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Chapter 16: Truly Over
Robin's View
The cords dug into his skin, blood flowing out from beneath them and dripping to the floor. Robin cried out in pain, gritting his teeth tightly together as Slade laughed cruelly. Robin feel to the ground, his knees roughly scraping on the rubble under him. Slade leaned down, never loosening his hold on the Boy Wonder for a moment. The villain narrowed his visible eye at Robin as the Titans leader lost his strength. "That's it, this will all be over in a moment," Slade said, eyeing the timer that was nearing closer to zero with every second.
"Slade, stop…" Robin managed in between yelps. But Slade didn't stop. He was finally about to do what he always wanted to. He was about to destroy the Teen Titans. First Robin, and then his friends. Slade gave another laugh in reply, kicking Robin in the stomach to cause more pain. He lifted a hand, the other one still holding the Boy Wonder in place. Slade's gloved finger's turned into a sharp blade, and he prepared to finish Robin off. "Goodbye, Robin."
The Boy Wonder was just about ready to give up his fight, when Slade stopped. He opened his eyes, and saw a brilliant green light shining over Slade and him. Robin's mouth hung open as he stared at what was flying at them… a star bolt. "No!" Slade choked out before the star bolt flew in between Robin and Slade, neatly slicing the cords in half and sending Slade stumbling to the ground. The star bolt continued on, connecting with the teleporter machine and exploding in several pieces. Robin tore the cords off him, coughing up some blood. He turned to his savior.
"Robin!" Starfire yelled. She was floating a few feet in the air, several yards away from him. Robin grinned widely as she flew into his arms. He winced, his fresh wounds still bleeding. His girlfriend backed away, the Tamaranian beaming as Robin looked at the damage she had caused. The teleporter was destroyed. If they died, they were going to take Slade down with them. Speaking of Slade…
"You foolish little girl, look what you've done!" Slade roared from the ground. He pushed himself up, the cords retracting back to the glove, the blade turning back into normal fingertips. "The only thing that she's done is assure me that you'll be dying with us!" Robin yelled. Slade growled, taking a step forward and cracking his neck. "You'll be dead before that bomb goes off!" Slade yelled.
Slade shoved Starfire out of the way, the alien falling to the ground as Slade took a swipe at Robin. The Boy Wonder dodged to the side, crossing his arms and smiling. Slade jumped forward, throwing punches left and right, giving Robin everything that he had. Robin dodged every attempted hit, suddenly rejuvenated. Slade chopped for the head, and Robin raised an arm to block it. "My turn," The Boy Wonder whispered with a grin.
Robin struck out, slamming a palm into Slade's chest and knocking him back. He jumped into the air, throwing three quick kicks at Slade. The villain managed to block a couple, the third one hitting him in the jaw and making him stumble back. Slade tripped over a rock, falling to the ground but quickly jumping back up. Robin took both hands and chopped Slade on both sides of the neck, dazing him. Then the Boy Wonder back flipped, kicking Slade under the chin and sending him to the ground.
"Come on!" Robin cried out. Slade got up quickly, and took several hulking steps forward. Robin backed up slowly, readying himself for an attack when- "Ah!" A furious noise from the side turned Robin's head, and he saw Starfire jump kick Slade. The villain sailed into a rock, but stayed up. He took out his bo staff, hurling it at Robin with deadly accuracy. The Boy Wonder reached one hand up quickly, catching the staff and throwing it to the ground.
"It's over Slade. I've won, you've lost. You should have blown the bombs when you could have!" Robin yelled. Slade laughed in reply, motioning towards the one bomb remaining. "It doesn't matter, Robin! There's still a bomb left, and while it might not be enough to destroy either city, it's enough to destroy you!" Slade replied. Robin's eyes widened as he realized that Slade was right. Even if one bomb was defused, and both cities safe, he would die, and so would Starfire. Robin glared and took his last walk.
