Chapter 6: The Escape
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A/N: Hello and welcome back to another chapter! If you've read the last few chapters, than the chapter title should be self-explanatory. Also, for all of you Robstar fans, this will be a good chapter for you guys. Well, the end of the chapter. Just wait. Anyway, I just want to let you guys get to reading this chapter. So, go ahead!
Robin
I was still holding onto Starfire, just thinking. "Um, Robin?" Starfire asked. "You can put me down now." I didn't say anything at first, but eventually met her eyes with mine. "Oh, right." I said, as I slowly let her down on her feet. "Sorry." Starfire shrugged. "That's okay." she said. "We need to catch up to the others." I said, as I walked down the path our friends took. "Why is the Slade doing this?" Starfire asked, as she walked beside me. "I have no idea, Starfire." I said. "It appears that he has just come back into my life for no reason. And also leaving me ominous messages." I cleared my throat. "You left me to die, you left me to die. What does it mean?" I asked outloud, not necessarily asking Starfire, but just thinking. Starfire turned to look at me. "Is it possible that you know Slade from earlier in your life?" she asked me. The question completely caught me off guard. I looked at her, a look of fear and shock coming onto my face. "Oh my God." I said, as I thought of the possibility.
"So, is-" Starfire began to speak again, as I took out my communicator, and I interrupted her. "Starfire, can you be quiet for just a minute please?" I asked. She nodded, with a questioning look on her face. I flipped open my communicator and contacted Cyborg. "Cyborg, come in! I repeat, Cyborg, come in!" I said. A few seconds later, I got a response from him. "Robin? Where are you at? Where's Starfire?" he asked. "I am here." Starfire said, loud enough for Cyborg to hear over the communicator. "We're both fine. She was trapped in the room, her foot pinned underneath a chunk of concrete. I went back for her. We're just a little way's away from you three." I said. "Well, are you okay? Do you need anything?" Cyborg asked. "Yes, I do. Do we have Slade's criminal record on file back at the Tower?" I asked. "We should." Cyborg replied. "Okay, here's what I want you to do. When we get back to the Tower, I want you to look into Slade's criminal file. Search anything you can for any criminal activity he has had for the last nine or ten years." I said.
"Do you know how long that would take? To search for his activities all over the world?" Cyborg asked. "I don't care how long it takes!" I screamed into the communicator. "Slade has come back into my life for some reason and has abducted all of us, putting us in this facility! I want to know why he's doing this! I want to know where I know him from! I want to know, who he is!" Cyborg cleared his throat. "Alright, alright. Just calm down. I'll get right on it when we get back home." he said. I let out a sigh of relief and took deep breaths to calm myself. "Robin?" Cyborg asked, after I hadn't responded for about ten seconds. "Thank you." I said. "We'll catch up with you soon." I shut off my communicator and clipped it back to my utility belt. Without a word, I waved to Starfire, signaling that it was time to go. She walked beside me, like she had last time. It took us about a minute for us to meet up with Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg. After that, no one really wanted to speak. We all just kept moving towards the generator room. No one spoke, except for me occasionally looking at the schematics of the facility downloaded onto my wristwatch and redirecting us.
Just so you know, my wristwatch is on my right hand, the same hand or glove that features the datapad. The wristwatch wasn't attached to the datapad, so if something were to happen to the datapad, the wristwatch would be intact, hopefully. I also designed the wristwatch myself, opposed to the datapad, which I and Cyborg worked together to build it. "We're nearly there, we're getting close!" I said. We turned a corner, and what I saw at the other end of the corridor, made my blood heat up hotter than I was used to. I was pissed off. It was time for payback. I saw Slade standing at the other end of the corridor. He slowly cocked his head to his left when I made eye contact with him. I clenched my right hand into a fist. "Robin?" Starfire asked. "Dude, are you okay?" Beast Boy asked, chiming in. "It's time for payback." I said. I let out a scream of fury and ran towards Slade. You left me to die. I heard Slade's voice in my head, the exact same pitch and tone he used when he first had said it to me. I reached Slade and slugged him in the face. Or so I thought. The next thing I knew, I was on the ground, my side pressed against the concrete wall and I was holding my right hand in agony.
