Here is a short story, the next chapter will come later today. I hope you enjoy it. I thought of it when watching Betrayal, so you can guess the topic. A little gory, sorry. Anyways, review please, and maybe I'll have a random short story released every week. Maybe a little angsty, maybe something funny, who knows. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I couldn't put this on television even if I owned Teen Titans, I would disturb so many children.
Betrayal
Dawn, the end of the nightmarish glow of the pale light from the foreboding moon, is always al welcome sight. Night at Jump City was a dangerous thing, for horrifying things happen at night, things the people never speak of. The type of things that should never be seen, but also the type of things that must always be done. To many, the land of dreams upon onyx shores of the night skies are welcome, they can bring hope to the most hopeless of people. Yet, not in Jump, the people of Jump only have nightmares.
Only at night can a terrifying Beast come loose. Only at night can the most calm and collected of people become a demon. Only at night can the most righteous and kindest of warriors attack their family, as two different people.
But then there is dawn, and the night comes to an end, and so do the nightmares. The people of Jump awaken, and they hope for a better today, one where the villains of yesterday do not return. The people, hoping to be free, look to the monument of safety, and hope. Today that could not happen.
It was a Friday, and to the people of Jump, that day was a daydream.
"Well, looks like we won." Cyborg said sombrely. "They why does it not feel like a victory?" Starfire question, the pain of depression weighing on her voice. "I knew it. I knew it! We should never have trusted her." Raven, in her anger and pain, blamed herself slightly. Yet that did not overcome her rage. "But we did. We all did." Robin was trying to remain calm, and he was failing.
The Tower was in a state of disrepair. There was not one room that did not have holes blasted into the walls, furniture ripped, and the floors cracked. Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Robin were all collected in the common room, which was virtually flooded with Sladebots. The four titans were either standing or sitting on an unidentifiable chunk of a dismembered couch.
"I regained access to the computer." Cyborg was sombrely sitting on one of two parts of the couch. "Security codes and encryption strings have all been reset." He couldn't and didn't want to believe this situation. Cyborg was betrayed.
"And all enemy surveillance technology has been located and destroyed." Starfire said in a near monotone, the depression clear in her voice. Starfire was betrayed.
"The problem is, Terra gave Slade more than secret codes and hidden cameras. She gave him us. Our flaws, our weaknesses, everything he'd ever need to know." Raven, both guilty and angry, had decided that emotions, for once and only one, could bleed ever so slightly into her voice. Raven was betrayed.
"It doesn't matter. When Slade makes his next move, we'll be ready." Robin was determined to get revenge. Robin was betrayed.
"And Beast Boy?" Cyborg questioned. "He will be all right?" Starfire, the spark of her soul was dim, but still there, was worried. "He just needs a little time." Robin tried to reassure his fellow Titans. The whimpering of a dog could be heard if one listened carefully.
Early that day, when dawn had just begun. The Titans were just finishing the battle, and the last Sladebot on the ropes. Cyborg, Starfire, Robin, and Raven, all tired from the long night, gave the last of their energy into a single combined blast, ripping the poor machine apart. "Think that was the last of them?" Cyborg, his breathing heavy, question to no one in particular. "Not sure, we should probably take a look." The doors of the foyer, nearly blown off at some point, creaked open slightly. The Titans, adrenalin still flowing, prepared to destroy the entity limping through the door.
Yet it was no Sladebot to come crawling through, but instead a beaten Beast Boy. Beast Boy was not doing well, far worse than the rest of the Titans. While Cyborg, Raven, Robin, and Starfire had a few bruises, Beast Boy had scars.
His hair was brown from blood, and was probably stained by the same source that made a constant flow over his blacken left eye. His nose, broken upwards, couldn't even bleed, it was so malformed. His fang, chipped slightly, the chip lodged into his upper lip. Yet that was not the worst parts. His uniform was in tatters. It was stained with so much dirt and blood, it was nearly impossible to differentiate the two. Tears in his shirt and pants were so common, it was hard to tell where they started and where they ended. His right leg was limping, blood painted across the floor behind it, might as well had and explosive bone fire shrapnel into it because there was so many shards of a tinted green bone stick out of it.
"Beast Boy! What happened to you?" Robin, ready to be furious at the emerald child, was shocked to see him so injured. Yet the kid did not respond, he just continued to limp onwards, his face without emotion. The usual fire in his eyes, looked like they were never even lit in the first place. "Friend Beast Boy, are you of the 'o' and the 'k'?" Starfire questioned, unable to fly. "Yo, dude. What happened to you, and where's Terra?" To Cyborg's question, Beast Boy stiffened.
He just stood there, silent, shivering slightly, before he whispered under his breath, almost too quiet to hear, "She betrayed us." To say that the other Titans were shocked was an understatement. Beast Boy continued to limp way, ignoring Robin's questions. "What happened? Where were you? Why did Terra betray us?" Robin asked, but Beast Boy just continued away, until he spoke once more, "At least let Raven heal you." Robin begged, gesturing to Raven to heal him.
Raven walked over to the injured child, hand glowing white ready to heal, and touched his shoulder. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" Beast Boy yelled. Morphing into a cheetah, he ran away, leaving a trail of blood and bone. No one had moved, not sure what to do.
While the dawn is the end to the night, the nightmares can continue after the dawn.
So, what did you people think. The next part will come later today, so no worries about this being incomplete. The reason, you may ask, why there will be two parts. The answer is that last line. See you soon. Bye!
-A Mad Man
