Hey guys! Welcome to the next chapter! I... Have encountered a problem. Because of my break from this fanfic my interest have slightly shifted and I am wondering if I should change my romantic pairing from Jinx to Raven. Raven was my original choice but Jinx just appealed to me at the time so I went with her but now I'm wondering if I should change it... Tell me what you guys think in the reviews, Jinx or Raven? Well! Until then, See you later! Leave a review please!
We come to the Titans as they are flying in the T ship where it's slightly different in the way that there are two side by side pods in the front that Robin and Grim sat in. They were currently flying over the ocean and Grim was voicing his apprehensions clearly.
"I'm just saying, me in an enclosed space of any form is NOT a good idea. Where are we going anyway?" He was complaining in his small section where he was hunched and scraping against the window.
"Batman sent us a message about an island that has had some mysterious energy signatures and he wanted us to investigate." Said Robin.
"Oh, somehow I always hate it when Batman gets involved. Never ends well for the big monster types." Mumbled Grim as they reached the island in question.
The island was massive and shaped like a hexagon with circular spots of land at each side, on the circles the Titans could see massive buildings... That is they could see them before a purple blast of energy was instantly fired from the island at the T ship.
"EVERYONE HOLD ON!" Yelled Grim, smashing through the window and grabbing onto the ship. He jumped and slammed his feet into the ship to send it flying downwards away from him as he remained in the air and made contact with the blast of energy. He roared and fell with smoke trailing him towards the island below.
"Grim!" Yelled the Titans as the ship was spiraling towards the ground.
"Brace for impact!" Yelled Robin before the ship was about to crash.
After the crash everyone had made it out safe for the most part. Cyborg needed to take some time to remove a lost arm from the wreckage but everyone else was unharmed. They gathered near the wreckage to regroup and strategize.
"Is everyone okay?" Asked Robin.
The Titans nodded and Robin put his hand on his chin as he began to plan.
"We need to find what or who is on this island. Batman sent us here for a reason." Said Robin.
"What about Grim?" Asked Beastboy.
"He should be fine, he's practically indestructible." Said Robin.
"I don't know about that, I scanned the energy left from the blast and I'm finding some traces of Cosmic, Nuclear, and other elements that could easily take him down." Said Cyborg.
"Oh, no!" Gasped Starfire.
"Then we need to find him, quickly." Said Robin and he began to walk towards the forest.
"Come on, we need to find a vantage point." Said Robin and the Titans began to follow him.
They cut through the forest for hours until they discovered a clearing that had a massive crater in it that was still smoking.
Around the crater there were dozens of monsters laying on the ground. Monsters that were made of Rock, some were giant mutated animals, some were part of each but all of them were undoubtedly monsters. Attached to each of the monsters was an emblem of an M over an Atom.
"What does this mean? Cyborg, do you recognize this logo?" Asked Robin.
"No... As far as I can tell there is no record of this logo anywhere." Said Cyborg while he tapped on the screen on his arm.
Robin turned over one of the Rock Monsters to find an imprint of a familiar fist embedded in the solid rock. Grim had been here and he was on the move, probably searching for the Titans.
The Titans continued to move through the forest and met no resistance until they came across on of the Rock Monsters. This one was made of stone and roared when it noticed the Titans.
It picked up a fallen tree next to it and began to attack the Titans. Robin rolled from a swing and yelled to his team.
"He's just one of their grunts! Take him out!" He said while throwing a freezing explosive onto the back of the monster. Beastboy turned into a T-Rex and knocked the beast onto it's back as Cyborg blasted it with his sonic cannon. Raven slammed trees into the monster as it stood up and Starfire flew from the side and slammed it with her super strength.
The monster bouncing away and stopped moving. The Titans moved closer to it and it lashed out and knocked Cyborg away before catching Beastboy as an rhino with it's tree and sending him into the ground.
The monster stood up and blocked a barrage of attacks from Raven, Starfire, and Robin. It roared and moved forwards to grab Robin but Robin jumped up and slammed his metal staff onto the head on the monster to vault over it.
Stsrfire fired a star bolt point black into it's face as Cyborg threw a powerful punch to it's midsection. The rock creature shuddered and collapsed.
"That was a Grunt!? How are we supposed to fight monsters like this!?" Yelled Beastboy.
"We need to move stealthily." Said Raven.
"Agreed, no more fighting these monsters unless we can help it." Said Robin and they began to set off through the forest again.
What seemed like hours later they were forced to stop when they found a massive building in the center of the island. The building was the shape of a hexagon, much like the island and had monster guards of all shapes and sizes.
"We can't get in there without fighting all of the guards." Said Cyborg and Robin was about to speak when they saw a familiar figure exit the forest across from them.
