A/N: For some reason this chapter was difficult to write. I had a lot of writer's block for it too. So if the quality is a bit crappy, I'm terribly sorry. I've had to redo a lot of sentences. But please enjoy and review! Thanks!

Disclaimer: I don't own much in this fic.

Chapter 11

A bead of sweat slowly slid down Robin's forehead. The focused teen didn't notice the heat discomfort as he kept working on the device in his hands. His back was pressed firmly against a wall while his feet were pressed against another wall. The distance between the two was only three feet, which was making the suspended teen ache.

The wall his feet were against was covered with wires looping in and out of tiny holes. Some of the wires were connected to the square blue apparatus in Robin's gloved hands. With a tired sigh, Robin plugged wires in and out of the device as Cyborg gave him instructions through his earpiece.

"See, this is why I didn't want BB to go do this job," Cyborg said to Robin.

"Next wire," Robin told his friend. He smiled slightly at what Cyborg said. Beast Boy would have cried if he saw this wall full of wires. The wires were hooked to the main computer, which ran everything from electricity for the hideout to which channel the TV could be on. Instead of usually just throwing a bomb on the computer and destroying it, Cyborg wanted rewire it. A broken computer could be replaced. One with Cyborg's override could do a lot more damage…and could be fun!

"Take out the tiny green one from the top of the device and insert it in one of the bottom slots," Cyborg answered. The guy was a wiz at anything with computers. Robin was good, but he would have never had done this job right without the other teen's help. "Wait till the green light turns on and then you are done."

"Good, because my legs are starting to cramp," Robin said with a relieved sigh. He leaned his head against the wall and brushed another bead of sweat off his forehead. The green light suddenly blinked on, and Robin looked down at it with a smile. "The override is finished. It's time for some action!"

Using his second grappling hook, Robin got back into the vent he had cut open above him. He made his way back to the opening above the cage in the main computer room. "Ready when you are, Cyborg," he whispered into his microphone.

"Here goes the lights," Cyborg said. A second afterwards, the room Robin was looking into went completely dark. The back up lights came on, bathing the room in blood red. Robin waited for the other members of the Hive Five to run into the room till he gave the signal to his team. They all looked pretty freaked. Just like how Robin liked it.

"Everyone in position?" he asked.

"The fun is ready to begin," Cyborg called back.

"Titans, go!" Robin whispered into his head set before yanking it off and shoving it into his pocket. He lifted his foot up and broke the opening to the vent with one powerful kick. He then slipped out of the vent and fell down to the cage with a smile. He landed lightly on top of the prison the boy was in and frowned at the stunned Hive Five.

"Ya'll ready to get your butts kicked?" Cyborg shouted from the other side of the room where Starfire and Beast Boy were with him. The Hive Five looked back to the other three with worried faces.

"Crush them!" Gizmo finally yelled at his team.

Robin jumped off the cage and landed right in front of Kid Wicked with a daring smile. Kid Wicked frowned deeply at him, annoyed that the teen had cut his pathway to the cage off. "I demand for a rematch," Robin said. He took out his Bo Staff and twirled it to its full length behind his back.

Without a word, Kid Wicked crouched down and put his palms on the ground. Robin jumped high into the air before the portal could suck him in. He came back down upon Kid Wicked with a loud battle yell, his Staff raised above his head. Kid Wicked quickly waved one hand in the air and created a portal in front of him that would suck Robin in.

To dodge the portal, Robin slammed one end of his Staff in the ground beside the portal and pushed off it. He flung himself above the portal in front of the other teen and brought one of his legs down onto Kid Wicked's left shoulder. The move toke the kid down to his knees with a silent cry of pain.

With a soundless battle yell, Kid Wicked created a portal under Robin's feet. The boy gave a sharp yell and managed to get out of it just in time. But Kid Wicked was a step ahead of him and had another portal waiting for him for when he jumped out of harms way. In less than a second, Robin was gone.

Kid Wicked smiled evilly as he opened up the other side of the portal Robin was in. A black hole opened up from the ceiling and dropped the teen from it. Robin had predicted Kid Wicked's move and was ready for anything. He dropped out of the portal with one heel aimed for Kid Wicked's head. The villain saw this in time and rolled out of the way.

