"Did you reach him?"

"No. He hasn't been answering our calls."

"Where the hell is he!? I placed my order for the chemical two weeks ago. I'm growing very impatient."

The brunette nervously nodded at the angry man and went back to the phone sitting on the desk. She dialed the number one more time, praying to getting a response but was disheartened to hear the answering machine.

"Where are these two idiots? Have them go up to his place."

"But, sir, we don't know where he lives."

The man laughed. "Don't worry your pretty little face about that. I have my ways."

He brought out a sleek black iPhone from his pocket. The light showed his old but strong face and bright brown eyes. His hair was jet black, and he wore a simple yet expensive navy blue suit with a black tie and white button-down shirt. He looked very sharp. His built was large and muscular. It was obvious that he worked out on a daily basis. He slowly twisted back and forth in his black office chair while his office attendant stood in front of him, staring. She was a young female dressed in a fitted gray pencil skirt and navy blue shirt. Her brown hair was in a high bun with curly strands on the side of her face. She was quite beautiful, but her face showed fear for the man in the chair.

He continued to look down on his phone, searching for the address to Slade's home. "Ah, here it is! Go summon my men. I have a task for them."

Speedy and Changeling sat on the green crescent-shaped sofa in the common room, playing video games silently. They never truly spoke nor had a full conversation with each other, but they needed to kill time around the tower while everyone rested.

Changeling smirked when he saw his car zoom past the finish line first. At least he finally won a game against someone.

Speedy shrugged. "I'm not used to this game anyway." He got up from the couch and walked towards the fridge. He came back with a can in his hands then rested his feet on the coffee table. Changeling couldn't help but stare at the beverage.

"Dude, is that beer?"

Speedy looked at him and nodded his head. "Yeah, so?"

Changeling had nothing to say. He never saw any of his friends drink before, yet here Speedy is, drinking his heart away. "Are you allowed to drink that?"

Speedy shrugged his shoulders and smirked. "Why the hell would I not be? I'm a grown man."

Changeling turned back to the screen but still, couldn't believe the act.

"Why are you so surprised? You guys aren't allowed to drink here?"

Changeling thought hard about it. He didn't know if they were allowed to drink because no one did it. "Uh, I guess not but-"

"Here," Speedy got up from the couch and took another can from the 6 pack that he must have bought on his own time.

"How did we not notice a pack of beer in the fridge?"

Speedy threw a bottle at Changeling who almost dropped it.

"Try it. I promise you; it'll take a load off." Speedy smirked then took another swig of the intoxicating drink.

Changeling stared at the can. He never thought of himself as the one to drink but what the hell. Things haven't been going his way anyway. He sighed and opened it with ease. He smelled it and twisted his nose.

"Don't worry, you get use to it."

Changeling took a big sip. He scrunched his face at the bitter taste of it, but he still swallowed the contents. "Ew, dude. How can you drink this?"

Speedy laughed. "I told you; you get use to it. Hide it from Mas and Menos if they come in."

Changeling took another sip. Speedy was right. He was beginning to get used to the aluminum taste.

"There you go!" Speedy and Changeling clanked their cans together with sloppy smiles as the alcohol was starting to get into their systems.

Raven moaned as the light beamed in her eyes. She took in a deep breath and smelled the scent of her large companion. She felt his heavy arm around her waist and the deep snores through his bare chest. The warmth of Slade's large body made her feel secure; it simply felt right, but her common sense was telling her that it wasn't . Raven looked up at the ceiling in deep thought. They didn't have sex but were certainly close to doing so. They were resting underneath the gold colored sheets. Raven's uniform was thrown on the floor, leaving her in only her panties and bra. Slade had his shirt, gloves, and belt off, but his pants were still on his body but barely. She sighed and turned to her side, away from Slade. She didn't know how to feel about their relationship. They obviously shared feelings for each other, but what will she tell the Titans? Heck, she doesn't even know if they'll accept her after helping Slade.

Slade stirred in his sleep. He sighed and rubbed his face with his bandaged arm. Raven sat up, staring at him. She was still surprised at how handsome he was. Slade smirked and took her chin in his hand and brought her face to his, sharing a chaste kiss.

"Morning, my dear."

"Morning"

Slade sat up, taking notice of her change in mood. He looked at the bandages and started to unwrap them. Raven was about to stop him when she noticed that his arm was no longer covered in red burns. It was back to its smooth skin.

Raven looked in shock "How did that happen?"

Slade smirked. "You may not have noticed, but I have regenerating powers."

"What?"

"My body heals exceptionally faster than the average human." Slade stretched his now fully healed arm. "Good as new."

Raven sat quietly and nodded. "I see."

They both turned their attention to the door when they heard a knock.

"Miss Raven, I have your breakfast. Also, do you know where Master Slade is?" Wintergreen had a neat tray of scrambled eggs, sausage and pancakes on a tray in his hands.

Raven turned to Slade. He was sexily leaning against the headboard of the bed with his arm behind his head and a hand resting on his stomach. "What are you doing!? Get out of here!"

Slade shrugged. "Raven, I don't care if Wintergreen sees me in here."

Raven blushed, "But it's...embarrassing."

"He walked in on us during other 'embarrassing moments' ."

Wintergreen knocked on the door again. "Miss Raven, are you in?"

"Just a second!"

Raven jumped out of the bed and messily placed her uniform on before answering the door. She didn't fully open it so that Wintergreen couldn't see Slade lying in the bed.

Wintergreen gave her a small smile which she gave back.

"I see you have just awoken." Wintergreen looked at her hair.

