Yeah, sorry for my slower updates. I used to be able to do this once a week with ease. Now I'm going two to three weeks like some of my lazy friends on here. Well not lazy, maybe busy is the correct word. As for me, I'm all about the laziness. What can I say? I've had plenty of time to write but just didn't have the motivation to do it. I'm only doing it now because I want to pull an all nighter and this is an easy way to pass the time. Then maybe I'll get kinda weird and write the next chapter to "The Titan Massacre", but not post it! That way I don't have to worry about writing it later. I can just do it now, when I'm in a writing mood. It's really a genius plan. I of course have homework to do after wards. Hell, I think I'm set until like five in the morning or later with this stuff and my homework. I'm feeling kinda hyper, despite my usual depression. Just... read, before I ramble on some more.

I do not own Teen Titans.

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Chapter 11: Breaking The Defense

All Titans Views

Taen had spent the better part of the past few minutes trying to figure out what he had sensed inside of Sai's mind in that brief moment that it was open. It was a plan. One he didn't quite catch enough of to figure it out. Taen definitely managed to get enough of it to know that it involved one of the Titans out at Slade's lair. He also was almost one hundred percent sure that it was not going to be good for them. Taen strolled over to Robin and Starfire, looking down at them as they held each other.

"Having fun?" He asked them. As if noticing Taen's existence for the first time, Robin and Starfire looked up at him with matching shocked looks on their faces. Starfire merely nodded as Robin looked at Taen, his expression hardening. He had suddenly remembered the situation that their city was in. Robin slowly stood up, reaching down and helping Starfire to her feet. He brushed his shirt off, then cracked his knuckles loudly. Starfire stretched out her body to his right.

"Sorry, kind of got carried away," Robin apologized. Taen gave him a small but nervous smile. "It's understandable, but we need to get moving," He told the lovers. Taen grabbed onto his sword and walked over to the large screen, turning it on to make sure that there were no serious news developments. They didn't want any nasty surprises when they left the Tower. There was nothing on the news though, so Taen walked back over to Robin and Starfire, staring at the Boy Wonder for orders.

"How long have we got?" Robin asked Taen. The alien boy shrugged, looking over at the clock. They weren't given an exact time as to when Slade was going to destroy the entire city, and the next. It could have been a bluff for alls they knew. "There's no way to be sure. We don't even know if he has the power to build bombs powerful enough to do this much damage. But we can't risk it," Taen said. Robin had to agree with that, and he began to do more stretching to get into shape.

"What about our other friends?" Starfire asked Taen. He stopped abruptly in his pacing, thinking of what he had picked up from Sai's mind. "They're on their own for now, we'll be there soon anyways," Taen answered. He couldn't help but wonder whether Sai had made his move yet, or if Slade had done something. In a way, if they lost this fight, it would all be Taen's fault. He should have destroyed the ship before it even landed. The Stek metal never would have been found, and Slade never would have been able to have done any of this. The metal had helped him in more than one way.

"I was thinking that you two could catch up to me. You both looked drained. We need both of you fully charged to do this," Taen said. Starfire nodded in agreement, but Robin gave Taen a suspicious look. It almost seemed like Taen was hiding something from them both. But he smiled to break the seriousness, and Robin was sure that he was just getting paranoid like always. "If you really think that you'll be alright with out us for a few extra minutes," Robin said. Taen nodded quickly. "Trust me," He said, then turned towards the door. "Wait," The Boy Wonder called after him. He rushed up to Taen and extended his hand. Taen grasped it and shook his hand slowly. "Thanks for being there," Robin said. Taen smiled, then teleported outside and began to fly away.

Robin turned back towards Starfire, putting on a fake smile so that he wouldn't worry her. But she didn't seem to be buying his act, so his smile quickly turned into a frown. "What troubles you Robin?" She asked him. He walked over and sat down on the couch, letting out a slow sigh as Starfire took a seat next to him. "Something just doesn't seem right. Did Taen seem like he was hiding something from us?" He asked Starfire. She shook her head. "I think that he was just worried about our upcoming battle," She answered. Robin nodded slowly. That had to be it.

