Teen Titans Fan Fiction

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Bold: Change of location or time.

Italics: Individual thoughts and recollections

SACRIFICE

Robin has figured out that a trap has been set. With the Titans scattered, everything seems to have been taken care of, or are they just walking into a much larger trap?

Chapter 6: Deja Vu

Robin ran into the old, decaying abandoned factory. It had been decreed by the city that it was unsafe and unusable and wasn't worth the city's funds to restore it. It was set to be destroyed by the city, but planning for something of that nature took months, sometimes years. It was the perfect place for Slade to use as a hideout. Robin's mind flashed back to the last time he was here and saw the real Slade.

Robin had beaten Cinderblock and had just snatched the remote trigger for the detonator from Slade's grasp. He thought victory was assured but the controller broke right in his own hands without him doing anything. When he confronted Slade with the location of the real trigger, images of small robots on the nanoscopic scale appeared on the screen, each with the name of a member of the Teen Titans on it.

"Nanoscopic probes. My cronaton detonator was merely the bait for a much larger trap. You see, with the push of a button I can destroy your friends from the inside...out." Slade had his thumb right on the button as he spoke.

"My friends will never obey you. No matter what you do to them, they will never obey you!" Robin snapped back, but he wasn't ready for what came next.

"That sounded like a threat young man...and a pretty good one."

"A few more years of hard training...and you might actually pose a threat."

Slade was now back. After their defeat of Trigon, Slade had seemed to have vanished from the face of the Earth. Beast Boy thought he had seen him in his own pursuit of Terra, but it turned out only to be a robot decoy. Robin read the signs Slade left behind for him to find. Slade wanted Robin and that's exactly what he was going to get. Robin started to run faster, his mind playing back to his own personal haunting.

"Why couldn't Starfire see you?" Robin asked.

"I believe you are familiar with cloaking technology?" Slade stated as he began to attack Robin once more.

"No matter what you're planning I'll stop you...I've stopped you before!!!" Robin held up a fist at Slade. It stopped here.

"Robin...if you've...stopped me, then why am I still here?" Slade's words angered Robin even more and Robin charged at Slade.

"I am the thing that keeps you up at night...the evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind."

In a way, he was right. Slade had managed to get underneath Robin's skin. That time had long since passed. This was different. In his dealings with Slade before, he and Starfire were never as close or in tune with each other as they were now. I'm counting on you, Starfire, please don't be late.

Meanwhile at the Pier...

The T-Car slid to a halt. Beast Boy and Cyborg hoped out. Cinderblock wasn't very hard to spot. He was made almost, if not entirely, made of solid stone. It was unusual in the fact that it never seemed to break no matter what attack was used on it. He stood at least 12 feet tall, and he was almost just as wide. This made dealing with Cinderblock a somewhat delicate situation. He was tough to start off with, and even harder to bring down.

Cyborg looked over at Beast Boy, "You ready to do this?" he asked as he undid his seatbelt.

Beast Boy nodded, "Hey, I was thinking about something on the way over here."

Cyborg looked at Beast Boy, "What's on your mind, B.B?"

Beast Boy looked up, "It just seems too convenient, like someone just wants us out of the picture. Where we are and where Plasmus is located are at the opposite sides of town."

Cyborg nodded, "I know. And if we could figure it out..."

Beast Boy took a couple of steps. "Then Robin figured it out too, which is why I'm assuming he took Star with him and didn't go alone. Smart guy, maybe Robin's actually learned another trick of two." Beast Boy turned and nodded at Cyborg, "Let's do this!" he shouted.

Those words sounded like heaven to Cyborg, "Teen Titans, Go!" Cyborg's arm changed into a sonic cannon and he fired it at Cinderblock.

Beast Boy changed into a Pterodactyl and also charged at Cinderblock, gained altitude, and came down as a Brontosaurus.

Meanwhile at the Chemical Factory...

