Nightwing took the CD that Talon gave him and placed it in his utility
belt. Cyborg was clinching his fists as he looked at his son lying on the
ground, covered with his own blood.
"My...son." Cyborg said softly to himself.
"Who's the mother?" Terra asked.
"No time for that." Nightwing said.
"Nightwing?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah."
"Normally we fight for what's right, and we defend the innocent. Right?"
"Yeah."
"I think we can make an acception this time, because they just made it personal."
"Agreed."
"Then you don't mind if I take the lead this time."
"No, not at all."
"Titans! GO!" Cyborg yelled as he charged at the H.I.V.E.
"Aww, we made the robot mad." Gizmo said sarcastically.
"No! You made me mad!" Cy said.
Gizmo jumped in the air, but Starfire shot him back down towards Cyborg who shot him back in the air with his sonic cannon. Nightwing nailed him with a forward flip heelkick in the head that sent him crashing down to the ground. Cyborg walked over and yanked off Gizmo's electric back-pack, then ripped it apart.
Terra threw an onslaught of rocks at Jinx, but Jinx dodged them. However, it was a setup to send her right into a the open where Cyborg hit her in the back with steel beam.
"How do you like it?!" Cy yelled as she flew onto a pile of cement bags.
Mammoth tried to run, but Nightwing threw a grappling hook at him and tied him up. BB turned into an armadillo, while Raven used her powers to sling him at Mammoth. BB hit him right in the nose breaking it. BB then turned into an octopus and held him while Cy repeatedly punched him in the mid- section until he started to cough up blood.
BB let him go, then Mammoth fell to his knees holding his stomach; but Cyborg drove him face first into the ground.
The H.I.V.E. was defeated, but Cyborg wasn't done. He walked over to Jinx, who killed his son, and aimed his sonic cannon at her. He set it on full power, but with tears coming down his (on his human side of course) face he couldn't bring himself to kill her. Instead he walked back to his son, he took his cape off of him and placed it over his body.
"My son...sacrificed his life...for...me." He said before picking up his son and crying while he held him.
"That's what he came here for Cy. I'm sorry." Nightwing said as he put his hand on his friend's shoulder.
All of the Titans stood over him with their heads down. Cyborg picked up his son and started walking.
"Let's go home."
They all followed him back to the T-Car. Nightwing drove as Cy sat in the back holding his son in his arms. Terra sat to his right, while BB turned into falcon and rested on her shoulder, Starfire sat in the front, and Raven sat to Cy's left.
"I think that there's something you need to tell me Nightwing."
"Actually; I think your son will be telling you everything."
"What are you talking about?! He's dead! He can't talk!"
"I know that, but he gave me this CD. I have a feeling he knew what was going happen tonight. We'll play it when we get back to the Tower."
The trip back, was a long and quiet one. None of them said a word. It was the same when they walked in the tower also. Cyborg sat down on the couch, not letting go of his son. Nightwing walked to the t.v. and placed the CD in the DVD player.
He sat down with others who were gathered around Cyborg. The picture came on, it had Talon sitting in his father's room.
::Talon on the recording::
"Hello Titans. I'm sure you have some questions after what has happened tonight. This recording will answer them all. Not all of you knew this, but my real name is Conner Stone; making me the son of Victor Stone, also known as Cyborg. I came from the future to prevent his death, which on this day I hopefully succeeded at doing. Since you know who my father is, I know you're wondering who my mother is. If you haven't guessed it by now, my mother is Raven. Dad, I think she has something to tell you also. I know it's a shocker, at times it was to me also during the time I was here. Well, the main reason why you are watching this is because I'm dead. I realized why I would fade out from time time to. It was because I was in the past at such a pivotal time in my life. In other words, I almost screwed up my own life. I knew that I was going to die because if I saved my father's life the future would be changed. If I did, then I couldn't go back to my time because there would be two of me. So I would still have to die. I wouldn't be able to go back to my time anyways because I couldn't fix my time travel device, so I was stuck here. I enjoyed being around all of you and especially my parents. I hope that my sacrifice wasn't in vein. I just have one request; I would like it if you would cremate me and spread my ashes on the waters that surround Titan's Tower. See ya in the future."
