King of the Jungle
Before you read: I do not own "Teen Titans" or any of the DC characters that will be introduced in this story. I originally planned to do a series of oneshots that would be the most important parts of this story, but then I decided to put them together into one story. I miss this show and I really wish they would bring it back, it's sooooo much better than "Teen Titans GO!".
It was a bright and sunny day at Titans Tower and they were all gathered in the living room Cyborg next to a large object covered by a white tarp and the others stood in front of him.
Cyborg happily said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present my newest creation:…"
He grabbed the tarp as he continued. "the great, the amazing, the one, the only…"
He pulled off the tarp revealing a huge machine while he exclaimed, "T-Machine!"
They all looked in amazement with eyes the size of dinner plates as they went "ooh" and "ahh".
Cyborg smiled proudly as he said, "Yep, with this baby we'll be able to know whenever a crime happens, and we'll know where it is and who's behind it."
Robin smiled as he said, "Great work Cyborg."
Cyborg stood in front of him, Starfire, and Raven as he talked about his machine and how it would help them fight crime. While he was talking, none of them paid attention as Beast Boy popped up in front of the machine with a curious expression. He noticed a big red button and slowly reached out to push it.
Raven noticed him and yelled, "Beast Boy don't…"
She was too late as he pushed the red button without any idea what it would do; there was a big explosion that blew the roof of Titans Tower, and then the roof fell back down. Inside the machine was completely destroyed and all that was left was mark in the floor with smoke coming from it.
They all shot death glares at Beast Boy and he turned around with his eyes closed and he smiled and chuckled nervously and said, "Oops."
A bunch of fire appeared behind them as they all furiously yelled, "BEAST BOY!"
He smiled nervously as he softly said, "Uh… sorry."
Raven walked up to him and he showed fear as she furiously exclaimed, "Why can't you just be quiet and do nothing?!"
Cyborg joined her and said, "Yeah man, all you do is mess everything up and break everything ya touch!"
Beast Boy showed a hurt expression as he said, "I said I was sorry."
Cyborg angrily replied, "Sorry doesn't fix my machine does it?!"
Suddenly the alarm sounded and a red light started flashing, they all glared at Beast Boy and he innocently put his hands up and said, "I didn't do anything!"
Suddenly the alarm stopped and they turned to the TV as static appeared and suddenly it showed The Brotherhood of Evil.
The Brain spoke with his mechanical monotone voice as he said, "Greetings Titans."
They all showed shocked expressions and Beast Boy said, "The Brain!"
Opening theme song
The Titans stared at the screen and Robin showed a serious expression as he said, "The Brotherhood of Evil. How are you back?"
Cyborg showed a similar expression as he said, "Yeah, last I checked we put you guys on ice."
The Brain replied, "That is not important. All you need to know is that we are back, and that your end draws near."
The screen then showed a huge machine of theirs as the Brain said, "Behold, my Geothermal Detonator."
They all gasped in shock and horror and Beast Boy did too, Raven stood next to him and did not even look at him as she said, "You don't know what it is do you?"
He did not change his expression as he answered, "Not a clue, but I know it can't be good."
Raven let out a weary sigh as she said, "It causes volcanic eruptions."
Beast Boy was now even more worried; Cyborg then stated, "If they activate that thing they can cause erupt any volcano on the planet, or even create new ones."
The Brain continued, "By this time tomorrow, it will activate and none of you can possibly hope to stop us. Farewell Titans, your end is near."
The screen went black and Robin said, "Cyborg, see if you can track them. We've got to find them and stop them!"
Cyborg was already at the computer as he began typing and said, "Way ahead of you man. I got a lock on their location, they're in a jungle in Africa."
Robin then enthusiastically said, "Alright, let's go!"
Later they were all flying in the T-Ship as they were now in Africa flying over trees toward where they tracked the Brotherhood's transmission.
As they flew Robin looked at the radar and said, "We're coming up on their base. Get ready team."
Beast Boy thought and said, "Maybe we should land."
Cyborg was confused as he said, "What, why?"
Beast Boy stared forward intently as he said, "Because they're probably waiting for us to show up. The Brain probably called us because he knew we would come to stop him so he could destroy us. We have to land go on foot, if we fly they'll start shooting at us. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about."
Raven did not take him seriously as she sarcastically said, "Yeah, because you're never wrong."
Beast Boy glared at her in her pod and assertively said, "Look, I may not know a lot about high-tech stuff but I do know the Brotherhood of Evil, and the Brain. I've been fighting those guys most of my life, and I'm telling you we need to land!"
Robin did not listen as he said, "We have to get into that base at all cost. Don't worry Beast Boy, we'll be careful."
They kept flying and outside the Brotherhood's base was General Immortus, who was looking through a pair of high-tech binoculars and he saw the T-Ship approaching.
He lowered his binoculars and shrewdly said, "The young are so predictably naïve."
All over the base large laser turrets came online and hundreds of tanks around the perimeter and when the T-Ship came into range all the turrets and tanks began firing. The T-Ship took a few hits and used evasive maneuvers; they managed to avoid a few blasts but they were still taking damage.
As they flew Beast Boy said, "I told you guys we should've landed!"
Robin was not deterred as he said, "Don't worry Beast Boy, I've got a plan. Titans separate!"
Beast Boy then urgently said, "What?! No! We have to stay together or…"
They didn't listen to him as the T-Ship separated into the five individual pods and Beast Boy pouted a moment before he started flying his pod. The five of them flew in different directions and spiraled and looped threw the air as they avoided the blasts from the turrets and tanks. They also fired their own lasers and managed to destroy a few tanks and turrets. They were doing well at first but then Beast Boy's pod was hit and he began to lose control.
Starfire showed concern as she yelled, "Beast Boy!"
Beast Boy tried to maintain control as he exclaimed, "I told you we should've stayed together!"
He lost control and began to fly away and soon crashed in the jungle and Cyborg urgently said, "Hold on BB! We're…"
Before he could do anything his pod was blasted and he lost control and crashed in a different part of the jungle.
Robin saw this and exclaimed, "Cyborg!"
Raven's pod was blasted and she also lost control and crashed in another part of the jungle, and Robin yelled, "Raven!"
Starfire's pod was shot at and as she lost control Robin showed much fear and concern as he held his hand out and yelled, "STARFIRE!"
Her pod spun out of control and crashed and Robin flew to help her but his pod was hit and he lost control and crashed in a different part of the jungle. All five of them had been shot down and separated across the jungle.
General Immortus looked through his binoculars and saw the area where Robin crashed and smiled victoriously as he said, "Divide and conquer."
Meanwhile Robin had climbed out of his pod and pulled out his communicator and said, "Cyborg? Beast Boy? Starfire? Raven? Anyone?"
There was no response on his communicator and Robin thought as he said to himself, "Hmm, no response."
Suddenly he heard a noise and ran away from the pod and hid himself among the trees. He watched as a tank moved toward the pod and a few robotic soldiers climbed out and investigated the crash.
Robin showed a serious expression as he said, "I'd better find the others before the Brotherhood does."
He then set off into the jungle to search for the others; he ran through the trees and bushes and kept moving to make sure the troops wouldn't find him. He suddenly stopped when he saw two robotic soldiers standing in front of him, facing the other way. They turned around but he was already out of sight as he hid behind a tree and waited for them to leave. After a minute they moved on and he watched them leave and then looked up the tree and saw how tall it was. He decided to get a better view of the area, so he climbed up the tree and stood on a high branch as he looked around. His eyes widened in shock as he saw how far apart all the crash sites were and he also saw tanks driving through the jungle and soldiers walking patrolling, both human and robotic. Finding his teammates was going to be extremely difficult, let alone doing so while trying to avoid getting captured by the Brotherhood's troopers.
