The Hunted

Months had passed without an incident with Slade or any sign of Hunter. All of a sudden, there was an incoming message on the tower supercomputer.

"Hello my dear Titans. How great to see you all alive and well." Slade smiled, "I can't say that about Hunter however." He added as an image of an unconscious Hunter in a cage popped on the screen. The Titans all stared in shock as they saw their new acquaintance near death.

"Let him go Slade!" Raven shouted angry.

"Sorry my dear, seems the Hunter finally became the prey afterall." He chuckled as he kicked Hunter in the head for good measure and cut transmission.

"We need to go save him pronto." Flash stated.

"Let not get ahead of ourselves." Robin said attempting to track the location of the message. "He could be leading us into a trap. If that's true, our best option is to wait."

"What the hell are you saying? Are you seriously suggesting that we leave the only ally we have that can take on a whole army single-handedly?" Raven roared.

"Rave's got a point Rob. He's our best shot at defeating Slade once and for all." Cyborg added.

"We. Dont. Need. Him!" Robin said furious.

"Your kidding right?! What are you, dumb?!" Raven yelled back.

"That's enough Raven. I'm leader, you do as I say." Robin retorted.

"Sorry buddy, I'm not about to watch our team get destroyed." Raven replied as she headed towards the door.

"Hold on friend Raven, we must go as a team. Let us locate the Slade and then go rescue Hunter." Starfire reasoned.

"Alright Star, but in one hour, regardless of if we've found them or not, I'm going." Raven said as she went to her room.

(An hour later...)

"Alright team, I found him, he's in his old warehouse." Robin announced.

"Finally, lets go." Raven said walking out the door. The team followed suit and in no time they were on the way to the hideout.

(Meanwhile, at Slade's hideout...)

"Having fun little child?" Slade asked as he electrocuted Hunter with his staff on e again. Hunter shook in his cage as the shock entered his body and drained him of his much needed energy.

"You really wanna push my buttons Slade? Need I remind you of my power?" Hunter replied grimacing.

"Oh, you mean the power that you can't use due to my special cage? Have fun getting out, I have some titans that need a good smashing." Slade replied as he walked towards his army of robotic soldiers.

"We are walking into a trap guys" Cyborg warned as the titans neared the abandoned warehouse.

"No. Really? That's why I think we should leave that good for nothing behind and prepare for an all out battle with Slade. Not run in guns blazing without any back-up!" Robin yelled.

"Robin. Shut the hell up. If we free Hunter, we can defeat Slade!" Raven replied angrily.

"Watch it Raven" Robin threatened as they slowly entered the warehouse.

"Ah. My dear titans. How nice of you to show up. I was beginning to think I'd have to start the fun without you" Slade spoke as the warehouse lit up revealing an unconscious Hunter with a knife, held by Slade, up to his neck.

"Slade. Stop!" Starfire yelled. "You don't need to hurt the Hunter."

"Really? And why not, little Star?" Slade taunted. He then lifted the knife and plunged it into Hunter's stomach. The titans stared, horrified, as Slade vanished and Hunter fell to the floor. The shock of being stabbed caused him to wake up. He attempted to get up but fell to the ground unconscious as the titans ran to save their new acquaintance.