TEEN TITANS: Evolution

Slade picked up a jar from a shelf and studied the contents. A young person stood next him. "You've done well, my new apprentice." Slade complimented. The child just nodded. Slade opened the jar and a leech-like creature slinked out. "Now, go get the Titans my little friend." Slade ordered. The leech crawled off to fulfill its duty.

At Titans Tower…

Shockwave stared at the ceiling. He was lying on his bed. Shockwave had been this way for a couple hours. Raven knocked and came in. "Uh…why are you just staring at the ceiling?" she asked. Shockwave sat up. "I have no idea." He got up and walked out with Raven. They went into the living room and found Beat-Boy and Cyborg playing video games. Shockwave noticed something crawling on the floor. "Stupid bug." He said as he stomped on it, "Ok, little things dead now." But little did Shockwave know, it wasn't dead. Shockwave scraped the bug off his shoe and put it in the trash. He and Raven sat down and watched Beast-Boy and Cyborg's game.

The little leach thing crawled out of the can and slithered away. It cam upon Beast-Boy's room and decided since it was dirty enough, to hide in there. It crawled under his bed and began to conceal itself in a red and black cocoon-like shell. As the cocoon wrapped around the leech, the creature's eyes started glowing a blood red. It would come back.

Later…

Beast-Boy was digging under his bed for his stash of comic books. He found the cocoon and knocked on it. It rattled a bit. Beast-Boy's face lit up with enjoyment. He plucked it off the side paneling of his bed and took it to show it to the others. "Guys! Check it out!" Beast-Boy exclaimed. "Ew, what is that?" Terra asked. "I dunno but I think it's some weird animal." Beast-Boy replied. "With all that mold under your bed, I'm not surprised." Shockwave commented. Everyone but Beast-Boy laughed. "Well, I'm gonna keep it!" Beast-Boy stated. "Oh no!" Raven said, "You're hard enough to take care of. You're not going to keep some disgusting bug in here!" Beast-Boy stormed off.

"Don't worry." Beast-Boy said, "I'll take care of you." He was speaking to the cocoon. Then, it started to crack. Beast-Boy gasped as a little purple creature. It had a single horn on its head and was all scaly. The creature looked up at Beast-Boy and lunged for his face. Beast-Boy screamed and started running towards the living room. "AAAAAAA!" Beast-Boy screamed. Robin dashed into the room. "What's going on?" Robin asked. "Something's trying to kill Beast-Boy, what else is new." Raven explained. Beast-Boy kept running around aimlessly until he ran into a wall and knocked himself out. The Lizard-Leech sprang off and sniffed around for another host. Cyborg ran in. He saw the leech and aimed his blaster at it. "Ok, you little freak." Cyborg said as he fired, "You're dead."

A pile of purple goo lay were the Lizard-Leech used to be. Suddenly, the pile sprang to life and slinked off. "Ooook." Cyborg said, "What was that thing." Beast-Boy got up onto his knees. "Jeffrey! Why have you betrayed me?" he yelled. Robin cocked one eyebrow. "Jeffrey?" Beast-Boy nodded. "That's what I was gonna call him." Shockwave had been watching from the couch. "Alrighty then." "We have to figure out what that thing wanted." Robin said. "Why don't we start on what it is." Shockwave suggested, "It might help." Starfire and Terra walked in from an outing in town. "What's up?" Terra said. She saw Beast-Boy sulk off. "What's his problem?" Starfire asked. "His pet mutated." Cyborg explained.

The pile of goo zoomed around the tower, trying to find a place to hide. It decided on behind a machine of Cyborg's. It started to creep upwards, forming into a large gecko-like creature. Its horn grew more. The Lizard-Leech jumped around and raced back towards the Titans. They were all gathered in the living room. It busted into a room and made enough noise to get their attention. "Hey! It's that little lizard thing." Shockwave pointed out. "Duh!" everyone else shouted. The Titans chased the Lizard-Leech. It got wise to what was coming and crashed through the window. It jumped into the water and began swimming for the city. "Follow it!" Robin commanded.

The Lizard-Leech dashed through the city. Only being the size of a komodo dragon, it was noticeable enough. Its large scaly tail smashed everything in its path. "Stop right there." Robin called. The Lizard-Leech turned its head around only to find the Titans. It decided to ignore them and continue to eat garbage. Beast-Boy turned into a big lizard and crawled over to his pet. He thought if he could look like the Lizard-Leech, it wouldn't run away. Beast-Boy crawled up to the creature and sat on the can it was at. The Lizard-Leech looked at him and smacked him with its tail. Beast-Boy went flying into a store window.

