Chapter 1
Beast Boy and Satrfire had just beaten Robin and Cyborg 22 games of football, to 21. They were going to be doing the dishes for a long time. Insisting on a celebration, Star wasted twenty minutes just trying to decide on toppings for the pizzas she intended to buy. Raven insisted she didn't care, but meticulously shot down everyone else's ideas. Cyborg was dying for an all meat combo, but Beast Boy absolutely refused, trying to convince everyone veggies were the way to go. No one listened. Finally becoming bored with the discussion, Raven returned to her room to meditate, leaving the boys and Starfire to decide. Finally settling on three large pizzas, one with meat, one cheese, and one veggie, Star took off to retrieve them, leaving the boys playing a game of Mega-Destruction: Version 2.0.
"Boo yah!" Cyborg exclaimed, his fingers tapping the keys as quickly as he could manage.
"Come on man!" Beast Boy yelped, nearly tossing the controller in disgust as his character was killed for the fourteenth time.
"Dude, give it up." Robin advised, smirking. "Quit while you still have your dignity."
A rustling noise caused Robin to turn around to see Raven not two feet from him. Damn, she was quiet when it suited her purposes. She surveyed him, her violet eyes impassive.
"Has Starfire returned yet?"
"Naw, but you know Star," Cyborg replied not taking his eyes off the screen, fingers tapping busily, "She'll see some flower and have to smell it, never mind that our pizzas are getting cold." He grinned as the game beeped and Beast Boy's character died once again, screaming piteously in it's robotic voice.
Ignoring Beast Boy's pleas for another game, he handed the controller to Robin. Sidling up next to Raven, he grabbed her in a one-arm hug, "She'll be back soon, so just chill."
Removing Cyborg's hand from her shoulder, Raven backed away, one eyebrow raised.
"Not that you could get any more frigid..." Cyborg grumbled, plopping down on the couch next to Beast Boy.
Raven turned away, if she had heard his comment, she chose to ignore it. She picked up her newest book of the table where she had left it last night and sat to read it. Opening it, she was interrupted by a loud crash.
She looked up from the book, the annoyance apparent on her face. "Would you mind turning that down a bit?"
The other Titans were looking around in puzzlement.
"Uh, that wasn't us." Robin said, glancing at the screen in confusion.
"Than what-?" Raven's question was cut off by an explosion that shook the Tower. Raven was thrown sideways into Beast Boy, both of them going down in a jumble of arms and legs. Robin managed to stay upright by grabbing the table.
"What the hell was that?!" Cyborg yelled, running to the door. Before he could reach it, it was blown off it's hinges by a tremendous blast. The door slammed into him, knocking him back against the far wall.
Raven stood, finally managing to extract herself from Beast Boy. She flipped up her hood and floated into the air, her cloak swirling around her in the wind rushing through the door.
"Get ready Titans." Robin warned as a metal claw punched through the dust at the entrance.
A laugh cut off any other remarks.
"Well, well Titans. It's seems I've caught you one member short. But don't worry, I won't leave her out. She'll be taken care of as soon as I'm done with you."
Slade emerged from the rubble, sitting atop a large robot. "But for now you will have plenty of friends to play with." He said, laughing once again as small versions of his robot began pouring through the door to surround the Titans.
"Titans! Go!" Robin yelled, dodging the laser blast from one of them, while he slashed at another with his staff.
"Azarath Metreon Zinthos!" Raven yelled, black fire raging to consume several robots, tossing them into their fellows.
With a roar of rage, Beast Boy transformed himself into an ox. Bellowing loudly, he rampaged through the middle of the robots, tossing them to the left and right as he charged.
Cyborg threw the door off him, smashing several robots. "You want a piece of this?" He yelled, powering up his cannon. Blasting away furiously, he destroyed several robots before they had even a chance to react.
"Move it or lose it!" He yelled, blasting several more.
