him in a heart beat. They rolled around for awhile and finally Robin got on top of Cyborgs back and shut him down. Cyborg fell to the ground, compeletly offline and unable to move. Two down, six more to go.

Bumble Bee went after him. Mainly to get him back for shutting Cyborg down. (Don't ask me what is goin' on between them, cause I don't know. -) She got a couple of bee stings in, but was quickly caught inside a round, off-white bubble that was unbreakable. She was caught in her small Bee state. The bubble fell to the ground and bounced aways back, until it hit Cyborgs leg. Three down, five more to go.

Raven recovered and went after him. She threw things at him and he quickly avoided them. Robin went after her and proceeded to kick and punch her, but everytime Raven put up a shield. Then from no where he pulled out a device that had Slade's emblem on it. He thrust it towards Raven and a bright string like rope came out and rapped itself around her. (the very same technology that was used in the episode 'Mad Mod') She couldn't use her powers and she couldn't break free. That's correct, four down, four to go.

Speedy was equally matched when it came to fighting Robin. They faught for quite awhile, everyone else watched, well everyone that could did. Arrows, discs, fists and kicks were thrown, used and blocked. Speedy hit Robin square in the chest and was thrown a few feet away. He seemed to be knocked out, and Speedy grinned with delight. He started gloating and unaware of Robin getting up. Starfire shouted out to him, but it was to late. Robin grabbed his bow and arrow bag and broke them.

"Hey!" Speedy yelled at him, but that was the last thing he said. Robin punched him so hard, it surprised everyone. "Well if you wanted them, all you had to do was ask." as he said the last two words he fell to the floor, silent and knocked out. Five down, three to go.

Mas and Menos started circuiling Robin. He tried to grab them, but was to slow. So without Mas and Menos knowing, he used his graveling hook, which had a string tied to it, and used it to trip them both. Of course, they saw it, but it was to late to stop and avoid it. So Mas and Menos tripped and fell. Robin quickly got to both of them and chained them to opposite walls.

"Mas!" Menos cried.

"Menos!" Mas cried. Seven down, one more to go.

Starfire was the last one remaining. She pulled out her communicator to call for Beast Boy, but Robin knocked it out of her hands and it fell into pieces as it hit the ground. Starfire looked up at him with tear filled eyes.

"Robin please don't do this. We are your friends and we didn't want to--" she was cut off by him lunding forward.

Slade had knocked Light Storm to the ground, and kept his foot on her stomach. She tried to keep him from squishing her like a bug, but it was getting harder and harder.

"You can't win Arya, you're done! Now, it's time for you and your family to die." Slade pulled out the button and pressed it. The screens of the house that were recently up on the TVs disappeared.

"Look again Slade." Light Storm said weakly as she gave him a smile that worried him. He pressed the button again and again, expecting to hear screams and buildings blowing up in smoke. But he got nothing.

"What?" he shouted. Pressing harder on her stomach. She yelled out in pain.

Robin grabbed Starfire by the shoulders and rammed her into the wall. She screamed in pain.

"Robin please, I know you're in there. Please fight it, please...don't hurt me again." she pleaded.

Robin's face softened. His expressionless face turned into concern, and the chip started going hay-wire. He let her go and fell to the floor, fighting the pain he felt inside of him and on his neck.

"Robin, what is happening?" Starfire asked him, rushing to his side.

"Chip . . . neck . . . short . . . out!" Robin said through clenched teeth.

"Robin, I do not understand. What do you wish me to do?" she said, trying to make sense of what he was saying.

Starfire got up and rushed over to Cyborg. She played around with some of the buttons and wires and finally got lucky enough to bring him back online.

"Hey get out of my system!" Cyborg shouted at the person touching his back.

"Cyborg, it is me. You're friend Starfire." she reassured him.

"Oh, hey! What's wrong with Robin?" he asked her looking over at him.

"I do not know, he told me 'Chip neck short out'. Please, is this some kind of coded message?" she asked him as they rushed back to him.

Cyborg turned him over to his side and looked at the back of his neck. "No Starfire, he's got a chip planted into his skin. Look." he pointed at it. Starfire covered her mouth and gasped.

"Can you remove it?" she asked, trying to comfort Robin.

"I guess I have to short it out, and it should just fall off." he attached one of his wires to the chip and he started transferring power to it. It didn't seem to work at first, but Cyborg kept adding more power to it, and minutes later it did short out and fall to the ground.

Robin sat up and gasped for air, as if he had stopped breathing for minutes. He looked at Cyborg and then at Starfire. He didn't take his eyes off of her. When he finally got his breath stablized he took her hands and placed it in his. Cyborg got up and walked over to the other Titans and started letting them go and freeing them.