A/N: This is the chapter that I was supposed to update in May. I still have to make up June and July's. Hopefully I can soon.
Even though I did not receive many reviews last chapter, I still know people have looked at it (the hit was in the 100's) so that just made me breath. At least people are reading at it, so as long as they are I'm ok with it.
Thank you CocoKiki and CrazyInsomaniac for reviewing!
I don't normally dedicate chapters, but this is a special occasion. Because today just so happens to be CocoKiki's birthday! So for her birthday I decided to dedicate this chapter to her. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope your birthday wish comes true.
Okay well enough with the chitchat and on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: Don't own it and never will.
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Slade kicked the boy in the face. Pain shot throughout his head, starting from his nose. He let out a cry and went sprawling into the wall. He breathed heavily and he tasted blood. He weakly looked up at Slade, his body not letting him stand up.
"Just," The boy coughed before continuing. "Just get it over with."
Slade's eye widened. "What's this?" He asked in a mocking tone. He placed his foot on the boy's neck. He began to press down. The boy gagged. "Begging for death?"
The boy could do nothing but clutch his chest, which is where he felt the most pain, as Slade slowly cut off his air supply. He did not have the strength to throw Slade off of him.
"Well I'm sorry I cannot fulfill your wish." Slade said, still pressing down on him. "But you cost to much to just throw away like that." And with that he kicked the boy with all his might. The boy's body hit the brick wall hard and went limp, unconscious and barely alive.
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"Red X injected a sedate into Robin. One may think it was a normal sedate, for its functions are all the same. But I found some extra components in it. They piggyback on the regular molecular structure, so they can go undetected pretty easily." Cyborg said as he paced in front of Raven who was sitting on one of the infirmary beds.
"And what, exactly, do these 'extra components' do?" She asked in a monotone voice.
Cyborg stopped pacing. "They act just like the probes Slade used on us when he blackmailed Robin into becoming his apprentice. Except it's a bit different this time around. They can trigger any component they happen to be on, in this case the sedate. So whenever Slade feels like triggering it, Robin will be sleeping like a baby. Fortunately, the ones on Robin will wear off because they're not as durable, it isn't permanent. Give it around another twelve hours and he should be fine." He crossed his arms.
"I don't really see what the big deal is." Raven said, standing up.
Cyborg did a double take. "Are you kidding? Listen to me Raven. If Slade knows what he's doing, then we have something to worry about. Although the sedate will wear off on Robin, it's highly unstable. No one should be fooling with this stuff in the first place. Imagine if Slade made them more durable?"
"And by durable you mean?" Raven questioned with a glance.
"Durable meaning that Slade enhances them to make them last longer. This might be just a taste of Slade has yet. By making them more durable, the components will be much, much stronger and its effects will last longer, maybe to the point where they become permanent. I also believe that it can trigger any kind of medicine or drug. Ranging from sedates to poisons. As long as it has components to feed off of, they can and will act."
Raven raised an eyebrow. "And you got all of this from one blood test?"
"Science can go a long way." Cyborg said.
"But still. It's like the same as last time. All we need to do is de-probe ourselves if we get this and everything will be just fine…" Raven stopped when Cyborg held up a hand.
"I don't think its gonna be enough this time, Rae. Those probes were actual machines attached to our blood cells. These new ones are actual molecules attached to whatever Slade wants them to be. Such as Robin's sedate. It will be a lot harder, as the chemicals used are unstable as well. I could probably find an anti-virus, if it's even a virus, but first I have to find out what they are made of and exactly how they work. We already know the effects, but still this could take awhile." Cyborg rubbed his chin as he considered his options.
"Or we could be more careful and stop Slade without getting any of that stuff in us." Raven said, crossing her arms.
"Cyborg nodded. "I'm pretty sure it's still in the developing stage. But we cannot allow this to reach higher scales, we were damn lucky last time."
"Well we haven't a moment to lose." Raven said, walking towards Cyborg. "Go ready the T-car. I'll be along in a minute. I'm just going to patch myself up." Raven blushed a bit on her part as she lifted her cloak and exposed her bloodstained leotard. Cyborg nodded.
"Okay, we should hurry. Meet me in the garage in ten minutes."
