Teen Titans Season 8
Episode 11: Come Together
Author James the Lesser
Warning, I do not own these characters, or the other DC and/or Marvel I may use
Ravager
In the Red X suit Ravager sneaks inside of a building. "Invisibility is awesome." She sees a small safe. "And so are safe cracking tools." She pulls out two small devices from the suit's belt.
After a few minutes the safe pops open. "Bing to the O." She grabs some cash and leaves.
Dark Triad
Brother Blood and Phobia plan a vision for Ravager. "When she leaves her mother will be waiting. Should she criticize for stealing?"
"She is pushing her towards more killing why would she care about stealing Brother Blood?"
"Because the killing is part of a plan. Kill the Titans take over the world. Kill those who she believes turned on her then take the part of her father."
"And he didn't steal petty cash. You're right Brother Blood I shall differ."
Ravager leaves the store and sees her mother. "Mom?"
"Stealing Ravager? A little cash is enough for risking being spotted?"
"How could I be spotted? I was invisible."
"Alarms could be set off and police coming. Some one could look out and see you."
"Sorry but I get hungry and tired of sleeping outside ok? You can't ground me I'm an adult and you're, well, a ghost or what ever."
"Very true." Her mother disappears.
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Titan Tower
Logan is standing outside of Raven's room. After another argument she refused too talk. But she must leave her room eventually.
On the roof Raven steps out of a portal. "Idiot. How could he think I wouldn't do this?" She flies away hoping she could find the Killer.
Jump City
Nightwing meets with Lieutenant Dallas. "So you've dealt with this person before? Who or what is she?"
"It is a human possessed by the soul of a Fairy."
"Fairy? This is Jump City not San Francisco." Nightwing shakes his head.
"A real Fairy, wings and every thing. She was our friend but then was killed. A demon brought her soul back and she was evil until she was killed again. A few weeks back the soul found a new body and started on about this."
"And it was a teenager who killed her parents? After that freakish attack we did find several bodies that weren't the result of the animals. A couple with a missing daughter fit the description you are giving me."
"Her name?"
"Miriam Delgado."
"Was there any thing different, strange, or special about her?"
"I looked up her school records and she was top of the class and never got in trouble which I think is very strange."
"Why?"
"A teenage girl who never skipped a class or got in a fight? Never caught smoking in the bathroom or cheated on a test? That isn't normal. I'll start talking with her friends tomorrow and see if they have any details I can't get from reports."
Hive Five
Gizmo and Professor Chang work on the Time Matrix. "How will we test this? How do we know it will work?" They turn and see Warp.
"You. We can test it on you and you can travel time so it won't kill you."
"Brilliant. Oh if only you were around in my time. I never would have thought of this. We need only trap them for a few minutes and they will die of starvation."
Jump City
Raven sees Cyborg and Changeling searching near the warehouse district. She flies towards the coast hoping she would see or sense the killer.
Miriam, Seraph, has a college student hanging from the rafters of a shed. Below him was a large metal pot filled with frying grease. She stokes the fire hotter. "A few more minutes and it will be ready."
"Please don't do this. I'm begging you please don't do this." Tears roll down his face. "My parents have money they'll pay you ransom!"
"Of course I know they have money. You aren't just any college boy you are the child of Mr. Favre." She pulls out a large knife. "How long should I deep fry you for? A minute or two? Maybe five."
"Please don't!"
"As soon as the fire is hot enough I'll dip you and enjoy a well deserved dinner."
Elsewhere in Jump City
Lieutenant Dallas gets a call on her phone. "Yes, they are? But it hasn't been, of course, special treatment for special people, I will." She hangs up.
"What is it?"
"The son of Senator Favre has gone missing."
"For how long?"
"About four hours."
"Wait, what about the rules?"
"Like I said special treatment for special people."
"How do they know he is missing and not just out of contact?"
"He was due for a meeting with his father and never showed up. They found his car and some interesting marks on it."
"What kind of marks?"
"I don't know yet I haven't seen it. Are you coming with me?"
"Yes. Maybe if it is her I can pick up a trail."
Raven detects a spike in energy and flies towards it.
She leaves the city limits and soon sees Lobo, Mammoth, Kyd Wykkyd, and Billy Numerous. She gets her communicator out. "Titans, east of the city the Hive Five, four of them, not sure where the others are."
