A/N;
I'm being forced to update, due to two very persistent family members of mine.
So, I give you- Chapter Five!
Raven stared at the quivering girl from under her hood, and sighed. This was not going to be pretty. To her left, she watched Alcaeus launch himself at Rick, wrapping his hands around the smaller man's scrawny neck. Shift was still on her hands and knees, snarling and screaming and sobbing all in one. The Titans immediately looked to Robin, who nodded once.
"Raven, trap her." He ordered. With a curt nod, the half-demoness wrapped the girl in her aura and fought against her struggling form.
"Stop this at once!" Alcaeus roared, shaking Rick Worthington violently. Raven thought she heard a bone snap as she grunted with the effort of keeping the now-wolf formed Shift under control. Rick's face was turning a pale white, and Robin leapt over to stop Alcaeus.
"Let him go!" he commanded. Alcaeus turned to him eyes wild.
"He must not do this to her!" the Greek answered.
"Let him go, man, and we'll stop him!" Cyborg cut in, charging his sonic cannon. Raven groaned inwardly as she sensed more and more men running towards Shift's room.
"Guys." Raven called, her voice strained. "We've got more company." In the doorway were about thirty men, all armed. Cyborg cussed softly, and turned his weapon on them.
"We don't want any trouble," He said in a light tone, "But I'll be happy to give it to ya'll if you don't back up, right now." Starfire hovered beside him, hands and eyes ablaze with green energy. Shift was on the floor, still wrapped up within Raven's powers, whining and growling weakly.
"Change her back." Robin jabbed his gloved finger in Rick's face. "Now." The slimy manager gave a weak smirk.
"F-fine. B-but good luck... dealing with her... now that she's got that stuff... in her." He gasped, flicking a button on his watch. Raven felt the pressure release, and watched as Shift slowly returned to her human form, panting heavily. She looked up, and Raven felt herself freeze for a second. Those eyes were... they were dead. There was nothing left- no fight, no hope, no nothing. Beastboy ran over to help her up, and she accepted his offer without a complaint. She leant against the wall, as Raven released her, tears streaming down her cheeks. Alcaeus let Rick fall to the floor, heading over to tend to his younger friend.
The men at the doorway watched, completely still and silent, as Raven turned to them, the fifth member to do so. The standoff lasted a few moments, before Robin smirked.
"You can either stand aside peacefully, or get taken out forcefully," he said slowly, "What's it gonna be?"
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I leant into Alcaeus, not bothering to try and stay together anymore. What had Rick done to me? It was pure blind rage that overtook me, pure instinct... I shuddered. I closed my eyes.
"What gonna happen to us, Alcaeus?" I mumbled. "What are we gonna do now?" He patted my back.
"I do not know, but we must stay together." He shrugged. "I will protect you." I had to smile- the big guy was just too sweet.
"What if... what if that thing wasn't a one-off? What if-"
"We will see to that later. I believe these teenagers may help us. Their leader seems kind, and I haven't really met the other four as of yet." Alcaeus smiled. "We shall see." I sighed.
"You shouldn't have come back. You shouldn't have saved me." I told him. He looked at me sternly.
"That is stupid. Of course I would come back to save you. You are stupid for... what you did." He replied.
"I..." I guessed there wasn't really a point in arguing. "Sorry."
"You can either stand aside peacefully, or get taken out forcefully," Robin said slowly, "What's it gonna be?"
I looked up. The Titans were in some kind of weird battle formation. Suddenly, a guy teleported into the room.
"Red X." Robin spat. This guy was in some kind of black outfit with a cape, and a skull mask with a red X on it. He didn't look all that threatening, but hey, neither did I in human form.
"G-get me out... lockdown the stadium... and type in the... emergency code." Rick wheezed between ragged breaths.
"Time to leave?" Red X asked, his voice computerised. "Another time, Titans." With that he disappeared, and the men in the doorway sprinted for it. Obviously they had a better idea of what the 'emergency code' was than we did.
"The prisoners!" Starfire urged Robin.
"Titans, split up and find everyone. Alcaeus, you and Shift need to direct us. Titans, go!" the five heroes ran for it, while Alcaeus lifted me into his arms and ran after them. I closed my eyes and tried not to think about the strange feeling I had in the back of my mind, the feeling that something had become... unbalanced.
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Starfire flew the last two fighters out, speeding as fast as she could as a loud BOOM sounded behind her. She let out a tiny shriek of surprise, and spun a little as the force from the blow knocked her off balance. She dropped the fighters gently on to the sand, and landed beside Raven. Shift was sitting on the sand, her face in her hands, and Alcaeus was talking to Robin about something. Starfire could guess that it was probably about Rick Worthington, and finding him. Beastboy and Cyborg were trying to talk to the remaining prisoners, but most of them had already run off the first chance they got.
"Was everyone out?" Starfire asked Raven tentatively. Raven nodded. "What will happen now?"
"I don't know." Raven sighed. "Robin'll figure something out. I guess these guys will have to go back to wherever they came from..." she suddenly trailed off. "If they have a place to go back to, that is." Starfire bit her lip as she looked around. How could a man ruin so many lives? How could Red X consider helping him?
"We must help them." She murmured. "If we don't, who will?" Raven said nothing, her eyes still locked on the giant cloud of smoke rising from the ruins of the stadium. The dark girl didn't have to answer her friend- Starfire already knew the answer. If they didn't help them... no one would.
A/N;
Another update. Hope you enjoy. I'm not too happy with it, but eh.
R & R!