Changing from a ox to a crocodile faster than the robots could react, Beast Boy grasped one in his jaws, crushing it. He threw it to the side, slamming it into another before snapping up another in his strong jaws.
Raven dodged and blocked the all too constant barrage of laser blasts. She threw a streamer of black at two robots, effectively blowing them apart. However, the split second her guard was down a laser shot caught her in the shoulder. She winced, gripping her arm, barely managing to block the next shot fired at her.
Robin flipped over the robots, slamming this way and that, destroying the ones that had attacked Raven.
"Get out!" He told her, blocking a laser burst, "You can't help us if you're hurt."
Ignoring him, she sent a blast of black at a robot. "I can't leave you to face this alone! If Star was here, maybe, but now we have no choice."
Robin shoved his staff against one of the robots, sending it spiraling back against the one behind it. "Then stick by one of us. If you feel even the slightest bit-"
She threw herself back into the fight directing her magic with her injured arm, keeping a grip on the wound with her uninjured hand.
"Hey!" Cyborg yelled over the muddle of battle cries. "What are you-?!" He screamed angrily as a robot jumped on his back, puncturing his outer armor with it's claw-like legs. The other robots moved to swarm over him, slowly forcing him down to the ground.
"Cyborg!" Robin yelled, leaping to help him.
Raven blasted several more robots, and backed away. Spinning around to face the next one she found herself face to face with Beast Boy. He gave a small smile. "Time to kick some bad guy butt."
Back to back, they faced the onslaught of robots, Raven blasting and blocking, Beast Boy changing into every animal in his arsenal in order to attack and dodge.
"We can't hold out much longer." Raven said, her voice deathly calm. Her knees buckled and Beast Boy reached out to grab her, noting the silvery blood soaking her cloak.
"Raven!" He braced her, changing into a lion. Slinging her up on his back, he nuzzled her.
Hold on. She nodded slightly, her grip on him tightening. Robin! He yelled, leaping over the heads of the robots. Raven's down! We have to get out of here!
Damn! Robin mentally swore as he pummeled a robot off Cyborg. I knew she shouldn't have kept fighting!
"We have to get out of here!" He told Cyborg hurriedly.
"But the Tower-!"
"Forget it! There's nothing we can do now!"
Grimly, they turned and battled their way toward Beast Boy, who, still in lion form, was attempting to fight off his attackers and, at the same time, keep Raven safe.
She's still losing blood. Beast Boy informed them in anguish. His fur was streaked with the silver liquid, and Raven was deathly pale, more so than usual. We have to get her out of here!
Raven's eyes were half-closed, her fists gripping Beast Boy's fur. She shivered slightly, her skin going a pale, gray color.
"Toward the door!" Robin ordered. "We have to get out of here and regroup. We can't beat Slade alone."
"Now move!" He yelled, slamming into a robot that got in the way.
The Titans took off for the door, leaping over robots and destroying those that got in the way.
Beast Boy raced through the door first, stopping in the relative safety of the hallway.
"Go!" Robin told him, "We'll follow! Get Raven out of here!"
Frozen by indecision for a moment, his mind was made up as Raven gave a tiny mewl of pain. Swinging around, he took off down the hall, dodging the few robots that decided to follow.
Cyborg battled his way to the door, throwing robots left and right. "Come on Rob!" He yelled, reaching out his hand to yank Robin from the fray.
Stretching out his hand, Robin was caught off guard by the laser blast that slammed into him. Dropping to his knees, he let out a scream of pain.
"Robin!" Cyborg yelled, preparing to dive back into the battle.
"Go!" Robin screamed, lurching to his feet, "Go now! The others need you! I'll be fine!"
Cyborg didn't move, watching his injured friend battle against impossible odds.
"Go now!" Robin yelled again, breaking the spell. Cyborg whirled and wiping his eyes fiercely, took off down the hallway, leaving his friend behind.
All he could hear as he ran was Slade's echoing laughter.