"You found four Hive Five out of six?" Raven doesn't respond to Changeling.
Raven watches the Hive Five. "What are they doing? They aren't attacking but I felt a spike in energy. If it wasn't Seraph then who was it? Wykkyd?" She sees him teleport. "No, not him, what was it?"
Lobo shouts at Kyd. "Hey we said run not teleport!" Kyd shrugs his shoulders. "We aren't letting you win this time. Come on Mammoth the time to beat is uh, less then a second."
"I give. Can't we move on?"
"Fine, Kyd you win round three. Next though is the weight lifting competition."
"Round three? What are they doing? Did they give up after getting beaten by Titans Europe?" Raven gets her communicator back out and contacts Titans Europe. "Jinx, Hive Five are near Jump City but they aren't attacking."
"What are they doing?"
"Uh, competing I think. Four of them are doing some competition."
"Which ones?"
"Uh, I don't know the blue one, Mammoth, Billy, and Kyd."
"The four who couldn't help with some really technical equipment?"
"Must be. Did they ever attack you there after the last time?"
"No, things have been fine here."
"Did you ever," Jinx cuts the connection. "Hear from the other members? Or not, fine." Raven continues watching the Hive Five waiting for the rest of the Titans.
Nightwing is flying over the city with heat vision on in his cowl. He sees some thing bright red out of the corner of his eye and turns. "A shed? What could be in there?" He debates for a second then turns and flies towards the shed.
He silently lands on top and places two fingers on the roof. "Please, let me go, I'm begging you please!" Nightwing doesn't wait for a reply as he rips a hole in the roof and lands inside.
"Oh, Robin, how are you? Joining me for dinner?"
"No!" Nightwing looks up and sees her victim. "You will let him go."
"But the oil is almost ready! Just a little hotter and it will be time."
"You won't be eating any one today Seraph, or Miriam, which ever name you want."
"Both? Neither? I have thought of a new name. I hated my name why did they name me Miriam? Such a stupid name." Nightwing assumes Seraph was not in control now and goes with it.
"So Miriam, why not Mary? Or some thing creative?" He slowly reaches for his belt.
"I like Aquos but that sounds a little hippie doesn't it? I want some thing with power. Death, destruction, chaos, some thing like that."
"How about we let him go and we can talk about it?" Nightwing presses a button on the communicator.
Starfire is flying towards where Raven was when she hears her communicator beep. She pulls it out and hears voices. "I won't let him go Robin."
"Nightwing, my name is Nightwing now. And you can make a new name what ever you want."
"Nightwing is in trouble I must help him first." She checks the communicator and finds his location.
Nightwing grabs a batarang and throws it. It curves in the air and flies cutting the rope holding Senator Favre's son. "Aaaa!" He falls towards the boiling oil.
Nightwing leaps backwards and grabs him before he lands in the oil. "Run! I'll deal with her."
"No! He is my dinner!" A white mist escapes from the Killer's mouth. It moves out and trips her meal.
"He is not being eaten by you." Nightwing attacks her and knocks her down. He pulls out a small cord and tries tying her hands together but she gets a hand lose and punches him in the face.
"Then I'll eat you instead." She leaps on top of Nightwing and tries biting his throat.
"Leave him alone!" Starfire slams so hard in to Seraph she hears a bone crack. Unfortunately it wasn't Seraph's. "Nightwing, are the others coming?"
"No. I only had time for one and you were it." Nightwing gets up. "Are you ok?" Starfire rubs her left shoulder.
"It hurts but I can withstand it." She powers up and forms energy in her hands.
"Oh a two for one! I lose a meal but pick up two platters instead. I wonder what alien tastes like." Seraph licks her lips.
Elsewhere
Logan runs and sees Raven. "Why didn't you tell me you left? I've been standing outside of your room for hours."
"Like an idiot. I don't feel like talking with you get the hint."
"How can we fix things if you won't talk with me or any one else?"
"Shh, have you seen the others?"
"Yeah, right there." He points and she sees Cyborg and Changeling.
"Nightwing and Starfire aren't here. We shouldn't need them." She turns to the Hive Five.
"So what's the plan Raven? Beat em up?"
