My Season 4 - VOL. III

Reunion, Part 3

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

A huge crowd of civilians had gathered at the Jump City waterfront, at the spot which looked directly out to Titans Tower.

There were literally dozens upon dozens of newschannel vans all set up - and twice as many reporters and cameramen lined up right at the barrier between the city and the Bay water.

One reporter in particular was in the dead center of the line of reporters and cameramen, giving his report:

"Bruce Clark here for No. 2 news on Channel 10, live at the waterfront overlooking Titans Tower, with an update on the strange phenomenon that has swept the entire globe, but seems to be centered here in this very city - or more precisely, at Titans Tower. Right now, it appears the Titans have survived a horrifying lightning strike on the Tower, but what caused it, we can't say, until more information is-"

"LOOK!"

"What's that?"

A huge commotion erupted as the lightning bolts increased.

"Hold on, Jill, something's happening behind us, let's see what's-" He turned around. "Holy Toledo!" He caught himself. "Er - pardon my sudden outburst there, viewers, but with what's happening right now in front of our very eyes, I'm just glad I didn't say anything worse. But - oh my - the clouds - they're parting - and - ARGHGAH!"

A wailing sound - inhuman - filled the air. It was a very discordant sound - more demonic than anything else.

"That sound - ARGH! - it's a wailing, but none like we've ever heard before - so painful - and the sky – I thought it was already dark, but it's getting even darker - and - oh my word!"

The awful wail was revealed to be not coming from one creature, but rather was the result of the mixing of caws from hundreds of massive flocks of four-eyed ravens. The flocks of these demonic birds dispersed all over the city, landing on top of the tallest buildings until their roofs were so covered, the city now looked like Sharpieville.

"Huge crows - HUNDREDS of flocks of them, ladies and gentlemen - have just descended upon the city and roosted on the roofs of all the tallest buildings! Gah-! Harry, get a shot of their eyes!"

The cameraman zoomed in on the four red eyes of the birds.

"Look at that! They all have four eyes! Each eye is red - I'm already running out of all the expressions of shock that would be appropriate for me to say on live TV, ladies and gentlemen! I honestly have no words for what is happening at this very moment, right in front of all our eyes! It's incredible!"

Bruce remembered something else now.

"This is just - I can't explain it, ladies and gentlemen, it's so...now, I'm sure you're probably wondering, "How are the Titans doing right now? Are they ok? Where are they?" Well, Harry, let's swing back around to the Tower and see how the Titans are handling the situation - and it looks like they're still there, folks! They appear to be talking to - to - to that huge mass of those four-eyed birds over its roof? What the - oh my! That's not-


On top of Titans Tower, the mass of four-eyed birds scattered, leaving the four-eyed, red-skinned Raven - and now also Slade - in their wake.

"MORTALS! HEAR ME NOW!" Raven's voice had turned terrifyingly demonic as it boomed out over the whole city.

Jinx continued to look on in horror, tears in her eyes. Arella came up and gave her a soothing hand to cry into.

"I AM THE ONE YOU KNOW OF AS RAVEN!"


"Raven? Isn't she one of the Titans? Harry, get a real good close up of her - I don't think she's come here to sell us superhero trading stamps today."
The now clearly evil Raven continued:

"I WAS BORN OF THIS PLANET YOU CALL EARTH!"


"Jeez – lookit' her eyes, Harry – all four of them! It's just like those weird crows on all of the buildings!"
"BUT NOW MY SOUL BELONGS TO WHOM IT RIGHTFULLY SHOULD - MY FATHER, TRIGON!"

"Trigon?" Bumblebee asked Aqualad.

Aqualad could barely shrug a response, he was so paralyzed with fear. "I - I - don't know."


"Trigon?" Bruce Clark asked. He looked at his cameraman – who shrugged, too.
"UNIVERSE AFTER UNIVERSE HAS FALLEN BENEATH HIS AWESOME MIGHT!"

Slade nodded as Raven went on – he was clearly grinning underneath his mask.

"NO ONE WHO HAS OPPOSED HIM HAS EVER SURVIVED!"

"I'm gettin' a bad feeling about this..." said Speedy.


"Y'know, Harry, this doesn't exactly sound very good all of a sudden...Tell Bill to start up the van and keep it idling - we may need to get out of here really quick - you get my drift?"

Harry nodded and ducked into their station's van.


"BUT MY FATHER IS NOT SO TAINTED WITH MALICE THAT HE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE WHEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL HONORABLY FIGHT TO PRESERVE WHAT IS PRECIOUS TO THEM!"

All the Titans looked up.

"Huh?" asked Beast Boy.

"THEREFORE, HE WISHES TO SEE WHOM AMONGST YOU POSSESSES SUCH INFALLIBLE COURAGE IN THE FACE OF SUCH A DANGER AS HE WILL NO DOUBT BE WHEN HE ARRIVES!"

