Here we are again. After a few weeks of revision (stupid work and sickness keep getting in the way…) I finally have another story to post. I wrote this a while ago, a year or two… I'll admit I don't remember. It took a while, but I've crafted it to a point that I found acceptable. So, enjoy the story for what it's worth, and feel free to tell me what you think ;) I'll admit now that Slade isn't my best character while writing (it's hard to keep a crazy man in character, isn't that right, writers?), but he's still fun to putter with.
There's a bit of language in this story. Pairings… Not much to mention. A hint of Starfire/Robin and some Beast Boy/Raven implications.
Also, a disclaimer; no, I do not own the Teen Titans or anything related to the matter, and so on.
That's enough from pookytoo. Now, without further ado:
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That's right… Just as planned. Enter, foolish Titans. Once again you fall for my old tricks. Predictable as ever.
Slade flipped the switch that locked each and every exit of the warehouse that he was hiding in. Trapped like rats, Slade eagerly watched them run though the maze he had so cleverly and carefully constructed. His last few weeks of work would be for not. Since the passageway the Teen Titans were currently in only led to one room, Slade decided it was time to greet them.
The time spent in hiding was more fruitful than he could have dreamed. Though Terra was now free from her prison deep in the earth, Slade had little concern to exact his revenge on her. The consequences of her actions would haunt her for the rest of her life, and no wound he could physically impart onto her would scar as much as the memories of how she had treated her "friends."
It had been a long wait, but none of the hatred that Slade had for the young group of superheroes had waned. Bitterness toward his former apprentice had intensified. The desire to control the boy had now become a matter of principle.
The plan carefully circulated though Slade's twisted mind as he pushed though the final door.
I know for a fact that the Titans were once confronted by a puppet man who attempted to trap them in figurines designed after them. The girls were not captured, but in the process, had mind and body switched. They were unable to control each other's powers at first, and nearly destroyed each other and their fellow Titans.
After careful research and painstaking assembly, the machine has been built. All Titans will be scrambled in a similar matter. With the difficulty of learning each other's powers amplified by three, and making sure Raven's powers are given to the clueless green one, chaos will ensue. The Titans will be the means to their own destruction.
The plan was simple. No doubt it had been done before, but Slade did not care. He knew he would be successful. The group could in no way be aware he was the man behind the plan. That is, if X did as I asked.
Finding the master thief was simple. Hiring him was no harder. Now the time had come to see if he lived up to the reputation he had built for himself.
And pay the greedy bastard, Slade thought as he paced toward the circular room that Robin and the others were stuck in. He grabbed a briefcase before he entered the main hallway.
The price may be a bit steep, but it's assuredly worth it. Time and time again I've attempted to destroy those miserable children with no success. He chuckled slightly when his lackey came into sight. If I can't annihilate the Titans myself, it's time to let them do it themselves.
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How dastardly of him! A plot most fiendish, and as he said, "… been done." :) I love it though. Now to see what happens next! As if you couldn't have guessed, right?