"Ok." Beast-Boy said, "I'm guessing the friendly approach isn't going to work." Cyborg tried sneaking up on it. He got right behind it and stuck his cannon right next to its head. The Lizard-Leech looked up but it was too late. Cyborg blasted its head off. The Lizard-Leech's limp body fell to the ground. The Titans gathered around and sighed. "Is it dead now?" Shockwave said, breaking the silence. Robin kicked it. "I guess." Suddenly, the headless body sprang back to life. It started mutating again. Its head regrew and another set of arms grew. "Ew." Starfire said.

The Lizard-Leech bounded away from the Titans and into the busy street. It kept snapping at cars, causing a lot of problems. The Lizard-Leech finally got bored and decided to go fight with the Titans. It jumped up into the air and tried smashing them with its giant tail. The Titans jumped out of the way before it hit the ground. Robin threw discs at it, cutting up pretty badly. One of its arms fell off. The Lizard-Leech looked at its missing arm and bounded at Robin. "Robin!" Starfire yelled. She shot it with a couple starbolts before it could touch Robin. "Thanks, Star." Robin said.

Raven and Terra teamed up. Terra picked up a giant boulder and Raven sharpened it down with her powers until it was a giant disc. Terra used her power to thrust it at the Lizard-Leech. The disc impacted with its head and pinned it to a wall. Beast-Boy transformed into a gorilla and tore the head off. The Lizard-Leech's body once again turned into a pile of goo and started reforming. The Titans sighed. But this time was different. The Lizard-Leech grew 20 feet and another set of arms. "Oh, God." Shockwave groaned. The Lizard-Leech used its tail to smash the Titans across the street. Raven and Starfire stopped in mid-air and dashed for the giant behemoth. The blasted its head with there powers but it seemed to have no affect. Cyborg and Shockwave sneaked up behind and got ready to fire. The Lizard-Leech got wise and smashed them with its tail. Shockwave got up. "It moves fast for something that doesn't have eyes." He said.

The Titans had finally realized, it didn't have eyes. A spiky helmet-like shell had formed around its head. So if it had eyes, they were pretty useless now. Cyborg saw a giant knife symbol on an advertisement board. He deployed his wings and went to get it. "Cyborg! Don't leave us here!" Beast-Boy yelled, but it wasn't any use. Cyborg was gone. The Titans stared at the drooling monster. Moments later, Cyborg came back with his giant knife. He positioned it at the Lizard-Leech's waist and took a swing. The Lizard-Leech split in two and fell to the ground. "That's better." Cyborg said, chucking his giant knife at a random spot. The Titans heard a rumble and saw the two-part body still moving. "Not again!" Raven said. Gooey strands shot out and connected the two parts of the body and pulled them together.

The creature got back on its feet, which it now had two pairs of. It roared loudly, blasting out a couple windows. It opened its mouth and a black blast came hurtling at the Titans. They ran away before it hit. The Lizard-Leech finally got bored and walked off to go destroy something. "Oh no you don't!" Cyborg called. He ran after it and tried taking a plunge at its back. Instead of making impact, he went into it. The other Titans gasped as Cyborg disappeared into the giant creature.

Cyborg rubbed his head and looked around. To his surprise, it was mostly hollow inside. Except for the spore-like objects attached to the body wall. "Wait a minute." Cyborg said. He started grabbing spores and ripping them off the walls. Outside, the Titans were trying their best to keep the monster from destroying anything else. Needless to say, it wasn't working very well. "Ok, we seriously need to figure out how to stop this thing." Beast-Boy said. Raven couldn't help but smack him in the side of the head. Terra didn't seem to care. Suddenly, the Lizard-Leech started looking sick. It started making hacking noises, like it couldn't breathe. "What's going on?" Raven asked. The Lizard-Leech let out a blood curdling screech. The Titans had to cover their ears just so their eardrums wouldn't bust. Then, the Lizard-Leech started glow a bright blue. Strands of light started shooting from random parts of its body.

Finally, it exploded into a million pieces. Cyborg stepped out of the pile of gunk. "Cyborg!" Starfire exclaimed. She flew over and hugged her friend. "You are unharmed!" Cyborg nodded as everyone gathered around. "How'd you do that?" Terra asked. "Well, I figured out that it kept reforming because it was made out of spores." Cyborg explained,"So, after I took the spores away, it didn't have anything to feed off of." The Titans complimented Cyborg as they walked back to Titans Tower.

Slade's Base

Slade pounded the arm of his chair. "You will fall Titans." He swore, "You will fall one day soon…"