Teen Titans:-
Changed World
Raven is put in a coma, and awakens fifteen years later with very little memory and cryptic images of her past life… And to make matters worse, the Titans are nowhere to be found. My shot at a future-fic. Please R&R..
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DISCLAIMER:- I don't own the Teen Titans, or anything else from the show or the comic book… I also don't own any songs I may or may not use… You know what? Why the heck do I write these things? Don't sue me, and I won't sue you in return. Deal?
OK… I know you must all get very bored of future-fics but I wanted a shot at one so here's yet another take at the future of the Teen Titans… It obviously is going to show the future of the Titans. Expect some villains too, but not ones you'll expect… As an advance warning, I like to try and make my long fics like this play out like movies, so expect a lot of song-fics and those funny little movie moments. Oh, and the first chapter (and I may bring him back later) involves a character I made up who, yes, is based solely on the Punisher… But enjoy anyway!
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Chapter 1:- Fallen Titan
Jump City Bank, 9:12pm, April 12th 2005.
"Titans! Get the innocents out of here!" yelled Robin, jumping in front of a young woman and deflecting a spray of bullets with his cape as Starfire flew above him carrying an old man to safety and Raven raised black magic barriers around the survivors.
Cyborg clunked towards them, a young girl safely resting in his mechanical arms. The bullets ricocheted off his back, leaving faint marks where the they impacted. "That's all of them!" he yelled.
"OK! Titans, regroup!" Robin yelled, as Raven, Cyborg and Starfire rallied behind him.
"Was Beast Boy successful?" asked Starfire.
"We'll soon find out," replied Robin.
A muscled man, garbed in a long black coat and a balaclava, flew out the window, spraying glass everywhere. A moment later, a huge green gorilla leaped out after him.
The gorilla raised his two fists high in the air, and brought them down upon the man. The man, with lightning reflexes, rolled to avoid the punch and as the road buckled under the force, he drew two Uzi's from his person and pointed them at the gorilla's massive head.
"Beast Boy, look out!" yelled Raven, as the large crowd that had gathered gasped.
Beast Boy shifted into a mosquito, as the villain unleashed a hail of bullets upward. The bullets whistled past Beast Boy's tiny form, barely missing him.
"Sharpshooter… You're under arrest!" yelled Robin as he leaped forward, cape in front of him and Starfire on his heels.
The villain dropped his Uzi's and drew two machine guns and span around spraying bullets towards the crowd.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" yelled Raven and a massive black magic barrier materialized in front of the crowd, letting the bullets bounce harmlessly off it.
Sharpshooter continued to fire maniacally and Raven grunted in effort and fell to one knee.
"Raven, what's wrong?" asked Cyborg concerned.
"Too many bullets… Hard to deflect them all…"
"Hold on, Rae…" said Cyborg pulling out his sonic cannon and unleashing its blast toward the gun-toting maniac.
Sharpshooter flipped to avoid the blast, and fired three rounds at Cyborg, Cyborg yelled as the bullets entered his sonic cannon, causing it to explode in front of his eyes. He was flung backward, into Raven's barrier, before falling to the floor, unconscious.
Starfire flung her star-bolts, and the green globes of energy cut through the air. Sharpshooter looked up, and fired a round at the Tamaranian, but Starfire gracefully dodged the bullets. The villain pulled the trigger to fire another round, but the gun made a telltale clicking sound of an empty ammunition chamber. Starfire heard it and charged, her eyes glowing fiercely. But Sharpshooter acted quickly and slammed the handle of his empty machine gun into her face as she flew toward him. Starfire cried out, lost control and went crashing into the bank wall.
Beast Boy shifted again, into a rhinoceros this time, and charged Sharpshooter. The villain grabbed Beast Boy and flipped over his form, pulling out a silenced pistol in the air. He landed gracefully and quickly turned to fire, only to find the rhino gone replaced by a pathetic green mouse.
Sharpshooter cocked his pistol as the mouse darted, and readied his aim. Suddenly, a Bo Staff sliced through the air, and slammed into his face. He fell backward to the ground to behold Robin standing above him, his Bo Staff in hand.
"I said you're under arrest," stated the Boy Wonder, his tone menacing.
Sharpshooter growled and fired his pistol upward. Robin stepped backward as an instinct, but the bullet caught him hard in the chest, right where he displayed the 'R' insignia, and he fell to the ground.
Sharpshooter chuckled, and Beast Boy exclaimed a loud "Robin!"
Sharpshooter stood up and looked down at Robin's motionless body. He chuckled once more, then received a sharp, hard kick to the face from Robin's boot and was once again thrown prone.
Robin stood up and smiled.
"What are you? Made of Kevlar?" asked Sharpshooter angry.
"No. But my body armor is," Robin said. "Why do you think I have a target on my chest?"
Sharpshooter growled and leveled a shotgun. "I learn from my mistakes."
Robin knocked the gun out of his hands with his staff. "So do I."
The gun landed on the floor, and misfired shooting two powerful rounds towards the crowd. The barrier deflected them both, but Raven grunted in effort, and for a second, the barrier flickered off. But it was long enough for a particularly eager journalist to sneak into the fight zone. He took dozens of pictures, their flashes seemed to last for centuries. The other journalists, suddenly jealous, started banging their fists against Raven's barriers in a desperate attempt to get a good shot. Raven clutched her head in effort, her eyes glowing a deep white.
