The Captain: Ok, well out that last one went alright. Though, as soon as I got it up, it was buried under about half a million other fics! And it doesn't help that I've taken forever on this second chapter. I've had a new idea on the direction to take this...so this'll be a 2 part fic. By that I mean this story will end sooner than I intended, but it will continue through a new story which I will title and produce when I'm done with this. Of course...that doesn't need to be worried about right now anyways, right? Right! Ok, I just wrote it! It's a little rushed though. I'll try to get the next one out, that way it'll make a little more sense.

Legal Tander: I don't own the Teen Titans or anything in or pertaining to the show or MvsC2 (greatest fighting game ever!). I do however own the fic, kinda. I also hold rights to the characters in which I create which I would really appreciate not being taken and used. Blah.

Shadow Requiem: Danger Afoot

Beastboy transformed himself into an eagle in order to cover over the city quickly. Fly as high as the skyscrapers, he was able to make it to the scene of the crime shortly, seeing a large getaway truck speed off. The robbers had ripped an ATM right out of a gas station wall and laid it in the bed of the truck. Behind them, Police vehicles had been following with their sirens blaring loudly. Beastboy swooped down, transforming into a Pterodactyl and grabbed the large ATM machine out of the back of the truck. He set it down on the sidewalk, transforming back to his original state and stood on top of it in a defiant stance, almost daring the villains to come back.

Indeed though, they did. The truck skidded into a stop and turned around without haste, and double backed to his position. The police cars had stopped and formed a blockade by Beast Boy, as each of the officers had gotten out of their vehicle and raised their guns, taking cover behind the armored doors. The crooks brought up their estranged weaponry again and fired a shot a piece at the ground infront of the police blockade. It tore right through the concrete and threw up all sorts of debris into the air, creating a small gorge between themselves and the authorities.

Beast Boy made a second assault upon the criminals, this time in the form of a bull. He charged right through the smoke and over the small gorge to ram the truck when it stopped, knocking the 2 men on the back of the truck out of it. He then became a gorilla and smashed in the top of the cab, ripping open the door and pulling out the passenger, throwing him aside like a rag doll, and then doing the same with the driver. Though, with the driver, he tossed him onto one of the men whom had fallen off the truck, keeping him down. Beast Boy cleaned up by collecting the weapons from the back of the truck and off the ground, destroying them in his massive hands. Afterwards, he gathered up the crooks and escorted them to the police and was hailed as a hero.

Across town, only mere moments after the police chase, a bank on 23rd street was hit. Infact, it was not only hit, it had actually been hit. A large armored car, much like the one from earlier rammed right into the entrance of the establishment. A pair of men ran out from the front compartment of the car and held up the bank tellers. Of course, by then the silent alarm had been hit, but police were scattered about, so no one had reached the location yet. Thankfully, Raven wasn't too far. She had sensed the action, and then received an alarm on her small bangle that was connected to her cloak. She flew off in the direction of the bank, just in time to see the men close the doors on the back of the car. They pulled out of the large hole in the building and went back to the streets, peeling out and tearing up and down the road to escape.

She followed behind them closely, keeping a distance and formulating a stragety. After all, her powers were not of any simple rush in and smashem style, like Cyborg or Beast Boy. She held her hands out, and said her standard incantation, and used her powers to take control of the wheels, causing them to explode violently. The car, while still in motion, took a tremedous swerve to the right and toppled over on it's side, skidding to a sudden stop in a lamp post. The driver and passengers had been knocked out on impact, but the 3 men in the back seemed alright.

They filed out of the car, leaving the money behind seeing how it would probably be a lost cause. They did take out their guns though, and fired numerous shots up at Raven, who had yet to come down out of the air. She waved her hands about and created small shields with her magic, deflecting and blocking shots that came too close or would have been direct hits. After realizing that their efforts were futile, the men began to run for it, which she was quite prepared for. As they took off, she used her powers again to take control of trash cans and all sorts of debris along the allys. They began flying at the escaping criminals, smashing into them and knocking them around on the ground. Finally, the men decided to just give up and save themselves any more punishment.

They laid out on the ground, and Raven rounded them all up and escorted them back to the bank where the security guards there could take care of the rest. Afterwards, she gathered their weapons and took them back to the tower, where they could get examined.

