A/N: (Holy crap, was this a hard one to write. Seriously, I found myself stuck in several parts through it. Anyways, it worked out in the end.)The finale to the Titans East Showdown. With Beast Boy isolated from his comrades, he seems more interesting in finishing the fight he started with Blink, then trying to get free. However, BB could be way over his head here, considering the restraint Blink has been showing, and the damage he is capable of. But first!

Reviews!

Alexnandru van Gordon: Well, expect Robin some more dark scenes, as I find those fun to put Robin through. Heh he heh. And to answer your first question, yes. Blink is Australian.

Slade Wilson – Deathstroke: I'm actually not sure how one (being me) should respond to this review. How's this. –Cough cough- I do intend on putting Robin through much more, and seeing as how the real brunt of the story has yet to come, I believe you shall find yourself…interested. PS. Please don't hurt me.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. I only wish I did. I do own Blink though.

Chapter 6: You Can't Stay Here (Titans East Showdown pt3)

"Bring it on Blink." Beast Boy coughed out, his body showing fatigue and pain, but his eyes burning with energy, determination, and a motive like none other. Sure, Beast Boy didn't sound threatening, but he was not about to let some bruises put him down. More was on the line than before. Respect, change, Terra… it all came down to this battle.

"Don't say I didn't warn you, BB." Blink hollered out, before charging. Falling to his side, Beast Boy sweep kicked the area in front of Blink, tripping him up, and sending him headlong into the wall of energy. The impact sent him tripping backwards, and into the hard boot of Beast Boy's foot, smashing into Blink's neck. Blink went down, and BB followed up, transforming into a gorilla, and hurtling him across the roof.

Flipping in mid flight, Blink landed on both feet and a hand, sliding slightly as he stopped. Beast Boy, quick to follow, charged him in gorilla form, and met with an unpredicted kick to the gut, as Blink blinked in front of him. "Too slow mate." Blink taunted, shoving the other foot into his gut. "PULL!" Blink yelled, flinging him into the air.

Beast Boy flew into the air, and dodged narrowly a blast of energy, thanks in part to a transformation into a mole. Upon coming down, Beast Boy went from mole to lion, and pounced on an unsuspecting Blink, smashing him into the ground. Narrowly dodging two vicious claw swipes, Blink teleports before BB, and fires a barrage of energy at him, but missing barely as Beast transforms back into human state, and leaps at Blink. Despite his best attempt, BB was countered, his leg grabbed and the entire attack turned swiftly into a vicious slam, driving Beast Boy into the ground.

"RAVEN, TRY GOING THROUGH IT!" Cyborg hollered, pounding viciously on the wall. He knew Beast Boy was getting beaten to crap, and he be damned to watch anymore.

"You don't think I've been trying!" Raven replied, furiously. Quickly, she phased through the roof, and attempted to get under the field. Finding herself unsuccessful, she phased back out, and looked at Cyborg. "There's no entrance. He's fighting alone."

"LIKE HELL HE IS!" Cyborg yelled, firing another sonic blast into field.

"Your friends really are idiots, huh?" Blink taunted, not seeing Beast Boy deliver a sickening round house to the side of Blink's head. The loud crack caught almost everyone's attention, as they saw Blink go flying head first into the field. Beast Boy, quick to follow, turned into a gorilla, and grabbed Blink's leg, whipping him into the air, and slamming him down with force into the ground. "Now mate…that hurt." Blink wheezed, pointing his fingers at Beast Boy, and firing off a round of blasts, pelting into the changeling with force.

Slade's Lair ------

Slade watched the monitor closely, observing closely every moment of the fight. He had found his apprentice as he went through the window, a disturbing sight none the less. The one he had been fighting was by far the most useless member of the Titans, and yet Blink was bleeding. Even if Blink was holding back substantially, this was unacceptable. The match had been back and forth since, but Slade found himself more and more disappointed and enraged with the performance of his …apprentice.

"Then again, what can I expect? His only use to me is about to run out, and when that does, I'll get to watch him suffer slowly. The change in life he is about to feel will level that rebellious and playful side of him in a heartbeat." Slade muttered to himself, before turning on his heel, and walking towards the room Robin was in. Sure, it had only been an hour at best, but Slade had one last thing he wanted to tell Robin before closing that door and leaving him in there until he was ready.

Slowly, he opened the door, allowing the least bit of dimmed light into the room, just to tease the slowly breaking Robin, who looked at Slade with a blank stare. 'Maybe I won't have to wait that long after all' Slade thought to himself, before closing the door. 'Back to the darkness with you again Robin. Don't worry though, it'll be over soon.'

