Chapter 9: Tricks of the Trade
A/N I know I know abysmally short chapter but I seem to like leaving a cliffie right now. After a few reviews I'll update more.
Arrendi
Disclaimer: FINE! I DON'T OWN THE TITANS ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?! runs off crying
Cyborg's normally blue and silver shell was now red and silver and he had robin pinned to the ground ready to kill his own leader. Cyborg hesitated but inched the gun closer to Robin's face.
"By the time you get over here he'll be long gone." laughed Cyborg in an unnatural voice that seemed to echo hell itself. But Audra new what to do, she had seen this before; it was one of Weiser's toys.
"Cyborg I know you still have some control, you just have to fight. It's Slade who's making you do this, you don't want to kill one of your best friends." coaxed Audra. Robin was turning pale as the loss of oxygen began to sink in.
"Let him go Cyborg or this is going to get ugly and you only think you know what ugly means from me." hissed Audra her voice getting very low, when Cyborg didn't move she muttered "Fine."
Winds suddenly ripped across the roof of Titans Tower bringing with them hail and a driving rain that stung open skin. The temperature dropped from a nice seventy degrees to twenty degrees below zero and tornados began to form around Audra. Cyborg was whipped off of Robin, who stayed plastered to the ground, and thrown across the roof where an air vent stopped him. Audra walked seductively across to him and smiled an evil little grin. She bent down to where she was right in her electronic eye and spoke to it.
"You really should learn Slade, that anyone who used to be in the trade, knows the tricks of the trade." she whispered in a cold cruel voice that sent shivers down Robin's spine. With that she laid a finger on Cyborg and froze his form into a block of ice so she could access his console panel where she ripped something from his console that was barely visible. The red of Cyborg's system turned back to blue and he rubbed his head wondering aloud where he was and how he ended up here. One look around told him what had happened because Audra's storm had calmed down and the temperature had risen back to its normal state.
"Sorry Robin, but it was necessary, I hope you didn't freeze too much." Audra giggled. Robin's hair still contained hail and the tips of his spikes were lightly frosted making him look as if he had grey hair. Lightly Audra passed her hand above his head and the ice melted into water which made his gelled hair fall down to its natural position.
"Sorry man, I don't know what was wrong with me." said Cyborg flabbergasted at his own actions "It just felt all wrong yet totally right."
Robin didn't get a chance to say anything before Audra spoke up "This was wrong with you." she said holding up the nearly invisible sheet of plastic that was sparking here and there.
"It's called an invisitrol. What it does is hacks into a computer system and allows the owner of the invisitrol to control whatever hardware and actions the computer might take. In your case it allowed Slade to force you into killing Robin. His mistake was that I can identify one of Weiser's toys on sight and I know how to take over all of them."
"Question is how did Slade get a hold of it?" Robin mused.
"Bought it." Audra sighed casually "That was the one thing Weiser had begun to sell to other criminal 'masterminds'."
"Yes but Weiser is dead so how did he sell it to Slade." Robin shot back at Audra. Audra sighed again and shook her head.
"Robin...Robin...Robin. First rule of being a King Pin always have an escape from your own traps."
"Audra your suggesting Weiser isn't dead and that you are a trap." Robin said gruffly "Which puts you into danger."
"Robin I'm not suggesting, I know. He's already paged me twice, emailed me three times, and has called my cell a number of times." Audra laughed ruefully "He still thinks I answer like a dog."
"You electrocuted him. When we left he wasn't breathing. He should be dead. And that still doesn't answer why Slade dealt with him or vies versa." Robin pointed out silencing Audra for a few moments in which Cyborg spoke.
"You guys should do this more often. I could sell tickets."
"Robin, if Weiser wants me and Slade has me in his area and wants the weaponry to kill you and the team, why wouldn't they make a deal. Slade gets me back to Weiser and Weiser gives Slade the appropriate tools to kill you." Audra said thinking like a criminal "And that also makes an alliance for future deals if Slade managed not to succeed."
"You really do know the tricks of the trade don't you/" muttered Robin smiling at Audra. Audra blushed a little "Yeah advantage when your trying to bring the trade to it's knees."
A warning light began to flash on robin's belt and he pelted downstairs without a word to the other two Titans. Audra fallowed him as did Cyborg. When they reached Robin's room they found him sitting on his bed ghostly pale.
"Slade and Weiser haven't just done what you thought Audra. They've caught Batman as bait."