Beast Boy and Satrfire had just beaten Robin and Cyborg 22 games of football, to 21. They were going to be doing the dishes for a long time. Insisting on a celebration, Star wasted twenty minutes just trying to decide on toppings for the pizzas she intended to buy. Raven insisted she didn't care, but meticulously shot down everyone else's ideas. Cyborg was dying for an all meat combo, but Beast Boy absolutely refused, trying to convince everyone veggies were the way to go. No one listened. Finally becoming bored with the discussion, Raven returned to her room to meditate, leaving the boys and Starfire to decide. Finally settling on three large pizzas, one with meat, one cheese, and one veggie, Star took off to retrieve them, leaving the boys playing a game of Mega-Destruction: Version 2.0.
"Boo yah!" Cyborg exclaimed, his fingers tapping the keys as quickly as he could manage.
"Come on man!" Beast Boy yelped, nearly tossing the controller in disgust as his character was killed for the fourteenth time.
"Dude, give it up." Robin advised, smirking. "Quit while you still have your dignity."
A rustling noise caused Robin to turn around to see Raven not two feet from him. Damn, she was quiet when it suited her purposes. She surveyed him, her violet eyes impassive.
"Has Starfire returned yet?"
"Naw, but you know Star," Cyborg replied not taking his eyes off the screen, fingers tapping busily, "She'll see some flower and have to smell it, never mind that our pizzas are getting cold." He grinned as the game beeped and Beast Boy's character died once again, screaming piteously in it's robotic voice.
Ignoring Beast Boy's pleas for another game, he handed the controller to Robin. Sidling up next to Raven, he grabbed her in a one-arm hug, "She'll be back soon, so just chill."
Removing Cyborg's hand from her shoulder, Raven backed away, one eyebrow raised.
"Not that you could get any more frigid..." Cyborg grumbled, plopping down on the couch next to Beast Boy.
Raven turned away, if she had heard his comment, she chose to ignore it. She picked up her newest book of the table where she had left it last night and sat to read it. Opening it, she was interrupted by a loud crash.
She looked up from the book, the annoyance apparent on her face. "Would you mind turning that down a bit?"
The other Titans were looking around in puzzlement.
"Uh, that wasn't us." Robin said, glancing at the screen in confusion.
"Than what-?" Raven's question was cut off by an explosion that shook the Tower. Raven was thrown sideways into Beast Boy, both of them going down in a jumble of arms and legs. Robin managed to stay upright by grabbing the table.
"What the hell was that?!" Cyborg yelled, running to the door. Before he could reach it, it was blown off it's hinges by a tremendous blast. The door slammed into him, knocking him back against the far wall.
Raven stood, finally managing to extract herself from Beast Boy. She flipped up her hood and floated into the air, her cloak swirling around her in the wind rushing through the door.
"Get ready Titans." Robin warned as a metal claw punched through the dust at the entrance.
A laugh cut off any other remarks.
"Well, well Titans. It's seems I've caught you one member short. But don't worry, I won't leave her out. She'll be taken care of as soon as I'm done with you."
Slade emerged from the rubble, sitting atop a large robot. "But for now you will have plenty of friends to play with." He said, laughing once again as small versions of his robot began pouring through the door to surround the Titans.
"Titans! Go!" Robin yelled, dodging the laser blast from one of them, while he slashed at another with his staff.
"Azarath Metreon Zinthos!" Raven yelled, black fire raging to consume several robots, tossing them into their fellows.
With a roar of rage, Beast Boy transformed himself into an ox. Bellowing loudly, he rampaged through the middle of the robots, tossing them to the left and right as he charged.
Cyborg threw the door off him, smashing several robots. "You want a piece of this?" He yelled, powering up his cannon. Blasting away furiously, he destroyed several robots before they had even a chance to react.
"Move it or lose it!" He yelled, blasting several more.