I turned to look down the only corridor, that went to the left, seeing Slade running away at seemed to be superhuman speed. And then, as weird as it sounds, he disappeared. No, not like that. Not like he turned a corner or anything. He, honest to God disappeared. It was like he was a ghost. "What are you guys doing?" I asked in agitation, as I looked at the Titans. "He's getting away!" They all looked at me with the same confused look. "Who?" Starfire asked. "Slade!" I said. "Robin, there was no one there." Raven said. "Yeah..." Cyborg said. "Dude, you just full on sprinted to the wall and punched it." Beast Boy said. "I'm stilling being affected by the Scarecrow's fear toxin." I said, as I got up. "I must be." Cyborg helped me up the rest of the way. "What did you see?" he asked. "I saw Slade standing right here." I said. "He wasn't there. Remember a year or two ago, when you thought he was back? And it was actually the dust from his mask that you accidently inhaled? And you only saw him when in darkness?" he asked.
"Okay. A, don't you ever, reference that again. That was horrific. B, it was dark. This corridor is completely lit up." I said. "Anything else?" Raven asked. I nodded. "When I looked down the corridor, I saw Slade running away. One second he was there, the next he disappeared. Like disappeared, as if he were a ghost." I said. "I would say you are still exhibiting mild side effects from the fear toxin." Cyborg said, as he nodded. "So, what now?" I asked, as I rubbed my hand and knuckles. "We continue looking for the Generator Room." Beast Boy said. "Oh, right." Cyborg said. "Duh." I sighed. "Let's just go." I said, as we continued walking through the corridors.
Beast Boy
I think Robin had said that we were close to the room, when we turned a corner and faced a squad of Slade Bots. One of them raised it's laser firearm at us. "Halt! Where do you think you're going?" it asked. I was shocked that it could actually speak. "I got this." I whispered into Robin's ear as I walked past him. I stopped in front of what I assumed was the lead Bot. "You do not need to know where we're going." I said, as I waved my hand in front of the Bot's faceplate. "Move along." The Bot just stood there for a second. It turned it's head to look at the other Bots. The Bots exchanged a few nods, before it looked back at me. "Uh..." the Bot said. "Skip!" The Bot then proceeded to ninja kick me in the chest. I flew backwards and hit Raven in her upper torso, sending her to the ground as well. The way we landed, our chests were touching, but I was horizontally positioned on top of her, as she was still vertically positioned. To put it into terms I would understand, we basically made a cross.
"It was worth a shot. Sorry." I said. "Shut up and get off of me." Raven said, in her usual calm, monotone voice. I got off of her and took my defensive position. "Titans, go!" Robin said. He ran and jumped up onto Cyborg's shoulders, using his right foot to push himself up into the air. He did a front flip, came out and slugged the lead Bot in it's faceplate. I ran forward and transformed into a wooly mammoth, ramming into the Bots, knocking them down like bowling pins. I transformed back into my human state and walked back a little and saw Starfire fire her starbolts from her eyes. I watched, as the lead Bot basically got obliterated. His head was just gone, after the attack. "Shit, she's good." I said, as I watched her fly towards another Bot. "I can see why Robin fancies her." I whispered that last part, but it was no use. "You may want to not talk about that." Cyborg said, as he backed up from the fight, towards me. "Right. Sorry." I said.
