Last Chapter. I really need to know what you all think. I cant get any better if I don't know what I'm doing wrong. So tell me what you think.
All day the Titans had kept an eye out for anything unusual which might shout Shrapnel. They had been monitoring all security systems and safe guards, but so far he hadn't struck anywhere. It was getting to the point where the Titans were just sitting there playing solitaire. Beast Boy was on the verge of just giving up.
"Noting, nothing", he said to himself. "More nothing, lots of nothing, I'll have a side order of nothing, looks like a one hundred percent chance of nothing"-. He then saw a blinking light on one of the spots on the computerized map, this was followed by a beeping sound. He began to wave his hand behind his back. "Hey guys I've got something". Everyone jumped up so fast they all knocked over their seats. Beast Boy zoomed in on the location and printed it out in writing. "He's at the Jump City reservoir", he said handing Robin the paper. Robin grinned before saying "Titans go".
At the reservoir Shrapnel was busy holing up electrical cables to what appeared to be the generators. He connected a small meter to one of the generators and frowned slightly.
"Seventy five percent power. It'll have to do I suppose". He was reaching for a red switch when a flying disk out of nowhere struck his hand. He recoiled in pain and looked over his shoulder. The disk returned to its owner, Robin, with the rest of the Teen Titans behind him.
"More like seventy five years in prison, give or take a decade", said Robin. Shrapnel activated his arm blaster.
"I have no time for you teenage vigilantes, now GET OUT OF HERE"! He let loose a merciless wave of laser fire.
"TITANS MOVE", shouted Robin. The five of them separated as the blasts went in all directions. Robin brought out his staff and charged at Shrapnel, while Starfire flew overhead and released a barrage of starbolts. Shrapnel dodged them all just in time to block Robin's downward hack with his staff. He grabbed Robin by the chest and sent fifty thousand volts through him. Robin screamed in pain and fell down. Shrapnel would have congratulated himself had he not been lifted off the ground by black energy, "Azerath Metrion Zinthos"! Then blasted to the other side of the room by Cyborg. Raven floated down next to Robin and began to heal his burns rapidly while Starfire and Beast Boy went in for another assault.
Beast Boy came in as a tiger and slashed at Shrapnel in the leg. Starfire backed him up with a shot from her eye beams. Shrapnel had now reached the point of pissed off. As Starfire came in for a collision coarse he reached up grabbed her by the throat. Taken completely by surprise Star couldn't do anything but embrace the vat she had been thrown into. Then he focused on Beast Boy and now Cyborg who came hurtling at him. He threw one of his power inhibitors at Beast Boy and missed, Cyborg was mere feet from Shrapnel and then connected his fist with Shrapnel's face. Shrapnel lay in a corner unconscious.
Raven finished healing Robin's wounds and the two of them joined the other three in front of Shrapnel. As they gathered around him, he peered up and tried to move but found it difficult. Seeing that he had been beaten he reached for one of Robin's bird-a-rangs and threw it at the red switch. The Titans all stared in horror as a fifteen minuets countdown began.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE", shouted Robin. Shrapnel smiled.
"Something that should have been done along time ago".
"What are you talking about", asked Cyborg his arm cannon still out.
"The U.S. government had fifteen minuets to meet my demands or this whole city will writher and die", Shrapnel said. He tapped a small U.S. logo, which said that the government knew exactly what was happening.
"IT WILL DO MORE THAN THAT", shouted Star. She grabbed him y the shirt and held him up. "You have seriously misgauged the blast radius, it will cover half of America"!
"It would serve them right", said Shrapnel through gritted teeth.
"Whats that supposed to mean", asked Robin. Shrapnel shot a look at him,
"For years I bumped off everyone on the C.I.A.'s hit list! Every time ending with a completely successful mission status. And every time I came home with not even a pat on the back! Soon I discovered that they basically paid their garbage men more than me! Now I'm TAKING WHAT I EARNED"! He smacked away Star and headed for the control counsel, he typed in a key code and the timer changed from thirteen minuets to one minuets. "Now because of you, America has twelve minuets less". Star shot a fearful look to Robin and nodded. He remembered what she told them about the two cylinders. He whispered something to Cyborg and they both darted at Shrapnel. Who brought up his arm blaster only to have it sliced off by one of Robin's sherikans. Then Cyborg fired his arm cannon containing a grenade disk. Shrapnel's eyes widened as he was hit with the "sonic boom". He was thrown beneath a shelf and a heavy bar knocked him on the head and the last thing he saw were tiny gold stars.
