Hola everyone! Anters back with a new chapter of Elemental Titans! This revised chapter is much better then the last, so please enjoy! I don't own Teen Titans, but I do own Towerin and The Elements Team. Read and review to your content!
Chapter 2- Towerin
The metropolis of Towerin stood proud and tall next to the ocean and forest that is was surrounded by. North of Towerin was the massive and dismal forest that connected Towerin with Jump City. To the east and south was more forest, and loosely based mountains ranges. To the west was the ocean that also connected Jump City and Towerin. The city itself was mostly located next to the forest to the north, and along the ocean side. Suburbs were located around the eastern and southern areas. But, in the middle of the metropolis area, atop a hill, stood a manor. The manor was tall and large, and shaped like a rectangle. The "walls" of this building were nothing more then thick, bullet proof windows with cement slabs in between, much like the layout of Titans Tower. This manor was also famous to the city of Towerin; it was Element's Manor, where another teenage super hero team thrived, The Elements. From atop the tallest skyscraper in the conurbation, Slade surveyed over this whole area, looking and observing. He stood there for minutes, just watching the people walking, the cars driving, and the world turning.
"Soon master, I'll free you from the prison those pesky teens put you in!" Slade said to himself, with little remorse. He watched the city some more, before heading south into the suburbs of the city.
It was night, and pitch black in the forest as Robin on his R-Cycle and the other Titans in the T-Car drove through on the highway, heading straight towards Towerin. The highway continued on for seemed like forever. The Titans had already been on the same highway from Jump City for 2 hours now, and getting aggravated of not reaching there destination. The Titans continued at it though, and speed through the thick forest to get to Towerin. In the T-Car, Cyborg was changing the radio station to find a Towerin news station, which might possibly give them some information about anything. After a while of careful driving and searching, a station finally came in clearly.
"Families living in the suburbs of Towerin tonight are being forewarned to make sure all windows and doors are locked firmly, as a strange shadowed figure has been seen racing around the city. The police are baffled at how quick this seemingly shadowed force is moving. More news will give once new details come into the light…" a newscaster of the radio reported. Cyborg turned the radio down.
"She shadow, it is Slade, correct?" Starfire asked in her typical guiltless voice. She looked at her teammates who seemed to thinking a lot about the question.
"Maybe Starfire, but it could easily be another robber as well…" Raven stated, before Cyborg interrupted.
"Yeah, but I don't think a regular robber could move as quickly and as stealth as what Slade can, plus he clearly pointed us in this direction!" Cyborg replied to her comment.
"Yeah, but Slade is totally known for setting traps, and throwing people in the wrong direction, how do we even know he is heading for this Towerin place? I mean, we could just as easily headed over to Gothom City!" Beast Boy gave his two cents.
"Well, it seems like both you to have a point," Raven stated from the back seat, giving the statement to Beast Boy and Cyborg, "Slade is known for tricking people, but I think that he is actually in Towerin, because what other villain can move as quickly through the shadows as Slade?"
"Well, if that is true that Slade is in Towerin, a million more questions arise, like how in the world did he get there so quickly?" Cyborg stated as he closely followed behind Robin on his R-Cycle in front of him. The highway had gone out of the forest for a little bit, and was now on a cliff facing the ocean, where the moon shined brightly into the sapphire water.
"Well, we already know that Slade works in mysterious ways, and has many associations with people!" Starfire stated, enjoying the new panorama.
"Yeah, I mean it seems Slade has connections with the H.I.V.E. academy, I mean, had you ever noticed that we fought the same robots when Slade took over the city and when we went into the H.I.V.E.?" Cyborg said, a little off subject.
"No, because we never went undercover in the H.I.V.E.!" Raven stated in her standard monotonous tone.
"Well, H.I.V.E. or not, Slade is still dangerous, and I believe given a lead such as this, it is only right for us to follow it!" Starfire said.
"Yeah, but he still could have fooled us into coming here!" Beast Boy said.
"Yeah, but doing this beast hours of pointless searching for him somewhere else, I mean, at least we have a lead, like Starfire said!" Raven told Beast Boy, who was sitting next to her in the back.
"Well, how do you guys think Robin is taking this?" Cyborg asked, remembering back in the day when Robin was a little to determined to catch Slade.
"I am worried for Robin, I am hoping he does not cause as much physical and mental anxiety as last time, but we know we can't stop him from stopping Slade!" Starfire said with a worried tone. Constantly in her mind, she was thinking about Robin and hoping that he was okay, and not trying to hard to catch his nemesis.
Ahead of them on his R-Cycle rode Robin, who was in deep though, thinking about everything the other Titans were discussing as well. We to wondered about Slade and what his intentions were this time. Was he out to destroy something, take over another poor, young sole as his apprentice? Plus, Raven had asked a very good question, who was this "master" Slade had suddenly told them about? So many questions that needed answering, that no one knew anything about. Robin suddenly noticed they were driving through the forest again, the ocean no where in sight. Robin got out his communicator.
