Alright so here is the second addition to the story. I thought I would post the first 2 chapters in one day to get the ball rolling. I have an OC in this chapter so look out. I think you will like him. ENJOY!
All Titans
The T-car zoomed down the road, kicking up a trail of dust behind it. CY was driving with Robin in the front seat, Star, Raven and Beast Boy all shared the back seat. They swayed back and forth every time CY decided to make a sharp turn or gun it down a straight, empty road. He was driving faster then ever. He wanted to get there and kick the shit out of this new guy just like everyone else did.
Robin fidgeted anxiously, as he looked out the window at the people and buildings zooming by. Whatever cars remained on the road seemed to clear a clean path for the T-car, knowing full well where it was headed. As they turned a final corner their eyes were met by the sight of destruction. Panic could be seen in the eyes of the hordes of people running away from the cause of the chaos.
"Shit! There he is!" Beast Boy exclaimed as he pointed a finger at the large, metallic figure they had seen previously on their TV. The other titans were already half way out of the car and ready for battle. Robin observed the situation at hand. To his right stood a huge burning building that apparently still had people in it judging from the screams coming from within. He looked over at the giant that caused the fire. It was now starting to set fire to another building, creating huge walls of flame that reached at least 3 stories high. The titans didn't have anymore time to gawk at this foe. Robin turned to look at his team, who all were wide-eyed as can be.
"TITANS, listen up! Ok we don't have much time so here's what we're ganna do! Raven, you and Beast Boy search that burning building over there for any people, and get all that you can to safety. Be careful! CY, you, me and Star will go after that bastard and stop him from causing anymore destruction!"
The titans agreed and Raven and Beast Boy split away over toward the burning building. The other 3 remained in the street to do battle with the giant pyro. CY took off towards him and blasted in the back with his cannon. The beast turned around to face him. It was a lot bigger then they expected. It had to be at least four feet taller then Cyborg. The monster seemed un-phased by CY's assault.
"Yo man I don't know who you think you are doin all this shit in our downtown, but this is the end of the line!" CY remained in a ready stance with his cannon arm outstretched and ready to fire again. The giant didn't speak; it just sat there and aimed in Cyborgs direction. CY noticed some print along its chest plate of armor.
Juggernaut
CY figured that's what its name was, if it had a name. Hell he didn't even know what IT was! He was caught off guard as Juggernaut back-handed him across the face, sending him flying into a parked taxi. Juggernaut looked back at the other 2 titans waiting to attack him.
Star and Robin both looked at each other after witnessing their biggest teammate being thrown aside like a rag doll.
Star piped in with her view on the situation. "He is… strong, is he not?" Robin glanced back at her for a brief second. He didn't respond to her obviously stupid question. Even though he thought Star was very strong, she couldn't just sweep Cyborg off to the side like that. He knew from his experience with Bruce that this wouldn't be a walk in the park.
Without warning he charged towards Juggernaut at full speed. He leaped into the air and pulled out 2 darts and landed behind the monster with a thud. Robin launched his darts at its helmet however they glanced off not even leaving a dint. Robin quickly dodged a gust of flame that came from one of Juggernauts flame throwers.
"Shit. That didn't work." Robin focused on every single aspect of his opponent. If there was a weak spot he was determined to find it.
At this point Star had seen enough. She already had seen CY attacked and Robin almost burned and she was growing furious. She flew high up in the air about fifty feet above Juggernaut then nose-dived straight down on top of him, driving her fist into his helmet. The blow caused Juggernaut to stumble backwards a little but he managed to regain his balance. He reached out and grabbed hold of star with one hand and with his free hand, aimed the flame thrower right at her face. His strength was tremendous as it overwhelmed the poor alien girl. She struggled to get free but her attempts were in vain. Robin tried running as fast as he could to stop the attack but he could sprint fast enough. Suddenly, Juggernaut felt himself being lifted of the ground as he felt hands wrap around his waist and drive him upward. He released his grip on Star as she flew free. Soon he was sent face first into the pavement behind him as Cyborg German Suplexed him hard to the ground. Robin yelled in excitement at what he just saw his teammate do.
