AN: It's been a really looooong time since I published anything. I almost thought I was dead myself. But here I am! And I'm writing something that's horribly cliche and everyone frikin does it but I wanted to write one anyway. I've yet to find a finished and acceptable Teen Titans Hunger Games fanfiction. Note: I wrote this earlier today and I'm editing it as I post it, so let's play a game called 'How Many Grammatical Errors Can You Find?' Eheheh...

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Slade's eye narrowed at Brother Blood.

"Are we ready to begin?" He spoke coolly.

Brother Blood smirked at the empty clearing in front of them. They were standing on a stage, only about a foot high. Soon, he thought, the fates of twelve unfortunate Titans will be sealed, and if we're lucky, my old friend Cyborg might-

Slade repeated what he had said, breaking Blood's train of thought.

"You are just as impatient as my students." He sighed, "But yes, we are ready."

The one-eyed villain slammed his hand down on a blue button resting on a pedestal in front of him. A glow began to shine in the clearing, growing brighter each second and washing out the grass and small wild flowers.

"The force fields are ready then, I assume?"

Brother Blood questioned Slade's eagerness. Of course, ending the lives of the Titans would be very amusing, but everything has a time that it needs to be done.

"You've assumed correct."

Slade pointed to the light blue beams boxing in the clearing, therefore preventing anything that is inside from escaping, or reaching the villains. The glow in the boxed-in area morphed into a small group of people, people known as Titans.

All of the Titans from across the globe were there. Every last one.

"Welcome! This is going to be more enjoyable than I thought." Blood added the last part a bit quieter, just for the people on the stage to hear.

Slade stepped forward and gazed at the crowd of Titans. "Don't bother trying to escape. Force field damage is only belittling your own lifespan."

Electra caught Slade's eye. She was close to yelling some very... unprofessional things at him, if Robin hadn't shoved himself in front of her.

"Slade! You're the reason we're all here! Where are we?!"

Slade didn't hesitate in answering Robin's demands. "Robin, always searching for answers; you won't have enough time alive to make use of them anyway."

Starfire flew out from the back of the crowd to stand by Robin, completely ignoring the fact that Electra was standing there. "We will live, no matter the nasty wrongdoings you have planned out for us!"

Blood held out a hand to command Starfire down, fingertips glowing with red energy. "We will have none of-" Slade gripped his wrist and pulled his hand down, shaking his head.

"We cannot inflict any damage to the competitors before the arena."

"Don't even think about hurting Star!"

Beast Boy morphed into a T-Rex and head-butted the force field before Blood. He roared in agitation as he sank back into his normal self, rubbing the top of his head. "What's going on...?" he muttered to himself.

Electra folded her arms across her chest. "That's what I'd like to know." She spoke loud enough for Slade to hear, she had made sure of it.

"Why, the Titans are to compete in an arena, in a fight...to the death."

Enraged, Cyborg aimed his sonic cannon directly at Blood's eye, yelling, "The only one who's gonna die here is your reputation!"

Blood simply held out a hand. "Stop. The force field will only reflect that blast back on you."

"Then at least tell us why we're here!"

Slade sauntered over to a few glass bowls behind him, each on its own pedestal, much like the pedestal the button rests on. "Inside each bowl are slips of paper. On each slip, is a name of your teammates. Titans West are in the first bowl, East in the second, and the Honorary Titans in the third. Four slips will be drawn from each bowl, and the four Titans on the papers will be forced to compete in the arena and kill."

Slade was interrupted by an uproar.

"Let us go!"

"You cannot harm us!"

"I would kill no one!"

"Silence!"

Blood's voice bellowed over the crowd. "You can be replaced, however. If a Titan from the same league were to, volunteer, for you, you would be replaced by them in the arena."

Aqualad pushed through the crowd to get to Electra. He leaned down to whisper in her ear, "If you're chosen, I'm volunteering for you, no questions asked." He held on to her wrist tightly.

Fear hit Electra's heart like a knife. "And if you're drawn...?"

"I forbid you from volunteering."

"No..! I'll do as I please!"

