All that was left was the Boy Wonder himself. Having given his teammates the chance to exact their own attacks, he was the only one left to finish Slade off. But Slade took him with a pinch of salt and caught the fist that was aimed at his face. Twisting his wrist and spraining Robin's in the process, he kicked him to the floor. It was easier than he thought it would be.

"Well, this has been fun." Mockery dripped from Slade's voice. "But I really must -."

The interruption was, to Slade, the equivalent of a fly buzzing around his ear. He had predicted such a move long before the fight had even begun and wasn't at all surprised: a leopard cannot change its spots. Likewise, Robin would use every bit of energy he had left in trying his damned best to defeat his enemy.

One of Robin's very few weaknesses was his performance skills. It was as if he was putting on a show for some audience, and so he couldn't simply go about attacking Slade quietly and get it over and done with. It simply wasn't in him to do so. He had to vent out all of his anger and frustration whilst he delivered his attack, and it was this mistake that allowed Slade to catch his foot, mid-kick, and throw him back down onto the floor.

"When will you learn, Robin?" He gave him a final kick, sending him flying towards the wall. An agonised cry escaped Robin's lips. "You cannot possibly defeat me."

Picking himself up from the dusty ground, never willing to lose, he stumbled slightly as glared at Slade through his mask. Slightly amused, and with plenty of time left to taunt the hero, Slade casually walked over to him.

"I'm quite surprised that you could find me, if I should be brutally honest. It took you long enough."

Enraged further by his remarks, Robin wielded his own staff, ready to attack Slade again. "I'm surprised you were stupid enough to make a dim-witted robot reveal all of your secrets."

But to his surprise and humiliation, Slade's laughter filled the room.

"How naïve you are," he replied. Robin could almost hear the smirk manipulate his speech. "That was all merely part of my plan. As you so cleverly discovered, the names that continued to make an appearance in your beloved newspaper were indeed related to my own. Don't you understand yet? I have control over everything in this pathetic city."

Everything? Somehow, the puzzle pieces began to slot together, making up a very strange picture in the Titans' minds. Was Slade bluffing, or did he really have control over anything and everything?

Raven's eyes widened as possibly truths began to creep their way into her mind. She vividly remembered Slade attempting to teach her a lesson in how to attack. It sounded ridiculous, but could it be possible that Slade not only had control over his own minions and colleagues, but over other villains too? Was Slade the hard drive of a large computer? If they took him down, could it be that no other villain could succeed in Jump City?

"If that is so," Raven spoke up, gathering her senses and picking herself up from the floor, "then why did you bother dragging us all here? Why didn't you just get rid of us if it was that easy?"

But Slade continued to stare down at Robin, refusing to give Raven the decency to turn and face her. "You could do with a little more patience."

And remembering the cause of this entire mission, the very reason why they had been forced out of bed on a weekend, Cyborg joined in on the interrogation.

"What did you steal?"

Slade knew that he hadn't done too much damage to keep the Titans on the floor for much longer. He had merely dazed them for a short while, but now that they were all stirring, he moved from Robin's view and back towards his computer. His hands entwined behind his back, he continued to converse with the Titans.

"I hadn't stolen anything until, that is, I captured Raven. It was 'Steve Wilkes' – a mere alias of mine – who informed you of such a story. The bank burglary was a diversion so that I could get my hands on that valuable dark gem."

Slade was no doubt confusing. He clearly implied that he was Steve Wilkes, that he had performed that robbery and he had attacked Hynden. How on Earth was that possible? Raven hadn't been with him every second of every day, but even so, how could he be in two places at once?

"Why Raven?"

"Isn't it bloody obvious by now?" Slade roared. His voice echoed about the room, causing Starfire to cringe in surprise. He was tired of the Titans' incapability. "Haven't you noticed that she's too weak to attack me with her powers? That's because I've stolen them. I suppose you could say that I've stolen Raven herself and that's what you should have been trying to retrieve in the first chapter of this game, no? Now that I've consumed the entirety of Raven's powers, I can finally get rid of you annoying children once and for all!"

Slade's next move was more terrifying than the Titans could ever imagine. His feet separated themselves from the floor as Slade hovered several feet in the air. His arms were outstretched, similar to Raven's meditation position, and he lowered his head in deep concentration. He had no need for words of encouragement or complete silence. He simply needed a target for his new power to hit.

When Slade said he had taken Raven's powers, that was a lie. What he had merely achieved was preventing Raven from accessing them. He had effectively stolen the key that was once hers. After all, Raven's powers weren't something anybody could whip up. She inherited them from her home and only she could use them. Unbeknownst to her, while she was unconscious, Slade had fitted in a device that related the two together in terms of energy. One could say this was some sort of equivalent of optimism effecting a crowd. Or, better yet, a yawn. Or, better than that, a disease. Raven's powers were now contagious, but only to Slade. And because she was weak and dizzy, only him out of the two could use them.

This is why, when Slade's hands became full of dark energy, Raven screamed. Her body felt like it was being drained of blood. She fell to the floor once more and writhed in agony as Slade became more and more powerful by the second.

He lashed the energy at Robin first although he managed to fling himself out of its way just in time. Slade had effectively rendered his foot quite powerless and so he knew he could not dodge him for long. He could not run and so he only had his weapons to help him in such a situation.

Giving Cyborg and Starfire a certain command, this resulted in Robin's grapple hook flying towards Slade, closely followed by Starfire's bolts and Cyborg's beam of dazzling energy. But Slade counteracted this with a force of Raven's own energy and the two opposites collided and erupted into a large explosion.

This caused the Titans to believe that Slade had been hit by the impact and was weakened, if only by a little bit. But what the they saw then as the aftermath of the explosion faded away made all their nightmares look like mere daydreams.