Author's Note: All right, sorry it took so long to update again. I just want to thank everyone for all the extra reviews I've been getting. You guys are great. I tried to get this up as soon as I could. I'm a little iffy about this chapter. But I hope its to everyone's liking. Let me know what you think. And now here's the long awaited 36th chapter of X High School. "Titans Tomorrow, Part 3" enjoy.
X High School
Chapter 36
Titans Tomorrow, Part 3
The next morning at Liberty Tower, the Teen Titans were found sleeping around the living room. Kori slept on the couch while several of the guys slept on the floor. Raven and Tara shared an easy chair with a blanket wrapped around them. Rich slept on the floor at the foot of the couch infront of Kori. Gar had changed into animal form during the night and slept on a large cushioned foot rest curled up as a cat. Slade slept on the opposite couch and Vic slept on the floor next to the table. As for the kids, they were all sound asleep in their beds. The morning light shined through the windows, some of the Titans groaned and turned over in their sleep trying to block out the light. The windows automatically tented to darken the room some allowing them to sleep a little longer.
There was a roll of thunder, a storm was coming but this was no ordinary storm. As clouds darkened the sky turned blood red. The sky roared, the loud crash of thunder shook the tower to its very foundation scaring everyone awake. The alarms went off in the tower, everyone jumped to thier feet, as the kids ran into the room in thier pajamas as well as thier mentor. The screens came on-line in response to the emergency. The entire living room was covered in flashing red lights. The Tower's systems tried to locate the source of the disturbance, but the Titans Tomorrow already knew what it was.
"What's going on?" Richard said.
"Ryan's calling." said his son.
Outside the skies turned to deep crimson, as if the angel of death had filled the sky with blood. There was panic in the street as people fled for cover. Inside, Ryan's image appeared on screen.
"Titans, the time has come, for me to take back the city." Ryan addressed.
"We're ready for you!" Mike said.
"And we can handle anything you throw at us." Cooper added.
"Stop, you dont know what your doing!" Dr. Light advised.
"It seems as though they do." Ryan told Light.
"You have something that belongs to us." Kelsey stated.
"And you have something that belongs to me. So let's settle the matter once and for all." Ryan said.
"Bring it on." Mike told him.
The earth began to shake as Ryan's forces charged toward the city.
"It's on." Ryan stated aptly.
"Titans, move out!" Mike yelled to his team.
The Titans transform into thier superhero identities and raced out of the room.
"You heard the man!" Richard said.
At the same time his team transformed into the Teen Titans. Instead of taking the truck, the front wall of the base opens up and they jump from the building. As they drop from the sky Starfire takes a hold of Robin, as their children follow suit. Raven takes hold of Deathstroke and Ravager as they soar through the sky on waves of dark energy. While Haunter does the same with Everest. Beast Boy changes into a pteradactyl and grabs Stone. While Landslide rides on a surfboard carved out of rock and Terra flies in on a boulder. As the Titans flew into action they couldnt believe what they saw. Goblins, thousands of them were storming the city. They had never taken on so many at once.
"Oh my god." said Kelsey.
"How do we beat all of those?" Dustin asked.
"Anyway, we can." said Mike.
"Ghostwing's right." said Raven.
"All right, you guys ready?" said Cooper.
"YEAH!" yelled everyone.
"Let's kick some ass." Grant said.
"All right guys let's show them what we can do." Mike said.
"Teen Titans..." said Robin.
"Titans Tomorrow..." said Ghostwing.
"GO!" said both teams.
Terra and Landslide teamup and combine thier powers, causing the street to rip itself apart. In upheveal, the highway engulfed scores of goblins, crushing and burying them alive. As the girls let go of the guys, Robin and the other non-flying heroes are caught by a squadron of rocket boards. The Titans scramble and attack the goblins. Ghostwing fired blasts of energy, as the goblins pointed their scythes and returned fire. He dodged the blasts and kept shooting taking several of them down. Robin flew in on his board drawing his sword and staff and knocked them down like dominoes. Ghostwing continued blasting at them until his board was hit. Michael did a backflip and activated his rocket boots using his board like a missle and took several of them out. The Titan Leader took out his staff as he soared upward. The titanium staff glowed blue. He swung his weapon sending out an energy wave at them resulting in a large explosion. Robin followed suit, soaring straight up, sheathing his weapons and replaced them with a pair of birdarangs. As he climbed higher he went into a loop and sent his razor-tipped birdarangs flying at them at full force. The birdarangs cut several of the Goblins and struck the ground resulting in a tremendous explosion that sent them flying. He came out of the loop as he contrinued his assault, throwing an ice pod freezing one of them and then smashing it with his staff. Starblaze opened fire on a group of goblins in another sector attacking them from above, the goblins retailiated by fireing back at her.
