Although I pwn at the Teen Titans (laughs a sad sarcastic laugh) I do not own them.
OMG guys it's a cliffhanger. If you've read this far and think it's too angsty, read no further. It's kinda ridiculous in some ways after this. (I just needed to get this story idea out of my head.)
"I can't get them on the communicator," said Robin as he and Cyborg raced across the city. They could still trace Grey's path through the skies where he'd torn apart buildings and warped the sky. His powers were beginning to grow out of control in his rage. Cyborg was even beginning to detect blood in the atmosphere, as if Grey was ripping himself apart just to reach Sarah on time, his amazing speed spreading the blood through the air.
"I just hope the others are okay," Cyborg said, "Grey just seems to convinced that their's someone else out there."
"I know," Robin said, concern and doubt filling his ever thought.
"Ohhh!!!" Sarah said as she felt through her pockets.
"What is it?" Raven asked as the girl fumbled with a strange looking object.
"It's my cell phone, Grey made it for me," she said, proudly displaying what was obviously a mixture of other cell phones that had been parted together. Raven now fully understood Sarah and Grey's predicament. They were poor, intelligent, but unconnected people. They were probably very surprised when they learned they actually had a valuable connection.
Sarah had told Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy her story. Beast was told to keep an eye on the area, and was unable to hear most of the story, and Starfire, in her naivete, was unable to comprehend why the two lovers had been put through so much hardship. Rachel's father was a business tycoon, but had been caught up in dirty dealings that were being carried out by lower-level employee's. When the scam was found out, her father was sent to prison. Unable to stand the thought of having to look at his wife and child, and knowing how much being around them would hurt them, because of the business world's sudden loathing of his family, he committed suicide. Sarah's mother was only able to live off of the money alloted to her through her husband's will. Rachel was actually a very bright student, but was unable to participate in many school activities because she had to work so often to help her mom out with finances. She met Grey when he ordered fast food from her employer (she still remembered exactly what he ordered). Grey, who seemed confused at the time, tried to give her a tip that was too large. When she explained this to him, he simply told her to keep it, because she probably deserved it. When she walked away, several boys came up and began making fun of Grey's car. Sarah was astounded to see Grey laughing with them. The other boys, not knowing how to respond, called him a freak, and left. Sarah asked him how he could simply sit there and let them say that He simply answered "Because in some senses, they're right." They ended going on a date, in which Grey explained his past. His parents were middle class business workers, but had many medical conditions that cost them dearly. Grey had problems of his own. He had been forced to go to a different school district when he began acting violently and anti-socially. The school district, having already dealt with a serious attack on it by one of its students, was unwilling to take any chances. As it turned out, a medication Grey had been taking for allergies, had caused severe mental instability. He'd had to go into rehabilitation because of the chemical byproducts the drug had caused him to produce. They'd been dating for about two years when Sarah caught her disease. The rest, the Titans already knew.
"I do not understand this 'mental illness' that you described," Starfire had begun after Sarah told the story.
"It-" Raven began, but was cut off by Sarah.
"It's when you don't have as much control of yourself as you normally would, because you start thinking differently, and sometimes you start thinking things that are wrong are right, and other times, you just can't see any of the world around you. It means you're a different person than you should be." Sarah looked at her feet, looking as though she were tired.
"Can we go to a park?" Sarah asked. "I'm really tired, and I need some fresh air."
"Sure," Beast Boy said, "I know a great- Sarah? Sarah!!!"
They all watched as Sarah fell to the ground, a blood stain forming on the back of her shirt.
"Fried Sarah, what has happened? What needs to be done to fix you? Are you sick again?" Starfire threw these questions at the dead girl, not realizing that nothing could fix her anymore.
"You should have listened to Grey you know," yelled a hysterical Ricks from the top of a building. His sniper rifle gleaming in the sun that was just beginning to pick its way through the clouds. "Don't worry about her," said that man, "she's already dead. You on the other hand, have to deal with her boyfriend!" He began laughing, his laugh impossibly hollow.
Starfire, now in tears at her sudden realization of Sarah's death, looked up at Ricks with sudden anger. "You shall pay for what you've done!" she yelled, charging up through the air to strike him.
"I'm sorry, but I have the feeling you wont have the honor," was Ricks's cryptic reply as he suddenly imploded, only to explode a second later. His metal parts raining down on the street below.
"RACHEL!!!"
Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy fell to the ground as the noise permeated the surrounding city blocks. The surrounding crowd joining them. The ringing in their ears subsided just in time for them to hear a young boy crying, holding Rachel, stroking her cold white face. He looked at them, face covered in a strange metallic mask with bulging glass green eyes, and four small slits where his mouth would be. Grey was no longer in his test-tube attire. He had a large black cloak, that hooded his face, and was wearing baggy black clothing underneath it. Raven felt his anger, permeating her and her friends. She could feel her friends cringing in fear at this new feeling. Raven, being adept at feeling others emotions, was getting a full blast, and it wasn't pleasant.
"Look, we didn't kill her, it was the Ricks guy," Beast Boy pleaded, transforming into a bear as Grey stepped towards him.
"You never listen, do you," Grey began, hysteria filling his every word. "No one ever does. You'll just have to learn... the painful way." He bent his head forward, and took another step towards Beast Boy.
"I'm warning you, take another step, and I'll take you down." Beast Boy said, trying to fake at least some courage.
Grey took another step, and Beast Boy charged, and slashed. Grey simply stood there, and let the blow strike what appeared to be nothing. Beast Boy continually struck at Grey, who began laughing a merciless laugh. After countless strikes, Beast Boy backed off. Realizing, he needed his friends for this one. However, his friends were still recovering. As he looked back to ask for their help, Grey swept in and blasted Beast Boy. Before anyone saw what happened, Beast Boy was half way through a wall, with blood running down his arm.
Grey turned his glance at Starfire, who had just gotten to her feet.
"You do not need to hurt us. I offer you this one last warn- yelp" She cried as Grey took a hold of her throat. Energy blast after energy blast pounded from around the two, until you couldn't see either. However, her attacks were useless. The shield Grey was able to create around himself was simply too strong.
"You're that boy's girl aren't you?" He smiled, which was strangely obvious beyond his mask. "Well, we'll simply have to make him pay. He's the one who set me free anyway."
A black shadow covered Grey's mask, pulled it off, and rammed it into his stomach.
"We're a team, and anything any one of us does, we're all responsible for." Raven reasoned. She had no other words for the boy, because she didn't believe he could be comforted.
He loosed his grip on Starfire, who he'd been subconsciously strangling, and she fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize you wanted to play too." He said as he flew at Raven.
She threw up a wall of earth in front of her. Which Grey impacted heavily. The next moment, earth clods flew everywhere as the mount exploded, and Grey and Raven's powers began to collide. As the battle dragged on, Raven began to search for things to throw at him. She finally pulled up a piece of dirt near Sarah's body, hoping it wouldn't pull her with it, but it did. Grey saw, and was outraged.
"DON'T YOU DARE!!!"
Raven awoke to find herself bruised and battered and lying in a small crater she'd managed to create to cushion herself before her fall. She stepped out of the crater to find Robin questioning Beast Boy. Starfire was nowhere to be found.