Changing from a ox to a crocodile faster than the robots could react, Beast Boy grasped one in his jaws, crushing it. He threw it to the side, slamming it into another before snapping up another in his strong jaws.
Raven dodged and blocked the all too constant barrage of laser blasts. She threw a streamer of black at two robots, effectively blowing them apart. However, the split second her guard was down a laser shot caught her in the shoulder. She winced, gripping her arm, barely managing to block the next shot fired at her.
Robin flipped over the robots, slamming this way and that, destroying the ones that had attacked Raven.
"Get out!" He told her, blocking a laser burst, "You can't help us if you're hurt."
Ignoring him, she sent a blast of black at a robot. "I can't leave you to face this alone! If Star was here, maybe, but now we have no choice."
Robin shoved his staff against one of the robots, sending it spiraling back against the one behind it. "Then stick by one of us. If you feel even the slightest bit-"
She threw herself back into the fight directing her magic with her injured arm, keeping a grip on the wound with her uninjured hand.
"Hey!" Cyborg yelled over the muddle of battle cries. "What are you-?!" He screamed angrily as a robot jumped on his back, puncturing his outer armor with it's claw-like legs. The other robots moved to swarm over him, slowly forcing him down to the ground.
"Cyborg!" Robin yelled, leaping to help him.
Raven blasted several more robots, and backed away. Spinning around to face the next one she found herself face to face with Beast Boy. He gave a small smile. "Time to kick some bad guy butt."
Back to back, they faced the onslaught of robots, Raven blasting and blocking, Beast Boy changing into every animal in his arsenal in order to attack and dodge.
"We can't hold out much longer." Raven said, her voice deathly calm. Her knees buckled and Beast Boy reached out to grab her, noting the silvery blood soaking her cloak.
"Raven!" He braced her, changing into a lion. Slinging her up on his back, he nuzzled her.
Hold on. She nodded slightly, her grip on him tightening. Robin! He yelled, leaping over the heads of the robots. Raven's down! We have to get out of here!
Damn! Robin mentally swore as he pummeled a robot off Cyborg. I knew she shouldn't have kept fighting!
"We have to get out of here!" He told Cyborg hurriedly.
"But the Tower-!"
"Forget it! There's nothing we can do now!"
Grimly, they turned and battled their way toward Beast Boy, who, still in lion form, was attempting to fight off his attackers and, at the same time, keep Raven safe.
She's still losing blood. Beast Boy informed them in anguish. His fur was streaked with the silver liquid, and Raven was deathly pale, more so than usual. We have to get her out of here!
Raven's eyes were half-closed, her fists gripping Beast Boy's fur. She shivered slightly, her skin going a pale, gray color.
"Toward the door!" Robin ordered. "We have to get out of here and regroup. We can't beat Slade alone."
"Now move!" He yelled, slamming into a robot that got in the way.
The Titans took off for the door, leaping over robots and destroying those that got in the way.
Beast Boy raced through the door first, stopping in the relative safety of the hallway.
"Go!" Robin told him, "We'll follow! Get Raven out of here!"
Frozen by indecision for a moment, his mind was made up as Raven gave a tiny mewl of pain. Swinging around, he took off down the hall, dodging the few robots that decided to follow.
Cyborg battled his way to the door, throwing robots left and right. "Come on Rob!" He yelled, reaching out his hand to yank Robin from the fray.
Stretching out his hand, Robin was caught off guard by the laser blast that slammed into him. Dropping to his knees, he let out a scream of pain.
"Robin!" Cyborg yelled, preparing to dive back into the battle.
"Go!" Robin screamed, lurching to his feet, "Go now! The others need you! I'll be fine!"
Cyborg didn't move, watching his injured friend battle against impossible odds.
"Go now!" Robin yelled again, breaking the spell. Cyborg whirled and wiping his eyes fiercely, took off down the hallway, leaving his friend behind.
All he could hear as he ran was Slade's echoing laughter.