Raven blushed and fixed her messy hair. "Um, yeah. Thanks, Wintergreen." Raven stepped out the crack of her door and slightly closed it behind her. " I'll take that off your hands." She took the tray from him and gave another small smile, indicating him to politely leave. Wintergreen took the hint and turned to leave.

"Oh, Miss Raven!"

Raven quickly stopped. "Yes?"

"I have not seen Slade all morning. Have you seen him at all since your battle last night?"

Raven debated in her head whether to lie to Wintergreen and say that Slade was somewhere in the mansion but decided not to. She certainly didn't want to be questioned. "Um, no. I have not."

Wintergreen nodded and walked down the hallway. He saw straight through Raven's act. She knew where he was, and from the looks of her hair, uniform, and behavior, they must have spent the night together.

Starfire walked towards Nightwing's bedroom. She had a smile on her face and a small plate of lunch for her boyfriend. Her anger towards him dwindled down after their small conversation of a honeymoon, but she was still uneasy around him with that certain topic. She still believed that he placed work before her, which made her very sad. Sometimes she wondered if Nightwing was truly her soulmate. She would constantly ponder the thought of his qualities as a husband and father for her future children. Since she was a small girl, she dreamt of having her own family. The more they aged and fought villains, the more she feared her dream would not happen.

She walked to the door and gave a short knock before typing in the code to the door. He gave her the passcode awhile back not only out of trust for her but for nightly fun while everyone was asleep. The thought of their actions made her blush and squirm at times.

"Nightwing, I made you lunch."

She looked around and saw no one in the room, but she did hear the sound of a shower. Starfire placed the plate on his desk that was neatly kept. She didn't want to leave his room, but it would be quite weird to sit on his bed and wait for him. She didn't want to appear as the stalker girlfriend. Instead of leaving, she decided to clean up his room a bit. It wasn't a mess, but things were out of place. His bed was not made, his clothes were on the floor,and empty coffees mugs were littered around his bedside table as well. She didn't like when he drank so much coffee. She remembered hearing a woman on the tv say that coffee would stop growth; as soon as she heard that piece of information, she scorned Nightwing for his high intake, but he shrugged it off, telling her that he will continue to grow. Thankfully, he was correct, but it was still worrisome with how much he drank on a daily basis.

"Nightwing! I am here with your lunch."

She could hear Nightwing flinch from her voice and move to get out of the shower. A smirk came across her face when she saw Nightwing's body. He had a towel wrapped around his waist, and his long wet hair stuck to his face. She felt the urge to pounce on him right there, but she decided not to.

He smiled and gave her a kiss. "Thanks, Star. I needed the food."

Starfire nodded. "I noticed. You have been locked in your room for some time now."

Nightwing dried his hair with a towel, ignoring Starfire's comment. He always tensed when she referred to him being apart from the team. He wished she and everyone would understand that he was doing work on capturing Slade. Not distancing himself away from them on purpose.

"You must come with me to the park tomorrow. It will be a nice day."

"Oh, can't Star. I'm going to be in the computer room with Cy, to break the system around Slade's security."

Starfire rolled her eyes and sighed. "Ok, Thursday?"

Nightwing twisted his face and scratched the back of his head. "Stopping by the police department to look at the criminal records with the head official."

Starfire was now fed up with Nightwing. Her arms crossed over her chest, and her face filled with anger. "Saturday." She didn't say the word with a question. More like a demand to see what else he was doing that day as well.

Nightwing was silent and turned from her to dry his hair. He made sure the towel covered his face, so he couldn't look at her angry eyes. "...searching for Slade on the outskirts with the guys…"

She couldn't believe this. "Nightwing! This is exactly what I am talking about! You care more about Slade than me, your own girlfriend."

Nightwing groaned and exhaled deeply. He didn't want to be mean towards her, but he was starting to get annoyed with this topic that kept coming up between them. "Star, you don't understand. You know how I get when a team member is taken. If it was you, I would do the exact same!"

"Nightwing, I do understand, but you are doing the too much! Raven will be fine. We saw her during battle. She was not malnourished, had no blemishes, scars or bruises."

Nightwing gave a small laugh at that comment.

"And what is so funny?"

Nightwing started to snap. Whenever it came to Starfire, he kept his cool, but now, he was reaching his boiling point. "You, Star!? Do you even hear yourself? We don't know what Slade is doing to Raven. There may not be physical bruises that we can see, but he could be hurting her mentally. He could be brainwashing her to fight against us, or misusing her powers."

"Nightwing, you are doing the overreacting. Raven is in no danger of that. I could tell from the way she looked at me during battle."

"But does that mean we have to drop our search for Raven, just because she seems fine? I don't know about you, Star, but I'm sure no one would want to be in Slade's clutches, especially for that long." Nightwing was now raising his voice.

"Nightwing, you are not comprehending what I am saying."

"And you don't know what I'm trying to say, Star!" Nightwing's face was red with anger and his hands were fisted.

Starfire didn't like the way he was yelling at her. She felt hurt, but that wasn't anything new from Nightwing. Instead of crying like she usually would, she stood firm and lowered her voice.

"Do you contain feelings for Raven?"

Nightwing scoffed in disbelief. "What? No! Not at all. You're saying crazy stuff now."

"Since Slade and Raven are always on the forefront of your mind, you don't have time for me. Until you prioritize yourself, we will be taking, the break."

Nightwing looked at her angry eyes in disbelief. He never thought she would break up with him. "No, Star, I'm sorry for what I said. Don't do that." Nightwing reached to touch her, but she pulled back as if he was a germ.

Starfire turned her head and walked out of the room, not looking back at all.

Nightwing stood with shock. He still had a towel around his waist, and his hair was messy. He groaned and flopped onto his bed. "Damn it"

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