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Songs Used:

Since You Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson

Dumb by Garbage

Colors by Crossfade

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Teen Titans

Battle of the Bands

Chapter 25

FINAL BATTLE!

Just as Gar left the stage, he passed Raven and gave her a shy smile. She looked at him and was about to say something but then their name was called...

"….And now for Taboo presenting us with something new. Take it away ladies, with Since You Been Gone."

Kori took the mike in her hands and nervously looked at the crowd, before speaking. "Um, Richard.. Xavier… this is for you." On separate sides of the backstage, Richard and Xavier tilted their heads confused, wondering what this meant as Taboo began to play.

"Here's the thing we started off friends
It was cool but it was all pretend
Yeah yeah
Since you been gone

You dedicated you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah Yeah
Since you been gone

And all you'd ever hear me say
Its how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
Im still movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get
What I want
Since you've been gone

How can I put it? you put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah yeah
Since you been gone

How come I never hear you say
I just wanna be with you
I guess you never felt that way"

As they listened to the girl sing, each in their designated corners of the wings Richard and Xavier both thought the same thing, that she obviously meant the other.

"But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
Im still movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get
I get what I want
Since you been gone

You had your chance you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth I just can't take it
Again and again and again and again

Since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
Im still movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get
I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
Im still movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get (I get)
You should know (you should know)
That I get
I get what I want
since you been gone
since you been gone
since you been gone"

The song wrapped up and the crowd exploded into applause and shouting. The song had obviously had an effect on them. Kori, Raven, and Karen all smiled as left the stage feeling exhilarated. But the high didn't last for Kori, because at that moment both Richard and Xavier had made their way over to her. As the announcer made his introduction for the next band, the time had come for Kori to explain herself.

"…..I never claimed to be your saviour
I said I had a dirty mouth
Stop analysing my behaviour
If you're too dumb to work it out…."

As Prolific continued their song, in the wings Kori had to explain her own song. Both the guys pointed at the other simultaneously as they questioned.. "You meant him right?"

Kori nodded, "You're right." And she walked away from both of them. Once again, the boys tilted their head in confusion, letting the facts sink in. As they realized exactly what she meant, they were both right. She had meant them both. She had chosen neither of them, the boys merely stood there both staring in the direction she had walked off in. The song that continued to play in the background, now being the only sound.

"Better off dumb
You still don't know what you think of me
You still don't know what you mean to me
You still don't know what to think of me
You still don't know what you think of me
Now that you know what you know
I bet you wish you could let it go
You'll never come sucking your thumb
Better off dumb
Now that you know what you know
You're going to reap what you sow
Nothing will come sucking your thumb
Better off dumb
You still don't know what you think of me
You still don't know what you mean to me
You still don't know what to think of me
You still don't know what you think of me (5x)
You still don't know what I think of me
You still don't know what you think of me"

"Put your hands together for Prolific, fans. And now, for the final band to take the stage, Black Night, blow us away with Colors."

Richard was pulled from his stupor by the announcer's voice and still somewhat dazed, he made his way to the stage and as he took the mike, he blinked in one moment of clarity. He gulped as he pressed himself closer to the mike and prepared himself to sing the song. The song that now he thought truly showed his feelings now more than ever. He felt betrayed, and his voice showed it.

"Can you feel it crush you does it seem to bring the worst in you out
There's no running away from these things that hold you down
Do they complicate you because they make you feel like this
of all the colors that you've shined this is surely not your best
But you should know these colors that you're shining are

Surely not the best colors that you shine x2

I know you feel alone yeah and no one else can figure you out
But don't you ever turn away from the ones that help you down"

As Richard got more into the song, he forgot the crowd and let his emotions and the music take control. He eyed Kori dangerously in the wings, and the girl shuddered under his eyes feeling the hurt and the anger that she had inflicted.

"Well they'd love to save you don't you know they love to see you smile
But these colors that you've shined are surely not your style

But you should know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine x2

I know you're feeling like you're lost but you should know these colors that you're shining are
I know you're feeling like you're lost you feel you've drifted way too far did you know these colors that you're shining are

Surely not the best colors that you shine x3 [BG voice:I know you're feeling like you're lost but you should know these colors that you're shining are I know you're feeling like you're lost you feel you've drifted way to far, did you know these colors that you're shining are..."

As the song came to a close, the audience proved they'd felt the power in the lyrics and the chords, the rock band had truly done as Bryan had said. They had blown the crowd away. Evident by the cries and the applause that now echoed through the stadium. The applause meter hit the top, and the winner was clear. As the crowd didn't seem to be dying down, the announcer cleared his throat. "Well that's it fans, I think it's pretty clear who our winners are." And as if on cue, a man handed Bryan an envelope which he opened with a quick smile at the camera. "Fans, I am proud to announce the winner of the first KMAX Battle of the Bands… Black Night." The crowd if possible exploded louder with even more applause, as Black Night celebrated by leaving their instruments and tackling Richard on stage.

As the crowd made their way to the nearest exit, and the contests winners left the stage, they found themselves going their separate ways for the time being. Victor went to go find Karen and Garth went off with Krista and Joe somewhere. While Richard was left alone with his thoughts, he looked off to the side and saw Kori talking with some man in a suit, but turned away as just looking at the girl was almost unbearable.
Authors' Note:Surprise! But don't worry fans, it doesn't really end here. There's more. A Sequel, will be coming your way soon. We'd like to thank you all again so much and we would really like to know your thoughts on this last chapter. We hope you had as much fun reading this as we did writing it. And we hope to see you all again soon with the next installment.

Teen Titans- KMAXXium --- It's one year later and some old friends and new friends will be brought together again for a tour. Black Night and Taboo will of course be back again along with a few others. Barb-Rich-Kori…. Rich-Kori-Xavier… Terra-Gar-Rae.. Karen-Vic.. minor Flinx