Raven was walking around the Chemical Factory. Plasmus wasn't a very hard guy to follow, if you could call him a guy that is. Plasmus was a result of a weird experiment or accident that caused a man whenever he was awake to transform and become Plasmus. As long as he was asleep, no danger was ever present. When he was awake, Plasmus was revived. Plasmus was an ugly creature. It probably stood a good 10 feet tall and maybe 6 feet wide. It's entire body was composed of a purple gooey substance that Plasmus could use as a weapon whenever he saw fit. It had several Green eyes and a vicious mouth. It loved to eat chemicals, so a chemical factory was always a target location for him.

Plasmus had left a trail for Raven to follow. There were empty and broken chemical barrels everywhere, and they all led deeper into the chemical factory. Raven treaded lightly, but quietly, if she had the element of surprise, she wasn't going to lose it.

Raven, like her other comrades was thinking while she ventured deeper into the factory. She looked into the storage room. Empty, and completely empty, all of the barrels in the room were gone, crushed or empty.

This seems almost too easy. Someone wanted to split us up and isolate Robin. My bet is on Slade. If I was able to figure this much out then I'm sure Robin did as well and more than likely it was a challenge to him.

Raven stopped for a second as she too started to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

But if that were the case, Robin would've gone alone and sent Starfire with me. Unless...Starfire was his back up. Not a bad plan. A trap for a trap. Let's just hope that it doesn't backfire on him.

Raven had entered the processing part of the plant. Not too far in she finally found Plasmus. Plasmus was on the edge of a mechanical floor that transported chemicals. He had altered it so that all of the barrels came to him instead of somewhere else.

Time to end this quickly.

Raven put on her hood and levitated over to Plasmus for her to see. He shouted and fired several purple blasts from his flesh. Raven, having been in the air, was easily able to dodge them. She chanted, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!!"

And back outside the abandoned factory...

Starfire stood, it had only been a couple minutes, but it seemed like a couple years. The waiting was getting to her. Maybe I should...no...Robin asked for 10 minutes, and I shall honor his request...

She paced back and forth several times, each time checking the clock at a nearby bank across the street. It had a large billboard advertising screen that showed the time in hours, minutes and seconds.

"Ooooooo, why won't you hurry up?" Starfire shouted at the billboard. When it didn't respond back, she sighed and went back to pacing.

Just inside the entrance to a factory, someone moved into position...Foolish girl, you maybe here to save Robin, but who is going to save you?

Back inside the old lair of Slade...

Robin slid into the doorway, ready to attack. Nothing. He walked deeper into the main room. It was huge. Broken gears all over, only two ways in and out, the door he just entered and a secret exit that he and presumably Slade had used the last time they met. The roof was at least 50, 60 feet high, it was dark, and reeked of the smell of oil. Robin walked in several steps. He remembered Slade's style. Slade never attacked from behind until you met him face to face and started fighting. That was the end of his honor though, once you started fighting, anything was fair game.

Robin walked several more steps. "Slade!!! Where are you? Come out of that hole you're hiding in!" Let me see where you are hiding.

Silence.

Robin looked around some more. Usually that got a response out of him. Today, there was nothing. Something was wrong. Calm down, that's why you had Starfire wait outside for 10 minutes.

Robin moved to where Slade's old "throne" was. His eyes finally found what they were looking for. In the chair, sat the man he had obsessed about. As hard as he tried, he could never figure out what Slade's ultimate and true goal was. The Teen Titans were able to stop his plans on multiple accounts, but never found out what his intentions were.

"Robin, you've got to do something about that temper of yours, young man." Slade continued to sit, he seemed almost bored, his head was resting on his left arm that had been resting on the arm rest.

"Slade! Whatever you're planning this time, I will stop. No more tricks, no more games, this ends now!" Robin bent his knees, made fists out of both hands and took a karate stance.

Slade laughed. "Oh, Robin, when will you ever learn? You can't stop me. Not now and not ever." Slade stood up, slowly. He held out his right arm with his index finger making a hooking notion towards himself. Come and get some little man.

