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Ch 12

As soon as Superman realized that a good chunk of the city was covered in lead paint, he got the picture. "Titans! I've narrowed down the search to sectors seven and eight, over by the docks- all of them have lead paint."

"What's that got to do with anything?" Cyborg asked.

"I can't see through lead with my x-ray vision."

"Alright, so seven and eight, got it." Batgirl confirmed with a nod, racing to the aforementioned area with the others.

Superman nodded in greeting to Starfire, who had finally caught up with the others after taking Beastboy to the hospital. "Is the changeling alright?"

"Beastboy… he will live. The doctors have placed him the ICU. They will update on his condition soon. Is Raven back from…?" Superman shrugged, not even understanding where she had gone in the first place.

"We've narrowed down the search to this area. Robin should be in one of these buildings." The two flew down to the ground, where Cyborg and Batgirl waited. "Alright, we know Robin's in the area. Cyborg, try to pick him up on your sensors."

Cyborg tapped a few commands into his cybernetic arm, then growled in frustrations, pushing buttons. "My sensors are all on the blink."

Superman turned to Batgirl, who had the same problems. "All that's working out of my tech is my chem. detector, which is picking up the lead and- crap."

"What?"

"Sorry Kal – area's not just doused in lead- powdered kryptonite, too."

The man of steel scowled. "Which type?"

"The usual garden green variety over there, red in the middle, and- your not gonna be happy – he's got gold kryptonite too. And pink."

"Great," he deadpanned.

"There is more than one type of kryptonite?" Superman nodded.

"Green's what everyone knows about – weakens me. Red's a wild card – could cause me to attempt to kill you all or skip down the street singing. Gold gets rid of my powers. Permanently."

"Ouch… what about the pink?"

Simultaneously, Batgirl and Superman shouted, "Don't ask."

"Alright then… so Superman's benched for now-"

"No," he protested. "The green kryptonite – if it's just a powdered form, there can't be that much. It won't hurt me too much. I'll just have human strength for a while. I can deal with that. What's important is getting Robin out safely."

"Fine. Superman, you take the green area, Star, you and Batgirl cover red and pink, and I'll take the gold K area." Agreeing, everyone went to their respective areas to search for Robin.

Robin came back into the training room in his 'uniform' surprised at how… right… it felt to be wearing it. It felt lived in. But of course, it was all a dream, and he did have a rather vivid imagination. "Alright," he mumbled to himself, "Just gotta pretend this is opposite day… just like when I was five…"

"Good, you're ready." Robin jumped in surprise, not realizing Slade was in the room. "Now, I'd like you to…" as Slade continued outlining Robin's task, Robin thought about the sheer absurdity of the situation – of all people, he was willingly listening to Slade! The irony was not missed. He snapped back to reality when Slade handed him a gun. "Shoot first, ask later, got it?" He nodded uncertainly, putting the gun in his holster.

Walking out of the haunt and into the streets, Robin thought for a moment about just how vivid everything seemed… Much too real to be a dream… he shook these thoughts aside as he continued forwards to do Slade's task. After all – the sooner he became a villain, the sooner this nightmare would be over.

He hoped.

Batgirl and Starfire weren't having much luck with their search. In the buildings they had covered so far, there was no trace of Slade – just traces of Kryptonite. They had started their search in the Pink Kryptonite area, Batgirl figuring that since it was the least dangerous type, it would be considered the last place to look, and that Slade was counting on that – apparently he was smarter then that.

The only thing Batgirl and Starfire did discover, was that pink kryptonite affected Tamaranians as well as Kryptonians, thus making their search that much more enjoyable.

"Oh, I can't WAIT to see Robin!" Starfire sing-songed, as she floated alongside the ex-protector of Gotham. "I'm sure we will find him soon, and he will be just delighted to see everyone, and we will all live HA-ppi-ly ever afterrrrr!" Batgirl groaned, wishing for a wall to bash her head against. The stubborn Tamaranian had insisted she was fine at the beginning of the search – that obviously turned out well.

"Starfire… how about you wait over by where we met everyone? Okay?"

"No no no no! I insist in aiding in the search for Robin! After all, he is my boy friend." She erupted into a fit of giggles, and Batgirl was about to tell her exactly what she SHOULD do, when she heard someone up ahead.

"Come on!" She half dragged the floating Tamaranian down the hall, as she pursued the mystery guy. She just hoped it'd be Robin at the end of the hall instead of Slade.

Superman leaned against the wall, panting heavily. No sign of Robin yet, but the Kryptonite was starting to make an impact on him. While there wasn't enough in the area to kill him, it weakened him immensely. He heard footsteps up ahead, and ignoring the pounding headache and dizziness, he moved forward.

"Robin? Robin!" He raced forward, seeing the familiar costume on the dark haired boy in the middle of the room, thrashing about. "Wait a second- that's-" He was not anticipating a trap. That was his mistake, he realized, as he heard the gunshot.

It wasn't until his legs collapsed under him, that he realized that he was the one who had been shot.

Kinda super-centric, I know, but that'll change shortly ;) hope you enjoyed, and whether you did or not, let me know please! review :D