::End Of Recording::
The Titans just sat there looking at the screen, no one said a word for 5 minutes. All of them were remembering the times that they had while he was there, and mourning the sacrifice that he made for his father. The silence was broken by Cyborg.
"He said that you needed to tell me something."
"There is. I'm pregnant." Raven said while putting her hand on her stomach.
"How? When?" Cyborg asked.
"It was 3 months ago when you came to check on me, and you didn't leave my room until the next morning."
"Oh yeah, that's right. So...that's our son? That's Talon?"
"Mm-hmm." Raven said as she nodded.
"Well, you don't have to worry about what he'll grow up to be like." BB said with a smile.
"Yeah." Cy said softly with a small smile.
"C'mon, we have still have to fulfill his wishes." Nightwing.
Cyborg nodded and stood up. All of the others turned in for the night except Cyborg and Raven. Even though he knew that his son would live, it was VERY hard to see his son's body cremated. Raven stood by him the whole time as they watched. Cy stood with a tear down his eye, and even Raven shed tears because she knew that there was something familiar about him; but she never thought that is was her own child.
They placed in a special urn. It was styled exactly like his costume and had an inscription on it.
::To the most caring son who ever lived.::
"We'll spread his ashes in the morning, when the sun rises." Cyborg said.
Raven stayed with Cyborg the rest of the night. The next morning all of the Titans were up. Cyborg changed the blue on his cybernetic parts to dark purple. Nightwing was wearing and all white uniform with a purple falcon on it. Starfire, BB, and Terra were all wearing white also. The most surprising of them all, was that Raven was too.
They all walked to the shores of the tower's island.
"This is something that you and Raven should do." Nightwing said.
Cyborg nodded and headed to the edge with the urn in his hands. Raven was right next to him. The others stayed behind. They watched and waited for the sun to rise. As the first rays started to shine on them, when Cyborg opened the urn and started to slowly spread the ashes along the waters. After all the ashes were spread, they seemed to flow into the form of a falcon before seperating.
Cyborg and Raven held hands the whole time while watches the ashes flow with the water. The turned around and headed inside with the others.
In Cyborg's room, he put the CD of his son with the picture of him and Raven.
For breakfast, they had chocolate chip waffles. The same kind that Talon made when he made breakfast. They all were all sitting around remembering the times that they had while he was there.
"I'm surprised that you didn't notice that he was your son Cy!" BB said.
"Why?"
"Remember when we'd play video games. He'd always go 'Boo-Ya!!!' just like you!"
"Well I always figured that I was his role model. I mean it's what Nightwing said happened in the future."
"You never questioned whether he was your son Raven?" Starfire asked.
"I thought about it. Especially after me and Cyborg--you know. Slept with each other, but I just believed what Nightwing said about him having powers of his own. He did, he just didn't say everything."
"Well, he'll still have the same powers Raven since you're pregnant with him as we speak." Terra said.
"I know, I'm just glad that he won't have to suffer anymore."
"Nightwing, did you remember to destroy all of his things like he said?" Cyborg asked
"Yeah. I looked at it and it's WAY more advanced than what we have. Our time isn't ready for that stuff."
They all went on with their day, but continued to wear the same clothes to remember him. The day went by pretty fast. It was early in the morning and all of them were asleep except Cyborg. He was on the roof looking up at the sky.
"Conner. I'll be more careful from now on. I see how much my death changed things and I won't let it happen again. That I promise."
He turned to walk in, but saw Raven standing there.
"You couldn't sleep?"
"I needed to do something first. I'm going to bed now."
"He knows that you'll be there. I do too."
"Yeah. Thanks Rae."
End Of Chapter 5. Well, know Cyborg and Raven know that Talon is their son. All looks good, but just to make sure; we'll see how the future turns out in the conclusion to Empty Memories. Stay tuned.
