Teen Titans

Face/Off

Chapter 1 Betrayal

The flood lights blasted through the darkness, the sirens howled in the night, raised voices, flashlights, dogs barking ensued as a shadow rushed through the fields.

"Back-up needed immediately, Quentin building. Inmate Alex Riddick has escaped, I repeat, Riddick has escaped, officers in pursuit" said an officer over the radio

A prison officer hearing the call ran into the security office and pulled out a key, he opened the small protective fibre-glass covering a big red panic button with a white T on it. He slammed down on the button.

Three officers were chasing the shadowy figure across the prison fields. The figure was taking great care to stay in the shadows as much as possible, dodging the spotlights. Two of the guards slowed with lack of stamina.

"That guys a fuckin racehorse" panted one officer

"All yours Jack" gasped another as the first officer was just managing to keep up with him

The figure reached the barbed wire fence. The man clambered up the fence and cleared over it, ignoring the twisted metal. He gave a grunt as the razor sharp wires dug into his flesh and as he ripped it out. He ran into the blackness of the night. The guard kept the same high speed as he came to the fence, his whole body transforming into shiny liquid silver. The guard's whole body ran straight through the wire mesh. The man stopped as he saw the silver figure run through the fence.

"James?" he whispered in shock

'Titans, assemble in the main quarters' ordered
Raven, who had taken the position of leader since Robin's betrayal

The titan's quickly gathered in the lounge.

"What've we got?" asked Cyborg

"This is a red alert so I'll make this quick. At 2100 hours we got a distress call from the San Quentin's young offender's institute. Prisoner Alex E Riddick escaped captivity. He is considered extremely dangerous. Titans lets go" explained Raven

Alex willed his legs to move and ran into the forest. James ran after him but slowed when Alex disappeared from sight. He cautiously walked further into the woods, watching his surroundings. Alex hid behind the nearest oak tree and waited for James to run into him. He pulled out a crude sharp implement and clasped it within his palm close to his chest. He lifted the weapon ready to strike as James passed him, when a bright light cut through the shadows of the forest. He pushed further into the tree avoiding the light. James transformed back into the security guard and turned to face the light.

"Whose there?" he called

"Security guard Jack Stanford?" called a deep voice

"Yeah, who is that?" asked James

The light flickered off to reveal a group of teenagers. One was a short skinny green fellow, another was a huge half robot brute of a man, there was a teenage girl wearing a long blue cape and a petite girl with long blonde hair, the last was wearing a mini skirt and a tight top. He recognised the blonde haired girl, Terra.

"We're the Teen Titans, we'll take it from here" stated Beastboy

Alex silently clambered up the tree and settled on a thick branch. The titans, he'd heard of these people before from one of the guards, apparently their leader had recently betrayed them and sided with Slade. His blood boiled at the thought of the monster that was nowadays known as Slade.

"Heard your having a little trouble with one of your prisoners" asked Terra

James looked down at her, the memories flooding back

"Yes, Alex broke out of his holding cell, disarming two of the guards, then broke into the criminal archives" answered James

The titans fanned out.

"Come out, come out wherever you are" called Cyborg holding onto the light beam

"You won't surprise him with that thing" advised James

"We don't need to, he's susceptible to bright lights. Please, sir, let us do our job" said Raven

"Yeah, might wanna step back a little, give us a bit of room" said Beastboy

James did as he was asked and stepped back. The Titans slowly advanced through the forest as James watched, arms folded.

"Cyborg, light em up" whispered Raven

Cyborg blasted the beam light and suddenly with a crack and a smash, the light broke off. A stone dropped to the ground.

"Told you" chuckled James

Terra stood ready slowly scanning the area. Alex dropped down behind her and grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled her head back whilst with his foot bringing her leg up and wrapped the long hair around her ankle and tied it tightly, she let out a scream as he pushed her and dived back into the darkness. The other titans turned to see Terra scrambling to free herself from her own hair. Beastboy rushed to help her. A fist came from no-where and socked him square in the face, the fist hit him again and knocked him out cold. A green bolt of light flew straight at Alex, he spun backwards the left dodging it. The man sprinted towards Starfire then cutting quickly to his right back into the shadows. Cyborg gripped his custom pistol and changed the clip from his taser cartridge to his standard bullet rounds. Alex came from behind again, he twisted Cyborg's arm back and snapped it whilst pulling the gun from his hand and he shot Cyborg in his foot and knee. Cyborg fell to the floor gritting his teeth in pain. Alex disassembled the pistol into bits. He was struck by a g-force in the chest and into a tree, he grunted as he was restrained by the shadows, Raven was controlling.

'Interesting' he thought

He strained his muscles against the binds.

"Raven, you got him?" panted Cyborg

"He's not going anywhere" answered Raven

"You have been shot, Cyborg are you alright?" asked Starfire

"Yeah just minor damage to my circuits" limped Cyborg

Alex was silent and unmoving. He watched the Titans with those silver glaring eyes. Raven moved closer to him, patient, she shuffled her feet toward him. James came into view, he gave him an ugly accusing stare. His eyes turned to the blackened forest. James looked around trying to find what Alex was looking at, knowing Alex it can't have been good. Then he heard the rustling of leaves, the squeak of leather clothing rubbing together, something was coming. He looked at Alex for an answer, his hand shimmering silver for an instant. Alex gave a slow subtle shake of disapproval. James slowly raised his hands in the air.

"Looks like you've got company" he smiled

That deep gruff voice sent a shiver down Raven's spine. He was staring right at her with those beautiful eyes. The whites of his eyes were pure black, and the iris, pupil and lens were a shiny metallic silver colour.

"Freeze!" yelled a voice behind her

She whipped round to see a group of men dressed in black drabs carrying automatic weapons, aimed straight at them no less.

"Kill the guard" said a voice

Bullet shots echoed through the woods. James fell to the floor.

"Titan's, move!" ordered Cyborg

"WAIT!" roared the voice coming through the trees to reveal Robin

"Robin?!?" gasped Starfire

"Hello, Starfire, still broken hearted?" asked Robin

Cyborg lunged at Robin, who took him down easily.

"Please, I know everything about each and every single one of you, and it's not Robin anymore, it's Nightwing" corrected Nightwing

"Why are you doing this?" asked Terra, who was by the unconscious Beastboy, pulling him up

"That would be telling. Shame you have to die now anyway" smiled Robin walking off back into the forest

The soldiers cocked their guns and aimed at everyone, including Alex.