Satan's Child
Gothic: Gothic is BBBAAACCCKKK!! This time, the inspiration came from another fic I read, and the TV programme Dark Angel. Ever seen that show? Hmm?
Kitty: I'm back as well, serving as Gothic's computerized muse. As for the disclaimers, Gothic does not own the Teen Titans! Honestly! Does she look like one to be able to own them? Well?
Gothic: We're on a mad pointless question streak today. Please note that there are violent scenes, and scenes of a sexual nature somewhere further on. Starfire will speak differently to how she does now. There will be bad language, and co-stars from the Justice League, and X-Men Evolution. There now, are you okay? Wanna go hide behind mummy? No? Okay then, on with the ficcie!
Kitty: Gothic forgot to mention. This is set in the future, where the Titans are disbanded, and in their 20s at the least. Robin and Starfire are still together from their Titan days, and so are Beast Boy and Raven. Trigon was defeated a long time ago when the Titans were still together, and Raven is free of her dark side. Got that?
Gothic: One more thing…There is a lot of fan art that goes with this story, that I will attempt to put in here and there. If I can't get the links to work, they'll be in my profile somewhere…Oh and one more thing…
With deepest dedication to Psistrike, a loyal and wonderful friend of mine from Animation Insider. Without Psistrike, the will to write this story probably wouldn't of come to me at all, so thank you Psistrike!
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Deep in the heart of Gotham City, buried beneath a mask of poison, a secret organisation was in a frenzy of panic. This organisation was fronted as Business Enterprise, when, deep within, it captured anything out of the ordinary, and preformed horrific experiments on them. Right now, in the laboratories below, the staffs were running for their lives as two of the most powerful beings down there had had enough. Escape was imminent, as the strength of the female escapee freed her partner, and the two blasted their way up to freedom.
"Sir, Sir do you read me? They have escaped, I repeat, they have escaped."
"Then get them back. Now. They cannot be allowed to get away." Ivan Mac
Gregory, owner and funds supplier of Business Enterprise was not impressed.
"They are too powerful…Code 33009731 merely blasted the bullets away from her."
"And Code 33009732?" Ivan barked back.
"Followed her. His ability to stay in a powerful form for long periods gave him the upper hand."
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Ivan, who was situated above the labs, was getting very red now. He was a rather large man, whose greatest ambition was to create the perfect fighting machine. This involved a lot of funding, and a lot of pain. Many experiments died during procedures. But the two escapees, they had been there for a very, very long time, and were near to perfection. He wasn't about to give them up so easily.
"Smith?" Ivan called again.
"Yes Sir?" The employee called Smith replied.
"Recover what you can. Do
the codes have trackers?"
No Sir. There was not enough funding to produce such enhanced technology. Such enhancements now would kill them if added."
"Damn you Smith. What is there left?"
"Nothing. Code 33009731 awoke in the tube, and began to destroy everything. Once she awoke Code 33009732, they both smashed the place down."
"They are highly dangerous. Put an award out for information on their whereabouts."
"It will be done forthwith immediately Sir."
"See to it that you do." Ivan snapped back, before angrily jabbing the button that cut off the intercom on his desk. Anger flooded through him. Such unstable experiments would be lethal if unleashed on the city.
I will retrieve them. Then, and only then will I reclaim my perfect fighting machines.
For the remainder of that night, in the partially damaged building or Business Enterprise, no one dared speak, move or breathe. Everyone knew their boss's anger, and all knew what would happen if one angered him.
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Miles away from all of this, on the abandoned island off the coast of Jump City, a lone figure kept watch over the long forgotten tower. Cyborg knew he should of left a long time ago, but something compelled him to stay. It was as if he knew the tower would be needed again someday, and was protecting it until then.
Man, things have changed so much. It seems like yesterday when that argument surfaced, dooming us all. Cyborg remembered back to when he and Robin had fought bitterly over some long forgotten, unimportant subject. The two had never forgiven each other for some of the things that had been said and done, a feud which had eventually led to the disbandment of the Titans. Beast Boy and Raven had gone off somewhere; Robin and Starfire had gone to Gotham City. He had stayed, waiting patiently for the day where bygones would be bygones.
He hadn't expected the day to be that day in particular.
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It had been any other day to start with. Cy got up, ate breakfast, then set out to mend another car, which he did as a part time job to earn money. When he saw the doors slide gently open below, he looked up in surprise. But it was there on the monitor. Someone had inputted the correct access code, and the only people who knew that were the Titans. Still in shock, he wandered down, ready to jump any intruders.
