AN: I was listening to Peanut Butter Jelly Time while writing the fight scene, so it was hard to get it to seem intense enough XD
You Can Never Forget
Chapter 2: Breakout
The next few weeks had gone smoothly for the Titans, considering most of the usual villains had been frozen. Robin had, of course, kept up the search for Slade, especially after what Beast Boy had told him. But the lack of fighting gave them time to relax.
But for one green shape shifter, time to relax meant time to think depressing thoughts. Cyborg had tried to cheer him up by dragging him to the arcade to play DDR, but a technical difficulty with the machine got them stuck on the song "Memories" for a stage, and the lyrics reminded him too much of the talk he had with Terra. "I, I'll have to let you go. And your memories. Let me forget you. The one I love"
Raven hadn't been much help either. In her attempts to be nicer to him, she tried to pretend to laugh at his jokes, but she couldn't tell which ones were jokes and which ones weren't, and just ended up ticking him off.
Beast Boy thought it wise to steer clear of Starfire, lest she feed him her crappy tasting pudding.
Although, after a couple weeks to himself, he began to feel better.
"You!" he yelled at Cyborg as he walked into the living room, making the half robot jump in shock.
"Whatever it is that I did, I didn't do it!"
"I challenge you to a rematch. Arcade at noon."
"You're on."
It was 11:54, so they raced each other there, through the heavy rain.
"Why the sudden change in attitude?" asked Cyborg as they selected the song.
"Just thought it over and realized Raven was right-"
"HOLD ON! You admitting that Raven was right?"
"It's better just to leave her alone, let her have a normal life…. How about 'Boom Boom Dollar?'"
Cyborg pressed enter and the song began, but their communicators began beeping.
"Robin better have a good excuse for interrupting us!" yelled Cy as he checked the panel on his arm, revealing Robin's face.
"Emergency meeting! I need you two back at the tower now!"
"Can't it wait a few minutes?"
"This is urgent."
"We'll be there…" He shut off his communicator, dragged Beast Boy off the pad and forced two of the people, who were watching in confusion at two superheroes playing DDR, in their place before getting in the T-car and driving back to the tower.
"This better be good. I was about to kick his little green butt!" yelled Cyborg as the two stormed into the living room to where Raven. Robin and Starfire were waiting.
"I just got a message from the Doom Patrol," Robin informed his team. "There's been a breakout at the Brotherhood of Evil hideout."
"Not again…" groaned Beast Boy.
"All of the evil members of the Brotherhood of Evil have escaped?" asked Starfire for clarification.
"Not all," explained Robin. "The Brain, Madame Rouge, Mallah and all the others of their ranks are still there, along with anyone overly pathetic. My guess if whoever- and I have a pretty good idea who- let them free doesn't want them getting in the way, but has plans that the lesser ones can't fit into."
"So you think we're dealing with Slade here?" asked Raven. Robin nodded.
"Beast Boy, I know I told you not to ditch us again in a fight, but I have a job for you. If this is Slade, there's a good chance he may want Terra back. Use a hologram generator to blend in, but if I call you, I need you to come immediately. Understood?"
"Gotcha," he responded.
Just as he said this, the alarm went off, filling the room with a flashing, red light. Robin walked over to the computer, opening up a map of the city. Near the outside of the city was a flashing red light. "It's an abandoned military research facility."
They arrived there to find it completely deserted, and having been cleared out years ago, as the undisturbed dust suggested. After a thorough search of the building, they met back in the main room to report, all with the same answer.
"Something had to have set off that alarm!" shouted Robin in his usual obsessive voice.
"We're not alone…" said Raven, focusing her energy on finding an extra person, someone who wasn't supposed to be there.
"Right you are," rang a familiar voice. Slade stepped out of the shadows.
"What are you planning this time?" Robin asked in a low growl.
"Why, you can be so naïve sometimes, Robin. Do you really think I would tell you?" he taunted in return. His bo staff extended and he charged at Robin, who flipped out of the way and took out his own staff.
They fought, blocking each other's attack with clashes of metal until Starfire shot a star bolt out of her eyes at him, but he deflected it easily with his staff, then swung it toward Robin, throwing him into an old shelf, which collapsed onto the leader of the Titans.
Cyborg aimed his cannon at Slade, but he agilely dodged it.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," chanted Raven, surrounding the shelves and jars that had fallen on top of Robin with black energy and threw them at Slade, but he dodged those too. Beast Boy pounced on him in the form of a tiger, pinning him to the ground, but was thrown off, landing next to Robin, who was standing up, despite the numerous cuts on him.
"Why aren't you having your henchmen do your dirty work for you, like you always do?" he asked.
"You really are quite stupid. The answer to that is simple," said Slade in an amused voice. "They are."
Robin's eyes widened. "This is just a trap… To distract us…"
"Very good, but I'm not letting you leave that easily either."