Deliver us from Evil
Chapter 15: Extinction on the Horizon
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Slade leaned back in his wheelchair, his only hand drumming on the armrest. His gaze moved around the control room's walls. He noted how the steel was clean and free of any imperfections. 'Just as my new race will be.' Slade though to himself. How he had waited for this moment for so long. How he had spent so long preparing for the power he was to receive. Anticipation raced through his head as realized how the Titans had not yet entered the room. "Excellent," Slade said," this day just keeps getting better and better." "And soon enough, it will be you're finest. Terra stated as she stepped from the shadows.
"I am glad to hear you are still loyal to completing my dream." Slade said. "I just want to see the world in a new light." She replied. "Of course. Humanity has all but lost the reason for its existence. When my new species comes too as soon as I unleash my holocaust, I can finally have my utopia born." He then turned his head to Terra and asked," Will you still remain with me as this continues?" "Until the day I die, master." She replied, turning her head and meeting his gaze with her own. "You broke that promise once." He stated. "That was when I was foolish," Terra shot back," now, I see the truth." "Very well. If you please, let us begin our plan." "Yes, master. Terra said.
Just then, she was lowered into the floor as the floor where she stood went into the ground. Slade, meanwhile, looked at the control panel that lay in front of him. He observed the statistics screens, which showed positive on all fronts. He then turned to a screen that showed the missile that would be fired at the moon. In the shape of a glove, Terra would control it and send a surge of power through it to destroy the moon. He then pushed a button and another screen showed him the blackness of space and the brilliant glow of the moon. "Pity such a thing of beauty must be done away with." Slade said to himself. He then called out, "Terra, head towards the movement control platform." Below him, the sound of a door sliding open was heard and Terra stepped from it. She then walked on a pathway that went up a few feet of the ground and somewhat over half the room's length. She then stooped as she came to a circular platform at the walkway end. "Launching the missile. " Slade then said as he pushed a flashing red button.
The missile, resting in its holding area, suddenly hummed as soon as Slade hit the start button. The wall in front of it opened up, revealing a circular entrance into space. The energy thrusters in the back then fired on as the weapon left the cylinder chamber. As soon as it got into the vastness of space, The engines then stopped. "Terra, its your turn." Slade stated. Terra shook her head as she clutched both of her hand into fists. Her eyes then glowed yellow, which soon caused her whole body to turn yellow. The platform under her then turned the same color as she did. Meanwhile, the missile outside then became yellow itself. Terra then outstretched her arm as she focused her energy. The missile began to move towards then moon, guided by Terra's energy. Terra then outstretched the fingers of her closed fist, the missile's fingers then doing the same thing. With the moon in sight, Terra's glow then became brighter. The missal's fingers then closed over the moon. Pieces of the surface broke off as the moon's fingers closed over the moon until the stopped, finally getting a good grip on it.
"Perfect, now Terra, comm…" Slade began, but never finished. A throwing star came out of no where and right towards his mask. Sensing this, he quickly moved his head away as the weapon struck the far wall behind him. Terra stopped glowing as she heard the weapon strike. "Don't even try it Slade." A voice called from the right side of the platform Slade was looking from. Terra and Slade turned their heads to see all ready to fight, Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, and Specter. "And here they are, the Teen Titans," Terra began," how great." "I see as though Cyborg is not with you. Must have lost. I can believe so. The whole lot of you are weaklings." Slade commented. "We don't have time for this Slade," Robin began," we're here to end this." "Your plan for domination will end." Starfire said as she charged her starbolts. "You are too late. My plan will still go on." "It will not. You shall fall and humanity shall not be destroyed." Raven shot back. "Its over, Slade. Your ideals were failures." Specter said as he drew his katana. "My goals are perfect! Its humans who are failures!" He yelled. "For years, I watched as humans murdered, polluted, and harmed everything around them. I never though humans could become obedient to being told not to do evil. I thought of you, Robin, and Terra to being a hope for obedience and order in this world, but it didn't work. Instead of treats or convincing others, I shall bring about new order to this world."
