Fallen Wings

Castles: I think I'm gonna enjoy writing this part…Wait I enjoyed writing the last chapter, so not much difference there!! Trust me, I have a lot in store for my poor little Titans…And I am extremely pushed at the moment, I have 9 important exams over the next school year, as well as coursework in between and big scary Mock GCSEs, so please do be patient with me if updates are slow! Hell, my first two exams are on the 18th November!!

Kittens With Claws: We found it!!! Your hairbrush is upstairs in your bedroom!! And Castles doesn't own the Teen Titans!! She does own Shinobi!! Now leave us alone!!!

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TJ3232: I have a style? Oh wait, yeah, I do!! Currently trying to 'tweek' style a bit, - I've gone a bit dark, can you tell? And on the whole loony Rae thing, I felt it suited her a lot in the feel of the New World, and she'll perk up a bit later anyway!! Read this chapter for more, and try and pick up the hint!

Change-Of-Heart2: I'm not THAT good...Meh, this is where it starts to get a bit interesting…More to come soon…Castles has homework tho, so she'll be back soon…

Misunderstood Demoness: As I said above, - I'm 'tweeking' my style! So, I might incorporate RobxRae in there somewhere, 'cuz I've never done a fic with the pairing before! Please don't kill me with the death hug…

Just me and myself: Twisting plots and characters. Fun isn't it? :P

Lexon : Thank you for the support! Hey, Night Shade is insane for a reason, and I did it for just that. Due a few plot twists later on, it will dull down a lot, but for now, Shape Shifter and Jinx are on the case!! (I decided to dull the loony stuff anyway, people don't seem to take to it..)

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Castles: Poor Raven, she's been kidnapped…Night Shade got a bit scared, and now she's even more traumatised…Maybe those two do have something in common…I just realised that I'm writing two plots here, two plots that are gonna collide later, but meanwhile, enjoy..

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Dumping the barely awake body of Raven on the floor, Shinobi walked into the darkened lair of Slade Wilson. She had no fear, unlike Terra had once had, for she had completed everything Slade had asked her to do. And on top of that, she'd event taken the time to cover her tracks, as well as bringing back a little gift.

"Master Slade Sir." She knelt before the emotionless villain sat within the chair, lowering her head in honour. He clicked his fingers twice, a signal the ninja knew well to meaning 'arise, soldier'.

"It appears you have done yourself great honour my dear. The HIVE headmistress is dead, anyone who got in the way is dead, and the foolish police have no idea who did it. Well done, you have, earned my trust in your, capabilities." His soft, yet cold tone, addressed to Shinobi as she stood to attention almost caused her to blush. But she kept her attentive manner, arms folded slightly stiffly behind her back.

"I bring you a little gift, Master Slade. I have a feeling you may find her useful in the destruction of the Titans." All the while as she spoke, she kept her gaze straight ahead, chin held upright.

"And what, or who should I say, have you brought me?" He asked with interest.

She clicked her fingers, and several other ninjas appeared suddenly from the darkness, dragging a very angered Raven in the centre of their tightly knit group. She was wide-awake by that time, and not impressed by her bindings that blocked her powers.

"My, my, you have outdone yourself. Tell me my dear, how did you manage to kidnap Raven of all people, and effectively secure her powers?" Slade stood, walking towards the demon. He cupped up her chin, assuring himself that she was indeed, the actual demon herself.

"She pleases you, Master Slade?" Shinobi asked. "It wasn't hard to pin her down and knock her out, if that is what you are asking me."

"She does indeed…Lock her up, and make sure she does not get away. And if the Titans rescue her, they will do so on your lives.." Slade snarled at the ninja group.

"As you command Sir. She will have 24/7 sentinels, keeping watch." The lead ninja nodded in approval, before ordering his group away to the cells where Raven would stay.

"I can use her to lure those Titans to their doom…And then, then I might actually get a chance at taking over Jump City. But meanwhile I need a way to tell those Titans that their friend is my hostage.."

"Perhaps, Master Slade, perhaps you could use her to your advantage by holding her in a warehouse or something. Then, when the Titans come to rescue her, you could distract them with something to fight, whilst you move her outside, and back to your lair. You never know Master, it could work." Shinobi kept her tone even, bowing to her master.

"Actually, I believe you're smarter than I thought you were." Slade slyly smiled beneath his mask, although she could not see it.

"Why thank you Master. You intend to use the demon to your advantage?" She asked.

"She's not just going to help me take over Jump City, - She's going to destroy her friends with her bare hands when I am done with her…But first, yes, we will tell those foolish Titans just what their odds are…"

"I quite agree Master…I quite agree.." Shinobi added.

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"Yes..Yes…" A quiet, low voice growled throughout the darkened, cold room. "Finally…"

"Um, Cyberion…" Jinx's equally low, hesitant voice caused the hybrid to turn in anger, his eye narrowed in anger.

"What, do you want?" He snarled.

