My sincerest apologies, readers. This stupid website has been a whore for the past few days, not letting me upload any documents. So I'll post the three chapters I missed along with the one for today. Once again, my bad.
Chapter Twenty-Six: Guardian Angel
Robin had made the desperate call after being attacked mercilessly by Slade, Terra, and Slade's army. Robin didn't understand. Terra had destroyed Slade, and yet she went back to him.
"Why, Terra?!" Robin shouted. "Why are you doing this?"
"Because you replaced me," she said bitterly. "And you replaced me with the one person I had hoped to never see again."
There was no chance for retreat. Slade's robots had caved in the entrance. The Titans were losing badly, and there was no way out. Their only chance was Em. She was in a different country, so their hopes weren't high.
Starfire's arm was broken and she had a cut on her side. Raven had a sprained ankle and had been hit hard in the head and was having trouble staying conscious. Robin had suffered many cuts and bruises from Slade, but was still standing protectively in front of Starfire. Beast Boy's leg was broken and he refused to leave Raven's side. Cyborg's power cell was nearly drained by an electric outburst from one of the robots.
Things weren't looking up for the five super teens.
Slade was on the verge of delivering the final order, when a loud grating noise interrupted him. Everyone looked up as dirt began pouring from the ceiling. "What-?" Slade began.
Outside the crevice, a lone girl with bright red hair and burning red eyes was hovering at the center of the ferris wheel. Her hands were wrapped tightly around the central axel, and she was pulling it with all her might. She growled angrily and fire blazed around her as she heaved on it. It began to shift.
She doubled her efforts. "Come ON YOU WORTHLESS HUNK OF JUNK!" she raged, pulling it further out of the ground. Finally, with one last heave, the massive ferris wheel came loose from the ground.
Finding new strength, Em threw the ferris wheel. It landed with a titanic crash on the other side of the carnival. She looked down into the crevice in the ground. Raven was guarding the Titans from the falling rocks with a telekinetic shield. When the dust cleared, she released the shield and fell. Beast Boy caught her.
Slade and Terra were staring up at the blazing girl. She looked murderous.
"You have hurt my friends for the LAST TIME," she shouted.
Before anyone could react, Em was flying full speed at Slade, drawing back a flaming fist as she came. He barely had time to widen his eye before her blazing punch landed in the center of his mask. He was smashed down into the ground, Em's fist still against his face. She used her momentum to swing her legs up and kick Terra in the stomach. The blond girl soared a few yards and smashed into the wall.
Em stood up and looked around. The Titans were just as surprised as the robots. "You guys head up, I'll take care of the goons," Em said to the Titans. They did as she suggested, considering the shape they were in, and watched from above ground.
Em was in the center of a ring of robots. She was still in her fire element. One robot moved hesitantly and exploded instantly into a pile of melted metal. Em smirked as she lowered her arm. The battle had begun.