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The desert ground is littered with the bodies of the dead.
Orange sand tainted by the red fluids that leaked from their wounds. A man with a clean-shaven face lay deceased, eyes open in the terror he had felt in his last moments of life.
Suddenly, a large, metal foot crushes the skull of the man as easily as teens squashing pumpkins on Halloween.
Sara backpedals, trying to keep an injured Talia from harm. Jer'o held his clean sword with two hands. He had been able to kill a few with his guns before he ran out of ammo. However, he had never actually killed someone up close and the thought terrified him. The trio was out-numbered three to 50 right now. Four soldiers charged the petrified young man. Sara stepped in front of him and the towering, metallic lady swatted two away with her free arm. A sword made contact with her left knee, doing absolutely nothing except scratching the armor plate. She quickly unholstered a large hand-cannon, specially made by Yori for her large hand and fired three rounds into the attacker's body.
Sara turned her attention to the woman on her left and noticed her going for a horizontal strike with a doubled bladed axe. Sara lifted Talia up to keep her from becoming sliced tofu. Yet, by doing so she revealed a critical weak point in her armpit. the axe made contact and got stuck in the titanium. Sara's left arm subsequently went limp dropping Sara with a thud and bending at a grotesque angle above the axe. She shot the lady with a full clip out of pure rage.
Meanwhile, Jer'o crawled over to his secret crush and lifted her up bridal style. "Are you ok Talia?" He whispered in concern.
"It... hurts." She whimpered with her eyes tightly shut.
Jer'o looked at the beautiful woman in his arms, then to Sara who had ripped out the axe and was murdering anyone who got close. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath... Then he ran, taking Talia with him and abandoning Sara, as well as the mission.
Sara gripped a man's throat and slammed him into the rough sand. She looked up as the man struggled with the robot's death grip. What she saw made her oil boil. Her teammate, the one SHE had protected, was currently abandoning her and Beast, wherever he was.
"YOU COWARD!" She abruptly stood up throwing anyone near her back and unknowingly slamming her foot into the man's stomach on the floor. "YOU GODDAMN COWARD!"
A laser ripped through her left shoulder plate, creating a hole the size of an orange. She spun around and threw the axe in her hand sending it directly into the shooter's groin. As he hunched over and held his destroyed manhood, every Tameranian charged the now alone robot. Two jumped on her back, while three shot her front thigh plate creating holes through them.
Still standing, she gripped both of the men on her back by the head and crushed their skulls into pulp. She threw each body at the other soldiers before charging the crowd. Throwing punch after punch, unleashing all of her synthesized rage. All of a sudden her right leg failed her as she came crashing down on one knee. She sent a glare behind her and saw an unarmed man looking terrified. She looked down and saw a dagger stuck in the circuitry between two armor plates behind her knee.
Her once pink eyes turned blood red as she roared into the sky. "MOTHERFUCKIN IDIOT'S... I'LL KILL YOU ALL!"
She ripped the dagger out and threw it into the man's throat before trying to stand up. She managed to get to one leg and clobbered a guy over the head. Another hole was created, this time in her right shoulder. The force sending her shoulder back and knocking her off balance. Her back made contact with the dirt floor spewing sand everywhere.
She couldn't move both of her arms or her right leg and after a system diagnostic, she analyzed a connection disruption in those three limbs. "Shit... Shit... No, I can't be dismantled, not like this, not without saying goodbye to my beloved." She frantically cried while moving her only working limb frantically. The rapid movements of her left leg, Many loose connections and the overuse of her A.I. mood synthesizers were causing her systems to short out.
"It can't end like this." She cried as the troops advanced on her.
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"Raven? Cyborg?" Beast boy asked in disbelief.
"Don't forget Nightwing." The black-haired man said behind them.
"How did you guys get here!" The changeling yelled in pure excitement.
"Two days ago we got a transmission from a woman named Yori. She explained how Tameran was in trouble and that Starfire needed help." Nightwing explained. "Now imagine our faces when she told us that a green shapeshifter was helping as well."
The changeling noticed the unknown blond titan and was about to say something when a robotic screech was heard. "MOTHERFUCKIN IDIOT'S...I'LL KILL YOU ALL!"
The green man's ears perked up and he moved back into his leader form "Come with me... my teammate's in trouble."
The Titan's and the Tameranian followed the green ex-Titan out of the camp. Garfield became a cheetah and sprinted at sixty-one miles per hour towards the sounds of battle leaving the others in the dust.
Once he arrived, the sight in front of him broke his heart. There, on the sand, was Sara, frantically pumping her left leg forward and backward while mumbling cries of desperation. He had always known she was an expressive robot, but this troubled him how realistic this was to a living creature's cries. He shook his head and became the Beast before charging the remaining troops which were around her. He counted ten.
(Author's note: Yes she killed at least forty troops. The damn she-terminator.)
Catching three off-guard, he stabbed one through the chest with his stinger and grabbed two more before cracking their heads together. A laser was discharged in his direction and he jumped forward while twisting in mid-air to avoid the red beam. He landed on the shooter and gripped his neck in between his sharp canines. He flung the man back in forth like a chew toy, blood splattering his quilled body. His animal senses picked up danger behind him so he sent a volley of quills behind him. both of the men were taken down and stayed down, bodies stuck in an acupunctured state.
He took out three more before sniffing the air looking for number ten. He smelt him twenty paces to his right. The man let loose a full clip of his pistol towards the beast. The green creature dodged a few but received four painful, burning wounds to the chest. Thankfully none of them punctured his heart, and one only grazed his lung so he was easily able to heal The holes in a matter of seconds as he growled.
