DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Teen Titans.
NOTES: Ok, first off, this chapter is split into 2 parts, so keep an eye out for the next part, which I'll probably put up on thursday or friday, if not sooner. second, I had a strange thought. if they ever make a Titans movie out of my fic fo whatever reason, with real people, not animated, here are some ideas for who to play who.
SLADE-Wesley Snipes or Hugh Jackman BROTHER BLOOD-Sean Connery GIZMO-Jason "weeman" Acuna JINX-Amanda Bynes MAMMOTH-The Big Show (WWE) FURRY ROSE-Hilary Duff STARFIRE-Lindsey Lohan BEASTBOY-Haley Joel Osment CYBORG-Ving Rhames or Mr. T ROBIN-I dunno. any ideas? RAVEN-Still dont know. any ideas? CARCER-lol, me of course! SPEEDY-I dunno, Matt Damon? Aqualad-lol, Charlie Sheen. TRAM-animated like gollum, and whoever did his voice.
well, there ya go. oh yeah, one more thing, for those of you who are still wondering weather Robin is Dick Greyson or Tim Drake, it's Greyson. if you watch the Fractured episode carefully, when Larry introduces himself, the name DICK GREYSON wraps around him, so if they are one in the same, that means they are both Greyson. ok, enough rambling. start reading.
Chapter 20
Time to Take Back Jump City!
The Titans walked along the outskirts of Jump City, near the forest, looking for any signs of Speedy or Aqualad. Before they left Wayne Manor, Cyborg had figured out how to get the Slade suit off of Terra, who was now dressed in baggy dark blue shorts and a black T-shirt. A sound to the left of the Titans made them turn, instantly ready to fight. Speedy stepped out followed by Aqualad and Tram.
"Hey guys, good to see you again." Speedy said as he walked out.
"Yeah, nice to see you too." Cyborg answered back.
"Hey Beastboy, what's up?" Aqualad asked.
"Enough talking. We need to act now, and save the talking for later." Raven said, walking in between the newcomers to stop the talking.
"She's right. Let's go over the plan." Cyborg said, taking out a map of Jump City.
While Cyborg and the others explain to Speedy, Aqualad and Tram, Terra walks over to the tree line and looks out at the city, a sad expression on her face. Beastboy follows her, a concerned look on his face.
"Everything alright?"
Terra looks down at the ground, tears coming to her eyes.
"No. Nothing is right. I don't understand how you can forgive me for everything I've done...I helped Slade take over the city...again! I nearly killed Cyborg! How can he just forgive me for it as if nothing happened?" Terra said, tears streaming down her face.
"Terra...it wasn't your fault. Raven and I know what happened with Slade. We know what he did to you." Beastboy said, trying to comfort Terra.
"But even so...even if I was under his control, it was still me that did it!" Terra cried.
"But I forgive you. Raven forgives you and so does Beastboy." Cyborg said as he walked up to her, putting his hands on her shoulders. "We all know what Slade is capable of, and we're sorry we weren't able to do anything faster to help you. But you can't beat yourself up over it."
Terra looked into Cyborg's eyes and nodded, tears still streaming down her face.
"Right now we need to find out where Robin is and also find Starfire. But we can't do it without you. So are you going to help or not?"
Terra brushed away the tears and put on a determined face, balling her hands into fists.
"I'm with you all the way. Let's go rescue our friends!" Terra said, pumping her fists into the air.
Cyborg and Beastboy smiled and walked back to the rest of the group, who were waiting quietly.
"Alright. Now that we have that settled, here's the plan. We don't know where Robin is, Starfire is missing, and there are robots all over the city, along with many HIVE members and former prisoners. We cannot go easy on any of them, so don't hold back. We'll take West Side of the city first, as my scanners indicate that is their weak point for right now. But, I'm not sure how long that will be, so let's pack it up and move in." Cyborg said.
The group began to walk down the mountainside, close to the West Side. Each of the group members preparing for the fight their own way. Beastboy was continually talking to Terra, who in turn was completely ignoring him, lost in her own train of thought. Raven was quiet, as she usually was. Cyborg stared straight ahead, focusing on the fight ahead. Tram and Aqualad were going over fighting strategy with each other, as ground fighting was neither of their strengths; Speedy was checking his bow and arrows, also focusing on the huge fight that lay ahead of them. Carcer, like Terra was deeply immersed in his own thoughts, wondering how the battle ahead of them would go.
As the group reached the edge of the city, Cyborg turned and offered one last bit of advice.
"Remember, all of these robots and people want us dead. So I'm reminding you, don't hold back."
The group nodded in reply, and they slowly walked into the city.
