6. Deja Vu All Over Again

Oh boy, I reeeeeely hate this chapter. I was struggling just to get it over with. I appologize before hand, this is probably my worst work, but, it moves the story along. This is running into the home stretch of the story. SO, trust me, its going to get better, much better. This was just a chapter I had to write, not much character development, just plot.

Anyways... please review, I'm not expecting anything good, I just want to believe I still have fanz. And, one final message, stay tuned. This is going to get a lot better. Believe me



The five teens stood, once again before the behemoth that haunted the deepest, darkest sections of their consciousness. The mass of metal had hardly changed at all, in contrast to the Titans that stood now, compared to those from over two years ago. A cold wind blew across the empty dirt plain that surrounded the power plant on all sides, and through the night. It was a dark night, no moon at all. There was nothing in all directions, and the Titans felt more alone than ever.

Reluctantly, Robin began the endless walk back towards destiny, Mr. Abelard's words echoing in his head. "This is your last chance Robin... I'm not sure you're capable of running your own team." Robin clenched his fists. Senile old fool. It's not my fault these sex crazy kids feel they need each other. He continued walking, as the rest of the conversation slowly resurfaced. "This is almost the exact same scenario as before, a bit of déjà vu, eh old boy? … Remember, screw this up, and your finished. Those freaks are back out in the street, Victor gets shut down, and what's-her-face is heading back to her homeworld."

Robin sighed. If this was gone, he had no real place to go. Without Starfire, he had no real reason to live. He looked sullenly back to his team, and asked a simple question. "You all remember what to do, right?"


Beast Boy could barely fly. He was in utter disbelief. The team's future was entirely based on this night's events, and Robin didn't even bother to revise his plans. If anybody screwed up, and a single hostage didn't walk, or even limp away, or if even the tinniest bit of toxic gas was leaked out, they were done for. Beast Boy would never see Raven again. He would never be able to say the two words he had been longing to say since he first saw her.

And there she was, the only amorphous, multicolored blob down there that meant anything to him. Even in this shape she seemed to carry more grace than the average person. Even now, she possessed a special something that made Beast Boy feel like he had known her for longer, like he was somehow connected with her.

He kept telling himself that he shouldn't worry, by now the Teen Titans should have acquired the skills necessary to get through this without any injuries/casualties… right?


Ryan Montero glanced nervously at his watch. He was having serious second thoughts about the whole operation. He knew about what had happened here a couple years back, so why didn't the old man learn from his mistakes and move on? He sighed anxiously and looked around. Technically these weren't even hostages. These were bums that had agreed to do this, provided their loved ones got proper supplement.

He looked back at his watch, those kids should be here by now. At least, that's what the boss said. He slipped his thermal goggles on and looked around again. There were four more thermal blobs than there were earlier, those stupid kids were here.

He tore the goggles of his head (he never could stand the weight), and looked back at his watch. Almost time.


Raven tiptoed through the structure, trying to make as little noise as possible. A gust of wind blew through the plant and Raven shivered. She opened a hole in the wall, she could see the hostages on the other side. Three men, and… that was it? What? There has to be more somewhere.

Something weird was going on here. She checked the rest of the room, only five terrorists? Last time there was at least ten. Every instinct in Raven's body screamed abnormality. Nothing here made sense.. It was a another nightmare. Wake up Raven, wake up… She shut her eyes, and expected to hear the comforting sounds of midnight at the tower. Instead, she opened her eyes to the life-shattering sound of gunfire.


Cyborg smashed the door down. Shards of metal burst through the door frame along with him. He quickly swept the empty room with his gun arm. After he established that there were no threats, he moved on to the next room. He had to make sure these guys had no escape route.

"Another clean one." He announced over the radio. He awaited confirmation from the other end.

"Cyborg! Forget the exits, head for the main chamber now, we need your help!" Came Robin's frenzied voice. Cyborg was surprised. Surprised at how quickly this entire thing had gone to hell. It had smashed last time's record.


Robin arrived on the scene at a turning point. Raven had been pinned known by gunfire for the past five minutes, but when he got there a terrorist was thrown against a wall. He slumped to the floor in a heap of broken bones and flesh. He fired no more.

Robin tossed a bird-a-rang into the fray. Three terrorists were relieved of their weapons. The last turned his fire towards Robin, who quickly ducked behind the same cover Raven was using.

"Déjà vu…"


Two of the weaponless villains attempted a retreat. They ran for a door at the rear of the chamber. The first reached for the doorknob, but the door was smashed out onto him. Cyborg burst out onto the scene. He fired at the second of the unarmed, unnamed assailants. He was thrown across the room, next to the first thug.

There were now only two left, it appeared the Titans would actually pull this one off.

The third unarmed terrorist and Ryan stood back to back fending off who they could. The unarmed terrorist reached into his back pocket and lifted out a pistol and EMP grenade. He tossed the grenade towards the exit, and grabbed a hostage while he was waiting for the grenade to go off.

He had a hostage in his grip, when the world went silent. No sounds arose from the hellish scene that unfolded second by second, and for a second, the thug was immortal. Impervious to the teen heroes all around him (especially the unconscious Cyborg, whom he fired a few bullets into for good measure). But not the rapidly closing Beast Boy.

The green teen transformed into a monkey and attempted to free the hostage. For a few moments his vision was a blur. He saw nothing.

After the first tense seconds his vision cleared, and he was staring down the barrel of a loaded gun. Time froze, hearts stopped beating. People stopped breathing. Déjà vu…

The scene was engulfed in a deep darkness. The three humans and Beast Boy caught in a black bubble of Raven's influence.

The terrorist fired. Raven squeezed. End of story.