Slade lunged, punching. Robin turned to the side, Slade going past him and stopping himself quickly. Slade flipped back, and Robin jumped out of the way, Slade crushing the point where he landed. He got up, throwing punches at Robin's face. The Boy Wonder dodged them with a smile, and Slade threw a fist at Robin's chest. Robin caught Slade's fist, then caught the other one as he threw it. He gripped Slade's hands tightly, forcing him to the ground. Then he shoved him back, whipping around and putting all his strength into one kick. Slade let out an cry of surprise as it hit him in the face, a crunch going off as he was thrown backwards and to the ground. He tried to get up, but fell. "You're finished," Robin whispered to the still form of Slade on the ground.
"Robin, we must go!" Starfire yelled behind him. He whirled around, and saw that the timer was at fifteen seconds. He ran for her, jumping into her arms. "Go!" Robin yelled, hope still in his heart. Starfire took off flying away from the lone working bomb as fast as she could. Robin looked back, and saw Slade standing, watching them get away. Slade let out one last cry of fury, then the explosion went off. The flames spread quickly, heading directly up and towards Starfire and him. He closed his eyes as the heat neared, and hoped they would make it.
All Titans View's
"Holy shit! Did you see that?" Beast Boy yelled. The explosion had gone off in the distance, and the Titans were watching. "At the current speed and size… it won't make it to us," Cyborg calculated. Raven nodded in his direction. This meant that Robin or someone must have defused a bomb. The explosion stopped after some odd feet, and the Titans relaxed. But did anyone make it?
"Please be alright…" Rave whispered to herself. Beast Boy gave her a glance, frowning. They could see no one in the distance, no one walking or flying or anything. The three Titans waited, wondering if it was in vain. What if they had all died? Cyborg looked back at Beast Boy and Raven, giving a half hearted shrug. "I'm not sure that they made it," He sighed.
"They had to of made it, how couldn't they? That's Robin out there we're talking about, there's no way he would let any one of us die!" Beast Boy claimed. Cyborg shook his head, walking over to the changeling and patting him on the shoulder. "I know, man. Even Robin can't prevent death though, even Robin can't do anything," He whispered sadly. "Don't get your hopes up, Cyborg. I'm not dead yet," A voice said jokingly from behind. The half human whirled around.
"Rob!" Cyborg yelled happily. Beast Boy and Raven looked up, looks of joy on their faces. Robin and Starfire stood on solid ground, the Boy Wonder with his hands on his hips and the Tamaranian girl smiling with a hand behind her head. They walked forward into the group, greeting and laughs meeting them. Then Raven stopped. Where was Taen? She looked beyond her friends, and saw him no where in sight.
"Taen?" She asked Robin. "Er…" The Boy Wonder turned to Starfire, who sadly shook her head. The Titans stopped rejoicing long enough to look into the distance, where they saw no one. "He collapsed with no energy as he brought me to Robin, and I did not see him on our journey back," She said. Raven shook her head, turning away from the others. She did not want them to see the tear in her eye. "Don't cry Raven, you'll be joining Taen soon," A cocky voice behind the Titans said.
The Titans whirled around, shocked. Standing on a high rock was Sai. His hand was clamped over a bloody stomach wound, but his evil grin still remained. His hand was raised and glowing a dark blue. Sai laughed quietly, then began to cough. He wiped the blood from his mouth, all the while clearly charging his energy to blast them. Sai kicked a small rock off the ground, then smiled and gave them all a crazy stare.
"When Slade told me of his plan, it all seemed full proof. How could we possibly go wrong? We killed Robin, he came back. We trapped Starfire, but you saved him. I took over Raven, but Taen managed to beat me! And now it seems that you, Robin, have managed to take down my master. I have got to hand it to you, that's really something. I never thought that Slade could lose, but you proved me wrong. That doesn't really matter wrong. The apprentice has outlived the master, and now I will do something that Slade never could. I, Sai, conquer you, the Teen Titans!" Sai yelled, then began to laugh maniacally. He went to fire the blast.
