My first Teen Titan fic – please be kind x3
"Raven!" Robin shouted, running towards her and tackling the alien to the floor. He rolled away from it, glancing to where Raven knelt on the floor holding her head. It looked like she'd be out of the fight for now. He was proved wrong, however, when she sent a blast of black energy over his head to collide with another alien about to take advantage of his turned back. With a smile of thanks, he quickly leapt back into the fray. These aliens bore a striking resemblance to those who attacked back at the beginning of everything. That day that Starfire escaped to earth and the Titans formed their team. Since that day, they had become better and better at fighting their enemies, and were now recognised along with the likes of the other heroes around the world. The only problem that bought was the challengers. Usually the Teen Titans could put the bad guys away easily, but this shipload of aliens had sheer numbers on their side. Robin was trying to come up with a plan, but found his thoughts interrupted too frequently by a webbed fist or muscular green leg.
"Their ship Robin!" Cyborg yelled, firing his sonic blaster at a few aliens that had surrounded him. Whipping around to stare at the giant ship planted firmly in the bay, Robin realised Cyborg was right. That was their only chance. Get rid of them before they got off the ship.
"Split up! Raven, take Cyborg into the ship and find a way to take it down!" Raven nodded and leapt over to Cyborg, surrounding them in a black aura and then disappearing into the ground. "Starfire, Beast Boy! We have to defend and distract!"
Materialising inside the ship, Raven had to shield her head at the intense heat.
"Why's it so hot here?" Cyborg asked, looking at his scanner.
"I went for the strongest heat source. I figured it would be powering the ship." Cyborg nodded, inspecting the display on his arm.
"You were right. If we can just shut down the heat source, we cut off their power. The design means it won't be able to be reignited until it has thoroughly cooled. And that means no more weapons." Raven was looking around nervously. They were in a large room, with a giant ball of glowing energy radiating in the centre.
"How do we stop it?" She asked. Cyborg looked around, and spotted several large tubes feeding into the top of the sphere.
"There!" He pointed up to the tubes, and Raven nodded.
"Can we deadlock the ship from here too?" Cyborg looked down at his scanner again while Raven used her power to tear out a chunk of the metal wall lining. Throwing it towards the tubes, it severed them and the sphere immediately started dimming. A loud alarm sounded out above them, and the two looked around as wires began shooting out into the sphere from the walls and circling around the room as if searching for them. Raven landed beside Cyborg and lifted a shield, glancing over her shoulder at him. "Well?"
"We're in luck. It'll deadlock itself once the fuel runs down. Some protocol." Raven nodded and the two looked up only to see the wires recharging the sphere. "No! Raven, can you stop them?" He asked, not daring to fire in case he broke the shield and let in the electrified wires now ramming the black orb.
"Sorry. I can't from inside here." Cyborg nodded, all too aware of their friends fighting the hopeless battle outside the giant ship.
"Let me out, Raven. I can survive long enough to get to the sphere and blast it. That should cause a surge which will start the power-down process." Raven grabbed his wrist as he moved to leap, and he stopped, looking at her.
"No way. You might survive until you reach the sphere and manage to blast it, but you couldn't survive the blast. I won't let you."
"We don't have a choice Raven!" Cyborg shouted, and felt an inkling of sorrow as she flinched away from him. "I'm sorry, but we don't have a choice. Robin and the others…" Raven nodded, and made up her mind. She latched her power around Cyborg's ankle and yanked him into the floor, guiding him back to Robin, Starfire and Beastboy. Looking up to the sphere, she leapt forward, extending her shield. The black bubble grew, engulfing the glowing sphere. She screamed as the intense heat entered the shield and burnt into her resolve. With a burst of power, she engulfed the whole sphere, and sighed when she heard the vague but definite sounds of the ship deadlocking around her. With the last remnants of her ebbing consciousness, she let her shield absorb the remaining power inside the sphere, and used it as a detonator.
"Cyborg! What happened?!" Robin yelled, seeing Cyborg thrown from beneath the pavement in a black tendril. He landed heavily, opening his cannon and blasting several aliens to let himself speak.
"Raven happened!" He shouted, but the harsh tone was lost beneath the shaking syllables. She wouldn't really die, would she?
"Friend Robin! The ship!" Starfire called from overhead, and everyone turned to look at the huge ship crackling with black energy and white sparks. Friend and Foe stood staring as the ship, in all its humongous splendour, disintegrated where it stood. Anticipating the shockwave, Starfire grabbed Robin and BeastBoy turned into a pterodactyl and grabbed Cyborg. They rode the wave of debris and steam all the way to the other end of the city before they were able to turn into it and look back over the city. Most of the buildings by the bay were damaged badly, and they hated to think how many lives were lost. Somehow, though, they would all pale in comparison if they lost Raven.
"Go!" Robin shouted, but Starfire needed no order. She and BeastBoy were already flying at top speed with their burdens towards the burnt out remains of the ship. As soon as they passed the ruined buildings, they knew the odds of Raven being alive were absolutely zero. Starfire and BeastBoy slowly landed, and the four stood staring at the frame of the once proud ship.
"…Friend Raven?" Starfire said, like she was fighting between calling out and breaking down. Robin gently put a hand on her shoulder, and she threw herself into his arms, sobbing uncontrollably. Robin looked over Starfire's shoulder to see Cyborg poking at his scanner despondently. Turning to see Robin's gaze on him, he shook his head slowly. Robin knew he felt guilty, knew he needed to be comforted, but he couldn't just leave Starfire like this. What was BeastBoy doing? Looking around, he saw BeastBoy at the waterside, fishing something from the tide lapping at his feet. Catching a glimpse of dark blue, he knew it was a piece of Raven's cape. He watched as BeastBoy gripped it to his chest with shaking hands, then turned into an eagle and set off at top speed over the water. Robin knew that after losing Terra, losing Raven now was far worse.
Robin took Starfire by the hand and then walked over to Cyborg, and abandoning his Macho exterior, he leant on Cyborg's arm. He felt the subtle shift of Cyborg's weight as he returned the sentiment, and they all watched as BeastBoy cruised the remains of the destroyed ship.
As I said, this is my first TT fic – please be nice to me and review without flaming xD