"They're awake." Cyborg said into his robotic arm.
Robin looked into the electronic device he was holding. He turned as fast as he could toward the toilet bowl that he was hugging like it was a long-lost friend. He looked back and said, "I'm gunna be here a while…call Star. She'll love to-"His transmission cut short by his body rejecting the alien's food.
Cyborg turned disgusted from his arm and looked up at the three. "So…Ya'll feelin' better?" he asked.
"Yeah, nothing beats waking up with a giant headache." Raven said sarcastically, "How long were we out for?"
Cyborg looked at the clock, "About three and a half hours." Beast Boy and Raven were surprised. 'I thought it was like 20 minutes!' Beast Boy thought. He was really having fun with his son and Raven.
"Yeah, any longer and we could have a problem getting back." said Phoenix.
"What?" asked Cyborg. He never was properly introduced to Phoenix's powers.
"We were in my mind…but this time Phoenix brought me there." Raven said in an even tone, her expression never changing.
"Aaand…what I meant by that is that we would need a third person, with Raven and my mind, to make us come out of the coma. We can't be in anyone's mind for very long." Phoenix said while taking off his mask, "Man! I hate that thing…"
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Aww man! I just got to take this thing off!"
Raven said, "Well, you can't have it off…It could be way too much info for the people of Jump city. Plus," Raven glanced at Beast Boy who was talking to Robin and Starfire through Cyborg's arm, "Beast Boy and I are supposed to despise each other to the public…which means the villains. Stay undercover or else you'll be the number 1 target of all of Jump City." She had a neutral face but he could smell the worry. (Part of Phoenix's powers is he can smell emotions and Sparrow can see emotions people are feeling. Raven and Beast Boy's powers combined caused their children's animal senses to be heightened by Raven's powers.)
"Okay mom, I understand." Phoenix said.
"Guys…it's Elemental." Cyborg told the two. They all rushed to the common room while Phoenix and Raven sunk into the floor. When everyone was there Robin decided to fill them in on the details.
"He's over at the pizzeria." Robin stopped due to Beast Boy's cry of "Dude! So not cool!" and Cyborg's, "But they're the only place that does the Meat Maniac! I love the Meat Maniac…I needs it…"
"Calm down!" yelled Robin, "He's not actually destroying everything. He's only threatening to destroy the building. He wants our attention. We need to get moving. Titans GO!"
"Well he's got it! I swear if I get my hands on that…" Cyborg grumbled while running off to the garage.
Robin, who appeared much better than he was previously, was carried by Starfire to the main land. The three watched their friends rush off. Phoenix followed suit when Raven and Beast Boy were standing still.
"Carry me. I'm still in pain from my headache." Raven said in an even tone, "I did, after all, win that bet."
"Don't remind me. Bad enough I got my butt kicked by a girl but by someone who doesn't play videogames!" BB whined. He morphed into a pterodactyl, grabbed Raven's shoulders, and took flight.
Raven thought to herself as she felt the wind flow through her hair, 'This is something I can get used to…I like it when Beast Boy actually listens to one of us.' Before she knew it, Raven's feet were touching pavement yet again. She sighed and turned toward the pizzeria that was her and her friends' favorite restaurant. She decided to pull her hood up. Her and Beast Boy rushed inside to see their friends and child fighting the villain who was now clad in an earthy look. His hair was long and unruly and was as brown as dirt. His lime green pupils matched his lime green suit. His cape had brown outlines of rocks on that smoky black cape of his. His gloves brown and seeming to be covered in dirt as were the boots he wore.
"There they are! The couple of the year! Glad you could finally join us." Elemental said to the two late titans.
"What do you want from us?" asked Robin while wiping off the sauce that covered his face.
"I want nothing from you Titans. What I will have is something much different." Elemental looked at the whole team and smiled, "What I will have is your hope…your hope in defeating Slade."
There was an eerie silence, everyone in the room shocked by the villains comment. The team had a mix of emotions. Some filled with anger and others with worry.
"Titans GO!" was the only thing heard in the little pizzeria. They all rush in toward the green and brown villain. Robin had his bo staff out when he pounced at Elemental. He swung when elemental raised his arms and flung them toward Robin. Suddenly, Elemental's eyes flashed pure black while mud and rocks flew and hit Robin where it hurts.
His hair.