"So Robin, see anything yet?"

"Burn in hell Slade." Robin replied dryly. His voice was hoarse, probably from all the screaming and yelling he had been doing earlier. Oh well, the quickest way through a persons mind…

"Hatred Robin. That's one thing that interests me so deeply about you. Despite your affixation with friends and doing good, you hate with such passion. It really is quite fun to watch Robin." Slade continued, before tossing something on Robin's stomach. From the weight of it, he was sure of what it was. "Tell me Robin, why do you wear that mask?"

"Burn in hell Slade." Robin replied, same as before. This time, however, he said it with a little more ire.

"Robin, Robin…Robin. Is that anyway to speak to your master Robin?" Slade retorted, looking down at his face. He couldn't see Robin's face contort in fury, but he could hear the curses coming from Robin's lips. Robin couldn't see him, but Slade knew where Robin was precisely. Another form of psychological torture, not allowing your victim to see you, as you berate them. "Robin, you'll learn soon enough."

"Burn…in…HELL SLADE!" Robin yelled, straining his voice further. He thought he had struck a nerve, but to Robin's dismay, all he heard was Slade laughing. Laughing right beside his ear, forcing Robin to close his eyes, and hold back his anger.

"Robin, admit it. You see things that excite you. Things that you find disgusting, but yet you watch still. You watch them because that is what you truly want."

"Slade… the only thing I want is to watch you suffer." Robin growled, getting a dry reaction from Slade nearby. "Why do you want me anyways! You have an apprentice already. Not good enough for you?"

"Quite the contrary Robin. He is quite talented, even without my equipment and training. The difference is, Robin, he is nothing like I am or was. He has that hope, that sense of enjoyment in life, that I lost so long ago, and that you will lose in only a matter of time." Slade goaded, walking to behind Robin, and grabbing back on his hair, pulling his head back so he could look down at Robin's face. Too bad Robin couldn't look back.

"So what! What's stopping you from doing this too him!" Robin growled, unable to see his sworn nemesis, and despising every moment of the time he took breaking him down.

"He is weak Robin. He came here looking for paradise, his little shred of solitude and peace. I attracted him here to the false idea that I would give it to him." Slade explained, looking lowering his head to Robin's ear. "I wanted him to feel like I would do anything for him."

"You're beating around the bush Slade."

"Robin… patience is a gift. Considering the trouble you cause for me on a daily basis, be happy I give you anything." Slade responded, smiling inwardly at the resulting growl of hatred. "Robin, I lured him in as a distraction. He serves me only to keep your band of miserable misfits out of the way, while I break you down. As soon as his current task is complete, I will make him fully aware to what he has subjected himself to." Slade retorted, tinges of malice seeping through his voice.

"You really are a bastard, Slade." Robin snapped back, unknowingly pleasing Slade. He enjoyed watching Robin slip slower and slower into his hatred. It fit him well, like a fine shaped glove.

"Robin, I intend more than anything to use him as a tool. For him to call himself my apprentice is an insult." Slade continued, raising his voice as he went on. "I only seek to distract your…friends. When he comes back, I'll subject him to pain like he has never felt before. The pain of knowing that he is my property. That his hope, and his enjoyment, are gone, and all that is left is the knowledge that you serve me."

"Slade, I hope you know that the minute I can, the very second I am able to… I will make you suffer for this!" Robin cried, malice and hatred pouring out him his voice. Slade merely chuckled at Robin's retort.

"That's exactly what I want to hear Robin. That hatred that you let build up for so very long. I want to hear you damn my name eternally." Slade mocked again, grabbing the item that rested on Robin's stomach. "Because Robin, when you lose that hope you still grasp to, I want you to feed off that hatred. I want you to remember from this day on that you are Robin no more." Slade continued, slowly pulling the mask off Robin's face. Slade smiled behind his mask as he watched Robin fight struggle and toss, screaming all kinds and colors of curses at Slade as he peeled it off. Then, even slower than before, he began placing the item on Robin's face. It was then Robin realized exactly what it was.

"I want you, Robin, to remember that you are mine. Now and forever, you serve me as my apprentice. As soon as you realize that your friends won't find you, as soon as that sickening sense of hope is extinguished, you will realize your place. It will be beside me Robin, and it will be as my apprentice." Slade finished, placing the mask on Robin's face, and moving to leave. "That mask will remind you Robin that I am in control.

