TEEN TITANS : Glimpse of the Future
A cloaked teenager walked down the street in the pouring rain. No one had seen his face since the split-up with his best friend. He sensed someone near, wanting to harm him. The teen drew his giant sword. Ten Slade Androids surrounded him. They all lunged for him. The cloaked teen just laughed. "Welcome to the party, boys." He jumped up and swung his sword.
A flash of lightning swept threw the air. Shockwave bolted up. He knew something was wrong but he didn't know what exactly. Shockwave sighed and got up. He was dressed in a t-shirt with dark blue stripes on the arms and a lightning bolt symbol on the front. Same with the shorts without the symbol. Shockwave exited his room and walked towards the living room. Half asleep, he poured himself some water but ended up drinking it. Something as just bothering him too much.
Shockwave knocked on Raven's door. After a couple seconds, Raven opened the door. She was dressed in the same thing as her usual outfit, just without the cape. "Shockwave?" Raven said wearily, "What's wrong?" "That's what bothering me." Shockwave explained, "I just have this weird feeling that something bad is going to happen." Raven invited him in and the both sat on her bed. "Ok, I'm going to attempt to read your mind." Raven told him. "You can do that?" Shockwave asked. "A little." Raven replied. She put one hand on his head and saw a scene.
Shockwave and another teenager were running from Sidewinder. "Shockwave." The teenager said, "We can't keep running." Shockwave nodded. They both turned around. Sidewinder smirked and ran at them, drills prepared to strike. Shockwave and his partner jumped before Sidewinder got to them. The teenager used his power and made a tree hurtle at Sidewinder. He was smashed to the ground as Shockwave pelted him with lightning. Sidewinder got up and drilled into the ground. He ran away. Then, a black vortex appeared and sucked in Shockwave's partner. Shockwave was left alone…
Raven snapped back to reality. "Well?" Shockwave asked. "You used to have an old friend that was taken away from you?" Raven said. Shockwave thought for a moment. "Yeah, I do remember something like that. I used to have an old psychic partner." Shockwave explained, "But then one day he just disappeared and I haven't seen him since." Raven thought on this. "Maybe he's come back." Raven suggested. "Maybe." Shockwave replied, still thinking a little, "Thanks Raven." Shockwave gave her a kiss and went back to bed.
Shockwave was up earlier than he usually was. For two hours, he'd been just staring out the window, like he was expecting something to happen. Robin and Raven were at the table watching him. "I'm starting to worry, Robin." Ravens aid, "He's been like that for hours." Robin got up and went over to Shockwave. "Hey Shockwave." Robin said. Shockwave didn't even blink. The other Titans had walked in and noticed Shockwave's consistent not-moving.
Beast-Boy tried. "Yo, Shockwave." Beast-Boy said, "Check it out." He was wagging one of Shockwave's favorite mangas. Shockwave didn't move. Cyborg tried next. "Shockwave, wanna play ball." Cyborg asked. He showed him a football. Shockwave just kept staring out the window. Starfire flew over with a bowl. "Here, try some of my planets Zorpnak." Starfire said, offering something that looked like mashed potatoes mixed with chocolate sauce. Shockwave wouldn't answer. The Titans gathered near him and kept trying new ways to get Shockwave to move. Nothing was working. His mind was too focused on something. Shockwave had been sitting on the couch with his hands holding his head up for five hours now.
Shockwave finally got up and made everyone (who were still watching him) jump. Raven was the first to go talk to him. "Shockwave, you ok?" she asked, "You had us worried." Shockwave didn't seem to be paying any attention to her presence. It was more like he was talking to himself. "He's back, I know it." Shockwave kept mumbling. Raven went back to the other Titans. "He just keeps saying that someone's back." Everyone looked confused. "Who?" Starfire asked. "Last night, he was acting similar to now." Raven explained, "I accessed a memory of his and it came up with one of his old partners disappearance." Robin nodded. "That must be it." No one had noticed until they heard the doors open. Shockwave was walking away. Raven and Beast-Boy followed him. "Shockwave." Beast-Boy said, "Where're you going?" Shockwave kept mumbling random things to himself. Then, it seemed like something came to Shockwave. He stopped in mid-stance and stood there looking blankly at nothing.
After a moment, he started running. He was running as if something was calling him. Raven followed him while Beast-Boy got the others. Shockwave kept running until he got into the city. He bounded down different streets. Raven almost lost him a couple times. After running through fifteen streets, Shockwave stopped. A cloaked stranger stood in the middle of the abandoned street. "I thought it was you!" Shockwave said as he approached the stranger. The cloaked person put his hand out and forced Shockwave back a couple feet. The stranger finally turned around. There stood a teenager about the same height as Shockwave. He had purple armor and a tattered cape. His dark spiky red hair flowed in the wind. "Shockwave, I knew you'd come." Raven was completely lost in this conversation. The teen drew a giant sword (think Nightmare's sword off of Soul Caliber 2).