"NO!" yelled Robin, his hair a tangled mess of rocks, mud, and gel, "WHY? WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?" He started to sob and rock in the place where he landed. Everyone looked at him with a confused gaze except for Phoenix and Elemental. The villain was laughing to the point of tears.
"Part of Elemental's powers is his mental attacking abilities. He knows what we love and are thinking about that seems to be important to us…remember? " Phoenix said trying to remind them, "Well, when he does hit something we love; it affects us 100 times more than it would normally."
"Yes child, why don't you also tell them about my capture plan? Hmm? Why don't you tell them more about the book and your desire fo-"
"Shut up!" yelled Phoenix, his mask a deep red. He suddenly charged as a saber tooth tiger and tackled Elemental out of the pizzeria. The other titans rushed out to witness the fight that was unfolding before them. Well most of the titans…Robin still in the fetal position sobbing and whining about his hair.
Elemental got Phoenix off of him and flung him across the street. Pedestrians were keeping their distance from the fighting pair. The other Titans decided it was best to watch for now to see what would happen. Phoenix was snarling, his mask still one of a deep red. He soon went back to the tall, angry teenager. Elemental was watching Phoenix with smile plastered on his face.
"What do you want?" Phoenix demanded more than asked.
"You know what…or rather who, I'm here for." Elemental looked over at the Titans with a look of confidence. His mouth opened and he muttered some words that nobody but he could hear. His eyes went that dangerously dark black and suddenly the concrete ripped up and off the ground. It started to form a sword and some armor around the villain. Phoenix attacked with his eyes a still deep red that was dark enough to resemble blood.
Elemental shouted, "R'iazm hyria ZESH!"
With those words the ground grabbed Phoenix and held him still the other titans moved in for the attack.
"You're not taking anyone! ", said Beast Boy confidentially. He changed into a T-Rex and roared right in Elemental's face. The others were prepared with sonic cannons and energy bolts ,the two girls floating above with their eyes and hands glowing with energy.
"That's what you think!" Elemental yelled. He muttered some words unable to be heard by anyone but himself and his eyes flashed and the ground started to rumble. The street split in two, sucking Beast Boy in. Raven watched in horror as his body fell. She screamed his name as she watched him disappear in the darkness. There was a wave of cement, dirt, and rocks rushing in at the three remaining titans. Starfire was able to get her and Cyborg out of harm's way. Raven, however, was busy staring at where Beast Boy was last seen.
"Raven!" Starfire screamed for her friend. Raven broke out of her trance and yelled her mantra. She was able to evade being injured and she appeared next to her two friends. A little fly flew at the group and morphed into the lovable green goof. The sight of him brought relief to everyone. They all looked around looking for the daring villain.
"Where'd the bad guy go?" Beast Boy asked, looking at Cyborg expectantly.
"Good question. We need to find him. Split up." Cyborg said strongly.
"No!" Starfire said, "He is after one of us friends. You four look together for Elemental. I must get back to friend Robin."
They agreed that it was best for everyone. As Starfire flew back to Robin the others went on getting Phoenix out of the ground. Raven just fazed Phoenix through the pavement but just enough to get half of his body out of the ground not including his hands.
"What are you doin Rae?" BB asked.
Raven looked at her son and said, "He's hiding something," her gaze went from the one in the ground to the one standing in front of her, "and we should find out what exactly that is."
Cyborg butted in with, "Not now Rae! We need to go after Elemental!"
"I can't feel his presence." Raven said,
"And I can't smell him." said BB right after her to verify. Cyborg nodded and told Raven, "Proceed."
"Robin?" Starfire asked. She heard some whimpering from the far end of the pizza shop. She walked over there and saw her fearless leader still rocking in a corner, sucking his thumb.
"Robin…it is alright. We can fix the your 'do.' All you need to do is wash it." She said while rubbing his back. He stopped sucking his thumb and looked her in the face.
"You really think so?" he asked with a voice full of hope.
She looked at him and smiled, "Of course. Let me bring back to our home." With that, Starfire picked him up and started to fly toward the T shaped tower.
"What are you really doing here?" Raven asked. This time Cyborg had a lie detector hooked up to the masked teenager.
"I'm here to help you guys…to warn you of Slade." Phoenix replied. He was shockingly quiet until now.
Raven looked at Cyborg. He gave her a thumb up and she nodded in response. Her eyes went back to her son.
"Elemental had started a sentence that you interrupted…what was he going to say?" Raven turned and looked him directly in the eye. "It's best to tell the truth."
