Raven couldn't change the future.
She just knew she had a duty.
Now, just by looking at their faces, she would have to protect them. She was the only one that they knew, and trusted her automatically.
"Is there any others? Or is everyone down here?" Raven asked, a mild touch of concern plaguing her voice.
"Yup, everyone's here." Said a voice in the crowd. They all turned to see the face of one of the Brotherhood of Evil herself, Madam Rouge. The energy in the room turned stale as they stared at her with intense hatred, but knowing she was unfazed by it, her hands on her hips and a smirk playing on her lips.
"I am here to inform you about what you are doing here. And no, don't even think about it, you are unable to harm me." Madam Rouge warned, tapping her forefinger about three feet away from her, in which every time she tapped a pale blue light appeared.
Beastboy muttered something under his breath, as Madam Rouge positioned herself, preparing for a long speech.
"Now, just so we can get things cleared up, all of you will die. But one. One of you will live." She started, a grin slowly forming on her face as she watched the confused, shocked, angry expressions form on the teen hero's faces.
"All of you guys will be put in a arena where you all shall fight to the death, until one is the last teen standing. The person will become Slade's new apprentice. No, you guys are not the only ones in the arena. We have to make it interesting, hmm? That is why on the other side of this wall, there are your enemies- villains." She enjoyed the sight of them uncomfortably squirming around or standing there in absolute shock, disbelief plastered across their faces.
"You guys will be training for the next three weeks and will enter the arena the day after the three weeks. We will tell you more information about the arena soon, but for now, you must know a few things. You should know that during the arena, when you are in a state of destitution, your fans will be able to send gifts to you in the arena. For you to get fans, people must like you. Now, people don't know that you guys are being sentenced to die, and are never coming back. The people outside of the arena will think it is merely a game; just a movie you guys participate in. In one week you guys will have an interview, and during that interview, I suggest you make people like you.
"You guys will also be graded on what are your chances of surviving- highest number you can get is a twelve, the lowest number is a zero or a one, during week two. During these three weeks, you will be able to train yourself whenever you please. I will have someone show you to your bedrooms now." Madam Rouge turned to leave, when Robin stepped in front of the group.
"We are not going to participate in your games." He said, firmly. Madam Rouge glared at the masked boy, before a smirk lit across her face.
"You do not have to. But if you do not choose to, we wouldn't want you to end up like Johnny Rancid, who also refused- claiming he had better things to do in his pathetic life. It is to bad he is dead now." Madam Rouge said calmly, and walked up to the TV, turned it on, switched to a channel.
"Are you kidding me? This is stupid. I have places to go and people to see." Johnny Rancid said on the TV, then stomped off towards the door. He, unfortunately, he was executed right there on the spot with a gun. Madam Rouge turned off the TV and smiled warmly at the shocked heroes.
"I will see you guys at dinner. Mallah, can you please escort them to their rooms?" Madam Rouge asked the Monkey, who suddenly appeared in front of the door on the other side of the room they were standing in. Timmy pointed to 'Monkey Man' and hid behind Raven, who glared at the giant evil Monkey.
"Come with me." Mallah said, opening a door for them all to past through. They all just stood there for a moment, till Madam Rouge sighed and gave Beastboy a small shove through the door. Getting the hint, all the titans filed out the door. Starfire flitted over to the Boy Wonders side and gave him a concerned look.
"Friend Robin, I do not have a good feeling about this." Starfire said. Robin frowned at her, at a loss for words. He still could not believe he and the others were being forced into this- he could only hope they could find a way out.
"Me neither." He finally answered back, before he was separated into his own room. Melvin, Timmy, and Teether shared a room- but were crying when they were not going to share a room with Raven. Raven could do nothing about it, just watch hopelessly as 'her children' were being shoved into a room, crying their eyes out. Raven was right next door, but she couldn't help but just stare at their door, until Mallah shoved her into her own room.
Raven glared at the TV posted in her bedroom, how dare they think that she was going to watch TV knowing that three weeks from now, it might be her death. She looked around. It was your average hotel room- if you were rich. The single item she recognized that was her own was her meditation mirror, sitting on the brown desk in the corner of her room.
" I don't know where they are, but this has something to do with Deathstroke." Batgirl said, giving the part of the robot for Batman to examine. Batman frowned, he never really got Slade. I mean, what kind of creep is a natural enemy to five teenage superheroes? This guy was like, forty years old, and yet he is messing with kids under the age of eighteen.
"Well, we're going back to the Titans Tower to look for clues, before I develop a plan." Batman said. Batgirl smiled and hugged Alfred, before jumping into the Batmobile.
"What if WE die? What if WE'RE Slade's apprentice?" Timid asked, shaking with fear. Brave rolled her eyes and scoffed.
"We're gonna find a way out. Besides, I finally get to kick some real Bad Guy Butt!" Brave exclaimed, excited for the arena. Knowledge scoffed.
"We may die, if you haven't noticed." Knowledge said as she shifted her book to her left arm and pushed up her glasses.
"Geez Knowledge, you sure know how to make a person feel better." Rude said, leaning on Raven as she rolled her eyes. Raven tightened her lips in annoyance.
" The question is, what am I going to do?" Raven asked, folding her arms. Knowledge pondered this for a moment, and put down her book with a sigh.
"I just think you should play this out, just see where it goes. Surely we will get saved. Hopefully." Knowledge admitted. Raven closed her eyes and sighed, and when she opened them, she was back in her little hotel room for the next three weeks. It was night time, about 10:00. She got up and went to the kitchen, hoping they had supplied it with some tea. Instead she saw Beastboy there, eating some frosty flakes and staring at the wall with a blank expression.
"Hey." She said, making way to the kitchen and looking through the cabinets for her favorite tea. Beastboy nodded to her and continued to eat his late night cereal.
"Are you nervous?" She asked.
"Umm.. I was told I have a 99% out of 100% that I am going to die in three weeks, and it will probably be a brutal murder. So yea, I'm so happy right now. Maybe after, we should go celebrate at Disneyland." Beastboy said, a drip of sarcasm in his voice. Raven glared at him as she got a kettle out.
"You know what I mean."
"...Well, yeah, I guess, I'm pretty scared." Beastboy admitted with a sigh. Raven frowned as she poured hot water into a cup she found in one of the cabinets.
"Same here." Beastboy raised an eyebrow at her, staring at her as if there was a tarantula on her head.
"What?"
"Umm, I think you have like a 30% chance of dying. Look at all the powers you have! You have a lot of powers Raven, you just limit on how much you use. If you go full out, you can live."
"And if I go full out, I might just end up killing someone and the whole arena, then I'll be Slade's apprentice." Raven replied, her voice back to monotone.
"Still..."
They finished their meals in an awkward silence.
"Well... I'm going to go to bed. After all we have training tomorrow." Raven said awkwardly as she placed her cup into the sink, and made her way to her room.
This story is by Titansoul12 and Cherri Blossom Slushi.
This Chapter was written by Titansoul123 and edited by Cherri Blossom Slushi.
Disclaimer: We do not own Teen Titans.