Ravager jumps off his rocket board and aims a shoulder mounted gatling gun and fired at the goblins. The multi-barrel, rapid fire bazooka mowed them down. Another goblin charged him head-on and aimed its scythe for his neck. The Titan rolled and fired a single round at him blowing a hole through its chest. Another one charged him and swung its weapon Ravager ducked and blocked the scythe with his weapon, using it as a shield. The goblin continued its attack. Grant kicked it from under his gun, he aimed it at its face and blew it away.
"Who else wants some?" he said as more goblins rushed to attack him.
One ambushed him from behind with it's scythe drawn. A stray starbolt blindsided the monster as another one hit its face and a third one went straight through the creature's chest. Grant looked up to see Starblaze hovering above him as she launched more starbolts at the monsters to drive them away from him. Grant nodded aiming his gatling gun and mowing down the remaining goblins that were closest to him.
"I owe you one, Kendra." he said.
"No problem, wouldnt want anything to happen to you." she said.
"You too, thanks!" he said over his com-link.
She smiled, distracted by him not even seeing the blue goblin that was about to ambush her from behind.
"Watch out!" he yelled aiming his cannon. The Titan ducked as Grant opened fire, the bullets rip the goblin into shreads in mid-air.
Starblaze breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks Grant." she said.
"No problem, get your head in the game." he told her.
"All right." she said flying off.
"And be careful." he told her.
"You too." she said.
"Dont worry, I'll be fine. Make sure the others are ok." he said.
"Ok, be careful Grant." she told him.
"I will." was the last thing he said.
Starblaze took off in the other direction leaving Grant to fight the goblins remaining in the sector. From his command fortress Ryan watched the battle on his big screen. The Dark Lord watched the young Titan in intrest.
"He's all alone...good. Bring him to me." he ordered.
No sooner was it spoken, the goblins carried out his order. They rushed him all at once. Ravager tried desperately to keep them at bay. He unloaded the entire clip on them, but as one went down another two took his place. He was being overwhelmed by them, there were too many of them.
"Guys help! There's too many of them!!!" he yelled into his com-link as he tried to hold them off.
"Grant, where are you?" said Mike.
"I'm coming!" Kendra yelled.
"Guuuuuuuuyyyyyyyysssssssss!" He screamed as he was buried beneath them.
"Grant? Grant!" yelled Kendra.
"Grant! Are you there? Come in! Graaant!" Mike yelled.
"What happened to him?" Cooper said.
"Michael where is he? Where's my brother?" Rachael said
"...They got him...he's gone." Mike told them.
"No." Dustin said.
Kendra could be heard sobbing on her end.
Grant woke up on the floor of a strange room. He got up and found himself back in civilain form. After frantically searching his pockets, he found that his transformation device was gone. He scanned the room, it looked to be some sort of dungeon. There wasnt anyone else in the room, the only thing visible to him were stone stairs and a red door. The door opened and the guard grabbed him and forced him through the door shutting it behind. The large muscle bound guard ushered him down the hallway and into Ryan's main chamber. The doors slid open and he was tossed inside and hit the floor.
"Welcome, I've been waiting for you." came a sinister voice.
Grant looked up to see Ryan sitting on the throne. The Dark Lord was clothed in robes as black as the night. Wearing a dark sleeveless shirt and pants with a pitch black robe with scarlet undertrim upon his shoulders. He had short white hair and piercing red eyes and carried in his hand a long silver staff with a blood red crystal ball at the head of the staff. The manevolent ruler stood up from his throne and walked down the stairs to face his nephew.
"Grant Wilson, long time no see." he said in his cool, calm demenor.
"Ryan Trigon. What do you want?" Grant said.
"I've been watching you for some time." Ryan told him.
"Great, I have a stalker." Grant quipped.
"Heh. You know how they say, blood is thicker than water?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah, well in your case. I'd get a transfusion." Grant told him.
"Your aware of our relation." Ryan said.
"All too well, I'm afraid. So what did you bring me here for? Something tells me its not for being your rebel of the month." Grant said.
"Heh heh. Even in the face of danger, you manage to retain your sense of humor. I respect that in a warrior." Ryan said.
"Get to the point Trigon, what is it you want?" Grant told him.
The Dark Lord looked him in the eye.
"I've seen your future. Would you like to take a look?" he asked. The Titan glared at him in definace.
