Thank you all for being so patient! I'm sorry it took so long too update, it took a while for the inspiration to come back, and, thanks to all of your nice reviews, it did. So please enjoy this long waited for next chapter.

The Question

Starfire stared up in horror at the object in front of her. "Too bad your guess wasn't exactly on target, but, it'll do." (Me: HAHA! I TRICKED YOU!!!! . . . I didn't even see that coming, truthfully).

"Who are you!?" Robin demanded, tensing for a fight.

"All in due time, kid. All in do time." They paused. "And I think your time just ran out."

"What-?" Robin began.

The ground shook again, causing the Titans to stumble a bit. The figure, on the other hand, stood it's ground, as if it was used to this. A strange fog began rolling around them, Starfire's hands glowed, trying to see through it, but the fog only became denser.

"What is this!?" Robin shouted to Cyborg, over the vibrations.

"I don't know! I can't-!"

"Leave them alone!"

Raven and Beast Boy walked very quietly through the snow, the only sound their shoes creating tracks in the ground. Raven shivered slightly, going noticed by Beast Boy. "Cold?"

"No." She lied. "This place is just kind of creepy, don't you think? I mean, no animals, no sound, just . . . us."

Beast Boy looked away, "I can see how you might think of that as a bad thing."

Raven stared in horror at the green teenager. "Beast Boy . . . I didn't mean-."

"All in due time, kid. All in do time . . . And I think your time just ran out."

"What was that?" Beast Boy asked, shocked.

Raven's eyes were already scanning the area. A cloud along the ground was beginning to form, and small movements along the ground were visible. "There!"

Both began running once again, and soon they heard shouting. "I don't know! I can't-!"

Beast Boy had already spotted the figure that seemed to be controlling everything. "Leave them alone!" He shouted, morphing into an animal and ready to attack, Raven did the same, tensing for the near battle. The figure was obviously a male from the general built, body structure. But much else couldn't be seen through the almost smoke-like area.

"Beast Boy! Is that you!?" Starfire's voice shouted from somewhere nearby.

Raven noticed a slight green glow, but they didn't have time for a reunion right now. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

Black energy shot out towards the figure, but he darted away, too quick for her powers. "Raven!" Starfire's voice shouted again.

Beast Boy automatically lunged toward him, but with a powerful kick, he was sent reeling backwards. He growled, yet the figure didn't seem to care, for he didn't move. "Who are you?" Raven shouted.

"I'm surprised you kiddies haven't figured it out yet." The near animatronic voice taunted. "But hey, I ain't complaining." A large green explosion came off to the left of them, revealing Starfire and the rest of the Titans for only a moment before the mist rolled back in to fill the holes. "Like it? The fog is made out of some chemicals I just happened to stumble upon. Makes a nice cover up if I do say so myself, this place would have been found out a long time ago without it."

Another explosion went off, this time accompanied with blue and green before the rest of the Titans joined them. Starfire seemed completely relieved and angry at the same time. "Friends! Oh, I cannot tell you how happy I am to-."

"Fight now, reunion later." Robin interrupted, refusing to take his eyes off the target. All silently agreed as the man still stood unmoving. Robin's mind was working harder then it ever had at the moment, his thoughts focused on the words this man had just spoken. It's not Slade. So then everything we figured out has just been blown out the window. Obviously this guy new what we would assume, that's why he talked like that and used that voice changer. But then if this mist was such a good cover, why-? He froze mid thought, another reality hitting him, and unfortunately, one he should have seen earlier. Oh no. "It's a trap."

"And I thought you were smart." The voice said, one the Titans were almost sure they hadn't heard before.

"Who-?" Cyborg began, yet was interrupted by a red and black blur running between them and the enemy.

Before anyone could say anything, two more figures ran in between the large space of the Titans and their enemy. One of them white, the other dark blue. The white blur (still hardly visible through the fog-like substance) seemed to be reluctant to be out in the open. "Friends! That is the girl that Raven and I had seen earlier!" Starfire nearly screamed. Raven didn't add anything, there wasn't anything to add.

The white blur didn't respond, only fired multiple random shots at the red and black blur. The Titans glanced at one another before Robin made a signal to use this distraction to there advantage. "Titans, go!"

All three figures froze, Beast Boy's sensitive ears picked up a male voice saying. "Oh shit."

