Josh: I hope the reveiws pass the hundred mark, that would be awesome.

Robin: Why do you do everything that girl says?

Josh: cause shes my freind.

Robin: (evil smirk) I dont think so...

Josh: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr shut up you little traffic light.

Disclaimer: Sure, as soon as hell freezes over.

Chapter 40:

'And we solve this problem, how?'

'I know how to convince him'

'I know how to convince her too'

'Fine, one battle and then we'll proceed'

'Im looking forward to that'

'Yes, Im sure you are'

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Robin was staring at the ceiling while lying on his bed when the door slowly opened and Slade walked in with even, calculated footsteps.

'What do you want Slade?' he asked, his masked eyes not leaving the ceiling. His small form was still covered with multiple cuts and bruises from thier earlier fight and that had gotten him even more angry.

Slade did not seem suprised, but he merely crossed the room towards the teenager 'Im just here to ... talk'

Sure you are... he thought and finally looked at his captor with the iciest glare he could muster.

'It seems that you have failed to respect me so ill have to do things my way' he said plainly, making Robin's heart stop in its tacks...not the blackmail, not again...

'That is, unless you pass a test'

Yeah right He quickly sat up and looked at him straight in the eye 'I dont care what you do to me just leave them out of this'

Slade raised an eyebrow behind his mask 'Clever Robin, very clever' he showed him a small black remote with a small red button on it 'Do you know what will happen if I push the button?'

Not Agian...(lol, sorry for using your story title AlexandreuVanGordon...did I spell it right?)

'The bombs which are located on the fault lines of the city will detonate, taking millions of lives along with it' he continued, smiling at the horrified expression on Robin's face.

'How do I know youre not bluffing?'

'You dont, but are you wlling to risk it all?' he looked at him in his masked eyes 'choose wisely Robin, you know where youre foolishness got you the last time'

They had short staring contest. He could not risk millions of lives, he was a hero...no matter how much he hated him.

'Ill do whatever you say' he finally gave in with a defeated sigh.

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Amy followed Mont through the corridor with a bruised face. He had wanted to show her something and she, as usual, had defied and received a slap for that.

When will I ever learn not to open my big mouth?

Mont stopped in front of a door and turned back to look at her with an evil smirk then opened the door.

She couldnt see anything because Mont was blocking the path but when he dragged her in, she was in a loss for words.

The room had cracked walls and a musty light hanging from above. The room was void of any furniture and the only thing that was present there was a small bed.

But that was not the thiing that had shocked her.

On the bed lay a thin teenage boy with raven hair. He had a bandage on his forehead and was wearing blue pants and an oversized black T-shirt, he appeared to be sleeping.

Oh God no! ignoring Mont's presence, she quickly hurried towards the sleeping boy with tears in her eyes How was it possible? she was sure that he had died...

She stopped by his bed and studied his thin face 'Maxy...' her voice trailed off and she stared at his form in disbeleif.

'I managed to save him' said Mont from behind her 'But I can kill him if you dont comply Amy'

She stared at him with hateful eyes 'Why are you doing this? leave him out of it! he never did anything to you!'

Mont gave her another smirk 'Its not what he did, its what you didnt' he replied 'and if he dies, it will be your fault'

'You Dangreela!' she yelled furiously, resisting the urge to rip him to shreds.

'Language Amy, might I remind you that his life depends on you' he said, the smirk still on his face as he saw her eyes go wide 'And if you want him to stay alive then you will do exactly what I asked you to'

Fists clecnched, she looked at her brother and then at Mont before finally giving in 'As you say'

'Good'

She looked at him again 'But can I ask you a question?'

Mont looked a bit suprised 'Yes you may'

'Why did you choose to blackmail me now when you could have done it a lot sooner?'

'Because I was having to much fun in breaking you' he said and laughed at her horrified expression.

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'Azrath Metrion Zinthos' she felt the storming waves in her mind slow down as she chanted her mantra and floated a few feet off the ground.

It had been so long since she had meditated and the worse part was that she was so engrossed in her work to even notice it but when the chairs started flying around the living room one night due to her stress, it was kind of hard not to get the message...

Suddenly, her mind switched from the relaxed state to worried and anxious. She could no longer hear herself think but instead heard thoughts which did not belong to her as her mind replayed the voice inside her head.

'I cannot risk so many lives for just one'

'I have to do as he says'

'I have no choice'

'The titans will never find me like this, they dont even know of Pakistan'

'Im sorry Amy'

And then she blackened out, her body tumbling towards the floor.

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'She will be all right, yes?'

'Everything is normal, there was no reason for her to black out like that'

'Dude, do you think we should get Batman to check again? I mean, he could be wrong the first time'

'He said she would be fine...besides, im not going to go bother him! You donot want the Batman cranky at you'

Voices...so many voices...the titans...Slade...Robin...her vision...

