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Chapter 5

The people he killed, the souls he had destroyed, the minds he had systematically torn apart. Funny how such memories could bring a smile to a person's face. One eye glinting manically gazed upon hundreds of screens; each depicted another wonderful day of his life.

He saw each completed mercenary work, each successful plan executed, he even took a little joy in watching a few clips of his favorite Titan defeats, Cyborg broken, Starfire crying and withering on the ground, Beastboy hanging to the edge of a crevice, Raven with her body beaten, bruised, and burned, and Robin. Oh Robin what wonderful pictures he had of Robin.

Times from his apprenticeship, his body being beaten under Terra's power, a few movies of his time with the dust from one of Slade's very masks, and even better struggling to break free from the Brotherhood of Evil.

"Ah yes, what wonderful memories, of course the only thing that could possibly make them better would be right behind me, isn't that right Titans?" Slade's words came out in a perfectly even tone.

He slowly turned to see all five Titan's chained to the wall, struggling against the bands effects on their mind and bodies that held them powerless.

"What a wonderful victory, if I do say so myself," he continued as he stood over the now motionless forms. All eyes were on him.

"We will get free Slade and we will take you down." Robin almost hissed as he stared up into Slade's cold eye.

"Now Robin, how can you hope to do such a thing when you can't even stand up?" Slade remarked as he glanced over the Titan's crouching bodies. Oh the things he could do make them pay for every bruise, broken bone, and humiliating defeat. Yes he would make sure they would feel everyone of his pains multiplied by a hundred.

"Maybe I should just kill you now and put you behind me as a minor setback in my quests. After all, all I needed to do was act at the right time."

Slade began to pace the room while tapping a deliberate finger on the chin of his mask. All the while he muttered under his breath about what to do next.

Robin rebelled once more against the chains. The band on his neck seemed to drain all of his energy and constantly distracted him. He couldn't even but two coherent thoughts together let alone think of a way to get away from the worst villain in Jump City.

Turning his head he looked down the line at his team. Starfire was beside him, all but collapsed on the floor and a look of absolute hopelessness on her face.

The band on her arm glowed a light orange. Similar to the color of her soul when he had seen it switch places with Raven's. It seemed all her emotions were being canceled out with one over riding useless feeling of being lost.

Next to her was Beastboy. There was no hope of outside help, since it seemed that Slade had gotten to him first. Instead of a band Beastboy was held with a rubber substance that seemed strangely similar to the same stuff Red X used to hold him down.

At the moment Beastboy was out cold, though he did grimace at something playing in his head.

Beside Beastboy was Cyborg. The metal band around his waist seemed to be more of a power source now that it had completely drained him. The band fed him only enough power to stay conscious and have a weak understanding of what was going on.

Robin winced as he watched the red eye blink on and off, on and off and the steel blue one held nothing but weakness and pain.

Finally there was Raven. The sorceress seemed be effected the worst. Her hood had fallen back to reveal the band locked over her forehead glowing withred inscriptions. Robin was increasingly disturbed to see her shaking from some unknown fear all her own and huddling against the wall with her hands covering her ears to block out a sound heard only to her.

There was nothing but fear in her eyes. Her charka would flare a deep red and then turn completely black. She was a captive in her own mind.

The hopelessness surrounding his teammates began to get to him.

"Can this be it? Can it really end this way, in the hands of a mad man with vendetta?" Robin thought to himself as Slade turned around.

He walked carefully over to Raven, "Hello my dear. Do you like the things you see? Even if you took little trips in your mind before, it seems that you skipped over that little corner?"

Raven remained unresponsive but huddled closer to herself. Sneering Slade turned to the rest of the Titans. "As you can see I don't like losing, and those you think they have beaten me are always proved wrong in the end."

"Let her go, Slade. You of all people should know what would happen if she loses control of her powers." Robin growled. He had never seen Raven, in fact his whole team, in such piteous states before.

"Of course I do Robin that is why her band has those inscriptions. Did you really think I would look over such an obvious problem? Look at your friends Robin. I have manipulated and conquered all of their powers. The Titans are finished, you are finished, I win Robin, I win." Slade said. His voice increased with conviction as he reminded Robin of his situation.

"Still the lack of a challenge disturbs me. You were always… fun to play with and exploit. I could release you; let you go knowing that I can defeat you at anytime, all with the push of a button." He gloated as he held out a small remote.

Robin's head hung towards the ground. Staring at those familiar steel boots he saw the ground crumble around them.

Looking up quickly he saw a burst of fear in that cold eye as the ground opened up and swallowed his body. A hand of soil grabbed the remote and tossed it to a blond haired, blue eyed girl.

"This time stay buried." Terra urged the upturned earth and moved towards the Titans. Walking up to Robin she searched for the right button. As the band around his neck fell to the ground he looked up at her. Shame filled her face as she avoided his eyes.

Her school uniform was gone and so was her Titan uniform. All that was left were her clothes from before the Titans. She had no place now just like then.

He walked to each Titan and loosed their bonds. As each tried to meet her eyes she turned away. Beastboy remained semiconscious and simply murmured, "I knew you'd come back" before falling back again.

At Raven she paused. For the first time she looked to Robin for guidance. He cast a worried glance over her body, still shaking, still clenching her head.

"We'll take her back to the tower. It will be safer there." He answered shortly. His strength was returning, Starfire's thoughts were a little lighter, and Cyborg had rebooted. Raven and Beastboy would be better off at the tower.

Cyborg cradled Raven in his arms, while Starfire carried Beastboy. They carefully tried to make their way out but a shuffling behind them stopped them all in their tracks.

A gloved hand appeared out of the ground, and was soon followed by an orange and black mask. Slade rose nonchalantly as though he hadn't just been buried alive. With a push of the button on his suit all the exits were sealed and an army of robots appeared behind the mad man.

A/N: Thanks again for the reviews, as you might have guessed this story is almost over so it might of one or two more chapters. Read and Review please.