Grim entered the clearing, dragging a beaten up monster made of a white Crystal. His eyes were glowing a bright red and his teeth were visible in the expression of anger plastered on his face.
Monsters began to rush him from all sides but he used the body as a weapon and knocked them back before throwing the body at the building to create a hole in the wall.
Grim lowered his shoulder and locked his joints as monsters jumped onto him. The Titans could only see a frenzy of monsters before a deafening roar echoed across the field and the monsters were all thrown back, beaten and broken.
Grim roared loud enough to shake the trees and his eyes flashed with a dangerous animalistic look in them as he continued forwards past guards who were frozen in place from fear. Grim walked in where the hole was and the Titans lost sight of him.
"We have to help friend Grim!" Said Starfire.
"We still can't get in there." Said Robin.
"Waiting is our only option. We can only hope he can make it out." Said Raven.
Inside the building Grim was walking down a dark hallway with green pods that held monsters in embryo like states. He was starting to calm down and his senses came back. He remembered most of what happened and he grew a steeled look in his eyes.
He had fallen to the ground while in agonizing pain from the energy blast and he had instantly been attacked by monsters with the emblem of the people who had attacked him and Jinx before.
He continued down the long hallway until he entered a dark room at the end. He heard a long solitary clap and the lights flickered on and he found himself in a massive glass dome that had hundreds of guard on the outside with guns pointed towards him, behind the guards were monsters that were ready to pounce, behind them were giant robotic guards, and finally behind the guards he could see explosive charges lining the walls. The door behind him closed and he was cut off from escape.
There was a man in a white lab coat and a black mask standing in front of him and clapping. Grim growled a deep echoing growl as he marched up to the glass and glared down at the human.
"So I meet the mighty Goliath. You have given our organization plenty of trouble these past two years. I wonder what it was our other divisions found so difficult about you? You were quite easy to capture." Said the man.
"Well, just one of those days you know? Some days you win, some you lose. Some you crush a man in a black mask's head like a grape. Do you wanna know the kind of day I'm having?" Grim threatened as he slammed his forehead against the glass.
"Oh, there's no need for hostility, we at Monster Tech only aim to improve the lives of our fellow humans! Of course you don't really fall into that line anymore, do you?" Asked the man as he began to pace.
"You had in your possession a special mixture of organic life and mineral that our leader was very interested in, and yet you couldn't do the simple task of delivering it for us. Instead you took the power of the Stagmite Artifact and kept it to yourself!" Barked the man, forming fists.
"Ah, now I see. You people are scientists? Out for the bettering of mankind and all that bullshit?" Asked Grim.
"You would be wise not to go against your betters! We know exactly how to kill you!" Yelled the man.
"Tsk, tsk. The last scientist was quick to anger too. Look what that got him." Said Grim as he began tapping at the glass with his finger.
"You will listen monster! We will strip your skin away for that mineral, then we will use it to make clones of you to sell to the highest bidder! Monster Tech will make millions! Dare I say billions!?" Laughed the man.
"Ah, so you make these monsters... Then sell them to... Let us say warring countries? To mad diplomats? Warmongering politicians? What a simple goal. How boring." Said Grim as he continued tapping.
"So you say! But we will emerge on top with our superior intellect and we will live the lives of kings and queens... AND WILL YOU STOP THAT INCESSANT TAPPING YOU ARE-" roared the man as a crack formed where Grim was tapping.
"Wha-" the man's eyes widened in surprise behind the mask.
"Ah, and so the fragility of your plan comes crashing down." Said Grim, flicking his finger against the cracked glass and the entire thing fractured and fell around him.
"Do well to remember to use a better cage than mere reinforced alloy glass." Said Grim with an evil sideways grin that showed no humor.
"Kill it! Kill the monster!" Yelled the man.
The men with guns took aim and fired, lasers blasted from their guns and Grim yawned as the beams reflected off his skin and back into the guns, destroying them. Monsters began to jump down and Grim began to walk towards the masked man.
Grim punched a werewolf like monster across the jaw, punched a hole through a rock monster, caught a blade from a mantis like creature in his teeth and threw him to the side. He continued his path towards the man, uncaring for the monsters that attacked him.
The robots came next, but he simply there spikes from his hands made of Crystal that pinned them to the wall as well as cutting the wiring from the explosives. He continued towards the man who was shaking and sweating with fear as the monster known as Grim Deathly the Goliath marched towards him.
"Right about now you must be wanting to run pretty bad huh?" Grim asked in a quiet tone.
"But you just can't, right? You are getting that cold and painful wrenching feeling in your gut, you want to run but you can't move, you can't breath, you can barely hear the words I'm speaking to you over the sound of your own heart." Said Grim as the lights flickered and went out except for one illumination the path between Grim and the Masked man.
