A cybernetic teen known as Cyborg stood across from a pink cloaked woman wielding a energy whip in a now empty hallway of the Jump city shopping centre. The two stood like two desperados at high noon both were readying their weapons, Cyborg's initial charge was dodged by the pink clad woman and now they stood eyeing each other down.
"So where is the tumble weed when you need it." Lust joked with the titan only getting a glare from the large boy.
"I'm not in the mood for jokes, you are going to tell me where my friends are now or it's going to be messy." Cyborg said sternly his sonic cannon heating up.
A smirk spread across Lust's lips. "You are going to have to get that out of me the hard way… and I like it rough." Lust winked at the titan.
Cyborg gave a darker glare before quickly raising his arm and letting loose a shot from the sonic cannon, the blast caught the unexpecting undead flying back through a store window Cyborg followed quickly behind charging another attack jumping into the shattered window frame Cyborg looked up to see a mannequin flying at him. He dove to the ground the human model nicked his shoulder shattering into thousands of pieces, rolling behind a table to check for damage a few scratches and that was it.
"Come out, I thought you were going to be rough and interrogate me." Lust called to Cyborg who was heating up his weapon for another blast quickly he popped up from his spot and blasted towards a counter. The cash register exploded in a rain of change and shredded paper.
"Nice shot, It might of hit me if I was anywhere near there." Lust taunted Cyborg's enhanced hearing worked on the sound of her giggles Quickly he blasted another shot a grunt was heard as he had landed a shot, Cyborg jumped from his position and charged but got a mannequin to the chest which threw him out of the clothing shop.
Lust was quickly behind him lashing out with her whip every graze dug a large scratch into Cyborg's armour. The large teen swing a haymaker at the pink clad woman she stepped back to dodge readying a counter attack to his ribs but was caught off guard as his haymaker came back as a backhand to her head sending her sliding across the ground . She lay motionless as Cyborg tried to catch his breath , the two other titans appeared rushing to the side of their friend.
"Are you undamaged friend." Starfire asked Cyborg who nodded.
"Just some scratches that I'll fix later you two better hurry there are two more that way go after them I got this one." Cyborg said pointing down the hallway quickly walking over to his foe and lifting the unconscious body of Lust strapping her hands behind her back. Robin nodded and motioned to Starfire.
"Let's go, the more of these people we get off the streets the less people will be hurt." Robin said running down the hall, Starfire nodded and followed him closely.
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Raven and Olwen charged franticly through the crowds of people looking for a safe spot, Raven grabbed Olwen's arm and pulled the girl into a bathroom. The pair skidded to a stop on the tile floor and let out heaving breaths.
"Oh my god Cyborg knows we are here which means the other titans will be on our tails before we know it." Olwen gasped.
"You think I don't know that." Raven spat at her friend who stepped back from the fuming dark girl.
"We need to get out of here, where are those shades when you need them." Olwen sighed and leaned against the counter top. Glancing over to Raven who was leaning on the wall her fingers on her temples making small circles.
"Lets try to hide in the crowd, and get out of this city." Raven said looking up grimly at Olwen.
"But what about Lust, we can't leave her." Olwen protested.
"We will come back for her when we can, but we must get out of here so we can save her. We are not running away just a tactical retreat." Raven told the undead girl as she walked towards the door. "I will not leave one of my allies behind. We will come back and crush this city under our feet." Raven said disappearing out the door, Olwen followed quickly behind.
Olwen rounded the corner to run into the back of Raven who was standing as stiff as a board. Rubbing her nose she looked around her friend to see Starfire talking to a group of teens. Olwen looked at the face of her friend frozen as if thinking about her old friend, apparently those thoughts were crushed as Raven's eyes narrowed into a glare.
