Fall of Ideals
Disclaimer: I don't own either Teen Titans or Assassin's Creed; they belong to their respective creators.
Chapter 1
Most citizens in Jump
City had become more or less accustomed to the almost daily acts of
destruction and/or mayhem caused by the city's villains.
So there was almost no reaction when Johnny Rancid came tearing down the main bridge on his motorcycle, blasting holes in cars and the bridge itself with his latest toys.
After all, the people living in the city all knew that the Teen Titans would show up soon enough and, after a short battle, subdue Johnny and turn him in to the police.
Today however, it wasn't the Titans that showed up on the scene first, but rather a strange white-robed man carrying a sword at his hip, and a long dagger attached to his back. He immediately began racing after Rancid, leaping from car to car to further propel himself towards the villain.
The criminal noticed him in one of his rear-view mirrors, and quickly spun around in his seat, firing a few shots from his sidearm as he did, not wanting to take any chances with this new character.
The white-clad figure dodged all the incoming bullets, seemingly effortlessly.
Johnny observed this, and decided he would instead meet the man head-on, so he quickly stopped his motorcycle, and jumped away from it towards the rapidly approaching 'hero'. However, he soon found this to be a mistake, as the hooded figure leapt even higher into the air, left arm cocked back. Johnny realized his mistake when he saw a thin blade appear from a wrist compartment on the man's left arm. He tried to turn and run, but the man tackled him to the ground, instantly stabbing the blade into Johnny's jugular. As his vision began fading, he barely heard his killer whisper, "Pray that when you meet him, God is in a forgiving mood."
The Titans would arrive a few minutes later, to find the bridge nearly deserted apart from a few wrecked cars, Rancid's motorcycle, and the deceased villain himself, lying in a pool of his own blood.
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The subsequent media coverage and general city-wide panic resulting from the death of Johnny Rancid left the Titans with more on their hands than they really wanted to deal with after seeing the corpse of a familiar face (albeit an unfriendly one.) Of all the Titans, none were more deeply disturbed by this than Robin, who had grown up with Batman teaching him that he should never, under any circumstances, take the life of another. The other Titans were quick to notice his distress, and attempted to cheer him up in any way possible.
"Hey Robin, wanna play some Ninja Robots?" asked BeastBoy.
"No thanks."
"Oh, well how about Race Trax 9000?"
"No thanks."
"Friend Robin! Surely there must be something that will bring you the cheering up?"
"Not right now Star, I just need to think for a bit, that's all."
"C'mon man, sure you don't want to have a quick spar out back?"
"…Alright."
As Cyborg and Robin left, Starfire turned to BeastBoy, "Where is Raven?"
"Oh yeah, I think she's in her room."
"And why was she not here attempting to comfort friend Robin?"
"Ehhh… well, she was acting kinda odd at the bridge."
"Whatever do you mean?"
"Well… as soon as she saw Johnny, she flew over and started looking at the hole in his neck."
-Flashback-
"Titans, find who did this, quickly!"
Robin was not happy, and that was putting it lightly. Someone had killed Johnny Rancid, and he was not going to rest until the culprit had been found and locked up.
Raven, on the other hand, had immediately left the group to look at Rancid's body. She noticed the puncture wound in his neck, and thought that might help to identify the person who killed him. However, her eyes were quickly drawn to a note lying beside his head. To any who may find this, be it authorities or merely someone overly curious, the reason for this man's death is the simple fact that he has brought harm to innocents through his actions.
Below the message was a strange arrowhead-like shape.
Raven's eyes widened when she noticed the shape, and instantly opened a portal to her bedroom to research it, fearing that, if she was right about it, this would not be the last dead villain they would find.
-End Flashback-
"I haven't seen her since."
"Perhaps I should go check on her?"
"Eh, sure, couldn't hurt, right? Want me to come with you?"
"Yes, I believe that would be best, BeastBoy."
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Raven was frantically tearing about her room, looking for any reference to the shape she saw on the note.
"It must be here, I know I've seen that somewhere before."
She was interrupted from her search by the sound of someone knocking on her door and Starfire's voice on the other side.
"Friend Raven, is there perhaps something BeastBoy and I could do to help you?"
Normally, Raven wouldn't even entertain the thought of letting someone else enter her room, but she really needed to find that book, and two more pairs of hands would only speed up the process. Provided, of course, that she made sure to give them explicit instructions on what should not be touched in her room.
BeastBoy and Starfire were beginning to grow nervous, as Raven had not made any sign that she had heard them, and were about to knock again when the door opened. They glanced at each other, then headed inside.
"You may ONLY touch the books on the shelves. Nothing else."
They both jumped in shock and whirled around to see Raven glaring at them, obviously awaiting their response.
"Uhh… sure, why only the books?" BeastBoy asked, a confused expression adorning his face.
"Because I found a note next to the body with a symbol I recognized, and thought it might be in one of my books. And I don't want you to touch anything else."
"Alright, what does the symbol look like? And… what did the note say?"
"Here – read it."
She handed the note to BeastBoy, and resumed looking for the book. Starfire leaned over BeastBoy's shoulder to read with him, and they were both stunned by the note's contents.
"No way, he killed Rancid because he hurt someone? Did Johnny run over his girlfriend or something?"
"I don't think so. The fact that he said 'innocents' leads me to believe that it wasn't some grudge."
BeastBoy looked up at Raven to see she had already turned back around to her bookshelf, so he shrugged and got up to help.
Starfire picked the note back up and moved to the bookshelf to find a match to the symbol.
"H-Hey! I think I found it!"
Both girls turned to BeastBoy to see him holding an ancient book with the same picture from the note on its front, and no title.
"We need to show this to Robin and Cyborg. Starfire, go find them and bring them to the living room. Hurry!"
As Starfire flew off to find the two missing Titans, Raven and BeastBoy quickly ran to the living room, sat down, and waited.
Author's Notes
I had
originally written this chapter at two in the morning, and woke up at
six to find it severely lacking in length and quality. There were
several typos and grammar mistakes that I did not notice in my barely
conscious sleep-deprived state. So I fixed it, and added on another
900 words. I hope it looks better now, and will have the second
chapter up soon (hopefully).
Oh, and please drop a review.