"Uh, the final component…I've analysed every factor of its constituency, and it appears to have a core of the compounds Copper Oxide and Magnesium Nitrate. So it should conduct the energy needed to tear open a portal to the New World. If it fails, we'll need a stronger conductor." Jinx did her best to stay firm in her speech, but it was hard with the daunting half-robot staring intently at her.

"Excellent…My creation is almost complete…With the elemental core, I will run the final test. If the final test passes, we can successfully pass over into the underlying dimension.." His answer was slow and slightly dragged, as he gripped the small black core, lifting it from Jinx's hand, and taking it into the depths of his lair.

"So, uh, how does this thing work then?" The sorceress, eager to get a bit of insight whilst she was there, carefully picked out a few questions to ask.

"In the universe, there are several thousand, even million different dimensions. No two are the same; every single one is different in some way. Ours is just one of them, and we are going to use another of those worlds to recreate our own. It will change everything, from who we are to the city we live in. Imagine what evil could do with that kind of power."

"The power to change lives, worlds even. That is incredible. And you're sure it can be done?" She was beginning to grow bolder, her questioning becoming slightly, daring.

"Of course..But one must ensure all the components are correct, and there is no mix up. We do not wish to end up in a world where we cannot return. And we definitely do not want to try and capture a world that is no better off than our own." She'd caught him on a slightly tender moment, times that were both rare, and to be cherished. He snapped out of his reverie, becoming the then cold-hearted bastard he'd become.

"Now get out. I don't want to be disturbed until it is finished." He snarled all over again.

"Yes Cyberion. " She swallowed and nodded, turning to go. She murmured the familiar phrase that had somehow become the unofficial saying of the small, untrusting group. "I don't want your hand this time, I'll save myself.."

"What are you doing skulking around down here?" Shape Shifter murmured, creeping up behind the sorceress, causing her to jump.

"Giving Cyberion back his little plaything. He's almost done, once the final component is installed, he'll run a final test. If it's successful, we'll be able to cross over. " Jinx replied, eyes occasionally blinking, always kept face forward.

"Hmm, I see..Well, get back to your workstation. There's a lot of work to be done before any attempt at passing into a different dimension is tried. And see to it that Night Shade tests that new serum we manage to pull up in the labs. If it's anywhere near thriving, it will reverse the 'insane' effect all these years have done to her." With his lip curling upwards slightly, he turned, and strode off into the darkness of the corridor they stood in.

"Don't want your hand this time, I'll save myself…" The sorceress whispered, before slipping away into the shadows. The majority of the secondary corridors along the small base had poor or next to no lighting, therefore making swift, and disguised attacks on enemies a simpler thing. But above all, the main meeting room, where the workstations and offices of the many fallen heroes were built in, the lighting and maintenance was to the highest standards they could manage. With sudden jolt of realisation, Jinx found that she'd taken the wrong route, and was in a more disused area of the base.

"Shit...Now what do I fucking do?" She murmured, backing up as she abruptly noticed the dirt and grime clinging to the metal plates that hung loosely from the walls. A florescence light, occasionally flickering with a brief flash, swung slightly in the light breeze that hung about from the air conditioning, creaking with every swing. It frightened and disturbed her to a degree, as she recognised the area to be Level 3, - also known as Night Shade's Level. Whereas Nightwing had formerly taken Level 5, the second to lowest level, Chromia Level 2, Shape Shifter Level 4, and Cyberion Level 1, the sorceress herself had chosen to adopt Level 6, lowest and considered the most bizarre of all of levels, - if one didn't include Night Shade and her insanity.

Staring down the blackness, with little to light her way, Jinx found it was much like a nightmare, more of the traditional classic where one was being chased down a never-ending tunnel that always seemed to be spooky and eerie to a certain extent. It was like the legendary 'nightmare tunnel' as she observe the stretching darkness that lined the shabby corridor of Night Wing's quarters.

"Hello my pretty…" With all the grace of a cat, Night Shade had crept up on the girl, absorbing energy ball held firmly in her grasp back into her palm. " What's a treacherous young beauty like you doing in a blackened hide of a fallen insanity?.." She leant so close, she breathed the last two words into Jinx's ear with a shimmer of the demon's numb breath.

"I…I got lost…" Jinx stammered, knowing that it was VERY bad idea to enter Night Shade's lair.

"Got lost? I thought you knew your way around here…" Shade took the liberty of lowly breathing the key words of her sentences into Jinx's ear, her deadened breath playing across the sorceress's cheek.

"I took a wrong turn by accident…I didn't mean to end up down her…I'm sorry…" She was desperately trying to worm her way out of the mess she'd got herself into.

"You've come into my world now…Nobody should come into my world…Forgive me if I take the time to think of, ways…Ways to punish you…" She rolled her words on the tip of her tongue, running her fingers lightly along the other girl's bare shoulders and chest, as well as the top of her back. Each touch was like silk, lulling the sorceress into a false sense of security, that ensnared her in Shade's trap almost at once.

