Shades of Ink: A Teen Titans Fanfiction Story

Part 1:

Side note: This takes place between the Teen Titans episode Things Change and the Teen Titans movie Trouble in Tokyo. Clearly, in this continuity, Trouble in Tokyo happens after the fifth season of Teen Titans.

Not so long ago…

Terra concluded, "things change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory."

Robin called out over Beast Boy's communicator after a brief time, "come in, Beast Boy! We need your help!" The transmission ended as Beast Boy closes the communicator. Through his eyes, he looked at Terra with one last plead.

Beast Boy suggests, "come with me." Terra shakes her head.

She insists, "you go. You're the Teen Titan. That's who you are. That's not me. I'm not a hero. I'm not out to save the world. I'm just a girl with a geometry test next period, and I haven't studied." As she walked away, Beast Boy sees a bright white flash of light.

At the present time…

Beast Boy has become a green hawk, who is soaring over the Murakami school. He thinks to himself, "you'll always be Terra to me." A tear drops from one of his hawk eyes as the images of the past Terra flooded him…of their used to be friendship and Slade coming between them.

Not long after, in a certain recycling center…

The White Monster shoots fireballs across several oil tanks in a row. Raven and Starfire fly out of the way, while Robin uses his grappling hook to help him swing Cyborg out of the way. A wave of oil, ignited by the growing fire, causes a massive explosion where they used to be. The White Monster starts absorbing itself into the walls, silently satisfied with its massive destruction. Robin sighs. He calls out over his communicator, "Beast Boy?!"

Beast Boy lands right outside of the flaming recycle center. He says solemnly, "I'm here." Beast Boy then turns into a green rhino, charging at the incoming White Monster just as it comes out of the burning recycling center.

Cyborg points out, "talk about bad timing." Piles of recycled paper, plastic, cans, and oil tanks burst into pieces as Raven reactively shields the other Teen Titans from the series of explosions with black magic. Thankfully, no recycling center worker was dumb enough to stay since the beginning of the fight.

The White Monster surprisingly groans as Beast Boy rams it down the hill. The White Monster though absorbs the hill at the last minute, disappearing into it as dirt. As Beast Boy turns back into his tired normal humanoid self, he notices a brown briefcase in the White Monster's hand for a brief second. Beast Boy sighs, "just when things couldn't get more creepy." Raven uses black magic to push off the debris from the recycling center, and comes towards Beast Boy along with the other Teen Titans.

Starfire wonders, "creepier than a glorbag?"

Beast Boy mutters, "so now you care?!"

Cyborg sighs a little, "we're sorry, BB…but it was hard to believe at first. I mean, it's been three years since we last saw Terra."

Robin points out, "couldn't have put it better myself." Raven looks away, nervous for some reason. No one notices.

Beast Boy sighs again, "I guess…I just never got over her."

Raven wonders, "and now?" It kind of is the wrong thing to say, but Raven didn't realize it until it came out.

Beast Boy though continued solemnly, "I don't want to talk about it."

Robin figures with a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder, "we'll see. Right now, there's a very dangerous robot still running around…and I assume any attempt to track it will have interference from whatever it absorbs."

Cyborg tries to point, "how can a robot do all of that?!"

Robin sighs a little, "I don't know…but I was detecting electromagnetic signals on our way here."

Beast Boy figures, "haven't we had enough robots already?! Umm…no offense, Cyborg."

Cyborg concludes a little confused and worried, "none taken."

Robin wonders, "are you going to be ok?"

Beast Boy insists, "yeah…I will."

Raven concludes, "good…because we need you." Beast Boy, somewhat shocked by this, didn't say much after that. Raven thinks as the Teen Titans head back to Titans Tower, "he can't be that smart…so why is he now more sensitive…as if he knows?" Raven sighs to herself, "never mind. This will all probably resolve itself. Who knows? Maybe Beast Boy will become more mature."

A half hour later, back at Titans Tower…

Robin is at the city security grid monitor in the tower lounge, looking nervous himself. Starfire nearby wonders, "Robin, what is with the moods of today?" She is looking over his shoulder. The other Teen Titans are in separate rooms elsewhere in the tower.

Elsewhere in the tower…

Cyborg is playing video games by himself to try to get his mind off things. Raven and Beast Boy are each alone, in separate bedrooms.

Beast Boy is in Terra's former bedroom, sighing as he glances at the little heart shaped mirror.

Raven sighs as she tries to meditate in her own room.

Back at the tower lounge…

Robin points out uneasily as he replays the security footage of the warehouse broken into by the White Monster, "remember this? Turns out it's for Wayne Enterprises."

Starfire realizes, "and according to Beast Boy…"

Robin points out, "this…robot stole something important from Bruce Wayne. But, this isn't Slade's style…and no records from the warehouse can tell me what it is."

Starfire tries to assure him, "we'll find the robot, Robin."

Robin sighs, "wish I could believe that. Someone went to a lot of trouble to keep us looking elsewhere...and only Beast Boy could spot the suitcase. But…where can we look…unless…?" He begun to get up, heading to his room.

Starfire wonders, "unless what?"

Robin points out, "unless I get in touch with a friend." Suddenly, as Robin starts to keep walking, a beeping sound echoes from the security control panel. Robin and Starfire turn back to the control panel.

A computer voice points out, "incoming message…from the mayor of Jump City."

Robin urges, "put it through."

Starfire gasps as she and Robin recognize the sinister face of white haired military man with a black eye patch named Slade Wilson on the viewscreen.

Robin mutters coldly, "what do you want…Slade?"

Slade Wilson tries to point out, "it sounds as though you're accusing me."

Starfire points out, "we know you are Slade…a very nasty glorbag. We will stop the plan you have put to action during our time missing."

Slade Wilson sighs a little, "having respected good causes, I hate to do this to you...but you are to be brought to trial for the loss of Slade."

Robin exclaims, "if this is your idea of a sick joke…!"

Slade Wilson concludes, "I'll see you tomorrow at 4:00 P.M." And with that, the viewscreen went black.

Starfire sighs, "you think he is responsible for…?"

Robin realizes, "for starting to tear down the buildings we know and love? I wouldn't put it past him."

Starfire wonders, "what should we do? We don't even have this person called a lawner!"

Robin points out with a small chuckle, "I think you mean a lawyer. And right now, I can think of one person who can help solve both problems."