Hey there Ladies and Gentlemen!

I bring to you Chapter 7 and boy is it a favorite of mine! I made sure it was a little longer as well just because :) (It's about 10 pages in google docs).

Just a side note, from here on out 100% (unless I write out an episode from the series) of the chapters will be my own and not a mix between what NedFynTanson wrote at the beginning of this story.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned something from TT and DP but sadly I do not :(

Robin had looked all over the city for Slade and had yet to see a single sign of him. He now found himself at Slade's old headquarters that Robin and the rest of the Titans had destroyed after the mad man's failed attempt to make Robin his apprentice. This place was the only spot that Robin had yet to check.

Memories flashed through Robin's mind as he passed Slade's old chair that he sat in every time he watched Robin on a mission… or just watched him in general. The boy wonder slid his finger against the stone to find a thin layer of dust had collected on it. He then continued walking until he found five glass panels, one of which was broken completely with glass littering the floor under it.

Robin looked at himself in one of the panels until he saw a dark figure move in the mirror behind him. Robin quickly gave chase to the figure until he lost it in a pile of rubble of the condemned building. Robin looked around trying to find it again. "So…" a voice echoed throughout the building, "here we are again. The old haunt, just the two of us."

"Slade," Robin yelled recognizing the voice immediately, "show yourself! Come out and fight!"

"Relax Robin." Slade said appearing on the top if a fairly large pile of junk and old rusted gears. "I'm not going anywhere."

Robin quickly ran up to the hill that he had just seen Slade standing on and started his climb without a single thought of pause. When he finally got to the top no one was there and the gear that he was standing on gave way under him, and then both him, and a bunch of everything started to slide down the hill. Robin quickly avoided every gear, pole, and metal object that came his way and quickly made his way to the floor below.

When he finally got to the bottom he nearly jumped out of his skin when a very large gear fell to the floor right behind him. Robin quickly made a run for it as gravity quickly took control over the gear as it started to fall towards the teen, trying to make a Robin pancake. The boy wonder had just barley rolled out of the way of that single gear when more of them made their way to the ground, causing the ground to shake and Robin was forced, yet again to avoid them. When everything finally stopped moving he looked at the gear that had landed not even half a foot away from him in stunned silence, and panted in exhaustion.

"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" Slade's voice echoed, taunting the poor worn out boy wonder.

"All I remember is how much I hated you!" Robin spat back as he got up.

"What I remember is that you could never defeat me." Slade said in the same cunning tone he always uses when he knows he can never lose, "at least not all alone."

Robin looked around and then started to move again, still hell bent on finding Slade and putting a stop to his plans once and for all. As he walked around he found a light switch and quickly pulled the lever and it then flashed to life. However right when Robin was about to take in more of his surrounding the light exploded, and he was enveloped in the darkness once again.

"Pity your friends are of no use to you." Slade said from behind Robin.

"Why couldn't Starfire see you?" Robin asked turning around to face Slade, not really fazed by his sudden appearance.

"I believe you are familiar with cloaking technology," Slade said, his cocky attitude apparent.

"I'm familiar with all your tricks. That's why you are not going to get away with it." Robin then charged at Slade again. He threw a few punches and kicks, but Slade avoided all of them with ease before he quickly vanished once again.

Robin tried to chase after him, but found nothing to chase. However that did not stop him from looking. He did eventually find Slade jumping from gear to gear a few yards away. Robin tried to chase, but was stumped when Slade then jumped behind another pile of junk, and disappeared.

"Our time apart may have made you soft." Slade said out of nowhere. Robin looked around until he found Slade standing on a large gear not far from where he himself was standing. "But it's only made me stronger." He then jumped backwards from one large gear to the next.

Robin dashed after him, landing on all the same gears that Slade had, but each time he landed an one they would fall victim to gravity and Robin would just barley jump off before it gave way and fell to the ground.