Beast boy was not listing to any of this happening. His gaze was focused on Terra. She was the one he cared about. She was the one he loved. He wanted her back in his life. Now, he saw her as humanity's destruction. "Terra! Don't do this!" he called out to her. She looked down at him, but didn't respond. "You can fight this," he said as he walked closer to her," don't give in." "She wouldn't listen to you. She has chosen a new path to follow." "This is not the way she would of gone hadn't it been for you." "For me? I just told her what I know. She decided on her own. Isn't that right, Terra?" Slade asked. "That is correct. I was better off without the Titans. This is the truth I want. The power that desire." She stated. "Stop this, Terra!" BB yelled. "Enough of this." Slade said. :" At this rate, my plan wouldn't continue." His finger then quickly hit three buttons. With that, a wall then started to fall from the ceiling and was beginning to lower itself in front of where Terra was going to utilize her powers. "Terra!' Beast Boy yelled. He ran at a quick pace towards the side of the room, which was going to be cut off. He then slid underneath the falling barrier as soon as it came down.
"Beast Boy!" Robin yelled as he saw BB slid under the wall. "Love is such a harmful thing," Slade said," it seems like the greatest thing in the world. But, when you lose it, you try to get it back, which is futile. I can't wait to see how your friend looks after Terra wipes him out." "Let them out, Slade!" Robin yelled. "Can't do that," he said," I shall not allow you to crush my dreams. Your only option is to engage me in battle." "Sorry, Slade. Thing is we don't fight cripples." Specter said. "Don't worry, I plan ahead." Slade said as he descended into the floor. The side of the platform that was facing the Titans then opened. A sound of metal hitting metal was heard approaching them from the doorway. Soon enough, the source of the sound came into the room's light. Slade's head was seen, but the rest of him was changed. His body now was about seven feet and made of steel. The steel was black and silver, with orange lines running down the shoulders, legs, and chest. An orange S was placed in the center. The metallic hands then came up as one of the fists slammed into the palm of the other. "Like my new battle armor? I mad it just for the occasion." "That walking tin can wouldn't help you out." Raven said. "We have defeated all of your machinery before. This is no different." Starfire said. "Oh, but it is." Slade replied.
Beast Boy, meanwhile, jumped back up as soon as the barrier behind him closed. He looked up to see Terra jump from her platform and land on the ground. "Why did you come here?" she asked. "I came to save you." "Save me? You will need to be saved after I am done with you." She then yelled out as she glowed yellow again. The walls of where the two where broke away, revealing mounds of earth integrated into either side. The floor then shifted to reveal more rocks and soil. "Slade prepares for everything." She said as she ripped off a piece of the wall and tossed it at Beast Boy. He quickly transformed into a cheetah, quickly running away from the projectile. Terra quickly shot off three more attacks, but BB managed to dodge them as well. Terra then lifted her hand as a mound of Earth shot BB up into the air. She then sent two columns of Earth from the walls and headed to where Beast Boy was. He changed immediately to a falcon and flew away from the attack as the two earth mounds striked each other. Terra shot up the dirt into a cloud, disorientating BB's vision. BB dropped to the ground as Terra lifted a pointed rock and sent it hurdling right down on BB. BB, reacting at the last second, rolled away from the rock as the dust settled.
"This is a fight. Try and hit me." Terra ordered. "I wouldn't harm you." He stated. "And why is that?" she asked. "Don't you see? I care about you so much." BB said as he walked towards her. "I don't want to her it." Terra said. "You have to," he began," for three years, I have mourned your death. I hated myself for failing to protect you. I want you and me to be together." He was knocked backwards as a mound of Earth knocked into him. "I don't need your lies. I will have you dead and the world reshaped." Terra said. "I see your case," Beast Boy stated," you have to see my feelings for you. You don't have to finish me off." But, his words didn't reach Terra. She lifted many small rocks of the ground and quickly sent them at him. BB screamed as the rapid projectiles striked his body. Then, two pillars soil quickly shot from the ground and striked him. This was followed up with a wall of dirt that knocked him into the far wall. Terra laughed as she looked at his state. "How pathetic. Slade told me of how weak you are." "Slade can burn." BB shot back. Terra then lifted a huge boulder from the ground and aimed it straight at BB. "I hope you have some last words." She said. "I do," he began," the Terra who still ermines in you will want to hear these words." Terra then fired off the projectile at BB. With the rock mound quickly coming right for him, BB yelled out, "Terra! I love you!"
Is this the end of the team? The finale will come next chapter.