"Capture one of them so we can find out why they are here and not bothering Jinx any more." Raven looks at the four members of Hive Five. "I'll take Kyd Wykkyd, Logan take the blue guy, Changeling go after Mammoth and Cyborg take out Billy."
"Got it." The Titans leap out from their hiding spot and attack.
Shed
Nightwing and Starfire clash with Seraph. "Starfire!" Starfire slams against the wall breaking through it. Nightwing grabs a small round disc with a timer on it. "Seraph leave her alone!" He throws it on the back of Seraph.
"Nightwing, what was that?" Seraph reaches for it but can't reach it. It was just right smack dab in the middle of her back and she couldn't reach it.
"I'm sorry but we can't let you kill. Just wait another twenty seconds and you'll be trapped."
"No!" Seraph runs through the hole in the wall and jumps over Starfire.
"We can't let her escape." Nightwing runs after her.
Seraph looks for a tunnel entrance when she hears the device beep. "No, no! I won't be stopped!" She jumps, twists in mid air, and lands on her back. The beeping stops.
Nightwing sees Seraph getting back up. "What did you do?"
"I broke your toy. Seraph leaps and kicks Nightwing hard in the chest. He hears his breastbone crack from the force. "And now I broke you."
"We are not broken." Starfire fires energy from her eyes hitting Seraph in the face. Seraph is blinded temporarily.
Nightwing takes the chance and hits Seraph with a massive electrical jolt. She collapses and he pulls out two small cords wrapping them around her wrists. "Starfire can you carry her?"
"Where are we taking her?"
"The nearest prison cell." Nightwing coughs and a little blood comes out. "She must have broken some thing and it cut me."
"Do we need Raven?"
"Yeah, we do." He gets his communicator out.
Hive Five
Raven tries capturing Kyd Wykyyd but can't. He keeps teleporting out of her grasp. Her communicator beeps but she is so caught up in attacking Kyd Wykkyd she doesn't answer it.
Logan slashes at Lobo. "Come on fight back."
"I'm looking for an opening. You're Logan right?"
"Yeah, who are you?"
"Lobo. Can you give me a good fight?"
"The best you ever had." Logan leaps at Lobo and slashes him across the chest. Lobo comes back with an elbow smashing it in to Logan's face.
"Ow!" Lobo rubs his elbow. "I've heard of thick skulls but that felt like metal."
"Adamantium baby." Logan attacks Lobo again who fights back.
Nightwing
"Starfire, I'll contact Lieutenant Dallas and ask where the nearest cell is." He calls the number she had given him. "Lieutenant Dallas?"
"Nightwing, got some thing for me?"
"The killer. We just captured her and need a cell."
"Where are you?"
"East side of the city almost at the limits."
"There is a drunk tank near you on 6th and West."
"Meet us there." Nightwing cuts the communication. "Star, we better hurry."
"Are you sure you can make it? You are hurt very bad."
"I can make it we can't let her have a chance of escaping." He activates his rockets and Starfire follows with Seraph passed out over her shoulder.
Hive Five
Cyborg blasts Billy with his sonic cannon knocking him in to a rock. "Stay down Billy." Cyborg looks and sees Changeling struggling with Mammoth as a wooly mammoth. "Changeling I know you like irony but don't get your butt kicked by it."
"I got him!" Changeling is grabbed by his trunk and thrown over Mammoth's shoulder and slammed in to the ground. He morphs back in to normal.
"Hey, when could you talk while an animal?" Changeling becomes a parrot.
"Rawr, Eat dung." He morphs back.
"Eat this!" Mammoth lifts his foot going to kick Changeling in the face when Cyborg hits him with a sonic blast knocking him off balance. Changeling turns in to an anaconda and wraps Mammoth up.
Holding Cells
Nightwing and Starfire land outside of a small building with bars on the windows. He opens the door and sees two police officers waiting for him. "We were told you were coming."
"Can you hold some one with powers?" One shrugs his shoulders.
"We normally just hold the spill over during campaign years and the mayor cracks down on drunk driving so he can raise funds."
"It better be enough." Nightwing walks in with Starfire behind.
Hive Five
Logan and Lobo wrestle on the ground. Lobo wraps his legs around Logan's neck as Logan shoves two nails in to Lobo's left arm. "You'll pass out before I do from pain!" Lobo squeezes his legs.