"Cyborg, any news about Slade or how much longer it will take for us to reach Towerin?" Robin asked into the communicator. Behind him in the T-Car Cyborg got the signals through his cybernetic components in his mind. Cyborg reached down and hit a blue button on the main car piece.
"Yo Robin, we've got a report from Towerin that someone is moving quickly through the suburbs, probably Slade heading towards the oil plantation. As for how much further…" Cyborg said, looking down at a digital map screen also on the main car piece. It had a map between Jump City and Towerin, and by the looks of the map, they were almost to their destination. "It looks like only about another twenty minute drive to Towerin city limits."
"Good, let's hurry and get into Towerin and find Slade. We don't want to be noticed too much while in Towerin, remember that…" Robin said into his communicator from a few feet ahead of the others. Back in the T-Car, Beast Boy was rightfully confused.
"Ummmm, why do we need to stay unnoticed while in Towerin?" asked Beast Boy, totally confused. Raven and Starfire didn't seem to know much more then him about this strange news. Cyborg looked to them for an answer, and they gave him the same confused, blank stare.
"Uhhhhh, yeah, why do we need to stay unnoticed?" Cyborg asked Robin through his communicator. Ahead of them Robin was thinking harder, not really noticing what was coming through the communicator at all. Suddenly, Cyborg got through to him, "ROBIN!"
"Oh, what?" Robin asked, breaking away from his thoughts about Slade, and what he might be planning.
"Why are we staying away from people while in Towerin!" Cyborg half yelled into the communicator.
"Because…," Robin started, "Well, in Towerin there is another super hero team, and we don't want them, or the people of Towerin seeing us there, it might raise suspicion."
"Dude, is it more important to worry about people thinking we are a bad team, or stopping Slade?" Cyborg quizzed Robin.
"No, you don't understand, if they figure out that Slade is in Towerin, the team there will try and get involved, and that is the last thing we want, more people getting hurt because I couldn't stop him when I had the chance…" Robin said, feeling guilty for Slade getting away, and taking the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"No Robin, what has happened in the past, that is all it is, you are not the one to be blamed!" Starfire said, concerned for her friend.
"And besides, what if this team in Towerin and help us?" Beast Boy asked, "They probably know Towerin pretty well, and we can ask tem where to go for directions!" Robin was about to counter Beast Boy's comment, but suddenly the city came into view, as they made their way out of the forest. Towerin stood right before them, shining brightly in the cloudless night sky.
"We're finally there…" Robin stated pointlessly, "All right team, we'll have to find out where the oil plantation first, and remember…" before Robin could finish, Cyborg did for him, annoyed.
"We know, we know, keep a low profile, dude we got it!" They traveled a little further, until they were in the main city itself, where the skyscrapers towered above them on each side of the street.
"Whoa, now I know why they call this place Towerin…" Beast Boy said, trying to be funny, and obviously not working. They traveled around the town a little longer, trying to find the way out of this metropolis and into the periphery of Towerin. On their way around, they passed what appeared to be a hill in the middle of all these buildings, and on top of it was a rectangular building that dark teal windows and cement slab that were a dull yellowish color. On the roof of the giant building was what appeared to be giant triangle, first going at a 125 degree angle up, then a short 215 degree angle down, connecting to the roof again. Surrounding the tip of this monstrous structure floated a ring of water, what appeared to be a ring of wind, a ring of boulders, a ring of darkness, a ring of light, and a ring of lightning.
"What is that magnificent looking building?" Starfire asked in awe. She had never seen such a huge building built so strange, aside from Titans Tower. Over the communicator, Robin answered.
"That is Element's Manor, which is where the super hero team of this city lives."
"Yo man, how do you know so much about this team of super heroes? I mean, I never even knew this city existed!" Cyborg replied.
"Yeah, and what is this super hero team's name?" Raven asked, speaking for once. Robin just listened, not wanted to answer his team's questions.
"HELLO!" Beast Boy said into the communicator.
"They are called The Elements; they have the power to control the basic elements such as water, wind, fire, and earth." Robin finally replied. The Titans back in the T-Car looked at one another, confused about Robin's wonderful knowledge of seemed to be everything.
"But it doesn't matter about them; we need to find this oil plant!" Robin communicated.
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, we've been driving over an hour in this city and haven't found it. I think the least we could do is at least get out and ask directions or find a map or something!" Raven said into the communicator
"Well, I guess getting out and looking at a map wouldn't hurt us to much…" Robin stated. They finally found a twenty-four hour diner and parked in the parking lot, which of course was pretty empty considering it was about three o'clock in the morning. Robin got off his R-Cycle as the other Titans eagerly got out of the T-Car, anxious to stretch their sore arms and legs, from the long ride up to the metropolis.