The dark former titan stomped past the red head and the group that she was talking to, Olwen stood shocked for a few seconds watching and quickly following her leader. The pair slipped past the redheaded alien with such ease they both seemed to brighten in spirits. The two walked farther down the hallway and Raven stopped once again and swore, in front of them was Cyborg walking with his back to them with Lust draped over his shoulder. Olwen looked where Raven was looking and noticed her ally over the shoulder of her foe, a flash of red crossed her pale eyes as she charged him blindly despite the calls from Raven calling her by her Latin name. Olwen leapt and in a flash of black flame she landed on the Cybernetic teen's back driving him to the floor.
Cyborg lay on his stomach unsure of what was happening a heavy person was crouching on his back, his captive was a few feet away still bound and unconscious thankfully. As Cyborg turned his head to look at his attacker a enormous blade embedded itself into the tile right beside his nose, the black blade Cyborg recognised almost instantly, the darkly glowing runes of the serrated blade made him remember who held it last.
"You will let my sister go mortal." Olwen commanded the titan in a unholy voice. "Or my blade will rip every circuit from your body and forge the metal into a fountain for the Lich Queen's gardens."
Cyborg's eyes widened. "Olwen get the hell off me, and stop playing games."
"Olwen's not here at the moment would you like to leave a message with Wrath after the beep." Olwen whispered into his ear letting out a long drawn out beep.
Quickly Cyborg lifted himself off the ground tossing Olwen off letting her land a few feet away crouching the enormous blade resting on her shoulder a evil smirk spread across her lips as the blood red cloak she now adorned draped over black plate metal, on her head was the demonic looking skull with black horns similar to a bulls. She straightened up and let out a maniacal laugh.
"Your going to stop this and take off that armour. Remember what Raven told you Olwen." Cyborg tried reasoning with the crazed woman, not noticing the darkly dressed girl behind her disappear into the shadows.
"You will have to rip this armour from my cold dead body mortal." Olwen yelled as she charged at Cyborg with a berserk fury. Cyborg raised his sonic cannon quickly and let out a blast shrouding the undead girl in a black smoke, she charged out of the smoke her cloak torn from the blast she swung the blade over her head embedding the weapon where her target once stood.
Cyborg stood from his spot as he rolled away from his crazed friend. Olwen struggled to free her weapon as Cyborg ran a scan on her if she was being controlled, he sighed as his scans came up inconclusive. Olwen ripped the blade from the tile floor and rushed towards Cyborg again getting him to roll away.
"Olwen stop, this isn't like you at all." Cyborg pleaded getting the armoured girl to stop.
"How would you know anything about me, I only lived with you for a few months if that." Olwen said sheathing her monstrous blade. "And you spent more time on your car and playing video games than even talking to me. Do you know how hard it is on someone when people say that they are your friends and then ignore you, like you have a disease or are dangerous to them so they avoid you."
"I didn't mean to do those things, you could have just talked to me and we could spend some together. " Cyborg said backing away from the undead girl.
Olwen shook her head negatively as if struggling with herself. The bulky helmet moving on her head as she moved it side to side, the sound of the movement must have muffled the sound of the whizzing disk flying through the air as it collided with Olwen's head. Olwen's head flew back as she staggered back her head drooped as she regained her footing. Robin and Starfire appeared beside Cyborg, Robin held move disks as Starfire's hands glowed emerald.
"Are you ok friend Cyborg?" Starfire asked checking her friend.
"Yea I'm fine, But Olwen isn't." Cyborg said pointing to the red cloaked girl staggering in front of him.
"That is Olwen? But she attacked you." Starfire said confused.
"I think something is wrong with her head." Cyborg said as a evil chuckle come from the undead girl. "Throwing disks at her isn't going to help."
Slowly she raised her head as the helmet broke away revealing the face of their friend blood was starting to stain the front of her hair, a dribble of blood was starting down her forehead. In a instant Olwen was in front of Starfire a manic grin on her face, a powerful back hand sent the alien girl reeling back. Cyborg turned to block a kick to his head the power from the blow still pushed the heavier boy back a fair distance far enough for Robin to rush in on the offensive and try to stop their deranged friend.
