Final chapter! Alright here we go. I tried writings the twist because I got reviews half and half. It was going to be Professor Chang using Bigget Fan by threatening his daughter and giving him drugs so he could gets is revenge on Robin but that changes the whole stator you so I'm ending this. It's been great. I've already started on my next fic. I'll be posting chapter one next week. Do you guys want a preview on this story or just want to wait? Let me know END AN:
(ROB POV)
Luckily the team just let Starfire and I lie there on the floor. Neither of us had the strength to get up and it's not like we could go very far with my finger attached to her wrist. I wasn't even sure if my muscles would withstand the mere action of standing up, so the floor was fine. As long as the cuff didn't come off my finger, we were good.
"Here's some pillows," Beast Boy interrupted my thoughts as he tried to make the floor more comfortable.
"The rest of you are taking rest upon the floor as well?" Starfire asked as Raven used her powers to cover the both of us with a large blanket and Cyborg came toting blankets and pillows for the others behind her.
"Dudes of course! We haven't all been in the tower in forever." Beastboy plopped down on a pillow beside me.
"Living room sleepover, Booyah." Cyborg reached over to fist bump me before choosing a spot above Starfire and I where he could also plug in. Raven silently placed her pillow next to Starfire's so she could levitate an already sleeping Sylvia between Starfire and herself.
"Besides someone has to key an eye on you two," Beast Boy snickered until I used my pillow to whap him in the face. My arm muscles protested every inch of the motion but it was worth it. Starfire sighed against me as her back relaxed into my chest.
"Robin, do we have a plan for tomorrow?" Cyborg asked.
"Yup," I answered and began explaining how we would end this once and for all.
"That should work," Raven nodded impressed.
"it has to now get some sleep," I ordered and settled down with Starfire against my chest.
"Tomorrow," she sighed as we all drifted off to sleep.
"AHHHHH!" A scream jolted us all awake. Cyborg armed his cannon and shot the ceiling while Beast Boy transformed from a turtle to a goat and then an octopus that got its tentacles tangled in the massive amounts of blankets and pillow. In shock, Raven's powers shattered the television screen while Starfire and I attempted to jump up in separate directions only to be stopped by the cuff causing our bodies to retract and our heads cracking into each other's as the scream started again.
"Sylvia!?" Starfire exclaimed trying to use her free arm to reach the child. I had to scoot so she could and my arm wrapped around both of them as Starfire pulled Sylvia into a tight embrace.
"What's going on? No! He will be so angry!" She shouted all the more, squirming to get free.
"She's still sleeping; it's a night terror." Raven explained as she placed her hands on the temples of the small girl allowing her to instantly calm back into a blissful slumber.
"Remind me never to have a slumber party with you guys again." Beast Boy's sleepy voice complained as he fought to unwrap two different blankets from his legs.
"Forgive her, she has been through more than one her age should be forced to endure." Starfire apologized as she, and my attached arm, returned Sylvia to her pillow and tucked the blanket back around her.
"What time is it?" I inquired as Cyborg yawned and checked his arm.
"It's 6:26am, sunrise should be in a few minutes," he yawned. "We have plenty of time before we have to be up to meet Biggest Fan." He yawned and switched himself back into hibernation mode. I looked and saw Beast Boy was already out, still tangled in blankets and Raven was either meditating or trying to fall back to sleep. One could never tell with her.
"Star, I can't lay down until you come with me." I whispered. "We're kind of a package deal right now." I softly shook my hand to remind her.
"Oh, yes." She replied but didn't move. I could tell she was only half listening as she gazed out the main window where the sky was starting to lighten up it's shade of dark blue due to the upcoming sunrise.
"Starfire?" I questioned.
"Apologies," she sighed and turned from the window. "I have not seen the sun rise in some time. I cannot wait to view its beauty again. This time tomorrow, right?" She smiled and leaned down towards her pillow but this time was stopped by me not going with her.
"Robin?" She looked at me with that confused look that always made me laugh inside. How could she possibly expect me to simply lie down and fall back asleep now?
I shook my head and used my free hand to place a finger on her lips to shush her before I lead us both to standing, gently pulling her to the elevator.
The best part of being with her was how easily it was to surprise her. She was the most positive person I knew until it involved herself. She didn't get much of a childhood; just experimented on and locked in cells, spending most of her life making others happy. She even put us first over her self, or Sylvia. She was the first to offer help or check on us and never flinched when we screamed our frustrations in response. Always understanding and accepting, she took whatever we emotionally exploded on her with patience and grace. So surprising her; I lived for it.