Ravin used her powers to take control of the Bot's body and sent it flying into the Bots that were getting back up. She sent it flying into them. "Uh-oh." one of the Bot's said, in it's robotic voice. "Maybe Slade's a Star Wars fan." I said. "Doubt it. The prequels were god awful." Cyborg said, as he fired rounds from his energy cannon. "Enough of this!" Robin said, as he threw three bird-a-rangs at the Bots. Each one embedded itself into one Bot. A few seconds later each one exploded, with Raven generating a shield around us. "Move along, move along." Robin said. "Oh, shut up." I said. "You're not the only one who can joke around genius." Robin replied. "Whatever you say, Boy Wonder." I said.
Robin
Boy Wonder? Oh, ho ho ho, no. I turned around to face Beast Boy. "Don't call me that." I said. "Just don't." Beast Boy may have said something else, but he didn't get the chance. "Well, I see you five have defeated my security force. Note to self, make upgrades." Slade said, from behind me. I turned around, taking out a shuriken as I did. I lowered it when I saw that Slade was of course, being displayed on a monitor on the wall. "Slade." I said. "Robin." Slade addressed me. "You are so very, very close to the generator room." I narrowed my eyes. "Are you going to hinder our progress?" I asked. "No. I mean yes! Yes." Slade said. "There is a keypad near the door to the Generator Room. It needs a code." Beast Boy cleared his throat. "What's the code?" he asked. I turned around to lecture Beast Boy, but Slade spoke first. "It's 'Why So Serious?'." Slade said. "Why?" Raven asked.
"Just kidding!" Slade exclaimed. "It's 'Boy Wonder's Parents Died'." I turned around, raising the Shuriken again. "Oh, you son of a-" I cut myself off, as I threw the shuriken at the monitor, destroying it. "How does he know about the death of your parents?" Cyborg asked. I realized that was a good question. But I was so incredibly pissed off, that I gave it no thought. "I don't care. I just want to shut down those generators and get out of here!" I said. "And grab Terra, too!" Beast Boy said. I turned around to face Beast Boy. "Beast Boy, I promise you. If Terra is somehow connected to the generators, we'll find a way to get her out. And she'll come home with us!" I said. He nodded and I turned back around. "Come on, let's just get to work." I said.
Robin
Five Minutes Later...
We eventually came to the big area that resembled a hanger, which was the area that Cyborg and I had begun in. "Hey..." Cyborg said. "This is that hanger-sized room. That Slade's compound begins in." I nodded. "That's the room!" Beast Boy said, pointing at a door made of steel. "Well, anyway, I think behind that door, is the Generator Room." I sighed and walked up to the door, and found the keypad that Slade spoke of. "So, how are we going to get in here?" I asked. "Ooh, ooh, ooh!" Beast Boy exclaimed raising his hand. I sighed. "Yes Beast Boy?" I asked, as I typed in random sequence of numbers to no avail. "How about hacking it?" he asked. I turned to look at him. "Hacking? A keypad?" I asked, trying to sound sarcastic. "Okay, how about asking Slade nicely?" he asked. "Asking Slade? Nicely?" I asked in the same tone. "Can you input the keypad with a virus?" Beast Boy asked.
"You know what, Beast Boy? Good idea! What did you have in mind?" I asked, my voice full of sarcasm. Beast Boy must not have caught on to my sarcasm. "Um, could we do a worm virus? Maybe malware?" he asked. I sighed in anger. "Just shut up and let me work!" I exclaimed. I turned back to the keypad and tried to decide how I was going to do this. I turned on the datapad on my right wrist and started cycling through the several options I had on it. I eventually stopped at security and scanned the keypad in front of me. I had only used this every so often. If I needed to get past security, password or whatever, this was my aproach. I scanned the keypad, so my datapad could search for any passwords or codes to the facility. About a minute later, the datapad gave me back the results. It shocked the that I saw that hardly any of the displayed passwords were not numeral, they all contained letters only. I tried all of the passwords containing only numbers. None of them worked. "Damn it." I said. "What is it?" Cyborg asked. "None of the passwords on here work." I said. "That's weird." Cyborg said. I nodded.
