I'm back! After being gone for way too long, I hope to actually post more than one story this time around. I'm starting with a short prologue to give some background to the crazy goingsons in my head, but then jumping straight into the action. Also DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Teen Titans. Would I really be writing on a site with fanfiction in the name if I did?
Prologue:
Raven had been kidnapped and this was their chance to get her back.
The team received a message from a dangerous villain with an almost equally as dangerous message. In this, he revealed Raven's location. The issue was Raven was on an airship set to explode in two hours. Also, on the ship was the information he had stolen on how to cure a certain deadly disease. While he had no particular use for the information, it would serve as excellent bait for the Titans to board the ship. As if Raven wasn't reason. To make this even more difficult he added, "Also during this time I will be fleeing aboard another airship." The message showed where the ship would be taking off. "This game we have played has been fun, but you all have proven too much for me." He added in a cruelly sarcastic tone. "Of course, the choice is yours. You are more than welcome to abandon Raven and the people of Jump City and come and capture me instead." The video flashed off after that.
This new development gave the Titans less time to act and even less to make a plan.
Chapter 1: The Chance
"Beast Boy, watch out!" Cyborg shouted as the green pterodactyl toting him narrowly avoided a missile. Beast Boy then positioned himself as if he was going to dive toward the airship that had just fired. Cyborg expressed concern.
"Uhh, Beast Boy, you aren't about to do what I think you a…."
He was.
Beast Boy plummeted straight down toward the ship, maneuvering around the dozens of missiles fired at him. All the while, carrying a near petrified passenger. Cyborg worked up the courage to open his eyes when he couldn't feel himself spinning anymore. His feet were mere inches above the ground. He could have gotten angry but that was a luxury they didn't have the time for. Cyborg hit the ground running.
"Cutting it close there B." Cyborg said.
"We made it alright, didn't we?" Beast Boy was running beside him.
Both their communicators went off, that being the signal that Starfire and Robin had landed safely on the other airship. Cyborg popped his open.
"Good, you're both okay." Robin's voice rang through the communicator, "Alright, remember the plan. Get the stolen data and rescue Raven. And make sure Beast Boy actually follows it this time. Robin out."
Beast Boy and Cyborg were now entering deep into the airship. The thin, maze-like corridors would have been impossible to navigate had Cyborg not been able to hack the schematics of the ship before hand. Knowing the layout of the ship should have made the rest of their part of the mission easy. Get to the Holding Cell Control Room, unlock Raven's cell, retrieve the data. and get out with plenty of time to spare.
The two friends flew through hallway after hallway until they finally reached the control room. Cyborg got right to work picking the lock.
"How long until I can go to Raven?" Beast Boy asked.
"Five minutes, barring any interruptions." As if right on cue, six Security Bots turned the corner with, presumably, more on the way.
"Better make that ten."
Robin and Starfire weren't having a much easier time. They were pinned in a hallway with bots filling in from both sides. Robin ran toward the bots directly ahead, bow staff in hand. He began to dispose of them at near frightening speeds. He smashed the first one's head in, tossed it's light frame at another, and avoided pink laser gun blasts from the right. He closed the gap between himself and the robot that fired. In seconds, it was tossed behind him. Two Security Bots were now directly in front of him.
Smash!
Smash!
One more bot just turned the corner. Robin dove forward while grabbing a laser blaster. With one well aimed shot, the robot came down. He turned around the see Starfire had destroyed all the robots on her side as well. They had a moment to catch their breath but they could already hear the loud clanking sound that meant more were on the way.
"Robin, how much farther until we reach the main control room?"
"It's directly a floor below us."
"Why didn't you just say so?"
Before Robin could say anything, Starfire had already blown a substantial sized hole in the floor.
"Let's go." Starfire said before grabbing Robin and beginning her slow descent into the dark room below. Robin could barely see the floor when his feet hit it. He didn't let his guard down for a second. In his experience, dark rooms like this usually lead to… suddenly the lights flicked on, revealing a large room with inactive Security Bots surrounding them… a trap.
A large television screen turned on, showing the face of the villain of whom the airship belonged. He had proven to be more difficult than any of the Titans imagined. He was similar to them in age but had the resources of any well-seasoned super villain. He was the one responsible for kidnapping Raven. The one responsible for nearly all their pain and suffering for the past few months.
"Treyarch." Robin said.
"Hello Robin, Starfire."
"What have you done with our friend?" Starfire interjected.
"She's fine for now, but she won't be in about…" He feigned looking at a watch, "Ten minutes. And at this rate it doesn't look like you will be either."
Suddenly, a thick layer of the same metal the room's floor was made of, rose to cover the walls and the ceiling. Starfire prepared to throw a starbolt.
"Don't bother, That metal is virtually indestructible. Very hard to come by."
"We can easily handle all these robots. Trapping us in here won't do any good." Robin declared.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't want to make it too easy for you. Even if you do manage to defeat all the robots, this ship seems to have the same terminal condition as the one your other friends are currently on." A countdown appeared at the top of the screen.
"Will not the walls protect from the explosion?" Starfire interjected.
"Ah, Starfire. No, the walls are set to come done five seconds before the bomb goes off. Plenty of time for you to escape, I'm sure. Anyway, I should probably leave you alone. you seem to have your hands full."
The large screened turn off as all the robots eyes began to glow. Robin and Starfire both got into combat stance.
"Robin, we have been tricked."
Beast Boy found it was getting increasingly difficult to keep robots out of the control room. He held one back right at the door and asked Cyborg,
"Are you sure you can't just deactivate the bomb?"
"Dude, There's no way to disarm it. Don't you remember what happened last time?" Cyborg responded while seated in front of an array of computers.
Beast Boy wasn't sure why he asked. Perhaps a hope that there was something, anything, that could just make all of this stop. As for what happened last time, he could never forget. That was the mission that marked the beginning of his chain of disobeying orders. The mission where Raven was taken.
Well, that's it for now. Please let me know what you thought and feel free to leave any suggestions as well. I'm particularly interested in what you thought of Treyarch. I was sort of reluctant to use my own made-up villain, but it allows for more freedom than if I had used an already established DC villain. Also, I really didn't want to just use Slade.
