CI: yay! I got an A on my English test! Go me! (Dances)

Robin: please ignore the author at the moment as she is in no condition to talk (rolls eyes) or do anything whatsoever.

Disclaimer: I don't own teen titans…

Chapter: 46

This was better than Slade had expected, Robin did not have a clue about what was going on and would believe anything he would say; he would be the perfect apprentice…

But still, one of his robots had spotted the alien girl and one of her friends near the manor, it wouldn't be long before they figured out his hiding place and would surely come looking for him…that could pose a threat…

'Slade?' Mont asked and looked at his masked face with a raised eyebrow 'Did you even listen to a word I said?'

'Of course I did' he answered simply, Slade was not the type of person to zone out…much 'But I didn't get the question, what were you asking again?'

Mont gave an irritated sigh 'I was asking why you chose that skimpy boy Robin to be your apprentice, I might not live in the states but I know that there are more powerful members in the team'

Slade smirked icily 'I saw the potential in him Mont, I'm sure you don't need any more information'

'Oh but I do' he answered in the same tone 'I'm just curious Slade, I wont kill him or steal him'

Slade was getting irritated by the man's frankness 'must you be so persistent?'

'I thought you knew me by now' he smirked, succeeding in making Slade even more agitated 'I'm all ears Slade'

Slade almost sighed 'Well as you said there are far more powerful members in the team but they have too obvious weaknesses, they can be easily brought down. Robin has a complex mind which is similar to mine, his thrive to win, to push himself to the limits is what drew my attention'

'What kind of weaknesses?' asked the other man, intrigued.

'Cyborg is a half-robot and can easily be hacked, the changeling opposes no threat whatsoever and the Tamaranian is weak and naïve compared to the others, she can also be easily brought down' he answered automatically as if he had memorized it all…maybe he had…

'And what about the dark one?'

'Play with her emotions. Exploit her weakness. It is very simple really'

Mont put his finger on his chin in thought 'It seems that you were quite successful Slade, I must admit I'm impressed'

Slade showed no emotion 'why Mont, I never knew you knew how to compliment someone'

Mont did the last thing he would think that he would do, he laughed 'well there are a lot of things you don't know about me Slade' he looked straight in his grey eye with his black one 'ah but there are a lot of things I don't know about myself either old friend'

'sure Mont, sure'

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Robin and Amy were standing opposite to each other in the training room with angry scowls on their faces. Both of their masters had left them to spar with each other…although both of them were thinking of killing the other first.

You could say pride issues but so far they hadn't even said anything. If looks could kill then both of them would be dead by now…

Amy spoke first, a proud smirk on her face 'What are you chicken? Come and fight me!'

Robin replied with the same attitude 'I don't fight weak, defenseless girls'

'I am not weak! Or defenseless for that matter'

'Sure you're not'

'Well maybe I am but you'll never know because you're too much of a chicken to fight me'

'I am not chicken!'

Amy smirked and started to imitate a chicken 'cluck cluck!'

That did it, this was just too much for Robin's proud nature to bear. He lunged at her with a deadly kick aimed for her head but she flipped backwards out of reach.

'Is that the best you ca-oof!' she hardly had time to blink when Robin's punch collided with her head 'All right that's it!' she blocked his next punch and started to do some of her own moves.

Robin dodged the first kick but the second one sent him straight in the opposite wall. Amy ran forward to punch his lights out when he quickly moved out of the way and her punch struck the wall instead, sending a few chips flying out of it.

'Ahh! Stand still bird boy' she snarled and turned around to punch him again but Robin tripped her with a perfect sweep kick. Amy quickly regained her balance but Robin kicked her in the side and she had to duck to dodge the kick aimed for her head 'Not bad Boy wonder'

His trademark smirk was in place 'You're not half-bad yourself' as she quickly flipped out of his range and both of them were staring at each other from opposite sides of the room.

'Thanks' she said with a cocky grin before she took up a fighting stance 'show me what you got, I want a hundred percent'

He took up a fighting stance as well 'oh I wont give you a hundred, ill give you a thousand!' before both of them sprung forward with intensity that rivaled Slade.

She attacked first with a roundhouse kick but he dodged and gave her a kick of his own, which she also dodged. He started going defensive while she picked on offensive…a pretty wild offensive too, Robin was having a hard time to block all of her moves.

Finally he saw an opening and struck her with a fierce punch straight in her midsection which caused her to stop her assault. Robin quickly took this to his advantage and sent her in the wall with a roundhouse kick. Robin had her cornered, she had nowhere to go but to Robin's surprise, she just smirked and when Robin was about to deliver a deadly blow, she flipped in the air over him and caught him in a neck lock from behind.

Robin had to admit, he was taken off guard with that one but he wasn't about to show it.

'Gotcha' she said with a playful tone as he tried to weaken her vice like grip 'Come on Robbie, give up'

'No way' he replied and pried her hands of him and flipped her over his back, making her gasp in surprise.

She hit the floor with a 'thud'. She was looking at him with a surprised expression as her hair spread out like a fan. She was quite stunned, shocked actually at his move. She then quickly snapped out of her surprise and sprang to her feet 'Man you're good' she said breathlessly.

