All right, here's the new chapter. Thanks for the reviews.
Hekatie: Yeah I know about that, but she like never flips out at people.
The-Winged-Dragon-Raccoon: Yes, as Singe said, I must be evil. If you hated that, just wait until the end of this chapter!
The Wild Ambition: I'm glad you like her; I'll pass word on the artist who thought up how she should be!
Teen Titans: Search for the Elementals
Chapter 7:
Comings and Goings
The entire team was upset about Slade getting away. Aqua seemed to be taking it the hardest though. She had only left her room five times in the 3 days after the battle. She also wasn't allowing anyone in. This excluded Ventus, who everyone now suspected knew something they didn't. One day after lunch, Robin approached him.
"How is she," he asked Ventus.
"Fine," was the reply.
"Dude, something has got to be wrong with her," said Beast Boy, "even Rae doesn't spend that much time in her room." Raven glared at him, and then turned to Ventus.
"What are you hiding," she said.
"I…uh," he started. To his relief the doorbell interrupted him.
"Who's that," said Cyborg, "I didn't order pizza." The doorbell rang several more times. They ran to the door and opened it to find a tall boy with piercing violet eyes clearly visible under his short spiky black hair with beach blond highlights. He wore chunky black boots on his feet and baggy blue jeans fastened by a purple belt with a chain attached to his wallet placed in his back pocket. The T-shirt that he wore was a maroon-violet color with the letter "C" on it. He wore armor on his shoulders. This may have been to support the weight of his red and black bat-like wings. In his hand he held a staff like Robin's.
"Help," he said pointing to several robots making their way to the Tower. You may be wondering how they would be doing this, so let me explain…
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'Hmm…' thought Slade to himself. He had just had to leave the water experiment in the sewers. It really was a disappointment he couldn't have kept her, but he couldn't have taken the risk. He then thought to the other Elementals. How was he going to capture them? He had already been in contact with Ignis, so that was taken care of. The wind one, Ventut or something like that (it had been a long time since 9th Grade Latin), was being driven into a trap. This left water and sky. 'Perhaps' he thought, 'Ignis will convince Aqua to change sides'. He then concentrated on sky. From the data he had gathered, Caelum could fly and was a very aggressive fighter. An idea hit him, and he set to work designing a new breed of Slade-bot. One that could fly…
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The robot's metal wings gleamed in the sunlight. They pulled out the typical assortment of weaponry and dove towards the group. The group launched a counter attack. Cyborg blasted several robots with his sonic cannon. Caelum leapt into the air to engage the robots directly. As the first approached him he whipped his staff at it, breaking its head off. Another approached from behind, but was run through the stomach with the rod. As the fighting continued above the rest of the Titans tried to help by blasting and throwing things atas many of the other approaching robots as possible. Suddenly, Caelum was attacked from all sides. He fell towards the water at an alarming rate. Thankfully, Starfire flew to the rescue and caught him about 10 feet from the surface of the water.
As soon as they reached the island, a loud rushing noise began. The Titans stared in awe as a large wall of water sprung from the surface of the bay, destroying most of the robots. Raven turned to look at the Tower in time to see a figure silhouetted against the front window. It seemed Aqua had helped them, for now. She put that from her mind as she pick up a few rocks from the shore to throw at the remaining robots. When they had finished them off, they walked back inside.
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"So, like, how'd you find us," asked Beast Boy.
"Easy," replied Caelum, "I looked for the big T."
"You know, I think that Aqua would like to know Caelum is here," said Raven.
"Yeah," Ventus said, "I'll go tell her." He began to walk towards the door, but Raven stopped him.
"No, I think we should all go," suggested Raven. She led the way out of the common room.
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As they approached Aqua's room, Robin thought he heard people talking. One of them sounded like Aqua, but he didn't recognize the other voice.
"Wait," said Ventus, "she may not want you in her room."
"She can get over it," replied Raven. She opened the door slowly so that Aqua wouldn't hear her.
"Right," said Aqua. She was talking to someone on what looked like a communicator of some sort. "We should be ready to attack within the next couple of days," she continued, "by the way Ignis, what did Slade say about it?" The group gasped.
"Traitor," shouted Raven. Things began to fly around the room. Aqua turned in surprise when Raven had shouted. She looked at the group standing in the doorway. Suddenly, she ran towards them, pushed them out of her way, and ran down the corridor. All of the Titans (excluding Ventus and Caelum) gave chase. She ran out the door and onto the shore of the small island.
"We've got her now guys," yelled Cyborg. The Titans closed in around her. Robin set explosives between his fingers, Raven picked up a large boulder, Beast Boy transformed into a lion, Cyborg readied his sonic cannon, and Starfire's eyes began go glow green.
"You don't understand," said Aqua backing towards the water.
"You've betrayed us to Slade, what's not to understand, give up now or suffer the consequences," said Robin.
"I guess you have a point, but I don't think I'll stick around," said Aqua with a smirk.
"We've got you cornered, where are you gonna go," asked Cyborg.
"Foolish Titans, you forget so quickly, but don't worry, I'll tell Slade you said 'Hi'," said Aqua making a small motion with her hand. A small dry patch appeared in the water behind her. She turned and ran, the dry spot keeping her from drowning. Raven and Starfire tried to chase her from the air, but soon Aqua was far enough across the bay that her dry spot had become a fifty foot high column of air that ran from there she stood at the floor of the bay to the surface. Whenever Starfire or Raven would launch something at Aqua, the water seemed to form a cap over the column, stopping the projectile.
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Slade watched with interest as Aqua fled for her life. He was impressed by her control. Yes, he would do great things with her. He was glad she had chosen to leave the Titans. With Aqua and Ignis at his disposal, he would be unstoppable. He watched as Aqua made it safely to the other side of the bay. He had sent Ignis there to meet her and bring her to him.
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Aqua caught site of Ignis standing in a shadowy alleyway. She nodded to Ignis, who created a large ball of flame between her hands. Aqua formed a large orb of water. They threw the two together; covering their escape with the steam the combination had produced.
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Back at the Tower, Caelum had watched the proceedings from the large front window. Ventus on the other hand, sat on Aqua's bed with a note (that everyone else had overlooked in the commotion) in his hand.
Ventus, it read, remember the plan.
Well, there you have it. I actually haven't written the next chapter yet, so I don't know if I'll be able to update next week or not. I should be finishing this story up in 2 or 3 more chapters. I may be doing a sequel, any thoughts? Please Review! Oh also, now that you've met all the Elementals, I can send the pictures I have of them to you.If you would like to see them, just let me know and I'll get them to you somehow!