Robin showed a tedious expression as he sighed and said, "This may take a while."
Meanwhile in the Brotherhood's base, the Brain was watching as his men worked on his Geothermal Detonator.
Monsieur Mallah walked behind him with a serious expression as he said, "We have searched the crash sights and found none of them. They have managed to elude our forces and their ranks have been scattered."
The Brain turned his "body" and slowly moved (thanks to the small wheels in the bottom of his "body") toward a monitor while he said, "No matter, Monsieur Mallah. The young Titans are persistent, but predictable."
He stopped in front of the monitor as it showed several images of all their defenses while the Brain continued, "They will first attempt to find each other, then they will come to us and they will fall before us."
Mallah stood next to him as he smiled confidently and said, "Oui."
The Brain the contacted Immortus and said, "Immortus, send out our troops and engage all defenses. See to it that the Titans are found and destroyed."
Immortus spoke into his Comlink and said, "It will be done."
Meanwhile in the jungle
Robin spent the past hour searching for his friends as he made his way through the jungle. He moved stealthily through the trees to avoid being detected by the Brain's troops; he snuck past soldiers and hid among the plants as tanks drove by. He kept moving and managed to avoid detection when suddenly he heard explosions and a familiar ringing sound. He looked around and then saw Starfire floating high in the air, throwing starbolts at something. She was also being shot at as hundreds of lasers fired at her and when one finally hit her it sent her falling to the ground.
Robin showed fear as he exclaimed, "Starfire!"
He then ran in the direction she fell, determined to reach her before the Brotherhood could and to make sure she was alright.
After running for a while he came to a clearing, where he saw Starfire getting up off the ground and she looked and saw him and happily exclaimed, "Robin!"
He smiled happily as he ran toward her and shouted, "Starfire!"
They hurried and happily embraced each other while Starfire said, "How happy I am to see you!"
Robin held her upper arms as he said, "I was worried about you."
Starfire held him the same way as she said, "I was also worried for you."
They smiled lovingly as they looked into each other's eyes, then their eyes widened as they suddenly heard someone say, "Such a touching reunion."
They both turned to see Immortus watching them with an evil smile as several of his robotic soldiers joined him and aimed their weapons at Robin and Starfire.
Immortus then moved his right arm out as he ordered, "Fire!"
The robotic soldiers began to fire at Robin and Starfire, but they quickly dodged their shots and began to fight them. Robin threw three of his explosive disks and destroyed three of them while Starfire flew at one and smashed her fist into it, knocking it away. Starfire then shot out a wave of her starbolt energy which destroyed four more of them. Robin swung his bow at a couple of them and knocked them down and then threw his birdarangs, which stabbed them and caused sparks of electricity to come from them before they fell down. They destroyed them all and stared at Immortus, but he only smiled evilly as four tanks emerged behind him with even more robotic soldiers. Robin and Starfire showed nervous expressions before they started blasting at them. Robin and Starfire retreated into the jungle while avoiding the blasts from the robots and tanks. They tried to pursue them but Robin and Starfire quickly gave them the slip and Immortus ordered them to continue on.
Robin and Starfire hid behind a tree as they watched them leave, and when they were gone Robin looked at Starfire and said, "That was close. Starfire, we're going to have to be careful to make sure we don't get captured. I just hope the others haven't been captured already and that we'll be able to stop the Geothermal Detonator."
Starfire remained optimistic as she said, "Do not worry Robin, we will find our friends and stop Brotherhood of Evil."
He nodded as he had no intention of giving up; they spent the next hour trying to find the others. Things had been going smoothly so far as they managed to avoid being detected by any of the Brotherhood's troops, but they remained vigilant as they continued. They found it difficult to search through the jungle because they weren't sure how to find their way around; Robin's training never covered much about surviving in the wilderness. Starfire followed Robin's lead because they could not fly over the trees or they would be much more vulnerable, so listened to Robin in sneaking through the jungle. It was still not easy to avoid being captured as they came across many of the soldiers' patrol routes. Robin's stealth skills helped them greatly in sneaking past both the human and robotic soldiers.
They managed to sneak past the human soldiers, partly because they were more scattered in smaller numbers and assigned to patrol the denser parts of the jungle. The robotic soldiers were assembled in larger numbers as they marched through areas where there were less trees. They managed to sneak past them through Robin's strategic planning as they would create diversions and sneak past the robots when they were distracted. The tanks were much more difficult to get past as they drove on roads they had created by knocking over trees. The tanks patrolled in small groups as they drove down their routes, so Robin and Starfire waited until there was an opening that they could sneak through. Multiple times they almost got caught and managed to escape by hiding in bushes or trees and would only attack when they needed to.
Later, after much sneaking around, they walked as Robin had his communicator out and stared at it as he said, "I still can't seem to get a lock on any of their signals. They must be somehow jamming our locator frequencies."
Starfire grew more concerned as she said, "Oh… I hope that they have not been captured."
Robin looked at her and said, "Don't worry Starfire we'll find them and…"
He was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a branch breaking on the ground; they both were silent as they turned in the direction of the noise and heard the faint sound of footsteps. Robin and Starfire quickly hid behind a tree and listened as the footsteps were getting louder. Robin looked at Starfire and she nodded with a serious expression and when the footsteps came close enough they both jumped out from behind the tree ready to fight. Robin had his bow staff out and Starfire's eyes and hands were glowing, but the owners of the footprints were Cyborg, who had his left sonic cannon activated, and Raven who had her hands out as the glowed black.
Starfire's eyes and hands stopped glowing as she said, "Friends! You are safe!"
Raven lowered her hands while Cyborg deactivated his sonic cannon and Robin put away his bow staff.
Robin was tense as he said, "The Brain has his troops everywhere!"
Cyborg agreed as he said, "You're telling us! We barely managed to find each other without getting blasted by his tin men."
Starfire then curiously asked, "Where is Beast Boy?"
Cyborg replied, "He's not with you?"
Robin and Starfire shook their heads and Starfire showed a worried expression while Robin showed a bit of regret.
Raven showed no faith as she turned her eyes away and said, "He's probably already been captured."
The others agreed and Robin said, "Well, we have to get to their base so we can shut down that machine and save Beast Boy."
Cyborg looked at the scanner in his left forearm as he said, "According to locator, the base is about fifteen miles north of here."
Starfire showed a somewhat nervous expression as she said, "And it will most likely be heavily defended and difficult to reach."
Robin showed determination as he said, "Then we'd better get going."
They all suddenly heard someone chuckling and they turned their heads as Immortus emerged from the jungle and said, "I am afraid you will not be going anywhere."
The four of them stood in fighting stances as they prepared to attack, but Immortus smiled deviously and suddenly dozens of his robotic soldiers emerged around them. Then several trees were pushed over as tanks drove behind them and they all aimed their weapons at the four Titans. The four of them were shaken as they were not sure they could defeat all of them.
Immortus moved his hand out as he ordered, "Fire at will."
All the robotic soldiers started to rapidly fire at them and the Titans ducked and swerved around to avoid their shots. Starfire floated in the air as she threw starbolts and managed to destroy a few robot soldiers, but more moved in place and she was hit by one of their blasters and fell down. Cyborg grunted fiercely as he fired his right sonic cannon and took out a few of them, but more blasted him all at once and knocked him back. Robin threw a few of his birdarangs, which stabbed a few of the robots in the head, causing them to spark and fall down. But others rapidly fired at him and he barely managed to avoid their blasts, until one finally hit him and knocked him down.
