Garfield: *Hanging upside down, munching on a cookie* Man, I have a bad feeling about this chapter.

Kimberly: Same here. The last chapter felt like the calm before the storm. Not just for you either.

Garfield: Yeah...Hopefully things will be okay but I doubt it. I just hope the Titans are ok…

Kimberly: It'll be alright Gar. I know it will

Garfield: *smiles* Thanks…Well, let's start the show!

A Symbiotic Bond: A Venomous Titan
Chapter Fourteen

Champion City – Raquel's Apartment
Felicia "Black Cat" Hardy

"Raq…Rocket…Hi…" Felicia said with a sheepish smile.

"Black Cat…" Raquel replied with a cold tone, which caused Felicia to inwardly sigh, before she looked to the male and said "Since you are with her, I'm going to assume that you are Red X, right?"

"Yeah but just call me Jason. Jason Todd," Jason replied with a wave.

Raquel quickly pulled the two into her apartment as she asked "What are you two doing here this early?"

"Well…This was the only place I could think of. It's raining out there and our normal hideout was rained out," Felicia explained softly. "I know we have our past but we really need a place to stay until we have this mess all sorted."

Raquel stared at her for what seemed like an eternity before she said "Alright, you two can stay but please, no sex. You know how thin these walls are."

"Thanks Rocket," Felicia said happily but that happiness was squashed when Raquel gave her a sad frown.

"Don't thank me yet. I'm still pissed at you. I just can't leave anyone helpless. It's the hero in me," Raquel responded as she walked away from the pair. "I was making some pancakes. Since I have extra guests, I suppose I'll make you two some as well."

"Whoa, seriously?" Jason asked but Felicia elbowed his side with a frown, which made him groan slightly and hunch over.

"No need for that at all," Felicia said. "I can make ours. We've already put you out enough."

"Nonsense, I made some for Garfield, I can make it for you guys too. You'll just owe me one," Raquel replied as she walked back in to the kitchen.

"I-If you're sure," Felicia said hesitantly as she took a seat on the table beside Garfield, who gave her a thumbs up.

Jason sat on the other side of Felicia and gave a nod to Garfield and said "Good to see you again,"

Garfield nodded in reply and said "And under better circumstances this time to boot."

"Yeah…It's so weird to be here with you after our battles," Jason replied, which made Felicia curious.

She heard the hero mention that her boyfriend had saved his life a long time ago but she wondered how deep their history went.

"These pancakes are delicious," Jason groaned out with his eyes closed, his face melted in pleasure.

"I know, Rocket used to make them for me all the time," Felicia said softly.

Felicia still didn't tell her boyfriend about her past relationship with Raquel.

Not due to any guilt about it, but more due to the fact of how it ended between them. She felt so horrible to lose a friend like her.

She hadn't meant to fall for the hero in the first place and when she caught those feelings, she should have just disappeared out of Raquel's life to save her from the future heartache but Felicia is woman enough to admit that she was selfish.

She wanted to have her cake and eat it too.

But despite how everything went down, Felicia did miss Raquel deeply and missed their friendship and while she loved Jason dearly and would never betray him, she still wanted Raquel back as her best friend.

'But I doubt that will ever happen…She can hardly even look at me,' Felicia thought sadly but it was fair. She had hurt Raquel so much.

Felicia wouldn't forgive anyone if they had done what she did to Raquel so she didn't expect forgiveness…But a part of her wished that Raquel would say that she missed her and wanted their friendship back…

Raquel came out a few minutes later with two more stacks of pancakes for the pair and sat them in front of the two and said "Bon appetite."

"Wow, these smell delicious. Did you put cinnamon in these?" Felicia heard Jason ask Raquel, who grinned at the question.

"I did. If you taste it, you'll also taste some vanilla as well," Raquel replied.

"Wow, Felicia and I haven't eaten this good in forever," Jason admitted. "No offense to the Chinese joint we ate at Spider, but their food was…meh."

"I agree on that," the spider-themed hero replied with a raised cup.