Maybe 5 minutes had passed and another alarm had gone off. This time though, a liquor store robbery in the downtown area, not too far from where Robin was positioned. The Burglers ran into the store with their guns drawn and demanded money from the cashier. After putting the money in the bag, they grabbed all sorts of alcohol off the nearby shelves, then shuffled into a van. They sped off and weaved dangerously through traffic, attracting Robin, who was perched on a roof top. He leapt from the tall building and fired off his grappling hook, swinging through the air and following behind the van. Since the traffic was heavy here, Robin decided not to make his move just yet.

He continued to follow them through the air as they made more weaves through small openings in lanes and caused some havoc on the road. Finally, once they had reached a clearing a few miles down the road, Robin readied one of his Freeze Disks and began to aim. He finished a swing and began to free fall, coming closer and closer to the van. Finally, he fired off his grappling hook again and began another swing, this time much closer to the van. One of the robbers spotted him in the rear view mirror, so he leaned out the window and fired a blast at him from his strange gun. It missed Robin signifigantly, and so, he threw his freeze disk right at the Van's wheels. They froze up and it began sliding into a very slow stop, hitting a guard rail, halting it completely. The criminals began to file out with thier weapons drawn, but Robin was a couple of steps ahead of them.

He had his birdarangs readied and thrown where the men were getting out. As soon as their weapons had been aimed, the birdarangs smashed right into them, breaking them on contact. Robin landed finally right infront of them with another pair of birdarangs. They surrendered themselves knowing that they had no chance against the boy wonder, then allowed him to tie them up and haul them to the nearest police station.

So, Cyborgs turn would come up just shortly. He had been sitting at the pizzeria just long enough to finish the other half of the pizza that Beastboy left. Afterwards, he decided to travel to the arcade that was just below the restaurant. There, he spent a couple of quarters in some of the games, ranging from racing to fighting. Of course, he had to contend with high scores set by himself, Robin, and Beastboy, as there were few people who could actually best any one of the three of them in the arcade. So there he was playing a very healthy game of Marvel vs. Capcom 2, kicking the snot out of some chump team, proclaiming his victory, when a sensor in his body went off, indicating a police alarm going off.

Cyborg: " Aww man! Not now! I almost have the high score!"

Chump: " Who are you talking to?"

He looked around, realizing that no one can hear the sensor going off.

Cyborg: " Uhhh....man, shut up! I'm outta here!"

Cyborg ran for it and headed out towards the alarm's location on his built in radar. It was coming from a jewlery store that was a few streets over. Cyborg used his massively strong legs to jump there. He wasn't slow running wise, but he could jump great distances, so that worked very well for him. In anycase, he ended up running into the jewelery store, seeing he just missed the burglers.

Cyborg: " YO! Anyone see where they went?"

Store Clerk: " They went that way!"

The clerk pointed down the road, then Cyborg nodded in thanks, then took a massive leap back into the sky. A few more leaps brought the vehicle in sight. It was an old junker car, so it was nothing Cyborg wouldn't have a problem with catching up to after all. He ran as fast as he could after the car, tailing just behind it. There were 2 men inside, one driver, one passenger. The passenger turned around and pointed his gun at Cyborg. It was another of those futuristic laser guns. He fired it just in front of Cyborg, trying to hit him with it's deadly ray. Cyborg jumped over it instinctively, and soared high into the air.

The passenger looked around the sky and along the streets for him, but didn't see him. Of course, he wouldn't have, because Cyborg was landing quickly, and landed right through the back half of the car, smashing through it's body and tearing up it's wheels and such. He fell out and the car went skidding off into a wall, halting instantly. The two men filed out and Cyborg took a shot at them, but missed purposely with his sonic blaster, letting them know that he would shoot if they tried anything.

Thusly, it should be Starfire's turn...but she was hanging around an empty warehouse district. For almost 3 hours, she didn't have a single thing in her "Area". Though she heard the others talking amongst themselves about crimes and robberies they were thrwarting.

Starfire: " I have not seen anything or heard anything in a very very long time...perhaps I should help one of you?"

Cyborg: " I'm ok over here. I'm gettin' a little tired, but I'll be alright. I could use the exercise!"

Starfire: " And you Raven?"

Raven: " I'm fine."

Starfire: " Beastboy?"

Beastboy: " Woof...woof woof woof!"

Starfire: " Oh...you must be chasing some one and are busy...well...how about you Robin?"

Robin: " Well, I'm fine. Actually, it's been about 10 minutes before...oh wait, there's the alarm. I'll be fine Star. You just stay there just in case!"

Starfire: " Alright..."