Sharpshooter kicked Robin in the ribs, and climbed quickly to his feet. Robin slashed at him with his staff, but the villain deflected it with the steel armbands he wore around his forearms. They slashed at each other, kicking and punching, neither one gaining the upper hand, until Robin slammed Sharpshooter into the outside wall of the bank, pinning him there with his staff.
"You can't beat me Sharpshooter," stated the Boy Wonder, his breaths coming in heavily.
"Oh, yes I can Robin," replied Sharpshooter. "Because I know your weakness. Your only weakness."
Robin grunted, as Sharpshooter smiled evilly.
Sharpshooter quickly drew a pistol and pointed it towards the reporter who had sneaked through Raven's barriers. Robin spun to look at him, then back at Sharpshooter, who still wore an evil smile.
Quicker than lightning, Robin leaped towards the reporter an instant before the gun fired. The bullet bounced off his bulletproof cape as he grabbed the reporter and rolled, taking him to safety.
Sharpshooter growled and ran.
"Raven, he's coming your way!" yelled Robin.
Raven looked up in time to see the end of a pistol slamming into her head. She fell helplessly to the ground as the black barriers she had summoned dissolved into nothingness. The reporters flooded the place, taking photos like maniacs.
"Raven!" yelled Beast Boy dashing towards her in the form of a cheetah.
Raven looked up at the villain standing above her. The pistol was leveled towards her head. He wore a grim smile on his face, then he pulled the trigger.
The gunshot hung in the air, echoing without stop.
Raven tried to push the bullet back with her telekinesis, but she was weak from raising the barrier and failed to stop it completely. It entered just above her left eye, and she screamed in pain.
Beast Boy (still in cheetah form) jumped at Sharpshooter, etching three claw marks across his face, before Starfire appeared from nowhere, running Sharpshooter through three walls, whilst blasting his chest with her eye-beams.
Beast Boy shifted back to human form and kneeled next to Raven, letting her head rest in his arms. She clutched her face, and her breathing came hard. The blood trickled down her face, making it look like she was crying blood. Every camera fell still.
"Raven…" muttered Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy…"
"We'll get you back to the tower. We'll get it out."
"I… Beast Boy…"
"It's OK. You're gonna be fine."
"I… love you…"
Beast Boy fell silent in shock.
"Beast Boy…" Raven muttered, before her hand fell limp.
Sharpshooter crashed into the ground as Starfire dropped him. He was covered in bruises, his clothing was all torn, with three claw marks across his face and a large burn mark on his chest.
Robin ran straight to Raven and grabbed her wrist. "She's got a pulse. We have to get her to the tower."
"It's too far," said Beast Boy before morphing into a pterodactyl. He grabbed Raven in his talons, then flew off into the sky.
Starfire hoisted Cyborg onto her back as Robin walked over to Sharpshooter. Within seconds, they were swarmed my reporters.
"How does it feel to lose a member of the team?"
"How will Sharpshooter be punished?"
"Will you find another member to replace Raven?"
"Were Raven's last words surprising to you?"
Robin looked down at Sharpshooter. "No comment," he said meanly before slamming the end of his staff into Sharpshooter's face.
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Dr. Jim Stievo and Dr. Diane Hoffman walked down the hall of the local hospital discussing their patients.
"Mr. Burgess is in operating room three."
"But Ms. Brogan needs the defibrillator in that room!"
"I'm sorry but Mr. Burgess is a very import…" Suddenly, the window smashed cutting Dr. Stievo short. Beast Boy stood, with Raven's bloody form in his arms.
"She's been shot in the head," Beast Boy said urgently. "Help her now!"
"But all the surgeries are full."
"Now! Or I tear this place apart with my bare hands!"
"But…"
Beast Boy morphed his hand into a gorilla fist and slammed it into a wall, leaving a large fist shaped hole in the plaster. "NOW!"
"Operating room three," said Dr. Stievo and Dr. Hoffman in unison.
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"She's in a deep coma," said Dr. Stievo, addressing the Titans. "We've removed the bullet, but it fractured the skull. We removed skull fragments from these areas of her brain. This area is for memory and this area is unique… We've never seen anything like it before."
"That must be the portion of Raven's brain where she controls her powers," said Starfire remembering her brief time in Raven's body.
"It would explain why her healing abilities haven't healed the point of entrance," added Robin.
"Is there any chance she could wake up?" asked Cyborg.
"Not in the near future. Her healing abilities may eventually kick in and heal her, but it won't be for a considerable amount of time, perhaps decades. But even then, her chances are slim. And even if she does wake up, she will have to re-grow her brain stems. Relearn most of the things stored in these parts of the brain."
"She's on heavy life support," continued Dr. Hoffman. "You'll not be able to transport her and we cannot keep her here for that amount of time. We simply do not have the funds. I highly suggest turning off life support."
"NO!" yelled Beast Boy. "We're not going to kill her."
"Beast Boy… She's in constant pain. It might be the only option," said Robin.
"No! I'll pay for the room for however long it takes! And if anyone touches that switch, they're gonna face the fate they gave her."
"But Beast Boy…"
"No buts, Robin! She'll wake up! And she does, she'll still have a home! If not with the Titans, then with me…"
The Titans fell silent.
"She'll wake up…" Beast Boy muttered quietly before falling to his knees beside her bed. "She'll wake up…"
Cyborg, Starfire, Robin and the doctors bowed their heads and left quietly.
"She'll wake up…"
