Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. Please don't have a heart attack, I know this is coming as a shock, but I kinda need you guys around to read my stuff, and you can't do that if you're in the hospital or dead.


With Cyborg's battle cry still ringing in our ears we charge at our opponents. I turn to rino form and clear a path. Starfire follows right behind, widening the path with starbolt blasts. Shadow is next, he runs along and takes down any Bobs that have gotten to close after my charge. Cyborg is last, he covers our advance with blasts from his sonic cannon.

I keep on moving in a straight line, hoping that I'm going the right way. I see a wall in front of me, behind the next group of Bobs. I close my eyes. 'Full steam ahead!" I think to myself, and put on a burst of speed. I smash through a full meter of metal and into a familiar grey room full of generator wheels. The civilians are startled by my sudden appearance but let out a cheer when they recognize me.

The other two Titans and Shadow file in behind me. "C'mon ya'll! I downloaded the blueprints of this place while I was being controlled, I'll lead they way from here." Cyborg says. He walks over to a door and blasts it down. He leads on while the rest of us make sure everyone is following. There are explosions from the front of the group as Cyborg fights his way through a new squad of Bobs.

Our large group manages to get to the surface, myself, Shadow, and the other two Titans are forced into multiple close-quarters fights as we escape.

"Rough going this time." Shadow comments after fending off yet another ambush.

"The Source finally realized just how dangerous I am." I brag. "I'm just too manly for him; he feels threatened."

"Please Beast Boy, I though for one to be the "manly" they must have muscles of some sort. Was I misinformed?" Starfire asks, curious.

Cyborg hears this comment and bursts out laughing. Shadow joins in shortly after, as do a few civilians who heard the conversation. Starfire gives an small smile, but is unsure exactly what's so funny. I grumble about being teamed up on and stomp along side the group, fuming.

We finally reach the surface via a manhole. "BOO-YA!" Cries Cyborg. "Freedom baby!"

I climb out of the hole. "We gotta get these guys to North Bay, the army said they would have it under their control by sunset tonight, so we can take them there."

"We have no time to waste then." Says Shadow. "We'll be lucky to get there by sunset."

"Let us be off to the Bay of Northerness!" Starfire exclaims.

And so we start the long trek to North Bay. We walk along the road under the blazing sun. The trees belonging to the forest around us sway gently in the breeze, oblivious to any danger that might be present. The civilians moan and groan the entire way. The kids and infants wail, and the adults mutter under their breath the entire way.

We walk for hours, pausing for breaks at the end of each. The kids and infants are quickly relocated to the Jeep, as it is clear they don't have the stamina to walk the entire way or their parents are too tired to carry them. Shadow drives while Starfire tends to the little ones. The sun beats down relentlessly, and everyone quickly grows hungry. The degenerative effects just keep on piling up.

We finally are in the home stretch. We can see North Bay. We can also see the large group of Bobs running at us as they flee the army. Shadow and Starfire exit the Jeep and join myself and Cyborg at the front of the group. Cyborg and Star launch a series of ranged attacks while myself and Shadow charge in to melee range. We make quick work of the Bobs as they don't even bother to fight back; they just keep on trying to run.

The entire group eagerly closes the distance to the town. The army is still securing parts of the town but they direct the new arrivals to the residential area where North Bay's former inhabitants have reclaimed their houses. The new arrivals are welcomed into temporary shelters or into houses of those who have extra space. The conditions are cramped, but functional.

"Another batch of people saved." I say. "All in a day's work for the amazing Beast Boy!"

"The only amazing thing about you is your ability to live in that pigsty you call a room." Cyborg says; denying me my well-deserved satisfaction. I stick my tongue out at him, but grin afterwards. I've missed his teasing.

We join everyone else in the city for dinner. It is a large event, but we all only get a small portion of food to eat, with no more food immediately incoming, we all have to ration and share.

"So, which town do we save next?" I ask cockily.

"Toronto, then Ottawa." Said Cyborg.

Shadow shifted in his seat. "Toronto? But The Source's battle lines don't reach down there, that would be behind us."

"That's what these files say, I downloaded them along with the blueprints of the base you saved me from." Cyborg explains.

"Okay then. But why would The Source be in Toronto? Ottawa I can understand, it is the capital city after all, but Toronto would be difficult to take over fully." Shadow says, curiosity evident in his voice.

"Your guess is a stood as mine man. All I know is that Raven is being kept in Toronto, and Robin is in Ottawa." Cyborg replies, raising his hands in the "I give up" motion.

"We have a plan then! Tomorrow we shall go and rescue friend Raven!" Starfire announces. No one argues with the statement.

"Gotta love how well thought out our plans are." Cyborg mutters.

I roll my eyes. "Hey, it's been working so far dude, don't question it."

He shakes his head but ceases his muttering.

We all crash for the night in a hotel room. It is very cramped. Starfire sleeps on the pullout couch while myself and Shadow take the main bed. Cyborg sits in a corner and plugs himself in to as many outlets as he can find.

"Night ya'll." Says the half-robot.

"Night dudes." I say.

