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Disclaimer: I might own the Jak 2 game and play it as much as possible, but that doesn't mean I own the characters. The same goes with the Teen Titans.

Chapter 9 Power Trouble

Raven was rudely awakened from her restless sleep by her door being busted open loudly. She woke up forcefully with a sharp gasp. A pillow next to her exploded from her dark powers being let out for that split second. Feathers flew up into the air and Raven looked through the makeshift snow with wide eyes of fright. She then saw that it was only Erol.

"What did you say to Cyborg last night?" Erol asked her as he stood at the foot of her bed. She fought back the wince that had been ready to be expressed by his harsh tone. His arms were crossed in front of his chest as his eyes narrowed at her with anger flashing in them. She didn't understand.

"I barely said anything to him," Raven answered truthfully. "What are you getting at? What happened?"

"I won't tell you till you tell me the truth," Erol spat back at her spitefully.

"I have no clue what you're talking about, Erol," Raven said with confusion. "All I said to Cyborg last night that was we were on the right side and that Robin should do what he wants. He got mad at me and stormed out of the room. I then went to sleep."

"Well, he tried to escape this morning," Erol said.

"Escape?" Raven asked, still confused. "Escape from what?"

"The Baron wants to destroy the Underground once and for all," Erol told her with a wicked smile. "After that fight yesterday with your team, he had given me new orders for the five Humans. You and your team are now declared criminals of Haven City and are sentenced to prison. I thought you and Cyborg would come peacefully. But after the long fight we had with the tin man, it seems you will put up the same fight."

Raven's eyes went wide in surprise and fright. She jumped out of bed and with a small curse escaping her lips. Erol shouted an order, and in came five Krimson Guards reading to capture her. Raven backed up to the window while yelling her chant into the air. The dozen or so pillows on her big, purple bed exploded from her dark powers and sent thousands of feathers into the air. This sent all the guards into a panic. They started to shoot randomly while Erol cursed their stupidity.

The Goth girl had some problem levitating into the air because she hadn't meditated in hours. But once she was in the air, she didn't have trouble avoiding the shots from the laser guns and making her way to the door of the room. Once she was out, she landed on the ground and started to run down the hallway so she could save all her energy if she was forced into more fighting. But she was more of a defensive fighter. Rarely did she attack someone head on.

Erol finally made it out the door of Raven's room and spotted her right away. "Idiots!" he yelled back into the room. "Get out of here! She's escaping!" The Krimson Guards filed out of the room all hanging their heads. "Three of you come with me and to see if we can cut her off from the entrance. Two of you go after her to maybe catch up or surround her when she bumps into us. Now, move!" The group then split.

Raven frantically ran down the hallways to wherever it would take her. She was searching for an elevator, but it took her a few dead ends and retracing to finally find one. It opened for her and three random Krimson Guards were in there talking to each other with their helmets off and enjoying a break. When they spotted Raven they dropped their helmets in surprise, but they had no time to do anything else before the girl went into action.

"Azarath, Mentrion, Zinthos!" she yelled while pushing both palms at the three. A black force field engulfed all three of them and shoved them up against the back wall. Raven stepped into the elevator with her teeth bared as she tried to concentrate. The elevator started to go down and she was having a hard time keeping control of her emotions. This wouldn't last long.

Finally the elevator stopped and opened up on the main floor. Raven quickly dropped them and ran out of the elevator. She then used the rest of her energy to use her dark energy to press the button in the elevator to close the door and make it go up. She had smoothly avoided that road block. More was to come very soon, though.

Raven ran out into the big hallway leading to the outside of the Palace. That door was some of the many that let Elves out of the Palace but only a few could get in. Ever since the Underground was growing, security was being updated constantly for the protection of the Baron. But right now all Raven wanted was out.

The Goth girl didn't see anyone in the long hallway. She stopped running and hid behind a pillar to catch her breath. Why weren't her powers working like they used to? She tried to calm her emotions by closing her eyes and chanting for a few seconds, but still her powers were not working as they should have. She finally accepted this sad fact and decided to at least try to get out of there even if her powers were working or not.

The girl suddenly darted out from behind her cover and started to sprint for the door with deep determination burning her eyes as she ran her heart out. Her brain only told her to keep pumping her legs. She suddenly heard shots from laser guns being fired at her. Raven stumbled with a small wince as some rock from a pillar next to her exploded and sent debris into her way. But she kept her speed and was nearing the door.

Raven made it to the door, and it swung open for her smoothly. The Goth girl actually let herself express something like a smile at her victory as she escaped the Palace and bounded gracefully down the stone steps and into the city. But her triumph was quickly trampled on.

