The Captain: Alright, time to get the ball rolling. Maybe I'll have this fic ended by next weekend at latest. Maybe this weekend if I work fast enough! If so, then rock on, I can start the second fic in the story. Title wise, I've picked out some names, all relevant to the theme of the story, but I don't know which to pick. They all sound kinda corny really. Back in Black, Dark Savior, Shadow Requiem II, Trust and Betrayal, and others. That last one I was thinking would work...but I still am not too sure yet. I hope you like this. It's a bit short, but I think it's kinda sweet. Again, it has a little something for everyone.
Legal Tander: Well, I'm out of witty responses. I don't own the Titans, plain and simple. Don't sue me, I don't have any money to give.
Shadow Requiem: Jail Break, part 2
Terra and Beastboy flew through the skies heading for the park to catch up with Cinderblock. Terra sat on Beastboy's back as they glided along the winds.
Terra: " Hey Beastboy, what do you think is going on? I mean, everythings starting to go nuts around the city."
Beastboy: " Good question. I really can't believe Clive's back to his crime streak. I really thought he was one of us."
Terra: " I think he is deep down...but you know how persuasive Slade can be."
Beastboy: " That's true."
Terra: " Hey look! There's the park and there's Cinderblock!"
Terra pointed down towards the ground, bringing the monsterous rock creature into view. Cinderblock was stomping through a playground, sending children and their parents running for their lives. Terra jumped off Beastboy's back, pulling her goggles over her face and using her power to summon up a chunk of rock for her to stand on. She dazzled everyone with her amazing control and ability. She swooped around Cinderblock, circling him repeatedly as she threw large rocks at him from the ground. Beastboy swooped around till he was directly overhead Cinderblock, transforming into a hippo and dropping out of the sky onto him. Cinderblock fell under Beastboy's weight, and once he got off, Terra covered him over with a self made landslide.
The pair were about to celebrate, but were cut short when the rocks began to shake around. Cinderblock shoved the rocks off of him, then he stood up and pulled himself out of the landslide. He took rock after rock and began throwing them at the pair. Terra countered with more rocks of her own, but it was an inevitable stalemate. Beastboy circled around in the form of a mole, coming up behind Cinderblock, then transforming into a squid and wrapping him up in all his arms. With him distracted by Beastboy, Terra gathered up all the rocks in the area, creating a huge, almost mountainous chunk of rock and rose it well above her head. She slowly floated it over Beastboy and Cinderblock, holding it in place. Beastboy let go of Cinderblock once he saw the rock, then turned into a cheetah in order to get out from under the rock.
Once Terra knew he was out, she dropped it down on Cinderblock, who didn't get back up this time. Terra rolled the rock off of him, breaking it back down into it's smaller pieces and redistributed them all over the park. The police were very close by, so Beastboy brought them since it was safe, in which they detained Cinderblock.
Terra: " Whew, that was fun."
Beastboy: " Ok, so what now? I guess we should head for the prison."
Starfire: " That shall not be necessary."
The pair looked up to see Starfire floating down to the ground, hanging on to Clive's hands whom which was dangling in mid air. When they were close enough, Starfire let go of Clive, allowing him to drop down to the ground infront of Terra and Beastboy.
Terra: " Ok dude, what's going on."
Clive: " My sister is in trouble...so we need all the help we can muster."
Terra: " Well, alright. But I didn't know you had a sister."
Starfire: " Indeed he does. She is very nice and makes very good food."
Beastboy: " Well, let's go guys."
Clive: " Hang on, we need to go pick up Raven and Cyborg. They're dealing with Plasmus in Soho right now."
Terra: " You're kidding me!"
Beastboy: " Dude, Plasmus is nasty!"
Clive: " Well, just suck it up and do it. Come on, we don't have forever. Robin's chasing down Slade right now, so maybe we can get this done quickly."
Beastboy: " Well then, let's do this!"