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The cold night air was never a problem for Robin. In fact he liked the feel of the cool breeze, caressing his body, spinning weaves around his throbbing muscles.
He zoomed down the street until he came to a long line of traffic. The street was abnormally busy, the traffic horrendous. He slowed down and put down his kickstand, taking off his helmet.
"This is wasting my time." Robin said as he looked ahead at the endless traffic. He put his kickstand up and revved up the engine. He slapped on his helmet and took off, going in-between the cars at a high speed.
"Come on, stay focused." He urged himself as he ignored the ache of his body, begging him to stop and rest. Passing out twice was taking his toll on him.
"For Starfire." He whispered. He jerked to the side to pass a car, well aware that he was going over the speed limit. But then again, who could stop him?
He felt a slight vibration within his utility belt and heard a familiar jingle go off. He didn't bother to pick up his communicator, but instead ran through a red light. He ignored the beeps of protest from the nearby cars, to busy staring on ahead as he passed the sign that pointed the way to the Docks.
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"Robin, this is Cyborg. Where are you? Come in, over." Cyborg shut his communicator, making sure to keep his eyes on the road.
As they had feared Cyborg and Raven had entered the garage to find Robin's R-Cycle gone and the garage door open. They had prepared as soon as they could only to find the gas in the T-car completely empty, thanks to the boy wonder. After several rants, curses, and threats all directed at Robin, Cyborg was able to find a spare tank. They had set out not long after.
"Not home?" Raven vengered a guess as they rode over the bridge that connected their tower to the city. The sun had just set and the lights of the city were slowly beginning to blink on.
"He is so dead when we find him." Cyborg grit his teeth. "That's the fourth time he hasn't answered, what if he's caught?"
"He's not. Although he can be as stubborn as a mule, he's not stupid. We already know where he's going, so we'll just meet him at the piers and regroup from there, unless he's passed out again." Raven said as she watched buildings and cars go by.
"Can't you try to contact him telepathically?" Cyborg asked as he switched lanes.
Raven glared at him. "Don't you think I've tried that by now?" She sighed. "He's blocking me from his mind. I can't contact him. I could probably break through if I was up for it, but…" She trailed off, stealing a glance at her stomach.
Cyborg nodded. "Its okay, thanks for trying Rae." He shifted in his seat. "I can't track him either, he must have disabled his tracking device."
"…" Raven gazed out her window. "This…isn't going well is it?"
"Not at all." Cyborg replied as they came off the bridge. A friendly sign next to the highway read, 'Welcome to Jump City!' Cyborg ignored it and took a sharp turn left.
Soon they were cruising the outskirts of Jump City. There were almost no cars. Raven gave him a questioning look, asking why they were going this way.
"It's faster this way, traffic is horrible around this time." Cyborg explained. Raven shrugged her shoulders.
"Whatever you say." She said as Cyborg pressed on the gas petal. They shot down the street.
Once they were at a good speed, Cyborg looked to Raven. "Hey Raven?"
"Yeah Cyborg?"
"I don't really get how…why didn't you tell us that you could see things in the past as well?" Cyborg said.
Raven thought for a moment. "I, I seriously didn't think it counted. I can't control it. It's nothing like my meditation, something has to trigger it, and I'm not quite sure how it works…" Raven bowed her head. "I think if I need to know bad enough, and if I come in contact with something that is important to the thing or person I want to know about…aw who am I kidding? I have no clue Cyborg. I just picked up Beast Boy's teddy bear and it showed me what happened." She sighed from frustration.
"Okay, apart from that, let's see what you can do here. You have Telekinesis/levitation, teleportation, some amount of empathic and healing abilities, you can also project a "soul self", go into other people's minds, and now you can see past events you don't even have to be there for. Raven, What can't you do?" He asked as he turned another corner.
Raven sighed. "It's not what it's cracked up to be."
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Robin stopped. He was there, the Piers. Storage houses littered the area. To every dock there was around three storage houses.
He got off his R-cycle with great care and placed his helmet on the seat. He took out his communicator and hit in some coordinates. A simple map of downtown appeared on the tiny screen. A red dot began to flash a little to the west of Robin's position. He began to walk in the direction of the dot according to his diagram.
He followed the signal for a good while as he darted around and in-between the storage houses. He decided to stay in the shadows then walking along the boardwalk in the open. He didn't want Slade to know he was here.
