A/N: I got a mouse as an early Christmas present and forgot that it was all wild up from a car trip home and so it bit me really hard on my finger. Those things hurt! So I'm having trouble typing because of this huge band aid on my finger. Oh well, enough of my boring rambling about the complication of life with new mice. I have more writer's block for my other fics, so here is another chapter. I hope I don't disappoint. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Jak and Daxter games or the Teen Titans. Cartoon Network and Naughty Dog does.

Chapter 7 A Deal with the Devil

"What are you doing here?" Robin demanded though clenched teeth. He shot up to his feet and threw himself at his enemy with a loud battle cry escaping his lips. It was clear that the teen was angry at just the site of Slade.

The man easily took Robin's deadly attack and warped it to his own fortune. The teen's foot was only a few inches away from the Slade's face when the man took hold of the boy's ankle and swung him overhead with graceful ease from much training.

Robin came crashing down on the ground face first with a grunt of frustration. He quickly put his head together and stealthily rolled under Slade's legs with his eyes pinned on his prize, his Bo Staff.

Slade knew what Robin was going after and acted quickly. His heel was slammed down onto Robin's out-stretched hand, and he smiled in triumph behind his mask when he heard a sharp cry of pain come from the boy. Slade calmly bent down while crunching Robin's hand under his foot. The man picked up the teen's Staff and delivered a giant blow to Robin's head before he could pull free.

Stars sparkled around Robin's vision as he was thrown a few feet away from the man. He winced as he landed on the sand and slid to a sudden stop. He fought for consciousness as he winced. He expected Slade to hit him again, but that hit never came. Robin dizzily got to his feet and stared at Slade.

"What do you want with me, Slade?" Robin asked him as he took two bird-a-rangs out of his back pocket. "You're now working for Trigon and after Raven. Why do you bother messing with me? And what happened to your new fire powers?"

"Hm," Slade said thoughtfully while twirling Robin's Bo Staff around with one hand. "I guess sense you don't have any kind of superpowers you wouldn't notice the side effects to this world. Interesting."

"What side effects?" Robin asked with his eyes going wide in surprise. Could his friends be in danger? He swiftly threw his bird-a-rangs at Slade because he didn't expect Slade to answer any of his questions. The man expertly blocked and dodged both of them like it was as normal day thing to him.

Slade swung the Staff in his hands before answering Robin with his own question. "Have you ever seen a human, besides me or your stupid, little friends, in this world? Does anyone here have powers like theirs'?"

Robin ducked from the deadly swing and rolled to the side to avoid getting whacked by the Staff again. He decided to not answer the man as he came at him with a flying kick to the side of the head.

Slade blocked Robin with the Staff. Robin sprung off the metal pole with both feet and flipped in the air before landing a few yards away. He looked up and gave a surprised look when seeing Slade running towards him with Bo Staff raised over his head, ready to strike.

"I'm not too surprised with the choices you've made in this world, Robin," Slade said calmly while vertically swinging his Bo Staff down in a small attempt to hit the skilled teen.

Robin stayed quiet to stay in focus. He needed to disarm Slade before the man whacked his head off with that Bo Staff. But he couldn't stop himself from listening to the man's every word.

"Right now you could live easily in Haven City," Slade said. He swung his Staff three times and the last one Robin wasn't able to dodge. A cry of pain was heard as the boy landed on his back in the sand. "But you chose to try and figure out how to get back to Jump City."

Robin quickly got to his feet and steadily watched Slade circle him as if he was his prey. "You don't know my life here," Robin muttered with his eyes narrowing.

Slade expressed a wicked smile under his mask while saying, "My dear boy, I've been watching you ever sense you landed here. I wasn't too surprised that you have joined and now are working for the evilest Elf in all of Haven City, Krew, or that you won your very first zoomer race. It was an excellent, by the way. I had seen Erol race before. This had to be his first lost."

"You were there?" Robin asked. "Wait. You've seen Erol race? How long have you been here?"

Slade gave a sigh and answered, "You have much to learn." With that said, the conversation was over and the real fighting begun.

Slade lunged at Robin with the Bo Staff. Robin skillfully jumped over Slade and landed in a crouch behind him. Robin tried to trip the man by swinging his leg under Slade's legs. The man had expected this move and did a few back flips to let Robin have two seconds to breathe.