Beastboy once again transformed into a Pterodactyl, allowing Terra to climb up on his back and carry him. Starfire grabbed Clive's hands and brought him up into the air with her, and the 4 of them flew through the city, making a B-line for Cyborg and Raven, who were not having the greatest of times dealing with Plasmus. Raven continued to use her powers on a telephone pole, jousting it into Plasmus at every available opportunity. Cyborg continued to keep his distance from the disgusting blob, firing shots from his sonic cannon into it. However, the 2 together didn't have the explosive force needed to stop him. The good thing was, that Plasmus couldn't really do anything to hurt the 2 Titans, as Raven was floating too high up in the air, and Cyborg continued to run around the monster, making it too hard to just grab him.
As the 3 Titans and Clive decended on the battle, Starfire fired out a blast from her eyes, hitting Plasmus in the top of the head, drawing his attention briefly from Raven and Cyborg. Plasmus threw his arms up, send out of glob of his body at the 4 in the air. Beastboy and Terra broke away to avoid the glob, but it ended up smacking right into Clive and Starfire, who fell to the ground, covered in Plasmus' filth.
Clive: " Oh my god...I feel like I just got flushed down a toilet...."
Starfire: " Is that what happened to Plasmus?
Clive: " I don't know, but if he ruined this shirt, I'm gonna ruin him!"
Clive got up slowly, pulling his guitar out of his shadow for the 3rd time today. He then made a running start at Plasmus, with his now messy hawaiian shirt flapping as he went. With a well placed jump, Clive landed on top of Plasmus and smashed his guitar into his back, blowing a hole in Plasmus' chest. Clive jumped up and off Plasmus, turning around and slashing his guitar straight down Plasmus' body, cutting him in two. Afterwards, Clive rose his hand, much like a boxer would after he had won a bout. He stood over 2 halves of a body, so he did have some reason to gloat, but not a whole lot. The 2 pieces laid there, almost as if they were dead.
Cyborg: " Hey! Hey what's up guys? What all's goin' on?"
Terra: " Slade's pulling some strings and now he's got Clive's sister hostage."
Cyborg: " That would be why he was releasing the prisoners then?"
Clive: " Yeah. My sister is in my apartment I think. However, Slade says it's ready to blow, all he has to do it push a button."
Starfire: " Then we must hurry."
Raven: " Wait...where is Robin?"
Clive: " I don't know, probably still chasing Slade."
Cyborg: " So, we gotta go get your sister outta there first. Then we'll deal with Slade. Let's go Titans!"
Clive: " I'll take us to the apartment. We'll get there faster."
Starfire: " It will not hurt you will it? I mean when you do the teleporting."
Clive: " Well, there's 6 of us...so it'll be tough, but I'll be alright. Now come in a bit guys, I don't want to have to do anymore than I have to for this."
Everyone crowded in closely as Clive spread out his shadow, causing it to swallow them all once again. A moment later, after traveling through that dark world they were all becoming slowly accustomed to, they appeared at Clive's apartment complex. Clive keeled over to catch his breath and shake his dizziness.
Clive: " You'd think...I'd get used....to this....after a while..."
Starfire: " But it is a very effective means of transportation."
Clive: " Yeah...I know..."
Raven: " That's enough. Let us find the girl..."
Clive: " Hold on...Slade will probably know we're here."
Cyborg: " Great, so what are we supposed to do?"
Clive: " Well...damn..."
Cyborg: " What?"
Clive: " If this is the building, then we're gonna have to get everyone out."
Terra: " He's right. Think of how many people live here."
Starfire: " That would be aweful. I do not wish to think of how many lives would be lost."
Beastboy: " Dude, this is totally uncool. Come on guys..."
The Titans and Clive made a run for the building, breaking down the door and tearing through the halls. Clive made his way to the elevator with the others, desparately searching for Sherri. Cyborg used his mechanical senses and radars to search for bombs and such. He pin pointed a pair of them underground. Switching his communicator, Cyborg spoke to the others.