"Robin," we should not stray far...Sylvia,"
"Will be fine, this is important." I interrupted as the doors opened allowing me to lead her onto the roof. "Ten minutes and it'll be over. We don't know what tomorrow will bring so we are going to enjoy this because we are here."
Walking to the edge of the roof and hanging our legs over the edge we waited. I would be lying if I said I watched the sun rise more than I watched her. I would be lying if I said it wasn't crazy seeing her very skin light up the moment those first morning rays burst over the horizon. I'd be lying to myself if I didn't wish for a moment like this so we could spend the whole day here but we were heroes first.
"Robin, trouble." Cyborg's voice interrupted just as the sunrise began.
"Come we must go. The moment was indeed glorious and I thank you." Her smile was brighter than the pink and orange streaks intertwining with the clouds.
"Biggest Fan has taken hostages. It's all over the news. He is demanding his daughter and wife in exchange for the twelve people he's taken." Raven's was next to come over my communicator.
"Get Sylvia and meet in the garage." I ordered and slammed it back into my utility belt.
"You aren't his wife," I was furious. "Take us down," I ordered. She grabbed me and with her powers she floated us down to the garage.
"This shall end. We will stop him." She always spoke of hope as we landed and waited for the others who joined us shortly.
"Last time he had a gun. This time we go on the defensive. I don't want anyone injured." I went straight into leader mode. The only hard part was talking with my hands and punching my fist into my hand pulled Starfire with me with every motion.
"Sorry," I grumbled for the second time as a small eep threw her off balance as I threw my arm out explaining my plan in visual detail. She just smiled as I caught her and nodded for me to continue.
"Everyone ready? This should go without a hitch." I was itching to go. I waited for each of my team members to nod before looking to Raven. "Let's do this. Teen Titans, Go!" I ordered as we were swallowed by her powers and appeared at the bank exactly where I intended each of us to be.
"Ready?" I asked as we stood at the front doors. "Emotions?"
"Stable. I shall not fail. We are to free Sylvia and you." She replied.
"And you. Think of this as a movie. You have to sell this. Think you can?" I questioned seriously with my hand on the door.
"I shall make you very unhappy," she winked as we walked through.
"Stop there!" Biggest Fan exclaimed from behind the counter as the door shut behind us. My eyes quickly scanned the room. I counted ten hostages in front of the counter, one looking slightly injured by the vault and the last one, a young teenage girl, trembling in his arms.
"Where is my Sylvia?!" He roared, gun pointed at the girl's head.
"My dear, she is outside. I could not allow her to enter into such danger. Please you must remove me from him. We have to leave," she begged and began to run towards him but fell back into me when I didn't move.
His eyes looked slightly crazed and very high. Which made it easier to keep his focus on us while Raven's powers slowly began pulling hostages into portals one at a time to Cyborg who was waiting outside and Beast Boy, in rat form, to crawl above in the ceiling. I kept Starfire and I moving the opposite direction of which hostage Raven was slowly portaging away. It kept his attention obsessively fixed on us, his real targets.
"My dearest, get him off of me. I choose you. I choose our family!" Starfire exclaimed as she pushed against my chest to get my arm around her waist to let go.
"Yes! Haha! Yes! Family! Hee, heeheeha" He laughed so maniacally he didn't even notice Beast Boy hanging above him as an aardvark whose tongue was now gently checking the man's pockets for anything dangerous.
"She's mine!" I yelled keeping her tightly held to me.
"Yours?" His voice dangerously turned, his left eye twitching. With the only hostage now remaining in his arms, Cyborg entered through a back door and was behind Biggest Fan, Raven was hiding Sylvia behind her cape in a side office and Beast Boy was poised to attack from above. My team in place.
"Please, save our family!" Starfire sobbed before I forced her to her knees in front of me.
"Traitor!" I screamed and slapped her across the face. The slap was soft but Starfire up-played it so well I actually flinched. But it worked perfectly as the last hostage was dropped into a waiting portal and he lunged for us. His gun was sloppily pointed in our direction. I had made his drug crazed mind so angry his goal was to just take me out. Not even caring if he hit Starfire in the process he pulled the trigger over and over.
I quickly pulled my cape tightly around us and activated it's inner lining so the bullets hit but fell harmlessly without penetrating.
