A/N: Okay, so I got this chapter out sooner than I thought. I actually had to split it into two different chapters cause it went longer than I intended. Chapter 5 will take some time as I have to proofread it and all that junk.
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Beast Boy heard the voice of his attacker curse followed by something clattering to the ground. He heard a soft thud as they leapt from the rooftop and landed on the ground below. The voice removed any doubt on if the mystery person really was Slade or not. Because the voice was female. Even though he had got a good look at the mystery attacker after being shot, it wasn't enough to discern what gender the person was.
The wounded green Titan chanced a peek around the corner of the stack of boxes he was hiding behind. The girl must be around his age, instead of a metal mask covering her face like the real Slade, she had a cloth bandana covering the top half of her face. The mask exposed the lower part, showing a sinister smirk and platinum blonde hair that went to her shoulders. The rest of her costume was black, with metal parts covering the outside part of her upper right legs and knees. He noticed two handles resting on her shoulderblades, he could only guess they were swords. She also wore a metal belt that had several pouches, probably filled with all sorts of nasty gadgets.
"Damn, what a lousy excuse for a rifle, jamming on me now of all times." The pseudo-Slade complained, giving the sniper rifle she threw on the ground a good kick. "I must admit changeling, you're quicker than I thought you'd be." She called out, starting to walk towards his position. He made a mental note to remember that she wasn't a normal human. Folks just didn't jump from rooftops three stories high like it was nothing. "I dare say you're faster than a cheetah should be, guess that goes with being a superhero eh?" She continued, walking slowly toward his cover of boxes.
"Who are you? Some kind of Slade fan girl?" The changeling asked. She gave out a laugh in response.
"Oh no I'm much worse." She replied.
"A Slade groupie?" He tried, she smiled widely at that.
"I had heard you had quite the sense of humor changeling. I see they weren't lying." She told him.
"So the groupie thing is a no?" He tried again, she ignored it.
"I'm his daughter." She stated. Beast Boy gasped in response, then groaned.
"Great, so the super bad guy is now procreating, just perfect." He said sarcastically. "So what's your plan? to take out the Titans and rule the city? Hate to say, but your dad tried that and it didn't work out so well for him." She shook her head as she continued to make her way towards him. The changeling was watching her closely, she was about seventy feet from him. If she would just move a little closer, he'd have a good shot at her.
"Oh no, I have no master plan, nothing like that. I was simply hired for a job." She said plainly. Beast Boy tried wiping some of the blood off his face but it kept flowing and getting in his eyes. Blood loss could become a real concern if it kept up.
"I don't suppose you'd tell me what kind of job it was, would you?" He questioned. Slade's daughter smiled again.
"Not at all changeling. The job, is to make you suffer." She answered. Stopping at around sixty feet from the green Titan's position. He mentally cursed, it would be iffy trying to get at her from this distance. "By the way, I believe I should introduce myself, my name will be haunting your thoughts in the very near future after all." She informed him.
"Don't tell me it's Slade Girl, or something lame like that." Beast Boy said dryly, the platinum haired girl shook her head again, the smile on her face this time was cold and ruthless. The smile of a killer.
"Nothing of the sort changeling, I call myself Ravager and I'm going to make you regret ever getting into the superhero business." Ravager threatened. The green Titan sighed.
"Well I guess the only thing left to do is to see if you really are daddy's little girl." He told her with a lack of enthusiasm. Ravager just grinned and laughed.
"I don't think it'll take long for you to notice the resemblance." She replied getting into a fighting stance. Beast Boy sighed.
"Probably not." He stated apprehensively. Ravager dropped her stance suddenly, reaching into one of her pouches in her belt. She pulled out a small square black plastic box, it had her full attention. She pressed a few buttons on the small box and a map of the immediate area popped up. The map represented her with a green dot and Beast Boy with a red dot. Two yellow dots were coming in from the west and heading towards them fast.
"Hmm unwanted guests." She mused out loud, her lips tightening into a straight line. "Can't have that can we? I'll just have to send them a welcoming party."
Robin nursed more speed out of his motorcycle, masterfully performing a tight turn and barreling down a much deserted road. Raven was flying above and slightly ahead of him. They were heading towards an area of abandoned warehouses on the eastern outskirts of Jump City. It wasn't an area the Titans usually occupied.
As they continued, Robin's leader and detective skills were giving off warning bells. The area they were in was sparsely populated, and there were less people the further they went. Eventually there was an eerie silence as they continued following the smoke trail towards it's crash. The Boy Wonder noticed that Raven was starting to get ahead of him.