Cyborg: " I got some good news, and I got some real bad news. The good news is, this is the right building. 2 bombs are placed in the boiler room along the main support beams."
Terra: " Then we can just take them out and turn them off, right?"
Cyborg: " That's the really bad news. My readouts are saying that they're hyper sensitive. A sudden shake and it'll go. If someone tries to open it up, it'll go as well. They're not explosive though. They're a sonic propulsion device, so instead of blowing up, they'll just make the whole building shake and crumble without all the fire and such."
Raven: " Then we evacuate quickly."
A signal came in and over rided all of the Titan's communicators.
Slade: " I see you're all together again. Such a touching scene it is."
Clive grabbed the communicator from Starfire and placed it up to his face.
Clive: " You bastard! Where is Sherri?"
Slade: " Ah yes, Sherri...she's very nice, isn't she."
Clive: " WHERE IS SHE!"
Slade: " Why, she's closer than you think."
Clive looked around and made his way to his apartment. He didn't bother to open the door, for instead, he just broke it down. Frantically, he searched the small apartment, pulling furniture aside, checking in every enclosed space, nook, and cranny. He searched the apartment twice over, before checking back with Slade.
Clive: " Where did you take her?"
Slade: " Well, why don't you come and find out, if you can get out of there."
Clive: " What?"
Slade pulled the remote he had earlier into view. Clive, as well as the rest of the Titans watching, froze up, expecting the worst. Slade pressed the button, and the building began to shake. Clive fell over in his room as the rest of the Titans started to panic. Raven however, calmed them quickly.
Raven: " Everyone! Get as many people out of here as you can!"
The Titans began running into different apartments and grabbed as many people as they could carry each time. The building began to sway however, and started to crumble, starting with the south wall. Everyone started bracing for the building to fall, when it suddenly came under control. Terra, who was the first person outside, saw a gigantic black claw pressed into the building on the east side of it. Beastboy and Cyborg arrived out the north side, seeing another large black claw, raising from a shadow and imprinted into the building. Cyborg came from the west side of the building almost ran into a third claw, all three holding up the shaking building to a degree. Inside, Starfire watched as Clive caused the building's shadow to rise up and help support it. Sweat slowly began to build as he focused, closing his eyes and seeing out through the shadows.
Clive: " Star..."
Starfire: " Clive, you have stopped the building from falling! Glorious!"
Clive: " Star...get everyone out of here! I can't do this for too long."
Starfire: " I shall! Please be strong!"
Starfire continued to help people out while Clive toiled with his powers. The other Titans ran inside, talking with eachother through the use of their communicators in order to find which rooms haven't been evacuated. The building once again lurched, and a loud cracking sound echoed through the halls as another wall fell outwards and to the ground. Starfire checked in on Clive, whom which was down on one knee now with his hands dug deep into his shadow. Sweat dripped off his brow and his breathing became heavy. The use of his powers and the weight of the building began to really take it's toll on Clive.
Starfire: " Please hold on just a bit longer! We've got all but the top 3 floors."
Clive didn't say anything. He was so focused that he barely heard her. The Titans began working on the 7th floor, and the building lurched once again. The floor started to crack all over the building and began to cave in. Clive realized this as he noticed his floor reay to cave in as well.
Clive: " Damn it...come on..."
Black: " You need me, don't you..."
Clive: " If you're not busy..."
Clive's shadow nodded, raising out of the ground and over taking the young man. As Black's body fully formed, it rose up, raising it's arms and pressed it's hands against the cieling, supporting it through his great strength. The large claws that gripped the sides of the buildings grew in size, and smaller clawed arms rose all around the building, reinforcing weaker areas. Black let out some grunts as he used his powers. It wasn't from fatigue though, but rather that he was still working on that wound Starfire gave him. It had healed over, but it still caused him some great pains. Plus, he had already appeared earlier that day, so his time was very short for this world.
The Titan's redoubled their efforts and scurried the people on the top floor out. Star made a last check on Clive, surprised to see Black as he held up the building.