That's when I heard something. I listened closer, but as I did, Cyborg began to speak. "So, what do we do n-" he spoke, but I interrupted. "Quiet!" I said, as I listened closer. This time, I could hear it more clearily. It sounded like laughing. I pressed my ear against the wall, or rather the keypad, and I heard it. Yep, it was laughing. I backed up and slugged my left fist against the keypad, breaking through it. "Robin, what the hell?" Cyborg asked. I reached around and finally grabbed something, that felt like a small cube. I pulled it out of the hole I made and looked at it. There were several detached wires connected to the cube like object. And the laughing sound had stopped when I pulled this thing out. I heard sparking coming from the hole. I turned to look back at the door, not surprised to see it opening. I threw the electrical object aside and signaled for my team mates to follow me in. When I moved in, I was somewhat surprised to see Terra in somekind of pod, connected to the generators. "I think this is where I say I told you so." Beast Boy said.
I disregarded the comment. I walked over to the pod she was in and looked at the pad that was attached to the right of the pod. "What's up with her?" Beast Boy asked me. "She's stuck in some sort of state of suspended animation." I said. "Cyborg!" He walked up to me. "What's up?" he asked. "Is there anyway we can wake her up?" I asked. "No." he said. "Well, not at the moment. If we get her out of that pod, then she might be able to wake up over time." I sighed. "How long?" I asked. "If we can get her back to the Tower and hook her up to an IV and all that in the Medical Area, I'd say a week or less, give or take." Cyborg said. I nodded. "She isn't wearing her school uniform." Beast Boy said. "What?" Raven asked. "I'm sorry?" I asked, turning to look at him. "When I ran into the girl that looked like Terra, she was always wearing a school girl's uniform. Now, she's not." Beast Boy said. I turned around to look at the girl in the pod. Beast Boy was right. Well, I didn't know what her uniform looked like, but she wasn't wearing it. Instead, she was wearing a jet black jumpsuit, with Slade's signature "S-Logo" on the top right torso area.
I saw a storage container to the left of the pod and I walked over to it. I grabbed the handle to one of the drawers and pulled it open. Inside, there were bags with the same S-Logo on them. I closed it. Not what I was looking for. I opened the bottom drawer and I found a short-sleeved white dress shirt, a black tie, a dark blue skirt, a pair of white dress socks and black dress shoes. "That's her school uniform." Beast Boy said, walking over to me. I looked back at him. "Are you sure?" I asked. "Positive." he said. "Okay. Cyborg get her out of that pod." I said. Cyborg walked over to the pod and started to look around for an opening mechanism. "Okay. What about you?" he asked. I closed the bottom drawer and opened the top drawer again. I grabbed one of the bags. "Let's just say I'm packing." I said.
I opened the bottom drawer for the final time and grabbed the girls folded clothes and put them in the bag. Once I had it all in there, and double-checked for anything I had missed, I closed the drawer. I tossed the bag to Beast Boy and he slung it over his shoulder. "Cyborg, how is your progression?" I asked. He didn't answer and I heard a hiss of steam. I looked over to the pod, to see that it had opened. I walked over to him and watched the monitor flatline, as Cyborg disconnected the IV from the girl's forearm. Surprisingly, there was little to no blood that showed after the IV was disconnected. Cyborg scooped up the girl in his arms, ready to transport her. "Ready to go!" he said. I nodded. "Well, than?" I asked. "Let's go home."