"My...son." Cyborg said softly to himself.
"Who's the mother?" Terra asked.
"No time for that." Nightwing said.
"Nightwing?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah."
"Normally we fight for what's right, and we defend the innocent. Right?"
"Yeah."
"I think we can make an acception this time, because they just made it personal."
"Agreed."
"Then you don't mind if I take the lead this time."
"No, not at all."
"Titans! GO!" Cyborg yelled as he charged at the H.I.V.E.
"Aww, we made the robot mad." Gizmo said sarcastically.
"No! You made me mad!" Cy said.
Gizmo jumped in the air, but Starfire shot him back down towards Cyborg who shot him back in the air with his sonic cannon. Nightwing nailed him with a forward flip heelkick in the head that sent him crashing down to the ground. Cyborg walked over and yanked off Gizmo's electric back-pack, then ripped it apart.
Terra threw an onslaught of rocks at Jinx, but Jinx dodged them. However, it was a setup to send her right into a the open where Cyborg hit her in the back with steel beam.
"How do you like it?!" Cy yelled as she flew onto a pile of cement bags.
Mammoth tried to run, but Nightwing threw a grappling hook at him and tied him up. BB turned into an armadillo, while Raven used her powers to sling him at Mammoth. BB hit him right in the nose breaking it. BB then turned into an octopus and held him while Cy repeatedly punched him in the mid- section until he started to cough up blood.
BB let him go, then Mammoth fell to his knees holding his stomach; but Cyborg drove him face first into the ground.
The H.I.V.E. was defeated, but Cyborg wasn't done. He walked over to Jinx, who killed his son, and aimed his sonic cannon at her. He set it on full power, but with tears coming down his (on his human side of course) face he couldn't bring himself to kill her. Instead he walked back to his son, he took his cape off of him and placed it over his body.
"My son...sacrificed his life...for...me." He said before picking up his son and crying while he held him.
"That's what he came here for Cy. I'm sorry." Nightwing said as he put his hand on his friend's shoulder.
All of the Titans stood over him with their heads down. Cyborg picked up his son and started walking.
"Let's go home."
They all followed him back to the T-Car. Nightwing drove as Cy sat in the back holding his son in his arms. Terra sat to his right, while BB turned into falcon and rested on her shoulder, Starfire sat in the front, and Raven sat to Cy's left.
"I think that there's something you need to tell me Nightwing."
"Actually; I think your son will be telling you everything."
"What are you talking about?! He's dead! He can't talk!"
"I know that, but he gave me this CD. I have a feeling he knew what was going happen tonight. We'll play it when we get back to the Tower."
The trip back, was a long and quiet one. None of them said a word. It was the same when they walked in the tower also. Cyborg sat down on the couch, not letting go of his son. Nightwing walked to the t.v. and placed the CD in the DVD player.
He sat down with others who were gathered around Cyborg. The picture came on, it had Talon sitting in his father's room.
::Talon on the recording::
"Hello Titans. I'm sure you have some questions after what has happened tonight. This recording will answer them all. Not all of you knew this, but my real name is Conner Stone; making me the son of Victor Stone, also known as Cyborg. I came from the future to prevent his death, which on this day I hopefully succeeded at doing. Since you know who my father is, I know you're wondering who my mother is. If you haven't guessed it by now, my mother is Raven. Dad, I think she has something to tell you also. I know it's a shocker, at times it was to me also during the time I was here. Well, the main reason why you are watching this is because I'm dead. I realized why I would fade out from time time to. It was because I was in the past at such a pivotal time in my life. In other words, I almost screwed up my own life. I knew that I was going to die because if I saved my father's life the future would be changed. If I did, then I couldn't go back to my time because there would be two of me. So I would still have to die. I wouldn't be able to go back to my time anyways because I couldn't fix my time travel device, so I was stuck here. I enjoyed being around all of you and especially my parents. I hope that my sacrifice wasn't in vein. I just have one request; I would like it if you would cremate me and spread my ashes on the waters that surround Titan's Tower. See ya in the future."