"You okay?" I asked as he fired more rounds.
"Yes, your plan seems to be going exactly as you predicted." She replied giggling before kissing my cheek. We were in cramped quarters having to remain inside my cape until he stopped firing or ran out of ammunition, but it was fine with me for the moment.
I was smiling at her and counting the shots. Based on the gun he was holding and how many rounds he fired, including yesterday, he has one left; two if he reloaded.
"Robin, NOW!" Cyborg screamed. I flipped back my cape to see Raven had used her powers as a barrier between us and him. He fired the gun into the dark void and I added that to my number. The plan was moving flawless.
"Most he can have is one more in the chamber," I hollered to my team. "That's if he reloaded after yesterday. Take him down," I ordered and based on the look he gave me, he hadn't reload.
"Booyah!" Cyborg cheered as he fired his cannon, knocking Biggest Fan into the wall where a Beast Boy dropped from the ceiling. Changing quickly he covered his eyes as a small squid causing the man to scream and pull on the securely latched green sea creature.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven's chant pulled bars from the safe impaling them into the wall, one on each side so he couldn't turn either way. Then set her powers towards the empty gun, ripping it from his hand and smashing it to pieces on an adjacent wall he was left weaponless.
Cyborg, Starfire and I raced for his position while Raven returned to guarding Sylvia.
"I've got his arm! Go!" Cyborg shouted, grabbing his free arm while I grabbed the cuffed one.
"Hit it Star," I nodded pulling on the jacket and revealing the bright red button.
"You shall entrap us no more," she was firm as her finger clicked the button into place and the cuff clanked to the floor.
Beast Boy popped off his face as the man continued to thrash against the wall shouting in dismay.
"NOOO, NO! Get off, make it stop! He was panting hard as he struggled. I opened my mouth to order him to shut up when a bright green star bolt grazed by me and knocked him unconscious as he sunk to the floor in a heap.
Turning to see Starfire floating off the ground, eyes blazing green and free was something we had all missed.
"It is over," she sighed before landing. "We are victorious!" She smiled at each of us briefly before it fell and our hearts all sunk a little.
"Daddy!" Sylvia exclaimed escaping under Raven's legs and falling atop her unconscious father, the sound of sirens now coming through the walls as the police drew closer.
We all paused in the moment knowing we had won and it was for the best but it was not a victory for every heart.
Back At The Tower (ROB POV)
We got Sylvia back to her foster parents and she was happy. She was even allowed to see her father once he got clean. He wouldn't have custody of her but it brought her joy to know in a month she could see him again through a glass prison window. She left Starfire's arms with a smile, opposed to tears, which was good for both of them. I'm not sure if I could have pried Starfire from her otherwise.
Now back at the tower things were getting back to normal. Raven was just walking in after visiting the video rental store with Cyborg on her heels with three different large pizzas. Beast Boy was dragging in the last box of toys he had bought Sylvia and would mail them to her foster parents tomorrow while I was making popcorn. The battle had been won and my team needing a relaxing night. We were all back together.
"Dudes, let's chow down! Pop in a movie Rae," Beast Boy rubbed his hands together and helped Cyborg spread out the pizza boxes in search of his vegetarian one.
"Don't call me Rae," her brow furrowed. "Besides shouldn't we wait for Starfire? This is mostly because she is back." She used her powers to reclose the pizza lid Beast Boy had opened.
"Yeah, where is she Raven?" I asked. "I saw her leave with you." I questioned removing the last of the microwave popcorn.
"No," she paused and motioned towards Cyborg. "I thought she was coming but she turned towards the garage and followed Cyborg to get pizza." She replied casually as we turned to look at him.
"Hey, she wasn't with me," he defended. "She followed me to the garage to get a box. I figured it was to help BB." He shrugged.
"Dudes, she didn't get me a box. Don't blame me. When I left the living room none of you had left and she was helping Robin find the popcorn. I've been in my room packing all this up." He crossed his arms.
"If she isn't with any of us," I began and stopped as we all froze momentarily.
"Awhh, not again!" Beast Boy pulled on his hair as his eyes rolled back in dismay.
"Cyborg call the rehabilitation center, see if Biggest Fan is still there." I reacted quickly. I had lost her the last few days; I wasn't about to again. "Beast Boy call Sylvia's foster parents. Make sure she is safe. I haven't gotten her a new communicator set up yet so tracking her isn't possible." I tightened my hands into fists as the two dialed quickly.