The blue and white figures forcibly shoved the red and black away from the area. It apparently didn't like that. Their also unidentified opponent was too caught up to notice the advancing team. In seconds, he was surrounded.

Raven gestured to the three blurs. "Friends of yours?"

The man scoffed. "Sorry to disappoint, but no."

A gun shot made them all freeze. Then a scraping sound and one of them, probably a female, began swearing loudly and scolding someone.

"You jackass! I told you not to-!"

"Oh please, shut your trap and fight!"

"Fine!" A snap was heard.

"You broke my gun!"

"Oh well, you weren't supposed to have one anyway."

And then the blue and white blurs began attacking the white again, who had kept silent.

"O . . . kay?" Beast Boy trailed the word out, confused like the rest of them.

A thud was heard and then they realized the opponent had taken advantage of Cyborg's distraction, giving him a blow that made him fall to the ground on his back. Raven's eyes narrowed. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

The man somehow managed to slide away from Raven's powers, almost causing her to lose her temper. But Robin leaped in and blocked his path with his bow staff. "Leaving so soon?"

"Sadly, yes." And then the figured faded out before anybody could move. The ground's shaking ceased.

Beast Boy's eyes went wide and all five of the Titans walked over to surround the area where the criminal had disappeared. "Okay, anyone else really confused here?"

"For once, no." Raven replied, Beast Boy didn't even bother with a response.

Robin glared at the ground. The fog had already begun rolling away, as if it was searching for the man and gave up when it found nothing. "This all just doesn't add up. We've got four unidentified people rather then one, and only three of them appear to know each other. And there's a slim chance now that the singled out one is Slade, so then the person-."

"Mm-ghost." Beast Boy coughed (Me: Do you ever notice that when people cough words they add an 'mm' sound to it? Just saying).

Robin glared at him before continuing. "The person whose been following us probably doesn't work for this guy either. And the earthquakes come and go with this guy way to perfectly to be any type of coincidence."

"So then can we rule those three people out as just people in the wrong place at the wrong time?" Cyborg suggested.

It was Starfire's turn now. "Absolutely not! That white object was surely the girl that myself and Raven saw earlier, and the one Raven pursued who seemed to disappear in thin air!"

Raven nodded her agreement. "Exactly. And we can't ignore them because the fact of the matter is, there's a reason behind why this girl is following us. What I'm guessing is, we're a factor to something that those two people need."

"But what could we have that they don't?" Beast Boy put in.

Robin was deep in thought. There was something missing, one more piece to the puzzle that was out of their reach. "Were the Titans." He finally said, "We have a lot more secrets then we think we do. So maybe someones needs to find out one of them for whatever reason those . . . white and blue people need that other . . . person."

"But please, what benefit could something of ours be to someone else? True, our weaknesses could be very dangerous in the hands of an enemy, but, if they wanted to attack us, why would they pursue the other figure?"

No one had an answer for that at the moment.

"Where are we?" She asked, looking around the underground area.

"Home," He answered. "At least, it's your old home."

The teenager scraped her finger one of the rusted bolts and a large amount of grease came off of it. "This is where I used to live?"

He didn't have an expression, he never did, she remembered. "You never used to complain." He said, ending her speech all together for a moment.

" . . . So," She began. "What did I used to do?"

"You really don't remember?" He asked, sounding surprised. She felt, for some reason, very stupid at the moment, shaking her head slowly like she was unsure of her definite answer. "Well, you used to be my apprentice. You've been training for a while now."

"Since I was . . . nine. Right?" She asked.

He stiffened, somehow that was visible through the clothing. "Yes. . . you remember that?"

"Isn't that a good thing?"

All was quiet for a moment before he dismissed whatever he was thinking and nodded. "Yes, that is good. It means that your natural responses should be coming back soon."

She eyed him carefully before gesturing to the dark areas around them. "May I?"

"Of course."

And with that she curtsied (for a reason unknown to her) and left to explore the place that seemed both familiar and alien to her. He watched her with interest 'She's well mannered, strong, logical, and strange,' He thought. 'Too bad she's too trustful.'

SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING IN A LONG TIME AND ABOUT THE SHORTNESS OF THE CHAPTER!

I think I've finally got the plot down, and I guess this story won't be as long as I thought it would be. So, don't murder me for taking this long and look forward to hearing more opinions from you all! Bye!