Raven created a wall of her black energy that blocked the robots' blasts as they kept firing and she tried hard to keep it up. Immortus then signaled his tanks to attack and they began to fire and they destroyed Raven's wall and she let out a cry of pain as she fell down. The others gathered around her and started to defend her as they blasted at the robot soldiers and tanks but they were hardly making a dent in their numbers. It was especially hard for them to avoid getting blasted due to their large numbers and great firepower. It became obvious that they could not defeat them and that if they did not do something they would be destroyed right there.
Starfire spoke urgently as she yelled, "There numbers are too great for us! We cannot fight them!"
Robin started running as he exclaimed, "She's right. Titans retreat!"
He and Cyborg started running while Starfire and Raven flew after them as the robotic soldiers kept firing at them. The four of them kept moving through the trees while Immortus' robotic soldiers marched forward as they continued to fire rapidly.
As they pressed on, Immortus smiled evilly as he said, "Yes! Keep firing. Drive them on toward our trap and let them face their destruction."
The robot soldiers kept blasting as they marched through the trees and the Titans kept moving as they dodged the lasers. After a while they were out of range but the four of them kept moving to make sure that they would not find them. Eventually they came to a clearing and they stopped and caught their breath while Robin turned around to make sure they weren't followed.
He turned to the others and said, "I think we lost them."
Starfire smiled thankfully as she said, "Then we are safe."
Robin looked around at the clearing and narrowed his eyes suspiciously as he said, "I'm not so sure."
He walked forward and looked around while Cyborg curiously said, "What's wrong man?"
He continued to look around as he suspiciously said, "Something doesn't feel right."
He looked around but saw nothing and turned back to the others and said, "It's too quiet."
The others realized he was right as Raven said, "Not even the sound of any animals."
Robin turned his head side to side as he said, "And shouldn't a clearing like this have some automatic defenses protecting it?"
Cyborg looked at the screen in his right forearm and said, "My scanners aren't picking up any defense systems."
Starfire then suggested, "Perhaps the patrols come through here searching for intruders."
Robin remained suspicious as he said, "No. The Brain's smarter than that. I'm starting to think Immortus was trying to lead us into a trap. We'd better keep moving, and be careful."
They started walking through the clearing, wary of the ominous silence as they prepared for whatever they would encounter next. None of them were aware that Immortus was watching them with his high-tech binoculars, smiling deviously as he had them right where he wanted them.
He lowered his binoculars and used his Comlink as he said, "Master, they are in position."
In their base, the Brain stared at his monitors as he said, "Excellent, then activate the sentry and let them face their doom."
Immortus smiled evilly as he said, "Gladly."
He pulled out a small remote that only had one button and he pushed it with his thumb and activated their surprise for the Titans. The four of them were walking toward the edge of the clearing as Robin warily looked around for anything suspicious. He suddenly stopped as he looked at the ground and noticed a pebble moving up and down and the others noticed and realized the ground was shaking. They looked around but could not find the cause as they remained cautious, knowing that something was about to happen. Suddenly they heard a faint pounding sound that occurred every time the ground shook and it occurred in a consistent pattern.
Cyborg spoke up as he said, "Footsteps?"
The pounding sound was getting louder and closer as the four of them stared ahead and noticed that the leaves from the trees were also shaking. Suddenly two trees fell over as a huge robotic sentry emerged and entered the clearing. The robot was twenty-five feet tall and had a large imposing figure with broad shoulders, thick arms and legs, and three-digit robot claws. The robot had six red blasters in the sides of its torso and one big one in the center, it also had two small red blasters in the middle of its claws. It also had a bucket-shaped head with a single red optic in the middle. The robot stomped toward them and was about to attack as it casted a huge shadow over the Titans.
As it stomped toward them Raven sarcastically commented, "Something tells me Robin was right. It's a trap."
The robot stood in front of them and leaned over as it fired a red laser from its red optic as the scene faded to black.
Commercial break
The Titans scattered to avoid the laser and Robin yelled, "Attack!"
They all began to battle the sentry as Starfire flew toward it and punched it, but it blasted her and knocked her to the ground.
Raven levitated as she chanted, "Azarath Metrion…"
She was interrupted as the sentry shot her with the blaster in its right claw and knocked her down. Cyborg blasted his right sonic cannon at it three times, but his blasts did not appear to damage it at all. Cyborg deactivated his sonic cannon and ran at it and jumped up and tried to punch it in the chest, but it activated its magnetic shields and repelled him backwards. Robin threw three of his explosive disks at it but they did not damage and it rapidly fired the six small blasters on the sides of its chest. They all avoided the blasts and Starfire flew back at it but it swung its right arm at her and knocked her toward Robin and they both fell to the ground. The robot then fired the large blaster in the middle of its torso and hit the ground in front of Cyborg and Raven, knocking them both back toward Robin and Starfire. They all looked up and showed fear as the robot stood over them and held its left arm back and prepared to swing it at them. They closed their eyes and waited, but nothing happened; they slowly opened their eyes and showed shock as they saw the robot being held back by a green T-Rex that its jaw bitten down on its left upper arm.
Starfire was relieved as she happily exclaimed, "Beast Boy!"
Beast Boy turned around and threw the robot away, sending it tumbling on the ground before it got up and turned to him. Beast Boy roared loudly before he charged at it and rammed his head into its chest and knocked it back. Beast Boy then bit down on its left arm, ripped it off, and tossed it aside before turning around and swinging his tail at it. The robot landed on its back and tried to get up but Beast Boy stepped on top of it and pinned it to the ground. He bit down on the robot's head and ripped it off and tossed it away before he let out a loud roar of ferocity.
Beast Boy changed back to his human form and fiercely said, "Take that Brain!"
He jumped off the robot and the others came to him and Cyborg happily said, "Oh yeah! Way to go BB!"
Robin put his arm on Beast Boy's shoulder as he smiled and said, "Glad to see you're alright."
Beast Boy smiled as he said, "Yeah, good thing I showed up in time or that thing would've kicked your butts."
They all glared at him with annoyed expressions and he moved his arm as he said, "Come on, more of em are gonna come, and we gotta stop the Brain."
He ran toward the trees and turned back around as he smiled and said, "Don't worry dudes. You're with me and I'm the king of the jungle."
He turned into a hornbill and flew into the jungle and the others followed and Raven said, "We're doomed."
General Immortus was watching them as he lowered his binoculars and used his Comlink as he said, "Master, they have defeated our sentry and the green one has taken the lead."
The Brain was watching the monitors when he turned from them to his Geothermal Detonator while he said, "Not to worry General Immortus. He is no threat to us. They will be destroyed by our defenses soon enough."
Later in the jungle
The Titans were walking through the trees with Beast Boy leading them, although the others were not actually following him as a leader. They were walking when they suddenly came to a narrow path and Beast Boy immediately sensed something wasn't right.
Beast Boy stopped and put his arms out as he said, "Stop! Nobody move!"
They all stopped and Robin curiously said, "What's wrong Beast Boy?"
Beast Boy looked at the path ahead suspiciously as he said, "We shouldn't go through here. It's not safe. I can feel it."
Raven looked at him as she sarcastically said, "Right."
She ignored his warning and started walking but he grabbed her left arm and said, "Dude! I just told you not to go through there!"
Raven turned and glared at him as she said, "It's fine! There's nothing here! Now let go!"
Her eyes glowed white for a moment and he let go and folded his arms as he glared at her and said, "Okay."
Her eyes stopped glowing and she continued walking and she set off a hidden laser trip wire and an alarm sounded. They all showed nervous expressions as hidden laser turrets activated and aimed at them.