Slade then jumped onto a platform that was suspended a good twenty to thirty feet into the air. Robin jumped after him but just barely made it by grabbing hold of the edge. He looked up and found himself now at Slade's mercy. Robin slowly tried to climb up as Slade looked down at Robin with glee apparent in his one eye. "Your friends won't find the generators, and they can't see me." He stated as he walked over to Robin. "They can't see the truth Robin, even when it's right in front of them."

Robin then gave one good kick at the bottom of the platform and flung himself onto it. He then faced Slade and got into fighting position. "Then I'll have to take care of you myself! I've stopped you before!"

"Robin, if you've 'stopped' me, then why am I still here?" He asked.

Robin then charged at Slade again, throwing punch after punch to only have Slade avoid every single one of them. Eventually he grabbed Robin's wrist and then punched him right in the face. Robin quickly retaliated and threw a few more punches. Slade evaded each and every one until he grabbed Robin's leg and threw him a few feet away. Robin just barely stayed on the edge of the platform.

"You can't even touch me." Slade taunted.

Robin dashed at him as more anger and adrenaline cores through his veins. However Slade merely moved out of the way and landed a quick blow that caused Robin to be, finally, knocked off of the platform. Robin had just barely launched a grappling hook to catch himself before he could be impaled by a lot of sharp poles.

He then landed safely onto the ground and looked around for Slade once again. "How can you save a city Robin, when you can't even save yourself?" Slade asked as he appeared behind Robin. He then landed a punch that caused Robin to fly a few yards away.

Robin panted with exhaustion but Slade jumped on him again. Slade kept punching and kicking at him and he was powerless to stop them. Eventually Robin tried to get away from him by doing a backflip, but before he could Slade stepped on his cape and he became defenseless against more attacks that his relentless enemy released.

Robin could barely avoid one blow before another one hit him and sent him flying. He was being beaten to a bloody pulp and there was next to nothing he could to stop it. He even tried to crawl away once, but Slade quickly grabbed his leg and started to wail on him once again.

Eventually he started to hear voices, but he could barely pay much attention on them with Slade beating on his so badly. However only voice did break through Robin's concentration. "Um, since when is Robin into mime?" Beast Boy asked.

Right when Robin heard his friend's voice he finally realized that he was not alone. "Slade!" Robin yelled, and the rest of the Titans immediately got in fighting stance. Starfire lighted a star-bolt in her hand that then illuminated the entire area. Then right at that instance Slade was gone. "What are you guys doing here?" Robin asked making a quick sweep of the area one last time before he looked behind himself towards his team. "You're supposed to be finding the generators!"

"I don't think there are any generators, man." Cyborg stated with worry in his voice, "We looked everywhere."

"Slade must be cloaking them, just like he's cloaking himself." Robin specified as he walked over to the team. "That's why you couldn't see him."

"But if I could not see him, why could you?" Starfire inquired.

Robin looked at the team in shock, "What are you trying to say?"

"Robin," Raven said, flying in front of him, "are you sure you really saw Slade?"

"Saw him?" Robin questioned looking at himself, "I fought him! You think I did this to myself?" He inquired, now furious. His clothes were torn and every inch of his body was covered in pain. What else could have possibly happened?

"Dude," Beast Boy said, cutting into the conversation, his voice gruff from his developing cold, "this is the only way out, and we were standing here the whole time. No one got passed us."

"No one was in here but us." Cyborg defined.

"I don't have time for this," Robin said as he started to head for the door, "I have to find those generators."

"There are no generators!" Cyborg yelled getting in Robin's way. "There is no Slade!" He then bent over and got right into the Robin's face.

"I know what I saw!" Robin yelled as he backed away from the group. "I have to stop him. I'm the only one who can!" He then pulled out a bird o rang. "And I'll take down anyone who gets in my way!" He said as he readied the weapon.

Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg looked at Robin in shock as he threatened them. However not even a moment later he felt a strong shock hit his back. His vision became fuzzy as he hit the ground and before unconscious took him over he saw his team looking down at him with sympathetic expressions.

