Disclaimer: If I owned "Teen Titans" I first of all wouldn't have this plot
in the series to begin with and/or I would have at least had Star and
Nightwing kiss at the end of "How Long Is Forever," and second I wouldn't
be writing a fanfic.
A/N: I have decided this is going to be five chapters overall, that means I only have two more to write after this one. Now that I have a light at the end of the tunnel, it should be a lot easier and faster for me to finish the story up. Thanks to all of you still reading this, even though I haven't posted on it in, I believe, well over a month.
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Recap
"So basically, Blackfire's still on the loose, Slade's still on the loose and has somehow altered our," he said pointing at the four Titans who had remained on Earth, "memories, and were all back together now. Right?"
Everyone looked around at everyone else for a moment before the silence was again broken; this time by Raven.
"I'm not sure that we are."
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"I think we have to work together. At least until we figure out what Slade did to us and how we can fix it." Cyborg said.
"He's right. We'll split up for now; we can cover more ground that way. Cyborg, Beastboy you guys check the city and the docks; see if you can find out anything that has to do with Slade. Starfire and Raven, start at the Tower then move into the forest. See if you can find anything having to do with our memory loss."
"But Ro..Nightwing, what about you? What will you be doing, won't it be dangerous for you to go off on your own?" Star pleaded.
"I'm going to stay here and do some investigating on the computers. See what our old friend has been up to for the past twenty years. Also, I'm going to find out if we're the only cases of bizarre memory loss."
"Alright then, let's get moving."
"As much as I hate to say this, Beastboy is right. The sooner we start looking, the sooner we get answers. Come on Star."
So the five super Heros split into their groups and were on their way.
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Cyborg and Beastboy
"So where do we start?"
"How should I know?"
"You're the guy with the robotic implants!"
"Alright, alright, let's start with that warehouse Slade had his Chronotron Detonator in, maybe he still uses it."
"Dude and I thought I was bad off with the hair. Not only are you bald at the age of 34, but your going senile too."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up and walk, Baldyboy."
"Hey, I resent tha...t. Holy cow!"
They walked into the old empty warehouse that they remembered. Only to find it gleaming and chuck full of weapons, chemicals, and plenty of other things that neither of them could name. Cyborg flipped open his communicator and immediately contacted Nightwing.
"Uh Nightwing, I think we found one of Slade's bases."
"Already?"
"Yeah, well we decided to try some places we already knew of first, and as it turns out, the guy never decided to sell his dock with a bayside view."
"That's too easy. Look around for a little while, but don't stay in there too long. If you see any of his robots or anyone you think might work for him get out and come back here immediately. Got that?"
"Yeah we got it. See ya soon."
With that Cyborg cut the transmission and looked back to Beastboy.
"So now what?" The little green man asked.
"We look around for anything that defiantly links this place to Slade."
As the two men began to look around, they didn't notice the two people watching them through a pair of robot eyes held steady high above their heads.
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Raven and Starfire
The two girls arrived at the tower that had been their home so many years before, to find it looking even worse in the light of day.
"Note to self: If the Titans do get back together, remember to fix up home."
"Starfire come on, we don't have all day." Raven called from the barricaded doorway.
"Coming."
Once inside, neither girl could help the chills that ran down their spines. Even though they had just been in the Tower that morning, they had been so focused on other things that neither had the chance to thoroughly examine the disrepair their home had fallen into.
"Come on we'll check my room first."
"Why your room Raven?"
"Because it is the room that I am most familiar with, and we locked your room up right after you disappeared. I think."
The girls went over to Ravens room and tried entering the pass code, needless to say after however many years, it didn't work. The two girls were forced to break down the door. Once inside the room, they began searching for anything that may help them figure out what happened right after Star left.
"Raven, look."
"What is it, Star?" The girl in the white cloak replied, without turning around.
"Isn't this the mirror that the Cyborg and Beastboy entered without your permission?"
Raven spun around.
"My mirror, it has all my emotions. Why would I leave that here?"
"Raven, your emotions are not "attached" to your body, correct?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Then perhaps that is the cause of your "insanity." If Slade was only able to tamper with what was attached to your physical body..."
"Then my emotions probably remember what happened those three years between when you saw this future and when you actually disappeared. Plus, that would explain the delusional visions of all of us being a little older and actually being happy."
"They weren't visions; they were your real memories."
"Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"Inside my mirror; this is probably the best "clue" we could possibly find."
"Why must we go inside it?" Starfire asked, somewhat timidly. She could still remember the horror stories that Cyborg and Beastboy told of being inside it.
"Because, if my emotions do remember everything then they can help me get my "real" memories back; and if I can do that we'll probably know how Slade did this to me and the others."
"Oh, I suppose you do have a point. Let's go, the sooner we start the sooner we can leave."
So the two girls stood beside the mirror and Raven activated it. There was a slight tornado like thing and both girls were sucked into the Goths mind.
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Elsewhere in the city, two figures sat watching a wall of monitors. Some of which had a young man sitting at a computer, others contained two older looking men going through the boxes in an old warehouse, and the rest held two young women walking the halls of an abandoned tower.
"When are we going to get this over with?" One of the onlookers, a young woman with long black hair and violet eyes, demanded.
"Patience Blackfire, all will be revealed to them shortly. Then Robin, or should I say Nightwing, will finally be mine and your little sister will be yours to deal with as you see fit."
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A/N: Well that's it for this chapter. I should have the next one up within the week, I want to work on some of my other stories too, but I finally know how the rest of this is going to work out. Since I only need to work on details it should be easy for me to get it out sooner.