Elsewhere...
Robin fought fast and fought hard, destroying robots and taking down HIVE members left and right. Though he was holding his own, his breath now came in ragged bursts; fatigue nipped at his heels. Slade's army was slowly wearing him down. A robot aimed its laser at Robin's chest and fired. Robin barely got out of the way, when a loud gunshot was heard, causing everyone to stop and turn. A real gun was rare nowadays, even for use by criminals. Nowadays, laser guns were in use, as criminals discovered that they caused more pain when someone was shot with them. Plus, they left a nasty burn. Looking towards the sound of the shot, a girl of about seventeen stood dressed in all black with blond hair and blue eyes.
"Well well, look who we have here. Robin, I presume. Don't try and move. I know you're fast, but believe me, I can nail you with this baby faster then you could move." The girl said, waving her gun, which appeared to be a custom Colt .45.
"We'll see about that!" Robin snarled, as he made his move towards the girl.
The girl quickly moved her hand and fired, the shot hitting the ground right in front of Robin, causing him to stop in his tracks.
"I said, don't move. Nobody is faster then Furry Rose."
Robin stares hard at his new enemy, unaware of being surrounded by robots and the remaining prisoners.
"I suppose you don't know yet, do you?" Rose asked, a snide smile on her face.
"What are you talking about?"
"Ah so you don't know. Good. That gives me the satisfaction of telling you." Rose said sadistically. "I suppose you've been wondering where your little girl friend Starfire has been, haven't you?"
Robin's eyes go wide at the mention of Starfire's name, his face twisting with anger.
"What have you done with her?!" Robin shouted in anger, causing Furry Rose to take a step back in surprise.
"Wouldn't you like to know? TAKE HIM!" She shouted, as robots, HIVE members and prisoners jump Robin, pinning him to the street. Rose walks over and calmly pistol whips Robin in the head, blood slowly seeping out of the place of impact.
"Take him to Slade." Rose said as she walked off, wiping Robin's blood of the barrel of her gun.
The gang of prisoners roughly picks Robin up and drags him towards Slade's base, each of them wondering what was going to happen to the Boy Wonder, all of them wondering, but none of them really caring. Each of them telling their own gruesome way of how Slade would torture the boy to death, and all of them laughing about it. Robin flowed in and out of consciousness, hearing small portions of their conversation, and shuddering at the descriptions. Finally, he faded into the welcoming blackness of unconsciousness.
Meanwhile...
Cyborg scans the area for any movement of enemy troops. Satisfied at seeing no movement, he motions for the rest of the group to follow him into the open. Slowly, the group walks towards Cyborg, each keeping a wary eye out for trouble.
"Where to now?" Speedy asks, keeping his bow scanning the area.
"We start clearing out the sectors until we make it to Slade's hideout...which I have no idea where it is." Cyborg said, his shoulders slumping down.
"I know where it is though." Terra spoke up. "Let me see the map. I'll show you what sector it's in."
Cyborg dialed up the map he had saved in his arm, projecting it onto a building wall. Terra walked up to it and pointed to a sector near the center of the city.
"Right here. Sector 32." She said.
"Well alright! Let's hit the road and kick some butt!" Cyborg said, his face turning into a smile.
Terra smiled back and looked at Beastboy, who smiled back at her. The group began to walk towards sector 32. Tram stops and reaches into his backpack, pulling out a small RC car. The others stop and look back at Tram.
"Hey Tram, what're you doing?" Aqualad asks.
Tram says something that only he could understand, while the others watched with a look of confusion on their faces.
"He says that he fitted that RC car with a micro camera, and the remote for it has a small LCD screen so he can scout ahead with it and see what's up." Aqualad explains.
Tram nods and turns the car on and watches it as it zooms off into the morning fog. Tram starts walking as soon as it vanishes, passing in front of the group, his eyes focusing completely on the LCD screen on the remote. The group follows quickly behind him. Near the corner, Tram stops and points to the screen excitedly, jumping up and down, but controlling himself not to yell anything out. Cyborg runs up and grabs the remote out of Tram's hands and looks for himself.
"Robots. I'd say anywhere in between thirty and forty of them, all of them look like they looking for something. Probably us, if Slade has control of the city, then he probably has cameras everywhere."
"Well, what say we go give them a Titan's hello?" Speedy says, starting to walk towards the robots, which could be heard marching towards them.
"Right behind you Speedy!" Beastboy said, pumping his fists into the air excitedly.
Behind him, Terra smiles and joins him in his eagerness.
"Let's kick some robot butt!" shouts Terra.
Her yell was enough to alert the robots of their whereabouts, and they came running and shooting nearly as soon as the words left her mouth.