Beast Boy
Titan's Tower
We had gotten back to the Tower about half an hour ago. We hooked up Terra, or rather the girl who looked like Terra, up to a heart monitor and just decided to leave her like that. Well, back it up a little. First, Raven took the liberty of changing the girl who looked like Terra out of the jumpsuit and into one of her spare suits she wore beneath her cloak. Raven was relunctant to hand over one of her suits, but eventually she did. Once we had the girl who looked like Terra, you know what, it's much easier to call her Terra, so that's what I'm gonna call her. Once we had Terra hooked up, there really wasn't much to do. "Now all we have to do is wait." Robin said, as he stood in the corner of the Infirmary. I had noticed that Robin had been rubbing his shoulder lately and I also noticed that the shoulder area was missing a little of the fabric. "Hey, Robin?" I asked. Robin looked at me. "What happened to your shoulder?" I asked. "One of Slade's Bots shot me with their laser firearms. My skin underneath my uniform was blackened and bruised in the process." he said. "Ouch." I said, as I made a face. "Yeah... ouch." he said, as he crossed his arms.
I had no idea how we even got out of Slade's complex. He didn't even pursue us, or did he have his Bots chase us. No. It was an easy escape for us. And the earthquakes had stopped as well. I guess the IV that was in her arm had served as a power source for the generator. Because once the IV was disconnected, not only did the monitor flatline, but also, the generator shut down. There was really nothing to do at the moment. Right now, I was sitting in a chair, next to Terra's medical cot, holding her hand in mine. Now, that may not be good for when she wakes up, but I didn't care. It's not like I had anything else to do. "Look, I'm going to go take a shower and go to sleep." Robin said. "I'm tired, I'm sore and I need the time to think. Slade let us go. I need to think about what he's planning. Good night everyone." he said. He walked out of the room, followed by Cyborg and Starfire. "Hey." Raven said. I looked over at her. "Are you talking to me?" I asked, kind of confused. Raven rolled her eyes.
"Yes, I'm talking to you." she said. "Anyway, aren't you tired too? Hungry?" I shook my head. "No. And even if I was, I wouldn't leave this room. I feel like it's my place to stay here and wait for her to wake up. If she really is Terra, than I think that maybe, just maybe, there's a chance that I can make her remember. Besides, I knew her the best out of all five of us." I said. Raven shifted in as she stood there. "Maybe she doesn't want to remember." Raven said. "You know, Slade said that exact same thing when I confronted him. Well, it was one of his robot clones actually." I said. "You do what you need to do." Raven said. I nodded. "Good night." she said. "Same to you." I said, as she left the room. After about two minutes, I heard voices coming from outside the Infirmary. I let go of Terra's hand and got up to investigate. I went to where I thought the sounds were coming from and pressed my ear up against the wall, and listened. It was Starfire and Robin talking to each other, on the other side of the wall. "I guess you can bandage my shoulder." Robin said. "My medical skills have improved. Remember when I bandaged up Beast Boy?" Starfire asked.
I thought back to that day. During a battle, I dislocated my shoulder. I wanted it to be padded to make it feel better, so Starfire bandaged it. And she did a good job. It made my shoulder feel a little better. "So, I can bandage it?" Starfire asked. "Yes. Just wait ten minutes after I'm done showering." Robin said. "I shouldn't have to explain that to you." Starfire spoke after a few seconds. "Okay. I'll be by your room then." Starfire said. I just shrugged, thinking nothing of it. I went back to the side of Terra's cot and sat back down. Now all I can do is wait.
Robin
Ten Minutes Later...
It was all going great. I was soaking myself in the steaming hot water from the shower, when all of a sudden: You left me to die, you left me to die, you left me to die. Slade's message rang in my mind and so loud, that I slipped and fell, hitting my head against the shower wall in the process. Flashes of my parents falling from the trapeze wires ran rampant in my head, along with Slade's torturing me with the Scarecrow's fear toxin. All of a sudden, the lights went out. "What?" I asked myself, as I looked around the shower cubicle, with the water still running. All of a sudden, someone picked me up by the throat. "What's the matter? All alone, little Robin?" I heard Slade's distorted voice say. I felt impacts against my head and then, my stomach. All of a sudden, the lights came back on. And I found myself, lying on the bottom of the shower cubicle. I gripped the soap bar that we built into the shower's and used it to help myself up. "Slade?" I called out, but I didn't get an answer. You'll never be alone Robin. If I get the chance, I will strike you!