Ryan smirked with a sweep of his staff, he tore open a rift in time that showed an image. Grant's eyes widened in shock. Before them was a man dressed in black with a mask simular to Grant's. An all black version of his Ravager mask with the same red eyes. The futuristic Grant was a virtural war machine. His body was covered in armor on his forearms, legs, chest and a line of armor plating over his abs. On his upper body were two shoulder mounted cannons. His right arm was a rocket launcher and his left arm had a saber attached to the outside of his forearm.
"Grant Wilson, meet your future self. Black Ravager. My servant." Ryan revealed.
"No." he said in disbelief.
"Right now, there's a battle waging inside of you between good and evil. And you dont know which side to choose. Each day you question your usefulness and wheather you have what it takes to be a hero. Its been this way ever since you joined your team. You wonder if the weapons you use should be used to protect your precious city or destroy it. You stuggle to keep the darkness in your heart at bay as you pretend to be a hero. Not knowing what you really want. Well let me point you to the answer. You destroy your own team, and kill each of them off one by one." Ryan said.
Grant quivered, he knew every bit of it was true. These were the feelings of his heart. He didnt feel like he belonged on the team and could easily turn on them at any given time. What was it that kept him from crossing that line? He wondered to himself, suddenly the image of Kendra flashed in his mind. It was her, it was her acts of kindness and friendship that kept him from crossing the line of darkness. Of all his teammates he felt closest to her. He couldnt allow this to happen. He asserted himself and stared up at Ryan in defiance.
"That will never happen Ryan. I refuse to join you." he said.
"You dont have a choice, my dear nephew. These are things that shall come. You cannot altar destiny." Ryan told him.
"I choose my own destiny. As God as my witness I will never join the forces of evil!" He proclaimed.
Ryan laughed. "Well then, it will be all the more intrestring when you break that oath. You will join my side one day. I promise you that."
The battle waged on for the Titans as Ghostwing slashed a goblin in half with his sword. Deathstroke took out another goblin with a shot to the head. He had his pistols drawn as he fired at other goblins.
"Something's wrong." Deathstroke said.
"Yeah I know what you mean." Ghostwing said cutting another one in two across the midsection.
"Thier making it too easy." he finished.
"It must be a diversion." Starfire said floating in the air. She fired a starbolt that melted a goblin's head.
"I agree." Robin said as he struck down two more with his sword.
"Why the decoy?" Landslide asked as he punched a goblin in the face and turned and kicked another one in the back and sent it flying into the other goblins.
" I dont know." Robin said as he slashed another one across the chest diagonally.
"Guys, what if its Ravager they were after?" Starblaze asked.
"Its possible." Robin said.
"Its more than possible. He must have been the one they were after." Ghostwing said as he kicked another one in the chest and then fired an energy blast sending two goblins flying.
"What do we do?" Starblaze asked.
"We need to take them down hard and fast." Ghostwing said.
Back in the lair, Grant was being held down by guards trying to bring him under submission.
"Guards restain him!" Ryan yelled.
Grant kicked the one on his left in the side and pulled the one on his right towards the other. He kneed the one on the right in the stomach and headbutted it in the face. Once free he did a sweeping kick knocking the guard to the ground. The one on the left went to attack him. Grant rolled around kicking his legs knocking it back. He got to his feet and gave him a swift kick in the jaw knocking the other guard to the ground. The other one gets back up. Grant did a spinning kick to the head knocking it back down, before he flipped foward and slammed his heel against the goblin's chest. He backflipped away from the down guards and ran toward the table that held his transformation device. He made a dive for it, Ryan fired a blast from his staff and threw him across the room slamming into a wall.
"Your not getting out of here that easily." He said.
"Wanna bet?" Grant said. He held his shoulder as he staggered to his feet.
Back outside the Titans launched an all out attack on the raiding goblin army. The Grayson kids along with Starfire, Raven & Haunter brought thier energies together and fired a high powered blast decimating some of the troops. Deathstroke got in there with a rocket launcher, the missiles soar through the sky with a loud whistle and hit the midst of the group with an ear-splitting explosion. Robin continued taking out goblins one on one with his sword, cutting a swath through them. Beast Boy had assumed various animal forms, while Stone and Everest did what they do best. Smashing thier way through the troops. Stone picked up a damaged car and hurled it at a group of goblins crushing them. Everest tore up chunks of concrete, tossing it up and punched sending the slabs flying at the enemy. Terra was terring up portions of the street and sent goblins flying.
Back in the lair Grant charged toward Ryan. Cyborg Malchior jumped infront of him aiming his cannon arm, his tripod-like claw spun as he fired a laser blast at him. Grant jumped in the air to avoid the blast and came down on Malchior and used his face as a stepping stone. The knight slid across the ground as Grant soared and flipped through the air. Coming back to earth he snatched the device from the table and tumbled across the floor.