Cyborg was annoyed – as much as his fear would let him be. "Okay - what now?"

Raven threw up her hands, sending red lightning into the clouds - and with a CRACK, the whole sky turned blood red.


"Whoa my!" Bruce Clark exclaimed
While red lightning was still erupting from her fingers and into the clouds, Slade took over Raven's declaration.

"I AM TRIGON'S GENERAL! ALL THE ARMIES HE CONTROLS FALL UNDER MY JURISDICTION!"

"Say what?" asked Bumblebee.


"Someone new is speaking - hey, isn't that the infamous criminal Slade?" Bruce Clark asked, aghast.
"IF THE TEEN TITANS DO NOT AMASS AN ARMY LARGE ENOUGH TO MEET MY MASTER'S TROOPS-"

Slade looked straight down at all the Titans - East and West - gathered below him on the island. He looked back up.

"-THEN THIS CITY WILL BE RAZED TO THE GROUND IN PREPARATION FOR MY MASTER'S ARRIVAL UPON THIS PATHETIC PLANET!"


The whole crowd at the waterfront erupted into a barrage of murmuring.

The red lightning stopped shooting from Raven's fingers. Slade stepped back, nodding at her.

She stepped forward again.

"THOSE WHO SURVIVE THE BATTLE WILL BE GIVEN A PAINLESS PASSAGE TO THEIR NEXT PLANE OF LIFE WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVES!"

"Oh, wonderful –" said Terra, "so if we fight, we lose. If we do nothing, we lose."

"HIS TROOPS SHALL MARCH UPON YOUR DESERT TOMORROW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SETTING OF THE SUN UPON YOUR WORLD!" Raven continued.

Slade disappeared in a fireball and Raven vanished. But the sky stayed red, and all the four-eyed ravens stayed put.


Bruce Clark was stunned.

"Um...Ladies and Gentlemen, I honestly can't say I know just what exactly happened here - but I can tell you, despite the calm that's here now, I do not believe this is over. Personally, I'm leaving this city tonight - and I don't think I'll ever look back... remember, you saw it here first, on No. 2 news on Channel 10. I'm Bruce Clark."

He signaled to cut the feed.


"Great –" said Cyborg, "-so now we got less than 24 hours to amass an army that can prevent the city from being destroyed – and even if we win, we still lose!"

Arella sighed. "That is Trigon's way - he immensely enjoys toying with all of his victims. He is the avatar for all evil. He is the essence of all evil He IS evil."

Jinx looked up, drying her eyes. Arella looked deep into them.

"Do not fear, Jinx. You have the mirror. You have Raven's mind with you, always. Keep it close to your heart. In time, its beat shall free the feelings of care and love that she holds for you, those presently trapped and imprisoned inside her corrupted head, and the glass into her now-shattered mind will be reforged anew - and it is precisely then that we will have a fighting chance against His wrath of darkness."

Terra put her hand on Jinx's shoulder. Beast Boy put his hand on Jinx's other shoulder. Cyborg put one hand on each of Jinx's shoulders. Robin & Starfire followed suit – but hugged Jinx instead. Finally, all of Titans East joined in the massive group comfort hug for Jinx.

"Yeah, Jinx –" reassured Beast Boy, "just keep caring for her exactly the same way you always have."

"Uh, this is great and all, but how exactly are we gonna amass an army to battle Trigon's troops with this little group therapy session we're having?" Speedy asked.

Robin broke off the group hug. He spoke grudgingly.

"Unfortunately, I can only think of one way that we're gonna pull this off..."


In the Jump City Jail's courtyard, in their chains or whatever containment chambers they needed to be secured in, stood OneLine, The Writer, The Director, The Cameraman, The Producer, Adonis, Atlas, Brother Blood, Cinderblock, Dr. Light, Gizmo, Johnny Rancid, Kardiak, Katarou, Killer Moth, Mad Mod, Mammoth, Mumbo, Overload, Plasmus, Punk Rocket, Steamroller, and Trident. Above them on a platform stand Cyborg, Robin, and Beast Boy. Behind them; the rest of Titans West, Titans East, Arella, and also Lightning, Thunder, Hotspot, and Wildebeest.

Cyborg stepped up to the front of the platform:

"We need your help. We wish to make a temporary pact - if all of you fight with us against Trigon's troops, then you will receive either your freedom, or a reduced sentence in return."

"And why exactly should we help you little twerps out with this again?" asked Johnny Rancid.

Gizmo sneered. "Yeah - why should we fight for you?"

Beast Boy answered that question. "Because if you don't, then the world will be destroyed, and none of you will be able to take it over for yourselves."

Murmurs. Then Brother Blood looked up.

"Agreed. We'll fight for you."

The Titans breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Blood sneered.

END ACT TWO