"That's right, kick his ass CY!" CY looked at him with a cocky grin on his face. There was a huge pile of broken concrete and brick behind him where he knew Juggernaut was.
"Booya, motherfu-" CY was cut off as a fist came from under the rubble and sent him flying again across the street. Robin sighed heavily. There just seemed to be no way to hurt this guy. But he remembered how Bruce taught him never to give up, never to surrender.
Ill find a way…
Raven/Beast Boy
It was blazing inside the burning building Robin had banished them to. It seemed impossible that there could be anyway to find anyone in this mess. The building was an old apartment that seemed to reach about 6 stories high. Upon entering they found a staircase to the left and beside that was an elevator. Beast Boy opened the door to the staircase and peered upward to the floors above. He could hear yelling but he just couldn't quite pin point where it was coming from.
"Damn!" He yelled. Sparks and embers crackled all around him. A lot of the inner structure of the apartment was beginning to give out. "We don't have a lot of time!" He turned and looked at his teammate that was with him. "Raven, you think you could use your powers and find everyone in here?!" He had to yell to her to over power the sounds coming from the fire.
Raven shot him a stern look like he just insulted her. "The heat is making it hard for me to concentrate on anything right now!" Beast Boy paced back and forth nervously. He had to think on his feet.
"Damn it, we cant just sit here!" Raven grabbed his arm and yanked him to the stairwell. He couldn't believe how strong she was pulling him. She could have probably carried him all the way to the top!
Raven stopped and let him go. She focused intensely on where the yelling and screaming was coming from. Beast Boy could hear her mumble her magic words and he knew she was trying her best. All he could do is wait.
Raven stopped and looked up the stairwell. "Ok, there's 8 people in here including us, two on the third floor, three on the forth, and one on the top!" Raven took off up the stairwell leaving Beast Boy to follow. He turned into a small bird and flew up the center until he reached the third floor and Raven shortly reached him after.
"Ok, what now?" Beast Boy looked at his teammate awaiting orders.
"Their in room 322!" Raven yelled to Beast Boy. She levitated and took off down the hallway carefully looking at each number on each door. 380, 378, 376… each door was black from smoke and fire. She could barely see the numbers. They seemed to travel down the hallway for an eternity but they finally reached the door. Beast Boy turned into a gorilla and beat the door down. Inside they found a small room that seemed to have avoided being hit by the treacherous fire. Raven looked around and found an old man and women cowering in the bathtub.
"You're going to be ok! Come with us we'll get you out of here!"
Beast Boy ran over to a window and bashed it out. He turned back into his human form and saw Raven bringing the old couple out of the bathroom.
"You get them out of here! I'll meet you on the fourth floor!" Beast Boy yelled to her. She nodded and hugged him.
"Be careful!" She yelled back to him before grabbing the old couple and levitating out of the room. Beast Boy watched her all the way to the bottom and saw she had landed safely and was leading them away from the building. Gathering himself he headed back to the stairwell, dodging the falling wood and metal. His reflexes kept him on his toes at all times. He turned into a wolf and bounded up to the fourth floor. His vision was great but he couldn't hear or smell very well from the smoke and ash.
Shit! Come on Beast Boy focus! You can do this. If I was three people in a burning down apartment with no way out and no hope of living… where would I be…
Suddenly at the other end of the hallway dashed across a small child followed by a woman and baby in her hand. He could hear her yelling for the small child to come back as she frantically tried to hold onto the baby. Beast Boy dashed over towards them at full speed still in his wolf form but suddenly felt himself dropping as the floor collapsed from under him. He quickly turned back into a human and grabbed the ledge. Below him, through the hole, was a pit of fire that if he fell in he would burn to death.
Oh shit! Oh shit! No, no, no! What the hell just happened!?
Beast Boy tried to get a hold of him self and regain his composure. He reached up and grabbed the ledge with his other hand and pulled himself up safely. He looked down the hallway where he saw the small family. He didn't see anything anymore and feared the worst.
Alright I have a job to do so lets quit thinking and take care of business!