"No!" Ryan yelled.
Grant pushed the button on his device and was consumed in a burst of blue and silver light transforming him once again in Ravager. Malchior got to his feet, the heel of Grant's footprint imprinted across his right cheek. The Titan drew his twin katanas. Malchior drew the sword on his back and his cybernetic left arm transformed. The claws folded into a drill like formation and then his arm switched around to reveal a second sword.
"Do not let him escape!" Ryan yelled.
"I will not fail you master." Malchior responded.
"You better not or it will be your head!" he yelled.
"You ready?" said Ravager.
"Let's do this." replied Malchior.
They charged each other and clashed in the middle of the room. Sweeping metal flashed back and forth, engaged in fierce combat. Neither side determined to lose. One determined to get out alive. Malchior seemed to overpower him driving the Titan back. But he bravely fought back and held his ground against the cybernetic knight. He caught Malchior's cyber sword with his own and held off that blade as best he could while Malchior attacked him with his free sword the two of them locked in close combat, any mistake now would prove fatal. He blocked Malchior's sword as Grant's own sword was inches away from his throat. Malchior used his enhanced strength to try and overpower him, it was working. The Titan leaned back as he tried to avoid being cut by his own blade. At the same time Malchior was trying to free his cyber sword to impale him through the stomach. There was nowhere for him to go Grant was trapped. His back arched further and further to avoid the edge of his own sword. In a do-or-die move, Grant went to the ground and catapulted Malchior through the air using his legs. The Titan immediatly got back on his feet as the knight struggled getting to his. He charged Malchior at full burst, dragging his sword across the ground as a tail of sparks followed it, the knight down on one knee saw him coming towards him and put up a front crossing his blades to guard him. Ravager brought up his right sword and slinged it through the air. The blade cut through the elbow of Malchior's cybernetic arm completly severing it. The knight retailated with his remaining sword, Ravager blocked it with his left blade and cut through the knight's sword with his right. His eyes widened in shock as Ravager finished it. Bringing his swords together once more he slashed over his chest in an X shape cutting deep into the knight's robotic armor. Malchior screamed in pain as the wound in his chest began to glow. Ravager jumped back as the cyborg's body detonated in a large explosion. Ryan looked on in disbelief. In the midst of the smoke Malchior's head bounced across the ground, very much alive.
"Ow! Dammit!" He yelled.
Grant sheathed his swords and made his escape blowing apart the doors on his way out. Back outside the Titans were down to the last remaining troops. There was well over a hundred of them left.
"Its time to finish this. Rachael follow my lead." Dustin told her.
"Right." she said.
The goblins charged the Titans for one last assault.
"Dont go away angry, just go away." Landslide said as he powered up.
The emerald skinned Titan stretched out his arms as his hands began glowing yellow. He began ripping out the highway from under the invading troop. His focused his energy and brought his power to full as his entire body began to glow. The goblins jumped back as flames shot out of the earth and consumed Landslide, tounges of fire swirled around his body, the flames never touching him. The Titans looked on in awe and the goblins looked on in fear.
"Now! Use your asterial form!" he yelled.
"Azarath Clarion Magnus!" using her most powerful spell Haunter transformed into her gigantic bird form.
Landslide erupted shooting fire straight up above, Haunter flew into the firestorm and was consumed by it. Coming out of the raging inferno, the asterial phoenix dived in and incenerated the goblins, completely annihiliating them. Haunter came out of her phoenix form and dispersed the flames around her. The street laid in ruins, charred beyond recognition from the battle. It was finally over, the Titans had won. They heard the sound of shifting rubble and turned to see Ravager headed toward them completely unharmed.
"Grant!" they all yelled.
Starblaze swooped down and wrapped her arms around him, he put his arms around her and smoothed her hair. Not long after that Haunter came over and gave him a hug.
"I'm so glad that your safe." Starblaze said.
"Hey, nothing can keep me from you guys." he said.
"Its good to have you back Grant." Haunter said.
"Its good to be back." he said.
The rest of the Titans gathered around him, thankful he was alive. Later that night at the tower, the gang held a pizza party celebrating thier victory. While the others were downstairs, Grant was upstairs looking out a window with a plate of pizza in hand.
"Something on your mind?" came a voice.
He turned to see Kendra standing at the top of the stairs with her hands behind her back. Still in her Titan uniform.
"I was just thinking." he said turning back to the window.
"You should be downstairs, we're throwing this party because your safe." she said.
"I know." he said looking down at his slice of pizza.
"What's wrong?" she asked moving closer to him.
"Its nothing." he said.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
He stood in silence, staring at a blank wall.
