Chapter Four
--Abduction
Beast Boy sniffed out the bomb and indicated where it was. Using her powers, Raven carefully opened it while Robin cut the correct wire.
"Robin, I think we should stop," Raven said, "Everyone's been evacuated. We may have not gotten all the bombs, but at least we made the explosion smaller. We only have twenty seconds to get back outside."
"Guess your right," Robin said. The three titans ran towards the door leading to the back lawn and ran as far back as possible, up to the fence.
"Three…two…" there was a loud explosion noise, followed by the screams of students and some teachers. The school burst into millions of pieces and then descended down to the ground.
"Look on the bright side," Victoria said, "At least we won't have to do school for a while."
The five other titans nodded in agreement.
There was a slight rustle to be heard in the woods behind her. Victoria turned around just in time to see a faint silhouette of a figure scamper away further into the woods. She immediately became concerned.
Turning slowly to Beast Boy, she said, "I'll be back."
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"To see something," she replied, starting towards the woods. She entered the thick shadows and started to shudder at the instant cold feeling.
Stay warm, be aware.
She pulled her jacket tightly over her to keep her heat inside. She zipped it to keep it secure.
Where was that figure she had seen? Who was he?
"I know someone's here…but who?" she asked herself.
As if on cue, something dropped from behind her and before she got a chance to see what it was, someone grabbed her, pinning her arms to the side. She heard the slight growl of Matt.
"I should have known it was you," she said.
"Glad to know," he said. Using the blade of his hand, he chopped the side of her neck, making her fall unconscious.
Matt released her limp body and let her drop to the gravel ground. Knowing well what made her strong, he unzipped her jacket and removed it from her. He touched her skin, feeling out hot she was. She was burning.
He tucked a small note into her jacket and turned back to Victoria.
"My master has plans for you."
Beast Boy sat down at the woods, watching all the students slowly load onto the buses and drive home. He sighed, what a mess this was.
"Where's friend Victoria?" he heard Starfire ask. He looked up at her.
"In the woods," he said, indicating a finger towards the direction of the woods.
"What for?"
He shrugged, "She didn't exactly tell me."
She took out her communicator, "Victoria?…Victoria? Where art thou, Victoria?"
"She doesn't have her communicator," Raven said, "She dropped it before the school went up in smoke."
"Then we'll have to go see where she is," Starfire said, "Who knows what things can happen in the woods."
The four other titans nodded, seeing that was the smart thing to do. Walking down the gravel road, Beast Boy has a strange feeling something wasn't right. And before he knew it, he found something lying on the dirt.
"Look," he said, picking up the object, "It's her jacket, she would never go anywhere without it, it gives her her strength."
A piece of paper fell from the jacket. Beast Boy dropped the jacket and picked up the note. He silently read it to himself.
"No," he said, falling to his knees, "They wouldn't."
"What is it, BB?" Cyborg asked, concerned for his friend.
"They took her," he answered.
"Who?"
"Matt has taken her back to Slade," he said, "And she's weak without her jacket, there's nothing we can do."
Robin took the note, "Does it say where she is?"
Beast Boy shook his head.
Robin examined the letter, trying to find anything abnormal that would give their coordinates away. He noticed there was some burnt marks all over the letter at some places. That gave him the clue.
"These look like marks from electricity," he said, showing the other titans the letter.
Raven took the letter, "Gothem City Electric Plant…that's where they've taken her," she said.
"Of course," Robin said, "There's loose wires everywhere. You can't take three steps without getting shocked," he patted Beast Boy's back, "We know how much you care about her…we'll get her back."
Beast Boy nodded, "I hope."
There was an extreme pain throbbing through her head. She was swimming in darkness, but she can hear the drone of large machines all around her.
She shuddered. It was cold. Where was her jacket? Feeling there was no warmth, she could tell she would be very weak.
Her eyes opened, at first only glaring a faded glow. She could see there was a figure standing above her. She blinked, letting her eyes adjust.
"Good, you're finally awake," she heard a male's voice, followed by a small growl.
Her eyes came into full focus and she could see Matt standing over her. Matt? What was he doing? What was she doing near him? Then it flooded back to her along with a wave of pain at her neck.
"You…" she said, struggling to sit up but barely moving because she was so weak. It hurt everywhere, every muscle she was moving became instantly sore. She winced.
Matt laughed, "It's what happens when you're weak, you can hardly move. Which reminds me…how exactly are you feeling?" he walked away, flicking a switch, and then retreating back to her.
The switch he had flicked was thermostat to accumulate cool air. She knew for the second he had flicked it, she started to feel strong winds of icy air. She tried keeping warm by rubbing the sides of her arms and shivering but it didn't seem to help at all.
