Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, but I wish I did. The world is cruel.
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-::Ages ago::-
The war raged on. Darkness covered the land. Lightening flashed. Thunder roared.
The monster and the etheral being fought. One made of light, the other shrouded in darkness. One fighting to save the world, the other to conquer it.
At long last, the being of light stood victorious. He watched as the mate of the dark being fled with her 7 children. No matter. Their time would soon come.
The being surveyed the damage done. Not good. Almost everything was dead. But the surviving humans...
"They can rebuild."
-::Present-day Sicily::-
The volcano rumbled.
"God, another one?" The American shook his head. He couldn't believe how much of a dumbass his friend was. "I told you, Bronto isn't that far from an active volcano." He pointed to the distance. "Mt. Etna is always active."
The other snorted. "I still think you should move."
The first American was about to reply, but the next rumble that came topped all the previous ones. It sounded like, amidst the rumblings, a great roaring.
The two Americans joined their Sicilian friend. "What the hell was that?"
Before the one could answer, the volcano virtually exploded. The sky went dark as smoke and fire littered the sky, and burning rocks fell and struck the land.
The American struggled to his feet and clutched his bleeding head. The entire city was on fire. The volcano was gone. All he could see was fire...
In the distance, the fire flared up, and dark, malevolent bat-like wings appeared. And the glowing yellow eyes.
"My god..." were his last words before everything went red.
-::Jump City::-
Starfire yawned and came down to the den. The other Titans were there. Robin was in front of the radio, taking the music full blast. Raven was reading a book, maybe one of her dark ones. Beast Boy and Cyborg were fighting over the Gamecube controller, saying something about Mario (Hey, it's my story. Nintendo rulez!).
Beast Boy suddenly landed beside her. "I'll get you later, Cyborg."
Cyborg rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, well you better start makin' breakfast. And no tofu crap!"
"Bastard."
Cyborg threw something at Beast Boy, who yelped at the pain. "You shouldn't have made that bet with me. Now get cookin'!"
Beast Boy grumbled something and started taking stuff out. "Damnation..."
Robin finally turned off his radio and picked the remote of the couch. "My turn."
"What?"
"You and B.B.'ve been on all morning. I'm watching T.V."
"Yeah, well it better not be no damn sitcom."
Robin sat on the couch and started flipping through channels. As he passed one, he flipped back to it. "Oh, hell."
The newstation was reporting an incident earlier that morning. "At 7:42 A.M., the island of Sicily was completely decimated, by what is believed to be a freak act on nature." At this, Raven shut her book and watched the news along with the others. The camera showed the entire island on fire. "Most disturbingly, Mt. Etna is completely destroyed."
At this Beast Boy stiffened. 'Oh, hell.'
"It is surmised that the volcano triggered a massive eruption that resulted with the complete destruction of the volcano and the island. The explosion was heard as far away as Naples, Italy."
Cyborg whistled. "That's one big boom."
"Quiet, smartass."
The newscaster suddenly came back on. "This just in! Athens has just been completely destroyed!" The camera panned to show vast amounts on fire all over the city, and crushed buildings. "Our cameraman from Lavrion has provided us with footage of, what appears to be, a giant monster."
'MONSTER!' That did it. Beast Boy dropped the pans and left the room. None of the Titans even heard it, they were too focused on the screen.
"Monster" was an understatement. The creature before them flew on 4 wings; 2 large, 2 small. The head looked like the head of a cobra, but it had elven ears and glowing yellow eyes. It had muscular 5-fingered arms & 5-toed legs, and a stout, long, muscular tail that trailed behind it. In addition, from the bottom of its neck, lightening bolt shaped spikes ran all down its back to the tail. On its shoulders were large, slightly curved spikes, giving the being the look of a demon.
"I can't believe something like that exist."
"Hey, where's B.B.?"
Raven looked towards the kitchen and noticed that a kitchen knife was missing. "Hmmm..."
-::Roof::-
Beast Boy held the knife to his throat. 'This is the best way. This way he won't find me.' "Good-bye cruel world." He drew the knife back--
"B.B.!" Robin ran up.
Beast Boy pressed the knife to his throat. "Not another step, Robo."
Cyborg came up slowly, hands up. "B.B., just put the knife down."
Beast Boy still held that knife. "You don't understand. If I don't kill myself, he will come...!"
It was a little late when he realized he couldn't move. Raven appeared in front of him. "I'll take that." She snatched the knife, and pulled him back down.
-::Tower::-
Beast Boy kept trying to move off the couch. "He will come! He will come for me!"
Raven couldn't take it. "WHO WILL COME!?"
"I can't tell you. He'll know. He always knows...."
"I'm gettin' damned annoyed with this secrecy shit. We get enough of that from Raven..." A glare went Cyborg's way, and he shut up.
"Aw, come on! Raven's got a good reason! B-but still, I can't tell you!"
Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire advanced on him. "We have ways of making you talk."
'Damnation.' They had him cornered, and he knew it. But he wouldn't give up without a fight. He tried to change, but for some reason, it wouldn't work. With that, he quit struggling. "Fine. You win."
He sat up, and began his tale...
"The truth is, I'm not entirely human."
"That's obvious."
PUNCH!
"Shut up, Cyborg. Anyway, my mom had just gotten married to my dad, and, well basically, on their honeymoon night, he got possessed."
"By a demon."
Beast Boy shook his head sadly. "Nope. Something worse." He pointed at the TV. Strangely, the newscast was still showing the coverage of the monster.
Robin's eyes sprang open. "That monster..."
"Yeah. That monsters my real father." He shook his head in disgust. "He's been under Mt. Etna and he doesn't learn."
"So you're saying... that monster is...?"
"Typhon."
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"What is a Typhon?"
"Yeah, B.B."
Beast Boy shook his head in amazement. 'Good god, they're stupid.' "I assume that none of you know your mythology."
Robin& Cyborg had confused looks on their faces, Starfire had an excuse, since she wasn't on Earth that long enough to know mythology from heart, and Raven seemed to be deep in thought.
He sighed. "Ages ago, Earth called Gaea gave birth to many creatures. The cyclopses, the Titans. But the most terrible creature she gave birth to was by her union with the being Tartarus. The creature was Typhon. And I assume you know the greek gods?"
"Sorta."
Yeah, sorta."
"Yes."
"No."
"Well, there was, in the beginning, Zeus, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, Hestia, and Demeter. When Typhon appeared, it was said that his hundred horrible heads touched the sky and made the stars fall. His hundred horrible head dripped venom from their eyes, and fire and lava poured from his mouth. When the gods saw him, they turned into animals and fled to Egypt."
"He was that horrible?"
"Yep. Eventually, Zeus had to fight him. The war they waged ended up wiping out almost all life on the planet. The war ended when Typhon was sealed beneath Mount Etna. Until now."
"After all this, Typhon's mate Echinda fled with her 7 children... my half-brothers and sister."
The Titans were silent. Then Raven spoke up.
"Are we sure you telling the truth? I mean, remember the incident with the virus?"
Beast Boy's eyes seemed to glow yellow, and he ripped off his shirt & turned to show his back.
On it, nearly covering the entire the entire thing, was a symbol that, for lack of a better term, looked like a Webelos scout sign with more talons on the sides. It seemed to glow an odd blue color at the lines.
He pointed at the sign. "Do you think I like this!? Ever since I was born, I've been forced to live with this whereever I went! I have lived with being the half-breed spawn of a monster..."with that hebegan to break down and cry.
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Well, that's it for the first chappie. Show my the reviews! Ja ne.