The five Titans are glaring at the screen of the supercomputer due to the sight of their arch enemy. Even though the madman is wearing a mask, they can tell Slade is grinning underneath it.
"Slade." Robin growls with menace.
"Hello, Robin." Slade greeted. Robin clenched up his wrist as Starfire took a protective stand in front of the Boy Wonder.
"What do you want?" Raven glares at him.
"I can't simply give you guys the answer. You know better than that, Titans." Slade teased.
"Nice of you to make a courtesy call. We're doing fine, thank you very much. Now if you don't mind, we're a little busy right now." Beastboy sass him. Before Beastboy can turn off the screen, Raven stops him from pushing the button and points back at the screen.
"Just get to the point before I let him cut you off." Raven threatened.
"I suppose since you're eager to die so soon." Slade response. The screen pans out to show Slade standing on a cliff side with the whole view of Jump City behind him. "I'm sending you the coordinates of the location where we're going to meet. I expect to you see you Titans real soon." Slade said.
"You are crazy to think we will simply obey you just because you told us to! No Slade, we will not be manipulated so you can send us to our face gave!" Starfire yells.
"Yeah!" Beastboy and Cyborg agrees. Slade respond by showing a button attached to his arm. It looks similar to the one that he had to threatened Robin with the probes.
"You honestly didn't think I would attack without a plan? And here I thought you taught them better, Robin." Slade chuckles.
"Don't you dare make fun of my team!" Robin retorted.
"They're the ones who don't think ahead, they're the ones who underestimate their opponents, and they're the ones who are weak because they rely on their powers too much. But I guess I can't really blame them for having an egotistical leader." Slade listed.
"Enough of the mind games! Just tell us your diabolical plan!" Starfire demands.
"During my 'absent' period, I required a generator that causes powerful earthquakes that can level an entire city. I place four generators around the city. If you don't meet me in an hour, you can say goodbye to your precious city."
"Hah! Like we're falling for that stunt again! Man Slade, you're really off your game today." Cyborg laughs. Slade narrows his eye and pressed the button. Immediately after, the entire tower begins to violently shake. All five teens fell to the floor and yelled out in fear as they couldn't even move their bodies. Finally the rumbling stops. Thankfully, there seems to be no damage to the tower and to the city.
"That was one generator. Just imagine if all four was on at the same time." Slade stated.
"Okay, we believe you. Just send us the coordinates." Robin sighs in defeat.
Slade smiles underneath his mask. "Glad we came to an agreement, Robin." The supercomputer altered that they received a notification. "Looking forward to seeing you, Robin. You too, Titans." Slade signs off.
No one spoke a word. Some of them are still recovering from the earthquake and some is staring at the blank screen. Only Robin's the only who's visibly upset about this whole ordeal.
"You know this is a trap, right?" Raven broke the silence.
"We know." Cyborg sighs.
"Do you think this is the day Slade will kill us that friend Grant warned us about?" Starfire questioned.
"I know it is." Grant steps into the room with his hands in his pocket. "My father's a patient man. In his mind, his plan will be flawless and he'll get what he wants." Grant stated while looking at Robin.
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that." Robin gulps.
"Don't worry, I have an idea that will mess up his 'flawless' plan." Grant smirks with confidence.
The Titans arrived at a warehouse that's just outside the city. The warehouse looks fairly new like it was recently built. There's no one around the area, not even birds are flying around.
"We'll, we're here. Now what?" Raven asked.
"We go inside." Robin answers. The Titans nodded at each other and proceeded to go inside. Robin's heart is bumping with fear and anxiety. But at the same time, he feels a little excited for what's to come. They step into the middle of the warehouse to find it dark. The only light coming through the windows. "Alright Slade, we're here! Show yourself!" Robin calls out.
On cue, all the lights turn on and pointing at the teen teenage heroes. Some of them are blinded by the lights shining at their eyes, but not Robin. Robin is glaring right up at a railing where a figure is standing.
"Titans, how nice of you to show up. I was beginning to think you got a little lost." Slade appears.
"This ends today, Slade! Or should I say…. Deathstroke!" Robin declears . Slade's grey eyes momentarily widen and his shoulders stiff a bit. He then chuckles and regain his composure.
"I'm surprise you guys figured out who I really am. I'll give you that." Slade praised. Then his eye narrow rather menacingly. "However, knowing who I really am won't save you for what's about to happen."
"Bring it on, Slade! We'll stop you from killing is!" Beastboy declears.
"Yeah! We're ready for your robots!" Cyborg yells.