"Calm down, getting upset is pointless." The typical monotone voice reminded us." Raven caused us all to stop fidgeting as she closed her eyes and breathed deeply.
"Biggest Fan is still locked up," Cyborg reported and hung up his arm phone.
"Sylvia is safe and sound," Beast Boy added hanging up a nearby wall phone.
"Found her," Raven finished as we all turned to see her levitate out our team on her heels.
(STAR POV)
I did not wish to deceive any of my friends but I required some time with myself. I helped Robin find the new package of popcorn as Beast Boy left for his room, before pretending to follow Raven and Cyborg out. I could feel Raven's eyes on me as I turned to follow Cyborg and when it was just he and I inside the garage, I reached for a large box of cardboard as he pulled his car out and left. Sighing I flew myself and my acquired box carefully back into the tower. I was silent while passing Beast Boy's room as he was noisily tossing things around and continued on my journey until reaching my destination. It was necessary for this to occur to ensure myself the mind of peace. I typed my access code, and was granted entrance into the evidence room and with a reluctant sigh, my box and I entered.
Making my way past organized and shelved previously solved case evidence; I floated to the back of the room where the new evidence lay. I was not yet ready to have certain items on display. I did not wish to see them as daily reminders. I could feel my own spine tremor as I lifted the three items that could successfully detain my powers: the mad mod's chair recovered from the museum like room, my original cuffs I had arrived on earth wearing, and my bracelet placed on me by the Biggest Fan himself. Seeing them now inside my box, I took a moment to allow my own anger to set in. I had been so concerned with Sylvia's safety and enslavement followed by Robin's, I had not allowed my own emotions to process.
I gladly welcomed the green beans to change my view, how I had missed their righteous furry making everything different shades of the bright green shades.
Biggest Fan had taken me from my friends, been in my home, endangered many lives and nullified my powers. I had desired to do more than just place a gentle beam aside his head that rendered him unconscious. I would have preferred to do battle with him as I would have with a Florknock. At least then I could have unleashed my powers with true righteous furry. Alas, doing so here would have incinerated the disturbed man.
Reaching down into the box my fingers grazed the separated pieces of the Gordanian technology, such advanced crystals and weaponry went into making my chains for transportation. I tore my fingers from the cold metal encasing and allowed them to inch towards Mad Mod's chair. The wood covering a multitude of wires and magic he had placed inside. My skin crawled at the thought of being near it but I could not resist.
"How could one human wish to change someone so deeply?" I questioned the empty room; my fingers wandering back to the bracelet he had previously locked around my wrist, feeling resentment at first then sorrow. I understood Sylvia better than anyone on my team. The feeling of truly being abandoned and traded by your father for power and wealth.
"Because they are selfish and want what they didn't work for," Robin's voice answered the question I had spoken aloud. He kneeled down beside me and pulled my hands from the box.
"It's over," Cyborg gently reminded me as the whole team crowded around.
"Yeah, you're starting to obsess over it like Robin does about cases." Beast Boy snickered.
"You have the belt of red-x in your vault, might we place these inside it as well?" I genuinely asked.
"Sure Star," Robin beamed at me as Raven levitates the box up.
"Let's go," she nodded and we followed Robin to the back where he had to proceed through many safety procedures before the save would open.
Raven used her powers to place the devices inside before Robin resealed it.
"You're home," he smirked taking my hand.
"Hello dudes! The pizza is getting cold, let's eat!" Beast Boy fist bumped the air causing me to giggle.
"Let us go friends." I agreed.
An: Alright It's been great. I've already started on my next fic. I'll be posting chapter one next week. Do you guys want a preview on this story or just want to wait? Let me know. Thanks to all my loyal readers and reviewers. You made this so much fun! END AN
summary of my new story:
Takes place at the end of Season 5 right before the battle with The Brotherhood of Evil. We find the Titans flying home right after returning from their final missions of handing communicators to Argent, Pantha, Jericho, Herald & Bushido. Robin then proceeds to test the Titans communications with every Titan and honorary Titan checking in for their response.
Beast Boy will still be involved in the take down of The Brain but Starfire and Robin will be doing different roles. I also, want to incorporate The Brain and Monsieur Mallah's game of chess along with Professor Chang's freeze ray in a different way. So the final battle on the Titans will be delayed as I put this all into place but I'm also going to bring to light more characters that didn't get much.
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