"Just be ready to go soon. I don't want to leave Taen and the others alone out there, they could use our help," Robin said. Starfire eagerly jumped out, rushing to her room and changing into a clean uniform as Robin drank a glass of water. He had a terrible feeling about the fight ahead of them. Slade was never one to point out where he was hiding. He was always forcing the Titans to think ahead and be ready for the unexpected. There was a reason for his doing this, and Robin was sure of it.

"I am ready," Starfire said. She had come back into the room with a new uniform on. She quickly rushed over to the elevator, ready to go. Robin gathered up his weapons slowly, taking his time. He didn't want to rush into anything unprepared. But he didn't even go when he got his thing together. Robin walked over to the window, staring out in the direction of their destination. He stood there for what seemed like forever. Then he turned around and headed into the elevator with Starfire.

Cyborg's View

Cyborg didn't think that he had ever been in a fight this tough before in his life. Cinderblock was fighting his hardest. Smashing rocks, tossing crates, stomping on the ground. Cyborg couldn't believe that he hadn't been crushed by now. When he had been thrown into this room, alone, he had feared the worst. Cinderblock was always capable of murder, and this frightened Cyborg. But if he was going to die, he was going to go down fighting, just like he was meant to go.

Cyborg quickly jumped back as Cinderblock attempted another stomp attack. The ground caved beneath his massvie stone foot, debris shooting into the air in between the two powerhouse fighters. Cyborg's shoulders split open, several small missles shooting out and aiming for Cinderblock. the stone henchman raised one large hand and blocked them all, flicking one back with a finger. Cyborg dodged it with ease and ran forward, jumping a small hole in the ground as he shot back into battle.

Cinderblock stumbled as Cyborg kicked into his leg, then went flying back wards as the machine teen uppercutted into his chin. Cyborg jumped up to pounce, but Cinderblock smashed his fist down onto his head, pounding Cyborg into the ground violently. He stood up, raising both fists together to smash the half human into oblivion. Cyborg quickly turned his arm into a cannon, blasting up and knocking Cinderblock's fist back into the air. It smashed into the ceiling, knocking down spiked rocks. Cyborg dove out of the way, a spike bursting into pieces as it landed where he had just been laying.

"That's it rock man, you're going down!" Cyborg jabbed a thumb down ward, then charged across the room. Cinderblock shook his head, having been mildly dizzied by some falling rock. But he too charged as he saw Cyborg doing the same thing. Cyborg ducked under Cinderblock's arm as he swung it, then punched him in the chest. The block of rock fell back as Cyborg continued his assault, landing punch after punch in the center of Cinderblock. He smashed him into the metal door the led to the exit, then grabbed onto his arm. But Cinderblock lifted it, throwing Cyborg into the air. He headbutted, hitting Cyborg dead on and smashing him into a wall, rocks falling down onto him.

Cinderblock slowly took his heavy steps towards the pile of rubble where Cyborg was buried. The half human had not gotten up from the attack. Cinderblock stopped in front of the pile, raising a large foot to deliver the final blow. He let out a loud growl as he prepared to bring it down. "Not today!" Cyborg yelled. He burst out of the pile, cannon ready. He fired into Cinderblock's chest, using all the energy he had. The rock went flying with the force of the blast. He smashed through the metal door, which wrapped around his body as he destroyed it with ease. It was over.

Cyborg walked over to Cinderblock. Was he alive? Cyborg wasn't sure. The great rock beast was wrapped in the metal door. He had smashed into a wall in the next room, large rocks collapsing over the top of him. Cyborg spit on him. That thing had caused the Titans a lot of trouble over the years, and had caused a hell of a lot more over the course of their battle. Cyborg was glad to see the thing finally go down, whether it was for good or not.

Cyborg then turned to look in front of him, and saw a long dark corridor. He slowly began to walk down it, ending up in a very large room with another metal door. He walked up to it, smashing it with his fist. This one was even more solid than the last one. "Just great," He muttered. Bam! Cyborg jerked around as he heard another smashing noise. "Beast Boy... Raven..." He realized. They were still fighting, and he knew there was nothing he could do to help. They were on their own.