Beast Boy angrily said, "Why don't you just call the Brain and tell him where we are!"
The Titans started running on the path as the laser turrets fired at them; they managed to do dodge all shots and also destroyed many of them with birdarangs, starbolts, sonic blasts, and Raven's black energy.
They made it to the end of the path and they panted, except for Beast Boy, who looked angrily at Raven and said, "Maybe next time I tell you not to do something you'll listen!"
He turned around and pressed on and the others followed while Raven glared at him; she didn't know what annoyed her more: the way Beast Boy just spoke to her, or the fact that he was right. They followed him as they made their way through the jungle and shortly came to another clear path where Beast Boy stopped as his ears twitched and he heard a beeping sound.
He put his arms out as he said, "Stop! There are traps here!"
Raven looked and saw nothing and remained skeptical as she sarcastically said, "Yeah, you've done it again."
Beast Boy picked up a small stick and tossed it forward and the second it hit the ground an explosion occurred and destroyed it.
Robin immediately said, "Smart mines!"
Raven was surprised and Beast Boy turned and glared at her, prompting her to look away as she blushed sheepishly.
Cyborg looked at the scanner in his right arm as he said, "I'm picking up patrols on the sides. We can't go around."
Beast Boy then said, "Follow my lead."
He turned into a hornbill and flew toward a tree branch and changed into a chimpanzee and started swinging from branches. Beast Boy then turned into a monkey and started climbing and jumping from branches, then he morphed into a sloth and climbed a branch upside down. He let go of the branch and fell down and changed back into his human form and landed on his feet, sixty feet from where he once stood. The others were a little impressed as he managed to make it safely across the path without setting off any mines. He waved his arm gesturing for them to join him and Robin pulled out his grapple and wrapped it around a branch above. He swung from the branch and managed to make it all the way across to where Beast Boy was. Raven and Starfire flew to join them and Starfire carried Cyborg over the path and they joined Robin and Beast Boy.
Robin then curiously asked, "How did you know about the mines?"
Beast Boy simply replied, "I heard them."
They all showed confused expressions and Cyborg said, "Uh… say what?"
Beast Boy explained, "I have super sensitive ears, so I can hear things normal people can't."
Starfire was impressed as she said, "I was not aware that you had such good hearing."
Beast Boy shrugged it off and said, "Well now you are. Now let's get going. And I'm taking the lead because you dudes won't last five minutes without me. It's a jungle out here."
He turned into a hornbill and started flying and the others looked at Robin, who nodded as he agreed to follow Beast Boy's lead. They spent the rest of the day following Beast Boy as he lead them through the jungle and helped them avoid detection. Beast Boy never ceased to amaze them with his skills and expertise of the jungle. At some point another robot sentry came stomping around looking for them, but they managed to blend in by hiding in bushes, while Beast Boy turned into a chameleon and camouflaged. The robot looked in their direction and scanned them with its optic but it did not detect any of them, it even looked at Beast Boy but did not notice him either. The sentry soon turned and proceeded on its search, and after it left Beast Boy changed into his human form and signaled for the others to follow him.
Afterwards they were walking through the trees when they came across two human soldiers looking for them. Robin prepared to throw birdarangs at them but Beast Boy stopped him as he grabbed his arm and shook his head. He then morphed into a lizard and climbed up a tree trunk, then he morphed into a monkey and swung up to higher branches and stopped when he was thirty feet above the soldiers. He then transformed into a leopard and quietly jumped down from branch to branch and made his way down toward the soldiers. He quietly crawled on a branch directly above them and then jumped down and landed behind them in the form of a gorilla, and before they could even turn around he grabbed their heads and slammed them together. The soldiers fell down unconscious, and the others stared at Beast Boy with amazed expressions and Robin smiled with an impressed expression as he gave him a thumbs up.
Later they were walking through the jungle with Cyborg in front and Beast Boy looked ahead and noticed something about the path ahead. He tapped Cyborg on the shoulder and he turned around to see Beast Boy in the form of a sasquatch holding a huge boulder over his head. He threw the boulder over Cyborg, who ducked and looked at him as if he was crazy, but Beast Boy pointed behind him. Cyborg turned around and showed shock as he saw the boulder was sinking in quicksand, and he realized that Beast Boy was just trying to help him. He turned around to Beast Boy with a surprised expression and then smiled gratefully as he pounded his fist.
Sometime afterwards they made it past the quicksand and were still making their way through the jungle when Starfire flew above the trees to get a look at their surroundings. When she was high enough a nearby tank locked onto her and blasted her, causing her to fall down. Beast Boy was in a tree in the form of a gorilla and he caught her, but she was hurt and he signaled for the others to hide. They quickly hid themselves while Beast Boy remained in the tree as he held Starfire over his shoulder and hid behind a tree trunk. The tank knocked over a few small trees as it came to their location but could not detect any of them. After a while it backed up and left the area; Robin, Cyborg, and Raven came out of their hiding places while Beast Boy climbed down with Starfire, who was coming to. He helped her on her feet and changed back into his human form and she smiled gratefully hugged him. He pushed her off and continued to lead them.
They kept walking through the jungle and later Raven was in front of Beast Boy, who quickly noticed something and showed fear as he tackled Raven to the ground and knocked her hood down. She sat up and looked at him angrily, but her anger quickly turned to shock as she saw him in the form of a mongoose holding a venomous snake in his mouth. The snake hissed and squirmed as he shook it around and tossed it into a bush, where it slithered away. He changed back into his human form as she stared up at him in shock as he had just saved her. He held his arm out toward her and helped her up as she stared at him in aww and watched him as he walked past her and continued onward.
Later that night
It was dark and all the stars were out, the Titans had managed to evade the Brotherhood's grasp and had just narrowly escaped a patrol of their robotic soldiers, but they also got turned around.
They stopped as Robin looked at the others and said, "Nice work team. Now let's keep moving."
He, Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg started walking but Beast Boy put his finger up as he said, "Uh… dudes, you're going the wrong way."
They stopped and turned to him and Robin said, "What are you talking about?"
Beast Boy pointed at a star in the sky as he said, "Look, there's the North Star, so the Brain's base is that way."
Cyborg then looked at the screen in his right forearm and showed a surprised expression as he said, "He's actually right."
They looked at him with impressed expressions as he said, "Duh! Now let's get moving."
He started walking and the others followed him; as they kept walking something moved in the trees behind them as something stepped on a large branch. Beast Boy stopped as his ears twitched as he heard the noise and stared into space with eyes narrowed with a serious expression.
The others walked past him but stopped and looked at him with concern as Starfire said, "Beast Boy, is something wrong?"
Beast Boy did not answer as he turned his head and looked out the corner of his eye and said, "Hey. What's up Mala."
Right on cue Monsieur Mallah dropped down from the trees behind them and stared at them as he said, "Bonjour."
The others joined Beast Boy as they prepared to fight but Mala focused on Beast Boy as he said, "Well done boy. But you are not the only one who is skilled in the jungle, and you are not the only one who has powerful allies."
A dozen robotic soldiers suddenly marched forward and began blasting at them and the Titans scattered as they fought them. Robin, Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg fought the robot soldiers while Beast Boy morphed into a gorilla and fought Mala. Beast Boy ran at Mala and swung both his fists at him but Mala grabbed his arms and punched him, knocking him on his back. Meanwhile Robin threw a few of his birdarangs at some robots and destroyed them. Cyborg blasted one with his sonic cannon and smashed one's head with his fist and knocked one into another. Starfire threw a few starbolts that destroyed some of the robots and then she shot her eyebeams and destroyed a couple more.