"Split up!" Cyborg shouts, blasting the nearest robot with his sonic cannon.
Tram quickly scampers to a nearby alleyway and hides, driving his RC car to his position, hoping it wouldn't be destroyed on the way over. Speedy unleashes a flurry of arrows at the oncoming robots, managing to destroy four of them. In return, the robots focused their fire on Speedy, forcing him to seek cover instead of return fire. Terra summons up a huge boulder and crushes a group of the robots. Beastboy changes into the all-too familiar gorilla form and rushes through the robots, taking out as many as he could. Aqualad and Raven double team robots after robot with hand-to-hand and dark magic, each beating back more then their share. After a few minutes of hard fighting, the Titans stand victorious, all of them breathing hard. For some reason, these robots were harder to beat then they were before.
"Let's keep moving. Slade's base is close." Cyborg said.
Before any of them could move, the ground in front of them split open, and in a force field seen only once before, when Terra had taken over the city, Cinderblock, Plasmas and Overload emerged from the earth inside the force field.
The Titans stepped back, as the three once again began to merge into the giant form of Trinion. Carcer slowly walked forward, standing in between the Titans and Trinion.
"Go get Slade. I can handle him alone." Carcer says, ripping off his mask and tossing it aside.
"Are you sure? Last time we fought this guy, it took four of us to take him down." Cyborg said.
Carcer turns around, a humorless smile on his face.
"Trust me. Now go!"
The Titans hesitated before turning and running off to the left, leaving Carcer and Trinion to face off alone.
"Well, guess it's just you and me now..." Carcer said, as he closed his eyes. Sleep came almost instantaneous for the young man. Within seconds, Carcer's body began to change. Instead of the alien monster he normally turned into, a strange, black armor sprouted out over his skin. He grew close to fifteen feet tall, his body widening with muscle, which was immediately covered with the black armor. When he had finished growing, his body was nearly completely covered in the strange black armor. Only his head remained uncovered, showing his wavy black hair and black hole eyes. This soon changed, as a huge helmet emerged from his skin to cover it. Raising his arms, Carcer lets out an inhuman growl that could be heard nearly all over the city, raising the hairs on those who heard it.
Trinion stared at his new opponent; letting out a growl of it's own before it charged. The armor-clad Carcer reacts quickly, grabbing Trinion's arm, pulling it past him and throwing it into a building, causing the structure to collapse on top of it. Immediately, Trinion throws the rubble off and stands up, screaming in anger. Charging again, Trinion plows into Carcer, both crashing through the building behind Carcer, causing this building as well to collapse on the two behemoths. Trinion quickly gets to its feet and grabs a bus that was sitting nearby and slams it into Carcer's chest, denting the armor deeply. Carcer kicks back at Trinion, knocking the ugly beast back a few yards. Slowly getting to his feet, Carcer takes his own charge at Trinion, jumping high into the air and tackling the big thing to the ground. Sitting on top of Trinion's chest, Carcer repeatedly pounds it in the face, rupturing several of the big green eyes and crushing some teeth.
Grabbing a nearby lamppost, Trinion smashes it into Carcer's head, knocking him off of itself, and again denting the armor, this time the helmet. Carcer slowly gets to his feet and faces Trinion, and is met with yet another shot from the lamppost, crashing into his left arm. Bones snap loudly, causing Carcer to howl in pain, holding his now broken arm. Trinion doesn't let up; swinging again and again until the lamppost is completely destroyed. Carcer's left side was dented and broken. Several ribs were smashed along with his arm, and the last shot to his left leg had nearly shattered his knee. Carcer limps away from the menacing giant to get some room between the two. Turning and facing it, Carcer readies himself for another, possible his last round of battle with the monster.
Trinion rushes Carcer again, leading in with a right hook. Carcer barely dodges it and lands an uppercut of his own, causing Trinion to reel back a few yards. Carcer sees his chance and ignores the pain of his broken limps and grabs Trillion's head with both hands and brutally twists it. The bones are heard snapping in the neck of Trinion, and the lifeless body falls to the ground. Carcer steps back, his chest raising and falling rapidly, as the pain of his injuries begins to set in. armor pieces fall off, and Carcer begins to shrink back to his normal size, his shirt ripped in several places, his pants shredded. His ribs were clearly broken, as was his left arm. His left leg was now beginning to shine with a large purple-blackish bruise. Carcer falls to his knees and looks up at the sky, blood trailing out of the sides of his mouth. The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was the site of the sun trying to break through the clouds. With that last sight in his eyes, Carcer falls forward on his face, his pulse starting to fade away slowly.