She turned off her little communicator on her bangle. She sat on a warehouse roof and sighed, being positively bored of just waiting. Then, she heard something fall from within the warehouse. She flew down and opened a window, landing on the ground and wandering around slowly, hiding behind all sorts of crates and boxes. She creeped around the corner and saw a man standing with someone else. She narrowed her eyes and saw that one of them was Slade. She was unable to make out the other one, as the light seemed to just be out of reach of his face.

Slade: " Are you going to be ready?"

Clive: " Yeah...I'll be ready."

Slade: " You do realize that if you fail..."

Clive: " I won't fail."

Slade: " I've heard that line before. If you fail, I will have to retract my generocity."

Clive: " I understand. I won't fail."

Slade: " Then you understand your orders fully? Make sure you bring back something from each of them. That will be for final test."

Clive: " After this, what will be next?"

Slade: " You'll be helping me get my apprentice."

Clive: " Why?"

Slade: " Don't worry about it."

Clive: " I'd rather know. It's not really in my nature to do things like this for money, much less anything like what you're asking."

Slade: " You're trying my patience. Perhaps you aren't all you're cracked up to be?"

Clive: " I am what you've heard. I'm more infact."

Slade: " Then I want a demonstration."

Clive: " What...here? On what?"

Slade narrowed his one visable eye. Suddenly, Clive heard a voice inside his head. It was Slade...apparently he knew telepathy.

Slade: [You see...the one called Starfire is here.]

Clive: [I see...she won't be able to get a good look at us though...]

Starfire continued watching, but the shadows seemed to gather around the pair and made them blend in completely with the dark warehouse atmosphere, hiding them from her vision.

Slade: [Just toy with her. Show off what you can do...]

Clive: [I don't really want to hurt her...]

Slade: [Fine...then just toy around with her. I'll head out. I expect the results later this evening...]

Clive: [You'll get your results...]

Slade started to walk away from Starfire. Clive turned and looked right at her. She froze up.

Starfire: (Have I been seen?)

Clive: " I know you're there..."

Starfire: " Who are you?"

She stepped away from the boxes and came out in the open with her hand glowing brightly. She shined her light on Clive, so he held up his hand to block her view of his face.

Starfire: " Whatever your plan is with Slade...it won't work."

Clive: " I'm sorry...but I can't allow you to interfere."

His voice was sad and somber. It caused her a bit of mixed feelings, but she strengthed her resolve.

Starfire: " You sound very sad. Perhaps if you gave up you'd be happier?"

Clive: " Sorry...I can't do that."

Suddenly, he moved out of her light. She looked around hearing his foot steps all around. In the low lit warehouse, it would be hard to find him. She continued to shine light all around, catching images of him, but not being able to see him fully. Finally, she heard his voice call out from behind her. When she turned around, something grabbed her around her waist, holding her arms to her body. She was completely wrapped up. And with it being so dark, she couldn't see what. She heard his voice.

Clive: " I'm sorry...but you can't be here. Please be on your way."

She began to sink into the ground quickly, disappearing from the warehouse. She looked around and saw that some huge black hand had a hold of her. Her arms were teathered to her body, being held tightly by the large dark hand. She struggled, but even with her super strength, she was still unable to break free. She took a moment to see the world around her and saw that it was nothing but darkness. Outlines of things could be seen, but it didn't make too much sense to her. She began to call out in desparation...

Starfire: " Where...where am I?"

She could hear nothing. She could see nothing. Just darkness and nothing more. Suddenly, she sunk back into the ground again, then closed her eyes not sure what to expect. When she opened her eyes, she could see everything again. But instead, she was right infront of the Tower. She got up and looked around, not sure what to do. She clicked on her communicator.

Starfire: " Hello? Anyone?"

Robin: " Yeah Star?"

Starfire: " I saw Slade over at a warehouse where I was..."

Robin: " WHAT?"

Starfire: " I'm not sure which one it was now..."

Robin: " Where are you?"

Starfire: " I'm at the Tower."

Robin: " How'd you get there?

Starfire: " I don't know..."

Robin: " Well...shoot. It's getting late and I haven't had anything in the last half hour. Anyone else?"

Beastboy: " Nope!"

Raven: " No."

Cyborg: " Me neither."

Robin: " Then maybe we're done for the evening. Let's head back everyone."

All: " Right."

Starfire stood there now in the shadow of the Tower looking at the ground.

Starfire: " You sounded very sad...I wonder why?"