Hey guys! Just trying out a new series to see how well it'll go. Hope yall like it!
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Buried Sins
Chapter 1
Jump city. Hometown to the Titans. Through tragedy and disaster this city has stood tall and proud through its years. Always rebuilding through its many falls and improving each aspect of it. But some question the city's past. For as long as time itself no one knows how the town settlement began. Though theories have begun arising as of how the town was settled in America. Some believe they settled as a result of the New World's discovery, others believe it was the French or Germans that camped here during WW1. No one can really say, since the records of the town's construction were lost to time and all other records pertaining to its first arrival.
One things for sure. Cities don't just appear out of nowhere. Every major city or town has its origins, even down to small towns and villages. If there are records of the city's past, it's buried somewhere where no man is supposed to find it. If someone went to all the trouble to hide this city's secrets then there is something worth searching for.
We draw our attention to the Titan's Tower. The crew sleeping ever so quietly. But only one member was having trouble sleeping. Raven. Tossing and turning in her bed she tried to sleep but to no avail. For the past couple of days she has been hearing a voice calling to her. At first she thought it was her emotions, but as days progressed it was clear it wasn't. Every time she would sleep she would see a cave, a dark and old cave echoing with the sounds of water drops. The only interesting feature about it was a red Japanese gateway that looked like the entrance to the cave. Normally when the dream ended she would hear chains rattling and pained screaming. But this night was different. During the end, the room blackened and only Raven and a man wrapped in chains were standing face to face.
"Who are you? Why do you keep calling me?" asked Raven hoping to get an answer.
The man was silent. His long blonde hair covering his face and slumped head with no reaction.
"What do you want?"
As if lightning the man flashed in front of Raven. He leaned over Ravens ear and whispered dryly.
"…find…me…"
And like that Raven jumped awake scared for the first time in like…ever. That was the first time Raven felt scared in her life. But at the same time she was perplexed. Who was this man in chains? Find me? She didn't even know where to begin or if she even should look for him. But then…the man looked pained, lost.
Raven got up from bed and noticed it was 8:00. The gang had already woken up by now. She could smell the eggs and bacon from her room and know it was Cyborg. Plus a hint of tofu for Beastboy. After she was dressed and went into the lounge she noticed that the others didn't look well. Like they didn't sleep last night. She needed to know.
"morning guys" Said Raven
"Oh…hi Raven." Robin groaned
"Morning friend Raven…I do hope you were well of sleep" said starfire drinking from a mustard jar.
"Not really…and im guessing you guys didn't either. By chance did you see a chained man with really long hair?"
Silence. That was all Raven needed to know. Whatever was going on she wasn't the only one that saw him.
"Y-yeah. How did yo-"
"I saw him too. Listen I don't think this is a coincidence. Whatever contacted us wants out help with something." Said Raven Interrupting Beastboy.
"What do you think this dude wants?" asked Cyborg leaning over the counter.
"Did he say anything to you?" said Raven turning her head towards Cyborg
"Yeah. He said 'find me'."
"DUDE! He said the same thing to me bro!" yelled Beastboy now scared
"Did you notice anything strange about the setting?" she said now turning her head to Robin
"Well…I did hear the slight rumble of train tracks. And I don't know how but I smelled sulfur and ocean water." Said Robin reclaiming the event
"I say we find him. Find out for ourselves what he wants."
"How? There are like tons of subway tunnels under jump city! How are we going to find a man in all that!" said Cyborg
"Yes but since this guy used magic I can track him. All we need to do is find the oldest tunnel in jump city. Primarily one that is close to the bay. You guys in?"
"Dude anything to get this guy out of my head" said Beastboy taking a bite of tofu
"Alright let's go." And with that the gang sets out to find their mysterious man
-5 hours later-
After long hours of searching the Titans were on the verge of quitting. They've searched all the tunnels around town and still haven't found anything. Everyone was heading down the meetup spot. When they all got there Raven was kinda disappointed. She felt like she was lured into a goose chase. No remnants of magic were found in the tunnels. Not even a bread crumb.
"Take five guys. We'll search again in a few" Said Robin looking at his communicator
"…you guys hear that?" said Beastboy
"Hear what?" asked Robin alerted.
"I think…I think I hear someone groaning?"
Thanks to Beastboys powers his ears are super sensitive to light sounds. He was easily able to detect the sound with the help of the subway's echoing walls. The muffled groans were coming from a nearby wall covered in graffiti. When the others arrived Beastboy put his head against the wall and listened intently.
"Hear anything?" asked Cyborg getting his blaster ready just in case.
"Yeah…its faint, but someone's inside the wall."
"Cyborg before you blast the wall, try looking for a hidden switch." Said Raven in a monotone voice. She didn't want old concreate dust on her cloak.
"…oh….um sure." Said Cyborg embarrassed. As he scanned the wall he noticed a slab with tons of handprints all over it. When he pushed the slab a hidden door opened up leading downwards.
"Clever. Whoever made this didn't want anyone finding it." Said Robin kind of impressed
"…you don't think there's nazi gold down there do you?" asked Beastboy joked
"Beastboy" said Raven
"Yeah"
"Shut up"
"Okay…"
As the Titans descended down the stairs they noticed all the seals that were placed around the place. Raven knew that these seals were used to keep something in. something of this level of sealing meant that whatever is down here was ridiculously strong to use this number of seals.