Raven happened to overhear the last bit of the conversation, and floated over to the two. "It pleases you to sacrifice yourself to kill or be killed? All of this seems like an every-man-for-himself kind of ordeal."

Electra suddenly felt like sobbing. "I... I don't care!" She choked.

"Let us draw the names then?"

Brother Blood spoke devilishly. Slade nodded and dipped his hand into the first bowl. "Titans West, first."

His fingers lingered over a slip, and he pulled it out in one swift movement.

"The first competitor... Starfire."

Robin ran frantically from the crowd. "No! I-I won't let you take her!" Slade widened his eye threateningly. "Do you volunteer, then?"

Starfire looked Robin in his eyes wildly, begging him silently to say yes. Robin lowered his arm. And stepped behind the alien princess. "N...no... I'm not..."

Starfire squeaked slightly as two HIVE students escorted her up the stage. "B-but Robin..."

"I'm s-sorry, Star.." He clenched his teeth and fists tightly and looked at the ground.

"I'm sorry...I c-can't."

"Next we have, Beast Boy."

Beast Boy didn't seem surprised when no one tried to volunteer. Raven was right, he thought, it really is every man for himself. He walked with his head high and swallowed the lump in his throat.

"Cyborg."

Cyborg pulled to the back of the crowd. "No! You can't hurt me, or my family!"

But he too was put to the stage.

The only two Titans left in the crowd were Raven and Robin, and only one would be left behind. Robin avoided anyone's gaze. Raven had to keep herself from snapping Slade's neck at that very moment.

The paper was drawn, and Slade cleared his throat.

"...Robin."

Electra saw Raven's shoulders relax. But the look on her face wasn't relaxed, it was pained. "Good luck..." She whispered.

The crowd was silent. The shock of Robin not volunteering for Starfire and Beast Boy remaining silent was enough to paralyze them.

"Titans East are next." The corners of Slade's mouth tilted upward. Aqualad cringed at his words.

"First, Bumblebee."

Speedy frantically waved his hand in the air. "I volunt-" Bumblebee rest her hand on his wrist and shook her head. Speedy glared at her, but slowly put his hand back down.

"Aqualad."

Electra let out a small cry. He didn't look back at her until the last second, and he only mouthed the word, 'No'. Electra looked at her feet and bit her lip to keep from crying, although the tears already were steadily falling down.

"Speedy."

Speedy looked up and nodded. Fists clenched, he stepped up the stage. No volunteers.

"And lastly... Mas."

Mas and Menos wailed and grabbed onto each other. A long string of Spanish and tears echoed theough the stage. Electra couldn't take it anymore. She flung both of her hands into the air and began screaming.

"Please! Take me instead! I volunteer!"

The HIVE students released Mas and looked up at Blood. "Take her."

She was on the stage when she caught a glimpse of Aqualad's face. Pain flickered through his eyes, and Electra figured it would be best if she didn't look at anybody.

She didn't hear many of the other hollow words, and she could barely make out who was chosen from the Honorary Titans. Jinx, Jericho, and Herald.

Electra, and many other Titans, snapped out of her dreamless daze when Kole's name was called. Gnark had gone feral, and he was yelling like he wanted to volunteer, but Gnark couldn't pronounce 'Volunteer', much less anything else but his own name.

Kole was put on stage along with the rest of the Titans and Slade began to speak.

"Each of the Titans here are required to pair up. Your pair may not be your ally in battle, but your enemy. If they wish to be your ally, so be it. You and your pair will be roommates until the arena. Find your pair now."

Robin and Starfire linked arms, and Beast Boy and Cyborg high-fived weakly. Aqualad and Electra gripped eachothers hand, leaving Bumblebee and Speedy as a team. Jinx shook hands with Kole, insisting they could easily beat the others being the only team with two girls. Herald simply nodded at Jericho, not bothering to look in his direction.

"Yet it will not just be the twelve heroes, but twelve other villains in the arena as well."

Blood laughed at the angered faces of the Titans. "The villains are confidential; we wouldn't want anyone planning ahead.

"I suppose you should all get a good night's rest, big day tomorrow." Electra charged at Blood, but Slade pushed the button again, teleporting all the Titans to 'their' rooms.