Bam! A bang went off like a gun, and suddenly Sai froze. He didn't speak, didn't laugh, didn't fire his blast. Instead, a look of shock was frozen on his face. Sai raised his hand to his chest weakly, and blood began to pour out. He turned around, smiling slightly for one last time. "Good shot," He whispered to an unseen person, then fell to the ground. Standing behind Sai was…
"Taen!" The team yelled. A slightly banged up and weak Taen stood there, but he had a smile on none the less. The alien teen grinned wider as he saw Sai's breathing stop, and he walked towards the group, collapsing as he neared. Cyborg stooped down and caught him, helping him up. Taen wrapped his arms around Raven, whispering, "I told you I'd be back." Raven smiled, tears of happiness streaming from her eyes as she held Taen. Robin stared back at the smoke billowing into the sky behind them, then smiled. "Let's go home," He said. Then they all walked back towards the tower.
Taen's View
We took our time getting back to the tower, enjoying the cool air as it washed over us. The day was silent, even as we neared the city. People out on the streets stared at us, and then at the smoke in the background. Perhaps they had put two and two together and figured out that we had just saved their asses. Maybe not, though. No one approached for an autograph, there weren't screaming fan girls going for Robin. The walk was peaceful. Soon we reached the beach, and Raven took me up in her arms. Robin was carried by Starfire, and Beast Boy took Cyborg over.
When we reached land, I limped over and stopped a few feet in front of the tower. Robin and Starfire walked by, arms around one another and smiling at me. I smiled back weakly. Cyborg gave me a gentle pat on the shoulder, and Beast Boy did a playful salute. Raven stood next to me silently looking up at the tower with me. It seemed impossible that all that time had gone by since I had arrived with the Titans. How could it be that less than a year ago I had been happy with another team? It had all gone by so fast.
Raven helped me into the elevator, and we rode it to the top silently. We weren't bored with one another, we just needed some time to be quiet. It had been a long day. No one seemed much up for partying, even after the huge victory. But Robin ended up ordering some food, which we ate gladly. I ended up resting for a couple of hour, until it was night time. When I awoke, I was reenergized, and it seemed to be the same for the rest of the team. Soon things got a little wild.
Beast Boy and Cyborg were even louder than usual, playing their video games in fierce competition. Robin joined in, and soon I had to as well. Raven sat on the end of the couch with Starfire, and I had a sudden memory of a very similar occurrence back when I first got here. Smiling and laughing, I ended up winning that match, and continued to play games even after Robin had left to get more food.
The Boy Wonder came back soon, carrying mounds of pizza with him. He brought Beast Boy some tofu, and the changeling's face was priceless. I swear, he looked like a little kid on Christmas morning. I shoved down my pizza, then put on some music and just sat back with Raven. While the others laughed and danced, me and Raven quietly talked in a corner. This is what we liked to do, and it would always be like that. As thing ended that night, me and her fell asleep holding each other, glad to have survived.
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Things went on like this for some time. With Slade gone, things settled down pretty quick. Crime became a low in not only Jump City, but in the entire world. Slade was only the first super villain to go down. Many would follow, defeated by heroes all across the planet. We started it with Slade, and we continued to beat any more that came our way. After another year as a Titan, the rest of the team and I had settled down, and things got a little… different.
First was what came on my second Christmas with the Titans. Two new developments. Bumblebee showed up at our door, Steel City having been cleaned out of crime for the most part. Her and Cyborg went out, and when they came back, Bumblebee never left again. They became a couple that night, and it would last for some time afterwards.
Then Beast Boy brought perhaps the biggest shock of my time as a Titan. Raven gave me fair warning, but that didn't mean that I wasn't shocked when he walked through the door with… Terra. Apparently she was now on our side for good. When asked how she came back, Raven explained that her and Beast Boy had worked on a way to bring Terra out of her rock form. The changeling and Terra also got together, and now everybody on the team had someone. The tower was getting full.