"Who's there?" Cyborg cautiously asked the quiet gloom.
"CYBORG! ITISGOODTOSEEYOU!" An excitable Starfire jumped out of a seemingly unimportant nearby hidey-hole, catching Cyborg off guard. She hugged him enthusiastically, the slight lack of light disguising the minor changes in her. It had been nearly 5 years since Cyborg had seen any of his former teammates, and the alien had clearly grown.
"Starfire? Whoa, please, get down." Cyborg proceeded to disattach Starfire, putting her down, so that he could get a good look at her.
She had grown, her red hair now almost reaching the bottom of her back. The green eyes still sparkled with that energy of life, shining with the knowledgeable talents she had learnt. She wore flared, dark blue jeans, and a baggy, long sleeved blue top, with a logo on, that said, 'Gotham City Madness'. Grey trainers accompanied this outfit, a mobile phone antennae sticking up slightly from one jean pocket.
"It's been a long time. How have you been friend?" Starfire's vocabulary had obviously improved, as she now strung words together, speaking slightly in slang as well.
"Not too bad. You on your own?"
"Not exactly. We've come for other reasons, or rather I have." A second voice, from mainly where Starfire had appeared from, came into hearing. Robin stepped out from these shadows, his eyes forever hidden beneath his mask, which he still donned.
"Robin." Cyborg replied, slightly coldly. Starfire's face paled ever so tentatively.
"Cyborg." Robin answered, in exactly the same tone of voice. The former boy wonder now wore simple, vaguely baggy blue jeans, his steel capped boots still shining dully. A plain, long sleeved red top, with a blue collar adorned his chest, a deep-sea blue jacket covering this basic clothing.
"Please, don't fight. Haven't you caused enough pain to one another?" Starfire protested.
"She's right." Cyborg pulled himself up in maturity. " We shouldn't fight."
"That's why we came. I know it's been 5 years, and I know we swore never to speak to another again, but," Robin drew in a breath, "I want to apologise for what I've said and done. I was wrong to accuse you, and the Titans still remain scattered to the winds because of it." Robin stopped for breath.
"I never thought this day would come…" Cyborg looked up in wonder. "The day when we would own up to our mistakes. I'm so sorry Robin. It was wrong of me as well. I should never of got so huffy with you. Friends?" He held out his hand, looking downwards guiltily.
"Friends." Robin smiled warmly as he shook Cyborg's hand. "Only, next time, lets not wait 5 years to forgive each other.
Starfire let out a silent breath of relief as the old friends began laughing and joking with one another. She had also never though this day would come. And yes, they had waited 5 years for it to happen.
"So, we're all friends again?" She asked nervously.
"Yep. Lets go get reacquainted." Cyborg led the way, as the three made their way upstairs. Cyborg had really taken care of the place.
Hidden in the shadows, watching silently, was a rather pissed off looking cat. It's fur looked black, although it was hard to tell in the shadow. Once the former Titans had retreated within the ancient fortress, the cat closed its eyes, soundlessly thinking. She would be pleased with this, it knew she would. If only she would come back here.
Time for some gentle persuasion.
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As night settled, laughter could be heard from inside the dimly lit tower. Outside, on top of the tower, two shadows lay in the peaceful evening. One figure was female, the hair giving her gender away. She was crouched in a feral position, resting on the tips of her feet, watching out to sea. The other was male, his short hair swaying softly with the cool breeze. He lay on his back, further behind the female, looking up to the stars. They were enjoying themselves, until company decided to join them.
"Systems say there's someone on the roof. And no one is ever on the roof, not without my permission anyway."
"Safer to check it out."
"Come on then already." Robin led the way, the three climbing the staircase. The second Robin pushed the door an inch open, the male sat up, eyes staring towards the door.
"What's wrong?" The female murmured.
"Someone's there." The male growled back. This was loud enough for Robin to hear, who'd had enough.
"Titans! GO!" The trio charged out, but the pair were ready. Where the slim male had been, there was a heavy built tiger, one not resembling a normal tiger appearance . Instead, horns, frills, and sabre tooth tiger fangs shone above and below angry eyes. Whilst the two guys tackled tiger boy, Star went after the female, who stood her ground, ready to take the alien.
"Whoa! This kitty's strong!" Cyborg shoved the enraged cat back, failing to notice that it was a black and green coloured tiger. With tiger boy dazed temporarily, the two turned to help Star, who was in a very sticky situation.