Robin landed in a crouch and looked up at Kid Wicked. He saw the smirk on Kid Wicked's face and glanced upward to see what the boy was creating. A big portal was falling on top of him. Robin took a few steps back, thinking it was only a distraction. But then the thing followed his movement. Robin frowned at Kid Wicked before running away from the portal. The portal came after him at surprising speed.

Cyborg suddenly ran up beside his leader and looked over his shoulder at the portal with confusion. "We have ten seconds," Cyborg told him. "Need a lift?" He motioned toward the portal chasing Robin with a small smile. Robin nodded with a wry grin. Cyborg laced his fingers together. Robin put one of his feet into Cyborg's interlocked hands. Cyborg propelled Robin high into the air in one swift movement.

Robin soared over the portal gracefully and landed in a crouch a few feet away from it, but also next to his dropped Bo Staff. Robin quickly whirled his Staff up and gave a grunt as the portal slammed into it. It wasn't big enough to take the Bo Staff in, but the force caught Robin off balance, and he fell onto his back. He kept the Staff held high as the portal pushed against it, trying to suck Robin into its black depths.

Suddenly the portal grew in size. Robin quickly pulled his Bo Staff toward him and rolled out of the way with a sharp yell. The portal vanished as it fell to the floor where he had been. Robin got to his feet and grinned triumphantly at Kid Wicked.

Before any of the fighting teens could make a move toward the other, the Hive Five's main computer suddenly exploded. The sound was tremendously loud, and the fire lit up the room for a second. A powerful heat wave managed to knock everyone in the room over. Robin wrapped his cape around him, just incase any of the burning debris raining down wouldn't set him on fire.

A whoop of joy came from Cyborg. "You did great, Robin!" he yelled through the clouding darkness of red tinted smoke. Robin laughed while getting to his feet. He couldn't see a darn thing through the smoke that was now filling his lungs. The room quickly filled with coughs and choking from the people caught in the smoke.

"What did you just do to my computer, tin man?" Gizmo shouted. All fighting was put on a hold as the teens stumbled around the room looking for each other. The fire alarm went off, and the sprinklers sprayed water down into the room, soaking all the teens from head to toe.

"This sucks!" Mammoth coughed loudly. This only brought the Titans to a laughing fit, which was hard because they were suffering from the same things. Robin finally found Cyborg as the smoke slowly started to fad away. They found Starfire and Beast Boy and didn't have to wait long for Raven to pick them up with one of her own black portals.

The Titans found themselves in their living room suddenly. They all looked at each other, still sopping wet, before cracking up again. Even Raven joined in with them. "Just look at their reactions on the security video cameras I was able to get because of the override," Cyborg said while pointing up to their computer screen showing the Hive Five. Another fit of laughter came from the group of friends. Who said crime fighting couldn't be fun?

"Glorious!" Starfire shouted with pure delight while hugging Robin tightly.

"We totally kicked their butts this time," Beast Boy cheered. "Sweet revenge!"

"Star! I can't breathe!" Robin choked.

"This is just the beginning of their torture," Cyborg said. "Even with their computer blown up, I have control over their whole hideout. The best part is that they can't do anything to stop us from toying with their crib!"

"Sweetness!" Beast Boy laughed. "This is way better than video games."

"No, really, Star!" Robin choked. "I can't breathe!"

With a sigh, Raven had to pry Starfire off of Robin. As Starfire rejoiced with Beast Boy and Cyborg for a second, Raven grabbed Robin's hand and led him out of the room and to the Tower's infirmary where Gene was. They stopped right outside the windowed door.

"How is he?" Robin asked quietly.

"He's fine," Raven answered, "But he is emotionally unstable."

Robin looked into the other room and saw the kid sitting on the bed, writing up a storm in his notebook. For any other on looker, the boy looked perfectly fine and maybe actually having a good time, but Robin had a trained eye. He could tell Gene had some weight on his shoulders. There was that slight look of worry and bitterness in his deep violet eyes as he kept writing passionately.

"Yeah," Robin muttered. "I can see it too." He looked down to the pool of water forming below him. "With Slade after him, I don't blame the kid," he said to Raven quietly.

"We both know how that is like," Raven said. She tried to make the conversation about Slade light as she said with a forced smile, "The worst thing was the insomnia."