"Then I'll add more pain." Logan extends another claw in to Lobo's arm.
"Let him go." Cyborg points his sonic cannon at Lobo's head from a few inches away.
"Cheater, this is between the two of us."
"Help, Raven." Logan struggles with his breathing.
"I'm already here." Cyborg fires at point blank range and knocks Lobo out.
Kyd Wykkyd realizes he is surrounded and raises his hands up in surrender. "Ok, one of you is talking and telling us what you are doing here." Raven walks over to Mammoth who was still wrapped up by Changeling.
"I won't tell you nothing you stupid bi," Changeling squeezes tighter choking off Mammoth's sentence.
"Then don't speak but think." Raven is just about to place her hands on Mammoth's temples when a red x flies through the air.
"Raven!" Logan gets in front of Raven just in time and takes the red x.
"No, you, I killed you." Ravager appears. "But you are half demon I should have known."
"Be careful my Flower she is the most dangerous. She has killed and will kill again."
"Red X what are you doing here? Where's Psykick?"
"I left her." Ravager cracks her knuckles.
"But you're on our side!"
"I was never on your side. I am always on my side and if things change then what side I am on changes." Ravager fires a sticky red x at Cyborg and hits him on the chest. It wraps around him pinning his arms down to his side.
"Then you force us to fight." Logan pulls the red x out of his chest.
"It won't be much of a fight." Ravager creates a shield out of a belt pouch. "Your powers can't touch me Raven and you're the only one here who is a threat."
"We'll see about that Red X." Changeling turns in to a rhino and charges Ravager. She leaps in the air and lands on his back sticking some thing on him. He morphs back just as she leaps off. "You're fast I remember that but are you faster then a cobra?" Changeling morphs in to a cobra.
"I don't need too be." Changeling is confused until the device Ravager placed on him goes off. A bluish cloud surrounds him and when it disappears he is frozen solid. Ravager goes to shatter Changeling when Logan tackles her.
"We never fought Red X you don't know what I can do."
"Have pretty nails and heal what else do I need too know?" Ravager slams the heel of her left foot on the ground and a knife appears out from the toes. She kicks and gets it in his shoulder.
"Hey, ow, ow! It's burning!" Logan rolls off of Ravager and reaches for the wound.
"Acid does not do a body good." Ravager's powers see Raven's powers reaching for her and she brings the shield up knocking it away. "I told you Raven you can't touch me."
"Then I will make you touch some thing else." Raven's power wraps around a boulder and throws it at Ravager. She dodges it and throws a red x back at Raven. Raven forms a portal and the red x flies through it coming out of another portal made behind Ravager.
Before her powers can warn her the red x hits her. "Hey!" Ravager feels the red x wrap around her much like the earlier one she fired at Cyborg.
"Red X did you think we wouldn't learn new tricks?"
"Ha, I don't need tricks when I have backup."
"Psykick would never become evil."
"Who said any thing about her?" Raven is confused until Lobo punches her on the back of the head knocking her out.
"Hey man we better get going wanna join?"
"I could use some help, sure." Ravager looks around at the other Hive Five members. Mammoth had recovered from Changeling's attack and Kyd Wykkyd was helping Billy. "Where are we going?"
"Follow me."
"You're the leader?"
"No I just look for a good fight. Almost had one until Cyborg interfered." The Hive Five and Ravager take off.
Holding Cell
When Lieutenant Dallas shows up she sees Nightwing and Starfire were both injured. "Both of you got your butts kicked huh?"
"We won." Starfire glares at Lieutenant Dallas.
"Yeah, we did. She's in the first cell."
"Good I have lots of questions for her." Lieutenant Dallas and Nightwing go towards the first cell.
Seraph looks up and sees the two. "Hello Nightwing, think you got these things tied tight enough?"
"I don't care if they are cutting off circulation."
"Well you should have tied them on tighter." Seraph leaps forward and reveals she had gotten out of the cords. She reaches through the cell bars and grabs Nightwing. She pulls back slamming him in to the bars.
"Let him go!" Lieutenant Dallas pulls her gun out as Starfire comes to see what was happening.
"Nightwing!" She powers up and fires energy from her eyes. Unfortunately before it could hit Seraph it cuts through several of the cell bars.