The Beast's eyes turned to slits as he charged the man. Number ten dodged out of the way and attempted to run but tripped due to a large green hand crushing his ankle. He cried out as he was dragged back under the beast. A claw gouged his back and lifted him by the wound before slamming him back into the desert floor. Beast beat the sand with the man's body using all his strength four times before an aura of black energy stopped his fist.
He looked back, snarling before realizing it was his empath friend. He nodded to her and her aura dissipated. He dropped the body to the floor and sprinted on all fours to his injured comrade.
lifting her up slowly he gazed into her glowing blue eyes. "Hello, friend... I- I... I am so happy you got here in time." She struggled to get out as her synthesized voice scrambled.
"So am I... What happened? Where is Talia, and Jer'o." Garfield asked.
The name of he who should not be mentioned turned her eyes red once again. "That coward." She began. "Left me to rot while he took Talia and just abandoned me to be scrapped for parts."
The green man's eyes turned to slits for a moment before resuming their normal, emerald state. "He just... left you?" She nodded her head. "That bastard." He muttered.
Cyborg walked over and placed his hand on the shoulder of the large, green beast, his metal limb ignoring the sharp quills that laid upon it. "I can take a look at her back at the base... we have already been there and it looks like you could use some time to think this over." Garfield in his Beast form smiled... which honestly looked strange on the large creature but Cyborg just overlooked it.
"That would be nice, thanks, Cy." The deep voice answered back.
They both heaved the heavy robot and put Sara in the T-ship. Cyborg activated the cloaking technology as they took off and headed for the forest that held their base eight miles north.
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The T-ship landed in front of the bunker. Five people walked out, two holding a large robot in their combined arms. The green one punched in a code and bowed, allowing the two men to enter.
Garfield stopped Raven by putting a hand on her shoulder. The empathetic goth tried in vain to sense his feelings. She never could sense them for some reason.
"I've missed you, Raven, It's good to see you again." The changeling said with a comforting smile from his unmasked face.
Raven inspected his face and she mused at how tired and matured he looked. "I-We've all missed you." She said in a voice that was mixed with emotions.
Garfield took notice of this and smiled even wider. He gave her a quick hug to which she blushed heavily under the lavender hood. He pulled away and allowed her to step inside. Once she disappeared from sight, he looked at the final member, the rather beautiful, unknown blond girl who looked to be twenty.
"I don't believe we met, I'm Garfield Logan." The green man held out his hand.
She took his hand while observing how large his hand was and how strong of a grip he had. "Wonder Girl, but you can call me Cassie."
Garfield looked at her questioningly, "Wonder girl? What happened to Donna Troy?"
She noticed the concern in the man's voice. "Oh she's fine, just using her normal name now, I've been thinking of dropping the mantle as well, but we'd need to find someone else to take it up before I can," she explained.
"Oh, well that's a relief..." He sighed before allowing her to step inside as well.
He set the T-ship to camouflage mode before following the others.
Once inside Raven was conversating with Starfire, Nightwing looked to be reviewing files on the center table with Zack, and Cassie was heading into the greenhouse. He assumed Cyborg was checking up on Sara so he decided to look for any sign of Jer'o to give that 'pussy' a piece of his mind.
He began in the medical wing and found an unconscious Talia hooked up to a few machines. After taking a few minutes to make sure she would make it he Then checked the armory but found nothing but the racks of weapons. Finally, the greenhouse. His boots stomped through the room practically seething with rage at the coward. noises were heard in the distance.
"Get back! all of you." Jer'o's voice yelled out.
"Put the gun down!" both Nightwing and Cyborg yelled, causing Garfield to walk faster.
"Please friend, don't do this." Kori's sweet voice cut through.
"yes lad, you don't want to have Beast see ya like this." The robotic voice of Zack advised.
"Don't make me hurt you!"
The double doors that led to the back room were thrown open, creating a thunder of noise that echoed throughout the complex. Everyone looked at the infuriated green man, still clad in his battered armor practically oozing rage and dominance. His lips were peeled back in a snarl as he growled viciously. Emerald eyes locked onto the Young Tameranian man holding Cassie in a chokehold with a gun pointed at her head. This in itself almost made him lose control, but when he saw the fear in Starfire's eyes and the downed body of Raven lying on the floor. The entire animal kingdom erupted inside of him.
"First you abandon the mission and your teammate!" He yelled as he pulled out his pistol and shot Jer'o's hand causing him to drop both Cassie and the gun. "Then you decide to hold a guest hostage." He grabbed the man by his throat and lifted him up.
"Then you turn your weapon on one of your own pack members!" He said while slowly changing into the beast causing the next few words to sound darker. "Well I guess that means you don't want to live."
"Wait Beast-" Nightwing was stopped by Starfire's outstretched arm. He looked at her and she shook her head. Getting the message, Nightwing stepped back and crossed his arms.
The hollow sound of bones and tendons being snapped resonated through the room. Jer'o tried to scream but the only sound that came out were gasps from his air-deprived lungs through his crushed wind-pipe. The beast unclenched his fist leading to the young Tameranian falling to the floor. All eyes were on the green behemoth as he walked to Cassie and the cloaked women. He looked at the blond in worry.
"She's still breathing, don't worry." She said trying to hide her fear.
He nodded his head, His emerald slits gazing at her bruised throat. He pointed and asked. "Are you ok too?"
She blushed and mentally thanked him for his concern. "Yes, I'm fine thank you."
He reached down and plucked the half-demon from the floor before moving to the double doors.
at the doors he stopped and spoke four parting words.
"Never betray your pack."