Raven floated in front of several as she chanted, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
She then sent giant daggers of her black energy flying out and they sliced all of the robotic soldiers in half. Beast Boy kept fighting Mala as he tried to punch him but Mala grabbed him and threw him to the ground. He grabbed a large rock and prepared to smash it on Beast Boy, but he morphed into a parrot and dodged it as he flew over Mala. He flew behind him and morphed into a black bear and swung his paw at Mala's face and knocked him unconscious.
Beast Boy changed back to his human form as he turned to the others and said, "Let's move. More of them are gonna be on their way!"
He started running and the others followed him and after they left Mala came to and stared forward with a vexed expression. Later Beast Boy was a monkey swinging on vines threw a dense part of the jungle while the others followed on foot. They came to the middle of the very dense jungle when Beast Boy jumped down and landed in his human form.
He turned to the others and said, "Alright, we'll camp here for the night."
Robin was uncertain as he said, "Beast Boy, shouldn't we keep moving?"
Beast Boy shook his head as he said, "No way! It's too dangerous at night, and we're gonna need to rest so we can stop that volcano thingy tomorrow."
Robin then nodded in agreement and they sat down while Beast Boy gathered sticks and then made a fire by rubbing two sticks together.
The others were slightly impressed as Beast Boy sat down and said, "We'll be safe here."
Raven looked at him and asked, "Uh… does this campsite have a bathroom."
Beast Boy smiled as he snidely said, "Yeah, lots of them. They're called trees."
Raven glared at him with an annoyed expression while Cyborg smiled and Starfire giggled at the joke, not fully understanding it. They all turned to Cyborg as his stomach started growling loudly and he smiled sheepishly.
Beast Boy stood up and said, "I'll go get some food, wait here."
He turned into a hornbill and flew off, leaving everyone surprised that he had shown so much leadership. Once he was gone the other Titans just stared at the fire as they thought about how they would stop the Brotherhood of Evil. They waited for Beast Boy and as time went by Starfire became somewhat concerned about him being out alone with all the soldiers after them. Eventually Beast Boy returned in the form of an orangutan and he brought a bunch of fruit including mangos, papayas, bananas, and passion fruit.
They all showed impressed expressions as Cyborg said, "Whoa man, you really are the king of the jungle!"
Beast Boy showed a flattered smile as he threw fruit to everyone and started to eat himself as he happily bit into a mango. Cyborg wolfed down several mangos and passion fruits as he happily groaned as he enjoyed the food, even though he usually preferred meat.
Starfire tasted some fruit and smiled happily as she said, "Glorious! Thank you Beast Boy. This Earth citrus fruit is truly delicious."
Robin swallowed a bite of papaya and smiled as he said, "Yeah, thanks Beast Boy. This is great."
Beast Boy smiled, glad to finally be appreciated, and he turned to Raven who was eating a mango, and even she was enjoying the food. She looked to see him smiling as he waited for him to say something and she swallowed her food.
She spoke with her usual monotone voice as she said, "Good job."
He turned away and was satisfied as he realized that was the probably the best he was going to get from her.
Raven then asked, "Now, I have to know. How are you so good at this?"
Cyborg quickly became interested as he said, "Yeah B, where did you learn all this stuff about the jungle?"
Beast Boy's expression of happiness quickly turned to one of sadness as he sighed and said, "(sigh) I kinda grew up in the jungle."
They all stared at him with shocked and confused expressions as a large question mark appeared above all their heads.
Cyborg spoke for everyone as he said, "Uh… say what?"
Beast Boy let out another sad sigh as he looked down at the fire while he said, "(sigh) I was born here in Africa and me and my… uh… family traveled the jungles of the world to study animals. So I spent more time in the jungle then I did in the city. To tell you the truth, I feel more at home here in the jungle than I do in the city."
He looked downward as his ears drooped and the others showed sympathy as they could tell he was in pain from old wounds.
Beast Boy noticed their expressions of sympathy and quickly changed the subject as he stretched his arms and said, "Well, it's getting late. We'd better get some sleep if we're gonna stop the brain."
He threw some dirt onto the fire to put it out and then went to sleep and the others stayed awake as they stared at him for a moment. They knew he was just trying to avoid talking about it further but they did not want to make him talk about something if it would upset him. Also they realized he was right, if they were going to stop the Brotherhood of Evil then they would need to be rested and ready. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg went to sleep while Raven stayed awake and stared at Beast Boy and felt regret about how she treated him earlier today. After a moment she lied down and went to sleep to rest up for their fight tomorrow.
Meanwhile at the Brotherhood's base
The Brain was watching as his men continued to work on his Geothermal Detonator as they welded pieces to it and did some calculations. One of his men was typing on a control panel, which caused a few lights on the machine to blink and change color. The Brain kept watching as Monsieur Mala entered the room and walked behind him.
Mala stood next to the Brain as he reported, "Master, the Titans have escaped. They have managed to overcome our traps and our forces. We are unable to track them. The green one has shown to be more skilled than we previously anticipated."
The Brain was not deterred as he said, "It makes no difference. By tomorrow the machine will be complete and the world will kneel before us."
Mala was still concerned as he said, "But master they are on their way to our fortress."
The Brain was still confident as he said, "Let them come. They cannot possibly hope to stop us. They will rest for the night and make their move in the morning. And we will destroy them."
Mala remained cautious as he said, "But the green one's skills and abilities make him well suited for survival in the jungle, and he knows more about us than any of the other Titans. Our past encounters with him make him a great threat to us."
The Brain agreed but was still not worried as he said, "The Doom Patrol has taught him well. What he lacks in intelligence he makes up for in persistence, experience, and quick thinking."
The Brain's "eyes" glowed red and the liquid in his jar glowed green as he continued, "But we also have much experience with him and we know his weakness."
Mala turned his head to look at a monitor behind them that displayed an image of Beast Boy and stats they had on him.
As he observed it the Brain continued, "With our knowledge of him he will be no match for us. And without him the other Titans will be crushed by our might."
Mala smiled evilly as he realized the Brain was right and he looked back down at him as he said, "The young are nothing against your genius."
The Brain agreed as he said, "Oui."
Mala put his hands behind his back and smiled evilly as he and the Brain both continued to watch the construction of their machine.
The next morning
The sun had just risen and the five Titans were still asleep. Cyborg was snoring while Starfire slept peacefully as she hugged Robin in her sleep and smiled. Beast Boy slept soundly while Raven slept on her left side with her head and right hand rested on Beast Boy's chest. She gradually began to wake up as she groaned a bit and slowly opened her eyes as she tilted her head up and saw Beast Boy's sleeping face. She had her eyes half open but then they instantly widened in shock and fear as she looked down and back up as she realized she just slept with her head on his shoulder. She then let out a loud cry of shock as she jumped backwards and blushed awkwardly. Her cry woke the others up as they all yawned and began to stretch their limbs.
Starfire had her eyes half open as she got up and looked at Raven as she curiously said, "Friend, what is wrong?"
Raven turned to face her with an awkward expression and showed a bit of denial as she answered, "Nothing."
Robin got up, yawned, stretched his arms out, and cracked his back as he said, "Then why did you scream?"
Raven showed a slightly nervous expression as she looked at Beast Boy out of the corner of her eye and turned back to them as she lied, "No reason."
Beast Boy turned into a few animals as he stretched and got ready and he looked at the others as he said, "Alright dudes, this is it! We've gotta stop the Brain or we're doomed. And we need to get ready, no way getting in that base'll be easy."