"Grant?" she said.
He shut his eyes and swallowed the lump in his throat.
"You know you can tell me anything." she said.
"When I was being held by Ryan, he looked into my future." he said gazing at her.
"Your future?" she said. He nodded.
"Ryan said that I would turn on you guys...and kill everyone. He said I was going to become his servant called Black Ravager." he told her.
Kendra took his hand and looked up at him with her soothing green eyes.
"I cant imagine what you must be feeling, but your a great guy Grant. And I'm proud to fight by your side. No matter what, I'll always be here. You've always done the right thing in the past Grant. I know you'll do the right thing. I love you Grant." she said.
"You love me?" he said.
"Yeah." she said smiling.
"I dont know what to say." he said.
Kendra drew herself closer to him.
"You dont have to say anything." She told him.
He smiled at her, only then did he notice how close they were to each other.
"Thanks Kendra." He said.
The young Titan pulled him into a hug and rested her cheek against his. Setting down his plate he wrapped his arms around her middle and drew her closer to him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She felt the heat radiating off his cheek as he placed his hand near the base of her neck. She looked up at him and gently kissed his lips, after a brief second Grant kissed back as she returned the affection. He pulled her tighter into his body as she grasped the back of his neck with both hands. They pulled apart and looked into each others eyes. They smiled and drew each other into another hug.
"I'm always here for you Grant." she whispered in his ear.
"Yeah, I know that now." he replied.
They heard a scream coming from downstairs, they rushed down the flight with Grant jumping at the halfway point landing on his knee, they ran into the common room to see a huge bluish-silver time vortex that was theatening to suck in the team. They all held onto each other in a human chain.
"What's happening?" Grant yelled.
"A time vortex is trying to taking your parents home!" Dr. Light yelled.
"Guys, you have to let go! Its your way home to the past! You have to trust in it!" Mike yelled.
"But what about our parents in this time? How are we going to rescue them?" Rachael yelled.
"This is the way its meant to be, we have to trust in it!" Dr. Light explained.
"Dad, there's so much I havent told you!" Grant yelled.
"I know you'll turn out just fine Grant. Your a Wilson, your a survivor!" Slade said.
"We love you all!" Kori said.
"Mom!" yelled Kendra.
"Dad!" yelled Mike.
"Guys!" Dustin yelled to his parents.
"Pop!" yelled Cooper.
Rachael looked on in silence.
"We're proud of all of you, good luck. " Richard said.
The Titans of the Future looked on as thier parents were about to be taken home. The parents smiled at thier children reassuring them that things will be all right. All at once thier parents cried out:
"Teen Titans Go!"
"Titans Tomorrow Go!"
Richard let go of the bar and the parents were hurled into the past. Their kids watched on as the portal closed.
"Good luck." Michael said.
In the present the time portal opens and the Teen Titans drop from the sky infront of the roadside restaraunt they were eating at before they were attacked. The gang landed in the middle of the road in a dogpile. It was night time now, the Titans crawled off of each other trying to untangle body parts when a pair of headbeams gleamed on them and the sound of an approaching semi, the truck went around them as they screamed. With the driver yelling something unintelligible as he went past. They quickly got off the road and made it to the bank, completely terrified. When they came to their senses, they realized that the black Surburban was still in the parking lot, amazingly. The team looked at each other and made their way over to the truck, not sure if they should go inside and ask how long they've been gone. They may have a hard time explaining what happened. Vic climbed into the cab and turned the ignition, the clock read 7:05 pm.
"Anyone know what day it is?" he asked.
Everyone else takes out thier cell phone.
"Its the 9th." Raven said.
"We've been gone for a whole day." Vic said.
"So what do we do now?" Gar asked.
"I dont know about you guys, but I'm ready for home." Rich said.
"Yeah." everyone agreed.
"It would be nice to sleep in my own bed." Vic said.
"Well, we still have all our stuff back at the campsite." Gar noted.
"Oh yeah." went several of them.
"Let's just get back to the camp, we can do...whatever tomorrow. I'm too tired to think." Tara stated.
"Yeah." went the guys.
They shut the doors to the SUV and drove off, headed back to the camp. Most of the gang was already fast asleep.
"You know what?" said Richard.
"What?" asked Tara.
"I'd say the future's in good hands." he said.
"We did raise some pretty awesome kids." she told him.
"Yeah." said Rich.
"That we did ya'll. That we did." Vic said as they headed down the road.
Author's Note: All right, sorry if there's any typos. I hope everyone liked it. I gave it my best shot. So let me know what you think and perhaps what you'd like to see happen in the next chapter to give me a better idea.
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