All alone, in the dark room, a bitter and defeated Robin wept, screaming out curses and swearing the same oath over and over again. That he would make Slade suffer greatly for this.

Titans East ------

"You know what Beast Boy; you really need to just let loose some more." Blink taunted, as BB stumbled to his feet, and charged back at Blink. Of course, Blink had been holding back madly since the start, more interested in providing his friend with a challenge, then miserably crushing him from the start. All Blink could hope was that the burst of energy successfully fried the audio receptors Slade lined his armor with. He knew Slade was watching. 'Probably making points on my superb fighting style.' Blink mused, dodging a kick, and getting creamed in the neck by a following up knee. The blow knocked Blink into the air, long enough for BB to follow with another kick.

"That one hurt mate!" Blink hollered, landing on his feet, and rubbing his jaw. Blink blinked behind BB, and delivered a strong right hook. However, Beast Boy whipped his head to the left, and watched as the fist whizzed by. A heartbeat later, Beast Boy had grabbed the arm, and swung him over his shoulder, and hard into the ground. Blink, slightly dazed, shot back up to his knees, and ducked under another two kicks, delivering two sharp left hooks to the ribs of Beast Boy. The blows brought him to his knee, and gave Blink the chance to latch on to Beast Boy's shoulders with both hands, and flip, delivering a massive kick to the jaw, and flinging him into the air.

"After this Beast Boy, make sure you work on your fighting." Blink mocked again, as Beast Boy hit the ground. From behind him, he could hear a furious Cyborg coming to his friend's defense.

"YO, WHY DON'T YOU FIGHT SOMEBODY WHO CAN BEAT YOU?" Cyborg hollered out, smashing the field with his hands. He hated watching Beast Boy get pounded to crap, and knew full well that Beast Boy was in way, way over his head. "I'll take you on, and BEAT YOU!" Cyborg continued, smiling as Blink walked towards the robotic Titan.

"Listen Terminator, why don't you go off and kill Sarah Conner. I have a match to finish, and you are pissing me off, mate." Blink responded, watching happily as Cyborg had a mild freak out. 'It's almost too easy.' Blink mused to himself, watching Cyborg pound furiously on the wall of energy. Blink gave an aggravated sigh, and turned back to Beast Boy.

He was shocked to see Beast Boy had disappeared. And unfortunately for him, he had soon after found his opponent. It was in the form of a mouse, standing just under his family jewels.

"Oh mate, that's cold." Blink muttered, as Beast Boy went from mouse to Elephant, sending Blink flying into the air with a sickening low blow. Blink landed hard and on the ground beside Beast Boy, and felt the trunk wrap around him. "But this is going to hurt more." Blink muttered, as he was slammed viciously into the ground.

Or at least, it looked like he was.

"BB, ABOVE YOU!" Cyborg called out, as Blink smiled evilly. Beast Boy could do nothing as a massive blast of energy exploded into the back of him, and delivered shocking amounts of damage to the green changeling. Beast Boy turned back from the pain, and hit the ground hard.

"BEAST BOY!" Raven called out, as the rest of the Titans charged to the wall, trying to get in. Little to Beast Boy's knowledge, Blink had two clones of himself floating in the air with him.

"Sorry mate, but the road ends here." Blink yelled, as one of his clones disappeared to in front of Beast Boy, and hoisted him back up onto his feet, locking him in a full nelson. The other one and Blink landed in front of BB, and began to deliver an unholy number of punches and kicks beating the poor Titan into mush.

"Beast Boy…" Raven muttered, watching in horror as the Titan was physically destroyed by the gang up. However, Beast Boy himself could see into the eyes of Blink as he beat him senseless. He saw remorse in his eyes, and a sense of deep regret.

Finally, the two attacking stopped, and stepped back. Everyone thought it was over, but it wasn't. Blink and his other clone charged up to fire a large blast right into the beaten Beast Boy, and end the fight with a major boom. Something that would leave everyone shocked. Something that he himself would never be forgiven for.

Slade's Lair ------

"That's enough." Slade mused to himself, pressing a button on his wrist, and turning his attention to the screen. His apprentice had long enough been playing, and it was now time for the fool to receive his first lesson. That you do not show any mercy to anyone, ever. It was about to get much, much more interesting from this point on.

Titans East ------

And that was when he felt his entire fight collapse. His head began buzzing like a saw, and as he tried to stare straight, Blink felt himself fall to a knee. 'The hell is going on! I CAN'T CONCENTRATE!' Blink's mind hollered in agony, as a blast from Cyborg's sonic cannon sent him flying to the edge of the tower.

