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Robin was silent in his room. He was bent over his desk, mind focused on deciphering an interesting case. The Titans were nestled into their tower: Beast Boy was playing Cyborg in a newly released video game, Raven was meditating in her room silently, and Starfire was cooking some traditional Tamaranian food for dinner. All in all, Titan Tower was peaceful.

BANG BANG BANG

The pencil under Robin's gloved fingertips snapped. Both tips rolled lazily across his paper and he perked up. A familiar rush coursed through him as he recognized the meaning of that urgent bell: trouble in Jump City.

"Titans!" Robin stormed out of his room, black cape waving, "Trouble!"

Raven materialized through the wall, engulfed in black energy. Cyborg stomped down the hall, sprinting to his technologically enhanced car. Starfire's eyes glowed green as she followed Raven out the window, Beast Boy's pterodactyl form in tow. Robin ran after Cyborg as he jumped onto his scooter, the quick motor revving beneath the pedal as he sped off.

They reached the scene in record time. Cyborg screeched to a halt beside Robin as the three airborne Titans levitated down to his side.

"Robin, what's the news?" Cyborg addressed him.

"Titans, my stress signal says that there's a hostage situation at the Jump City Fair. Three armed men have a group of citizens surrounded."

"What's the game plan?" Beast Boy punched the air in excitement, "I'm ready to kick some villain butt!"

"Easy now," Raven's monotone voice was wary, "with hostages, we need to be careful. Those men can turn on the people any second."

"Exactly," Robin nodded, "we need to take this logically. Cyborg, seal the exits, keep the main door open. Police have it lined up, so if they should escape they'll fall right into the hands of the authorities. Beast Boy, change into something small. You can go inside unnoticed, wait for my cue."

"Got it," he smiled wide, "what's my cue?"

"You won't miss it," he affirmed, "Raven, can you get Starfire and yourself into the building using your energy?"

"But how will I be able to get through?" Starfire looked to Robin, confused.

"I've got you," Raven placed a cold hand on Starfire's arm and both were engulfed in her black, alien energy.

"Good," Robin nodded "I'll be following soon enough."

They broke their huddle, each team member respectively off to their own duties. Robin stealthily climbed the side of the building, his grappling hook secure on the roof ledge as he pulled himself up like a rockclimber. Cyborg was below him, using his laser beam gun to seal the exits off. He perched on the roof, like a hawk, waiting to diffuse the situation downstairs. It was a tense moment, but his steeled nerves were focused on saving the hostages. The cool wind rippled through his spiky hair, and his senses were on high alert.

With determined concentration, Robin could make out the sounds of Cyborg clattering below with the steel doors that surrounded the building. He could hear the distant whispers of Raven and Starfire as the wind made their voices travel to his height.

Then he heard something unfamiliar.

A pair of heavy boots landed roughly on the gravel behind him. Robin whipped around, his staff twirling in his fingertips. A tall, broad figure dressed all in black armor faced him; however, there was one distinguishing fashion statement that set him apart from other villains: a black and orange mask sliced down the middle with a barred slot for a mouthpiece.

Robin could identify that callous glare from anywhere, the evilness of his archenemy that made his hackles rise.

"Slade," he growled so low and deep, it sounded like a tiger ready to pounce.

"Robin," the cool voice of his enemy cascaded over to him with the chilly wind, "so nice of you to arrive."

"I should've known this had your name written all over it," he snarled, advancing forward, "let the hostages go, Slade."

"No," a sick smile peaked from behind his mask, that dead eye staring straight into his own, "I won't, Robin, not unless you defeat me.

"Don't worry, that's coming soon," his gloved hand tightened its grip on his metal staff. Robin's black cape fell around his shoulders and abdomen like a sheet of protective armor. His anger flared, and his senses were on high alert. Slade could not be allowed to prevail, "tell the gunmen to flee, no hostages will be injured."

"The Jump City Fair is a place where families and friends congregate to have fun eating disgusting food, riding dizzying attractions, and form querulous crowds. An odd place to attack," Slade's purred like a cat, "but unexpected."

"You won't get away with it, Slade!" Robin snapped, "You'll have to go through us first!"

"Us?" Sade looked around mockingly, "Who is 'us,' Robin? You munificently isolated yourself, no support from your team. As far as you should be concerned, it's just you and I."

"Fine," Robin held a few disks in his hand, "I like a challenge."

