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StoryTeller93
Taken
It was a quiet day in Jump City for the Titans, well as quiet as life ever got for them. It was warm and sunny, and, thankfully, no one was attacking the city. At the moment, anyway. Robin and Cyborg were on the roof, playing some one-on-one basketball. The score was currently tied at 5-5.
"Haha, come on, Robin. That all you got, little man?" yelled Cyborg.
Robin, with his competitive nature, did not take too well to his taunt. "I'm going to massacre you!"
A few feet from the court, Raven was meditating, with her eyes closed facing the Ocean drowning out everything except for the sounds of the waves crashing against the rocks and the sea breeze on her skin.
Inside the tower, Beast Boy was playing Call of Duty in the Ops Room with Starfire, who was trying yet again to 'master the game console controller.' Beast Boy couldn't help but laugh at the way Starfire was struggling to control the character in the game. She's so cute, he thought to himself. He could watch her all day and never get bored of watching the Tamaranian Princess. So perfect. He watched her as she sat on the couch furiously pressing buttons on the controller. No wonder, he was madly in love with her. She was smart, funny, and sweet. She wasn't as stuck up as some of the city girls, and she was a Princess of an entire planet. Starfire was his dream girl. He was so absorbed in his thoughts and watching her that next thing he knew, his soldier had gotten his head blown off.
"Hey!" he protested as the words 'Game Over' popped on the screen in big, red letters.
Starfire let out a shout of victory and stuck her tongue out at Beast Boy. "Who does the sucking at video games now?"she said with her arms crossed.
"Guess I do," he said with a goofy grin on his face. Frankly, he just loved to see her smile. Losing a round in Call of Duty was totally worth watching her hover a foot off the ground from giggling.
"Hey, you want some ice cream, Princess?" he asked her as he walked into the kitchen.
She smiled at him, and said, "Yes, I love the frozen dairy treat." Beast boy rolled his eyes at her response.
"When are you going to talk like a normal person?" he teased her.
"When are you going to stop being the color green?" she retaliated.
"Ouch, Star. That one hurt." Beast Boy turned away from her and hunched his shoulders.
Starfire gasped and flew to his side. "Friend, please forgive me. I was, how you say, only joking?"
She never saw him coming. Next thing she knew, she was laughing with tears running down her face from Beast Boy's tickling her. She had once again fallen for his tricks. She leapt out of his grasp and tackled him to the floor. "Wow, this is just like my dream last night," he thought to himself. In his dream, Starfire had raging mad at him for some unknown reason. She had tackled him to the ground and straddled him there. Just like she was doing now, only in his dream, she was naked.
"Beast Boy, I am going to..." she never got to finish her threat because the alarm went off. Beast Boy moaned, "Why now?" to himself as he felt Starfire wrap her hand around his wrist and fly them back to the couch. Robin, Cyborg, and Raven entered the Ops room moments later.
Cyborg was reading the scanners on his arm. "Oh, man, this isn't good. We've been hacked. Scans show an incoming transmition from an unknown source, it's coming on screen now."
Slade's face filled the TV screen and the Teen Titans gasped. Robin clenched his fists and was instantly filled with hatred and anger at the Black and Orange mask of his greatest foe. He'd love to be the one who would finally put the criminal behind bars. Slade had disappeared several months ago, leaving Robin to look for clues that were always dead ends. He had disappeared without a trace.
Beast Boy got the same bad feeling he always got when he saw Slade's face. The villain always seemed to be very interested in Starfire. He was watching her now, causing her face to pale from fear of this man. He never fought her, never tried to hurt her, just avoided her during battle. "Dude, this is not good."
Robin spat his name, "Slade..."
"Robin, I see you haven't changed in the months I've been gone. You're still the same scrawny, teenager you have always been." Slade's voice sent shivers down Robin's back.
"No way, Slade. I'll show you how scrawny I am next time we fight. I'll take you down."
"Now, Robin, if you take me down who would you obsess about catching? Your life's work would be over. Besides, I don't plan on going to jail anytime soon."
Starfire became angry; she was tired of his threats. Her eyes glowed bright green and her body became a weapon prepared to kill. "Slade, you will no longer threaten us. Come here, and fight. We are not scared of you."
"Don't worry Starfire; I am going to pay all of you a visit before I continue East. Oh, and I brought a few friends." The transmition was cut, and the power went out in the Tower.
Beast Boy's heart skipped a beat as he felt an unwelcome presence in the Tower. "Dude, this so not good. We're being ambushed."
Cyborg checked his scanners once more and confirmed Beast Boy's feeling. He turned to Robin and said, "He's right, man. We're surrounded. Sensors show that they're on the roof. Let's lock and load, people."
The young heroes headed towards the roof, knowing the battle that was awaiting them. At the top of the stairs leading to the roof, Cyborg knocked down the door revealing the small army of Slade's minions that awaited them. Leading them was Slade himself.
Robin's mind raced as he realized that he was finally going another shot at cracking down Jump City's biggest villain. "Titans, go!" Slade snapped his fingers and his army attacked. And the fight began.
Robin ran toward Slade at full speed, only to be met halfway by 3 of his minions. Looks like Slade's going to have to wait.
Cyborg and Beast Boy were surrounded on all sides, but it didn't seem to bother them. Cyborg seemed excited. "On three?" Beast Boy yelled "Three!" and morphed into a rhino. Cyborg jumped onto his back and all hell broke loose. Beast Boy ran over anyone in his path while Cyborg blasted anyone left standing.
Starfire was flying overhead and headed toward Slade when two minions jumped toward her and grabbed both of her ankles. The weight of the two goons pulled her back to the roof. She landed on her back with a thud and the minions' dog piled her.
Starfire yelled, "This is NOT acceptable," and two green rays shot out of her eyes, knocking them off of her. She stood up and grabbed the first robot she got her hands on and threw it off the roof. Raven came to her aide and used her levitation powers to rip one of them in half, while Starfire fired star bolts into the wall of minions that never seemed to end.
Speaking for the first time through this ordeal, Raven flew to Starfire's side, and said, "This is way too easy for one of Slade's attacks."
"Friend, I fear I was feeling the same way."
Just then Slade appeared before them and grabbed them by the arms lifting them as if the were weightless. He threw Raven down the stairs, where she crashed against the wall and was knocked out from the blow.
Starfire screamed, "Raven!" as Slade wrapped his hands around her throat cutting off her screams.
Beast Boy heard her shouts for help and morphed back into his regular self. "Cyborg, go make sure Rae is okay!"
"Yeah, man, I got it. Help Star." And Cyborg ran down the stairs to get Raven.
Beast Boy looked over to where Robin was. He was outnumbered and they just kept coming. Okay, Star first then Robin.
Beast Boy turned into a lion and ran towards Slade, knocking all three of them off the tower. Starfire was out cold and free falling toward the jagged rocks and water below. Beast Boy bites Slade on the shoulder and clawed him across the face, sending his mask flying off his face. The villain quickly reached up and covered his face with one of his hands and pulled out a gun with the other. He fired a single shot before he landed in the water. Beast Boy quickly morphed into a pterodactyl and grabbed Starfire by the arms. He then flew both of them back towards the roof. He carefully laid Starfire on the roof and noticed that the minions were evacuating the Tower. He morphed back to his normal self. Robin ran towards them and said, "Is she okay? Where's Slade?"
"He's swimming with the fishes. Star needs...some...help." Beast Boy removed his hand from where he was applying steady pressure and saw dark red blood all over his hand. He said, "And...so do I," before he passed out and collapsed to the floor.