Beast Boy's View

"Can't we talk about this?" Beast Boy yelled. For an answer, another glob of acid spit came shooting his way. He quickly changed into a snake, his small body easily avoiding the vile liquid. He changed into a rabit to dodge the next shot, hopping around quickly as Plasmus took turns firing acid and pieces of himself at Beast Boy. The changeling turne into a T-Rex, whipping his tail around and hitting the box in front of him. Plasmus smashed it to bits as it flew at him, then fired another acid shot. Beast Boy was forced to dodge again.

The entire fight had been like this for him. They had taken turns pounding each other in the beginning, neither gaining an advantage. At one point, it looked like Beast Boy had found a weakness. He had knocked Plasmus into some rather hot metal tanks, and it screamed in rage as it grew stuck to it for a moment. But Plasmus had done a good job of avoiding them since. Plasmus had taken to doing projectile attacks now, and this made Beast Boy glad that he ever learned to play dodge ball.

"Stupid three way split and I get stuck with Plasmus," Beast Boy muttered to himself as he changed into human form. He would have preferred Cinderblock over this thing. Or maybe not. He had heard the occasional smashing noise and he had figured it to be Cinderblock doing some of those crazy attacks. "Hey!" Beast Boy lost his train of thought as a mass of purple goo wrapped itself around him and shot him across the room. He turned into a tutrle quickly, hiding in his shell to proctect himself from the rocks. He changed into a gorilla as he landed, pounding his chest before charging.

He punched once, tearing away a chunk of purple. He punched again, another bit of slime flying off. He continued his violent assault on the pile of goop until it was nothing more than bits and pieces of it around the room. Beast Boy changed back into human form, panting heavily as he stared at his heavy work. He puffed out his chest and crossed his arms on his chest, a big smile on his face. "No need to thank me, I'm just doing my job," He said out loud, then tured to leave. He stopped as some of Plasmis slithered past his foot, and he turned slowly, fearing what he would see.

Plasmus was putting himself back together. He was piecing slowly into the large purple creature that he had once been, causing Beast Boy to slowly back into the metal door. How could you kill something that could put itself back together like this? He couldn't allow it to get a chance to destroy him. Beast Boy turned into a T-Rex, running forward head first and smashing into Plasmus with everything he had, sending the creature flying in one piece. It crashed into the large metal tanks and let out a screech. Beast Boy changed back into human form and stared in shock.

Plasmus seemed to be stuck to it. The tanks were so hot that it couldn't free itself from it. "You can't get out! Yes, I win!" Beast Boy yelled. He stopped cheering though as Plasmus lashed out, hitting the tanks hard. "Oh no..." He whispered. Boom! The tanks exploded in a fiery explosion, sending Beast Boy flying into the metal door. He quickly changed into a rat, avoiding any debris that came at him. Smoke and dust filled the room quickly. Beast Boy waited until it cleared, then looked at where Plasmus was.

The explosion had knocked him out, in a matter of speaking. He was back in human form now, curled up on the form and asleep. Beast Boy quickly moved him to a safe area. He knew that Plasmus was evil, but this guy was innocent. The green teen looked down at him before changing into an elephant. He charged the door, knocking it down and moving on quickly, now in cheetah form. The dark hall he started to run down ended quickly, and he saw a large metal door in front of him, being pounded by...

"Cyborg!" He yelled. Beast Boy ran up to him as a human, smiling widely. Cyborg turned to face him slowly, a smile on his face as well. "Aw yeah! You're alive!" He yelled. "Yeah! And I beat Plasmus, all by myself!" Beast Boy exclaimed. Cyborg patted him on the shoulder. "I took down Cinderblock myself," He muttered. Cyborg turned back towards the door. "There's no way we can take this down. It goes through the ceiling, and under the ground, so there's no hope of going up or under," Cyborg said. Beast Boy looked around. "You see Raven?" He asked. Cyborg shook his head. "That means that she's all alone fighting..." "Overload," Cyborg finished for him. They all stared down the third dark hallway, knowing that down there somewhere, Raven was fighting.