Danny looked at the screen in front of him in shock. He had finally discovered where the button's tracking lead, and possibly what it activated. However what he exactly found was not good. The button had affected something in, none other than, Titans Tower.

Upon his discovery Danny had gone into the security feeds that he had been using before to help him steal Robin's Red X suit. As he searched he used the coordinates his laptop gave him on the button and found an orange and black mask.

The good news, when he looked at the tower nothing had been blown up or destroyed inside of it. The bad news, he eventually saw the Titans walking in with an unconscious Robin lying across Cyborg's shoulder. As Danny continued to watch he saw them set the boy wonder down in the med center and then strap him down onto one of the beds.

Danny kept an eye on Robin, curious as to why his friends would restrain him like that. 'Is he sick… like Cyborg was with the virus?' He asked himself. 'Or was it…me?' He added but quickly banished the thought, instead he continued to look through the live feed. As he looked one of his eyebrows rose as Robin woke up and was struggling with the straps on his arms, legs, and wrists.

"Must we keep him restrained?" Starfire asked through the door. Danny then opened another window on his laptop and saw the rest of the Titans talking.

"He threatened us Star," Cyborg stated, "he's dangerous."

"Dangerous?" Beast Boy said pushing his way into the conversation. "Try totally flipped-out coo-coo labonza!" When he finished he then let out a loud sneeze and was flung into a cabinet.

"We've got to run more tests on him, figure out what's going on." Raven said while trying to get to the bottom of the situation.

Danny looked back at Robin a realized he was becoming more resistant towards the bonds keeping him on the bed. Sure, whenever Danny heard the words 'Tests' and 'on him' in the same sentence he would want to get out also. Nonetheless, he still found the boy wonder's actions strange. He was not looking at the door where his friends were talking anymore. Instead he was looking off to the side, like something else had grabbed his full attention. However, Danny did not see anything, or anyone, there.

"Please, you have uncovered the cause of his strange behavior?" Starfire asked and Danny looked back at the other window towards the Titans again. Everyone, except for Beast Boy, was looking at the monitor with Robin's stats on it. Not that the poor green teen would understand it, even if he tried. However, to Danny everything looked fine except for his heart rate, which was going up with every passing second.

"So far," Raven said looking at Starfire, "everything looks normal."

"But he is not normal!" Starfire stated with hurt and frustration in both her voice and posture. "Robin would not do these things. He would not threaten his friends, he would not shout at me, or…" She said looking down, her hurt overpowering her other emotions for a second. But it only lasted a split second before anger took over. "There is a cause, and you must find it!"

"Star," BB moaned as he pushing himself in front of her while sitting in a rolling chair, "I'm sure there is a good explanation okay? Maybe Slade really is invisible and we just can't…"

"No," Cyborg said cutting him off before BB could explain further, "he would have still shown up on my radar. I'm telling you, he wasn't…" Cyborg was then cut off by the heart monitor beeping rapidly and Danny felt like his heart just tried to jump out of his chest when he looked at the monitor. At the rate Robin's heart was going, and the amount of stress he was going through, he could very well die from it all.

"What the hell?!" Danny yelled as he looked at the medical wing and saw Robin out of his bed and jumping around the room. From his movements Danny could tell he was fighting an invisible opponent, however it was only Robin that caused anything to move. "Was this what they were talking about with that Slade guy?" He asked himself as he saw Robin jump into the air vent and not even a second later Starfire and the rest of the Titans came charging into the room.

"Wow, and I thought I didn't like going to the doctor?" Beast Boy said as they saw the room in disorder from what Robin did to it.

"But where is Robin?" Starfire asked as she looked at his bed he was laying not too long ago.

"There!" Cyborg yelled pointing at the vents where they had heard a noise.

Danny looked back at Robin and saw him out of the vents and into the control room. Robin then hit a few buttons, 'Why the hell?' Danny thought with a raised eyebrow. Danny looked back and saw a little green hummingbird hit a metal panel that blocked the vent. 'Ah, that's why.' Danny thought with a laugh as the hummingbird turning back into Beast Boy and landed onto the bed below.

