IMPORTANT! Wow! I has been waaaaaaay to long since I last updated! I'm really sorry and even though this is a crappy excuse, I just didn't really know where to take my story from there. (to be honest I wrote it up real quick and didn't really think ahead.) Hopefully, now that it's the summer (for me at least) I will be able to come up with new chapters! It's hard for me to write for all of you guys because I know I have high expectations for the fanfics I read, (such as plot, character development, whether they rush or not, and good grammar) and sometimes I feel my writing isn't good enough. I am only 14, after all!

So, coming to you by popular demand, Hurt Ch. 3! PS. I don't really know why I titled it hurt... I dunno. Also, I'm changing 'thoughts' and flashbacks into italics because those little star thingies don't work! I'm think I'm going to make the others in critical condition, so the rest of the story will be with robin and starfire. (cut me a break, 5 titans, Kal, and the badguy is a lot of people!)

Hurt Ch. 3

"Now, what is it you want me to do?"

"Destroy the teen titans."

TITANS TOWER

"Okay, did anyone notice anything out of the ordinary about this guy?" asked Robin, resting his head on the surface of the table.

"Other than the fact that he was able to beat us down really really fast?" joked BB, recieving cold glares in return. "Sorry! Geez, you guys need to lighten up!" added BB, defensively.

"BB, how can we loosen up when we don't know a thing about this guy!" argued Cyborg, spit flying from his mouth. The argument began. Both BB and Cyborg were yelling at each other, each one continually raising their voices.

"ENOUGH!" exploded Raven, forcefully separating the bickering titans in a flash of black force. Immediately they stopped fighting and re-joined their teammates at the table. Suddenly Starfire, who had been thinking this whole time, jumped up in happiness! "I think I've got it!" she exclaimed, bouncing up and down. She immediately continued. "I remember one thing I saw that caught my attention! The robber was wearing a big gold ring with a big red jewel that was in the center! I did not get a close look, but I looked to have writing on it! Perhaps that means something!"

"Starfire, what you're describing sounds like a graduation ring! Would you be able to recognize it if you saw it again?" asked Robin hopefully.

"Most certainly, yes!" smiled Starfire.

Robin smiled. "Let's go check the computer, then."

"Yes! Let us go ask the all-knowing 'Google' for answers!" cheered a very excited Starfire.

As they logged on to the computer, they had one more thing to find out. "Okay, how do we find this ring?" asked Robin. "He looked like he was an older teen, so check all the recent high school rings!" stated BB. All heads turned to BB, surprised at his sudden genius. "Oookay... that's a good start... nice work Beast Boy." said a very bewildered Robin.

some time later...

"That is it! Right there!" Starfire delightedly yelled, "I would recognize it anywhere!"

Robin looked closely at the screen, and repeated what it said. "Smallville High School, class of 2005." They all stared blankly at the screen. After a long pause, Cyborg spoke up. "Where the heck is Smallville?"

"Let's find out," stated Robin, pulling up a second google search. The only thing that popped up was a few online issues of Smallville High's newspaper, The Torch. The first thing to pop up was the front page of an older issue. The heading: Local Teen Discovers Caves. And there, right underneath the headline, was a picture of the guy who found them. It was the robber! Except, in this picture he was smiling a genuine smile, and he actually looked like he was a good kid. He looked... happy. This picture was so different, wearing farm-boy plaid, that it took the titans a second to realize it was him at all.

According to the article, his name was Clark Kent.

This whole search had taken a few hours and all of the titans were tired. "Now that we know who this guy is, we should get some rest and go after him tomorrow." said Robin, stifling a yawn.

"Drill sergeant Robin? Wanting sleep? I find that hard to believe." joked BB. He recieved a 'don't push it' look from all of the titans, including Robin, before they all retired to their rooms.

later that night...

The light of the moon shone through the windows of the T-shaped building overlooking the city. The titans were all soundly asleep... except for Beast Boy.

"Nothin' like leftover tofu hotdogs at 1:00 in the morning!" exclaimed Beast Boy, as he downed his fourth tofu-dog.

After shoving about 3 more tofu-dogs down his throat, his ears pricking up, BB heard a strange noise coming from the entrance hall. At first it was a soft pounding, and then it sounded like footprints. Then, as quickly as he heard them, they vanished.

"Hehe," laughed BB nervously, trying to reassure himself, "I had better stop eating these things so late- I mean early - they're making me hear things..."

THUMP... THUMP... THUMP

Now the footsteps had somehow started again right outside the door.

"EEEP!" yelped BB, diving underneath the kitchen counter.

Man, I have to stop watching scary movies, too!, thought BB, quivering. "There'snosuchthingasbrainsuckersthere'snosuchthingasbrainsuckers."

Suddenly, the double-doors leading to the kitchen/living room burst open with surprising silence. Curiosity getting the better of him, BB slowly peeked over the counter... and he immediately went into panic mode. There in the doorway was the robber... Clark Kent... who beat down his whole team in a matter of minutes.

"Whyohwhycouldn'tithavebeenabrainsuckerwhyohwhycouldn'tithavebeenabrainsucker," BB chanted quietly, hoping not to be noticed. Unfortunately for him, it's hard not to be noticed by someone who can see through solid objects.