Cyborg immediately opened the main generator and found not to large cylinders but a complex array of wires and tubes. They all couldn't believe this. They had one minuet to shut that thing off or they along with half of the U.S. would die a pretty horrible death.
"Now what", asked Robin.
"Try the red wire, its always the red wire", said BB over Cy's shoulder. They all looked at Beast Boy. "What. Its either that or we just give up and die".
"But what if"- Cyborg began to say. "Ahhh what the hell", he snipped off the red wire and the clock stopped at twenty-one seconds. Everyone exhaled to the point where there was no oxygen left in them. Cyborg smiled at Beast Boy. "BB, that's the last time your going to see me make fun of your movie know-how". They all got a small chuckle (except Raven who merely curved her mouth into a smile). After they had seen Shrapnel off to the police they returned to the reservoir control room and gasped to find it completely empty. They searched everywhere but didn't find so much as a paper clip. As they all looked around each corner a shadowy figure was watching them from a distance through a riflescope. Seeing that the generators were all gone she got up from her firing position and joined the rest of her guards.
The next day the Titans were walking back through the office door of Alec Octavius. He rose at the site of them.
"Ah, the people of retrieved my equipment I can't thank you enough", he said extending his hand. Robin didn't take it but simply stared Octavius in the face. Who read Robin's frustration and returned to his desk. "I can understand if you're all more than slightly miffed".
"You didn't tell us everything the last time we were here", said Robin standing his ground. Raven stepped forward.
"You withheld information that we needed in order to safely deactivate the device", she said her frown darkening. Alec nodded a little and then walked in front of his desk and crossed his arms.
"It was necessary for the protection of this company and my assets", his eyes narrowed.
"WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, OR US", roared Robin pointing to his friends. "If you had just told us what exactly it was we were up against we would have been able to stop him with a lot more confidence".
"Well you didn't have the information", replied Alec and there was a long pause. He shook his head and pulled five small slips of paper out of his coat pocket. "I don't want to part company on bad terms so why don't you attend a small gathering with me"? He handed them the slips of paper and backed away slightly.
"What like a party", asked BB.
"Very good BB", said Alec in a mock kindergarten teacher tone. Beast Boy glared at him and looked over his ticket. "These passes will grant you full access to the nights festivities, it would look good for our country in you all attended". Robin looked from his pass to his friends and back to Octavius.
"First of all, we look after the whole world. Not just America. Though we are home based in this country, we don't exclusively represent it".
"Fine, fine. Look Robin its just a night out to enjoy yourself and witness history in the making". They all put on curious looks.
"Whats going to be so historical", asked Cyborg.
"Ah well, that's a surprise. You all like surprises don't you".
"Not when they deal with you", said Robin. Alec then gave up trying to be friendly.
"Come or don't come, that is your choice. However, if you ever even enter another Octech building again, I'll kill you". And this was something none of them were surprised at.
"I am baffled at how you can be so heartless", said Starfire.
"Well get used to it babe, in corporate lingo I'm called Mr. Big. And will do anything to unsure my continued reign if you will. A business is filled with pawns my friends. And this case was no different. I had a small problem and I used you to fix it". Except in the case of Slade, never had they heard someone speak of such cruelty without fear of being brought to justice. Even so, Slade used some discretion of his movements. Robin took a step closer to Octavius who was smiling rather maliciously.
"If we come to this little party, its going to be to keep an eye on your mafia ass and to hope to God that we catch you red handed with something dirty".
"Well I guess I'll see you all then. You can go now". None of the Titans moved. Al of them staring at Octavius with nothing short of pure anger. "The door isn't going to open itself you know". With that he turned and left through another door. Robin ran after him and found a small room with absolutely no other way out, empty.
"Damn", said Robin to himself.
"What do we do now", asked Beast Boy. Robin looked at his ticket and pocketed it and started to leave. The other Titans followed him out and they headed back to the tower.
TO BE CONTINUED
My next story entry is the conclusion. It will feature a very familiar villain. Though he will be entirely new to the Titan's list of foes. R&R please.
