Here comes Speedy a.k.a Roy! :D Oh, and if his lines are kinda cheesy in the begining, it's because this is still when he's young, don't worry i plan for him to act himself. this is my first time writing him in character as a focal piont in the story. i have no clue if that makes sense... please, just enjoy the story and tell me your thoughts.

L.L.A.P

~Laces

Chpt.2

"Who the heck are you?" I exclaimed. The man was clad in a half orange, half black suit and an arsenal of weapons. He merely chuckled, creeping me out.

"St-stay away from her!" Josh exclaimed, trying to fight the pain. He grasped the random man's arm and it started to freeze.

"Run!" Josh commanded me, but the man simply elbowed Josh in the face, knocking him out, and re-gripped my shoulder.

"JOSH!" I exclaimed, trying to struggle out of the man's grip.

"He'll live if you stop giving me a hard time." I was shaking out of fear, but I stopped struggling.

"who are you?" I questioned in a whimper.

"Slade." he answered. I kept glancing down at Josh. I wasn't going to willingly let the last part of my family die.

"What do you want?" I questioned with teeth clenched. He gave me an amused look.

"I want your power." he stated.

He knows! He can't possibly know! "What are you talking about?" I inquired, acting like I was completely clueless. He stated,

"I'm not stupid. Your brother nearly freezed my arm off a moment ago."

Oh yah. I most likely had a stupid expression on my face, but I quickly recomposed myself and tried to swallow my fear.

Slade noticed this and chuckled. He reached over the couch and slung Josh over his shoulder.

"You have one lousy power, Alexandra. I would have already killed you if I didn't know that Josh wouldn't work for me without some incentive." he explained. He needed me to get to Josh.

"Alex." echoed a voice in my head. It was Josh! "Alex, without you he can't get to me. Run. I'll be alright. Just run and get away from this guy. Get help." He told me. I was confused how Josh was managing to talk to me while unconscious, but I knew that I needed to obey him. I quickly ripped away from Slade's hold, and started running.

"Help!" I exclaimed running down the hallway of my apartment. "HELP!" I screamed. I could hear gunshots from behind me. I then felt something wrap around my legs. It was some sort of rope thing that was shot from Slade. I fell on my face, and tried to crawl away, but to no avail.

Slade most likely dropped Josh off at the apartment so he could catch me. He lifted me up, but I struggled to get out of his grip. My brown hair was getting in front of my eyes, lessening my sight. I blindly punched, trying to get Slade to let me go. Even if I did make contact, it had no effect.

"I'll teach you a lesson for running, girl!" Slade hissed, and I could feel a metal pistol being placed at my arm. It wasn't going to kill me, but it was gonna hurt.

I held my breath, and head a sound. It wasn't a bang though. It was almost like a sling shot sound. Slade's gun was knocked out of his hand, but I couldn't see by who. However, I did hear him.

"Never fear, Speedy's hear to save the damsel in distress." he sounded very confident. I could feel Slade running back to my apartment, but something knocked him off his balance, and he dropped me.

"Ow." I muttered. I blew my hair out of my face, and locked my eyes on a boy about my age, maybe a year or two older, with red hair, and a very muscular build. I recognized him from the News and he also said his name a few moments ago. It was Speedy.

Slade got to his feet, and came at the Teen Titan with a powerful punch. I didn't want to sit there, watching who would win and who would loose. I could see my shoulder still bleeding from where the bullet grazed it. I got some of the blood on my finger, and drew with my blood on the wall. Once I was done with my makeshift art piece, I put my hand on it, and willed it into reality. Slade's back was turned and I aimed my gun, and pulled the trigger.

Darn it! I quickly drew two bullets, and soon loaded the red bullets into the equally red gun. I fired it twice and my bullets dug into Slade's shoulder. Speedy quickly got a good punch in, and Slade ran into my apartment building.

"Are you okay?" he questioned, kneeling next to me.

"He's getting away! Never mind me!" I exclaimed, giving the boy a glare. He ran into my apartment, but was quick to come back out.

"He's gone." he stated, using a sharper arrow to cut my bindings around my legs. My eyes widened.

"What about Josh!" I exclaimed.

"Who?" he questioned, puzzled. I ran past him into my apartment to see that neither Slade, nor my big brother were in site.

"No." I whispered.

"Y'know, a nice, 'thanks for saving my life' would be nice." he said, walking in with an annoyed tone. "First off, you didn't save my life, you saved me from being shot in the arm, secondly, I was the one who shot him in the shoulder giving you an opportunity." I hissed. Wow. I sounded like Josh right there.

"Yeah, how did you get that gun anyway?" he questioned.

"I made it, and shouldn't you be more concerned with trying to find Slade and getting my brother back." I stated.

"Made it?" I gave him a glare. "Oh yeah, about Slade. So, why was he after you and your brother?" he inquired, trying to get onto a more important subject.

"For our powers. Well, more my brothers powers. I was just going to be used as an incentive to get my brother to work for Slade. Without something to drawl with, my powers sorta stink." I explained with a sigh.

"I think that when Slade's involved, it needs all of the Titans. They're currently out on another mission." he stated. "So, since Slade will probably be after you, I'm taking you back to Titans tower. You'll be safe there." he explained. I sighed, but nodded my head.

As we were walking out of my apartment building, I questioned,

"So why did you come to my apartment building? Did you hear me crying for help?" Speedy shrugged.

"No. it's hard to explain. I just sorta heard a voice in my head telling me that someone was in trouble in your building. And it wasn't a feeling, it was an actual voice. Weird huh?" he grinned.

"Yeah." I whispered. Even when unconscious you're looking out for me. Huh, Josh?