Teen Titans Presents; Renegade – Prison Break – Break Out!

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Chapter 10: Laser Tag Expeditions and The Shadow I Cower From

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Dick felt the swat trickle down his neckline; it was dark,stupid attorney was…. was…

~ Now, we can talk in private. ~

Dick gasped as a creeping shadow emerged as Slade; no doubtthe shot from Scarecrow was to blame, that dust had triggers and had traumas toovercome, starting with…. him.

Relieved to see the boy wonder on his toes, his attorney Babcockfell from his seat, foam at the mouth from the other use of his body to allowthis projection to take place. The dust made it real, yet the other thing wasthe nano – micros between them in the dark that had gotten into Dick's jumpsuitundetected to keep him seeing this mess. Always Slade, untilthere was no one left to run from (using Dust by fanfic writer hannasedai I thinkto get this put into perspective. Brilliant! Go read her story. It will blowyou away.)

The nanos had killed Babcock at this point, and Slade wasgoing t frighten the boy into opening those locks while on the outside, he'dlead this sleeping beauty to her spindle in the dark of this new world untilDick could be incapacitated and reclaimed.

That was the plan, yet why was the boy…

The shadow – Slade walked over as the kid gritted his fists,head turned to the side as thodse boots welcomed only the demise of all hope.

~ Though you'd rather think this a dream, child…I'm here andI won't be reduced to a mere memory. You'll return; I'll erase your history ofthis every occurring; you can go back to the haunt and start over in trying to appease–

"No…" Dick's body kicked out the wall, the glass! Damnit! Hewas trying to make out in the dark where it was? Clever bat.

~ Let me help you with that…~ The shadow Slade snapped hisfingers and the door swung back lazily on its hinges before he'd vanished. Dickstood panting and sweating profusely when Psycho grabbed at the kid's arm andthrew a mask over his mouth and nose.

"You can play imaginary fight club tomorrow. Right now, thiswhole prison fortress is being fumigated with fear toxin, and we ar the verminits trying to cull! You can't stay, the big boss gave the orders." He flicked afinger as the image of a madman had the doctor pull his arm away.

"That…. you really fought him.."

"I don't think it's him. (different! Not like Dust becauseDick understands the logic here.) "The dust …Harley!" He ran past Psycho tofind her. That wasn't just fear toxin in him, it was something much, muchworse.

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Slade hummed at the sword his clutched to the runaway traitor'sthroat. "Doctor. You made quite a pill to keep my prize from skipping townn,but now?"

"Oh, please spare my miserable sack of wheat and grain!"Blathered the Scarecrow, on his knees before the mighty Deathstroke.

"I heard –

George gawked and found himself runnig into danger as themerc in full regalia only huffed before slipping a shock pellet onto the floorto make the mad doctor sleep while he kept them from being discovered tooearly.

"You….nice trick you got, mate –

"Trick?" Slade hoisted a brow, and his swords as his steps terrifiedGeorge to deflect the hit then run like the devil back into the muggy chaos ofthis Louisiana horror story.

"Are you a serial killer now, Death??? There is no bloody –

The sword had hit the wall as George tumbled for the stepsto slow down his assailant.

"Shite!" The next blow was a shot fired, not from ole' Floydbut faster. Deadly, right at his noggin as George shimmied to protect hisobjective a few floors down.

"You'll lead me right to him." Slade chuckled as his bladehit the air, his feet picking up speed as if no one were watching.

"Right to the Bat !"

(Wait for it…. you think it's Slade but….it could be, we'll,see?)

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Harley gripped heer chest and winced with the walls turningin on her. Her worst fears as the toxin slowly seeped in.

"Harley?"

She growled and turned to act as if she couldn't stop it,her body moving on its own by the nano's pretty master – work. Bruce parried herflips and saw how deadly she was under the influence of the latet craze to hisBelle Reve.

She was knocked into by what seemed a heavy burn to her palecheek as Bruce punched her, set her to the side and tied her up to talk.

"What's going on?? The drug wasn't supposed to –

"It has many uses, Dark Knight."

That voice…

That uninterested croak, the way its timbre only rose tomock him and the ammo it carried in case of flying rodents.

"Hello, Batman. We've meet, yet you don't know THIS face…."He pointed to his updated style. No longer blue and orange as the earlieryears. "Maybe, from some time ago."

"I might." Bruce sneered inwardly at the two-toned havoc witha massive ego. "You were in Gotham not too long before hiding out in jump City.We finally caught up to your hidden sources."

"Did you, now? Too bad. I was hoping you'd have figured outmy plans much sooner." He almost sighed at the slightly disappointingoutcome. "So much for the "World's GreatestDetective." Slade mockedwith a casual shrug. Down each step he stopped for the effect, only that wasn'twhy. He could launch himself at any time. He had the skill, the patience, yethe wasn't here to make quick banter. Slade was here to make a point before leavingthis wreck to its owners once more.

"I'll face you." Bruce stood up, Harley gasping at the scenein a pure sepia due to the drug in her system and the nanos going dormant again."How do you cure the victims; it's not Scarecrow's formula."

"Very good, Batman. You really do know your basic chemistry."Smirked the mercenary as he chided the Bat with a squint in the dark. "But that'snot the way to limit its potential. Right now, your little bird is coming backto realizing one very, important fact…"

Bruce braced himself and pulled out a rang to be safe, whileSlade tested his swords against the railing of the steps.

"And what is that, exactly?" Bruce tested him as Slade chuckleddarkly back his reply, before crouching to fly forth into his enemy.

"That he's still keeping his friends from an early demise…. likeyou should be for yourself!"

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Suspense!! But I'm keeping this spread out to avoid a possibleshort story – we still have to find out what happens! Find out in 11: Nuts andBolts – Oh, Misery! (Based on song by Pink and ft other artist a couple ten yearsago.)