All day the Titans had kept an eye out for anything unusual which might shout Shrapnel. They had been monitoring all security systems and safe guards, but so far he hadn't struck anywhere. It was getting to the point where the Titans were just sitting there playing solitaire. Beast Boy was on the verge of just giving up.
"Noting, nothing", he said to himself. "More nothing, lots of nothing, I'll have a side order of nothing, looks like a one hundred percent chance of nothing"-. He then saw a blinking light on one of the spots on the computerized map, this was followed by a beeping sound. He began to wave his hand behind his back. "Hey guys I've got something". Everyone jumped up so fast they all knocked over their seats. Beast Boy zoomed in on the location and printed it out in writing. "He's at the Jump City reservoir", he said handing Robin the paper. Robin grinned before saying "Titans go".
At the reservoir Shrapnel was busy holing up electrical cables to what appeared to be the generators. He connected a small meter to one of the generators and frowned slightly.
"Seventy five percent power. It'll have to do I suppose". He was reaching for a red switch when a flying disk out of nowhere struck his hand. He recoiled in pain and looked over his shoulder. The disk returned to its owner, Robin, with the rest of the Teen Titans behind him.
"More like seventy five years in prison, give or take a decade", said Robin. Shrapnel activated his arm blaster.
"I have no time for you teenage vigilantes, now GET OUT OF HERE"! He let loose a merciless wave of laser fire.
"TITANS MOVE", shouted Robin. The five of them separated as the blasts went in all directions. Robin brought out his staff and charged at Shrapnel, while Starfire flew overhead and released a barrage of starbolts. Shrapnel dodged them all just in time to block Robin's downward hack with his staff. He grabbed Robin by the chest and sent fifty thousand volts through him. Robin screamed in pain and fell down. Shrapnel would have congratulated himself had he not been lifted off the ground by black energy, "Azerath Metrion Zinthos"! Then blasted to the other side of the room by Cyborg. Raven floated down next to Robin and began to heal his burns rapidly while Starfire and Beast Boy went in for another assault.
Beast Boy came in as a tiger and slashed at Shrapnel in the leg. Starfire backed him up with a shot from her eye beams. Shrapnel had now reached the point of pissed off. As Starfire came in for a collision coarse he reached up grabbed her by the throat. Taken completely by surprise Star couldn't do anything but embrace the vat she had been thrown into. Then he focused on Beast Boy and now Cyborg who came hurtling at him. He threw one of his power inhibitors at Beast Boy and missed, Cyborg was mere feet from Shrapnel and then connected his fist with Shrapnel's face. Shrapnel lay in a corner unconscious.
Raven finished healing Robin's wounds and the two of them joined the other three in front of Shrapnel. As they gathered around him, he peered up and tried to move but found it difficult. Seeing that he had been beaten he reached for one of Robin's bird-a-rangs and threw it at the red switch. The Titans all stared in horror as a fifteen minuets countdown began.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE", shouted Robin. Shrapnel smiled.
"Something that should have been done along time ago".
"What are you talking about", asked Cyborg his arm cannon still out.
"The U.S. government had fifteen minuets to meet my demands or this whole city will writher and die", Shrapnel said. He tapped a small U.S. logo, which said that the government knew exactly what was happening.
"IT WILL DO MORE THAN THAT", shouted Star. She grabbed him y the shirt and held him up. "You have seriously misgauged the blast radius, it will cover half of America"!
"It would serve them right", said Shrapnel through gritted teeth.
"Whats that supposed to mean", asked Robin. Shrapnel shot a look at him,
"For years I bumped off everyone on the C.I.A.'s hit list! Every time ending with a completely successful mission status. And every time I came home with not even a pat on the back! Soon I discovered that they basically paid their garbage men more than me! Now I'm TAKING WHAT I EARNED"! He smacked away Star and headed for the control counsel, he typed in a key code and the timer changed from thirteen minuets to one minuets. "Now because of you, America has twelve minuets less". Star shot a fearful look to Robin and nodded. He remembered what she told them about the two cylinders. He whispered something to Cyborg and they both darted at Shrapnel. Who brought up his arm blaster only to have it sliced off by one of Robin's sherikans. Then Cyborg fired his arm cannon containing a grenade disk. Shrapnel's eyes widened as he was hit with the "sonic boom". He was thrown beneath a shelf and a heavy bar knocked him on the head and the last thing he saw were tiny gold stars.