Robin nodded and looked at the others as he said, "Beast Boy's right. We'd better prepare ourselves, there's no telling how many soldiers or what kind of defenses they have guarding that fortress. We need to be ready for everything."
They spent the next half hour training themselves for their attack; they trained both physically and mentally. Robin had his bow staff out as he twirled it around and swung it at a tree like it was one of the soldiers. Starfire floated in the air as she punched their air and then blasted a large rock with a couple starbolts. Raven meditated as she levitated off the ground with her legs in Indian style and her hands out at her sides. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at a boulder and caused a small explosion and then punched the air twice and did a strong uppercut. Beast Boy had gone into the jungle to train by himself and to also scout ahead for a path to the Brotherhood base.
When they had finished training Robin looked at Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven and said, "Alright everybody, it's time."
He turned around and cupped his mouth as he called, "Beast Boy?"
Beast Boy was in his human form as he climbed on a tree branch, jumped down, and landed directly in front of them. He looked at them with a serious expression and showed that he was wearing white African face paint. His face paint made him look like a warrior with curved lines of dots under his eyes, a solid line on his chin, curved solid lines over his eyebrows, and a solid line over the center of his forehead. The face paint made him look fierce looking and when they first saw him they all showed startled expressions as they jumped back a bit.
Beast Boy had a fierce expression as he said, "You dudes ready?"
Robin did not respond and with a confused expression he said, "Beast Boy, what are you wearing?"
Beast Boy did not change his expression as he said, "Face paint. This means war!"
Raven showed a mildly impressed expression as she said, "Not bad, actually."
Beast Boy then sternly ordered, "Alright dudes, enough talk! Let's do this!"
He turned into a leopard and took off running and the others soon followed as they made their way through the jungle. They stealthily evaded all the Brotherhood's soldiers and patrols and in a short amount of time they reached their destination. Beast Boy parted a bush and they all looked ahead to see the Brain's base where they were shot down the day before.
Beast Boy stared at the base with a fearless expression as he softly said, "Look out Brain, here we come!"
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The Titans stared at the base as they tried to find a point of entry; Robin looked through a pair of high-tech binoculars as he examined some of their defenses.
Robin noticed some of the defenses as he said, "Robots, security cameras, laser turrets, missile launchers, and tanks."
Cyborg looked at the screen in his right forearm and said, "My scanners are also picking up smart mines and several other booby traps."
Raven sarcastically said, "I guess the front door's out of the question."
Starfire floated above the ground as she stared at the base and said, "And all points of entry from above will be highly fortified and monitored."
Robin lowered his binoculars as he said, "We need to find another way in."
Beast Boy suddenly came next to him and pointed his thumb backwards as he said, "Dude, way ahead of you."
They followed him as he led them to a small river and they turned to see the water flowing through a hole in the bottom of the Brotherhood's fortress. The base had been built over the river so it was now flowing underneath the base through a long tunnel that had a very low ceiling. The entrance was small at had bars in it but the water was flowing from it and there were no defenses guarding it. This tunnel would be their best way to enter the fortress without being detected and it seemed to be their only option.
Cyborg thought it was a great idea as he happily said, "BB you are a genius!"
Cyborg's eyes widened in shock; never in a million years would he have ever thought that he would say that to Beast Boy.
Robin smiled as he said, "Yeah, nice work."
Beast Boy looked at the others as he said, "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go!"
He jumped into the water and the others did the same; Beast Boy's head slowly surfaced as he stared forward with a serious expression like a savage. The others' heads emerged behind him and Beast Boy morphed into a fish and swam through the bars. Raven encased the bars in her black energy and bent them out of place, allowing the rest of them to swim through. They were now in a tunnel under the fortress that the river flowed through. Beast Boy changed into a crocodile and swam at the surface of the water and the others followed him, but they need to hurry for the ceiling of the tunnel wasn't very high, which didn't leave much room to breathe. Beast Boy stopped as they came to a small hatch with a valve; Robin turned the valve and opened the hatch and the four of them climbed up and entered a dark empty room.
Starfire smiled as she happily proclaimed, "Wonderful! We have…"
Beast Boy quickly covered her mouth and said, "Quiet! There's no way it was that easy! The Brain probably wanted us to go through there."
Robin agreed and asked, "So what do we do?"
Beast Boy turned away with a fierce expression as he said, "We gotta keep moving. But be ready for anything!"
He started running and the others followed him, and immediately after they left Madame Rouge stretched down from the ceiling and spoke into her Comlink and said, "Madame Rouge to Brain, the Titans have arrived."
The Titans entered a large hallway that was filled a large number of human soldiers who aimed their weapons at them.
The Titans stared at the soldiers when Madame Rouge entered behind them and smiled evilly as she said, "Children, you never learn."
They all stared at her as Beast Boy coldly said, "Rouge."
Madame Rouge continued to smile as she said, "I was hoping you would make it this far."
She noticed Beast Boy's face paint and mocked him as she said, "I see you are still playing dress up, pretending to be a hero."
Beast Boy gritted his teeth as he snarled angrily, then she stretched out her right arm and tried to punch Beast Boy but he dodged her fist and the soldiers started blasting at them.
Beast Boy faced them as he exclaimed, "Titans go!"
He morphed into a hippo and charged forward, knocking aside soldiers as he cleared a path ahead. Madame Rouge stretched her upper body toward them when Starfire blasted her with a starbolt and then Cyborg punched her in the face and sent her flying backwards. They followed Beast Boy and helped in fighting the soldiers; Robin jumped at one and kicked him down and then swung his bow at a couple others. Cyborg grabbed two soldiers and threw them at others and then ran forward as he knocked them out of his way. Raven encased some in her black energy and slammed them against the walls while Starfire blasted a beam of her starbolt energy at the ground and knocked the soldiers to the ground. They defeated all the soldiers and entered the next room, which was an even longer hallway with several automatic defenses. First giant metal teeth bit down, beyond that a bunch of fire came from the walls, then giant saw blades in the walls moved up and down from the floor and ceiling, and lastly two giant smashers came out of the walls and slammed together.
Beast Boy turned and yelled, "Cyborg!"
Cyborg fiercely exclaimed, "I'm on it!"
He ran forward and blasted his left sonic cannon and started smashing things and he quickly destroyed the defenses and motioned for the others to follow. They all followed and entered another hallway where over a dozen laser turrets came out of the walls, floor, and ceiling.
The turrets started shooting as Beast Boy turned and yelled, "Raven!"
She floated up and chanted, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
She then sent out daggers made of her black energy and they cut all of the turrets in half and the Titans continued. They ran into a large empty room with three corridors on the other side; unsure which one to go through, they all stared at the three corridors.
Beast Boy thought for a moment and then pointed at each of the passageways while he said, "Hmm, eeny, meeny, miney, mo."
He stopped on the middle one and they all ran toward it, only to be stopped as several robot soldiers flew toward them using the rockets on their backs.
They started blasting at them when Beast Boy looked at Starfire and ordered, "Star, take em out!"
She flew at them with her eyes glowing and she screamed in fury as she rapidly threw starbolts and blew up all the robots. They continued and entered a smaller hallway where there were dozens of robotic soldiers marching toward them, and they immediately started blasting their weapons.
Beast Boy ran forward as he fiercely yelled, "I got this!"
He morphed into a triceratops and charged forward with his horns out as he destroyed every robot in his path. The others followed and Raven turned around to see reinforcements coming as dozens of human soldiers ran after them. She waved her hand and created a wall of her black magic, which the soldiers ran straight into with their bodies pressed against it before they fell down unconscious. The Titans kept moving as Raven dropped the wall; Madame Rouge came and had her hands on her hips as she looked down at the unconscious soldiers and scorned them.
