Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. Wow, bet you didn't see that one
coming!
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"Terra!" Beast Boy screamed at the big screen in the Titan's main room. There sat Terra, bound to a chair and gagged. The picture had appeared suddenly, and Slade's voice filled the room.
"I see you have seen my little prize, Titans," he said, addressing the Titans who had just walked into the room. The Titans gasped, looking up onto the screen. Terra was struggling, but to no avail.
"What have you done to Terra!?!" screamed Beast Boy, who looked ready to break the screen right then and there to free Terra. But Terra was not on the other side of the screen. "Give her back!" Beat Boy yelled uselessly to the voice.
"Oh, I'll give her back," replied Slade sadistically, "But not without a price."
"What do you want from us?" spat Robin furiously.
"Oh, it's not what I want from you, I want you to prove your worth, to earn her back," answered Slade. A chorus of "huhs" and "whats" echoed through the room. They barely had time to think, when Slade continued. "I want all five of you to be down at the abandoned warehouse at the East edge of the city in ten minutes. If you aren't there, I'm afraid Terra will have to pay."
"No!" cried Beast Boy, as Starfire gasped.
"We must save our friend. Let us make haste and journey to the warehouse," she said, and the Titans were off.
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When they arrived at the warehouse, everything was dark. "Star, can you light this place up?" asked Robin, and she did. A soft green glow filled the bare warehouse.
"It looks mostly empty," said Robin, looking cautiously around. At the far end of the cold, bare room stood a large lump with a sheet over it, next to a large TV screen.
Beast Boy was drawn to the large shape under the sheet. "What's this?" he asked to no one in particular. He cautiously lifted the sheet to peek under it, and realizing it was too dark to do so, he ripped the sheet off. Underneath sat what looked like a large telescope; only the "small end" tapered off, and was pointed outwards. "Hey guys, this looks kinda like a..."
But he didn't get to finish. The laser shot out a stream of blue light that expanded and hit all of the Titans. "So this is what it feels like to die," thought Beast Boy as the blue light hit him. "It feels like I'm disintegrating." The Titans weren't dead, though. The next minute they found themselves laying in a field of some sort. "Boy, that was a trip," said Cyborg, standing up and rubbing his head. "What is this place?" He looked around. The sky looked blue, and the grass looked green, but something wasn't right. "Does this seem a little weird to you guys?"
"If you mean the fact that we just got zapped by a laser in the place where Slade sent us, and now we're in a remote field, then yes, it does seem a little weird," said Raven. Although her reply was sarcastic, this place gave her the creeps. She shivered.
The Titans didn't have to wait long for an explanation.
"Good morning Titans," boomed the easily recognizable voice of Slade. It sounded like it was coming from every direction at once.
"Where are you?" growled Robin, reaching for his bird-a-rang while he turned every which way, trying to find the source of Slade's voice. "We're tired of playing your silly little games!"
"How ironic, my dear Titans, for that is exactly what you are going to be doing. Playing my little games. You see, the laser in the warehouse was actually a digital molecule converter, and right now, you have been transported into a video game, which you will successfully play out, or be stuck in digital world forever!" Slade laughed at the confused look on the Titan's faces, letting his words sink in.
"You monster! Where's Terra?" shouted Beast Boy to the sky. "You promised you'd give her back!"
"You'll get her back, once you complete the game. Now, on with it, you're wasting time," Slade said, and as soon as he finished, what looked like a giant yellow cube appeared floating in the air in front of Beast Boy. "It says, 'To start, touch this box'. Are you guys ready to get Terra back?" asked Beast Boy.
"Yup."
"Yes."
"Oh of course, we must save our dear friend Terra!"
"I guess..."
"Then let's go!" Beast Boy reached out and touched the strange cube in front of him, and then the world went black, and it felt like he was spinning...
To be continued.
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"Terra!" Beast Boy screamed at the big screen in the Titan's main room. There sat Terra, bound to a chair and gagged. The picture had appeared suddenly, and Slade's voice filled the room.
"I see you have seen my little prize, Titans," he said, addressing the Titans who had just walked into the room. The Titans gasped, looking up onto the screen. Terra was struggling, but to no avail.
"What have you done to Terra!?!" screamed Beast Boy, who looked ready to break the screen right then and there to free Terra. But Terra was not on the other side of the screen. "Give her back!" Beat Boy yelled uselessly to the voice.
"Oh, I'll give her back," replied Slade sadistically, "But not without a price."
"What do you want from us?" spat Robin furiously.
"Oh, it's not what I want from you, I want you to prove your worth, to earn her back," answered Slade. A chorus of "huhs" and "whats" echoed through the room. They barely had time to think, when Slade continued. "I want all five of you to be down at the abandoned warehouse at the East edge of the city in ten minutes. If you aren't there, I'm afraid Terra will have to pay."
"No!" cried Beast Boy, as Starfire gasped.
"We must save our friend. Let us make haste and journey to the warehouse," she said, and the Titans were off.
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When they arrived at the warehouse, everything was dark. "Star, can you light this place up?" asked Robin, and she did. A soft green glow filled the bare warehouse.
"It looks mostly empty," said Robin, looking cautiously around. At the far end of the cold, bare room stood a large lump with a sheet over it, next to a large TV screen.
Beast Boy was drawn to the large shape under the sheet. "What's this?" he asked to no one in particular. He cautiously lifted the sheet to peek under it, and realizing it was too dark to do so, he ripped the sheet off. Underneath sat what looked like a large telescope; only the "small end" tapered off, and was pointed outwards. "Hey guys, this looks kinda like a..."
But he didn't get to finish. The laser shot out a stream of blue light that expanded and hit all of the Titans. "So this is what it feels like to die," thought Beast Boy as the blue light hit him. "It feels like I'm disintegrating." The Titans weren't dead, though. The next minute they found themselves laying in a field of some sort. "Boy, that was a trip," said Cyborg, standing up and rubbing his head. "What is this place?" He looked around. The sky looked blue, and the grass looked green, but something wasn't right. "Does this seem a little weird to you guys?"
"If you mean the fact that we just got zapped by a laser in the place where Slade sent us, and now we're in a remote field, then yes, it does seem a little weird," said Raven. Although her reply was sarcastic, this place gave her the creeps. She shivered.
The Titans didn't have to wait long for an explanation.
"Good morning Titans," boomed the easily recognizable voice of Slade. It sounded like it was coming from every direction at once.
"Where are you?" growled Robin, reaching for his bird-a-rang while he turned every which way, trying to find the source of Slade's voice. "We're tired of playing your silly little games!"
"How ironic, my dear Titans, for that is exactly what you are going to be doing. Playing my little games. You see, the laser in the warehouse was actually a digital molecule converter, and right now, you have been transported into a video game, which you will successfully play out, or be stuck in digital world forever!" Slade laughed at the confused look on the Titan's faces, letting his words sink in.
"You monster! Where's Terra?" shouted Beast Boy to the sky. "You promised you'd give her back!"
"You'll get her back, once you complete the game. Now, on with it, you're wasting time," Slade said, and as soon as he finished, what looked like a giant yellow cube appeared floating in the air in front of Beast Boy. "It says, 'To start, touch this box'. Are you guys ready to get Terra back?" asked Beast Boy.
"Yup."
"Yes."
"Oh of course, we must save our dear friend Terra!"
"I guess..."
"Then let's go!" Beast Boy reached out and touched the strange cube in front of him, and then the world went black, and it felt like he was spinning...
To be continued.