Felicia remained silent as she ate the fluffy pancakes, her eyes often glancing at Raquel's face, which was currently showing a bright smile as she spoke to both Jason and the Spider-like hero before Raquel's brown eyes happened to look at her and Felicia could feel her heart snap in two when she noticed the smile fade a bit.

What will it take for Raquel to forgive her?

Once the pancakes were eaten, Raquel stood up and said "Come on Gar, I'll show you to the guest room. Black Cat, you know where the other guest room is so help yourself."

Felicia frowned.

She hadn't once called her "Felicia" during this entire time.

'Possibly to keep her distance from me…' Felicia thought to herself before she said "Right, thanks again Rocket."

Raquel nodded before she motioned for "Gar" as Raquel called him, to follow her down the hall. "Well...Let me show you to our room," Felicia told her boyfriend, who nodded at her with narrowed eyes.

Felicia led Jason into the hallway where Raquel and Gar had gone down but instead of turning to the door on the right side of the hallway, Felicia turned to the left and the two entered the room.

The room wasn't anything special.

There was a king sized bed in the corner of the room with a window beside the bed and a television that sat on the other side of the room opposite of the bed. Felicia sat down on the bed and said "I am so exhausted."

"Same here, I'm glad to be in an actual bed instead of the pile of cardboard we had in our old hideout," Jason replied as he sat beside her.

Felicia shuddered.

While their previous hideout wasn't bad, the bed was not even remotely comfortable and it was too small to fit them both on it.

"Well let's take advantage and get some sleep before the mission tomorrow," Jason said with a grin.

Felicia didn't respond right away.

The mission.

"Do you…You think everything will go well tomorrow?" Felicia asked.

"I do," Jason responded instantly. "Anything is better than being under the control of a madman…"

Felicia leaned her head against his shoulder and turned to give it a small kiss, which made Jason smile as well. "You don't have to now but hopefully at some point, I would like to know about your history with Rocket," Jason told her.

Felicia nodded.

She was nervous in telling him but the one thing she loved about him was that he didn't force her to tell him anything. He wanted her to decide when it was time for her to reveal her past and in turn, she did the same.

"And I will tell you…Hopefully when we are long gone from this place…" Felicia replied softly. "Come on, let's get some sleep…"

Champion City – Raquel's Apartment
Garfield Mark Logan

A few hours had passed since Felicia and Jason had come to the place and everyone was sound asleep.

Garfield was snuggled deep into the pea green covers, looking more at peace than he had ever since he lost his powers but then he was jolted awake by his spider-sense going off. "Something is very wrong," The Symbiote said as Garfield looked around, his suit immediately forming around his body.

Seconds later, a black slim, humanoid body shaped robot with a tiger-motif shaped head with a glowing white orb in the shape of a ring on their chests crashed through the ceiling and landed on the bed in front of him.

Garfield flipped up to his feet and punched the first robot in the face but it immediately grabbed Garfield's neck and threw him through the wall on the right, which sent Garfield out into the night sky.

Garfield whipped out his right arm and shot a web from his wrist towards the building and was about to pull himself back to the building but the robot shot out from the hole and collided into Garfield hard, knocking the breath out of the teen.

The robot grabbed Garfield by the head and spun his body and threw Garfield downward towards the streets but Garfield was able to recover and shot a web out before he swung to a building and landed on it, his eyes narrowing angrily.

It was then he noticed that several more robots shot into the building.

Damn it, how could this have happened?

Garfield back-flipped to avoid the body of the robot from slamming into him before he shot a web towards Raquel's place and swung to it as quickly as possible. He landed on the side of the building and ran up on it until he reached the room he was staying in…Only to feel his spider-sense go off.

He quickly rolled to the left to avoid a large beam of energy which shot out from within the building. He landed on one knee just to continue to move as more beams of energy shot out until he was on the edge of the building where he was tackled into the air by the first robot he had engaged in combat in.

The two flew into the air, Garfield's fist repeatedly colliding against the head of the machine before he noticed something in its eyes.