"Oh, you won't be fighting my robots." Slade chuckles. He jumps to the railing and lands in front of them. His footing made a huge dent on the concrete floor. "You'll be fighting me."
The Titans gasp and immediately got on their fighting stance. "You're crazy to think you can take the six of us out!" Robin shouted. This causes Slade to tilt his head.
"'The six of us'? Who is the mysterious sixth person?" Slade demands.
A couple of red shurikens are thrown at the mercenary. Slade jumps away from them in a nick of time. Grant, now dressed as Red X jumps next to the Titans.
"That will be me." Red X stated.
Slade's hands instantly clenches as his eye became slit like. "You," He growls. "I told you to stay away from the Titans and instead, you join them? How pathetic. You could have lived a long life."
"Life's an adventure and full of risks. Besides, I don't recall you being the boss of me." Red X replied.
"Titans, GO!" Robin declears.
Starfire begins to bombard Slade with her starbolts. Slade dodges amazingly with his agility. She gives chase as she tries to get one hit at him. He runs up a wall and pulls out a gun. Starfire froze in fright as five bullets are coming straight at her.
Luckily Raven was quick enough to use her powers to throw a lead pipe between them. She spins the pipe around to deflect the bullets from hitting Starfire. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven chants. She throws a couple of crates at him, which Slade pulls out a bow staff and obliterates them with each hit. He throws the staff at her, which she easily caught it with her powers. That's when Slade appears behind Raven and punches her square in the face. This instantly knocks Raven out cold. He aims the gun at her and was about to pull the trigger, when Cyborg and Starfire tackles him.
"You will not harm our friend." Starfire growls. Cyborg held down Slade's arms as Starfire attempts to put him in a chokehold. She tries to put more pressure around his neck, but Slade was struggling too much. He then runs back to the wall and begins to slam Starfire with his body. Try as she might, but Slade's physical strength rivals her own. Maybe even more. Cyborg tries to prevent him from slamming Starfire by using his legs to prevent Slade from moving. Unfortunately this wasn't enough as Slade kicks Cyborg straight at his jaw, knocking him down. With Cyborg out of the way, he flips over Starfire and stomps her on her head, also knocking her out.
Now they have three bleeding Titans bruised up and unconscious. Beastboy took a step back out of fear. Grant was right. Slade had been truly going easy on them the whole time. Seeing his girlfriend and comrades lying on the cold concrete floor sent him flying in rage.
"Ahh!" Robin lets out a battle cry. He ran straight at him with his fist in the air. Slade easily dodges the upcoming fist and roundhouse kick to Robin's temple. The Boy Wonder lands harshly on the ground groaning.
Well, at least he wasn't unconscious like the others.
Beastboy gulp and took a fighting stance, while his body is shaking. Slade quickly shoots the changeling in the thigh without batting an eye. "Ahh! I didn't even get the chance to fight!" Beastboy cries out. Red X was about to check in on Beastboy when a bullet shot in front of his foot.
"I'm gonna enjoy killing you, X." Slade admits.
"Bring it on, old man! Let's see if you can keep up!" Red X engages.
The two of them are having a stare down when Red X teleports behind him and aims a punch at the mercenary. Slade quickly dodges the punch and aims a kick at the former thief. Red X begins to throw a series of combos at Slade who actually has to take a couple of steps back.
Red X did a spinning kick, but Slade caught his ankle and slams him on the ground. Grant coughed out blood underneath the mask. "Time to die." Slade said.
He pulls out a sword from his back and aims at the neck. Red X's body sprang back up and kick the sword away. Slade's eye widen in shock, which X took the opportunity to get a hit on his gut. Then he knees Slade's jaw which a sickening crack was heard.
Raven's eyes flutter open as her conscious is returning. Her sight cleared up to witness Red X gaining the upper hand. She went over to Starfire side and begin to heal her.
Red X's fighting combos is beginning to resemble some form of breakdancing. He would use his hands to spin his body and legs around to rapidly throw kicks. He was about to throw one final punch, when Slade grabbed his wrist and flung him across the room.
"Enough!" Slade roars. He pulls a button from his sleeves and hovers his thumb over the button. "I was gonna wait for the Titans to recover to see your mangled corpse and watch their city fall! But looks like the honor will fall to you. This will be for my son who died in this very location."
"You're CRAZY, old man!" Red X screams. "This won't bring your son back!"
"You think I don't know that!? The least I can do as his father is to avenge the city that killed him!" Slade screams back.
"Your son wouldn't want this! Killing millions won't make him happy!"
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM!"
"Because," Red X took out his skull mask to reveal his spikey blonde hair and the same shade of grey eyes. "I'M your son!"