My Season 4 - VOL. III
Reunion, Part 2
The 6th Teen Titans Fanscript – Fanfic Adaptation
By RavenStar
Author's Note: The plot of "Reunion" is as follows: Jinx has switched sides. Slade has returned. Terra's back. What could possibly happen to the Titans next? Then Raven gets a visitor. Let the nightmare begin.
Note #1: OneLine appears briefly in Part 3, as well as do four other fancharacters I created for my first fanscript – villains called The Writer, The Director, The Cameraman, and The Producer. The fanscript those three characters has been adapted and posted up here – it is my story "Behind The Scenes."
Note #2: "Reunion" draws HEAVILY from the 80's comics. ALL of Reunion, Part 1 is dialogue, with no fight scenes – the only fights in Part 1 are arguments. It might seem boring for some people, but trust, all of it will pay off in the end.
ACT TWO
Jinx - with her hair down - and Raven stood defiantly on the oil rig just a few kilometres away from Titans Tower. In front of them stood Slade - with Arella as his hostage.
Jinx curled her fists. "Let her go, Dad."
Raven looked at Jinx. ""Dad?""
Slade cut in. "Yes, Raven. You're not the only one with family problems."
"This what you were gonna tell us after Mom finished her story?" Raven asked Jinx.
"Yep."
"Ah."
Raven turned to face Slade. "By the way, you look good with your hair down," she said offhandedly to Jinx.
"Really?" Jinx asked.
Raven nodded. "Yeah."
"Well, at least one person thinks so."
Slade looked offended. "I'm going to take that as a shot directed at me. Well –" He lunged at Jinx, throwing Arella to the ground. "- is that any way to treat your FATHER?"
BLAM! Starbolts sent Slade flying. Jinx looked behind her. The Titans had arrived. "You know," said Robin, "if there's one thing I really can't stand, it's parents who don't respect their children."
Slade got up. "Nice try, Titans. But I've got some tricks I haven't shown you yet."
FOOM! He suddenly sent a wave of flames into Starfire! She screamed as she fell into the ocean. Robin was horrified. "STARFIRE!"
"Oh, sorry –" taunted Slade, "did I cook her a little too long? Dear me - I never forget to check the oven. Whoops."
"Dude!" Beast Boy couldn't believe it. "He can shoot fire! Since when?"
"Since I can also do this!" Slade said, suddenly morphed into a coyote as he dodged the hail of rocks that were coming down at him from Terra behind him.
"WHAT?" Cyborg yelled in stunned disbelief.
Slade changed back. "I'm Jinx's father. I'm just full of surprises - aren't I, Jinx?"
"Yeah - you're wonderful," said Jinx, scathingly sarcastic. She sent a few shockwave hexes towards Slade - who JUMPED back and returns the nicety with a few fireball blasts – which were blocked by quick shields of dark energy from Raven, who had been tending to Arella up until now.
Slade blocked attacks from Raven with shields of fire. "You know, I really don't approve of this little relationship with my daughter you seem to have mixed yourself up in here, Raven," he said as he backed up and defended himself.
"Deal with it," said Raven. "You can't control her."
Slade cocked his head. "No, you're right - I can't control her. I guess I'd have to be a demon in order to do that - right?"
The next attack from Raven was so fierce, it broke through Slade's flame shield and hit him square in the lower jaw.
"That's it, Raven," Slade said as he got up. "Let it all out. Let your rage for him flow."
BLAM! Slade nimbly dodged Cyborg's sonic cannon in much the same gymnastic way that Jinx usually dodged her opponent's attacks. "Don't listen to him, Raven!" Cyborg reinforced.
Slade landed - only to be tackled by a lion Beast Boy. Quickly, Slade morphed into a tiger, and a rolling-on-the-ground wrestling match ensued, ending when tiger Slade kicked lion Beast Boy high into the air. Beast Boy changed into himself as he ascended into the air. "Hey guys!" he called down to the rest of the Titans. "He can only do land animals!" At the peak of his ascent, Beast Boy changed into a hawk.
Slade looked up. "Impressive, Greenskin. But just because I can only transform into land animals doesn't mean I can't FLY!" Rockets fired from his boots, and he flew into the air.
Hawk Beast Boy raced away from the oil rig, zipping out and over the water like a jet. Slade followed close behind—
—then Beast Boy suddenly rocketed vertically as Starfire burst out of the water directly in front of him. Slade had no time to react as Starfire sent a concussive starbolt blast directly into his chest. The sheer force of her attack sent Slade all the way back to the oil rig. He slammed into the flight deck face-first. Robin leapt down, bo staff drawn, and swung - But the staff was shattered by the quick-to-his-feet Slade. "Aww... I'm always just one step ahead of you in everything - aren't I, Robin?"
CRACK! Robin landed a surprise kick across Slade's face. "Yeah - you talk so much you can't put your foot in your mouth, so I have to do it for you," the Boy Wonder replied."
"Charming," said Slade. "But that won't stop me."
POW! A sharp punch to Robin's face sent him soaring through the air. He landed at Cyborg's feet like a limp rag. Cyborg immediately noticed Robin wasn't moving. "Robin! You okay, man? Speak to me!"
But Robin didn't. He was knocked out cold. Starfire returned to the oil rig and ran to Robin. "Robin! ROBIN!" She turned to Slade. "What have you done with Robin?"
"Let's just say I...put him to sleep?" replied Slade.
Robin's eyes sprang open.
