Chapter 26

Titans Falling

pt.1

"Requesting immediate backup…He's everywhere, don't know how long…Bushido requesting support…This is Herald, I'm moving to back Jericho u…Cut off from the others…SEND HELP NOW"!

Robin frantically tried to make sense of each transmission as it pored over of the intercom. All the Honorary Titans were under attack, but so far they all failed to mention who.

"EVERYONE CALM DOWN" Robin shouted trying to be heard over the crowd of voices and the sounds of battle. "Who's attacking"?

"IT'S…" then all was silent and a lone voice echoed over the radio.

"Hey guys, miss me". Terran's image displayed over the console, it was being projected from every Honorary Titan's communicator. He was attacking them all at once.

"You…" Robin growled.

"Sorry, love to stay and chat but I've got work to do…oh and say 'hi' to my sis for me ok, thanks you're the best". The console shut off and Terran's image disappeared. Then the radio came on again and Bubble Bee's voice sounded.

"This is the Titans East; we'll be moving to support the others".

"Roger, alright team, set a course for the nearest Titan and…" Robin started. Then three red dots began pulsing around Jump City. Robin sighed in frustration. "Never mind, we'll take care of this first". The T-ship blasted off towards Jump City, leaving the Honorary Titans to fend for themselves.

Wildebeest and Pantha…

Pantha ripped off the stone fighter from her back and chucked it against the wall. She jumped onto the giant stone statue that had Wildebeest in a pin and smashed its head in. She picked it up and flipped it onto its back. The crowd around them cheered, oblivious of the fact that this fight was for real. Wildebeest and Pantha stood back-to-back as they began to bash the dozens of stone fighters around them. In the back of the arena, Terran watched from the crowd, slightly impressed at how well Pantha and Wildebeest worked together. "Looks like I'll have to handle this one myself". Terran leapt from his seat and into the arena. He stretched out his arms and stone coils extended from the ground and began to pound Pantha and Wildebeest. Wildebeest grabbed one of the coils and uprooted it from the ground. He then spun around and smashed it into any surviving stone fighters. Terran's leg became encased in iron ore and he kicked Pantha's feet out from under her. Pantha flipped herself back onto her feet and brought her fist down onto Terran. Terran leapt away unscathed.

"So you are the one sending these creatures after us" Pantha scowled.

"The one and only" Terran smirked.

"THEN YOU SHALL FEEL THE PANTHA'S CLAW"! Pantha leapt at Terran, her fist outstretched, ready to crush his face. Terran jumped into the air and kicked off of Pantha's back and landed onto Wildebeest's back. Terran grabbed his horns and forced him to face Pantha. Wildebeest snorted and head butted the ground knocking Terran from his mount. Wildebeest grabbed Terran and chucked him to Pantha. Pantha's hand easily wrapped around Terran's head and she began to squeeze. Terran tried to loosen her grip on his head but Pantha's grip didn't waver. Suddenly Pantha felt Terran's skull cave in and Terran fell limp. Wildebeest stared at Pantha in shock; she had not meant to kill him. She let Terran go and he stood for a few seconds on his own. Five large indentations lined his head leaving Terran's face had become unrecognizable. He fell to the floor and lied motionless. Terran's body began to change color and began to appear brown, and he crumbled into dust. Suddenly the ground around the arena formed into a giant wall that stretched to the ceiling. More stone fighters began to form out of the wall and scale down it. Pantha and Wildebeest were trapped with no way out.

Two Down…

Hotspot…

The boulder melted into magma as Hotspot blasted it with one of his fireballs. But this didn't stop Terran; he continued to fling more and more at Hotspot as he causally strolled down the market street. Hotspot continued to melt the boulders that were flung at him but was slowly loosing the advantage. Terran was sending more and more at him and soon he would not be able to keep up. Hotspot exploded into flames igniting the immediate area around. Hotspot ducked into an alley panting; trying to catch his breath.

"You're not going to get away from me that easily". Terran melted from the ground and began attacking Hotspot. Hotspot blasted him with fireballs but Terran's suit protected him from such attacks. Terran continued to charge forward and Hotspot was forced to retreat. Columns of flames erupted from Hotspot's arms and he soared away with Terran following in suit. Terran's body began to glow yellow and great stone pillars burst from the ground and snaked towards Hotspot. Hotspot jinked right and left to avoid the pillars but one finally glanced off of him and sent him spiraling into an abandoned building. "You're going to have to do much better than that if you're going to beat me…or at least survive". Terran slammed his knee into Hotspot and sent him crashing through the wall and into the outskirts of the Middle Eastern city. Hotspot struggled to his feet but found himself being engulfed in a tidal wave of sand. Hotspot was rocked back and forth in the wave as he drifted farther and farther into the desert. The tidal wave stopped and a new sand dune rested in calm desert. "Such a pity" Terran said to himself as he stood before the dune "I honestly thought these guys would put up a better fight than this". Suddenly a pillar of fire erupted from the dune and the dune's surface became smooth and reflected the evening sun. Hotspot stepped out of the dune smirking.

"That was a mistake on your part; taking this fight away from the city" the air around Hotspot began to wave in the heat "BECAUSE NOW I DON'T HAVE TO HOLD BACK"! Terran shook his head in disappointment.

"You don't get it do you" Terran lifted his arm into the air and walls of sand melted from the ground "Wherever there is earth, I ALWAYS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE"! Hotspot found himself in a maze with no way out. Sand limps began popping out from random points in the wall and striking Hotspot whenever possible. Hotspot held his arms to his face in a desperate attempt to protect himself. Hotspot spread his arms out and he erupted into flames. The walls of sand heated to extreme temperatures and turned into glass. Terran drifted down from his platform in the sky to where Hotspot lied panting. Hotspot lifted his head to see the cold stare of Terran's skulled faceplate. Hotspot threw another fireball at Terran but missed. A dome of earth erected itself around Terran and Hotspot. Hotspot felt his breathing slowed and soon he could hardly grab a gulp of air. "That's right…" Terran smirked "…continue to burn all the oxygen in here, my suit's supply will last long after yours has run out".

