Chapter 2

The tide wasn't too strong, it wouldn't be able to pull the team too far, that blast hadn't been meant to kill; simply to toss them into the water summarized Robin, the teen paddling in search of his team.

He knew he had to find his friends before they all drowned, the materials Robin had secretly placed in everyone's suits should keep them afloat, as long as their heads were above water; they were safe.

Within seconds their bodies floated to the waters top, Starfire lay unconscious on her side, while Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy floated on their backs, each with minor cuts and bruises.

"Slade will pay for this." Growls Robin as the teen leader begins swimming his injured teammates to land, starting with Starfire and ending with Cyborg. Robin checked his friends for any internal threats, all seemed fine, he'd administered CPR and successfully dispelled water from each Titan so when they re-awake they could breathe.

The boy wonder was angry, his team had been ridiculed, they'd been hurt and used to get at him, they definitely didn't deserve that, his friends were stronger than Slade would ever know.

"Out cold I see, but not you Robin, I never expected any less." Comes the all too familiar voice from above

Robin turned to face the mad man; no one could stop him from fighting this time "I'll make you regret hurting my friends."

"You have such belief in your pathetic little friends; why not put that trust to the ultimate test?" challenges Slade, knowing full well just what to say to control Robin's actions

Robin glares and once again removes his Bo-staff "No more tests, this ends now!" The boy charges forward, swinging the staff this way and that trying to make a hit

Slade simply moves to the side, allowing Robin to pass right by him, straight into the arms of two waiting bots, but Robin was faster, using the metal and copper heads to project himself away and back towards the ground as the metal rod decapitated the pair of copper heads.

Slade claps overhead, gaining Robin's attention once more "Impressive Robin, you've gotten much better, my apprentice."

Robin growls, his stance turning to jump upwards "I'm not your apprentice." Just as the leader was about to take off, a loud rumbling from below causes him to cease, the teen stares as the ground beneath his feet roars to life, figure after figure of robots come flying out, each grabbing hold of the now struggling boy.

Slade watches as Robin's staff is ripped from his hands, the boy is struggling in his creations strong grip; there was no escape, not this time "But not good enough."

Robin pulls with all his strength, but the bots grip only gets tighter, his wrists were now restricted behind his back, waist and shoulders held and pushed together, knees and ankles wedged tight, he couldn't break free. "Slade!"

The bots fly towards their master and creator, taking Robin along for the ride, the strong leader wasn't surprised to find bundles of hand woven ropes awaiting his limbs "This was your plan all along."

Slade ignores the boy, instead beginning the binding process, pulling the cords extra tight, causing Robin to wince.

"You're not going to get away with this, Slade." Declares Robin as the man continues tying his hands, the boy begins testing the knots for any give, but found none "The Titans will find me and beat you."

Slade chuckles at the proclamation, the man finishes with Robin's wrists and now moves to his struggling ankles "For your sake Robin, they'd better."

Robin stares, what was that supposed to mean? Slade wouldn't kill him "What are you planning?" Slade continues tying the tight knots, the less Robin knew the better "Like I said, I'm testing your little team."

"What's the test?" Questions Robin, he knew he had to buy time for the others to wake up, at this point his friends were his only hope

Slade finishes the final knot and moves to face his young hostage, a small piece of silver now held behind his back "If your team is as good as you say, they should have no problem finding and rescuing you."

Robin scoffs, that was it? He had no doubt his friends could save him "That's it? All they have to do is save me?"

"It won't be that simple Robin, I've found the perfect place to lock you away, where you're going; they'll never find you in time."

That made Robin's hair stand on end, Slade could literally take him anywhere "In time for what? You won't kill me."

Slade's one eye sneers as the silver duct tape is revealed to Robin, the boy stares as the dreaded gag draws nearer, he moves his head back and fourth to avoid the seal on his mouth. Slade admires Robin's refusal, but continues none the less, now using the boy's spiky hair to keep his head in place "Don't fight it Robin, you're not getting away this time."

Robin fights for as long as he could, but in the end Slade finally locks his head into place and forced the tape over his now screaming mouth. "Let's go put you away before your friends wake, I can't wait to see how they react when they know I once again have you."

Robin struggles as Slade tosses him over his shoulder before leaping away from the scene, from his own abduction as his team lay unconscious, oblivious to everything.

Still not sure on the name and struggling a bit on the tests, but it's coming along :) Any thoughts you'd like to share?