"Don't do this...You know what will happen…" Jinx whispered lightly, her voice filled with a sense of unawareness, almost giving the impression of one who was high on some form of drugs.

"Nothing will happen my sweet…Nothing at all…" Night Shade was determined to make Jinx pay for trespassing, she allowed no one inside the borders of Level 3 without a major emergency. And she was doing just that, for the other woman was already suffering the effects of her powers.

"Nothing at all…" Jinx echoed, her eyes shutting as she slipped away into another world..

"Nothing but your downfall my sweet…" Shade whispered, digging her nails into Jinx's neck. The girl choked, as poison flooded her bloodstream and airways, throwing her once sweet daydreams into pungent nightmares. With the poison narrowing Jinx's windpipe, similar to the effects of an asthma attack, she struggled to breathe, desperately pulling in little air. Shade's ploy began to weaken the other woman, as the sorceress eventually passed out, withering and gasping for breath on the cold metal floor. Flexing her fingers, pleased that her skills weren't too rusty, Night Shade grabbed Jinx's arms, dragging the woman down the dirty and sorrowful corridors, stopping as she reached the borders of Level 3, where she abandoned her 'trespasser's' body.

"Pleasant dreams…my sweet..." With a flick of her tongue, the crazy Night Shade vanished once more, leaving Jinx to be found by a startled Shape Shifter, continually fighting of the effects of Shade's poison…

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"So, now what? We have to find Raven, and still stop our friendly neighbour ninja." Beast Boy's humble attempts at humour got him nowhere, as Robin gave him the famous 'shut-up-or-die' glance.

"We find Slade. And get Raven back." Robin answered grimly, adding another glare on the end at his green skinned friend. The masked hero turned back to the screen, where Cyborg was tapping away, trying to get a few more 'locks' on Raven's location.

"Whoa, easy bird boy. We have to play this carefully. Raven is not easy to pin down, let alone allowing herself to be captured so easily. Slade will play every move with caution. And so will we. " The hybrid shot a questioning look at Robin, who shrugged it off, knowing the truth behind his associates words.

"Oh, friend Cyborg! What game are we to play with our enemy Slade?" Starfire, naïve as ever, was surprised when everyone groaned, gathering that she had said wrong. "What? What have I done?"

"Nothing, it's just Cy is using an expression. Battles like these are related to games, because after all, Slade's move was taking Raven. Our next few moves must be focused on rescuing her." Robin did his best to help the confused girl, but she did seem to gather the idea.

"Easy now." Cyborg repeated. " Slade will be expecting us to try and rescue her. For this part, we're going to have to make sure we're not predictable. Usually in times like this, we'll try to save our team mate, and the enemy will have her tied up and heavily guarded, thus making any attempt at rescue impossible. See? We have to find a new strategy." The hybrid's words, so strong and reasonable spoke sense into everyone, keeping even Robin quiet. Eventually, the leader spoke up, the new ideas sparking inside his head taking control of his obsessive anger.

"Well then, lets not be predictable. Lets find ways to safely draw Slade out, and get our team in. And more importantly, lets find ways to change our battle strategies, in a means that he won't suspect. Lets save Raven." Robin's determined speech spurred the little group on, as they put their minds to the test in numerously fierce brain storming and testing out sessions.

"Okay…Maybe we should put some of this aside until Slade's next move…We're making progress and we're not.." Beast Boy panted his way into the main room, where the group was tired, dirty, and ready to relax for a short while.

"Good idea BB. Okay everyone, work on your battle strategies! We need change! Try teamwork, try double and triple attacks! Try adapting existing moves, and see if you can make an attack more effective with improvement! But first, - half an hours rest.." With the masked boy's words, everyone grabbed drinks, food and chairs to relax in as they put their ideas into pen and paper.

Within days, the group was prepared, waiting for Slade to spring a surprise on them. The downside was that they had no means of locating their friend by computer, and they had no idea where their enemy was, or any leads to find him with. But the plans, testing and training was working, many backup ideas, many emergency plans had been made, and the Teen Titans were ready for action.

Outside the tower that night, the dark shadows of Shinobi was lurking around on her second task, and causing pure chaos in the city as she did so. Task three was going to be so much fun, but for now, this would do for the thrills. Shinobi was quiet, deathly still as she saw the opposite shadows coming the other way. Someone else dared to come here when she was hunting?! Sure enough, it a was bounty hunter, obviously after a chance to sneak into the tower. She could tell by the clothing that he was not very experienced either, she wouldn't have seen him so easily either.

"Nobody hunts in my grounds.." The ninja whispered, drawing her sword, and preparing herself. It was then that she saw more shadows, and more loudly whispered voices, as well as flashes of body and clothing. There was group of about 20, and she was going to have to take them out.

The battle for domination had begun.

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Castles: Almost 3,000 words!! That's good for me!! Like the way I've thrown a few 'changes' in with 'our' Titans? Don't worry, I won't kill Raven off, I'm not a fan of doing that. When I do kill Rae off, I get loads of angry 'against-Rae-dying 'fans on my back!!