"I was looking for a spell for an unlimited supply of tofu."Phoenix said in the hopes of being freed.
Cyborg looked up from his arm and said, "He's tellin the truth. Plus, what harm could green beans kid do to us?"
"You seem to forget he's my child too." Raven said.
Cyborg responded, "Yeah…so?"
Raven looked at him with 4 red eyes, "Which means he's ¼ demon. He can lie through his teeth. If you want proof, I'" She looked back at Phoenix with all 4 eyes.
"Now," she started, "what is the real ending to the sentence?" Her tone let him know that she is not messing around. She placed a hand on his shoulder and her dark energy was a navy color. Phoenix straightened up and stared with his pupils covering his iris completely.
Phoenix looked her straight in the face and said, "I was looking for unlimited power over the city. If I had the whole city under my protection, we could win the battle against Slade."
"Why would you come back to our time to get this book?" Raven asked, her eyes still that terrifying red.
"It's easier. We know where the book was able to be found. The one who gets captured can bring the book back to the team. Our future can be saved." Phoenix said in a zombie like tone.
Raven asked one final question, "Who gets captured?"
"The one wh-"
"No! You mustn't tell them!" shouted a voice from the side.
Raven turned and took her hand off of his shoulder. Her eyes went back to normal and her black magic went to her hands. Beast Boy turned into a tiger and Cyborg had his cannon readied. Phoenix shook his head and blinked.
"Who are you?" asked Beast Boy. The person in the shadows was hesitant to respond. They walked with caution.
"I'm not here to fight," said the mysterious person, "I'm here to help." The face become clearer and the person stepped out of the darkness of the alley. They lifted their head up and slowly opened their eyes. Her light eyes nearly made it clear who it was.
As Robin turned off the shower he heard Starfire ask him, "Robin? Are you in need of assistance? Is your mental being the better now?"
He chuckled and responded, "Yeah, I'm a lot better now Star. Thanks."
"Oh, you are most welcome friend Robin!" she responded. You could practically hear the smile on her face. He grabbed his towel and mask. He quickly threw them on and walked out of the bathroom. He didn't really think about the fact that Starfire was right there. When he walked out of the door he had to come to an immediate stop. Their faces were inches apart.
"Uh, Robin?" Starfire said with a slight blush.
Robin was blushing a bit himself. Not only was he only wearing a mask and towel but he was close enough to feel Starfire breathing. Robin managed to squeak out "Hi."
"What are you doing here?" asked Phoenix . His face blank but his mask showing his worry with a very vibrant grey. The girl standing on the other side of the street look him right in the face and said,
"It's okay Phoenix. Don't worry…everyone is fine at home. They just thought that I should help you to train them," the girl said with a very small voice, "Besides…I really wanted to see what the world was like."
"Wait," Phoenix said, "they suggested that you helped me? They didn't think I could do it?" His mask went from the vibrant grey to a very deep grey. The girl knew that he was disappointed that they thought he would need help.
"Well…I kinda offered. They said no but I couldn't help myself. I needed to see the past…see my parents when they were our age…so I snuck out into uncle Cy's lab. Aunt Bee was walking down that hallway so I was almost caught…Other than that though I had no problem getting here."
Phoenix looked relieved and then confused, "Wait," he started," You didn't get caught by Z?"
"Who's Z?" Beast Boy interrupted. Phoenix looked confused yet again.
"I didn't tell you?" Phoenix asked and looked over to Cyborg. "He's uncle Cy's son."
"I have a son?" Cyborg said with mixed emotions. "How is that possible? It's kind of obvious that I can't because of the accident."
"Yeah, but you found out a way to uh…get your 'donation' from the clinic you had stored some in." Phoenix said; his face filled with disgust. "I wish I never have to say that ever again."
Raven looked at a red Cyborg and said, "Woooooow…that's something I could have gone without knowing about you."
"A-anyway, uhh…So which one are you?" Cyborg said rather quickly. BB and Phoenix were chuckling at how Cyborg reacted.
The mystery girl looked at Phoenix who was still stuck in the ground. Her mouth curved into a smile.
"After you get him out of the pavement and us back home I'll tell you…I guess."
O.M.G. I have not updated in such a long time and feel soo bad for leavin' you guys like that. I've been traveling alot soo I kinda forgot about my story. I'm sorry...I hope y'all will forgive me. :[
ANYWAY, I missed ALL of you and will start writing alot better and so much more. :D
With love,
-SweeterSacrifice