She then said, "Pathetic."
The Titans kept running until they came to a dead end with two passage ways going in opposite directions.
They looked back and forth as Starfire said, "Which way?"
Cyborg used the scanner in his left forearm and then pointed at the hallway on the right and said, "This way!"
They all ran down the right hallway and then turned around a corner and entered a room where there were dozens of robot soldiers. They aimed their weapons at them and started blasting at them rapidly. Beast Boy morphed into a velociraptor and ran toward them in serpentine, dodging the blasts from their lasers. Then he transformed into a kangaroo and jumped in the air twice, avoiding a few more blasts, then he changed into a hummingbird and swerved side to side and dodged a few more. He flew toward the robots and then turned into a lion and jumped toward one and slashed his claws at it, then he morphed into a sasquatch and smashed two more together. While he fought them Robin threw his birdarangs and took out a few more robots. Starfire shot her eyebeams and blew up several of the robot soldiers and then flew at them and smashed two more with her fists. Raven encased some of them in her black energy and threw them against the walls, thus destroying them.
Cyborg blasted the last of them with his left sonic cannon and then happily exclaimed, "Booyah!"
Beast Boy changed into his human form and motioned for them to come with him as he said, "Come on!"
The five of them hurried into the next room and fought their way past hundreds of human soldiers. Robin and Cyborg gave some of them the Sonic Boom and knocked them all flat on their backs. Raven and Starfire combined their powers as they fired a beam of Starfire's starbolt energy and Raven's black magic at a large group of soldiers, resulting in a blast that scattered them all. As for the remaining soldiers, Beast Boy ran at them and transformed into an elephant and charged forward and knocked them all out of the way and then smashed down the door at the end of the hall. He entered the next room and changed back to his human form as the others joined him and stared forward. They were now in the center of the Brotherhood's base and ahead of them was the giant machine that was the now complete Geothermal Detonator.
Robin pointed his finger at it as he said, "There it is. The Geothermal Detonator!"
Beast Boy was fiercely determined as he said, "Great, now let's wreck it!"
Before they could do anything hundreds of robotic soldiers entered and aimed their weapons at the Titans. General Immortus walked between two of the soldiers with his hands behind his back as he smiled mockingly at them. They looked up at a balcony in front of the Geothermal Detonator to see the Brain move in front of it with Monsieur Mala.
The Brain then said, "Bravo Titans, you have breached my defenses and made it to the heart of my facility."
Beast Boy coldly threatened, "Yeah and now we're gonna kick your butt! Or we would if you had one."
Madame Rouge began typing on the control panel to the right of the machine while the Brain said, "Your threats do not intimidate me green one. All you have done is allowed yourselves a chance to see my creation at work. Watch as your city is destroyed."
They all showed shocked expressions as the monitor showed a map of the city and a clock counting down from 5:00 while the Brain said, "In less than five minutes a volcano will erupt and destroy your precious city."
Beast Boy ran forward as he said, "Not if we can help it!"
The Brain's "eyes" glowed red and the liquid in his jar glowed green while he said, "I'm afraid you cannot."
He activated four small machines that came out of the ground at the sides of the room and they all began to emit a high-pitched frequency sound. Beast Boy immediately stopped running, covered his ears, and closed his eyes as he screamed in pain.
The others quickly gathered around him and Starfire said, "Beast Boy, are you alright?"
Beast Boy got on his knees and in agony he screamed, "That noise! It hurts! I can't think! Make it stop! Make it STOP!"
Cyborg quickly used the scanner in his left arm and said, "It's those machines. They're emitting a high-pitched sonic attack that wouldn't affect a normal human, but with Beast Boy's sensitive hearing they're hurting him."
Robin looked at the four machines and then yelled, "Titans, take out those machines! We have to stop them now!"
Robin and Cyborg ran toward the two on the left while Raven and Starfire flew toward the two on the right.
The Brain's "eyes" and jar kept glowing while he said, "Destroy them."
The robot soldiers marched forward and protected the sonic devices as they started blasting their lasers at the Titans. Cyborg blasted his right sonic cannon at some and Robin threw some of his birdarangs at some and destroyed them. Raven created a force field around herself, blocking the lasers, and Starfire threw a few starbolts that blew some of them up. They kept fighting while Mala and Rouge jumped down from the balcony and they and Immortus ran toward the Titans. Robin threw a few explosive disks at the robots and swung his bow staff at a couple others when General Immortus came at him with a sword. Robin saw him and quickly raised his bow and blocked his sword; Immortus swung his sword at Robin a few times but Robin managed to dodge it and swung his bow at him. Immortus dodged Robin's bow as they continued to fight, both showing impressive fighting skills.
Robin blocked his sword with his bow again and stared him in the face as he said, "Not bad old man."
Immortus tried to overpower him as he said, "You fight well, but I have defeated more than a few men as skilled as you in my time."
They continued to fight until Immortus kicked Robin in the chest, knocking him onto his back; Robin tried to get up but Immortus put his foot on his chest and pointed the tip of his sword at Robin's neck. Meanwhile Cyborg blasted three robots with his right sonic cannon and smashed two more with his left fist. He did not notice Mala nearby as he held a large laser cannon and aimed it at Cyborg; as Cyborg fought a couple other robots Mala fired the laser cannon and blasted Cyborg into a wall. Cyborg fell to the ground, on his front, out cold, and Mala slowly began to walk toward him. Meanwhile Raven and Starfire were fighting off more robot soldiers as they used their powers to blast and destroy them. Madame Rouge came running in their direction and then stretched her left arm and punched Raven in the face and sent her falling to the ground.
Starfire looked down and yelled, "Ra-"
She was cut off as she was also punched in the face and fell for a moment before she floated back up and stared at Madame Rouge. Her eyes glowed green in fury as she threw three starbolts at Rouge which blew holes in her body, but she instantly healed and smiled evilly.
She then mocked, "It seems your powers are not strong enough for me."
Starfire gritted her teeth as she flew at Madame Rouge and tried to punch her with her glowing fists, but Rouge smiled evilly as she used her super flexibility to dodge Starfire's hands. Madame Rouge then punched her in the face and kicked her in the stomach and forced her backwards. Starfire then grunted furiously as she shot her eyebeams but Madame Rouge dodged them and stretched her arms out and tried to grab her. Starfire flew directly upward and dodged her arms and then fired a beam of her starbolt energy at her, which blew off part of her body and knocked her down as she screamed in pain. Starfire floated in the air as she stared at her when suddenly she was blasted from behind by several robot soldiers and she screamed in pain before she fell down next to Raven.
They were both unconscious as Madame Rouge regenerated and got up and gloated, "Children never know when to surrender."
She showed an evil, twisted smile as she walked toward them, ready to finish them both off. Meanwhile Beast Boy lied on the ground with his hands over his ears and cried in pain from the high-pitched sonic attack.
The Brain's "eyes" and jar continued to glow as he said, "It is hopeless Titans. You have lost. And now you will be crushed before our might."
Beast Boy cringed as he opened his eyes and saw the clock counting down from 3:23 and then turned his head to look at his friends. He saw Madame Rouge standing over Raven and Starfire as they were coming to, and she morphed her arms into large blades and prepared to finish them. Then he turned and saw Immortus holding his sword at Robin's neck and Mala standing over Cyborg and preparing to blast him in the head just as he was getting up.
Beast Boy had to save his friends as he grunted, "Can't… give… UP!"