Starfire: " You are Black now? Are you alright?"
Black looked over to Starfire and nodded slightly.
Black: " Get...out..."
Starfire: " You are tired! Come, we have gotten everyone out of here. It is just you and I now!"
Black: " Get...out...now...or you'll...be crushed!"
Starfire: " But what about you?"
Black: " Foolish girl!"
Black threw out his hand, causing Starfire's shadow to sprout tenticles and wrap around her. It drug her into itself, causing her to reappear on the ground away from the building with the other Titans.
Black: " There Clive. She is safe. They'll take care of everything now."
The building swayed left and right, then began to shake around, finally collapsing floor to floor, sinking down and throwing up a huge pile of dust and rubble with a loud roar. The Titans looked around to make sure everyone was ok after the smoke passed on.
Cyborg: " Is everyone out?"
Raven: " Yes. All the residents are out."
Starfire: " No wait! Black...he and Clive were..."
Beastboy: " No way...it can't be."
Terra: " You mean, he's gone?"
Raven: " Let me check."
Cyborg: " I will too!"
The pair used their powers and abilities to scan for Clive and Black. While Raven used some kind of telepathy, Cyborg checked around using his scanners, searching for some kind of life. After a few quiet minutes, Cyborg looked to the ground and Raven shook her head.
Raven: " I could not detect him. If he escaped, I would have sensed his presence. But I cannot, which means that he didn't survive."
Cyborg: " I couldn't find anything either. Nothing warm in there that resembles life..."
The 5 Titans remained quiet, as a solomn moment passed over each and every person there. Starfire was probably the first who fell into tears.
Starfire: " No! This is not right! This cannot happen! This cannot be!"
Raven: " I know it's hard Starfire...but it is the truth, and it is reality. This is no fairy tale Starfire...This is the real world, and here, bad things do happen."
Terra: " Lay off on her Raven. Can't you see that this isn't just something to file away and not care about?"
Raven: " One must accept the truth. It may be hard to, but that is the only way to get past things and to advance in life."
Cyborg: " Just quit it y'all...let's just go."
Beastboy: " Man..."
The 5 Titans began to leave, and Starfire took one last look at the huge pile of rubble that used to be a building, and now acted as a tomb. She shook her head and continued on to find Robin, Sherri, and Slade.
Legal Tander: Well, I'm out of witty responses. I don't own the Titans, plain and simple. Don't sue me, I don't have any money to give.
Shadow Requiem: Jail Break, part 2
Terra and Beastboy flew through the skies heading for the park to catch up with Cinderblock. Terra sat on Beastboy's back as they glided along the winds.
Terra: " Hey Beastboy, what do you think is going on? I mean, everythings starting to go nuts around the city."
Beastboy: " Good question. I really can't believe Clive's back to his crime streak. I really thought he was one of us."
Terra: " I think he is deep down...but you know how persuasive Slade can be."
Beastboy: " That's true."
Terra: " Hey look! There's the park and there's Cinderblock!"
Terra pointed down towards the ground, bringing the monsterous rock creature into view. Cinderblock was stomping through a playground, sending children and their parents running for their lives. Terra jumped off Beastboy's back, pulling her goggles over her face and using her power to summon up a chunk of rock for her to stand on. She dazzled everyone with her amazing control and ability. She swooped around Cinderblock, circling him repeatedly as she threw large rocks at him from the ground. Beastboy swooped around till he was directly overhead Cinderblock, transforming into a hippo and dropping out of the sky onto him. Cinderblock fell under Beastboy's weight, and once he got off, Terra covered him over with a self made landslide.
The pair were about to celebrate, but were cut short when the rocks began to shake around. Cinderblock shoved the rocks off of him, then he stood up and pulled himself out of the landslide. He took rock after rock and began throwing them at the pair. Terra countered with more rocks of her own, but it was an inevitable stalemate. Beastboy circled around in the form of a mole, coming up behind Cinderblock, then transforming into a squid and wrapping him up in all his arms. With him distracted by Beastboy, Terra gathered up all the rocks in the area, creating a huge, almost mountainous chunk of rock and rose it well above her head. She slowly floated it over Beastboy and Cinderblock, holding it in place. Beastboy let go of Cinderblock once he saw the rock, then turned into a cheetah in order to get out from under the rock.