Raven's View

"You can't beat me, why do you continue?" Raven asked. Overload hadn't landed a blow on her the entire fight. He was losing his touch. The whole time she had been toying with him. Dodging his shots, teleporting away from him. She wasn't even using her powers, just doing the occasional kick to knock him back. Overload was against the back wall, not moving at all. He seemed to be waiting for Raven to make the move, so she decided that that was exactly what she would do.

Slowly Raven floated forward, stopping every few feet to see if Overload would finally attack. It happened at last as he launched one long arm forward. Raven turned to the side, moving away from it. Then she spun in a circle, flying above his arm as she used both feet to kick Overload in the chest, putting some dark energy behind it. He smashed into the wall hard, collapsing in front of her. Raven landed in front of Overload, a small smile on her face. She was about to win.

"Say goodbye," She quietly whispered. Raven raised both hands into the air, staring at the pipes high on the wall. They broke in half and aimed for Overload. The water shot out in a fast jet. "Overload..." The electrical monster said weakly as it shrunk down in size, slowly turning into nothing but a chip. Raven looked down at it, then kicked Overload into a puddle to make sure that he couldn't regenerate. She looked at the door in front of her, then muttered her magic words to blow it away. Raven walked forward slowly, staring at what was ahead of her. A solid wall of energy was blocking her. "But that means..."

"Me," Someone said behind her. She turned quickly, ready to fight. Sai was floating in the air. She had walked right under him. "Hope you weren't actually expecting to get away from us that easy Raven," He said with a grin. "I wasn't expecting it, only hoping," She replied. Sai floated down in front of her, not moving as he landed. "I'm sure that you're wondering what happened to your other friends," He said. Raven didn't answer. Sai already knew it anyways. "Of course you are. Well... both Beast Boy and Cyborg have won their own battles and are eagerly awaiting your return. As for Robin and Starfire, along with Taen, they managed to free her and beat me. I'm sure they're on their way by now..." He said with a smile.

"So why are you here?" She asked him. Sai took a few steps forward, until he was standing directly in front of her. He stared down at Raven with a look of amusement on his face. "You know Raven, you really are something. Calm, smart, controlled... Who wouldn't want you? But there's a side you hide from the others often. A nicer, funnier, happier one. It all comes down to control," He said. She could tell he was about to attack, so she teleported away. "And your point is?" She asked. Sai took out a single sai. "You won't always be in control," He said.

He quickly teleported behind her, and Raven shot up a wall of energy to block his attack. She was ready as he teleported ahead of her, throwing up another shield as he tired to stab. He dropped low, swinging his leg in a circle. Raven hopped floated up, kicking him down to the ground. Sai got up quickly and sliced the air, cutting up Raven's arm. She fired a blast of dark energy at him, but he dodged and grabbed her arm. He twisted it around her back and put a Sai to her neck.

"Do not move..." He said. She felt something sharp jab her in the back of her neck. "This is an invention made by my master himself. It is a wire that will connect into you. I too have one on me as well. It will loop from your neck into your back. This may hurt a little," Sai said, laughing quietly. Raven felt him lift her hair, then winced slightly is something sharp pierced her neck. "What are you-" Raven stopped speaking as the wire was jammed into her back, and another presence entered her mind. Sai smiled. "Come and get us Taen," He said.

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That didn't take too long to write. Only a couple of hours, like two and a half. Now I get to write a chapter for my other story. Then I get to do a lot of homework. Then I get to devise a playing strategy for cards later today. It's all a really packed shedule that is probably going to last me until at least seven in the morning. It's not even three right now. I hope you did enjoy this chapter. I know my fight scenes are always a little rushed, but I've never seen anyone write as many fight scenes as me. Nor have I seen anyone write fight scenes that last as long as mine. It gets hard to think of attacks by the enemy and what not. But I still hope that they were decent. Sorry for any and all typos. Thanks for all the reviews so far, care to add some more? Just kidding, do as you wish.

Next Chapter: Taen arrives on the scene and follows down the path that Raven took. He finds Sai, but that is not the real threat. His next opponent is... Raven? Can Taen find the power to fight the one he loves more than anything?

"You're just too good to be true..."

-SinFire