He dashed off again, this time being more careful. When he reached the other end of the hallway he turned the corner and found the woman and children hiding behind a vending machine. He began to reach for them but was cut off from burning wood falling from above. The woman and child screamed in unison and Beast Boy backed away.
"Don't worry I'll save you! I'm a super hero have you ever seen me before!?" Beast Boy tried to calm them down with the joke but it didn't work. They seemed oblivious to the question and kept having what seemed to be panic attacks. He looked at his surroundings for anything he could use to douse the flames. Then he saw it. It was a fire extinguisher right by the vending machine. He snatched it up and used it quickly and before long the flame was gone.
"Give me your hand!" He reached out his hand towards the woman and she grabbed it with her free hand, other hand holding the infant. The small girl followed her. She yelled back at the girl not to leave her side again and the girl nodded. Beast Boy led them towards the emergency exit or also the fire escape. He kicked the door down leading to it but his hopes were shot down when he saw that it had collapsed on the street below. The fire must have weakened its support.
"Damn!" He turned back towards the woman. Her eyes were filled with fear as she clutched the two children in her arms. Suddenly Raven appeared floating before them. Beast Boy smiled at her largely. His hope shot back up immediately.
"Take the woman and baby and I'll get the little girl!" Raven nodded and grabbed her and her baby and flew back down to the street. The woman tried to reach back for the girl screaming at her but Raven didn't let her go. Beast Boy saw the little girl crying and reaching back out. He snatched her up and jumped from the ledge down to the street below. Since he was part animal he could jump from large heights and land perfectly. Once the little girl was safely away from the burning building he looked back up to the top.
"Just one more left." He said to himself.
"Yeah, let's go." Beast Boy was startled to see Raven right next to him looking up at the top as well. She floated upward as he turned into a humming bird and buzzed right behind her. He saw her dart into I broken window on the top floor and he assumed she knew where the last person was. Beast Boy buzzed through the same window and saw her running down the hallway then dart into an open door. Once he got there he changed back and found Raven looking down on a poor young man holding a girl in his arms. She looked lifeless and Raven and Beast Boy both knew she was dead. The man looked up at them and they saw tears running down his face.
"My wife, oh my wife, she's gone!" He exclaimed choking back tears. "My poor wife had to leave me!"
Raven looked back at Beast Boy with an expression of defeat. That was one more life they couldn't save. Beast Boy looked away from her and back at the man. He went over to him and tried to help him up.
"NO! Stay away! I will not leave my wife!"
Beast Boy grew impatient as he could sense that the apartment was beginning to grow very weak from the raging fires.
"We need to get you out of here! Your wife is dead but you can still make it you just need to come with us!" Beast Boy tried to negotiate with the man but he wouldn't budge.
"Alright you made me do this!" Beast Boy drove his fist into the side of the man's head knocking him unconscious. He motioned for Raven to come over to him.
"Take him down and get him somewhere safe. The fire department should be here anytime they will know what to do!" Raven nodded and zoomed out of the building. Beast Boy watched her all the way down to make sure she was ok. Suddenly he felt the ground below him start to give out. He sighed deeply.
"Not again!" His last words before he feel through the floor down through the apartment. He landed unconscious on a patch of floor that wasn't burning yet. The flames were drawing closer to him. He was trapped.
Robin
The situation in the street with Juggernaut was looking ugly for the titans. Cyborg was being thrown around like a rag doll and Star and Robin were both cut up and bruised. Robin had one dart left and his staff and broken when he tried to hit Juggernaut on the top of the helmet. Star had thrown at least a thousand star bolts but they had little to no effect oh his armor. Her fists were bruised and she had bled a lot. Robin was the last one standing.
"This guy just doesn't quit!" Robin curled his fists in anger. He wiped the blood from his bottom lip and stood up straight. "I've fought my fair share of villains, but this guy is one tough son of a bitch." He watched as Juggernaut turned his back to Robin. It was true that this particular villain was different then any Robin had faced. He was merciless and cruel. He had set fire to innocent people and he didn't even care. But the thing that bugged Robin the most was that he never seemed to get tired. He never once slowed down. There just had to be a weakness to him. Then it hit him.