Both went back at each other viciously. Robin could hear the buzz in the air from the many times Slade came close to hitting him with the Bo Staff. The lithe teen jumped, flipped, and rolled all around his adversary with quickness only some could master. But it was clear only after a few minutes who was the better trained and experienced. Slade was with Robin the whole time. Through all the attempts Robin made to hit Slade, he only got a few here and there.

Slade waited for Robin to wear out. It was easy to tell when the young superhero was getting weary of the battle. His punches and kicks didn't hurt as much now. The boy was panting from so much exertion, and sweat dripped down his forehead. But Robin still came at Slade with everything he got. The fire and determination in him was still there.

The battle came to a crashing halt when Robin was caught off guard when he landed after jumping over Slade's shoulder. Slade turned sharply around as if waiting for that one move that would bring him down. The man rammed his Bo Staff into Robin's chest and pinned him to the wall of the rocky cliff.

Robin winced as his head was slammed against the rock violently. Slade was so strong that he held Robin above the ground so that the teen couldn't touch the sandy ground. Robin was stuck to the wall and he couldn't move his arms or lean forward because of the Staff. All he could do was kick his feet in a desperate attempt to get out of the hold.

More pressure was applied to the Bo Staff. Slade watched silently and emotionlessly as Robin winced in pain and finally give way to defeat. He looked down at Slade while panting heavily. "You were holding back on me, Slade," he said coldly. "I ask you again. What do you want with me?"

Slade smiled at the teen's sharpness. "You must know what I want by now, Robin," he said playfully. He was obviously toying with the boy, and this only made Robin madder than a hornet.

"Why don't you just come out with it? I'm sick of your games!" Robin yelled down at Slade. "I'm all ears," he muttered with his tone dark. Like he had a choice over his listening right now. He wouldn't be able to go anywhere till Slade let him.

"Robin, if you want to leave, you can," Slade said sardonically. He loved to see the anger this kid could produce. And boy did he get angry when going through defeat or when frustrated. Robin said nothing but stared coldly down at Slade.

"No?" Slade asked. "Fine. I'll tell you what I want, but its more like a need, really. I want Raven back home in Jump City as soon as possible. You already know that Trigon has ordered me to protect her till the day comes."

"What does that have to do with me?" Robin asked him. "I'm not doing you any favors, Slade. In your dreams, maybe, but in real life I would rather stick my head in a tank full of sharks."

"You're the only one who can convince her to come back to Jump City," Slade said with a small shrug. "I can't let her fight battles here. She won't admit it that her powers are depleting ever so slowly. The others are most likely having the same problem."

"What problem?" Robin asked him with confusion.

"Slowly but surely you're friends' powers will vanish," Slade said with his voice serious. That one eye was pinned sharply on the teen. "After that, your time will be shortened. This world is set way in the future. After some time you will just disappear. You can't stay here for forever, Robin."

"Let me go!" Robin suddenly yelled while starting to kick again. "I need to get to them! We need to get out of here!" Slade let himself express some of his frustration by giving a small sigh. He stayed silent till Robin got the idea that he wasn't going anywhere. It didn't take long.

"I want you all back as much as you do, Robin," Slade said calmly. "I can't bring them all back to Earth and you can't do it either. So how about making a deal?"

"A deal? With you?" Robin asked with a chuckle. "I knew you were crazy, but this is a bit extreme. A bit out of character for you, Slade. A few fries short of a happy meal?"

Slade ignored the teen's comments and said emotionlessly, "You're not going anywhere till you decide to listen, Robin."

"How fair is that?" Robin asked him with his trademark frown coming to his face.

"Since when was life fair, Robin?" Slade asked him.

"Good point," Robin muttered back. "Ever since you came into the world, I think it turned biased."

Slade smiled evilly under his mask at how the boy had said his last sentence. Slade tended to get under the skin of the teen constantly. Robin hated Slade with a passion already, and it made Slade smile knowing that his next few sentences were going to make the Boy Wonder even more loathsome toward him.

"If you get your team to follow you once again," Slade said, "Then I can get all of you back to Earth easily. You're part looks a bit shaky, though." Robin only frowned. "But I'm sure we are going to be seeing much of each other now, so you will not need to worry about me making sure you do your job."