"That right there is grade one, unadulterated, pure... Primal instinct. It's telling you to run, it's telling you you have made a wrong decision. It's telling you that you Done. Fucked. Up." Grim said as he reached the man and he could see the terrified eyes of the man in front of him.
"Ah, that heartbeat. Running pretty fast right? Blood starting to run cold. Careful you may need some air." Said Grim and he tore the mask off the man's face to show he was an average looking man with blonde hair that went down to his neck.
"I can hear it, you know? That heartbeat is getting faster and faster. Boom, boom, boom. Watch out your heart Just. Might. BURST!" The last word he roared and bared his teeth as his eyes glowed a molten red.
The men choked and began to froth at the mouth before collapsing and Grim picked him up and slung him over his shoulder while creating Crystal restraints. He looked up at the quivering humans above him who still held their broken guns like they could still over them some kind of protection.
"You guys wanted a monster, so I gave you your monster. Now run along and tell your boss that he needs to either stay out of the monster business, or that he is going to need to do better than this to stop me." Said Grim as he turned and left.
He made his way outside and saw the Titans in the forest. He walked past the guards who were looking more confused than anything it's their master out cold.
"Ah, mask had some low level telekinetic ability I see. Poor beasts didn't know what they were doing." Said Grim as he reached the Titans.
"Grim, you made it out!" Said Robin.
"Yeah, and I'd like you to meet the head honcho of this little paradise island." Said Grim, shaking the unconscious man in the air.
"Send word to Batman that I need to speak with him, IMMEDIATELY." Said Grim.
Hours later Justice League agents arrived and began helping clear out the island. (I think of the Justice League as the one with hundreds of heroes and the leader of the Justice League is the normal team, just a heads up.)
Grim met with Batman and they spoke in private.
"This is the leader of this organization, or the head of this division. I need him interrogated to the best of your ability. This organization, Monster Tech. They mean business. I've met them twice now and I keep finding out there's more and more to them." Grim was explaining.
"Monster Tech sounds like a danger not just to the Titans, but the world as well. I'll look into it." Said Batman.
"Oh, and how is your research with how to take me down going?" Asked Grim.
"We have developed several means to take you down in a fight... But we haven't yet found a way to actually kill or permanently injure you. Nothing in the labs have scratched the samples you have sent us." Said Batman grudgingly.
"Well Bats, keep planning my demise to the best of your ability. I suggest molecular sound wave radiation, just a theory I had." Said Grim as he turned and left Batman with his new prisoner.
Grim started to walk to the Titans and yawned before being confronted with another Justice League Member he had met before.
Superman flew down to talk with Grim after he had seen him done with Batman.
"Aha! The big man!" Said Grim putting his fists on his hips like Superman often does. Superman gave a slight chuckle as he offered a handshake for Grim.
"It's an honor to really meet you Supes, you know other than that time you guys ALMOST saved me, and that time you guys ALMOST killed me. Good times, good times indeed." Joked Grim and Superman grimaced,
"Uh, sorry about that. We never got to actually talk after you help us. Thank you for during the invasion and thank you for saving me, we found out that Lex had built the headband to control me but thankfully you stopped his plans." Said Superman.
"Well, if you ever need a good beating then I'm your guy." Said Grim, giving Superman a super strength enhanced clap on that shoulder that Superman took without moving.
"Trust me, we are going to need your help again... That's what I wanted to talk to you about. The Justice League could use your help more than these Titans do. I want you to come and be a part of the main team." Said Superman and Grim stopped and his jaw dropped.
"Me? In the literal big Leagues? I'm honored mr. Superman sir... But I have to refuse. My place right now is in Jump City, with my friends, and a uh, certain pink haired girl that has yet to realize my charm." Said Grim and Superman smiled.
"Well, if you change your mind you know where we are." Said Superman.
"I'll just fly on up to space if I need you." Said Grim.
"Alright, see you Goliath." Said Superman as he flew off.
"Let's have another fight some time! People keep turning into jelly when I punch them!" Yelled Grim after the Man of Steel.
"Tell me about it!" Superman called back before he left.
Grim stretched and walked back to the team.
"You were just talking with Batman, and Superman. What did they say?" Asked Beastboy.
"Batman is planning how to kill me and Superman says I should leave the Titans, now can we go home? I prefer the city air over horrible evil island lair." Yawned Grim as they boarded a Justice League ship.
END
Alright, badabing badaboom we got ourselves another chapter and some more of the mysterious organization revealed. Now, I promise cannon chapters are going to start soon, maybe even the next chapter. I have no idea because I make these things up on the go. Now, give some thought to my dilemma on wether or not I should switch to Grim X Raven or keep it Grim X Jinx. Tell me below my good friends.