He then saw Robin jump back into the vents and made his way down to the basement, or at least Danny guessed that was where he was going from what his map was telling him. He continued to look until he saw Robin being knocked back by what seemed to be an invisible punch.

Right when Robin fell back Danny heard a loud yell. "Slade!"

"You saw him?" Danny then looked over to his other window and saw Raven on the floor with a shocked look on her face. From what he could guess it was Cyborg that asked the question.

"I don't know if he's real or not," Raven started to answer, "but he's real to Robin and that's all that matters." She then got up and looked at her fellow Titans, and Danny already knew he was not going to like what he was going to hear. "The stress on his brain is destroying his body. Robin truly believes he is fighting Slade, and Slade is winning."

Danny looked at the screen in shock, 'Wait destroying his body? That couldn't possibly mean… can it?' he then narrowed his eyes as understanding crossed his face. "This is most likely my fault isn't it?" He asked himself while looking down in shame. "Robin had been perfectly sane the last time I checked…" Danny then let out a frustrated sigh and looked over at his book case. "I don't have much of a choice in the matter, do I?"

Right when he said that he got out of his computer chair and walked to his book case. When he opened it his Red X suit appeared in front of him. Sure he could have dressed up more discreetly, but he figuring to would be best to go as X. After all the Titans still don't know that he's in Jump City yet, just that Red X has a new secret identity. And he would like to keep it that way.

Danny flew through the city on his X cycle that he also 'borrowed' from Robin. As he drove he pulled out his phone and looked at how Robin was doing with the whole imaginary Slade thing, he was not doing too good. He was in the basement, where Danny saw the mask not too long ago, as far as he could guess, the boy wonder was crawling away from the invisible Slade. However Danny's free show was cut short the second his cycle hit a rather large bump on the road and his phone slid out of his grip and onto the street.

"Shit!" Danny yelled, but he did not dare go back and get it. After all Robin was just barely making it as it was and if Danny wanted to fix his mistake he had to get there sooner, rather than later.

Danny smiled as he finally hit the beach. Yes he was on a motorcycle, and no, normally they don't float. Thankfully Robin was prepared for everything because right when Danny hit the water the wheels on the cycle changed and he stayed afloat. 'I guess bird brain does have some IQ points after all.' He thought as he soared through the water and made it to the tower in no less than a few seconds.

Right when he got off his cycle he entered the fairly small air ducts, and crawled towards the basement. Thankfully Danny had not buffed up too much since he left Amity Park or else that would have been one tight squeeze. However when he finally made it to the last place he saw Robin, the basement, it was empty, he could not find a single person in sight. So Danny did the next best thing, he went to second to last place he saw Robin, the med center.

Right before he reached it, also through the air vents, he heard a lot of sneezing. And then busts of laughter. 'What the…?' Danny thought as he looked down and saw Cyborg looking at a large screen, and Raven walking up behind him.

"What is it?" She asked as she came to a stop.

"The reagent in Slade's mask didn't trigger itself. There was a signal; somebody triggered it… from outside the tower." Cyborg stated, and Danny felt his body stiffen.

'The mask…' Danny thought as he took the button out of his pocket, why he brought it with him in the first place was a mystery, even to himself. 'I knew it was my fault, I should have gotten rid of it when I had the chance!' He then mentally yelled. However that did not stop him from realizing the bigger picture. The Titans were on to him, even though it technically not all of it was his fault.

'Damn it! This place is a never ending labyrinth!' Danny yelled in his head after five minutes of crawling through the vents to find Robin's room. He wanted to check on him to make sure that his stupid mistake did not do any serious damage to the boy wonder. It's bad enough he'd stopped playing hero, he didn't want to be Robin's downfall. The guilt would have eaten him alive. 'Everything was a lot simpler outside of this claustrophobic death trap!' He expressed in aggravation. Sure he had a map, but unfortunately it was on his phone, that he dropped on his way to the blasted tower. Hopefully he would be able to find it where it fell, and even if he didn't, his cell had more security than Arkham Asylum on it. Nobody would be able to get in without him knowing as it was linked with his laptop.