I shook my head. "It must be Crane's fear toxin. I must still be fighting it." I said. I turned off the water and got out of the cubicle. Just a little background on the shower system, everyone of us have our own shower cubicle, with the exception of Cyborg, in his condition, he doesn't really need to shower. So, Raven, Beast Boy, Raven and I have our own individual cubicles. I wrapped a towel around myself, grabbed the parts of my uniform and left the shower room. I walked down to my living quarters and opened the door. As soon as I got in, I placed my uniform on the table I had in the room. I dried off my face and put my mask back on. Followed by that, was drying off my lower body and putting on my boxers, a fresh pair of green jumpsuit pants and socks. Well, I only wore socks when I slept. Can you imagine sleeping in steel-toed boots? Anyway, after I dried off my chest and arms furthermore, I sat back down on my bed and waited for Starfire to come help with bandaging. While I waited, I slipped on my right glove and turned on my pad. I quickly checked how the girl Beast Boy assumed Terra was, was doing. Her heart rate was normal, so that was good. Anyway, if you were wondering, anyone connected to heart monitors in the Infirmary, I could check their heart rate from my pad. I slipped my glove back off and placed it on the table were I left my used uniform.
I heard a knock at the door as I sat back down on my bed. "Come on in." I called. The door opened and Starfire walked in, with the bandages in her hand. Not to mention looking as heavenly as ever. "Hi Robin." she said, as the door closed. She walked over to my bed and sat down next to me. "Hi." I said, as I turned to face her. "Let's get started." she said, as she unraveled the bandages a little bit. She began to wrap it around my shoulder area. Every once and a while, she would stumble and she would accidentily knee me in the crotch. I would groan in pain everytime that had happened and she'd ask me what was wrong. "Nothing." I said. I didn't have the time or patience to tell her about the male anatomy. After a few seconds, she started staring at my face and would go back to bandaging. This repeated for quite sometime. "Starfire, why do you keep looking at my face?" I asked. She blushed, or at least it looked like it. "Robin, I didn't really get a good look at your eyes earlier today." she said. "Would you mind taking your mask off?" I thought about it for a minute. I eventually took off my mask and sat it on my bedside table, before looking back at Starfire. "They're amazing." she said, as she stared into my eyes. "What color are they?" As she asked me this, she leaned closer to me. I kind of took the hint. "They're blue. Why do you ask?" I asked, as I sat up a little bit. She didn't answer. Neither of us had time to say anything, as our lips met. It was the for the second time, but it felt real this time. I placed my hands at her waist and she wrapped her hands around my neck. I knew it at this moment:
That Starfire and I were meant to be.
A/N: Yes! Robstar have had their official, first "real" kiss! I really enjoyed writing the last part of this chapter, and I'm sure most of the Robstar fans saw this coming. I hate to say it, but this does not mean that they are officially in a relationship. It will maybe be ten or more chapters, before they fully declare themselves in a relationship in front of they're friends. Now some of you may say that this should be their third kiss, since they kissed at the end of Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo. Well, I'd to remind you, that didn't really happen, as even though it was a good movie and a good end to the first series, it is not canon with this story. Also, I'm thinking leaving a "next time section" so you guys can get a small idea of what's to come in the next chapter. Do you guys want to see that? If so, let me know and I'll just go ahead and leave kind of a "demo" version after the author's note. So, what do you think of Slade so for in this story? What did you think of Scarecrow's brief cameo last for the last two chapters? How do you all like Terra's return in the story? Well, with no more questions (or if you have any other questions feel free to leave a review or PM me), this is the end of this chapter. So, thanks for reading! Please favorite and follow the story, as it really helps it out. Also, feel free to favorite or follow me! If you have input, please go ahead and review or PM me! With nothing else to be said, I'm going to go, so have a good day and bye!
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