Robin could empathize with his dark teammate. Raven would never admit it, but she had strong feelings for Beast Boy. Oh she hid it well, but Robin was a great detective. All the times they hung out together, Raven acted differently around the changeling. The body language, the small smiles, and what started as heated insults when they first met had evolved into a sort of banter between them. The Titans leader knew that if he were Raven, and Beast Boy were Starfire, he'd probably be acting the same. As her leader and friend however, he had to keep her on the task at hand and not let her feelings cloud her judgement.
The dark girl was too far away to for his voice to carry clearly, so Robin opted to use his communicator. When he flipped it open though, there was only static on the small video screen. The masked Titan frowned and quickly tried all the frequencies, nothing. Something was cutting off communications, it explained why Beast Boy's locator died. Robin looked up from his communicator to shout to Raven about it, when he saw a familiar sight, tucked away in an alleyway. It was a shame that the familiar sight was not friendly.
The white robot was about eight feet tall. It was bulky, with large arms that had lobster-like metal pincers. The legs were also bulky, and in the center of it's torso was a red circular "Eye". Said eye was now glowing red and aimed at Raven. There was no time for anything fancy, so Robin grabbed a lungful of air and shouted.
"RAVEN! BEHIND YOU!"
Being in a superhero team was a dangerous business. Teams that didn't work together fell apart and left the members in deadly situations. However, the Teen Titans had been through many trials and tribulations. Through it all, they had persevered together, above all, they trusted one another completely.
And so it was this trust that Raven utilized. Judging from the urgency of Robin's cry, Raven anticipated something deadly. In one smooth motion she waved her left hand behind her in a sweeping motion. Creating a wall of dark energy that absorbed a lethal laser blast from the white robot. Had she waited to act, turning around to see why Robin was yelling, she'd be heavily injured right now. Although the shield did absorb a majority of the blast, enough of it got through to hit Raven in her left shoulder. The impact was sending her falling headfirst back down to the ground. Robin wasn't about to let that happen.
The masked Titan sped his bike up as fast as it would go and moved to the far right side of the road. Several cars were parked near the sidewalk and Robin decided to use one of them as an improvised ramp. Popping a wheelie and driving up the car's trunk, the Boy Wonder and his bike leapt high into the air. At the peak of the jump, Robin leapt from his bike and stretched out his arms, catching the falling Raven. As soon as he grabbed her, Robin shot out a grappling hook with his free hand and swung away. Several lasers from the robot fired at him but it was unable to hit the two Titans.
The Titans leader held Raven tight and swung through the air, using the swing to kill their speed. At the end of the swing, Robin released the grappling hook and landed safely to the ground. Raven groaned and held her left shoulder with her right hand. He was about to check the dark girl's injury when the loud sound of robot footsteps forced his attention elsewhere.
Looking up, Robin saw that they were surrounded by four of the white robots. The machines brought up their pincer-like hands, revealing a hole in their "Palms." Robin's eyes widened behind his mask as the robots spewed forth fire from their palms. Engulfing the two Titans in flames.
"There we go, that should keep anyone from interfering." Ravager said with a smile. Seeing that she was distracted, Beast Boy decided to take a chance.
Morphing into a gorilla, the changeling grabbed a nearby crate about five feet tall and three feet wide and flung it at the female villain as hard as he could. Ravager jumped over the crate, but Beast Boy was counting on that. He ran forward a few steps, morphed into a mountain goat, and jumped into the air. He intended to ram into Slade's daughter while she was still in mid-air. Just as he was about to make contact, she twisted in the air. Leaning to her left, she managed to move out of the mountain goat's path. As the goat was passing by, Ravager reached out with her left hand, grabbing the goat's right horn. She spun around, emerald mountain goat in tow, and flung the animal down to the ground.
The green mountain goat hit the ground hard, tumbling head over hooves and eventually morphing back into Beast Boy. Ravager capitalized on her downed opponent. While she was descending from her leap, she grabbed a black and orange explosive disc from her belt and flung it at the changeling.
"Shit!" was all Beast Boy managed to say as the disc exploded. A small green shell of a turtle shot out from the ensuing cloud of dust like a cannonball. The explosive disc had knocked the green turtle away from Slade's daughter. Ravager shrugged at the development and sprinted toward her quarry. The hard shell of the turtle had protected the green Titan somewhat, but now he was on the defensive. He stuck his small green turtle head out to get his bearings, he looked to his right and behind him only to find Ravager filling up his vision as she approached quickly. She leapt into the air and reared her right leg back. Before she could strike, Beast Boy morphed back into a gorilla and swung his right arm out. The gorilla slammed it's right forearm into Ravager's left cheek.