"What's wrong?" Shockwave asked. "Nothing's wrong." The teen said, "I've just doing my job." At that, the teen jumped up with sword raised high above his head. He slashed at Shockwave but Shockwave had backed up before he'd hit him. "Why're you doing this?" Shockwave asked. The teens glowed a dark red. "Because, Slade told me to." Shockwave gasped. Now he knew why his old friend was acting strange. Slade was controlling him. Raven was by his side now. "Shockwave, who is that?" she asked. Shockwave sighed. "He's my old friend, Futuresight." Futuresight laughed evilly. "Is your little girlfriend going to help you, Shockwave?" he laughed.
Raven looked up. She used her power and fired an old parked car at him. "Yeah, I am!" Raven yelled. The car smashed into the side of Futuresight. Then, the car started to float. It flew back at Raven but Shockwave blasted it apart before it got to her. "Raven, I need you to keep him busy while I figure out why he's like this." Shockwave explained. Raven nodded and attacked. Shockwave ran around to Futuresight's back. He saw it. A small glowing square attached to the back of his neck. "An A.I." Shockwave gasped. Shockwave hadn't been paying attention until the side of Futuresight's sword smashed the side of his head. Futuresight turned around, now concentrating on Shockwave.
Shockwave looked horrified into his friend's eyes. Futuresight showed no sign of having any mercy. Then, blackness surrounded Futuresight's sword. It was being pulled back. "Thanks Raven." Shockwave thought. "Hurry!" Raven yelled. Shockwave nodded. He swerved around Futuresight till he got near the A.I. "Don't worry." Shockwave said, "This won't hurt a bit." Shockwave aimed right for the chip right as a giant blade swung for his head. Futuresight broke free of Raven's power and was free to strike. "I knew she'd do that. Futuresight said, "That's why I'm called Futuresight." Shockwave laughed a little. "After working with you for so many years, I figured as much." Futuresight ignored his wisecrack. He slammed his blade down but hit right next to Shockwave. "Shockwave, you gotta get this thing off me!" he pleaded.
Shockwave was confused. "He's fighting the A.I." Raven said. "Futuresight," Shockwave said, "Keep fighting it. I'll help you." Futuresight smiled before his eyes turned red again. Shockwave swerved around him again but Futuresight had seen it coming. He swung around, now having his back turned to Raven. Futuresight swung his sword but Shockwave ducked. Futuresight put the sword above his head again. Then, black energy surrounded his arms. "What's going on?" he yelled.
"Shockwave! Now!" Raven yelled. Shockwave nodded and jumped over Futuresight while he was still frozen. "Ok, I got one last shot at this." Shockwave said to himself. He aimed and took one blast at the A.I. chip. The blast sent Shockwave and Futuresight flying a couple feet. Shockwave ended up landing on Raven. Futuresight lay on the ground, softly groaning. Shockwave and Raven walked over to check on him. "Shockwave." Futuresight said as he turned over, "Thanks." Shockwave smiled. "No problem."
Later at Titans Tower, Futuresight lay on Shockwave's bed. Shockwave came in. "How ya doing?" he asked. "Fine." Futuresight said, sitting up. "That's good." Shockwave said. Futuresight smiled. "Thanks again for saving me." Shockwave nodded. "So, how are the others?" Shockwave asked. Futuresight didn't speak for a moment. "Well, I haven't heard from either of them." He explained, "We kinda went tour separate ways after you left us." Shockwave looked sad. "I know. I'm sorry." Futuresight looked out the window. "It's not your fault. After your fight with her, I would've left too." There was a short pause. Then, the two just broke out laughing.
Raven and Terra walked in as they were stopping. "Hey guys." Shockwave said, wiping his eyes. "Robin told us to give this to you." Terra said, tossing him a communicator, "To stay in touch." Futuresight smiled, "Thanks." He and Shockwave got up and started heading for the door. Futuresight stopped. A picture on the wall had caught his eye. A picture of him, Shockwave and two other people hung on the wall. "Miss them?" Shockwave asked. He apparently saw what he was looking at. Futuresight kept looking at the picture. "A little."
"You sure you don't wanna stay?" Shockwave asked. The Titans were gathered outside the tower. "Nah, I need to get going." Shockwave nodded. "Ok, well come back anytime." Shockwave said. Futuresight looked at his communicator. "I'll do that." He turned around and headed for the bridge back to the city. The Titans watched him until he had disappeared from sight.
Author's Note – Zorpnak was a random word I came up with.