Teen Titans2003

[first lines]

Robin:
[over video link] And you're sure there's nothing I can say to change your mind?

Cyborg:
No, man. I'm stayin' in Steel City as leader of the Titans East. That's it. End of discussion.

Robin:
Well, could you at least tell me why? I mean, I'm losing a member of my team here, and it's not like I can read your thoughts.

Cyborg:
They need me, and this is my big chance. I'm ready to show people what I can do. I'm ready to grow up, to be a man.

Robin:
And what about Brother Blood?

Cyborg:
What about him?

Robin:
I know how badly you want to catch him, and I know a thing or two about being obsessed with your target. Look, I just worry about what you're getting yourself into.

Cyborg:
You think I can't handle it.

Robin:
I didn't say that.

Cyborg:
You didn't have to. Man, this is supposed to be a good thing! My own tower! My own team! Why can't you just be happy for me!

Robin:
Because you're already on a team. My team! And you can't just quit!

Cyborg:
I can, and I did! Which means I don't have to put up with you tellin' what to do anymore!

Robin:
So, now this is my fault?

Cyborg:
It's not *about* you!

Robin:
No. It's all about you because that's all you care about! You talk about being a man, but if you can turn your back on us after *everything* we've been through, you're nothing but a spoiled child!

Cyborg:
[firmly] I'm staying. I don't care what you say, I don't care what you do, and right now, I don't care if I ever see you again.

[Cyborg end the communication by switching off the screen and walking away]

[Aqualad observes from an adjacent hallway. He is with Mas y Menos, Bumblebee, and Speedy, their eyes glowing red]

Aqualad:
[speaking into a communicator] He's broken contact with the Titans, Headmaster. We will proceed on your command.

Brother Blood:
[over communicator] Wonderful, my students. Brother Blood is very happy.

[pan down to a lower level of the tower where various monitors playback surveillance footage as Brother Blood lounges in what appears to be a dentistry chair]

Brother Blood:
Continue the charade. Cyborg mustn't suspect that I've recruited you until I'm finally ready to recruit *him*, and I should be ready in a matter of hours.

Brother Blood:
[he opens his eyes, also glowing red] Isn't that right, Professor Chang?

[Professor Chang's goggles also glow red. He pulls out a two-pronged knife. Close on Brother Blood's left eye as his eyebrow tightens and the eye flares red]