The force of the gorilla's blow interrupted the female villain's attack. Sending her flying back down to the ground. She managed to do a few flips in the air to kill her momentum, landing safely in a crouch. The emerald gorilla likewise also landed safely to the ground a little ways in front of her. Both combatants were staring each other down.
"Not bad changeling, not bad." She complimented, licking some blood that was dribbling from her lip and grinning. Beast Boy just growled in his gorilla form. He dove for the villain, trying to slam his fists onto her head. Ravager backflipped backwards to avoid the powerful strike and Beast Boy's fists cracked the concrete of the street they were on. The changeling again dashed forward and tried to grab Slade's daughter with his right hand. Ravager however, was ready and performed a back handspring to just get out of the changeling's reach again.
The female villain then lunged forward, striking at the green gorilla's face with her right hand. The green Titan brought up his left hand and absorbed the punch with his left forearm. He felt his arm grow numb, she was definitely stronger than she looked. Ravager then struck out with her left fist, intending to hit Beast Boy in the stomach. The changeling managed to bring up his knee in time, blocking her fist with it. She smiled.
Ravager suddenly crouched and swung her right leg out in an arc from her right to her left. Effectively taking the gorilla's legs out from under him. Beast Boy fell on his left side. As soon as he impacted the unforgiving cement, the female villain spun around to build momentum and slammed her left elbow into the changeling's chest. He skidded across the asphalt and slammed into the wall of one of the warehouses, reverting back to his normal form. The daughter of Slade resumed her fighting stance, waiting for the green Titan to get back up.
"For the weakest of the Titans, you put up a pretty good fight." She stated, this earned her a glare from Beast Boy.
"Weakest?" He hissed in anger, getting back up to his feet, he clenched his fists and his lips peeled back in a snarl. He was going to show her how wrong she was.
"Are you sure you really want to do this Jenni?" Tina, also known as Terra, asked from the passenger's side of the jeep. Her friend had a white knuckled grip on the steering wheel.
"Yes! there's no way I'm backing out of this now Tina!" The brown haired girl replied. Letting her foot slide a little more heavy on the gas. Tina held on for dear life, thank god traffic was light around here. On their way to find Beast Boy, Tina had spotted a pillar of smoke in the warehouse area and it made her nervous.
At first the former superheroine was nervous about seeing Beast Boy again, but this was different. It was possible that the battle was not going well for Beast Boy and the other Titans. If that was true then Jenni and her were in danger. Without her powers she wouldn't be able to protect her friend if the fight was getting out of control.
"Just so you know, I don't think charging into the middle of a fight is the best way to ask for an autograph." Tina stated. Jenni swerved to avoid a rather nasty pothole.
"Are you kidding? getting there just in time to see Beast Boy kick some villain ass is the absolute BEST way to get an autograph!" Jenni took her left hand off the steering wheel and pumped her fist. "I'll remember it FOREVER!" The look of sheer joy on the gamer girl's face caused Tina's lips to curve upward of their own accord. Tina quickly turned it into a frown though.
"Alright, but promise me, if things look bad, we get the hell out of there okay?" The blonde haired girl asked, Jenni spared her a glance.
"We can't do that! if the Titans are in trouble we have to help! I'll use my patented Jenni Jump Kick! no villain can withstand that!" She exclaimed.
The Jenni Jump Kick was a devastating maneuver utilized by Jenni herself. More than once she'd had to use it to either beat up some cheating boyfriend or to take out some jerk who was being mean to her friends. Most of the time the move would knock the person out. Jenni had even used it once for Tina's sake back in Murakami High. Kicking some stupid preppy cheerleader in the face who kept harassing her.
"I'm serious Jenni, these supervillains are no joke. They could cause us serious harm or worse." Tina pleaded, Jenni's eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.
"How do you know Tina? you been up close and personal with a supervillain or something?" The brown haired girl questioned. The former superheroine's eyes widened, Tina/Terra was caught completely by surprise. She couldn't meet Jenni's stare.
"I...um...well...that is...no." She replied meekly, still not making eye contact. Jenni sighed and turned her attention back to the road.
"Let's see what the situation is when we get there okay? I bet you anything the Titans and Beast Boy will be booking that poor sap's sorry ass by the time we get there. Then I'll get my autograph and we can go get something to eat." The gamer girl told her blonde haired friend.
Tina nodded and stared out the passenger's window. Hoping that Jenni would be right with all her heart.
Ravager noticed something had changed about Beast Boy. He was starting to have a nice look in his eyes now. A look of rage and rising hatred. "That's right, it's widely known in the villainous underworld that you are the weakest Titan." She announced. Beast Boy dug his fingers into his palms to try and keep his temper under control.