"Oh, Robin," Slade's body tensed like a prowling jaguar, "a challenge is when both sides stand a chance at victory. That won't be your situation, unfortunately."

Robin made the first move, he charged forward with a shout. Slade was just as fast as he leaped high in the air. Robin was just able to dodge as his assailant's fist fissured the concrete.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," Slade turned his head slowly, "don't be scared now."

He ground his teeth and charged again, more careful of his next move. His nemesis reared his hand back to deliver a strong punch, but Robin ducked and kicked out with his steel-toed boot. His kick swept Slade's feet out from under him and toppled forward, skidding to a stop in a graceful catch.

"Not bad, Robin," his enemy cocked his head, "but you'll have to do more to impress me."

"Not until you've freed the hostages, Slade," Robin narrowed his eyes, "then we'll have a real fight."

Now it was Slade's move, and he barreled the Titan down hard. He sidestepped and slipped Robin's staff from out of his hands. Disoriented, Robin felt the sharp edge of his weapon slam his back and he pitched forward in shock and pain. He tumbled forward but caught himself, kicking out in his body's perpendicular position. Slade ducked under the boot, but Robin met him with a hard punch to his head. His archenemy reeled back, ducking in the shadows to get his bearings.

Robin's eyes scanned the darkness, his black cloak shielding him completely as he caught his breath. He needed to get ahold of the rest of the Titans, but if he intervened not to Slade's liking then the gunmen would fire on the hostages. He had to distract his attacker as long as possible before helping his team.

Slade recovered, lurking just out of the shadows, eyes gleaming hungrily. They didn't exchange any snippy lines, but attacked wholeheartedly. Robin poured all his strength, cunning, wit, and skill into his fight. He dodged, ducked, struck, kicked, stepped, and jabbed, but Slade met his every move with a counterattack.

The Titan needed to deliver a final blow to incapacitate his opponent, but he wasn't unscathed. His right wrist tingled painfully, legs aching, bruises marking his form, and his blood pounding. There was one more explosive disk hiding in his utility belt, and he chucked it to the floor. Smoke and a small explosive proved a good cover as he circled Slade in the midst. His prowl took him behind his opponent, Slade's vulnerable back exposed to him. Robin retracted his staff to a medium-length baton, and held it above his head as he struck down hard on the unsuspecting Slade.

The figure dropped to a knee, careening to the side as Robin was poised to strike again. It would be the winning blow, Slade would lose and the Teen Titan would beat his arch nemesis once and for all-

"Wait!" Slade growled as he held up a metal hand, "Stop!"

Robin paused. Was his enemy about to beg for mercy?

Wrong.

"One more, Robin, and the innocents are shot. Including your friends."

Upon hearing the mention of his team, his inner fire froze, "My friends?"

"Yes," Slade could tell he caught the boy's attention, "those are Sladebots down there holding the hostages captive. With the DNA I acquired when you were my apprentice, I programed my bots to locate your mutant friends just by their chromosomal structure. One more move, and I take them out," Slade flashed a device in front of Robin's face. On it, he could see from the perspective of a Sladebot who zeroed in on Beast Boy's mouse form shivering in the corner. Raven and Starfire were easily spotted as the black energy surrounding them made it simple for the bot to locate the girls. Cyborg was being surrounded by three bots, weapons poised to fire, as his technological signal alerted the Sladebots of his position.

Robin was horrified from the images thrust in his face, he could barely believe it. Slade, completely vulnerable beneath him, still had the upper hand. His friends were in danger, the hostages were in danger, and he could never risk them getting hurt.

Robin's baton clattered to the floor near his boot. He hung his head, fuming, unable to move or act with the possibility of losing those he cared about and innocent people.

Suddenly, a hair away from Robin's nose, a green bolt of energy ruptured through the roof between the two enemies.

Both backed away instinctually, but Robin felt relief surge through him. That was a familiar green bolt that shot in between them, it belonged to a familiar Tamaranian princess. Slade growled, also realizing what that meant. He looked at the Sladebot monitor, and saw one missing from the Titans. Robin was never more ecstatic to see Starfire in his life as she floated in the air between him and Slade, eyes glowing green maliciously.

"Step away from Robin," she stressed each syllable individually, dangerously.

"Ah, Robin's little love has come to rescue him," Slade taunted, "enjoy watching her perish," he glared malevolently at the Titans' leader.

