Note: No, I don't own Teen Titans. However, there are 2 characters in here who I do own.
And this is my first fanfic, ever, so please be gentle right now.
Begin Story: The Introduction of the Players of the Game
The cloaked figure glided swiftly down the hallway, pausing for a brief second at every room. The black figure was searching for something within these school walls. Silently, he floated from door to door, searching the minds of everyone in each room for only a second and then moving on. He moved quickly and quietly, not causing a single disruption to the classes. The lone student whose eyes happened to gaze at the door when he passed by merely thought they were seeing things from boredom.
The figure cursed to himself for having to actually travel through the hallways, searching each room individually since he wasn't powerful enough yet to scan the entire building from the outside. But then again, this kid wasn't supposed to appear for another 50 years. No matter, I am still powerful enough for what I need to do.
It only took him a few minutes to finish checking the entire high school. He hovered in place for a moment, pondering his next step, having failed at finding his objective. His body-length cape and hood bristled slightly, blown by an unseen and unfelt gust of air. Suddenly, a red glow surrounded his cloak. The aura appeared to be burning around the man, growing brighter and brighter. The ground below the school's foundation started to cave in. Oh well, he thought to himself, one less place to search now.
With that, the light disappeared along with the mysterious person, only to have, an instant later, the entire school engulfed in a massive ball of fire. The flame formed a perfect sphere, covering the facility flawlessly. The heat disintegrated everything inside immediately, leaving no survivors. As suddenly as it appeared, the blaze was gone, leaving a gigantic crater where the school had been only a couple of seconds ago. Smoke drifted up from the bare ground, the lone symbol that something had previously occupied this charred territory. On to the next place, and with another flash of light, he disappeared into the air.
A few minutes earlier-
Damnit, not again. How does he keep managing to find me? Loch thought silently to himself as he felt the sinister presence in the school. He's after me, no doubt about it. And once again, I can't do anything to help anyone.
The young, brown-haired teen stared silently out the door window. He saw the figure traveling down the other side of the hallway, and knew he would come to this side of the hall shortly. He quickly put up a mind barrier, so that this man in the hallway couldn't detect him. He glanced out of the corner of his eye as he watched the familiar shape glide past the window; felt him brush against his mind barrier, and move on. He waited for half a minute, and then asked to be excused from the room.
Quickly, he ran to the restroom, knowing that there wasn't much time left. He checked to make sure no one had seen him, even though he knew that since this guy was back, there was really no point to it; even if someone saw him, they weren't going to be alive long enough to tell their story.
He dashed into a nearby stall and closed the door behind him. Again, this was merely out of habit, since Loch knew the door wouldn't survive to be opened again. Loch shut his eyes and concentrated. His body began to glow in an outline of dark green, and then the aura enveloped his body, so he was a ball of green. "Home," Loch whispered, and the ball collapsed in and disappeared.
A second later, the ball reappeared over a bed in a nearby suburb. It grew back to its original size and dropped Loch out of it. He landed on the bed with a soft thud and quickly regained his senses. He ran over to his window, just in time to see a giant ball of fire suddenly appear where his school used to belong. He turned away, afraid the person who created the ball of destruction would see him. He waited until he sensed that the evil force had teleported away, and then fell to the floor, tears slowly coming to his eyes.
Titan's Tower was suddenly filled with a blaringly loud alarm. Red lights were going off all over the place, and the T.V. automatically switched to the distress channel, created by the city whenever a danger presented itself. Of course, this interrupted Cyborg and Beast Boy's current game, and both silently cursed at the new addition to the T.V.
"Please don't tell me it's another school," Robin said as he ran up to the couch Cyborg and Beast Boy were occupying. The news report flashed up on screen with a picture of a massive crater in a small box next to the reporter.
"Our news copters are now on site, about to show you first hand footage of the latest tragedy this week." The news feed then cut to a live image of the crater. Smoke was still coming up in some places, but the news camera showed everything. However, there was nothing to show, save for the fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances.
"As the ninth school this week, Cherokee High has been completely destroyed. Authorities still have no leads as to the cause of this scene of devastation, except that it is connected to the previous eight schools that have been mysteriously and utterly demolished. This knowledge comes from the similar smoke signals that create themselves every time." With this, the camera on the copter angled upward so that everyone watching the news could see. The smoke from the fire had moved itself into shapes that spelled a message. The same message that was left every time: 'I know you're out there.'
The screen returned to the station, but Robin clicked off the T.V. and threw the remote onto the couch. The Titans merely stood in the main room, looking at each other hopelessly. Another school gone without any warning, and, even though they would still go, no clues would be left behind. Everything would be completely gone, as though it had vanished into thin air, except for the crater and smoke. And it appeared to be random. No possible connection had been established between any of the 8 previous schools, and it was unlikely that this 9th one would add something new. The Titans looked despairingly around their base as they realized there was a new evil present that they knew nothing about.