Starfire was pinned against a wall, the female holding a very nasty looking dagger to her throat. Sharp, dangerous eyes narrowed on the terrified alien, whose attempts of escape landed her face to face with her captor. Suddenly, looking into those eyes, realisation came to her.
"R…Raven?"
The demon, who had been going to stab Starfire, stopped short. No one except Beast Boy had ever called her that in 3 long years.
"St..Starfire?" She finally managed to whisper. Then she shook her head, pushing away, and breathing deeply.
"Dude, I thought we were disbanded. What happened?"
"Beast Boy?" Robin spun around, recognising the tone of voice. The green skinned changeling, back in human form, lugged himself forward.
"Does anyone want to fill me in here? No one told me I was gonna be hosting a whole reunion!" Cyborg chimed in.
"Trust me, we are here on business far more serious than reunions." Raven dangerously added. Despite the main distinctable differences in her, the sharp, quick look in her eyes was still there.
"So, why are you here friends?" Star asked.
"We, uh, uh, it'salongstoryandIwillhavetoaskRavenandwe'llexplainitalllater." Beast Boy said all in a rush.
"Definitely later." Raven replied. The demon was now dressed in flared, black leather trousers, with a short sleeved, black leather top to match. Boots covered her feet, and fingerless gloves hung tightly to fingers that still held the dagger. The most intriguing part of her outfit was the long black jacket, and the sliver zipped pockets. Her hair had grown down to her shoulders, with streaks of black in the ends, the familiar deep purple at the roots. Most importantly, her always red gemstone on her forehead had changed to black somehow. Anything that could be black, was black, other than her skin, which still kept it's pale lilac colour.
"Friends! You look…different." Starfire eventually managed to speak.
"It's been 5 years. Lot of things can happen in 5 years." If anything, Beast Boy appeared to have matured a lot. Now dressed in a plain blue t-shirt, with a open bluey-greyish shirt on top, he looked very different from the Beast Boy they had once known. With grey gloves and brownish-blackish jeans, the outfit couldn't of been more simple. Perhaps the most intriguing change about Beast Boy was the fact that he had grown not only in height, but in muscular status as well. This, as well as the ever lingering sparkle of mischief and excitement in his eyes, gave the changeling a somewhat puzzling and even perplexing appearance.
"So, anyone wanna fill me in? Why are you here?" Cyborg managed to say, after a few uncomfortable minutes in silence.
"We went to Gotham City 5 years ago when Robin and Starfire went. There, we found a good home, and tried to put things behind us. One night, we were out, and were caught off guard by some odd men. They fired tranquillisers at us, knocking us out. When we woke up, we were in a laboratory. For 4 and a half long years we were the victims, along with many others, of horrendous and painful experiments. They didn't care how anybody felt. Everyone in there was considered a 'thing', with no freedom or free will…" Raven stopped for a minute, blinking back tears. The others looked horrified, the thought of men doing such things to innocent people making Robin angry.
"So, what happened? " Starfire sadly asked.
"I don't really know. The drugs they shoved in are designed to keep the person sober, and not to struggle. We were all 'kept' in chambers, so that we couldn't escape. I knew nothing." Beast Boy replied.
"What happened was that I woke up." Raven grimly replied. "And I got pissed off. My powers are very unstable, and highly dangerous. Consequently, I tore the place apart in my anger. Why I woke up I don't know, but I did. And after I got Beast Boy out, we actually had fun." Half a smile crept onto Raven's face at the memory.
"That is just sick… How could anybody do that? And why?"
"I…I have no idea why they were doing it, but the scientists were being paid high money to do those things. I believe they're being funded by somebody…but I don't know much." Raven replied.
"It's still sick. No one should have to go through that, no matter what the reason." Cyborg looked particularly bothered by it all.
"Well, we're going to find out." Robin added confidently, the old gleam of triumph back in his eye. "Meanwhile, won't they be looking for you?"
"Uh…."
A sudden light flashed in their direction. Everyone looked up to see a stealth helicopter, that had crept up on the five.
"Yeah." Raven finished. "They will be looking for us…"
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Gothic: Oh it's BB and Raven…if you'd care to copy and paste this you can see Beast Boy and Raven! As you can see, they're on the run!
Kitty: Also, copy and to see the original sketched and inked copy of that previous piccie =^-^=
Gothic: Told you there's a lot of fan art. I'll have a few more soon, but I need to redo a pic first. C ya l8er!