"I…" Robin started to protest, but was cut off right away.

"I'm now working for Krew as well," Slade said quickly. "We will be having a few missions for him together. We will talk about our plans then."

"I…"

"Want another option, Robin?" Slade cut him off again. "Well, there isn't any. Do you want to go home or not?"

"You're impossible," Robin muttered to Slade. The man said nothing and only stared up at the teen, waiting for his answer. Robin wanted to shout out no to just tick off Slade, but he new there was only one logical answer. He hated himself for saying this. "Fine," he muttered. "Now let me go."

"Of course," Slade said. He let up on the Bo Staff and Robin landed gracefully on the ground with a small wince. He would get bruises tonight for sure. But Slade still had some points to make clear to the boy. Before Robin could see it coming, the end of the Bo Staff was shoved into his stomach and knocked all the air out of him.

A look of surprise and pain came to Robin's face as he was forced to his knees with his arms around his stomach. He gasped for air and tried to shack off the shock of the deceitful move. The boy cringed as Slade lifted his chin with his hand. Robin tried to pull his head away, but the grip was pretty strong. The teen was forced to look up at his enemy.

"Don't think you can outsmart me on this one, my dear boy," Slade said down to Robin with his tone harsh and his eye cold. "You do exactly what I say and both you and your friends won't get hurt. Just think of it as you being my part time apprentice." He smiled once again when seeing the shock on the teen's face.

"Get that sick and crazy thought out of your head once and for all, Slade!" Robin barked up at the man. Slade pushed Robin to his back, and quick as a striking snake, he had his foot on the teen's chest with the end of the Bo Staff placed on his neck. Robin glared dangerously at him.

"Do you understand my rules, Robin?" Slade asked him. "Or do I have to teach it to you and make you learn it the hard way?"

Robin was quiet for a few seconds till he finally said in defeat, "It's your way…for now."

"Good boy," Slade said as if the teen was his dog being trained. Robin stopped himself from cringing at the words of his enemy. "Now, get up. You will need some sleep for tomorrow. The idiot, Krew, is making us smuggle some artifacts in the sewers tomorrow morning. I made sure we got that job. He has some doubts about you. I don't."

"Do you ever stop pissing everyone off?" Robin muttered at him. He picked himself up and kept a sharp eye on his adversary to make sure no other sneak attacks were going to come at him.

"Hm…I want to take over the world. Making you mad is part of the package," Slade said evilly.

"But you're working for Trigon," Robin said with some confusion. "You won't be the one taking over the world. You're just his messenger. Fun job that must be. You have to get desperate enough to make semi deals with me."

He must have stricken a cord somehow with Slade because the man didn't respond and only glared silently at the teen. Robin fell silent too and backed off from his remarks. Maybe Slade didn't want this job. Maybe Slade didn't want to work for Trigon. These thoughts only made Robin wonder some more.

"You can't go back to the saloon," Slade finally said while walking away. Robin hesitated before running after him. What else was he going to do?

"Why not?" Robin asked him as he pulled up beside his enemy. It was weird and strange feeling to be so close to the one he most hated. He really didn't like his situation.

"I told Krew that I would take you in so he wouldn't have to take care of you till you earned the money to get your own place," Slade said simply. "I've been here long enough to get myself an apartment. You will stay there tonight."

"Heck no!" Robin yelled in objection. "Like I'm going to be safe there with my enemy watching me while I sleep. I'd rather sleep in the streets than in your home!"

"Suit yourself," Slade said with a shrug. "But if I wanted to kill you, I would have done it already, don't you think?" He glanced down to the boy and saw him frown as the thought came to him.

"True," Robin muttered. "Where's your house?"

"You'll see," Slade said with a nod.

A/N: Okay, really short chapter! Sorry for that. I just didn't know where to end it. I'm saving more stuff for the next one which I promise will be a lot longer than this one. I hope I didn't put Slade too much out of character. I'm so used to writing fics with him trying to get him as his apprentice, but in this fic he's just trying to make a deal with him. I guess you'll see a little of his nice side a little later on (If he ever had one). Oh well, please don't shot me for my short chapter. Please give a review! Thanks!