K. Still a resounding 0 on that guessing thing. Well, either no one reads this, or no one cares. SO I'm gonna stop doing it. BTW the last one was 'The Crow'. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted. I made fun of Star Wars, so I'm happy.

Oh, and just in case the makers of Teen Titans are reading this (fat chance), I don't own Teen Titans. And in case you ARE reading this, I wanna see a Star/Rob kiss. Now. And I wanna see Terra come back. Again now. But the most important thing is that I do not own them, yet, and I am about to go postal on 'Limewire' because I keep downloading things 'legally' and they aren't working. LEGALLY. This chapter does just what it's name makes you think it does. It's a short 'preparation chapter' to get the story ready for a whole bunch of crap.

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Chapter 6: Filler

ROB-ROB-ROB-ROB-ROB-ROB-ROB-ROB

Robin tended the fire. They had decided to spend the night in the forbidden forest, because they knew it was safe there. Starfire had offered to go for firewood, and hadn't come back for a while. Robin stood up worried. He began to search for her, and found it to be a short walk away from the camp. She had her eyes closed, and was sitting down holding her knees. She looked like she was crying.

"Yes." Starfire said sadly.

A pause.

"Soon."

A pause.

"X…" Starfire's eyes seemed to snap open, and she saw Robin staring at her.

"Who are you talking to?" Robin asked suspiciously.

"Sorry. I sometimes have flashbacks. It's nothing serious. Do not worry about me." She gave him a brilliant smile, and Robin forgot about the incident.

"Well, I'll help you look for firewood then." Robin gave a small lopsided smile as he began to search for wood. "By the way, you reminded me of something. During the mission, I was to bring you to one of my cohorts…Red X. He is trying to escape from Slade, so maybe he'll help us. He'll be a powerful ally if we can convince him." Robin said picking up a fallen branch.

"I believe that is a good idea. Let us go to him. Were is he?" Starfire asked following closely behind him.

"Pretty close. Alexandria actually. I hear it's his hometown." Robin looked at both their bundles. "That'll be enough for tonight, I think. Let's head back."

The couple reached their makeshift camp. Robin sat down close to the fire, and Starfire sat down on the opposite side of him. They threw their bundles into one pile, and watched the flames flick and pop.

"So, why do you have these flashbacks?" Robin asked, trying to break the silence.

"Well, some traumatizing things have happened due to that monster Slade." Robin nodded in agreement. "Like when my brother was hit by the fireball and almost died."

"Hm. I remember that. It was right before I was thrown out of the castle to help defend it. Last time I ever saw him save today." Robin threw another piece of wood into the fire. The two sat in comfortable silence after that. Starfire yawned.

"I believe that the excitement of today has made me in need of the sleep." Starfire yawned again.

"Alright then. Let's go to sleep." With that, Robin stood up and took off his cape, leaving his entire upper body bare. Starfire giggled and stood up.

"Wow. My big strong man." She hugged him and buried her head into his chest.

"You know…it's funny. I would've never met you had it not been for Slade. So I guess I owe him that much."

Starfire giggled roughly. "Yes…funny…" Robin smiled. He laid down, and Starfire joined him, using his stomach as a pillow. He threw his cape over her frame, and she adjusted it to cover her entire body.

"Good night Star."

"Sleep wonderfully Robin."

SLADE-SLADE-SLADE-SLADE-SLADE

"…Excellent. Everything is going as planned. He'll never know what hit him, the little punk. He'll be the base for the greatest army…and he'll never know it until it is too late." Slade rolled the subject in his head a few times, before giving a malicious laugh. Suddenly, one of his many servants ran in.

"Master, we have a slight problem." The servant knelt as he spoke.

"What is it? Don't you see I'm busy?" Slade sat down in his throne of a seat and rested his head in his hand.

"Red X has escaped."

"WHAT!" Slade stood from his seat and the earth shook from his power.

"…Red X escaped…"

"I heard you, you fool!" Slade slammed his fists into the armrest. "Ah…no matter. One stray factor will not throw the plan off course."

"But…he is heading home…"

"And?"

"…He is heading toward Alexandria. And based on our calculations, he should arrive right about the time Robin does." The servant readied himself for Slades anger.

"WHAT! WHAT FOOL ALLOWED THIS!"

"Sir, Aqualad was on duty at the time."

"Damn it. I knew I should have killed that brat just like I killed his father…"

"Sir, that is not all. He not only let X escape, he joined him." The servant felt he was burying his own grave further, but felt that the sweet relief of death could end up being a good thing.

"So, we have two AWOL agents…heading towards the man that has been the pin-point of my plans for the past 200 years…and they could reveal information that would give Robin the suspicion he needs to know that something much bigger is being planned…"

"Oh god!" the servant begged. "Please, it cannot be as bad as it seems!"

"It's not as bad as it seems? It's not as BAD as it SEEMS?" Slade repeated mockingly. "What if these two men help Robin? What if they give him information that could ruin my plan? What if they find out about the trap in Alexandria?" Slade seemed to vanish, then reappear mere inches in front of his servant. Slade grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground. "WHAT IF HE GETS ENOUGH PEOPLE AGAINST ME THAT I ACTUALLY LOSE!" Slade squeezed, and he hurt a crack. He let his ex-servant drop to the ground as he walked away.

"No." Slade finally said to himself. "Even WITH X and Aqualad, he still won't have enough manpower to stop me. And even with their information, they still have no clue about my master plan…yes. The plan will continue. And I will have my army…"

CY-CY-CY-CY-CY-CY-CY

Stone woke up and yawned. He stood up and put on his light leather armor. He looked at Charles bed to see if he was awake yet, and was surprised to see a note instead of his friend. Stone read the note carefully. He crumpled up the note in anger.

"That bastard! Did he actually think he could trick me into thinking he really didn't want to work for Slade?" Stone growled as he tore up the ball of paper.

"…Hm…but maybe he was right. I better get out of here before he does his thing." Stone nodded to himself and ran downstairs to the main register of the inn. He checked out quickly and made his way to the non-cursed forest way out of town.

BB-BB-BB-BB-BB-BB-BB-BB

Beastboy jumped for joy as he saw civilization. "Silky! We made it! WOO!" Beastboy ran the rest of the way to the town. Silky took a peak out of his backpack and, for once, was actually proud of BB's stupidity. The sight of a town was just too wonderful to make him mad at BB for leaving his post.

"Hourgehuman."

"What're you talking about? I look just like a human!"

"Hurymn."

"So what if my skin is green? No one will notice!"

"Kermin."

"We'll tell them I dyed my hair, so it would match my skin."

"Yumqomp."

"I knew you would see it my way."

"Jegkorm."

"Hey! Screw you too!"

RAVEN-RAVEN-RAVEN-RAVEN

Raven sighed after being thrown out of yet another town. She was beginning to realize that this was going to be much harder than she had originally planned…

She sighed and continued on her failing quest.

X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-

X walked down through the forest with Aqualad. They had always been friends, and this escape was in plan for nearly three years. They knew it would take forever, but Aqualad had to gain Slade's trust. Then he would be put up for guard duty, and he would let X escape, along with himself.

"Ok, we'll spend about a week in Alexandria, then we'll head to your place."

"My PLACE is underwater."

"Fine then, we'll go straight to Vegas." Suddenly, a loud crack rang through the forest. "Heh, looks like Slade wants us back."

"Indeed it does." Aqualad said lifting his fists.

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Damn that was a short chapter. Anyway, it's not really important. Like I said earlier, this chapter is just to get the story ready for a whole lotta new stuff. See ya soon, and I'll review reviews next chapter.