Erol and some of his men suddenly ran up from nowhere and blocked the end of the steps with all his men aiming their laser guns at her. Raven tried to stop, but she slipped on a step and only ended up on her butt on cold stone and scraping her back. She barred her teeth against the small pain and started to back up to only realize that Krimson Guards were now behind her as well. She was surrounded.

"Trouble, Raven?" Erol asked her evilly. He gave her a cruel smile that made Raven frown. She had been so stupid to trust him. She should have read some of his thoughts, but that took concentration and lately she had absolutely none. She had been fooled by his fake charm and kindness that had only been a front to get to her. Raven kicked herself for believing all of it. She hated herself for only trusting the ones who liked to betray her. So many times this had happened to her.

"Jerk," Raven growled at the Elf as her eyes turned into black pools as her angry and frustrated emotions took over her body. She stuck her palm out at a zoomer innocently passing by. The dark girl covered the hover craft with her powers and gave a fierce battle yell while using what little energy left in her system to bring it down to the ground behind the Krimson Guards ahead of her.

Panic was spread as the zoomer exploded loudly and sent Krimson Guards flying in all different directions. The blast set some grass on fire nearby, and Elves ran around frantically to put it out or run away from the demon human girl. Raven forced her worn body to move as she started to slowly go down the steps with escape still on her mind.

"It's not that easy, Raven," Erol seethed while picking himself up from where he had landed a few feet away. He advanced toward the Human and attacked with a roundhouse kick that she quickly blocked with a black force field she created with a smooth sweep of her hand. But she knew her energy was depleted and her body was weak from this.

"You're the Baron's now," Erol said to her maliciously as he attacked again with a quick punch. Raven ducked while giving him a sharp glare. The Elf then laughed at her nastily and asked, "What's the mater, Raven? Used up all that black magic?"

"You can't get away with this, Erol," Raven spat back at him. She swiftly moved another zoomer with her new found powers that had suddenly came to her. They were as easy as before. What had gotten over her for those few minutes back there? But her attack was dodged by Erol jumping deftly out of the way of the zoomer coming at him.

"Now!" he yelled at a Krimson Guard who had sneaked up behind the girl. Raven tried to turn to see what was going on, but it was clear that she was just too late. The butt of the laser gun was slammed down onto her head and sent her to the stone floor. The Goth girl's vision blurred before she finally blacked out completely. The fight was over and she had lost. Her last move was sending a strong vibe to the only one she trusted the most…Robin.

- Robin and Slade -

Robin watched Slade take down the Metal Heads like it was just a simple morning warm up. It didn't even count as a workout for the skilled man. The teen narrowed his masked eyes at Slade as he silently moved around the fight and headed to the chamber that led deeper into the sewer system.

Once Robin thought it was okay, he started to take off in a sprint down the dark tunnel without caring that he was leaving Slade behind. Actually, his whole plan now was to get far away from Slade. He didn't want to be with him from the start, and right now he would rather try to negotiate with his team face to face instead of team up with his enemy even though the mad man gave him more of a chance of getting out of this world. Or maybe he just wanted to shove it in Slade's face that he didn't want to be with him. Either way, the plan was to run.

"Robin!" the teen heard Slade shout to him as the man realized what Robin was doing. Robin kept running while looking behind his shoulder with a flash of fright coming to his face. He didn't think Slade would catch on this quickly. But he had taken the chance of getting away from an angry Slade, and he knew the consequences all too well.

The teen turned sharply as he saw another smaller tunnel going somewhere unknown to the superhero. He didn't care that much anymore about where he was going, as long as it was far away from Slade. Robin took the tunnel and stopped dead in his tracks as he saw that he had made a huge mistake. All he saw was a river of sewer water running deeper into the system. Who knew how deep it was or where it led. Robin was about to find out.

That small pause the boy had made as he sized up the rancid river let Slade catch up to him easily. The man appeared in the entrance and he spotted the kid with his one eye narrowed dangerously at him. Robin splashed into the sludge and saw that he was only knee deep in ice cold murky water that stunk to high heavens. He quickly took out a small flashlight from his belt. Slade came right after the teen with no hesitation.

Robin started to wade his way as quickly as he could down the river. He cringed while hearing Slade come into the water after him only a few seconds later. In Robin's head, he quickly realized that he wasn't going to get away from Slade this time and he switched over to defense mode because he knew what to expect from his enemy.