Robin was going to reply but before he could even open his mouth to do so, she collided with him with full force, sending both of them to the floor with her on top; he wasn't the only one with crazy ideas.

'But I'm better' she said proudly as she pinned him there with a victorious smirk on her face. Robin quick mind was already working on how to get out of this situation, he didn't even hear the door open…none of them did.

'Amy get off him now' said a commanding, cold voice.

Their eyes widened in shock and Amy quickly got off him. Mont was standing there with intense anger in his eyes…not a good sign…

Both of them had sheepish grins on their faces as Mont looked at them 'Care to explain what was going on?'

'Err…'

'It was just an attack, I swear, I…'

'Umm…'

'We were sparring like you said…'

'Uhh…'

'I had to pin him somehow...'

'Ermm…'

Amy looked at Robin with a glare 'Do you know English?' making him turn slightly red before turning back to Mont 'It was nothing I swear!'

Mont raised an eyebrow, his look of anger gone and replaced with a look of amusement 'Come to the main room, we have a mission for you and maybe ill consider that gibberish you just blabbed' he said and walked out of the room without a second glance at the two.

As soon as the doors closed Amy turned on Robin with an angry look on her face 'You could have helped! I don't think that Mont will even believe me!'

'Yeah right, I think he knows that we were sparring………wait, he doesn't think that we………' his voice trailed off and his face turned the color of a tomato

'NO!' Amy retorted before finally calming down 'Look, let's just forget that this ever happened agreed?'

'Agreed' he said and both of them started to move out of the room with flushed faces from all that exercise.

'Hey, I never knew you were such a tense girly girl'

'Yeah well I never knew you were such a blubbering bird m-'

'If you want to live to see the next sunrise, you will not finish that sentence'

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James removed his fingers from Maxy's temple 'there all done' he was as cheery as a butterfly, despite the circumstances, Raven was still surprised that there was a person on Earth that was similar to Starfire…She was still trying to get used to Beast Boy…

'How do you feel?' he asked the dazed boy emotively. Maxy was having a hard time to focus his eyesight and was swaying back and forth like a drunken person. Taking his silence as a yes, he slapped him on the back 'I knew you could do it!' which made him fall off the chair and on the floor.

That's it. If Raven could not leave the poor guy with James any longer, that would be cruel, even according to her standards. She quickly made her way to James who was eyeing the boy's slumped form with concern 'I think you should leave him to me James'

'Thanks Raven, I think I over did it on him' he said as Raven helped him sit up 'but I got the information we need, where is old bats?'

'He is at the entrance of the cave, looking out for Starfire and Sparks' she said emotionlessly and waved her hand in front of Maxy's bloodshot eyes 'will he be all right?'

'Yes, he will recover in half an hour or so' answered James automatically and sprinted off to find Batman.

Poor guy she thought with true sympathy and moved him towards the soft matt, compliments from the bat-jet.

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'Oh Batman!' sounded an annoying voice from inside the cave which reminded him oddly of the joker. He spun around to find James staring at him with his red ruby eyes full of excitement 'I have the information you need'

'Do tell' he said dryly, hoping that James would take a hint and leave him alone; he was already worried about Sparks and Starfire.

'Well. I know where Robin is'

That got his attention; he leaned slightly forward with interest in hope to finally end this nightmare.

'He is currently being held prisoner in the manor just five miles from here' he answered seriously. Batman couldn't believe it, he was not expecting anything from James and yet he had uncovered the last piece of the puzzle.

Just then, a whooshing sound was heard behind him and he and James looked to find Starfire hovering a few feet above the ground with Sparks pocketing her metallic disk in her utility belt (it was foldable) both had relieved and worried looks on their faces.

'We've found Slade' both of them said at the same time, surprise showing on his face the tiniest bit 'We saw one of his robots on the roof of a manor four or five miles from here' said Sparks.

'Nice work' he couldn't help but compliment and all three of them beamed 'We will head there right now and end this nightmare'

'That might be a problem' said James nervously from next to him.

'Why is that?'

'Well……'

'Spit it out'

'Beast boy is trying to take a bath in the sea as a fish'

Everybody groaned, even Batman.

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The monitor showed them the pictures of eight people along with all their strengths and weaknesses. Robin and Amy were trying to take it all in, seeing that they were their targets; the job had to be done perfectly, no mistakes allowed.

'I want a full report after you come from the mission Amy' said Mont from besides them 'And I want you to succeed'

'Yes master' she answered mechanically. She knew how important this was.

Do or Die.

'I expect victory from you Robin' said Slade from her right.

'Yes master' he replied in the same tone.

'And since this is a partner mission, better make wise decisions' added Mont from her right. Both of them nodded at the same time, they had to succeed, no mater what.

'I want them dead' Slade hissed as the monitors were turned off and they were engulfed in darkness 'but try not to get so much blood on your hands, stains are hard to get off'

'Yes master' was the response before both of them sprinted off with a fast pace, faces set with determination. At that time Robin only felt one thing.

The lust for Blood.

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CI: Was that a killer ending or what: )

Robin I'm hating you so much right now…wait, now that you mention it, I do lust for something…

CI: for what?

Robin: (mad look in masked eyes) the lust to see your head on a platter!

CI: yikes! (Runs away while Robin chases)

Later!

CrazyInsomaniac