"However, this time I decided it was just better to put him on ice..."
Robin gasped. "I can't move! My whole body! I can't move the rest of my body!"
"Now it's time I did the same to you!" Before Starfire and Cyborg could react, Slade had hit both of them with a vicious punch to the face. When they landed, Cyborg noticed something. "No! My circuits! My joints! They won't move!"
"I cannot fire my starbolts!" cried Starfire.
Slade loomed over them. "Feeling powerless?
Cyborg gulped, then yelled out "OIL!" in desperation.
A couple hundred pebbles coming at Slade from behind were sent right back at Terra - who collapsed after the barrage of rock pelted her like bullets. Now it was Beast Boy's turn to be horrified. "Terra!"
Slade almost laughed. "I love how love is so easy to fight."
KEE-RACK! Another punch sent Beast Boy and Terra ripping through the air, landing at the feet of the frozen-in-place Titans.
"What the-?" said Terra, finding herself unable to move.
Slade seemed disappointed. "Come now, Terra - I thought you would be used to not being able to move..."
Beast Boy couldn't move either. "Augh! I'm stuck!" He tried shapeshifting. "Gahh! I can't even turn into an animal!"
A wave of purple and dark energy rolled over the stuck Titans, but had no effect on their motion-capableness. Seeing this, Slade whirled around. Stared directly into Raven and Jinx's eyes. He glared.
"That's not going to work."
Raven narrowed her eyes. "Why don't you just crush them and get it over with?"
Slade thought about it. "Hmm...okay, then."
Without him ever moving, daggers of flame sliced through the bottom of the neck of the huge cargo crane which extended out to the ocean - right over the immobile Titans' heads. It fell like any gigantic piece of metal - fast as light. It was suddenly held in place by Raven's dark energy right before hitting the deck of the oil rig. And it was taking Raven almost every ounce of her strength to hold it there.
"Oh." Slade looked at her. "You were trying reverse psychology. And you sounded so convincing..."
"W-what do you want with my mother?" Raven asked him.
"I could care less about that weak excuse for a woman. I've only come to tell you something you need to hear."
Raven was losing her grip on the cargo crane neck. Slade watched in pure amusement. JUST as it was about to fall—
"SLADE!"
Slade turned.
Jinx was standing there, her eyes crackling with excess purple energy. With her pink hair down and flowing instead of tied up, she looked even more formidable than she ever did before.
"Father..."
Flames curled up around Slade's fists.
"Daughter."
Meanwhile, Raven had regained control, and she sent the cargo crane neck off of the rig and crashing down into the ocean.
The splash distracted Slade. Jinx pounced. POW! An uppercut assisted by her own special hexes slammed into Slade's chin, sending him about ten feet backwards and sprawling when he landed. He got up, and Jinx fired some purple energy lightning from her fists. Slade, however, blocked it - and countered with a fireball blast, which Jinx dodged very acrobatically. She spin-kicked him backwards. Slade got up. "You've certainly improved your skills since the last time we met, daughter."
"You'd be surprised what meeting the right person can do to you, Dad."
"How sweet. Even in battle you can't let her go from your mind. You must really care a lot about her, then, Jinx."
"MORE THAN YOU'VE EVER CARED ABOUT ME!"
KA-KROW!A vicious hex propelled Slade even further backwards.
"I'm sorry. I don't have time for children who betray their true side!" Slade morphed into a tiger and raced up to Jinx.
SLICE!
Jinx fell to the ground, clutching her throat. She got up, turned, took her hands off her throat and tried to speak - and immediately clutched her throat again, eyes wide with fear!
She couldn't speak.
Slade turned back to human and stood over Jinx. He grabbed her by collar of her outfit and hoisted her up into the air. "What's the matter? CAT GOT YOUR TOUNGE?"
Jinx promptly grinned and kicked him, hard. The force of the kick was accelerated with the help of Raven's powers, and Slade went flying backwards again. Jinx also fell to the ground. Raven rushed to her side. Jinx was slow in getting up. "Jinx! Are you okay?" Raven asked. Jinx, eyes still wide, frantically pointed at her neck. Raven got it, and tried her healing powers on the wound. Nothing. "I can't heal it!"
Slade got up. "No. You can heal the wound, but you can't heal the damage inside. Now, it's time to let you in on my little secret. I've kept your friends' heads unfrozen because I want them to hear this, too: Did any of you wonder how Terra came back? How she escaped her stone prison?"
Everyone looked back at Terra. Slade continued.
"It was all a charade. Her suit was programmed to set off a reaction that would free her when the time came. Yes, it was all a charade. In fact - EVERYTHING that has ever happened to you Titans - from that first day where Cyborg left the group - to right now, was planned, for the most part. And everyone - all the villains you've faced, all the heroes you've taken in, only for them to betray you later – all of them, and you: Pawns. Pawns in an elaborate plan with one purpose in mind: HIS arrival."
Raven gasped. "No."
"Yes, Raven. All of it was a charade – a charade meant to slowly expose you, to bring out your darker sides - the more corruptible sides in you all. All a charade, meant to weaken the minds of the ones who could stop Trigon – and bring you closer to succumbing to his influence."
He had walked back over to the Titans.
"Everything you've ever known is a lie, was a lie - and will forever be a lie."
"NO!" Raven screamed.
"Au revoir, my darlings!" Slade waved. He vanished in a fireball.
Jinx and Raven looked at each other.
END ACT TWO
