"Raven, try the door!"

"If Starfire couldn't destroy it, what makes you think I can?"

"Pick the lock," Robin instructed. While Raven attempted to break through the door that had locked behind them, he turned a full circle in the round room they were now trapped in.

Beast Boy was unable to break through the reinforced walls, no matter what animal he turned into. Cyborg's beam cannon had no effect, and Starfire couldn't bend or shatter anything on the walls. The ten medical tables that were positioned around the floor had worried Robin from the start, and with Red X standing outside the locked door, he had no idea what to expect.

"Robin, do something!" Beast Boy cried.

Knowing his fear dealing with anything medical, Robin put his hands to his head in a vain attempt to concentrate.

"BB, quit your tweakin' and let the man think," Cyborg yelled over his shoulder.

Raven contained Beast Boy in a black bubble, then had a look around. "That door can't be budged from the inside."

"Why can we not break this glass?" Starfire said as she rammed into it for the thirty-fourth time in less than a minute.

"Whoever built this is good," Cyborg said. "Too good."

Robin's eyes narrowed. "Slade."

"Man, you think it's Slade every time-"

"No, it's Slade," Robin said, motioning out one of the two windows in the room.

"No way," Beast Boy said, his voice muffled by Raven's bubble.

Raven looked around. "Slade and Rex X? Working together?"

"It was just a matter of time," Cyborg said with a sigh.

"What could he be planning?" Robin pondered aloud while the group watched Slade present Red X with a briefcase.

After fiddling with a control panel just outside of the left window, Slade waved in at them as the machinery inside lurched on.

"Titans, destroy that equipment!"

Quicker than Robin could get the words out, he, Raven, and Cyborg were snapped up by mechanized claws and strapped down onto the various tables.

After a moment of struggle, both Starfire and Beast Boy were strapped down as well.

"What next?" Cyborg hollered as the motorized restraints were buckled down over each of them.

"I have no idea," Robin admitted through gritted teeth. "You're a madman, Slade! You won't get away with this!"

"We're gonna need a miracle," Raven muttered as a set of lights came on above them.

With a start, everyone's eyes were drawn to the door as it opened and closed.

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Poor Beast Boy… Poor, poor Beast Boy… No one likes a tweaker.