Once Terra knew he was out, she dropped it down on Cinderblock, who didn't get back up this time. Terra rolled the rock off of him, breaking it back down into it's smaller pieces and redistributed them all over the park. The police were very close by, so Beastboy brought them since it was safe, in which they detained Cinderblock.
Terra: " Whew, that was fun."
Beastboy: " Ok, so what now? I guess we should head for the prison."
Starfire: " That shall not be necessary."
The pair looked up to see Starfire floating down to the ground, hanging on to Clive's hands whom which was dangling in mid air. When they were close enough, Starfire let go of Clive, allowing him to drop down to the ground infront of Terra and Beastboy.
Terra: " Ok dude, what's going on."
Clive: " My sister is in trouble...so we need all the help we can muster."
Terra: " Well, alright. But I didn't know you had a sister."
Starfire: " Indeed he does. She is very nice and makes very good food."
Beastboy: " Well, let's go guys."
Clive: " Hang on, we need to go pick up Raven and Cyborg. They're dealing with Plasmus in Soho right now."
Terra: " You're kidding me!"
Beastboy: " Dude, Plasmus is nasty!"
Clive: " Well, just suck it up and do it. Come on, we don't have forever. Robin's chasing down Slade right now, so maybe we can get this done quickly."
Beastboy: " Well then, let's do this!"
Beastboy once again transformed into a Pterodactyl, allowing Terra to climb up on his back and carry him. Starfire grabbed Clive's hands and brought him up into the air with her, and the 4 of them flew through the city, making a B-line for Cyborg and Raven, who were not having the greatest of times dealing with Plasmus. Raven continued to use her powers on a telephone pole, jousting it into Plasmus at every available opportunity. Cyborg continued to keep his distance from the disgusting blob, firing shots from his sonic cannon into it. However, the 2 together didn't have the explosive force needed to stop him. The good thing was, that Plasmus couldn't really do anything to hurt the 2 Titans, as Raven was floating too high up in the air, and Cyborg continued to run around the monster, making it too hard to just grab him.
As the 3 Titans and Clive decended on the battle, Starfire fired out a blast from her eyes, hitting Plasmus in the top of the head, drawing his attention briefly from Raven and Cyborg. Plasmus threw his arms up, send out of glob of his body at the 4 in the air. Beastboy and Terra broke away to avoid the glob, but it ended up smacking right into Clive and Starfire, who fell to the ground, covered in Plasmus' filth.
Clive: " Oh my god...I feel like I just got flushed down a toilet...."
Starfire: " Is that what happened to Plasmus?
Clive: " I don't know, but if he ruined this shirt, I'm gonna ruin him!"
Clive got up slowly, pulling his guitar out of his shadow for the 3rd time today. He then made a running start at Plasmus, with his now messy hawaiian shirt flapping as he went. With a well placed jump, Clive landed on top of Plasmus and smashed his guitar into his back, blowing a hole in Plasmus' chest. Clive jumped up and off Plasmus, turning around and slashing his guitar straight down Plasmus' body, cutting him in two. Afterwards, Clive rose his hand, much like a boxer would after he had won a bout. He stood over 2 halves of a body, so he did have some reason to gloat, but not a whole lot. The 2 pieces laid there, almost as if they were dead.
Cyborg: " Hey! Hey what's up guys? What all's goin' on?"
Terra: " Slade's pulling some strings and now he's got Clive's sister hostage."
Cyborg: " That would be why he was releasing the prisoners then?"
Clive: " Yeah. My sister is in my apartment I think. However, Slade says it's ready to blow, all he has to do it push a button."
Starfire: " Then we must hurry."
Raven: " Wait...where is Robin?"