"Well then…" Hotspot gasped, the flames around him intensified "I WON'T KEEP YOU WAITING". Hotspot and Terran felt like their bodies had taken on five hundred pounds as the pressure inside the dome increased. Suddenly the dome imploded and air rushed in and filled the vacuum. Hotspot had returned to his human form and lied motionless on the desert. "Well…I got him" he thought happily. The dust began to clear and Terran stood exactly where he had been a few moments before…or at least half of him. Terran wobbled back and forth on one leg with half his torso and his side of his face and arm were missing. The faceplate had shattered and revealed a rock interior. "WHAT?" Hotspot gasped. Then Hotspot felt himself lift off the ground and he spun helplessly in the newly born dust devil.

Twelve Down…

Kid Flash and Jinx…

Kid Flash's momentum allowed him to fly for a very short time to avoid being smashed to bits by the gargantuan boulder hurdling at him, but sent him into another. Kid Flash fell to the ground a dozen yards away from Terran.

"FLASH!" Jinx cried and dashed in-between Terran and her boyfriend. Terran threw his arm to the side and the ground beneath knocked her aside. Terran changed his course and stepped closer to the fallen Jinx.

"Ya know" Terran said "you were better when you were a villain". The indicator on Terran's HUD pointed to his left signaling where Kid Flash was attacking from. Terran lifted his left arm to block Kid Flash's punch and countered with a kick of his own. Kid Flash skidded away and Terran left Jinx where she was.

"Don't bother, my suit's sensors can detect and predict every move you're going to make, a fraction of a second into it" Terran jeered.

"Really, well that'll do you no good unless you can keep up with me" Kid Flash countered. Kid Flash disappeared into a blur and Terran felt like he had been hit by a shot gun across his whole body. Warning lights flashed inside his helmet directing where Kid Flash was and will be but Terran wasn't fast enough to keep up. Finally Terran knocked Kid Flash away and erected walls from the ground to surround him. Kid Flash sprinted this way and that to find an exit but soon found himself surrounded.

"That'll hold ya" Terran jeered.

"You do know" Kid Flash said coolly "that I can vibrate my molecules through solid objects". Kid Flash glided through the wall, never taking a step and his body vibrating. Kid Flash dashed at Terran avoiding all the stone projectiles he was throwing at him. Kid Flash passed through Terran at light speed then reached his hand back and it passed through Terran's. Then it solidified again and Terran was dragged across the street at supersonic speeds. Kid Flash lifted his arm and grinded Terran into the sides of the buildings they passed. Kid Flash began dodging all the stone wall's Terran was creating to try and force him to stop.

"Let go blast it" Terran thought angrily as he continued to try and slow Kid Flash down.

As if reading Terran's mind Kid Flash skidded to a halt and withdrew his hand from Terran's. Terran went barreling into the office building in front of them so fast that the whole building collapsed onto of him. "Well that takes care of that" Kid Flash said as he dusted off his hands. Suddenly a stone foot shot up from the ground and connected with his chin and he fell flat on his back. Terran pulled himself from the wreckage and dusted off his shoulders.

"Don't be so sure of yourself". Terran kicked the ground and another stone foot shot up from the ground and kicked Kid Flash away. Terran pulled two stone walls from the ground and punched each fist into them. Now stone fist shot from the ground and began pounding Kid Flash. Kid Flash ran from the volley of fists and feet and reached out to grab Jinx. He picked her up in his arms and began to flee down the street. Another stone arm shot past him a few inches from his face and crashed into the ground. Jinx looked behind them and saw Terran soaring through the air fifty feet behind them. Terran stretched out his arms and they turned to stone and snaked after them. Kid Flash swerved to the right and then to the left repeatedly to avoid the Terran's constant lashing. Jinx snapped her fingers and Terran suddenly stopped pursuing.

"What the" Terran mumbled. His display had gone black and Terran couldn't restart the suit's systems. Terran banged the helmet to try and get it to turn back on.

"Havin' a little 'bad luck'" Jinx shouted as she and Kid Flash sped down the street.

"I don't need my eyes tofind you" Terran said to himself. Terran closed his eyes and felt the rapid steps of Kid Flash through the earth. Terran reached through the earth and caught them both and pulled them under. They reappeared in front of him wide eyed.

"You know, you fight a lot like Madame Rogue" Kid Flash pointed out.

"Who do you think taught me how to fight"?

Seven Left…

Jump City: 2 hours later…

Robin watched as Cinderblock crashed to the earth in defeat. Robin was exhausted from his battle but they had finally done it. The police would arrive soon to take him away, just like they were doing with Overload and Plasmas across town. Robin pulled out his communicator. "Great work team, now let's head out".

"Hate to break it to you Robin, but no one needs help any more" Cyborg replied.

"What do you mean"?

"No one's sending a distress signal anymore".

Robin changed the screen on his communicator to a map of the world. Cyborg was right; the distress beacons had been deactivated. Suddenly a call came in from Titans East.

"This is Aqualad, we've gathered everyone we could, and we'll begin moving everyone out to the safe house".

"Good work Aqualad, we'll be there to back you up". Then another voice came over the communicator; this one was Australian.

"This is Argent, I'm in Steel City and will rendezvous with the Titans East…oh and I'm bringing a friend".

"Great…but what happened to everyone"?

"Terran got to them all" was the only reply.