In one swift move, Robin turned around and faced Slade. The man came at him with a simple punch that was dodged by Robin moving to the side. The two made simple moves here and there that didn't use much energy and were easy to dodge or block. Robin wondered why Slade was holding back so much. Then it hit him. The plate! He still had it on his back.

"What do you want, Slade?" Robin asked the man while taking his backpack off and holding it up into the light of his flashlight so the two could see it clearly. "This?" Robin asked him slyly.

Suddenly Slade launched himself at Robin and forced the boy down into the water. Slade smiled under his mask while seeing Robin's head go under the water for a while as he pinned the boy there on his back. Robin's head came back up with a sharp gasp for air and also from shock, fear, and the coldness of the stream all around his body now. The hold he was now in made it so that his head was barely above the water.

"You're so foolish sometimes, Robin," Slade laughed down at him. "What were trying to prove? Trying to tell me that I'm not in control of you? Well, you only forced me to give you a demonstration of my power."

Slade pulled on Robin's arms and forced his head down into the water. The boy had no time to get over his shock and take a breath before going under. Slade waited a few seconds while feeling the boy struggle unsuccessfully under his weight. He looked over and saw that Robin still clutched the backpack in one of his hands with the flashlight in the other. He waited wickedly till he dropped both of them to grab onto Slade's arms to try to get free. Slade then let Robin's head back up.

Robin choked while taking in sharp breaths. His eyes were wide in panic as his black hair hung into them. Even though it was dark in the tunnel now that he had dropped the flashlight into the water, Robin could still make out the masked man on top of him and holding his life in his hands right now. It was a very scary feeling for the teen.

"Hear me carefully, Robin," Slade said down to the boy as if being a teacher of a second grader. "We made a deal back there, and you will help me get Raven back to Earth. You are working for me till she is safely standing on Jump City ground. Got it?"

"She's not something you can just trade around like some toy!" Robin yelled back up at Slade. "She's a human just like you and me! I want her home with the rest of my team, but I'm not working for you so that job can be done. Find another person!"

"Maybe I didn't make it clear enough the first time," Slade said viciously down to Robin as he tightened his grip around Robin's arms. If it hurt, Robin didn't give it away on his face. He only glared up at Slade as if challenging him. "You've always been a slow learner," Slade muttered before dunking Robin's head back into the water. He then waited till Robin had had enough.

Robin twisted his lithe body for two whole minutes before he got his leg free from Slade's hold and shoved his foot into the man's chest. The boy somehow was strong enough to get Slade off his body and return to the surface with another loud gasp that echoed around the darkness around him. Robin got to his hands and knees and then gave a sharp yell when Slade grabbed his ankle and pulled him toward him.

"Think about it, Robin," Slade said sternly to him. "The only reason you're so mad is because my way is the smartest and your way is just plain stupid. Accept this and things could be so easier for you." He threw Robin into the wall and saw the boy lean against it with a wince. This kid could hang on for long, it sometimes amazed the man.

"I know," Robin whispered with a small nod. He gave Slade a weak smile and said, "But I argue better with fists than with words."

"Words are safer on your part," Slade muttered to the boy while folding his arms in front of him. He wanted to give a sigh from the teen's actions. He knew he was going to have to be with Slade for a long time in the future, but to get his point across to the man he would do crazy things like this just to get on his nerves. And it was working…a lot, even though Slade hated to admit it to himself.

"Now where's the fun in that?" Robin asked Slade with a forced laugh. He was now shaking uncontrollably with his teeth chattering quietly as the coldness of the water took over his body. Slade noticed this and shook his head. The boy was going to get seriously sick if he didn't get warmed up soon, and he was bound to get some kind of disease from this water he almost drowned in.

Slade picked up the flashlight and backpack in the water and handed the light back to Robin silently. He looked back to Robin and saw that his condition was getter worse. Maybe he had gone a little too far with that extreme dunking back there, but it was the only way to knock some sense into the stubborn teen.

"Do you have any way to keep yourself warm?" Slade asked him as he led the way back to the opening.

"You worried about me, Slade?" Robin asked the man with another one of his small laughs that only made Slade want to hit the kid on the back of the head.

"I want the people working for me to be in good condition," Slade answered emotionlessly. "Being sick in bed for a few days is not considered a good condition. And if you turn out to be that sick, you're still not going to get a day off."

"Well, it's not like I can magically pull a blanket out of my belt," Robin said.

"At your madness level, determination, and below freezing body temperature, I won't be too surprised if you start to try," Slade responded swiftly.