"Goodnight friends." Says our tamarainien powerhouse.

"Bon nuit." Shadow says quietly.

We fall asleep to the sound of Cyborg's whirring machinery. We wake to the sounds of gunfire.

"Hit the deck!" Someone cries. We hear an explosion.

"Did it work?" Asks another voice.

"How would I know? We can't even see the damned things!" Says yet another.

There are multiple such conversations happening all around. We quickly prepare ourselves for battle and run downstairs and outside. There we find a very strange scene.

The army seems to be fighting nothing. There are no visible opponents, but there are the occasion super glue beams or acid waves that shows that there are indeed foes to be fought.

"You three, look for the UFOs, I'll see what I can do from the ground." Shadow orders. He dashes off.

"UFOs?" Cyborg asks. I quickly explain that they make everything made of tofu invisible.

"Except for projectiles and themselves apparently." Cyborg says, pointing at a UFO that is barely visible behind a building.

"Let us fight these tofu monsters!" Starfire yells and launches herself towards the UFO. I turn into a petrodactyle and fly around looking for more of our chosen target. Cyborg tries to isolate aerial signatures with his sensors.

There is a small explosion as Starfire annihilates her target. Suddenly, tons of Bobs are visible below. The army powers up their hoses and starts spraying, they reduce the Bobs to puddles of tofu in an instant.

I get an alert from Cyborg and veer off to the specified location. I find a UFO located there and chase it down. The chase ends when I catch up and shred it to pieces. The Bobs below are revealed and quickly eliminated.

I hear a "ZAP!" Feel an intense pain, and drop from the sky. I land hard on the ground and pain forces me to revert to human form. A few drones had snuck up on me and I had taken direct hits from their lightning blasters. There is a hiss from behind me as a cloaked figure jumps up the side of a building, lands on the roof, and jumps again into the middle of the drones. The figure attacks so quickly I almost don't see it, but it results in five very mutilated tofu drones.

"You alright Big Brother?" Shadow asks quietly.

I get up. My back aches from taking that many shots, but it was more painful than damaging. "I'm good dude, keep fighting. I'll be kickin butt again in a moment."

My little brother nods and speeds off, disappearing into a shadow. How appropriate. I grit my teeth and turn back into a petrodactyle. The pain isn't any lessened by any extent, but I can still fight. I ask Cyborg for the location of another drone, and fly off to find it.

This fight continues for almost an hour. We Titans are quite tired by the end of it. The sun continues to rise as we regroup for breakfast and to make preparations for getting to Toronto. I grimace as Cyborg applies burn medicine to my back. Starfire eats her small meal and sips some mustard. Shadow fiddles with his wrist communicator.

"We need another Jeep." I point out, trying to start a conversation.

Shadow joins in. "I guess so, only me and Starfire could possibly run or fly the distance."

"Yeah, but a Jeep is kinda slow ain't it?" Cyborg pitches in his two cents.

"I do not believe there is anything faster available to us." Starfire points out.

"Wish we had the T-Car." Cyborg sighs.

"We did for a bit, but Beast Boy ordered it to flee when we got surrounded. We didn't want it destroyed." Shadow says.

"I'm thinking I could try calling it back up here. But if it's all the way back at Titan's Tower that might take half a week." Cyborg mulls over his statement.

"You can call it up, but we can't use it to get to Toronto. We can't afford the wait." Shadow says in a tone that brokers no argument. "You can order it to go to the garage of a contact of mine, he'll make sure no one sees it."

"So I just trust that this random guy won't scrap my car!?" Cyborg says in disbelief.

"He's not random just because you don't know him."

'Woah, deja vu.' I think to myself. Out loud I say "Shadow has a point. Besides, what other option do we have?"

"BB being the voice of reason? Now I've seen everything." Cyborg says before sighing. "Fine, I'll tell the T-Car to go to your contact's place, but I better not regret this."

"You won't." Shadow says with a tone of absolute certainty. "You can trust any of my contacts, despite what professions they might have." He sounds proud.

"What professions DO they have?" I ask.

"Please, what is this "Profession" that his contacts own?" Starfire inquires.

""Profession" means job Star." I explain quickly.

Shadow thinks for a moment. "Let's see... Doctor, florist, street vendor, thief, smuggler, politician, mayor... That's all I can think of at the moment."

"Dude... Quite the variety." I say. "But thief? Smuggler? How can we trust them?"

"They're inside agents, even if the government doesn't know it. They are good people stuck in bad trades. They fear telling anything to the government lest they get arrested, so I gave them the proposition of supplying me with info. In return, if they ever get caught during a job, I will speak up in their favor. The others, like doctor and florest, just help out at no gain to themselves. All my contacts are very selfless people, for the most part." Shadow finishes his long speech and collects our plates and glasses. He returns them to the army kitchen tent for washing and motions for us to follow.

"Best we get going." He says.

"We have birds to save."


Chapter 12 complete. Again, more info on my OC, but also combat and some tension between him and Cyborg. Starfire doesn't really do much, I don't know what to have her do aside from fight.