"With pleasure!" With those last words spoken, Robin attacked. He charged and jumped as soon as he reached the bottom step. A swinging hurricane kick. His attack connected with the old "throne" splitting it into several different pieces. Slade had rolled underneath his attack as he had seen it coming from the position that Robin took. Watching old footage of himself fighting with Robin had allowed him to predict his moves. It was almost too easy for Slade.

"Come on, Robin, if you're not going to throw a curve ball once in a while, how are you ever going to strike someone out? I could see that attack coming from a mile away..." Slade was standing again, he was taunting Robin. Something he absolutely loved doing.

Robin removed his foot from the broken furniture. Good. I have the high ground now. "Slade, I don't care what you're up to, my friends and I will stop you!" He jumped again, and came down this time with a hard right punch. Slade side-stepped almost at the last second as Robin's punch connected with the floor, causing a small hole. Something's wrong.

"Robin, what have I told you? Blindly attacking an enemy who knows the style you use is never effective." Slade now finally took an offensive pose and charged. A left hook. Robin put both arms up in an X formation to block. Slade stopped his punch almost as quickly as he threw it. He grabbed Robin's right arm and twisted it towards his back.

"Gah!!!" Robin shrieked.

"This isn't even the opening and you're already into the final act." Slade twisted Robin's arm a bit more, causing him to shriek out even more. He let go at it's highest point before breaking it and kicked Robin in the back. Robin flew all the way back to the throne and landed on the steps. The impact had hit his rib cage and it may have bruised a rib.

Recovering Robin stood up, and took another Karate stance. Slade did so as well, but much slower. The two were at a stand off point for several seconds before either of them acted.

"I thought you should be the first to know..." Slade and Robin charged each other and entered a close quarter's combat match. A right jab from Robin. Blocked. Counter-attack with a left hook from Slade. Also blocked. Each continued to block and dodge as they threw attacks at one another. Finally, one of them got lucky. Slade had managed to hit Robin on his right side with a left hook that hit him in the kidney area. Slade continued with a palm strike that hit Robin square in the forehead. He finished it off with a solid right jab to his midsection.

"I've re-invented myself, my dear Robin. I'm now faster..." Slade sped over towards Robin's back side and before Robin could react, was thrown by his cape across the room.

"I'm stronger..." Robin had lept up but had to take a defensive stance with another X formation with his arms as he saw Slade charging, but Slade's punch had driven him backwards, causing him to hit the wall hard.

"I'm smarter..." Robin reached into his utility belt and threw a birdarang at Slade. Slade used his foot to counter, kicking it out of the air and hitting it at it's soft spot, where Robin had gripped it. Usually, Slade used his arms to deflect his birdarangs, now, he was showing off.

Robin charged Slade once again. This definitely isn't looking good. He threw a left hook. A right uppercut. A left jab. Another left jab. Robin finished with a swinging hurricane kick to the temple. Slade didn't even try to block them. He took every single hit without so much as lifting a finger. Slade's head was barely turned as he straighted himself up. He's not lying, he really is stronger.

Robin took a short hop backwards, leaping forward he lunged at him with a horizontal kick aimed at his chest. Slade showed off his newfound intelligence and speed and sidestepped Robin at again, the last possible moment. He did not let Robin go cleanly though. He grabbed Robin's cape as it passed by him, causing him to choke and fall right there on the spot.

"Star...fire..." Robin needed help. He was in trouble and that's why he had asked Starfire to come just in case of a scenario like this one.

"Oh you're little back up plan? Well I'm afraid that's been canceled." Slade stated as he stood over Robin, who had somehow managed to stumble onto all four limbs.

"What?!" Robin's eyes grew now with concern for her safety, more so than his own. It was one thing for the enemy to beat you, it was something else entirely if you were responsible for someone else getting hurt.

Slade snapped his fingers. A figure had come into the doorway. It hurled something at the both of them. Robin's eyes couldn't focus on it, but when it landed right beside him, he knew what it was. Starfire. She was alive, she was still breathing, but she had bruises and cuts all over her body. Her clothing was torn and her hair messy, she looked like a shadow of her former self.

