CI: hey guys! I'm back and ready to write…well, until my school opens on Monday then its weekends only : ( could my life be any gloomier!

Robin: good!

CI: (glaring at him) that reminds me…Josh told me that you were mean to some people.

Robin: I'm only mean to you! …… its not my fault some of your reviewers come to the rescue, you cant defend yourself.

CI: (eye twitch) please read on because what I am about to do is not suitable for children under 18.

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans

Chapter 45:

'Are you sure about this?'

'Aw c'mon! Don't you trust me?'

'Let me think……no'

James glared at the nervous teenager 'Look kid, you said you wanted to help and now you are helping!'

Maxy returned the glare 'I want to help but I just don't want to end up like him' he pointed towards a drooling Beast Boy, his eyes half open, looking as if he was under Mod's hypnotic control.

James grinned 'Don't worry, I'll just search your mind for the location, nothing more'

Maxy was still looking uncertain 'Promise me you won't go through anything else'

'Promise' James said boldly and forced him down on the chair 'Now close your eyes and try to relax'

'How can I relax when a near-mad scientist is about to take a joy ride in my mind?' He replied in an annoyed tone, making James chuckle.

'You sure are funny kid' he placed his finger tips on his temple and closed his blood red eyes 'Ya ready?'

Maxy closed his black eyes tightly 'Yes'

'Good'

And that was all he heard before everything went extremely dark.

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Starfire's eyes were irresistible, no one could say no to them…well, everyone except Batman that is.

'I won't repeat myself Starfire'

'Oh please let me go! It would greatly benefit our search for friend Robin and because I will be having an aerial view, I might just-'

'No, and that's final' he interrupted in his emotionless tone, making her sigh in frustration.

'Please! Do you not want Robin back as soon as possible?' she asked, her big emerald eyes bigger than ever 'I promise that I won't go far'

Batman regarded this for a moment but then shook his head once more 'No Starfire, this is a new area and Karachi is the main target of aerial bombings, I wont take that risk'

'Then I shall take friend Sparks with me' she said in a loud voice and grabbed the unexpected heroine's arm tightly 'And I will have my communicator with me, if something goes wrong then I shall contact you for assistance'

Sparks looked ready to tell her out flat 'no' when Starfire looked at her with the most pleading face on Earth and she was forced by her conscience to nod her head in agreement 'okay'

Batman regarded the two heroines before sighing in defeat 'All right fine, anything to make you quite' making Starfire practically shine with glee as she jumped up and down with happiness.

'Oh thank you greatly Mr. Man of Bat! I assure you, we will be back within the hour' she said and before Batman could say anything, she quickly flew out of the mouth of the cave, with a terrified Sparks hanging on to her and screaming every now and then.

Batman's eyebrow twitched 'Mr. Man of Bat?'

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Amy watched the boy twitch on the operation table as the machine worked on erasing his neural memory patterns. She almost felt sorry for him; he looked quite the goody goody type to her and she was surprised that Slade would want such a scrawny being for his apprentice.

Ah but life was full of surprises wasn't it?

Finally, Mont switched the machine off. Slade calmly picked up a sedative and injected it into the boy's arm 'wake up Robin' he said in a commanding tone.

Amy watched the boy grudgingly sit up and hold his head 'what happened?' his voice was a bit sluggish, but other then that everything was fine and she was sure that Slade was smiling behind his mask 'and who are you? Where am I?'

'I am Slade, your master and you are my apprentice' he answered smoothly, amused at the boy's puzzled expression 'we just rescued you from the teen titans, they had kidnapped you and erased your mind to turn you against me, tricking you that they were your friends and I was the enemy' he continued while Amy and Mont watched on.

Robin seemed unconvinced 'Ahun, sure. Lets pretend that I don't believe you' making Amy snicker silently from her corner.

Slade gave a genuine sigh 'Richard you must believe me, after you and Batman parted ways, I found you and taught you everything I knew, surely you believe your own teacher'

His real name was convincing enough. He raised a masked eye brow 'Okay…' he said and then clutched his head as a wave of pain passed through 'that rates a 6.5 on the weirdness scale' he added under his breath as Mont gave a curt nod to Amy as a signal to take Robin to his room.

'You will rest for sometime Robin and then we start our training, I don't have any use for tardiness' he said in a strong tone and without another word, he and Mont walked out of the room, leaving their two apprentices to stare at each other.

'And you are?' he asked in an irritated tone because of his never-ending headache.

'None of your business' she snapped back in the same tone.

'Ooh, feisty'

'Watch it birdbrain'

'Hey! No one calls me birdbrain!'

'Well whos going to stop me?'

'Me'

'Oh yeah?'

'Yeah!'

'All right, bring it!'

'Anytime, anywhere!'

Both of them were glaring at each other in a never-ending staring contest, neither willing to look away first until the butler and Wintergreen interrupted.

'Come Miss Amy, Master Mont says that you need your rest before the training session' said the butler and half-dragged her out of the room while Wintergreen did the same to Robin.

'When I get my hands on you you'll be nothing but dead meat!'

'Yeah well same to you dude!'

Well that got off from a rocky start.

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'Starfire slow down! I can't go that fast'

'But friend Sparks I cannot! I am most anxious to find friend Robin'

Sparks frowned at her and then willed her powers to fuel the metal platter to catch up with her. The air was chilly and they were flying quite high above the semi-desert but despite the temperature, the Tamaranian was as enthusiastic as ever, flying at breakneck speed near the clouds in search of 'friend' Robin.

Sparks could see the sea waves crash on the rocks and the mist rise up in the air. It's beautiful she thought and her mind wandered to take in the beautiful scenery of the crescent shaped moon hiding behind the dark, purplish clouds and the stars winking at them every now and then.

Sparks almost forgot why she was here until Starfire's voice brought her back to earth.

'Friend Sparks! I believe I have found something'

She snapped out of her trance and followed Starfire's troubled gaze as she hovered in mid-air, her face set with concentration. There, on a rocky cliff meeting the shore line was a big old mansion, almost as big as Wayne residence. Only a few lights were on but that was not that caught her attention.

She and Starfire were looking at the orange/black mask of a Slade-bot which was hidden behind one of the chimneys, watching them intently making warning bells go inside Spark's head.

'Starfire, lets get out of here' she whispered to the alien urgently and thankfully, Starfire complied without argument and both of them flew off back towards the cave.

'Friend, did you see the robot with Slade's insignia?' asked Starfire seriously, no hint of naivety in her tone.

'Yes, and I think we just found his hideout Star' she answered back.

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CI: dum ending and kinda short, but my fingers were aching painfully because of the stupid accident and I had to stop, ill update net Saturday cause my school (shudders) has officially started!

Robin: (tied to a chair) you made me forget everything!

CI: (frowning) did I shut you up? Oh well (tapes his mouth shut while he struggles)

Robin: mmmmph! Translation: this is so unfair!

(Evil laughter)

CI