"ALRIGHT CHUMP, NOW IT'S PAYBACK TIME!" Cyborg yelled, as Speedy launched three arrows into the area around Blink, sending him hurtling even close to the edge.

"Why can't I concentrate?" Blink muttered, before stumbling to his feet. As he stood up, he saw Beast Boy being tended to by Raven, and for a moment, saw something he couldn't before. In essence, Beast Boy had won the fight he was waging, as he seemed to have won back the respect of Raven. Blink grinned to himself, before staring back at the rest of the Titans. Blink was standing near a long, long drop, and his head felt like a buzz saw.

"Ready to go to prison?" Cyborg asked, raising his cannon back up. "Or are you taking a fall."

"Neither mates. Been fun an all, but it's about time this party wrapped up." Blink responded, pulling out two devices with red buttons on the tops. "Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, and robocops. At this time, would you please get your last drinks, and make you way to the nearest exit, as the party is ending." Blink laughed, as he forced himself enough room to concentrate for what would happen next. "You don't need to go home, mate…BUT YOU CAN'T STAY HERE!" Blink screamed, pressing the buttons, and setting off all the explosives in the Tower.

Immediately, the Tower began to tilt, and flames spewed from panels of the roof. The building itself was splitting nicely into two, and became horribly apparent to everyone on the roof that this Tower was done for. Cyborg, quickly turning back to Blink, found him gone, and leaving only the detonators at the scene.

"DAMMIT!" Cyborg yelled, as Mas grabbed his leg, and frantically yelled in Spanish to the half machine. "THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BUMBLE BEE IS STILL IN THERE! Raven, we have bad issues!"

"I know, but Beast Boy needs medical attention. He's out like a light. We need to get out of here."

"But WHAT ABOUT BUMBLE BEE?" Cyborg screamed back, he looked towards Aqualad; he was going to be the transport out of here.

"WE NEED TO GO NOW!" Raven yelled back, flying off with Beast Boy. "I'M SORRY CYBORG, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIME!"

Another massive explosion came from the mid level, and the Titans began to get incredibly scared as the Tower began to keel over, falling towards the water. Raven was right, they had to go. They had to leave Bumble Bee… They had to.

"TITANS, RETREAT!" Cyborg yelled, grabbing Mas and Menos as he jumped off the falling tower, and onto a wave of water, created by Aqualad. Turning back, they all watched in horror as Titans East Tower fell into the water, smoldering and burning, knowing all well and good that inside, Bumble Bee was dying, dead, or fried.

"It's personal now Blink… it's down right personal." Cyborg mumbled under his breath, as the Tower disappeared into the water. The showdown was over, and Blink had won. Blink had dominated the Titans, and left them reeling with a crippling blow. The destruction of one of the Titan Towers, and the death of the Leader of Titans East.

"Oh yeah, it's personal."

Slade's Lair ------

Slade watched, a smile pasted underneath his mask. For so long has he wanted to see Titan Tower fall, and although it was not the true Titan Tower, seeing one of the hideous T's, a testament to justice and power, filled him with pleasure unknown. It would be a blow that the Titans would suffer from for the rest of their days. Even his apprentice, who had played more than attacked, had come through on his task. He dealt the first major blow to the reputation of the miserable Titans, and even though he lost the match, his success made the outcome a lot less miserable.

Still, Blink would learn that losing meant punishment. He would learn so very much, so very soon. And beneath it all, Slade could not wait to torture the impotent and arrogant warrior he chose to be his apprentice. Up until now, Blink had been acting as though Slade was not serious in the slightest, that Slade was all talk and no bite. And he allowed himself to think that, to believe that Slade would never raise a finger against the teleporting apprentice. Just so it would be all the sweeter when his little work came crashing down around him and everything he dreamed for and sought out would be crushed in front of his face. He was Slade's apprentice, and it was time for him to learn his place in life.

Slowly, Slade turned off the monitor, and turned to the devil of a machine he had resting in the control room. His greatest victory was only a few short weeks away. Best of all, however, was that when the dust settled, he would have his greatest victory of all standing beside him.

"Only a matter of time."

A/N: Titans East Tower destroyed, Bumble Bee dead, and Beast Boy beaten to a bloody pulp. The Showdown has ended, and the Titans lose, big time. How will the Titans recover from this crippling blow? Can they even? More importantly, what the hell is Slade planning?