Clive: " I don't know, probably still chasing Slade."
Cyborg: " So, we gotta go get your sister outta there first. Then we'll deal with Slade. Let's go Titans!"
Clive: " I'll take us to the apartment. We'll get there faster."
Starfire: " It will not hurt you will it? I mean when you do the teleporting."
Clive: " Well, there's 6 of us...so it'll be tough, but I'll be alright. Now come in a bit guys, I don't want to have to do anymore than I have to for this."
Everyone crowded in closely as Clive spread out his shadow, causing it to swallow them all once again. A moment later, after traveling through that dark world they were all becoming slowly accustomed to, they appeared at Clive's apartment complex. Clive keeled over to catch his breath and shake his dizziness.
Clive: " You'd think...I'd get used....to this....after a while..."
Starfire: " But it is a very effective means of transportation."
Clive: " Yeah...I know..."
Raven: " That's enough. Let us find the girl..."
Clive: " Hold on...Slade will probably know we're here."
Cyborg: " Great, so what are we supposed to do?"
Clive: " Well...damn..."
Cyborg: " What?"
Clive: " If this is the building, then we're gonna have to get everyone out."
Terra: " He's right. Think of how many people live here."
Starfire: " That would be aweful. I do not wish to think of how many lives would be lost."
Beastboy: " Dude, this is totally uncool. Come on guys..."
The Titans and Clive made a run for the building, breaking down the door and tearing through the halls. Clive made his way to the elevator with the others, desparately searching for Sherri. Cyborg used his mechanical senses and radars to search for bombs and such. He pin pointed a pair of them underground. Switching his communicator, Cyborg spoke to the others.
Cyborg: " I got some good news, and I got some real bad news. The good news is, this is the right building. 2 bombs are placed in the boiler room along the main support beams."
Terra: " Then we can just take them out and turn them off, right?"
Cyborg: " That's the really bad news. My readouts are saying that they're hyper sensitive. A sudden shake and it'll go. If someone tries to open it up, it'll go as well. They're not explosive though. They're a sonic propulsion device, so instead of blowing up, they'll just make the whole building shake and crumble without all the fire and such."
Raven: " Then we evacuate quickly."
A signal came in and over rided all of the Titan's communicators.
Slade: " I see you're all together again. Such a touching scene it is."
Clive grabbed the communicator from Starfire and placed it up to his face.
Clive: " You bastard! Where is Sherri?"
Slade: " Ah yes, Sherri...she's very nice, isn't she."
Clive: " WHERE IS SHE!"
Slade: " Why, she's closer than you think."
Clive looked around and made his way to his apartment. He didn't bother to open the door, for instead, he just broke it down. Frantically, he searched the small apartment, pulling furniture aside, checking in every enclosed space, nook, and cranny. He searched the apartment twice over, before checking back with Slade.
Clive: " Where did you take her?"
Slade: " Well, why don't you come and find out, if you can get out of there."
Clive: " What?"
Slade pulled the remote he had earlier into view. Clive, as well as the rest of the Titans watching, froze up, expecting the worst. Slade pressed the button, and the building began to shake. Clive fell over in his room as the rest of the Titans started to panic. Raven however, calmed them quickly.
Raven: " Everyone! Get as many people out of here as you can!"
The Titans began running into different apartments and grabbed as many people as they could carry each time. The building began to sway however, and started to crumble, starting with the south wall. Everyone started bracing for the building to fall, when it suddenly came under control. Terra, who was the first person outside, saw a gigantic black claw pressed into the building on the east side of it. Beastboy and Cyborg arrived out the north side, seeing another large black claw, raising from a shadow and imprinted into the building. Cyborg came from the west side of the building almost ran into a third claw, all three holding up the shaking building to a degree. Inside, Starfire watched as Clive caused the building's shadow to rise up and help support it. Sweat slowly began to build as he focused, closing his eyes and seeing out through the shadows.
Clive: " Star..."
Starfire: " Clive, you have stopped the building from falling! Glorious!"