::End Of Recording::
The Titans just sat there looking at the screen, no one said a word for 5 minutes. All of them were remembering the times that they had while he was there, and mourning the sacrifice that he made for his father. The silence was broken by Cyborg.
"He said that you needed to tell me something."
"There is. I'm pregnant." Raven said while putting her hand on her stomach.
"How? When?" Cyborg asked.
"It was 3 months ago when you came to check on me, and you didn't leave my room until the next morning."
"Oh yeah, that's right. So...that's our son? That's Talon?"
"Mm-hmm." Raven said as she nodded.
"Well, you don't have to worry about what he'll grow up to be like." BB said with a smile.
"Yeah." Cy said softly with a small smile.
"C'mon, we have still have to fulfill his wishes." Nightwing.
Cyborg nodded and stood up. All of the others turned in for the night except Cyborg and Raven. Even though he knew that his son would live, it was VERY hard to see his son's body cremated. Raven stood by him the whole time as they watched. Cy stood with a tear down his eye, and even Raven shed tears because she knew that there was something familiar about him; but she never thought that is was her own child.
They placed in a special urn. It was styled exactly like his costume and had an inscription on it.
::To the most caring son who ever lived.::
"We'll spread his ashes in the morning, when the sun rises." Cyborg said.
Raven stayed with Cyborg the rest of the night. The next morning all of the Titans were up. Cyborg changed the blue on his cybernetic parts to dark purple. Nightwing was wearing and all white uniform with a purple falcon on it. Starfire, BB, and Terra were all wearing white also. The most surprising of them all, was that Raven was too.
They all walked to the shores of the tower's island.
"This is something that you and Raven should do." Nightwing said.
Cyborg nodded and headed to the edge with the urn in his hands. Raven was right next to him. The others stayed behind. They watched and waited for the sun to rise. As the first rays started to shine on them, when Cyborg opened the urn and started to slowly spread the ashes along the waters. After all the ashes were spread, they seemed to flow into the form of a falcon before seperating.
Cyborg and Raven held hands the whole time while watches the ashes flow with the water. The turned around and headed inside with the others.
In Cyborg's room, he put the CD of his son with the picture of him and Raven.
For breakfast, they had chocolate chip waffles. The same kind that Talon made when he made breakfast. They all were all sitting around remembering the times that they had while he was there.
"I'm surprised that you didn't notice that he was your son Cy!" BB said.
"Why?"
"Remember when we'd play video games. He'd always go 'Boo-Ya!!!' just like you!"
"Well I always figured that I was his role model. I mean it's what Nightwing said happened in the future."
"You never questioned whether he was your son Raven?" Starfire asked.
"I thought about it. Especially after me and Cyborg--you know. Slept with each other, but I just believed what Nightwing said about him having powers of his own. He did, he just didn't say everything."
"Well, he'll still have the same powers Raven since you're pregnant with him as we speak." Terra said.
"I know, I'm just glad that he won't have to suffer anymore."
"Nightwing, did you remember to destroy all of his things like he said?" Cyborg asked
"Yeah. I looked at it and it's WAY more advanced than what we have. Our time isn't ready for that stuff."
They all went on with their day, but continued to wear the same clothes to remember him. The day went by pretty fast. It was early in the morning and all of them were asleep except Cyborg. He was on the roof looking up at the sky.
"Conner. I'll be more careful from now on. I see how much my death changed things and I won't let it happen again. That I promise."
He turned to walk in, but saw Raven standing there.
"You couldn't sleep?"
"I needed to do something first. I'm going to bed now."
"He knows that you'll be there. I do too."
"Yeah. Thanks Rae."
End Of Chapter 5. Well, know Cyborg and Raven know that Talon is their son. All looks good, but just to make sure; we'll see how the future turns out in the conclusion to Empty Memories. Stay tuned.