Cyborg immediately opened the main generator and found not to large cylinders but a complex array of wires and tubes. They all couldn't believe this. They had one minuet to shut that thing off or they along with half of the U.S. would die a pretty horrible death.
"Now what", asked Robin.
"Try the red wire, its always the red wire", said BB over Cy's shoulder. They all looked at Beast Boy. "What. Its either that or we just give up and die".
"But what if"- Cyborg began to say. "Ahhh what the hell", he snipped off the red wire and the clock stopped at twenty-one seconds. Everyone exhaled to the point where there was no oxygen left in them. Cyborg smiled at Beast Boy. "BB, that's the last time your going to see me make fun of your movie know-how". They all got a small chuckle (except Raven who merely curved her mouth into a smile). After they had seen Shrapnel off to the police they returned to the reservoir control room and gasped to find it completely empty. They searched everywhere but didn't find so much as a paper clip. As they all looked around each corner a shadowy figure was watching them from a distance through a riflescope. Seeing that the generators were all gone she got up from her firing position and joined the rest of her guards.
The next day the Titans were walking back through the office door of Alec Octavius. He rose at the site of them.
"Ah, the people of retrieved my equipment I can't thank you enough", he said extending his hand. Robin didn't take it but simply stared Octavius in the face. Who read Robin's frustration and returned to his desk. "I can understand if you're all more than slightly miffed".
"You didn't tell us everything the last time we were here", said Robin standing his ground. Raven stepped forward.
"You withheld information that we needed in order to safely deactivate the device", she said her frown darkening. Alec nodded a little and then walked in front of his desk and crossed his arms.
"It was necessary for the protection of this company and my assets", his eyes narrowed.
"WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, OR US", roared Robin pointing to his friends. "If you had just told us what exactly it was we were up against we would have been able to stop him with a lot more confidence".
"Well you didn't have the information", replied Alec and there was a long pause. He shook his head and pulled five small slips of paper out of his coat pocket. "I don't want to part company on bad terms so why don't you attend a small gathering with me"? He handed them the slips of paper and backed away slightly.
"What like a party", asked BB.
"Very good BB", said Alec in a mock kindergarten teacher tone. Beast Boy glared at him and looked over his ticket. "These passes will grant you full access to the nights festivities, it would look good for our country in you all attended". Robin looked from his pass to his friends and back to Octavius.
"First of all, we look after the whole world. Not just America. Though we are home based in this country, we don't exclusively represent it".
"Fine, fine. Look Robin its just a night out to enjoy yourself and witness history in the making". They all put on curious looks.
"Whats going to be so historical", asked Cyborg.
"Ah well, that's a surprise. You all like surprises don't you".
"Not when they deal with you", said Robin. Alec then gave up trying to be friendly.
"Come or don't come, that is your choice. However, if you ever even enter another Octech building again, I'll kill you". And this was something none of them were surprised at.
"I am baffled at how you can be so heartless", said Starfire.
"Well get used to it babe, in corporate lingo I'm called Mr. Big. And will do anything to unsure my continued reign if you will. A business is filled with pawns my friends. And this case was no different. I had a small problem and I used you to fix it". Except in the case of Slade, never had they heard someone speak of such cruelty without fear of being brought to justice. Even so, Slade used some discretion of his movements. Robin took a step closer to Octavius who was smiling rather maliciously.
"If we come to this little party, its going to be to keep an eye on your mafia ass and to hope to God that we catch you red handed with something dirty".
"Well I guess I'll see you all then. You can go now". None of the Titans moved. Al of them staring at Octavius with nothing short of pure anger. "The door isn't going to open itself you know". With that he turned and left through another door. Robin ran after him and found a small room with absolutely no other way out, empty.
"Damn", said Robin to himself.
"What do we do now", asked Beast Boy. Robin looked at his ticket and pocketed it and started to leave. The other Titans followed him out and they headed back to the tower.
TO BE CONTINUED
My next story entry is the conclusion. It will feature a very familiar villain. Though he will be entirely new to the Titan's list of foes. R&R please.