"I agree with the last two," Robin said, "But that first was a bit harsh. You're the one who is mad for even becoming Trigon's messenger and Raven's so called 'protector'. You were even mad before that. Don't you think it's a bit like calling the kettle black by saying that I'm crazy?"

Slade gave a small chuckle while grabbing Robin's shoulder and pushing him in front of him so he could see him at all times. "I don't think that at all, Robin," he said to the boy. "You've had your moments."

"And I should listen and believe an evil and crazy person like you?" Robin asked him from ahead. He started to rub his shoulders while still shivering. Slade could see that he was trying his hardest to conceal his suffering from him and that he was really freezing to death.

"You should listen," Slade said just to keep Robin concentrated on something else rather than his coldness. "But believing is something you should pick and choose on with me. But you already know that."

"Duh," Robin muttered while rolling his eyes. Sometimes just talking to this man got his blood pumping. His hatred quickly vanished when suddenly he felt a great deal of pain and suffering from someone or something. The feeling was hard for him to describe, but he just knew it had to do with Raven. They had a mental connection somehow, and now Robin could sometimes have a hint of what she was going through by just having this odd feeling inside his head. "No," he whispered.

"What?" Slade asked him with confusion in his voice. They both stopped as Robin suddenly got a lot of this strange feeling. It was so over powering that he had to lean against a damp wall to sort it all out. But the weird sensation quickly passed and Robin was back to normal. He looked up to Slade and right away didn't want to tell him what had just happened. But he would have to tell the man sometime because he was bound to force the information out of him.

"It's…it's Raven," Robin said after giving a sigh. "She's in a lot trouble."

Slade gave him a look of slight puzzlement before asking, "Are you sure?"

Robin looked to the floor. He hated to give Slade this kind of information, but right now he had no choice. He couldn't just leave and help her. He had to convince Slade to come with him. "We share a kind of mental connection," he muttered with his eyes still staring at the ground. "I've always had this kind of weird feeling whenever she was in trouble after she…uh…went into my head one time. I've been getting that feeling a lot lately," he added while glaring up at Slade.

"So you can sense her pain and fearful emotions?" Slade asked Robin while folding his arms in front of him. He took a few steps closer to the boy with some interest in his cold eye. "You're more useful to me than I thought. How much trouble is she in right now?"

Robin didn't answer. He only glared daggers up at the man. The teen didn't like it that he was being so useful to his enemy. His hatred for the man was rising in his chest as he stayed silent. He saw Slade narrow his eye at him to clearly show Robin he was frustrated to no end with him.

"Tell me, Robin!" Slade yelled at him while shoving Robin back into the wall and keeping him there with his hands on the boy's shoulders. "I'm in no mood for your games. Just tell me if we need to go help her. How much trouble is she in?"

"A lot!" Robin yelled back at him. "Satisfied?"

"You're pushing all the wrong buttons, boy!" Slade seethed into Robin's face.

"Good!" Robin shouted.

"You watch your mouth," Slade tried to respond calmly. Robin could still hint that he was angry, though. His vice grip on his shoulders clearly told him that the man was mad at him.

"What if I don't?" Robin asked sharply.

"I can dispose of you anytime I wish to," Slade said.

"The question is will you or will you not," Robin said with a sly smile.

"Not now, Robin," Slade said while lightening his grip on the boy's shoulders. "I'll let your comments slide for the time being, but I will have the last word. Right now we have better things to do besides fighting like this."

"Yeah," Robin said smoothly. "First, you need to stop pinning me to this wall so we can both move. Second, how will Krew react when this stupid precursor crap is handed to him extremely late? And lastly, I'm coming down with a cold and I'm going to sneeze in your face if you don't move." Slade quickly let him go and Robin sneezed loudly with a small moan. Yeah, he was quickly getting sick.

"Lovely," Slade muttered. "But Krew is going to have to be patient with this. I'm just glad he has more than you do."

"I think he's worse than I am," Robin said with a smile.

"If that's possible," Slade muttered while turning around. He started to run down the chamber and Robin didn't hesitate to follow him. He was still cold, but he ignored it. Raven was in trouble and he had to help her somehow. He just hoped things turned out well. With Slade around, he highly doubted that.

A/N: I hope you guys liked the action. I really hope that I kept Slade in character. He's a hard one to portray in writing, and for some reason I always can't seem to get his character down flat. And this fic is really testing my limits with his character. He's not after Robin. He's protecting Raven. Odd. But I'm having fun and I'm so far I'm making my goal to having a pretty good crossover. Amazing that this is my first try at one. Please give a review! Thanks!