-Animelover14
A/N: I have decided this is going to be five chapters overall, that means I only have two more to write after this one. Now that I have a light at the end of the tunnel, it should be a lot easier and faster for me to finish the story up. Thanks to all of you still reading this, even though I haven't posted on it in, I believe, well over a month.
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Recap
"So basically, Blackfire's still on the loose, Slade's still on the loose and has somehow altered our," he said pointing at the four Titans who had remained on Earth, "memories, and were all back together now. Right?"
Everyone looked around at everyone else for a moment before the silence was again broken; this time by Raven.
"I'm not sure that we are."
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"I think we have to work together. At least until we figure out what Slade did to us and how we can fix it." Cyborg said.
"He's right. We'll split up for now; we can cover more ground that way. Cyborg, Beastboy you guys check the city and the docks; see if you can find out anything that has to do with Slade. Starfire and Raven, start at the Tower then move into the forest. See if you can find anything having to do with our memory loss."
"But Ro..Nightwing, what about you? What will you be doing, won't it be dangerous for you to go off on your own?" Star pleaded.
"I'm going to stay here and do some investigating on the computers. See what our old friend has been up to for the past twenty years. Also, I'm going to find out if we're the only cases of bizarre memory loss."
"Alright then, let's get moving."
"As much as I hate to say this, Beastboy is right. The sooner we start looking, the sooner we get answers. Come on Star."
So the five super Heros split into their groups and were on their way.
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Cyborg and Beastboy
"So where do we start?"
"How should I know?"
"You're the guy with the robotic implants!"
"Alright, alright, let's start with that warehouse Slade had his Chronotron Detonator in, maybe he still uses it."
"Dude and I thought I was bad off with the hair. Not only are you bald at the age of 34, but your going senile too."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up and walk, Baldyboy."
"Hey, I resent tha...t. Holy cow!"
They walked into the old empty warehouse that they remembered. Only to find it gleaming and chuck full of weapons, chemicals, and plenty of other things that neither of them could name. Cyborg flipped open his communicator and immediately contacted Nightwing.
"Uh Nightwing, I think we found one of Slade's bases."
"Already?"
"Yeah, well we decided to try some places we already knew of first, and as it turns out, the guy never decided to sell his dock with a bayside view."
"That's too easy. Look around for a little while, but don't stay in there too long. If you see any of his robots or anyone you think might work for him get out and come back here immediately. Got that?"
"Yeah we got it. See ya soon."
With that Cyborg cut the transmission and looked back to Beastboy.
"So now what?" The little green man asked.
"We look around for anything that defiantly links this place to Slade."
As the two men began to look around, they didn't notice the two people watching them through a pair of robot eyes held steady high above their heads.
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Raven and Starfire
The two girls arrived at the tower that had been their home so many years before, to find it looking even worse in the light of day.
"Note to self: If the Titans do get back together, remember to fix up home."
"Starfire come on, we don't have all day." Raven called from the barricaded doorway.
"Coming."
Once inside, neither girl could help the chills that ran down their spines. Even though they had just been in the Tower that morning, they had been so focused on other things that neither had the chance to thoroughly examine the disrepair their home had fallen into.
"Come on we'll check my room first."
"Why your room Raven?"
"Because it is the room that I am most familiar with, and we locked your room up right after you disappeared. I think."
The girls went over to Ravens room and tried entering the pass code, needless to say after however many years, it didn't work. The two girls were forced to break down the door. Once inside the room, they began searching for anything that may help them figure out what happened right after Star left.
"Raven, look."
"What is it, Star?" The girl in the white cloak replied, without turning around.
"Isn't this the mirror that the Cyborg and Beastboy entered without your permission?"
Raven spun around.
"My mirror, it has all my emotions. Why would I leave that here?"
"Raven, your emotions are not "attached" to your body, correct?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Then perhaps that is the cause of your "insanity." If Slade was only able to tamper with what was attached to your physical body..."
"Then my emotions probably remember what happened those three years between when you saw this future and when you actually disappeared. Plus, that would explain the delusional visions of all of us being a little older and actually being happy."
"They weren't visions; they were your real memories."
"Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"Inside my mirror; this is probably the best "clue" we could possibly find."
"Why must we go inside it?" Starfire asked, somewhat timidly. She could still remember the horror stories that Cyborg and Beastboy told of being inside it.
"Because, if my emotions do remember everything then they can help me get my "real" memories back; and if I can do that we'll probably know how Slade did this to me and the others."
"Oh, I suppose you do have a point. Let's go, the sooner we start the sooner we can leave."
So the two girls stood beside the mirror and Raven activated it. There was a slight tornado like thing and both girls were sucked into the Goths mind.
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Elsewhere in the city, two figures sat watching a wall of monitors. Some of which had a young man sitting at a computer, others contained two older looking men going through the boxes in an old warehouse, and the rest held two young women walking the halls of an abandoned tower.
"When are we going to get this over with?" One of the onlookers, a young woman with long black hair and violet eyes, demanded.
"Patience Blackfire, all will be revealed to them shortly. Then Robin, or should I say Nightwing, will finally be mine and your little sister will be yours to deal with as you see fit."
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A/N: Well that's it for this chapter. I should have the next one up within the week, I want to work on some of my other stories too, but I finally know how the rest of this is going to work out. Since I only need to work on details it should be easy for me to get it out sooner.
-Animelover14