When they finally reached the end of the stairs they were greeted with a sight of 6 Terracotta warriors forming a circle around a stone coffin. The coffin in question was wrapped around with the same seals as the staircase. When Raven last arrived she saw the Red Japanese gate she saw in her dream.
'This is the place' she thought
"What is this place?" asked Starfire looking around amazed
"It looks like some kind of Burial Tome. Judging from the statues this is a Chinese tome. but the writing on the wall suggests its japanese" Said Cyborg as he was studying the writings in the walls.
"Bro im seriously getting a vampire vibe here." Said Beastboy staying close to Cyborg
"BB I assure you, tha-"
Cyborg was interrupted when the coffin in the center of the room made a loud thud. Its startled everyone but soon the thuds were repeating. Like something was wanting out.
"um correct me if im wrong but aren't coffins supposed to contain DEAD things" said Beastboy as he quickly coward behind his metal friend
"…free…me…"
The voice. The same voice Raven had been hearing in her dreams for the past week. It was coming from the coffin.
"Raven, be careful." Said Robin as he readied his battle stance.
As Raven approached the coffin she could feel her legs getting weak. Every step she made towards the coffin it felt like she was getting hit by a sledge hammer made. This thing inside the coffin must contain tremendous amounts of magic. Like godly amounts of magic. When Raven finally touched the coffin all the magic pressure stopped.
"Raven you okay?" asked Beastboy
"y-yeah…just, fine." She said within short heavy breaths "im going to try to open it. Be ready"
The others nodded and tensed up. Raven undid the seals in the coffin and proceeded to lift the cover off. But before she could one of the giant Terracotta statues came to life and tried to attack Raven with its spear. She backed away swiftly and managed to dodge its attacks.
"WHAT THE HELL DUDE!" screamed Beastboy as he saw the statue come to life.
"Titans, GO!" yelled Robin as he charged towards the warrior.
The warrior tried to stab Robin downwards but Robin slide under the warrior and planted bombs around its feet. The explosion destroyed the warrior's feet, Robin thought he succeeded…only until the warrior's leg pieces placed themselves back together. While that was happening Starfire was swinging her starbolts at the warriors back, but like its feet the damage was quickly repaired.
"These things just won't stay down!" yelled Cyborg
"Raven! Open that coffin! We'll cover you!" ordered Robin as he occupied the warrior's attention. But sadly the warrior saw Raven running to the coffin and threw its spear in her path. She managed to move away in time but there was another issue at hand. As she was nearing the coffin another Terracotta warrior was reanimated. They seriously didn't want whatever's in that coffin out. This Terracotta warrior was carrying a giant sword and shield. When it saw Raven it started charging towards it swinging its sword down. She dodged it but knew she couldn't get through it.
"Crap. I can't get to it! Starfire, fire a bolt on the coffins cover!"
"On it!"
With one fell swoop Starfire neared the coffin and charged a bolt. Another warrior reanimated and tried to protect the coffin. This one was carrying a battle-axe bigger then itself. When the bolt was charged she threw it towards the coffin and managed to pierce through the warrior's battle-axe. When the bolt hit it caused a big explosion inside the coffin, a huge dust cloud covered the field. When the smoke cleared the coffin's cover and whatever was inside were blown off. All of a sudden all of the Terracotta warriors were reanimated and took a battle stance around the coffin. One of the 3 warrior's carried a bow, the other a great sword, and the last surprisingly nun-chucks. The Titans badly hurt formed together. Suddenly they hear a dark laughter. It started off as a chuckle but increased moments later. From within the smoke a figure rose from within the coffin. the sound of moving chains and cracking bones followed as the figure continued to laugh. However the laughing stopped when the spear warrior thrusted its spear at the figure. after A while the warrior didn't move, until the slight sound of crackling got everyone's attention. The spear warrior had crumbled to pieces, and it wasn't regenerating. The other warriors moved but they were too slow as by flash of light 3 warriors were instantly down. Crumbled like its first brother. The last two warriors moved to guarding the staircase. To say the least the Titans were baffled. If they couldn't stop a single Terracotta warrior then what the hell was in that coffin that could kill multiple ones.
"You really think that's going to stop me?" asked the figure now visible in front of the last two warrior's. The last ones standing were the battle-axe and sword and shield warrior's. One of the warrior's surprisingly was speaking to the figure in an unknown language that sounded old. By its dark and low tone it seemed like it was warning the figure. The man only responded with a chuckle. And within a heartbeat the battle-axe warrior was turned to dust. While the last one tried to attack the figure flashed behind the warrior and decapitated it with a swift kick to the head. Though an amazing fight for the Titans the figure just seemed bored.
"*sigh* I really thought they would put up a better fight then that…" the mysterious figure said. When the smoke cleared his features were now visible. He was a tall athletic man with long blonde hair. There were several scars on his chest down to his back. Suffice to say he looked primal.
"Um what the hell just happened?"
The figures attention was turned towards the injured party grouped together in the back of the room. When he saw Raven he smiled a bit. 'So she did come here'.
"What just happened was that I just kicked some ass. By the way what year is this?"
"Um…2017?" said Raven
"Ah…looks like I'm 10,000 years late for dinner."
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And that is where I leave you with a cliff hanger. I hope yall liked it! If you want more than just ask! Anyways I'll see you…in the next chapter, BYE BYE! (Quote owned by Markiplier)