Kal scanned the whole room with his x-ray vision, and he smirked evilly when he noticed the cowering little skeleton behind the counter, which he assumed was the little green boy. His 'employer' had told him that his name was Beast Boy, along with the names and information on the other Teen Titans. Taking his time, Kal strolled over to the kitchen counter. Before long he could see the crouched figure of BB nervously shaking. Kal didn't know why he was awake at this time of night, but that only meant more bad luck for him.

"Hi, I'd like a straight shot of whiskey, please," said Kal in a mockingly nice voice.

BB shot up from underneath the counter, almost hitting his head in the process. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out as he backed up into the wall behind him. This was definetly not the same light-hearted boy in the picture. Quikly Kal's tone turned icy, and a half-amused smirk crept on to his face.

"Hmmm, I guess you're a bit young for a drink like that... do you at least sneak sips of your mommy's wine coolers when she isn't looking?" joked Kal, having a little bit of fun with the youngest Teen Titan. Without responding, BB turned to run and warn his teammates, but when he reached the doorway he was abruptly stopped by Kal's chest. BB hit the floor hard, and rubbing his head, he got up and changed into a tiger. At full speed he ran at Kal, once again trying to pass the immovable man. This time, his charge was met with a super-powered fist slamming into his body, knocking the wind out of him and reverting him to his human form. "Where are you going so fast?" teased Kal, "the fun is just beginning!"

Robin, Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg were all woken up from what sounded like a large explosion coming from the living room. Out into the hallway they ran, all of them meeting up in front of the living room doors; battle ready.

"Where's Beast Boy!" demanded Robin, looking at his teammates.

"Perhaps he is in trouble..." started Starfire, indicating the loud noises emanating from the other side of the doors.

"Then we have no time to lose... Titans, GO!" shouted Robin, busting through the doors.

The living room looked as if a bomb had gone off. The furniture was scattered and broken, most of the windows were cracked or shattered, and miscellaneous pieces of the walls were in dissaray among the wreckage. And there, in the middle, was a heart-breaking sight. BB was limp in a crumpled heap on the floor, beaten to within an inch of his life, and above him stood Clark Kent, who had an amused smirk on his face.

He doesn't care that Beast Boy is almost dead, he's just playing with him, thought Robin gravely, his anger escalating. Kal bent down to finish BB for good.

"STOP!" shouted Robin, "LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

Kal slowly rose to face the other four titans. "I was wondering when you would wake up... luckily for your little friend here, you all don't sleep too soundly. Oh, how rude of me... I'm Kal, nice to meet you," mocked Kal, bowing elegantly.

"Please, tell us, why have you done this?" piped up Starfire, who quickly flew to BB's barely-living form.

"Let's just say that someone was willing to pay a lot of money to see you gone."

"And what exactly is your employer's name?" asked Cyborg, getting into a defensive stance.

"I'm not at liberty to say," bantered Kal, strolling over to the refrigerator and looking inside. "Wow, you guys don't have anything good!"

Robin was becoming increasingly infuriated with Kal's laid-back comments. "We know who you are! Your name is Clark Kent! You came from Smallville!"

Immediately Kal's expression became angry and deadly. "That's name means nothing to me! My name is Kal!" shouted Kal, his sudden furious attitude putting the titans on guard. After his outburst, Kal noticed his anger and quickly reverted back to his previous state. "Wow, you guys actually got me upset, and I don't like to be upset." He mocked thought for a moment. "Tell you what, since I'm tired of playing around, I think I'll just destroy you all and be on my way."

As soon as he finished his sentence, he was on top of Cyborg. They scuffled only for a second, and after two strong punches to the face accompanied by a sharp cracking noise, Cyborg went flying into the wall, landing in a lifless heap on the floor. Without missing a beat, Kal grabbed Raven's cloak and started beating her against the surrounding walls and the floor, knocking her unconcious and throwing her into Starfire. Starfire hit the floor hard, but it's hard to phase the alien girl that easily, and she was immediately up in the air next to Robin.

Robin soon came to the conclusion that there was no way they were going to win, and that they had to tend to the others before both him and Starfire were critically injured. After taking down Raven, (literally) Kal appeared sitting on the overturned couch. There he sat, picking at a fingernail, hardly paying any attention. Robin took this small distraction to hurredly whisper his plan to Starfire. "Pretend to be down!" was all he had time to say as Kal once again stood up to finish his task. Together both Robin and Starfire ran at the older teen and, as expected, they were both evaded and decked in the blink of an eye.

They fell together, Starfire flopping on top of Robin. Both lay absolutely still, not even daring to breathe. Thankfuly, Kal's multitude of powers did not include mind-reading, or else he would be recieving various pleads for air and for him to leave. Smirking, Kal dusted his hands off. "Now that wasn't so bad, was it?"

As soon as Kal sped out of the tower, Robin and Starfire awoke with a start and began to tend to their teammate's wounds.

Some time later...

Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven were all hooked up to life-support machines in the tower's infirmary. Robin and Starfire had been working all night, keeping their friends alive. Both were exhausted, and they both came to the same conclusion.

"Tomorrow, we go to Smallville."

Thant's the end of this chaper! I know it's been a long time, but I will update ASAP! any ideas for the story are appreciated! REVIEWS REVIEWS REVIEWS!