"Yoink!" Seraph grabs a cut bar and pulls back ripping the bottom part out of the floor. "Thanks for the help." She shoves the cut part of the bar in to Nightwing's chest and a loud cracking noise is heard.
"Stop!" Lieutenant Dallas fires. A bullet pierces Seraph through the chest and explodes out the back hitting the wall. Blood flows from both bullet wounds. "Damn it I wasn't supposed too kill you."
Seraph spits blood in to her face. "Who said you did?" She leaps and slams against the remaining broken bars breaking through.
"You will not escape!" Starfire lunges at Seraph but Seraph was ready and raises the broken bar she had used before blocking Starfire.
"I already have." She shoves the broken end in to Starfire's shoulder piercing through and sticking in to the wall behind her. "She's blinded, he's probably dead and you're pinned. My work here is done." She looks towards the nearest window. There are bars over it. "Or I might deal with who ever is on the other side of that door." Seraph runs and smashes through the door attacking the police officers on the other side.
Raven
Raven wakes up when Logan's screams get louder. "Logan?" She sees him rolling around on the ground. When he turns far enough she sees the acid was still spreading. She hurries over and puts her hands over the wound and soon heals it.
After being healed Logan uses a claw and cuts the red x binding Cyborg. "Uh, can you thaw Changeling out?"
"Yeah, I think."
"Where are the others? They should have been here by now."
"I'm more worried about why Red X attacked us. Why would he change sides all of a sudden?"
"I'll ask Psykick later." Raven gets her communicator out. "Nightwing, Starfire, are you there?" A different face appears.
"This is Lieutenant Dallas of JCPD. Are you the Titan known as Raven?"
"Yes, where are Nightwing and Starfire?"
"Both are seriously hurt by the killer. If I remember the reports correctly you can heal others?"
"Yes, I'll be there now." Raven forms a portal and steps through.
Holding Cell
After healing Starfire and Nightwing Raven tells them what happened with the Hive Five and Red X. "I never saw that one coming."
"Nor did I. He seemed too have made his colors change." Starfire rubs her shoulder where the bar had pierced.
"We'll contact Psykick later but right now we must go and look for Seraph, Miriam, what ever her name is."
"No Nightwing, not now. She'll hide I'm sure of it. The Hive Five are here and we must find out why."
"Raven I'm the leader again."
"Yes, sorry. I'll go look for her you two contact Psykick and the others tell them Seraph is probably hiding but she will be very hungry. We don't know the next time she'll strike but it could be soon." Raven leaves.
Later that Day
Nightwing gives up on the search for Seraph and goes back to Titan Tower where the others meet him on the roof. "Tomorrow at day break we start again. We can't stop until we catch her."
"What about the Hive Five, or Red X?"
"If you see them Changeling contact the others and go after them. But Seraph is the main target."
"Have you contacted Psykick yet?" Nightwing shakes his head.
"I was waiting for nightfall here so it should be day time in Moscow Raven." They go inside.
Nightwing is in the living room in front of the large screen. "Psykick, are you there Psykick?" Her face appears.
"Nightwing, what is it?"
"Red X just attacked do you know why?"
"It," Tears starts flowing. "It isn't him. He left, his suit, it was stolen and he, he didn't wake up, and when," Nightwing cuts her off.
"Why didn't you tell us some one stole his suit!"
"Nightwing he's gone! What do I care about some stupid suit?"
"Because who ever stole it came here and attacked us!" Nightwing cuts the connection. "Who would steal the suit? Who could steal it? Unless he was sleeping or showering there is no way some one could have taken it."
Dark Triad
Dealer creates a portal in to the Hive Five's lair. "Perfect! We can manipulate those fools can we not Brother Blood?"
"Of course Dealer. Several of them are former students. I will have no trouble making them pawns of our plan."
"Good, good."
Tunnels
Seraph finishes eating a raccoon she had caught. "I need human meat only human meat holds the essence of life that I need. I must get some the Titans be damned!"
A/N So close on capturing Seraph/Miriam but she gets away again. BTW, the name I gave her, Miriam Delgado, is the name of Titan Mirage. Is this the same Miriam? Is that why Seraph's soul chose that body and not the many others it would have come across? We must wait and see!