She was just trying to get under her skin, that's all she was doing. He couldn't let her words get to him. She was tough and from the look of things, backup would not be coming. He needed his wits about him if he was gonna get through this.
"Like I'm going to take the word of the spawn of one of the most manipulative criminal masterminds ever." He shot back. Ravager seemed unfazed.
"There is no manipulation here changeling, only fact." She replied, a smug smirk on her face. Beast Boy grit his teeth.
"You know where you can shove your facts!" He shouted. The emerald Titan morphed into a tiger and lunged for the female villain. He reared his right forepaw back and brought it forth in a vicious slash, aiming for Ravager's smug face. She nimbly sidestepped to her left to avoid the strike. Thanks to her sporadic precognitive powers, she could predict Beast Boy's moves sometimes. However, it didn't predict her getting mule-kicked in the stomach by a green mule. Which is precisely what happened a moment later. The daughter of Slade tumbled across the ground, amazingly she was able to turn her tumble into a roll and get back to her feet. Beast Boy was not giving her a moment's rest however.
The jade skinned Titan charged forward, morphing into a rhino mid-stride. Ravager leapt backwards to avoid being gored. The changeling immediately changed back to his normal form.
"You're not getting away!" He declared, morphing into a green octopus and grabbing the female villain's ankles in mid-air with his tentacles. He then pulled down with all his might and slammed her back down to the ground on her spine. She grunted in pain, Beast Boy wasn't done and lifted her back up into the air. This time he threw her back down right behind him. Ravager absorbed the impact with her face. Small craters scarred the concrete where she had landed from the attacks.
Ravager felt herself being lifted again. This time the green Titan spun her around in a circle a few times, building up speed. He then flung her at a warehouse wall. She managed to right herself mid-flight and absorbed the impact of being slammed into the wall with her feet. The wall of the warehouse caved slightly, but it still held. She smirked and used the wall to spring back at Beast Boy.
The eyes of the green octopus widened at the incoming human missile. It quickly morphed into a green anklyosaurus and took a kick to it's right flank by Ravager. The attack was so strong it actually staggered the dinosaur. It fell into the wall of another warehouse, creating a huge hole. The anklyosaurus tried to counterattack by slamming it's heavy tail onto the female villain. Ravager had managed to avoid the attack at the last second by diving out of it's way.
The daughter of Slade twisted in mid-air, she tucked her head and landed on her right shoulderblade. Turning the fall into a roll and smoothly getting back to her feet. When she turned back to her opponent, she was greeted by the sight of a giant green mammoth stampeding towards her. She snorted in disgust, she was going to have to actually use one of her swords.
Deftly she reached behind her with her right hand. Grabbing her right sword out of it's scabbard and brought it forward. Ravager was just in time to catch the blade onto the mammoth's left tusk. Still, the mammoth's momentum was too great and the force of the mammoth's charge was still enough to send the female villain through yet another warehouse wall. She skidded across the floor of the interior of the warehouse. The building seemed to be housing lumber of various sorts. Piles of cut wood were stacked in it's corners.
Getting an idea, Ravager grabbed one of the planks of wood. They were about half a foot wide and fifteen feet long. She raised it above her head with both hands and then threw it at the giant green mammoth like a spear. Beast Boy in mammoth form caught the wooden projectile with his trunk and threw it right back at the female villain.
Thanks to her precognitive powers, Ravager was able to see this was going to happen. She immediately ducked down, the wooden plank flew right above her head. The makeshift missile missed her skull by a centimeter. She immediately rose to her feet and dashed towards Beast Boy as fast as she could. She let out a battlecry and swung for his head. The changeling likewise let out a mighty roar and charged forward as well, seeking to ram into the female villain with his tusks. Steel and bone met in a great clash of force, creating a crater underneath the two combatants.
The four robots surrounding Raven and Robin continued to spew forth fire. Making sure there would be nothing left but ash. Suddenly the flames dissipated, as Robin, who had covered both himself and Raven with his fireproof cape swept it off him. A moment later a giant black raven constructed entirely of dark energy spread it's wings and let out a shriek. Instantly the four robots were flung backwards and ripped apart. Just the raven's sheer presence accomplishing that. The giant raven dissipated to reveal the two Titans back to back ready for battle. More robots and sladebots began to surround them.
"We need to take these out as quickly as possible, my gut tells me Slade set this up to isolate and either capture Beast Boy or kill him." Robin whispered to his dark teammate, she snarled.
"Not while I'm around." She stated, her hands glowing black. The white robots and the sladebots raised their weapons and the battle begun.