Guess what? I now own Teen Titans!!
J/k. I wish I did, but sadly I do not. But one day…
Chapter 13
Beastboy was facing Rose. They were going to fight each other in hand to hand combat. The rest of the Titans were standing around the ring.
"Don't go easy on me now," Rose said.
"Don't count on it!" Beastboy responded. He ran forward and threw a punch at Rose's face. She stepped to right and brought her leg up to kick Beastboy in the stomach. Luckily he noticed it in time and he managed to roll over her leg. While he was on the ground, he kicked her legs out from under her.
Rose fell to the ground but used the momentum to roll over and push herself back up in no time. By this time Beastboy was standing as well. Rose came at Beastboy this time and tried to kick him in the side, but he caught her leg and pulled her forward. Rose brought her other leg up and rolled to the side in mid-air, managing to clip Beastboy on the chin with her foot. Beastboy dropped Rose, and she fell to the ground again.
"Nice technique," Beastboy commented while rubbing his jaw.
"Thanks," Rose said, standing up. She threw a punch at Beastboy. He blocked it and then kicked her in the shin. Rose cringed at the hit but didn't miss a beat in punching him in the stomach. Beastboy winced and then uppercut Rose in the jaw. Her head snapped back and the force of the hit knocked her to the ground.
(If you haven't noticed, she was falling a lot.)
Rose got back up shakily. She threw more punches at Beastboy which he blocked. She tried to kick him a few times but he dodged them. Rose dropped to the ground and did a ground kick to knock Beastboy's feet out from under him. He fell to the ground, did a backwards somersault, and was up and kicking Rose in the side like it was nothing.
She backed up a few steps to catch her breath. Rose quickly moved back in to punch Beastboy when an alarm started to go off.
"What? No, we're not done!" Rose complained.
"Sorry, but you two will have to finish your match later," Robin said. He was already running out of the room to see what was up.
Xx
The Titans reached the scene of the crime in record time. Overload was at the power plant, draining the energy for his own use. Half the city was already in a black out, and Overload was quickly working on the rest of the city.
"Stop right there," Robin said. He stood at the front of their little 'v', with Raven and Cyborg fanning out to the left behind him, and with Rose, Starfire, and Beastboy fanning out the right behind him. Cyborg already had his sonic cannon ready to fire. Raven was floating in the air, hood up, hands glowing with her black energy. Starfire was in the air as well, star-bolts ready in each hand. Beastboy was crouched like normal, ready to pounce even though he wasn't morphing now. Rose was trembling from fear, and Robin stood tall and ready to fight.
Overload didn't respond to Robin. He just simply shot an energy bolt at the Titans.
"Titans, go!" Robin called out. The Titans scattered into the surrounding area to avoid the attack.
Cyborg shot a blast from his cannon at Overload. Overload absorbed the attack and grew another three inches. "Well that backfired," he said.
Raven tried to restrain Overload with her powers, but this only worked for a few moments before Overload was able to break free. Robin threw some freeze disks at Overload's feet. They exploded and trapped Overload's legs, but the energy he had absorbed quickly melted them away.
Beastboy stood helpless to the side. Even if he could morph there was nothing he could do. If he hit Overload he would only hurt himself from the raw energy Overload was composed of. He looked around for some way to help his friends. He saw Rose, scared to death not five feet away from him.
Rose. Rose controlled water. Water plus raw energy equals Overload loses.
"Rose, you need to use your powers to drench Overload. That should stop him in his tracks!" Beastboy yelled to her. She looked at him like he was crazy. "Trust me, this will work!"
Rose nodded. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes to concentrate better, a trick learned from Raven. When she opened her eyes again, anyone could tell that all fear had left her.
She held her hand out in front of her, palm facing the ground. If she could cause a pipe to burst by accident, then making one explode on purpose shouldn't be too difficult.
"Don't hit the main plant though, otherwise we'll be in a blackout for two months while they fix it," Beastboy added with a small laugh.
Oh, now he tells me? Rose thought. She didn't dwell on this too long though. A pipe burst through the floor with water spraying right onto Overload.
"Raven, put a field around the parts of the plant that explode when wet!" Beastboy yelled out. Raven glanced at the two and did so immediately when she saw the water.
Overload quickly dissipated with the water, and once he was nothing but a chip again, Rose made the water go out into the nearby stream where the plant was being a pollution causer. Raven fixed the pipes so that water wouldn't continue to pour out into the plant where there would then be a bad explosion.
"Alright Rose!" Cyborg said, walking over to her. Rose blushed.
"It was Beastboy's idea. I just froze once the battle started," she said. Everyone turned to Beastboy.
"Beastboy had a smart idea? You're kidding, right?" Cyborg asked.
"I can be smart when I want to!" Beastboy said, obviously annoyed.
"Right, that's why you enjoy burping contests," Raven said. Beastboy glared at her.
"This was an excellent victory, no?" Starfire said.
"It sure was," Beastboy said, going back to his cocky self.
"I'm going to go deposit Overload back where he was," Robin said, going back to his r-cycle.
"I shall accompany you," Starfire said, flying over him as he left.
"So it's just us three," Beastboy said as they went to Cyborg's car.
"Um…I count four…" Rose said. Beastboy did a headcount, not including himself.
"No, there are three," he argued. Rose and him were in the backseat while Cyborg (obviously) and Raven were in the front.
"Beastboy, there's you, me, Raven, and Cyborg," Rose said, holding up a finger on one hand for each person. "Together that makes four."
"Oh yeah…he, he…So there is just more people for a celebration!" Beastboy said.
"What are we celebrating?" Rose asked.
"You're awesome victory against Overload!" Cyborg and Beastboy said at the same time.
"Oh joy," Raven said.
Xx
Slade was in a dark room. The only light came from monitors that he was watching. On the monitors were flashes of the Titans battle with Overload. Their new recruit was good…and she could be useful to him. He could use her as bait to catch Beastboy so that his own recruits would be satisfied for a few months. Then he would dispose of them since they would be of no further use.
End
There's chapter 13 for you. Sorry I was a little late with this, but expect the chapters on an every other day thing now. I have preseason sports plus an actual life which has drastically limited my time for writing.
Oh, and since no one reviewed on the last chapter, I'm waiting until I have five more reviews before continuing. I need to know that I'm not doing this only for myself and that people actually care whether or not I continue with this story.