He laughed again, "Don't even bother, I set it to 32 degrees. No use trying to warm yourself."
She continued to try. But he was right, there was no use to it. She had never felt so weak before, her entire body had this numbing sensation to it.
"Why am I here?" she asked in a shaky, weak voice.
"My master has plans for catching Robin. You're part of it."
She rolled her eyes, disgusted, "Smart…you kidnap the weakest member of the team just so you can get some person. If you wanted him real bad, you should have gotten Starfire. Really, it's smart you to take me."
Matt nodded, "Actually, that's not the entire plan. He wants to do something with you as well."
She nodded, "I'm sure he does," she slowly got up from the floor, using her arms as leverage, and stood on two, unstable feet. Getting a slowly, shaky start, she began walking as fast as she could, "I'll be going, go find someone else as your masters wishes."
"Oh, no you don't," he said, grabbing her and holding her. She struggled, knowing if she had her jacket she would be able to overpower him.
Wait…while he's holding me, his body heat is transferring to me, making me warm. The more I struggle, the more he'll try and rub against me, the more heat, the more stronger I'll get.
She struggled harder, absorbing every ounce of heat emitting from Matt's body. It took a while before she actually felt him slipping. With every bit of strength she had, she yanked away from his body but at a price to fall forward and right back into the stone floor.
Matt took up one of the broken wires on the floor and test it a little on his finger, making sure electricity was running through it. There was. Gripping the rubber outline of the wire, he jabbed the smaller wires into her skin.
All that strength she had was rushed out from her when the electricity ran through her. She only felt warmth for but a few seconds before the chill came back. There was no use.
She struggled again to stand. Mat gripped the wire, "I'm not gonna run away, I just want to know something," she said. Matt gave a gesture saying ask away, but still held onto the wire, "Why did you choose to join Slade in the first place?"
He growled, indicating he was angry, "That's none of your business!" he took no manner to use the wire. Instead he used his hand and brutally slapped her across the face. She flew back down the ground.
"Hey!" she heard a familiar voice say. She knew the voice…it was…she turned around. Yep, Beast Boy was here, holding her jacket in his left hand, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Matt sneered, turning to Beast Boy, "Well you're not me, are you?"
"Victoria, catch," he tossed the heavy jacket and landed like a lifeless body next to her. She quickly slipped it on, hoping she would warm before it was too late.
"Try to warm up with such cold air," Matt said, flicking the switch again. More cold air anchored onto her body. She zipped up her jacket and blew long, hot breaths down her chest to speed it up.
Beast Boy walked over to Matt, an angered look on his face, "Touch her again and I swear you'll regret it."
"Awww….I made you mad…" Matt said with a fake smile on.
"And you should be terrified because when I'm mad, I fight to win."
Without warning, his foot flew up, planting a kick right to his gut. Matt leaned over in pain, clutching his stomach.
"You little…"
He slowly got up, ignoring the pain in his stomach. The cool air sort of gave off a numb feeling that made some of the pain go away. If they were fighting back at the school, or outside, he would be screaming with pain.
"You'll pay."
He cocked his fist, signaling he was about to punch. His fist came forward fast, but it wasn't fast enough. Beast Boy's hand shot out right in front of his chest, his palm stopping the punch.
"I think you will be the one who will pay," Beast Boy said, smiling.
He let go of his fist only to grab his wrist and, using his other hand, Matt's shoulder and he twisted his arm behind him, jerking it upwards so until he heard a loud cracking sound, like a pencil breaking.
He released Matt and watched him fall like a lifeless heap to the ground. He smiled and turned to the direction where Victoria was standing, but found she wasn't there.
"Victoria?"
Suddenly he heard another cracking sound just like the one before and he turned back to Matt just in time to see Victoria lift her foot up from Matt's other arm.
"I swear…I'll…" Matt's voice trailed off as he fell unconscious from the intense pain.
"Are you okay?" Beast Boy said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I am now, I'm glad you brought the jacket or I would have never been able to do that."
He smiled and looked back at Matt lying on the floor, "Taken down so soon, I would have had fun really giving him some pain."
"It's fine, where are the others?"
"In the next room, with Slade. I agreed to come and find you once they found him."
She smiled and reached for his hand, "Let's go then."
He smiled back, grabbing her hand, which he hope would make her warmer. Fortunately, it did.
A/N-Well, now you can really tell that little thing going on for BB and Vic. No, Matt isn't dead, he'll die later on though, or so I plan.
The next chappie is called Through Slade's Eyes. It'll be really cool, but I'm not spoiling it for you. Please Review!