Clive: " Star...get everyone out of here! I can't do this for too long."
Starfire: " I shall! Please be strong!"
Starfire continued to help people out while Clive toiled with his powers. The other Titans ran inside, talking with eachother through the use of their communicators in order to find which rooms haven't been evacuated. The building once again lurched, and a loud cracking sound echoed through the halls as another wall fell outwards and to the ground. Starfire checked in on Clive, whom which was down on one knee now with his hands dug deep into his shadow. Sweat dripped off his brow and his breathing became heavy. The use of his powers and the weight of the building began to really take it's toll on Clive.
Starfire: " Please hold on just a bit longer! We've got all but the top 3 floors."
Clive didn't say anything. He was so focused that he barely heard her. The Titans began working on the 7th floor, and the building lurched once again. The floor started to crack all over the building and began to cave in. Clive realized this as he noticed his floor reay to cave in as well.
Clive: " Damn it...come on..."
Black: " You need me, don't you..."
Clive: " If you're not busy..."
Clive's shadow nodded, raising out of the ground and over taking the young man. As Black's body fully formed, it rose up, raising it's arms and pressed it's hands against the cieling, supporting it through his great strength. The large claws that gripped the sides of the buildings grew in size, and smaller clawed arms rose all around the building, reinforcing weaker areas. Black let out some grunts as he used his powers. It wasn't from fatigue though, but rather that he was still working on that wound Starfire gave him. It had healed over, but it still caused him some great pains. Plus, he had already appeared earlier that day, so his time was very short for this world.
The Titan's redoubled their efforts and scurried the people on the top floor out. Star made a last check on Clive, surprised to see Black as he held up the building.
Starfire: " You are Black now? Are you alright?"
Black looked over to Starfire and nodded slightly.
Black: " Get...out..."
Starfire: " You are tired! Come, we have gotten everyone out of here. It is just you and I now!"
Black: " Get...out...now...or you'll...be crushed!"
Starfire: " But what about you?"
Black: " Foolish girl!"
Black threw out his hand, causing Starfire's shadow to sprout tenticles and wrap around her. It drug her into itself, causing her to reappear on the ground away from the building with the other Titans.
Black: " There Clive. She is safe. They'll take care of everything now."
The building swayed left and right, then began to shake around, finally collapsing floor to floor, sinking down and throwing up a huge pile of dust and rubble with a loud roar. The Titans looked around to make sure everyone was ok after the smoke passed on.
Cyborg: " Is everyone out?"
Raven: " Yes. All the residents are out."
Starfire: " No wait! Black...he and Clive were..."
Beastboy: " No way...it can't be."
Terra: " You mean, he's gone?"
Raven: " Let me check."
Cyborg: " I will too!"
The pair used their powers and abilities to scan for Clive and Black. While Raven used some kind of telepathy, Cyborg checked around using his scanners, searching for some kind of life. After a few quiet minutes, Cyborg looked to the ground and Raven shook her head.
Raven: " I could not detect him. If he escaped, I would have sensed his presence. But I cannot, which means that he didn't survive."
Cyborg: " I couldn't find anything either. Nothing warm in there that resembles life..."
The 5 Titans remained quiet, as a solomn moment passed over each and every person there. Starfire was probably the first who fell into tears.
Starfire: " No! This is not right! This cannot happen! This cannot be!"
Raven: " I know it's hard Starfire...but it is the truth, and it is reality. This is no fairy tale Starfire...This is the real world, and here, bad things do happen."
Terra: " Lay off on her Raven. Can't you see that this isn't just something to file away and not care about?"
Raven: " One must accept the truth. It may be hard to, but that is the only way to get past things and to advance in life."
Cyborg: " Just quit it y'all...let's just go."
Beastboy: " Man..."
The 5 Titans began to leave, and Starfire took one last look at the huge pile of rubble that used to be a building, and now acted as a tomb. She shook her head and continued on to find Robin, Sherri, and Slade.