Robin smiled up at her and said, "I was born an insomniac. It was the sick chill of my spine whenever I saw him that was the worst part." Raven was surprised of his words. He had never shared that kind of information about the madman to anyone…even her.

"What really frightens me is that I saw him use my powers before I teleported him here," Raven said.

"What do you mean?" Robin asked. "Did he use powers just like yours or take away from your powers?"

"They were his own," Raven said. "But no one else has my powers, Robin. This doesn't go well with me."

"Me neither," Robin said. He looked back into the room silently. Raven could tell he was worried about something, but it wasn't about the kid. Without looking at her, Robin asked Raven quietly, "Am I…obsessed? With Slade, I mean."

Raven grimaced as his emotions suddenly washed over her. She put her hand on his shoulder and told him seriously, "You have grown up since then, Robin. Having this power to read emotions, I've monitored yours ever since the first day we met. I've felt you emotionally grow for all the years I've been with you and the others. And out of all of us, you have matured the most. I don't think you are obsessed, Robin. If you were, you would be out in that city tearing down buildings for any clue of Slade right now. But you're not."

"But maybe that is what I should be doing," Robin said softly. "Am I not being a good superhero by not doing everything in my power to take men like him down? Batman always…"

"Robin!" she cut him off loudly, "You're one of the greatest heroes I know!" She gave him a sweet smile she didn't know she had in her before continuing. "Staying here for a few hours won't hurt anyone." She quickly added, "Plus, Slade wants the kid, which we now have. He will be coming to us."

The two teens suddenly realized they were holding the other's hands. They looked down with surprise and then quickly retracted, body language looking uncomfortable but emotional vibes telling each other something different. Raven pulled up her hood to hide her pink cheeks. Robin rubbed the back of his neck while looking skyward with a sigh.

"Friends!" Starfire beamed as she flew up to the two. "Is that the boy you were speaking of?" she asked them while looking intently into the other room. Cyborg and Beast Boy were right behind Starfire, and they looked into the room to get a glance of the kid as well.

"That's him, Star," Robin said with a nod.

Starfire giggled and pointed out, "He has your puffy hair, Robin!"

Cyborg and Beast Boy busted out laughing at her description of Robin's spiky hair. Robin sighed in annoyance but let it slide. He caught Raven's smirk and gave her a pretend glare before averting his eyes back to the kid. Starfire was right, though. The kid had the same spiky, jet-black hair that Robin had.

The kid suddenly looked up at them. With gasps of surprise, everyone ducked out of sight. They heard a slight chuckle from the other side of the door. Robin smiled at his team mates. He knew they were acting stupid by trying to hide from the kid, but the light hearted feeling of going along with them didn't make it seem foolish at all.

Raven was the first to stand back up. It had been Beast Boy who had pulled her down by her long cape. She glared down at him as he gave her a sheepish smile. The girl rolled her eyes and looked into the room. "He's asleep," she said with some surprise in her usual monotone voice.

Everyone else stood back up and looked into the room. Sure enough, the kid was sleeping soundly on the bed, his backpack clutched in his hands. But even though he should have, he didn't look peaceful at all. Even as he slept, he was still suffering from some inner turmoil.

"He went to sleep pretty fast," Beast Boy pointed out.

"I say leave the poor kid there," Cyborg said. "If he fell asleep that fast, he must have been up for days. He needs a few Z's." Everyone nodded in silent agreement. "Just look at him! He's a mess!" The kid was covered with scars and bruises. His clothes had sweat stains and were covered with either mud or dirt. It looked like he had been though a lot. The Titans knew how that was like and felt sorry for him.

"I'll say!" Beast Boy said. With his nose turned up in disgust he said, "I can smell him from out here. When did he last bathe?"

Suddenly, the kid shuddered as if having a frightening dream. What was strange was that both Robin and Raven, at the same time as the kid, shivered too. The others looked at both of them in surprise. "Nightmare," the two said at once.

Cyborg gave them a concerned look. "You two okay?" he asked, "Because that was very creepy, what you just did."

Robin and Raven looked at each other. The truth was that they had no idea what was going on between them and the kid. All they knew was that they had some kind of connection with him. They didn't know how linked they were.

A/N: Some good stuff is going to come up next chapter. A new little twist to the story as well. I hope you guys liked the chapter. Please give a review!