I told you there was one more chapter didn't I. DIDN'T I.
Anti-Body IV: Facing Your Fears
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Raven sat up next to Beastboy, he was undoing the zip at the back of the biohazard suit.
"Thanks Raven." he exclaimed giving her a hug. Raven sighed and patted him on the back.
"Beep, beep, beep." Raven's communicator went, she pulled it out of her cloak's pocket and turned it on. Robin appeared on the miniature screen. He was badly injured and very tired.
"Hey where were you two." Robin said panting. "Whatever it is just get down here now." Raven and Beastboy gulped and looked at each over. Something bad was going down.
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The fight between the Titans and anti-body was far tougher than they had envisioned. The teenage terrorist had pulled all the stocks, he was down to his last few tubes but he had saved the best for last.
"I admit that you have fought well." anti-body said. "Its just I'm about to finish this fight." A tube smashed on the floor. Unlike the others anti-body had used before, this contained a bacterium so advanced it had learnt the benefits of working together.
"A super bug that will shred you apart." Anti-body laughed. The puddle of blue in front of him cast the shape of a beast the size of a small car. Two of its six insect like legs had scythe like arms on the end. A thin head crawled its way out of the body wriggling in the process. In the newly developed mouth were thousands of pointed teeth. It cried a banshee like screech.
"That's your secret weapon. A big spider." Cyborg said chuckling at the sight before him. He jumped high into the air and readied his arm for attack. The bug easily slid out of the way. Cyborg's fist hit the street creating a dent in the concrete. The bug whipped its front arm around Cyborg's body sending him into a nearby wall. Robin and Starfire heard the thud from well over 15 metres away.
"Robin, what shall we do." Starfire was panicking. The bug reminded her of the glorgs on her planet.
"I've got no idea Star." The bug pounced at Robin who reacted quick enough to draw his Bo Staff and flip the bug to the floor. Starfire took to the air and fired all she could at the bug. It dodged every star bolt, and scurried up a skyscraper. Still it evaded Starfire's attacks, it leapt off the side straight at her. Shrieking and bearing the blades on its arms, it almost caught Starfire. Cyborg had managed to copy the bug's idea and gave it an uppercut in its gut. He grabbed the bug and tossed it to the ground.
Anti-body looked on at the battle. "Its stronger than you think." Starfire landed with Cyborg being carried. The splattered remains seemed lifeless.
"OK now lets look for Anti-body." Robin said, he prodded the puddle with his staff. There was no threat so the Titans began walking off. A series of squelching and squishing sounds appeared out of nowhere.
"Uhh… What's that noise." Cyborg said peering over his shoulder. He stopped and grabbed Robin and Starfire.
"What is wrong Cyborg we have destroyed the monster." she said, but then she saw the bug. Somehow it had reformed and was having some sort of a fit. A tear cut itself half-way through its body. The head pealed apart to reveal another set of demonic eyes on each side of the halves. As other parts split in two the relevant body parts sprouted. The last piece detached, and where there was once one bug there were now two. Raven and Beastboy arrived to find their friends standing in awe, watching the bugs keep dividing.
"Hey guys what's th- oh GEEZ! What are those things." Beastboy shouted. The two became four then eight. The Titans were getting highly outnumbered.
"Titans go." Robin yelled. The super bugs all darted out of the way from the attacks. Two more bugs had split to make ten in all. Starfire blasted at one of the bugs but it reformed the damaged area. A different bug came from behind and pinned her to the floor, it used its arms to prized her mouth open . Particles of the bug separated and forced themselves down her throat. Soon she had consumed the whole bug. Her skin turned green and she continuously coughed. Similar scenes where happening elsewhere on the battlefield. Raven had caught a very bad case of laryngitis and was unable to chant her incantations. Robin and Cyborg had been vomiting wildly whilst there was still the other matter of the other bugs.
Beastboy lunged at one as a tiger, he slashed at it making the bug's remains join with another's there were now five left, however one was far larger and stronger than the others.
"You can't beat them." anti-body sniggered coming out of his hiding place. "They slowly consume their prey and kill them. Just look what their doing to your friends." He pointed to the Titans wriggling in pain below Beastboy.
"Why are you doing this." Beastboy said horrified at the view that was in front of him.
"Unfortunately you'll never find my reasons for stealing." Anti-body raised his arm and the bugs pounced forward, one swiped Beastboy. When he hit the ground, he found there was something in his pocket. (I don't know if he has pockets) One can was all that was there but it was still disinfectant.
A bug raised its claw but Beastboy simply stood up and sprayed some in its face. The bug shrieked and screamed. Unlike when the fist was defeated the bug turned from its brilliant blue to a depressing grey. It started wrinkling and shrinking. Finally the bug popped. Beastboy grinned.
"This might work." he chuckled. The bugs kept attacking and getting sprayed. All of them had gone. Beastboy celebrated in his typical dancing way, it suddenly reoccurred to him that anti-body was getting away.
Anti-body was surprised to see a green cheetah run after him and tackle him.
"OK let's see what's under this mask." Beastboy said. He lifted the gas mask off Anti-body's face and recoiled at what he saw. This teenager was as wrinkly as a prune. Beastboy quickly placed the mask back on.
"You know your not the only person to have caught Sakutia." Anti-body said to a very shaky and confused Beastboy. "That is the reason I steal." He reached inside his trench coat and produced a vial with a clear liquid in.
"Here this will cure the disease from the bug." He placed it in Beastboy's hand and sighed. "There's no point in me going on."
"There is." Beastboy interrupted, anti-body gave him a look. "You might have stolen and you're going to prison for it, but you can't give up. I didn't." Anti-body simply shrugged this idea off as a piece of useless 'half full' information. However, he wasn't going to stop there and then. He had made a powerful adversary that day. As had Beastboy.
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Wow I've never written this much for a story. Stay tuned for the next chapter and Chronicle.