Blue energy flashed through the cracks of the ceiling, and…was that a Tyrannosaurus Rex roar? Beast Boy and Cyborg attacked the bots, ripping them to shreds as they attempted to get the hostages to safety. Slade's eye widened, no emotion revealed, as he realized he was losing the upper hand. He clicked the button to fire on the hostages, but the only sounds that echoed below was the tearing of Sladebot metal.

"Enough, Slade," Robin's voice rang out, "you've lost."

Robin and Starfire stood side by side (but she levitated three feet higher than him). From behind, a bolt of black energy struck Slade's back and he toppled forward as Raven surrounded him as well. Here eyes were pure alabaster white, her forehead gem glowed, and her fists were engulfed in dark power. Cyborg leaped through the crack Starfire left in the ceiling and flanked Slade's right, while Beast Boy, in bear form, took his left.

He was encircled by the Teen Titans, all ready to attack.

Slade's gears in his mind turned rapidly. He tried to find a way out of this predicament, but to still come out on top. Robin mustn't win, he would not lose to a group of children.

Slade put both hands in the air in a gesture of surrender. His face was slack and voice void of emotion, "You win, Titans," his laconic tone was teaming with silent fury.

None of them let their guard down, but Robin produced a pair of dark silver handcuffs. He approached Slade confidently, proud that his team stood strong and unshakable around him.

Never admit you've won, until you're sure your opponent is dead, Slade thought slyly as the weaponless Robin approached him. Discreetly, he pressed a button in his metal arm cuff. None of the Titans seemed to notice, but Robin had a suspicious twinkle in his eye.

Slade heard a familiar hum start to cascade through the air as he smiled evilly underneath his mask.

"Robin?" Cyborg looked around, a little wary. He turned his laser beam gun away from Slade as all the Titans began to search for the source of that strange buzz, "What is that?"

The Boy Wonder's eyes widened, "Sladebots," his tone was grave, "and a lot of them."

From the sound it of, the bots might've been coming by the thousands.

"Titans, get ready!"

Slade sunk into the shadows, his eyes gleaming with malice as the Titans' attention diverted from him to his army.

"Good luck, Titans," he laughed murderously as his contraptions flocked. They burst through the air, wind rushing like an angry tide as the metal bots flung themselves at the Titans.

"No!" Robin shouted as his staff battle Sladebot after Sladebot, "Slade can't get away!"

A bot gripped his back, pulling him to the floor, but the others heard his call. Beast Boy transformed into a rhinoceros, charging the bots one after another as he stampeded towards Slade. He narrowed his eyes as the Changeling approached, and from his belt pulled out a gas bomb. Slade flung it in front of the rhinoceros' path and it erupted in a puff go smoke that engulfed Beast Boy. The roar of the rhinoceros died out and changed into the yell of a certain young, green teenage shapeshifter.

"Ah! Help!" he shouted, "I can't see, my eyes!"

"BB, I'm coming!" Cyborg reacted and batted a bot to the side. Its mechanical head popped off and it went skidding through the air. bashing into 3 more Sladebots on its way.

Cyborg reached the changeling who was bent to his knees, eyes closed tight and growing red with a rash around the lids.

"Raven!" The hooded girl's eyes were pure white, but her concentration broke at the sound of her name, "Help! Beast Boy isn't looking too good, can you float him down!?"
Raven silently flew to their side, on her way destroying a few more bots, but they kept coming. It was like a never-ending flood, and they all stood in the way of Slade. Robin was determined to kill every one of his evil machines to get to him.

Raven's energy surrounded Beast Boy as she gently floated him to floor level where hopefully an ambulance was waiting with the hostages. Cyborg stood in front of them, protecting Raven as she assisted Beast Boy.

Starfire's incredible Tamaranian strength left many bots decimated at her feet. She roared and charged and yelled and struck as she resembled that tough, destructive alien the Titans encountered when she first landed on Earth.

"Robin!" she shouted, her eyes entirely a neon green, "There's too many, you must fight Slade!"
"I'm trying, Star!" he yelled back and grunted as his boomerang sliced through four more bots, "But there are too many!"

"I have an idea!" Cyborg shouted, "Raven took care of Beast Boy, but Robin you got to get out of the action and get Slade's remote!"
"No-argh!" his fist stung as he punched through the metallic head of a Sladebot, "I won't leave you!"