'Although knowing Slade, he probably already knows I'm here.' He thought bitterly to himself, but that only made him search harder. He finally came to a large, bulky storage house and the dot began to blink rapidly.
"Gottcha." Robin shut his communicator and pulled out a hook shot. He fired it to the top of the storage house and let it pull him up. Upon reaching the top he flipped and landed. Since the roof was slanted he had to put his weight onto his right leg. He bent down took out a small cylinder looking button. He hit the button and a small ray came out the other end and shot through the roof. He traced a circle and kicked the remains of the roof down. There was a hole just big enough for Robin to drop through into the warehouse.
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"Are we almost there yet?" Raven asked as she looked out her window, trying to figure out where they were. They hadn't talked for a while, and Raven was getting antsy about the whole situation, Robin was still on his own.
"I think it would have been faster if you had gone the usual way." She stated as they passed run-down apartments.
"No, trust me on this, this way is much faster, and we're almost there, just hang tight. Give me ten more minutes." He looked at her, then back at the road.
Raven sighed.
"Alright."
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Robin landed and the first thing he observed was the size of it. It was huge.
Huge boxes covered almost every inch of the storage house, some in tall stacks and others were stacked in a big pyramid or square. There was one light that was hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the storage house. Robin began in that general direction. There was a point where Robin came to a small clearing surrounded by tall stacks of boxes all around. But what he saw in front of him made him stop in his tracks and gape.
There was Beast Boy, sitting on a wooden chair. His hands tied and he was gagged by tape. His head was bowed. He hadn't noticed Robin yet.
"Beast Boy-? What? How?" Robin didn't know what to say. Upon hearing Robin's voice Beast Boy's ears perked up and he turned his head. When he saw Robin his eyes widened and he began to say something but it only came out as muffed grumps.
Robin ran up to him and ripped the tape off his mouth.
Beast Boy took in a deep breath. "Look out!"
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Slade stood over the boy. Already a bruise had begun to form on the boy's cheek.
Slade watched the boy's chest move up and down very slowly.
Slade's eye narrowed.
He took out a collar of some sorts, and bent down. He placed it around the boy's neck and fastened it securely. The gray device began to glow a bright green, but after a few seconds it was gray again. The boy stirred a bit. Slade's eye widened, he picked the boy up and began to walk out of the ally way.
Cans were kicked to the side as he marched out into the street. The street lamps were not on yet as Slade walked through the middle of the road. He disappeared into the growing darkness unnoticed.
And the sun had gone…
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Okay well I hope that chapter wasn't to boring. It starts to pick up next chapter –winks- another fight scene coming up; I look forward to writing it myself. Yes, I still have to start it and since my cousins are going to be here this next week I won't be able to start it for a little bit, sorry folks. On the bright side, I was able to update before the end of July, so I'm not completely hopeless. Did this chapter seem a little rushed or was it just me? Sorry but that's been bothering me and I hope you guys didn't think so. Tell me what you think in a review. As I've stated before, reviews motivate me, and it makes me want to update more knowing people can't wait to read it. I'm not sure when I'll get the next chapters up because I have a lot happening in the next few weeks so I'll see what I can do. I swear I will get a chapter up next month. I just don't know how many.
Oh, and by the way, about all the science stuff that Cyborg mentions…Um yeah I'm just gonna be honest and say that I have almost no idea what I'm talking about. So yeah if it doesn't make any sense then that would probably be the reason why. If anyone does find a mistake, could you tell me in a review or in an e-mail? If there is something out of place I would like to edit it as soon as possible. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm good at science, it's just I haven't gone over this stuff in like three years and I have kinda forgotten the stuff….And also I think I may have switched the words 'storage house' and 'warehouse' so sorry if there was any confusion… I think that was about it.
Okay well I'm gonna take off, hopefully I'll hear from you guys before the next chapter!
Until then!
-Diamondmoontears
P.S. it says on fanfiction that I updated this story 7/28 but I actually updated 7/29 at around 1:00 in the morning. See, CocoKiki's birthday is the 29th but fanfiction is making me look like I'm a dope and updated a day early! Maybe fanfiction doesn't go by my time zone. Oh well, I would just like to state that I did update on the 29th so sorry for the confusion, thanks.