"Okay, I'll go in and see if there is a map or something we can use." Cyborg stated as he walked into the diner. The others waited for his return outside, under the moon.
"Dude, this is a pretty nice city, I mean, looks pretty clean, no weirdoes running around or nothin'!" Beast Boy stated as he looked around the almost empty streets, except for the occasional car that drove by.
"Yes, this team of Elements does a very good job of keeping their city clean!" Starfire remarked. Robin only ignored them and was waiting for Cyborg to return. Eventually, Cyborg finally came out of the almost empty diner with a map of Towerin.
"All right ya'll, I've got the map!" Cyborg clearly stated as he walked to his T-Car and spread the map out on the hood. "Okay, we're here at Waterweed Way and Towerin Boulevard. It says the oil plantation is here..." Cyborg says, dragging his robotic finger to the whole other side of the map.
"That is very far from here…" Starfire said. Robin was already ready to move out and head towards the oil plantation, on the whole other side of the city.
"Dude, you don't even know where to go!" Beast Boy said trying to stop his determined friend.
"Doesn't matter, you just give me the directions from the T-Car and we'll be fine!" Robin said, hoping on the motorcycle and putting his helmet on.
"I think you need to calm down a little Robin…" Raven began before Robin just stared back at them and was silent. The other Titans got the hint that Robin wanted to leave, NOW! They slowly got into the T-Car again.
"Great, another drive…" Beast Boy remarked, not particularly happy. But before they could start driving again an explosion has heard. The Titans immediately got out of the T-Car and looked around at what might have caused it.
"What was that?" Starfire asked in the same innocent tone. The other shrugged their shoulders.
"Titans, we can't worry about what these explosions are, we need to find Slade!" Robin urged them.
"Dude, what if it is Slade doing this? And would it help to take a chill-pill?" Cyborg asked, annoyed at the spiky headed leader. Suddenly another detonation was heard very close by, as even the ground had a little tremor.
"There!" Raven said, pointing up above them to the roof of a skyscraper on the opposite street. On top of it was the smoke caused by the explosion, and what seemed to be a person up there as well.
"Is… that Slade?" asked Beast Boy. The Titans were all as clueless as he was. Suddenly, the strange person shot out some sort of fire blast that exploded on the street, to close for comfort for the team.
"Well, Slade knows how to play with fire like that also, I'd guess it was!" Cyborg said, staring at the inferno that blazed before them on the street. Raven took control of a near by fire hydrant and unscrewed it, allowing the water to sweep over the fire, dousing it.
"Well, if it is Slade, we need to stop him, Titans, GO!" Robin yelled as he pulled out his grappling hook. The other Titans followed his lead and prepared for a flight up to the top of the edifice. Robin activated his grappling hook, which connected to a near by building, and flung himself up into the air. He then landed between to narrow skyscrapers and wall jumped up the sides of the building. He soon landed on the roof of the lofty skyscraper. The other Titans came up right behind him, Star carrying Cyborg as she, BB, and Rae flew up.
From the roof of this lofty structure, the Titans could see all of Towerin, and far out into the ocean and forest and, if you could look hard enough, you might be able to see Jump City as well. But the Titan's eyes were set on what was causing the explosions more. The roof of the building had many different elevations. They stood on the main ground which was a rough, gravel surface. Near them stood what seemed to be a space needle being constructed, as many pipes and pillars were lying around everywhere. The skeleton of the space needle itself was already built and stood another 60 feet higher then the roof itself!
The Titans continued looking around for what caused the smoke that was still hanging around. Suddenly, another fire blast struck next to the Titans, barely missing them. They turned to their side and saw the cause of these fiery meteorites standing on a pile of unused steel pillars. He had fire reddish orange hair, and matching goatee, which deep blue eyes. He stood a little taller then Robin did and wore a red T-shirt with a black vest over that. He had khaki shorts that stopped a little lower then his knees. His shoes were a black color, with red knitting thrown in. By the looks of it, the Titans guessed him to be about Cyborg's age, around 18. His hands were aflame with hot fire that didn't seem to affect this strange teen at all.
"Okay, I'm guessing not Slade!" Beast Boy chimed in, with his usual joking tone. The Titans stood face to face with this strange teen before he spoke.
"Who are you guys?" he asked in a deep-teen voice as he put his flaming hands on his hips, which somehow didn't catch his clothes on fire. Robin broke the Titan's silence.
"We're the Teen Titans!"
Okay, semi-cliffhanger ending. Anyways, a revised Chapter 3 will be up and running soon. Feel free to review (flames are accepted, but ignored) and if you have any questions about the story or charaters (which you'll meet a lot of pretty soon) please check my profile before e-mailing or reviewing me. Otherwise, tahnks for readin! -Anters-