Too late, he heard Raven's voice in his head and he looked around in confusion as he was suddenly swept off his feet. He was surrounded in a black energy shield, and was slowly levitating off the floor and away from the battle. Cyborg continued to protect Raven, but with three of their members currently out of action, Cyborg and Starfire were swamped. Raven tried to assist by splitting her concentration and ripping a light pole out of the ground telepathically. Both her hands were spread out as she stood tall and strong on a platform. Her black raven aura was shining behind her as her immense power unleashed. She hacked through the bots, crushing them mercilessly with her gigantic weapon. Her other hand kept Robin in his safety bubble, but since her concentration was split the ride was a little bumpy. He searched for Slade through his aerial view, relentlessly pondering over the shadows to find his enemy.
"Where is he, where is he?" He whispered to himself urgently.

There.

A sharp glint of orange caught his eye and he felt a surge of anger burn through him. He was probably enjoying watching them suffer as his Sladebots attacked like an angry hive of wasps.

"Raven!" he shouted, banging against the sides of his enclosure, "Drop me there!"

Raven gritted her teeth in anger as Starfire was toppled by the robots, her scream muffled as they poured on her one by one. Using her telepathy, she ripped them away from her friend and slammed them with the light pole she was controlling.

Cyborg missed one bot, one bot, and it grappled Raven indignantly. She growled and tried to fight it off, but it had a hard grip and it's metal handles were digging into her skin painfully. Still aware of her cargo, Raven had to drop the pole, and it went crashing to the floor of the large rooftop with a loud clang. The Sladebot wouldn't let go, no matter how hard she tried. Cyborg saw how Raven was struggling and leaped over to her side. A Sladebot tugged at his wiring and Cyborg felt a malfunction in his controls as the robot sabotaged his machinery.

"Ra-ven?" he struggled to speak, his basic functions compromised.

Starfire saw the damage being done and flew to his side, battling Sladebots that clung to her leg relentlessly.

"Cyborg!" she shouted, but the injured Titan pointed a bionic finger at Raven shakily. Without Cyborg's protection, many bots turned their attention to her.

Robin's voice rang from high up, his message inaudible, but Raven was having trouble keeping him floating.

"Raven!" Robin shouted, "Ra-!"

His black bubble collapsed, and air rushed around him as Robin plummeted to the cement. He gasped in shock at the sudden absence and his sensed tried to compensate for the sudden change in surrounding.

Starfire saw Robin suddenly plunge to the rooftop, nothing to keep him steady, "ROBIN!" she screamed, leaving Cyborg as she tried to fly to him.

Slade, watching the scene before him, smiled. He willed for his Sladebots to congregate using his remote, and 15 of them settled upon Starfire. She was dragged to the floor like an angry bull, shouting and blasting with her bolts rapidly.

Raven heard Robin shout as he sailed through the air, and quick as lightning she gripped the light pole with her telepathy and drove it in his direction as a beam he could catch onto.

A Sladebot slashed her ankle, and she dropped to one knee, other robots starting to crawl around her. Raven knew Robin was her only priority, and she let them climb and attack her as she dragged the pole through the air.

Robin, in the midst of his toppling, saw her attempt and readied himself to catch the light pole as it made contact.

Slade grunted in indignation and typed another command in his remote. One of his minion bots reacted and bent over to grab a heavy brick resting in the rubble of the rooftop. Raven's back was turned, too distracted with helping Robin, she didn't notice the attack plan behind her.

Starfire kicked from underneath the pile of robots, and a gap in the horde showed the sneaky actions of the Sladebot. It grabbed the brick and reared its metal arm back, throwing the brick so it sailed through the air on a collision course to Raven's head.

"Raven!" Starfire screamed, "Look out!"

The hooded girl gasped as she turned her head and stopped the brick before it could make contact with the back of her skill. A chill rushed through her as it crumbled at her feet.

"Raven!"

She heard a desperate cry.

Robin! she thought.

Without proper visuals, she could never catch him, but she had to try. She couldn't be responsible for the death of their leader. Her head still turning, vision still restricted, Raven swung her hand through the air in a vain attempt to angle the light pole to safely catch Robin.

It didn't.

Unsure of her moves from the start, Raven overestimated the distance between

Robin and the pole. She tried to slow it down and reel back the projectile as much as she could, but it still made a heavy impact with Robin's back.

She gasped, eyes wide as the pole side-swiped Robin, hitting him hard enough that he went flying through the air, over the rooftop edge.

Robin!" Both Raven and Starfire cried in unison.

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