Robin swung with his staff which Olwen countered with her massive sword, a over heard slash chopped the titanium pole into two. Robin just looked amazed at the power behind the attack before getting blasted by a wall of cold air. Robin flew back crashing into a clothing store nearly hitting a girl as he hit the racks of clothes. Robin shook his head regaining his senses he looked up into the amethyst orbs of a girl glancing back and forth between the action outside and the boy that crashed through the window.
"Raven?" Robin asked holding his head slightly.
The darkly dressed girl shook her head negatively. "Oh Shit." The girl spoke in monotone.
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Olwen backed to Lust's body as the two titans forced her back with powerful blasts, with a roar a wave of cold wind flashed across the ground. Cyborg covered his eyes as the made him skid back a foot, Starfire rubbed her eyes harshly. The two titans looked at each other and then back at their foe, Olwen was breathing hard as Cyborg raised his sonic cannon.
"I don't know what that was supposed to do Olwen but you are out of energy now surrender and we can figure out what is wrong with you." Cyborg said calmly as prepared to fire Olwen spit on his foot. "Ah man now that's just uncalled for."
Cyborg fired his sonic cannon, or he tried the cannon fizzled as the power seemed to drain. Curiously Cyborg examined his arm noticing the circuitry was frozen solid. The mechanical teen looked to his friend for assistance only to see Starfire blinking as if trying to get her sight back.
"Star, my cannon is fried can you fight them?" Cyborg asked worried.
"I cannot Cyborg , the last attack seemed to have blinded me." Starfire said as she reached out awkwardly.
Olwen chuckled breathlessly as she lifted Lust onto her back. " That attack was a last ditch effort to stop you from chasing us." Olwen coughed.
"Oh yea, Just cause I can't fire doesn't mean I can't chase you." Cyborg said trying to walk towards the two girls, but finding his feet frozen to the floor. "Oh you tricky little …" Cyborg said looking down at his feet.
Olwen turned away from the two titans and started to walk away giving them a brief wave as she turned a corner.
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Raven ran as fast as she could from her former leader, but Robin was close behind returning to the destroyed food court now vacant from the fire response team. Raven swore as she turned around to face the masked titan.
"Raven where were you, we looked everywhere." Robin asked extending his hand cautiously to his friend.
"I was fulfilling a destiny that has been passed through my family." Raven said coldly slapping his gloved hand away.
"But we are your friends we could have helped you, you don't have to run from your father." Robin said not knowing.
"This isn't from my fathers family but my mother's side, She was a Roth… check in that book that I gave you a few weeks ago." Raven said her voice raising slightly at the mention of her father.
"I don't understand if you were alright why didn't you come back to the tower, or left us a message." Robin asked confused.
"Oh, I gave you a message…. " Raven smirked seductively, a black portal opened up between the pair as a burlap sack dropped out of it and dropped to the ground with a sickening splat, crimson blood trickled out of the canvas. "And here is the reminder."
Robin's face paled as he looked at the object in front of him and the grin on his friends face. He swallowed hard looking down at the bag. "What is in that?" Robin asked pointing to the seeping bag.
"Oh just a few honorary titans, a couple of service workers and anyone else my minions found in the northern regions." Raven said nonchalantly making Robin immediately drop into a defensive stance.
"Raven, what has gotten into you, you were never this calm around the thought of our dead friends and innocents." Robin barked.
"I realised that the world isn't gumdrops and rainbows." Raven said quickly blasting the titans leader.
Robin crashed into a garbage can awkwardly, he held his side painfully as he sat up from the spot he landed. Raven hovered above him a orb of obsidian energy encircling her hand, a look on her face of pure hatred.
"Any last words Wonder boy?" Raven taunted the wounded bird.
"My Raven wouldn't do such a horrible thing to a friend." A familiar voice came from behind Raven.
Raven landed on the ground stunned at the sound of the voice behind her. Raven shook her head in disbelief scared to turn towards the voice, Bravery urged her on forcing her to do what she feared most. The energy she held dissipated as her eyes watered up. "I'm no longer your Raven." she choked up.
"I know…" the voice said as Raven felt a sharp pain flow through her head and everything faded to black.