They were beginning to glow.

It was then his spider sense began to tingling wildly.

"He's going to blow up!" The Symbiote shouted.

Wildly, Garfield began to punch, claw and bludgeon his way out from the machine's arms, all while the machine continue to glow from a dull black to a bright white, and barely managed to achieve his release just as the machine exploded, sending Garfield plummeting down from the air.

Garfield turned his body and tried to catch himself by grabbing on the top of a skyscraper but his lost his grip and rolled down the building before he bounced off of the edge of the roof into an alleyway, where his body bounced back and forth until he landed on the ground hard.

For a moment, Garfield's body remained on the ground, unmoving, the sounds of police sirens rapidly moving vehicles being heard coming from the street ahead before he managed to lean up off the ground with a ground.

"My aching everything…" Garfield hissed out as he climbed onto his feet and walked out of the alleyway.

"You're lucky I was able to absorb a lot of that fall but even then, It'll take me some time to get you back to full health," The Symbiote said but Garfield shook his head.

"I don't think we'll get that time yet…Raquel's building was being attacked by those things…We need to go help them as quickly as we can."

The Symbiote was silent before he heard a chuckle within his mind. "Heroes…Always doing the right thing. Well then, I'll keep healing the best I can. Let's get moving."

Champion City – Raquel's Apartment
Two Thieves and A Hero

"This is fine fucking pickle we're in!" Rocket shouted as Red X, fully suited, sliced through the head of the first robot he had engaged in combat in before he launched three X-Shurkien at the remaining three robots, which exploded on impact.

Everything was going good.

He and Felicia was sleeping in a warm bed one moment and then next thing they knew, they were being attacked.

The pair managed to change into their thief counterparts and fought them off, with Rocket following suit seconds later.

"These are the Mandarin's robots!" Black Cat shouted as she cracked her steel whip at the head of her opponent, which sliced through the head before she twisted her body and clawed down the middle of the face of another.

"But how could this be possible?! How could he have known you two were here, let alone where I live?!" Rocket shouted as she grabbed the head of another robot, spun her body and launched it out of the window beside her.

"I don't know," Red X replied as he twisted his body to avoid a tackle from a machine before he spun his X-Blade and pierced another in its chest and swung it upwards, slicing the robot in half from hip to head.

As Black Cat leapt up and wrapped her legs around the head of a robot and whipped her body backwards sharply, delivering a hurricanrana to the machine before rammed her head through it, Red X turned to look at her and that was when he noticed the collar around her neck.

Realization filled his chest as he said "The collars…"

Rocket turned her head to glance at Red X and replied "The what?"

"The collars! He must have somehow been able to track us!" Red X replied before he ducked the swing of a robot arm before he wrapped his arms around the outstretched limb, twisted his body and slammed it to the ground before he pierced its head with his X-Blade.

"That's just fucking perfect then," Rocket replied as she absorbed several hits from the three robots around her and expanded her kinetic energy, which launched the three machines into the air and onto the ground, shutting them down.

Seconds later, several more robots came crashing through the top of the apartment building and Red X looked up with a scowl beneath his helmet.

"We need to get out of here before we get overrun," Red X said.

"It won't make a difference where we go because of the collars," Black Cat replied.

Champion City – Raquel's Apartment
Garfield Mark Logan

It was then that Garfield swung through the ceiling window with the remains of the three robots around him and slammed into the ground hard. "Ow…That landing sucked."

"Spider, Thank god you're here," Rocket said as she helped him up to his feet. "Are you alright?"

"No but I will be fine soon," Garfield groaned out. "I encountered three more of those things on my way back here after nearly being blown up by one. Speaking of which, we need to get out of here before that occurs."

"These things explode?" Black Cat asked, alarmed.

"Yeah. So we need to move now," Garfield replied.

"But that won't make any difference because of the collars. The Mandarin tracked us down with it," Black Cat said with a frown. "We'll continue to be hunted down until he manages to kill us."

Garfield narrowed his eyes as he said "Then let's pull them off then."

