Sorry, work was busy last few weeks.
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Slade waited patiently in the medical bay for his apprentice to arrive. He actually had to exert some effort to control his excitement. This apprentice had more than exceeded his expectations. She had defeated the Titans single-handedly, even holding back. Slade had been disappointed when Robin told the Titans to retreat, but it came as no surprise. Robin knew Starfire well, and had to know where the battle was leading. Slade had knew from the outset that Starfire would exert every effort not to hurt her friends. But Slade also knew that the longer the fight carried on, the more she would have become lost in it. And with her power increasing because of the emotional conflict within herself, who knows? But their departure also suited his plans. This way he could still make Robin his apprentice after he returned from Tamaran. With the girl on his side, Robin will turn much easier.
Slade got impatient. It had been several minutes and she should have been here by now. He started looking on his security monitors and found she was still in the elevator, laying on the floor. He actually ran out to the elevator and pushed the button to open the doors. Starfire lay with blood on her clothing and the floor. Not all of it was from her ears. He bent down and checked her breathing, which was steady, but she didn't respond to his shakes. With a look of concern he picked her up and hurried her to the medical bay. Once she was laying on the table he went to a desk with a phone. He pushed the red button. There was a pause as the phone rang and a man's voice spoke up. "How can I help you Slade?"
"Dr. Howard I need you to come immediately. I think double your normal price will cover your inconvenience. Bring your burns kit also. I am at location 5, a half mile down Walbar Street. See you in 10 minutes." Slade then hung up and uncovered the girls' wounds. He reluctantly let the medical robot attend Starfire as best they could. He had bought the thing for minor medical treatments, but for anything serious his apprentice was only getting human help. And for her, Slade would only get the best. He had invested too much in her. That doctor better hurry.
Doctor Howard showed up in 9 minutes, 37 seconds. He was buzzed in the door and knew the way down. He had been here before when Slade had lost to the Titans. The Doctor had once been a noteworthy general practitioner, and a skilled surgeon. But one fraudulent lawsuit had brought him down. No longer able to afford the medical insurance he now deals with clientele who will not sue him for frivolous reasons. Clients who will not go to the law should things go badly. Clients like Slade. He was startled to see that it was not Slade whom he was attending, but a little girl. This was missing girl the Titans have been looking for (who can forget all the commercials?). After a quick examination her diagnosis was severe electrical burns, severe ear damage from unknown cause and 2 broken ribs and bruising. Seeing the young girl with such injuries he glared at Slade for a moment, then remembered his place and got to work healing the her injuries. Slade didn't say a word, but never left her side.
Starfire slept for over 18 hours, and when she awoke Slade's face was the first thing she saw. She tried to sit up but he pushed her back down and held a note to her. "There is a gel in your ears to promote healing. Do not remove the earplugs. There are bandages with a similar gel on your ribs and back. Do not remove them. The doctor said it will take a week for you to heal properly. Stay in this room until I send for you, I have errands I need to accomplish while you recover." She read the note and nodded to him. He got up and left. It was then she noticed another factor screaming for her attention. She sat up, winced at the pain, then ran to the bathroom.
Slade had begun spending most of his time preparing for his and Starfire's departure from the planet. There was much planning to make when one prepares to take over the world. Especially when you won't be on the planet while the majority of your plans are being carried out. He had factories building an army of androids who would need tested and programmed. He was forced to make allies with those who could accomplish this. He also had to appease anyone who may threaten his plans during his absence or any who had sufficient power to warrant special consideration. Between himself and his allies, Slade planned on having sufficient forces to conquer the Earth already awaiting on this planet for his return from Tamaran. His arrival back on Earth with the Tamaranian army he planned to bring would trigger the fight for control of the world. Slade smiled. The battle would be glorious. Unfortunately it forced him to spend his last few days on Earth traveling, leaving his apprentice alone to heal. He would prepare her food in the morning and leave enough for the day on a tray in her room.
Starfire spent the first day alone in her room. Slade had left DVDs on military training on a shelf in her room, along with some DVDs on older earth military conquests. He also had gotten a small video collection, apparently all for her, as they were all still in the plastic. It was a small stack with anything from humor to horror to anime. It would seem he had walked into a store and picked random videos out hoping he would get some she liked. Or more likely had told someone else to do it.
Starfire's day of healing had given her a lot of time for reflection. The DVDs interested her little, so she spent her time remembering all the stories from her childhood and of those heroes from Tamaranian legend. She remembered the statues of the great men and women who died with honor protecting Tamaran. She remembered the days spent with Galfore while he regaled the legends she had grown to love. She had swore to him that she would be like them some day. Her thoughts would then drift back to the present. She would think about her current situation. Slade was her master now. She could remember so many stories of good people forced to serve evil ones, and knew where it led. She had not been able to prevent Slade from orchestrating her fight with her friends, even though she had to pay a price for holding back, she had won. Her victory was not the fact that she won the fight, but that her friends had left unharmed. She basked in the warmth of that victory. Her friends where safe, but Slade was still planning, she overheard him ordering supplies for their journey. She had seen his space ship and had even asked him why he had it, he told her that he planned on taking her back to her homeworld to train. Starfire guessed what Slade was planning. She had no illusions why Slade would want to journey to Tamaran. She decided she needed a plan.
The next morning after Slade left her food for the day, she decided to leave her room. She first searched the base for Slade and he was nowhere to be found. So she explored the base a bit. The first thing she discovered was that the damage that had been caused by her conflict with her friends had been repaired. Also, it seemed that the security and maintenance robots had been programmed to know she was not an enemy. So she was completely ignored by them. Eventually she came across the vehicle and armory area. By the time Slade had made it back that evening from a meeting with whichever villains he was dealing with today Starfire was safely back in her room.