"Thank you, your payment can be found where we designated earlier." Slade had spoken to the figure in the shadows.

Robin looked up at Slade. "You saw us come here, didn't you?"

Slade continued to hover over him, "As if I were dumb enough to fall for one of your traps."

Robin looked at Starfire once more. She was coughing, hard. The villain had thrown her far enough where she was close enough for Robin to see her, but not reach and touch her. He would have to move another 3 feet before he could get to her. I've failed. I've failed myself and I've failed you, Starfire. I'm sorry. I never thought things could have taken this sort of path. He started to crawl towards her. His body seemed to ache a bit more as he inched closer to her.

"Am I interrupting anything...important, Robin?" Slade suddenly cut off his thought process with the words he spoke. Slade stood there, he was dusting himself off. Robin got the message loud and clear. Fighting you now is a waste of my time and energy. It was something he was all too familiar with when he sparred with his mentor.

"Damn you!!!" Robin had lunged at Slade, throwing a right punch straight at his face. I'm going to pound you into oblivion for what you did you her, you bastard!

Slade saw through this easily, he extended his left leg and it caught Robin in the midsection. Feeling several of Robin's ribs break with that impact through his own foot, Slade smiled through his own mask.

Robin fell backwards onto his back. Gripping his sides, he could feel two more ribs break. He tried to lean forward, but fell over from the pain. He was now on his knees and his face was in the dirt.

"Come on, Robin, you're going to have to do much better than that." Slade's presence now hung above him.

"Slade!!! I'll get you for this!!!" Robin shouted, his entire body now seemed to ache. He pounded the floor, he was losing and much worse than he did the first time he fought Slade head to head.

"Robin...you disappoint me" Slade replied. He turned his back to him, as if to mock him.

Wait a second. Have I been here before? Robin used both hands to push himself up. This place, this situation, could it really be? He threw his left arm, clenching his fist at the delusional madman. Slade turned and used his right leg to kick Robin's midsection. His legs were longer than Robin's arms and he used full advantage of that fact every time. Robin flew back and crashed into an already broken mirror, causing it to shatter. He then fell forward from the pain on his backside onto his knees. Unable to stand up to the pressure of the pain he fell down even further and needed to support himself up with both of his arms.

Robin was again on all four's. He looked at himself. He was visibly beaten. His red and green uniform was all torn up. It couldn't be, it just couldn't be true. The anger in Robin's head almost pushed the thoughts of that silly dream from his mind, but it stopped after he spoke again.

"Slade...even if it takes me years, I'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth. You will never escape, I shall personally see you behind bars!" Robin threatened. His vision was starting to blur. All he could think about was how much he hated Slade. The lies, the torment, the agony, he blamed it all on Slade.

"Robin...that sounds like a threat. A pretty good one, however, there's just one problem. As long as you stay the way you are, you can never defeat me." Slade turned his back again to Robin. This time, he did walk away from him.

It's too much of a coincidence. If I trust my dream, several things are supposed to happen before...before...maybe I can change them. I must push on though, maybe the others can get here in time. Starfire's alive but who knows for how long if I get defeated here before they can get arrive to help? I have to do this ... I have to hold on for Starfire's sake, and I have to save her, no matter what it takes...

"Don't you dare walk away from me!!!" Robin reached down into his utility belt and pulled out several small round black objects. He threw them all at Slade, each one exploding as it made contact with the ground. Slade jumped out of the way, only seemingly to more so show Robin that he was inferior to himself. Once Slade landed, he bent down and picked up a piece of broken glass...

The nightmare's of Robin and Starfire may come true on this day. As Slade picks up the piece of broken glass, can Robin find a way to save Starfire? Can he even find a way to save himself?

Next time: Chapter 7 - The Prisoner

Starfire's heart shatters, as Robin falls to Slade's attack. One of them becomes Slade's prisoner. You won't wanna miss it!