ROBIN!

She slowly opened her amethyst eyes and saw her teammates staring at her.

Starfire gave her a cheery smile 'Freind! You have awakened!'

'Welcome to reality Rae' said Cyborg.

'Dude, what happened? first you were all ''azrath metrion zinthos'' and then you were all quiet and stony and then you kinda fell down and stopped moving' said Beastboy, his arms flailing as he stumbled on his each word 'kinda...y'know?'

Raven could almost smile at his stupid behavior...almost, but didnt because that just was'nt her nature. She sat up on the bed 'I ''kinda'' had a vision of sorts Beast boy'

'Sweet! did you see me riding a moped with girls chasing me?' Raven rolled her eyes as Cyborg and Starfire gave him weird looks 'What? It could happen!'

'No Beastboy, thats just your imagination' said Raven dryly as Cyborg handed her a glass of water, making Starfire chuckle 'I heard a voice, it sounded like Robin's'

Everyone froze at her words. The spark in Starfire's eyes brightened, as if hoping that Robn was found 'What did he say freind Raven?' she asked quitely as her teammates stared at the dark girl.

'I heard his thoughts actually' Raven continued 'and I think I know where to find him'

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Batman listened to ever word the Dark titan said, hoping that they had finally found a lead but he was pretty doubtful; after all; You culd never rely to daydreams.

'Are you sure?' he asked in his deep voice.

Raven nodded 'me and Robin have a bond, I can feel his emotions and even hear and see what he is seeing sometimes'

A bond huh? how come Robin never told him about it? he felt a bit envious but quickly pushed the feeling away, It was perfectly natural for Robin to act like this towards his team mates, they were his family now, not Batman.

(flashback)

'Then youre saying that you dont trust me? is that it!' the teenager yelled angrily, the fury and hurt etched in his features.

'I never said that' he replied with the same fury as he stared at his adopted son 'Im just worried about you, that gun shot could have killed you Richard'

'So? Im not dead now are I? and besides, you get thousands of injuries'

'You could have died, Im not taking that risk again'

'You cant do this to me! Crime fighting is my life Bruce!'

But Bruce would not listen to any reasons, even if they were logical enough 'Im sorry Richard, but Robin is grounded' he said with the vice he usually reserved for scaring the heck out of villians and eyed the teenager's horrified face 'for good this time'

Bruce could see the hurt in his blue eyes and wondered if he had been too harsh with him, he was treating the kid like Batman treated a thief for cying out loud!

'Fine' he said venomously and walked out of the room, the door slamming behind him.

Alfred looked at the door and then at Bruce 'I think you just made another blunder sir'

'I think so too'

And he was right, the next day Richard barely spoke to him and after a few more, he left.

Bruce had wanted to say he was sorry but it was too late, his pride did not allow him to.

(end flashback)

'Hello? Earth to Batman?' said James and he snapped back to reality to find everyone looking at him.

'So, what do we do?' asked Cyborg.

'Get to Pakistan, Find Robin' replied the Dark knight in two simple commands 'and beat the hell out of Deathstroke' he whispered to himself.

Robin might not be a pat of Batman's family, but Richard was Bruce's son.

And he was not about to let Deathstroke take his son away from him.

He was not going to be late...Not again

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Robin walked towards the training room, dreading each step he took. Slade had told him what his ''test'' was, and truthfully speaking, he did not like it one bit.

He walked into the dull room and waited for his opponent to arrive, He did not want to fight her, he did not want to betray her and he definately did not want her to hate him.

Which she would, after thier battle.

The doors on the opposite side of the room opened and Amy walked in sadly, her eyes downcast and her mouth set in a straight line.

Thier eyes met, but then they quickly looked away as thier captors walked in with firm footsteps. However, they just waited and observed from the corner, giving them all the space for sparring.

Or rather, fighting till one of them got killed...

'Begin'

They both took up a fighting stance, buying thier time 'Im sorry, but I cant risk it Robin' said Amy, her face as hard as the floor they were going to fight on.

'Im sorry too' he replied. Slade had told-ordered him to win, or else he would do far worse then just detsroy the city...

He would destroy this country as well.

Amy gave a slight nod and both of them sprung into action, not realizing how much this fight would actually cost...

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Josh: Who will win? lucky guesses anyone? and as you just read, the good guys have finally found him, but will they arrive in time? another thing will happen and I would have told you but CI said to tell in the next chapter...we have a few more suprises for you guys...

Robin: You honestly dont know the meaning of ''free will'' do you?

Josh: sheesh! I offered to fill in because she broke her hand you idiot! I did it out of my free will...and besides, shes too cocky like you to ask for help.

Robin: That righ- hey, wait a minut!

Laterzzzzzz

Josh

p.s- ''Dangreela'' means selfish animal in our local language and yes im serious about CI's broken hand Sunset15, she says not to worry though,