Cyborg suggested building a bigger tower somewhere else, and I made a suggestion of my own. Why not just add on to the current one? Soon we were making it wider, taller, and better. When finished, we had many extra rooms. I was rooming with Raven, Starfire with Robin, Bumblebee with Cyborg, and Terra with Beast Boy. Of course, we never knew how handy those extra rooms would be some day.
After a short time together, marriage came into play. We couldn't help it. Robin and Starfire were the first. After two years they got married. Then Cyborg and Bumblebee, who got married on top of the tower. Beast Boy and Terra followed, having their wedding in the desert where they met. Raven and I were hesitant, but we joined the crowd. We got married on Halloween, and it was better than you could have imagined. Each time someone in the team got married, the crowd was huge.
Of course, the next step couldn't have come sooner. Though we assumed that it was impossible, there was apparently a way for Cyborg and Bumblebee to have children. There was a lot I didn't know about Cyborg's body. Well, I guess it's something that you don't really want to know about. Soon she gave birth to a healthy, completely normal, son. He had Bumblebee's powers, and Cyborg's technology obsession. The kid was a genius with machinery.
Terra and Beast boy would have two of the strangest kids. Twins, in fact. The boy was green skinned, with blonde hair. He had Beast Boy's sense of humor, which could get annoying. The girl had a normal skin tone, and her hair was a dark green. She was very playful, and loved to use her morphing powers to mess with her parents. Out of all the kids, she had to be the most easy going.
I was about to ask Raven what she wanted to do about us having kids, when Robin and Starfire announced that they were going to have a child. Kind of beat me and Raven to it. Their child was a girl, with dark black hair and bright green eyes. She was strong, smart, fast, and ambitious. She got all of the good qualities from her parents. She was, as Robin put it, a natural born leader. The girl had a knack for doing what was right.
This all came within a year, and me and Raven decided to join the group. What are the chances that two members of the team would give birth to twins? Pretty likely, it turned out. Raven had two children, a boy and a girl. One fourth human, one fourth demon, and half Zarin. The boy got Raven's purple hair and eyes, and the girl got my blue hair and eyes. Both had extraordinary magical powers for the small amount of demon in them. They were amazing.
Soon we got older, and the kids hit their teens. We were no longer really needed when our children could fight as good as us. We watched over them as they stopped crime. Things went on with the new Teen Titans, and everything was better than I ever thought things could be.
When I got to the tower, I came for help. I never thought that I would stay for good. I didn't even think that we would survive Sinister. But we did, and then we survived Slade. When they invited me to stay, I couldn't believe it. I had found friends, and I had found my love. Despite the family that raised me until I was a preteen, we were never close. My race was not based around family. When I got to Earth, there was a family that took me in with open arms. I never got a chance to settle in though, because I became a hero. They would die before I got to really know them well.
Then the Titans came into my life. They were amazing people. Friendly, loving, caring… I could never ask for more in a group of friends. Soon, we got close, real close. Robin and I shared leadership, Beast Boy and I a sense of humor, Starfire and I had very caring sides, and Cyborg and me both had technological interests. Then there was Raven, who I shared everything with. They all meant the world to me. They kept me alive, they accepted me. Now I finally have a place to call home…
And I finally found people that I can call my true family.
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Definitely not the best ending I have ever written. I changed the view to first person just fort he hell of it, because it seemed cooler. I know it was what you might cool a far too happy ending, but that's what I wanted. Do try and live with it. Anyways, that's it for this story. Next "chapter" I will be thanking people, saying a few words, putting a song in, and showing some new story ideas. Review if you wish, I wouldn't mind. Well, story over… hope you enjoyed, even with the uh- sappy ending. Away.
Next chapter: The acknowledgments. Will you read and/or review?
"You were the last good thing about this part of town..."
-SinFire