Beast Boy urged himself to get onto his knees through the pain of the sonic attack and growled fiercely as he transformed into a T-Rex. He roared loudly as he charged forward and swung his tail and knocked Immortus off of Robin and kept charging as he swung his head forward and knocked Mala away from Cyborg and into one of the sonic machines. He smashed the other one with his tail and turned around and scooped Cyborg up with his head and let him ride on his back as he charged to the other side of the room.
Madame Rouge was about to swing her arm-blades down on Raven and Starfire when Beast Boy suddenly grabbed her in his mouth and shook her around like a chew toy with her arms flailing. Then he threw her at the two remaining sonic machines, destroying them and ending high-pitched sonic attack. Three robot soldiers came at him but Beast Boy destroyed them all as he quickly swung his head sideways and knocked the first one away, swung his tail at the second one, and grabbed the third one in his mouth and threw it away.
While he did all this Cyborg rode on his back and raised his fist as he happily cheered, "Oh! You are an animal!"
Beast Boy then roared with ferocity and the others soon joined him as they all stared at the Brain.
The Brain showed no fear (as if he could) and said, "Valiant effort green one but you still cannot stop us. Destroy them."
The remaining robot soldiers marched toward them as they started blasting their weapons, but the Titans pressed on and fought them. Beast Boy roared as he bit down on one and crushed it with his teeth, then he crushed two more with his huge feet. Cyborg continued to ride on Beast Boy's back as he blasted a few with his right sonic cannon. Starfire threw several starbolts at the robot soldiers and then fired her eyebeams and destroyed several more of them. Robin threw three of his birdarangs, which impaled the heads of three robots and sent them falling down, then he threw three explosive disks and destroyed a few more. Raven encased several of them in a force field of her black energy and dropped them over more, destroying them all. The Titans quickly managed to destroy all the robot soldiers and went onto the balcony and stood in front of the Brain, who slowly backed away from them.
Beast Boy was in his human form as he said, "It's over Brain!"
He backed away but Mala, Rouge, and Immortus joined him and he said, "You are too late. Your city will soon be buried by a massive flow of lava."
The Titans looked and saw the clock counting down from 1:00 and then a large rocket rose from the floor behind the balcony. A large door opened and the Brain, Mala, Rouge, and Immortus got into it as they stared at the Titans.
As the door closed the Brain said, "We will meet again."
Beast Boy stared at him with a vexed expression as the door closed, for he knew the Brain was right about that. The rocket blasted off and the Titans hurried to the computer terminal as the clock counted down from 0:30.
Cyborg quickly began hacking into the terminal while Robin stood next to him and urgently said, "Hurry Cyborg! We don't have much time!"
Cyborg hastily continued typing as he said, "I'm hurrying man! This ain't as easy as it looks! I just hope this works!"
Robin, Raven, and Starfire crowded around him and they all stared frantically at the screen as the clock counted down from 0:10. The suspense was building dramatically as they desperately kept trying to disarm the device. Cyborg frantically kept typing as sweat ran down his face and Starfire fearfully clasped her hands together. The clock was at 0:03 when the screen suddenly went black and the Geothermal Detonator suddenly deactivated.
Cyborg was baffled as he said, "Huh?"
Beast Boy then rose up from behind the computer terminal as he snidely held the plug for the terminal in his hand. They all showed shocked and awkward expressions as he just showed them how simple it was.
Cyborg sheepishly said, "That works too."
Robin then happily congratulated him, "Great job Beast Boy! You did it!"
Starfire happily cheered, "Yes friend! You have saved the day!"
Raven showed a small smile as she said, "Way to go champ."
Beast Boy smiled but then showed a serious expression while he said, "Thanks guys, but we're not done yet. We still gotta destroy this place so the Brain can't use it again."
Robin smiled deviously as he said, "And I know just how to do it."
He attached an explosive device to the Geothermal Detonator and set it to go off in three minutes. Later they were all outside the base and watched as explosions occurred throughout all the levels of the base, rendering it useless to anyone.
Beast Boy smiled proudly and stood tall as he said, "We did it."
Robin showed a bit of disappointment as he said, "Yeah, but the Brotherhood of Evil got away."
Beast Boy turned to them and pounded his fist while he said, "Yeah, they'll come back like always, and when they do we'll kick their butts again."
Cyborg smiled as he walked up to him and put his hand on his back and said, "You were awesome BB. Getting us through the jungle, getting us in that base, and the way you pulled through that sonic attack! Dude you are awesome!"
Robin put his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder as he said, "I have to admit Beast Boy, you really stepped on this mission."
Beast Boy smiled gratefully as he said, "Thanks dudes. It was nice, while it lasted."
He rubbed off his white face paint and walked forward and slumped in disappointment as he said, "Now I'm back to just being dumb, breaking everything, and messing things up."
He walked away and the others looked at each other with regret and Raven spoke up and said, "Uh, Beast Boy listen, about what we said yesterday…"
Robin spoke up and apologetically said, "We're sorry."
Starfire showed a similar expression as she said, "Agreed. We are most sorry for those hurtful things we said to you."
Beast Boy turned around as Cyborg walked up to him and said, "Yeah man, sure you mess up a lot but if it weren't for you we'd have gotten our butts kicked. You might not be the smartest, and you can be a real pain in the neck, but you come through when we need you and you're fun to have around."
Beast Boy smiled and Starfire came next to him and said, "Indeed. We are most fortunate to have you with us."
Robin agreed as he said, "They're right Beast Boy, you did good today. You stopped the Brotherhood of Evil and you impressed us all."
Raven showed a small smile as she admitted, "Yeah."
Beast Boy smiled as he said, "Thanks guys."
Beast Boy suddenly got an idea and said, "Soooo does this mean that I'm cool and can lead more missions?"
Robin answered, "No."
They all walked past Beast Boy, but he was still smiling as he put his hands up and admitted, "Didn't think so."
He then turned around and followed them through the jungle, still proud of himself and happy with what they told him. The scene then faded to black and cut to sometime later when the Brotherhood of Evil were in their hideout. They were in a large dark room where a light shined overhead and they stared at multiple monitors that all showed images of Beast Boy. Some monitors showed images of Beast Boy from when he was with the Doom Patrol, others showed him fighting alongside the Titans, and even more showed him in some of his different animal forms.
As they stared at these monitors the Brain said, "It seems we have greatly underestimated our enemy. The green one's skills have improved much since he left the Doom Patrol, and his time with the Titans has made him more formidable."
Mala stared at the monitors with a serious expression as he said, "And his past experiences with us make him a greater threat to our plans."
Madame Rouge remained skeptical as she said, "He is still weak and lacks any intelligence to threaten us. We have nothing to fear from him."
Immortus disagreed as he said, "But he has interfered with our plans before and he has shown a certain degree of prowess that may pose a threat to us. And he has proven to be strong willed enough to be a hazard to our operations."
Madame Rouge was still unconvinced as she said, "His success in the past was because he had the Doom Patrol and the Titans to aid him. Without them he is nothing. He is nothing but a mere boy pretending to be a hero."
Mala disagreed as he stared at the monitors and said, "He is growing stronger, smarter, and more persistent as moves forward. He may currently pose no danger to us but as he grows older he may become more formidable, and his knowledge of our tactics could make him a greater threat to us than Robin and the others."
The Brain ended this debate as he said, "The green one's abilities are growing stronger but he is young and still has much to learn. We must remain cautious of his abilities and mindful of how they are improving. His potential could make him a dangerous threat to us, or a valuable asset."
The screen showed a close up of the Brain's "face" and then faded to black.
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Author's note: It may be a while before I post the next chapter, I'm also trying to work on a couple of other stories too. Also I mostly have the whole story planned out already, but if anyone has any suggestions for filler episodes I'm all ears.
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