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Chapter 5: Sneak Attack
A few hours after Clay started boning up on his alchemy, Beastboy woke up from his slumber.
"(Yawn) Huh? Clay!" asked Beastboy. "Clay? Where are you?" asked Beastboy again. It took him about 10 minutes to realize that Clay was no longer in the room. "Wonder where he went?" asked Beastboy to himself. He just shrugged it off and got into the shower. After that, he got dressed and headed for the dining hall. Robin was cooking breakfast, Starfire and Cyborg were arranging the table and Raven was sitting on one of the chairs, reading her book.
"Mornin' BB. Slept well?" asked Cyborg.
"You bet!" replied BB and then took his seat.
"Glad you're feeling better Beastboy." said Robin as he handed BB a plate.
"Oh friend! We were worried sickly by your deppression." said Starfire. Everyone looked at her, puzzled.
"Thanks guys! Say, where's Clay?" asked BB.
"He's still in his room. He went to sleep really late last night." said Raven.
"Oh... Okay. I'll go check on him later..." said BB and then began gobbling his food.
"I was thinking that some of Clay's manners will rub off to you, but I could be wrong..." said Raven silently and then continued reading her book.
A few minutes later, Clay walks in to the Dining Hall. He was still looking rather perky despite his lack of sleep last night.
"Morning guys!" greeted Clay.
"Good morning friend!" greeted Starfire.
"Mornin' yo!" greeted Cy.
"Whatever..." cursed Raven silently.
"What's for breakfast?" asked Clay.
"Bacon and eggs. Want some?" asked Robin.
"Sure." said Clay as he sat beside BB.
"Hey dude! What's up?" asked BB.
"Oh nothing. Just the usual stuff." said Clay still maintaining his unbreakable smile. Robin handed Clay some food and he began eating. After barely getting a bite of his food, the alarm sounded.
"Titans, Trouble!" yelled Robin as he removed his apron and cooking hat and ran to the main room. The other Titans followed.
"What are those things?" asked Cyborg while pointing at the screen. Jump City is being attacked by Chinese Vampires.
"Umm... According to Chinese Mythology, they are called Jiangshi or hopping corpse. It is said that whenever there's a Jiangshi, there's someone controlling them." explained Clay.
"Okay, here's the plan! Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beastboy, you four keep those vampires busy. Me and Clay will stay here to pinpoint the location of the controller of those things..." said Robin. Raven and the other headed out of the front door.
"Remember! Try to destroy the pieces of paper in their head!" yelled Clay. Beastboy gave an OK sign to Clay.
"Well let's get cracking. Get any information involving this things. I'll try to find the controller." ordered Robin.
"Okay!" said Clay as he ran to his room. He never realized how big of a jerk, Robin could be sometimes. He just smiled at the thought. When he reached his room he began searching for his books in chinese folklores. He was now thankful to himself that he alphabetized his books. When he found the book, he rushed back to where Robin is. He was surprised to find that Robin wasn't there...
"Robin? Where did you go?" yelled Clay.
"I think you should be more worried about yourself..." said a voice in the far corner of the room. The figure was staring at him with only one eye.
"One eye? No! It can't be!" yelled Clay.
"Surprised?" said the figure as it walk towards Clay revealing...
"SLADE! But I thought Beatboy killed you!" yelled Clay.
"Pfft. You underestimate me too much child..." said Slade.
"What did you do to Robin?" asked Clay.
"Do not worry. You'll find out soon enough!" replied Slade.
"What do you want?" asked Clay.
"Give me Terra's Soul Crystal. I know that you have it..." said Slade.
"Fat chance you'll get it!" yelled Clay.
"Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?" asked Slade as he walked Closer to Clay.
Clay then casted a firewall to block Slade and then ran back to his room. He needed to get his equipments or he's toast. He sprinted quickly to his room and grabbed his staff and book, as well as Terra's Soul Crystal.
"Don't worry Miss Terra. I'll promise I won't lose you." said Clay to the crystal. He then heard the sound of someone banging at his door. "Oh God! I need to come up with something, fast!" said Clay to himself. And then suddenly an idea sprung to his mind. He started to cast a teleportation spell and in a few seconds he found himself in the Tower's basement. It was very dark to see anything so Clay casted a fire spell taht barely lit the room. He saw Robin lying unconscious on the floor. He quickly approach Robin and tried to revive him. He then saw Slade in the door of the basement.
"You halfwit. You actually fell for my trap!" laughed Slade. He turned on the lights to reveal a room full of Jiangshis. Slade then locked the door.
"Oh my God..." said Clay. Clay held his breath. He knew tha Jiangshis detect their prey by their breathing. He silently carried Robin towards the stairs but the sudden urge to breathe hit him. He managed to put Robin into a safe spot. He then let out a huge breath and the Jiangshis all turned their attention to him. He casted a firewall to slow the creatures down. It was only a temporary solution. Clay needed to think of something and fast!
End of Chapter 5...
I'll cut down on the lemon for a while. I'll focus more on Slade's twisted plan to make everyone miserable... yet again. Hope you R and R!