Danny was traveling solely by memory, which was a terrible idea since the only thing he cared to memorize during his X suit heist was on the outside of the stupid vents. He never really thought he'd ever find himself in the vents in the first place. Big mistake on his part.

"Alright, now what Fenton?" Danny whispered to himself. Right when he said that he heard something creak, like metal did before giving way. "Crud, that can't be goo- Whoa!" Danny stated as the vent finally gave way under his weight, and he started to fall towards the floor about eight to ten feet below. To make matters worse, he did not have enough time to right himself, so he landed painfully on his stomach. "Alright… that hurt." He stated as he slowly got up and held his sore stomach. That was definitely going to leave a nasty bruise.

'And this could have all been avoided if you hadn't pushed that stupid button.' He thought to himself with a defeated sigh.

"What the…" Danny heard someone start and he practically jumped in shock.

'Shit, I have to find a place to hide before…' He started, but it was too late.

"Red X?! You're alive!?" The voice then stated and Danny looked to find Robin staring at him in shock. Danny was a little relieved to see him, despite the risk he was now in. The boy wonder's torn up clothes had been replaced with nice clean ones although his injuries were still slightly visible. However, right when Robin took in the situation, his shock was quickly replaced by furry. "How did you get in here, and what are you planning!" he practically yelled as he got into a fighting stance.

"Wow, first of all, what do you mean I'm alive? Do I look dead to you? Second, are you sure you want to start this with the state you are in?" Danny asked in amusement. "After all, I don't fight with the handicap on."

"I don't care how you fight; I will do what I deem necessary." Robin replied a scowl appearing on his face, he still felt like something just wasn't right with Red X, but he let it slide for the time being.

"Really, and I'm guessing that's how you ended up in the state you're in now." Danny stated. "All beaten up and in need of one hell of a nap," Robin's scowl only deepened and Danny sighed, seeing that talking to him was getting him nowhere, "Trust me I'm not up to anything illegal. Well besides this one accidental breaking and then there is me entering, but I'm not stealing anything. Well... unless you want to return that belt of mine." He smirked a little, it never hurt anyone to ask nicely.

"That does not belong to you, and neither does that suit." Robin stated, "If you are here to look for the belt then forget about it and get out."

Danny let out a sigh, 'Well I was here to check on your well being, but since you're going to be an ass about it…' "Fine, but I need a sparring partner before I take my leave. How about we go at it again, for old time's' sake?" He asked as he reached into his "spare" utility belt and pulled out the first Bo staff that he ever stole from Robin. He needed some way to carry his weapons, hand to hand combat can only get you so far. "And this time I get the cool weapons." Danny added remembering the first time he saw the boy wonder a year ago.

"Old times…?" Robin asked in confusion, and then he looked at the staff and a scowl appeared on his face. "Who are you and how did you get that?" Clearly he could tell the difference from his old Bo-staffs and the new ones, because Danny remembered stealing one the last time he was X. Maybe he would add a third to his collection.

Danny let a smile play at his lips, although he was sure the boy wonder could not see it. "Give me the belt, and then we'll talk." 'Oh how I love karma.' Danny thought in amusement.

Robin looked at Danny, the bird brain's confusion only growing with every word X spoke. Everything he said only ended up giving Robin a weird sense of déjà vu, although he could not think of how or why. He then shook his head, knowing now was not the time to think about this, he had a criminal to stop. "Sorry, but I can't let you have it." Robin answered as he got into fighting possession. "So get out of my home before I have to make you."

Danny let out a sigh, "Alright, but don't blame me when I beat you up… again." He then let out a wide smile, and charged at the boy wonder with his staff in hand.

Robin quickly moved out of the way of the staff as it came down, almost making contact with his head, but he quickly returned with a punch. X quickly deflected it with the staff and then used it to hit the bottom of Robin's jaw. A shock wave of pain shot through the boy wonder's mouth, and he could not help but let out a grunt in pain.