"The gas cans…" Robin looked right at Juggernauts back and saw the two large gas cans on his back. "That's got to be his weakness."
Robin took off at full speed towards the armored brute. He jumped off of a destroyed car and tried to plunge his last dart into the tanks. Juggernaut used his reflexes to block the onslaught and sent Robins last dart flying and jabbing into the side of a building. Robin landed behind the fiend and saw his dart stuck in the brick of the building. Juggernaut was in his was however so he couldn't reach it. Robin knew he had to get to that dart. He saw Juggernaut preparing to fire his flamethrowers right in his direction. He quickly dive-rolled out of the way to avoid being scorched and got back up. Juggernaut had seen him do this before and sent Robin flying with a fast punch he didn't see coming. Robin landed on the street hard and tried to regain his focus. He got up slow and saw Juggernaut walking towards him.
"Alright you son of a bitch, I've had enough!" Robin growled through clinched teeth.
He let out a scream and ran right at the beast. Juggernaut reared back ready to strike Robin but missed as he saw the boy wonder slide through his legs. Robin ran over to where his dart was and yanked it free from the building. He turned quickly and saw his shot.
"Try this on for size." Robin hurled the sharp dart right at the gas cans that shown clearly. On contact the dart just stuck into the metal can with no effect. Robin looked on in shock and defeat. His last idea had failed him. He dropped to his knees and sighed heavily. Juggernaut turned and faced the boy wonder with his flamethrowers aimed and ready to fire. The giant finally spoke to Robin in a deep, chilling, non human voice.
"Try this on for size." The monster said.
But suddenly the gas cans on his back ignited and engulfed him in an explosion. The blast sent Robin sailing backward as he landed and rolled to a stop. He looked up and the explosion seemed to tower over everything. A large mushroom cloud developed from were Juggernaut used to be and Robin felt a wave of satisfaction crash over him. He had done it. He defeated his first real opponent in nearly 4 years.
"Take that you bastard." Robin stood up and went over to the fire that had formed from the explosion. It left a massive crater in the ground from where the tanks blew. The rubble was think and Robin noticed what looked to be machine parts. Arms and legs and bits and pieces of a torso all scattered about the wreckage. Robin was surprised to see that Juggernaut turned out to be a machine instead of organic.
I wonder who built such a powerful android. It must have taken them years to think of something that complex.
Robin saw Raven fly down from the sky and land by him. She looked concerned for him seeing the type of shape he was in.
"Robin I saw the explosion, what in gods name happened?"
Robin looked at her and smiled slightly. "I took care of the bag guy. CY and Star are in pretty bad shape. They need to be taken back to the tower." Raven nodded and went to go check on them. Robin remembered not seeing Beast Boy with her and went to ask her until he was something out of the corner of his eye. He looked up to the top of a building right next to the one that Beast Boy and Raven had entered. There was a figure standing there starring at him like a hawk. Robin recognized the stranger.
No. It can't be!
Once the figure saw that Robin was starring it took off and bounded from rooftop to rooftop with amazing agility. Robin used his hook-shot to propel himself upward towards the mysterious being. He had a tough time keeping up as the figure kept leaping and running at great speeds. Robin picked up the pace as best as he could but he was too tired from the fight with Juggernaut. He dug deep and kept his pursuit. Suddenly he saw the figure jump down onto a small rooftop below. Robin repeated his maneuver and landed close to the same spot. The stranger looked at Robin and Robin looked back at him. The figure had on a mask and peering out of the mask was one lone eye.
"Hello Robin. Did you miss me?" The deep and cold voice was all to familiar to him. Robin was in utter shock. He couldn't say anything. Silence had a deathly grip on him. He just sat there with his jaw dropped to the floor as the man stood before him casually. His one eye homed in on Robin's masked face. Finally with enough courage Robin found the strength to utter one single word, the only word that popped into his head.
"Slade."
And there is your surprise! Did you enjoy this chapter!? I enjoyed writing it even though it took forever and my fingers hurt from typing. But ok please let me know what I need to improve on and the next chapter will be on here soon! Thanks.