"You can't!" Black Cat replied. "They are set to explode if they are removed."

"What?!" Garfield and Rocket exclaimed in shock. "Why didn't you guys mention that before?!"

"I thought that went without saying honestly," Black Cat replied.

"Went without…Oh my god," Rocket said with a frown. "At least that hasn't changed. You being a massive airhead."

"Well I didn't think this would happen. Otherwise, I would have told you guys!" Black Cat replied.

"I think I have a way to get the collars off without them exploding," The Symbiote said.

'You are a life saver! What needs to be-' Garfield paused when he noticed the eyes of the defeated robots begin to glow ominously. "Guys…We need to get out of here like right now…" Garfield said softly.

"Why?" Rocket said as she turned to him curiously.

"Remember how I said I was nearly blown up by one of these things? Well…These are about to blow up," Garfield replied. "We need to get out of here."

"But the tenants of the building. They are all in danger," Red X said.

Rocket shook her head and said "The minute this building was attacked, I rang the alarm for evacuation…Everyone has safely left the building."

"But how could you know that?" Red X asked.

Rocket motioned to the wall, which was a map of the building, where they could see a purple dot moving out of the building, joined by many other purple dots. "Champion City is very good at evacuating when things are attacked."

The remains of the machines begin to glow brighter around the four, which prompted Garfield to shout "Guys! Not the time! We need to get out of here!"

With a nod, Rocket flew out the building with Red X and Black Cat swinging out as well, just as the robots exploded, destroying the top three floors of the building. Rocket floated in the air as Garfield hung around her shoulder.

"Well…That's the third time I've seen my home explode like that," Rocket murmured softly.

"At least everyone got out alright…" Garfield replied. "Come on, I still have my hotel room, we can convene there."

"But what about the thieves and the collars?" Rocket asked.

"I think I have an idea on that…" Garfield replied.

'Man…I hope the Titans are having a better time than I am right now…'

Jump City – Titan's Tower
Bolivar Trask

Standing in the destroyed Titan Tower living room was a middle aged fair-skinned man in a chestnut brown suit, his gelled back brown hair with grey streaks on the sides stood in the destroyed living room of Titan Towers, in his hands were a long elongated scepter with a glowing yellow stone between the two blades at the end of the gold colored scepter.

Behind him, the Teen Titans laid defeated, unconscious. He had to admit, they put up a very good fight but unfortunately, they weren't tough enough to defeat him and his men.

The man looked at the scepter in his arms and chuckled.

Perhaps there would be another use for them…

Behind him, a man of with long blond hair that was tied in a ponytail, long blond sideburns, crimson red eyes with fangs on his face wearing a swat uniform asked "So Trask, we managed to take them down…What's next?"

"We go to Japan to find the mutants," The Man, Bolivar Trask, replied. "Once we do, we crush them beneath our heel."

"And what of the Titans?" The man asked.

The man tapped the scepter on his shoulder and replied "Leave them to me Creed. They are essential to our plan. Until then, take them to the ship outside." Creed nodded and summoned two masked men to carry the Titans out of the room, leaving the man alone.

"Soon…My plan will be realized and nothing will stand in the way…" The man uttered as he glanced at the television but instead of the exact replica of the man, another man stood in his place.

The man looking back at him had a pale complexion with long smooth, yet unruly black hair with emerald green eyes, his leather jacket, shirt and pants holding an intricate mix of gold, black and green.

But the most damning was the golden horn crown on his head. The imagelet a mischievous smirk appear on his face as his green eyes twinkled before a low chuckle left his lips. "Soon…The stones will be mine and nothing will get in my way…"

Garfield: *narrows eyes* So he was the reason the Titans were in Japan in Unstoppable with a Mouth Re-Pooled. What is his plan though? So many questions, not enough answers…

Kimberly: You'll find out soon I'm sure.

Garfield: Yeah…But I wonder what will happen now…I guess we'll find out next time…*Crosses arms and walks off in thought*

Kimberly: *frowns in concern*