"Not so fun now is it?" X asked as he leaned again the staff, like it was some random lamp pole in the middle of a sidewalk. "The irony is I'm using the exact staff as you had used before… now would you like to continue our spar, or should I just get the belt and be on my merry way?"

Robin growled at the man in front of him, "I'm not done." He grunted, and Danny could tell that he was still in pain from his previous injuries.

However Danny did not learn pity from Selina, he only learned how to survive and get what he wanted, and right now, what he wanted was to have some fun while he was here, and Robin was the best way to get it. "Good, now are you ready for another lesson?" Danny asked as he prepared his staff for another attack.

"I don't learn from criminals." Was all he said as he pulled out his own Bo staff from his belt. The only thing on his mind was getting Red X right where he wanted him. He then lunged, trying to knock X's feet out from right under him. Danny saw this coming and took the opportunity to jump right over the incoming staff and land another hit on Robin's back. This caught him off guard as he fell forward onto the floor. He was able to catch himself before he took in a face full of carpet.

"Are you always this uptight? You really do need to lighten up a bit." Danny made some room between himself and Robin.

"When it comes to stopping people like you, there is no fun." Robin was able to get out as he caught his breath. The last hit literally knocked the wind out of him. Was Red X stronger then he last remembered or was he just too physically drained? He quickly got to his feet and readied himself, tightening the grip on his staff Danny did the same, raising an eyebrow at Robin's remark.

"Without people like me there wouldn't be a need for people like you, just a newsflash for ya." Danny then lunged, going for a hit at Robin's head. Robin dogged it and hit Danny across the stomach, and he hit him hard. While Danny was stunned by the new wave of pain he knocked the bo staff free from his grip

"That might be true, but until that day comes I'm going to do whatever it take to stop you and every other criminal that threatens this city!" He went for one more hit with his foot, this time successfully knocking X backwards, leaving him laying on his back.

"That's a nice speech bird boy, save it for the press." Danny propped himself up, he needed to think fast, as far as he knew the other Titans are on their way down to see what all the commotion was about, and seeing him after the day they have had was...well… not something he wanted to deal with right now.

"Your through Red X, surrender now and we'll see if I can get your sentence reduced." Robin pointed his staff and X in a threatening manner.

"I'm touched that you'd do that for me," He pushed himself into a sitting position, slowly raising his hand in the process "but I'm not leaving without my belt!"

Danny then threw two red bolas at Robin, this seemed to catch him by surprise as they wrapped successfully around his legs and torso before he had a chance to dodge them. Danny was glad he had put together another utility belt, and that he had included a new toy to play with.

Danny got to his feet and quickly grabbed his discarded bow staff from the floor. He then walked over to Robin, who had fallen to his knees and was struggling against his binds. They seemed to tighten as he continued to fight against them. His bow staff lay discarded on the floor, as he had managed to lose it during the surprise attack.

"You won't get away with this Red X!" He sent Danny the nastiest glare that his face could muster, but he only chuckled.

"But I am getting away with it, which is the funny part," He picked up the other staff and added it to his belt "It was nice sparing with you bird boy, but I have a belt to find." Danny dug into his pocket and pulled out a small remote. The second he press the pulsing red button electricity started to run through Robin's veins. The boy wonder fell back as the electricity stopped, completely out cold. He felt slightly guilty, his sticky fingers kept pushing button after button that only mad Robin's day harder. But then again, it was payback for getting put in a electric cage by the boy blunder.

Just then he heard footsteps outside the door.

"So much for avoiding the other Titans..." He thought as he ducked into the shadows, dragging the unconscious Robin with him.

Hey guys, how do you feel about the longer chapters? Because I know I am loving them so far. I hope you enjoyed this chapter just as much as I did writing it! I've actually gotten less cringy at writing over the time I've been gone and I am honestly living for it (no pun intended). I'm also planning on getting an actual cover photo put in soon but we'll see what I can come up with. I'm also going to take this time to answer back to you lovely people :)

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