Two weeks had passed since Beast Boy's ceremony and all the Titans went on as usual. Just because someone close to them died did not mean the world did not stop spinning. So, all the Titans across the globe continued to be heroes, in order to keep Beast Boy memory alive.
In Jump City however, something different could be said. The Titans still did their hero work however they severely dwindle the amount of times they were seen in the city. They now only came out to save the city or stop a crime. Reporters tried to get the Titans to talk, but to no avail. Once they had tried to get a comment from Raven about what she had said about Beast Boy at his ceremony, but two things happened that stopped that for good. One Raven left the scene in a flash but not before making a building collapse in with her powers out of anger. And the second was what Cyborg had told them "off the record." "Next time that could be you."
The Titans were in their tower like they usually are now. They had not once gone out to eat since the ceremony so they did what they always do is order takeout. Thankfully all the places they ordered from delivered to their home. "Friends what shall we partake in the making of dinner?" Starfire ask curiously.
"Why don't we order takeout, I really don't feel like cooking tonight," Cyborg said not getting up from his spot on the couch. He was surfing through T.V. shows trying to find something to watch.
"Very well, shall I order the pizza from the pizza parlor," Starfire asked.
"Sure," Cyborg replied not really caring.
"Here Star let me help you," Robin said as he got up from the couch and walked over to his girlfriend.
"Thank you Robin," Starfire said smiling as she hugged her boyfriend lovingly. She kissed him lightly on the lips for a moment and then released Robin as he proceeded to making the order. "Where is Raven? Perhaps she would like the pizza as well," Starfire wondered innocently.
"I think she is in her room again," Robin replied as he waited for the other line to pick up.
"Should I go retrieve Raven from her room so she may help us with dinner?" Starfire asked out loud.
"No let her be something tells me that she wants to be alone. Will just bring her up some pizza when it comes," Cyborg said as he finally stopped on a spy movie. Starfire nodded as Robin was ordering dinner.
Out in a dark bedroom laid an empath lying on her side her legs curled up to her chest as she hugged them tightly and silent tears rolled down her cheeks. She looked over to her drawer and saw an object that caught her attention gleaming in the moonlight. She got up from where she was the tears finally starting to stop and went over to her dresser. Raven stopped in front of it and looked down at it as a multitude of thoughts raced through her mind. She gingerly picked up the object and looked at it intently.
She first looked at the silver chain that enlaced her fingers. It sparkled against the moonlight giving it a light glow. As she looked at the chain her eyes traveled to the object attached to it. It was a small purple jewel. It looked to be an amethyst jewel to her. It was a hexagon shape and it came out a little bit like a diamond would. It was a beautiful necklace that any girl in the world would die to have. Only one girl does not want it and it the one that has it, Raven.
Beast Boy had gotten it for her as a present. It was for her 19th birthday that was coming up in a few months, but he kept with his final video in case something was to happen to him. She put the necklace in her hand and brought it up to her chest as more memories of Beast Boy were brought to her.
After Beast Boy's ceremony the Titans went home and entered Beast Boy's room where they found four gift wrapped packages and DVD's as well. Robin had received a new self shifting bo-staff. It was made of a new liquid titanium metal that could shift into anything just by thinking of it. It was also indestructible so that made it better to use in a fight. Cyborg had received new parts for his car. They were too powerful to use in a regular car so Beast Boy found them for Cyborg to upgrade his. As for Starfire she had received an emerald necklace much like Raven's only it was an emerald. Raven could care less about the present all she wanted was Beast Boy back. She would trade everything just to see him again but she knew in her heart that that wish would never come true.
After her musings she decided to leave her room to grab some evening tea. She walked towards the halls and passed Beast Boy's room on the way. She stopped for a second and looked inside. For some reason she believed this all to be surreal but when she looked inside she was brought back to reality and continued onward to the Common Room.
Deep, deep underground was a large facility. Throughout it was a labyrinth of hallways so intruders could easily be lost. There were dozens of rooms that were used such as a control room, a mess hall, a training room, and much, much more. However the main room was the largest of them all. It was able to hold two massive armies and still have room to fight. The room was dark so it was hard to see much of anything except for a large monitor that gave a view of a city.
A door swished open as heavy footsteps echoed throughout the room. Electric shocks and suppressed yells were also evident in the room. The figure walked toward the sounds and came to a women dressed in a red outfit and with short black hair and a holding table shaped like an x inside a circle with restraints on each of the points. A person was strapped to the table with wires wrapped around them. The persons face was covered do to the darkness, but this person's deep green eyes were still visible. The women turned a dial near the table and electricity was sent through to the wires. The figure on the table suppressed the agonizing pain he was enduring not giving them the satisfaction of screaming. "So tell me Madame Rouge, has he said anything yet?" the figure asked.
"No, he is surprisingly resilient to your methods. Perhaps a different method is in order?" Madame Rouge suggested as a sadistic smile played on her face as she turned the dial back so the shocks would stop. The person was breathing heavily from the pain of the shocks.
"Not yet," the figure replied. "I wish to get the information out of him my way if possible," he finished. He walked up to the person and said, "You are only prolonging your suffering. Just tell us what we want to know and your suffering shall end," the figure stated in a calming manner.
"I'd rather die than tell you what you want to know," the person tried to yell through the pain. But his body felt as though it would give out soon.
"Then you give me no choice," he said with a sigh, disappointed in what he chose. His hands were behind his back but he brought them upfront with a helmet in them. It looked like a bike helmet with wires and knobs everywhere. And he placed it on the persons head and strapped it down so he couldn't shake it off.
"What is that?" Madame asked in her Russian accent.
"I call it a neural nightmare interface," the figure stated. "It shows ones deepest fears and nightmare within the confines of one's mind. At the same time sending pain through the nervous system of the users body. I haven't had a chance to test it yet, and now seems as good as time as any."
"Very well then," Madame Rouge stated as an evil smile played across her lips
The figure turned to Madame Rouge and handed her a remote control. "This device is the controller for the helmet the dial is set levels 1 through 10, 10 being the highest. I would start with level five, I don't want him dead… yet," the figure said as he laughed manically at the end. The figure exited and Madame Rouge did as she was instructed and turned the dial to level 5. Once she did this the figure could no longer hold back his screams as some of his deepest fears and nightmare was shown in front of his eyes and pain was sent through him.
The figure continued to walk through the hallways until he reached the control room where two more people stood so to speak. One was a giant ape with a belt across his chest, and the other was a brain in a jar connected to a large movable robotic cylinder. "So tell me has he revealed anything through your interrogation?" the figure asked them.
"No he has been most resilient since the beginning," Monsieur Mallah replied.
"I agree, your tactics have proved useless thus far, and now I believe we need a new tactic in order to get what we want," the Brain stated putting his own thought into the mold.
"I do have another plan, but I was hoping to save it for another idea," the figure said with no emotion in his voice. He turned his attention towards Mallah and handed him a piece of paper. "Monsieur Mallah how about you go to the city for some window shopping?" the figure asked with a hint of malice in his voice.
Monsieur Mallah opened the piece of paper and read what was written on it. "Very well then, I shall retrieve what we need," Mallah stated as an evil smile formed on his lips.
The Titans were all in the Common Room watching a movie together when all of a sudden the alarm rang. It gave no specific details only that someone was destroying stores in downtown Jump City. "Titans Go," Robin yelled and all the titans left there tower to dispose of the disturbance.
