Chapter thirteen: Downfall

Disclaimer: The last time I will say this in Double Trouble; I do not own Teen Titans.

The last chapter of Double Trouble. I remember back when I was first beginning this story, I was a bad writer that didn't know a thing about fan fiction. And over time, my knowledge grew and grew and my story got better and better. And I would like to than a couple of my reviewers for letting this happen:

(A/N: If you aren't listed here, don't think I don't like you. I do, these are just some people who have reviewed pretty faithfully)

teentitantruefriend: You were my first signed reviewer, and you always had something encouraging to say.

Hermioneandterras-twin16: Another one of my faithful reviewers. You gave good comments that helped me improve my story. You've been with me all the way from chapter three.

Mayura: MAYURA YOU ARE THE BOMB! Every time you reviewed you gave me something to help my chapters with, and I got countless cool lines from you. Even though you didn't review from day one, YOU ROCK!

Those are all the people I would like to thank. Remember, just because you aren't listed here doesn't mean I don't like you. I love all of my reviewers!

Now enough chit chat. Let's see how this story will turn out!

Lauren was flying over the ocean again, but this time not part of a six-some. Now part of a seven-some.

After the revival of Terra they had gone back to the tower. Lauren had changed into yet another outfit (A/N: Sorry, I just love making outfits for Lauren. I want to be a fashion designer someday. Lauren is good practice. Don't worry; this is the last costume change).

She was wearing a dress that almost went down to her knees. It was lavender with three fourth sleeves. She had a white belt and white boots on, with white fingerless gloves. Her hair was half up half down.

Terra was flying on a rock by Beast Boy. They seemed to be so happy with each other Lauren was leaving them alone. She was just watching them out of the corner of her eye.

They were flying over to Slade's hideout, but to tell you the truth, it wasn't really hidden any more, seeing that they had been to it once before.

Once they got to the hideout, they landed on the ground. Lauren was in the back, so she walked up with Terra to the front. They looked at each other.

"Are you ready, sis?" Terra asked,.

Lauren took a breath, "As ready as I'll ever be. This is the first head helleshion we have ever faced."

"Don't worry," Terra punched Lauren lightly in the arm, "with your perfectionist attitude, you can do anything!"

Lauren smiled, "let's not get into that again."

Terra smiled, "All the same, we can do it. Remember, you aren't alone anymore."

Lauren smiled. Terra was right; she wasn't alone anymore. She had Terra.

And with that, they walked in the building.

Slade's hideout was dark and creepy. Terra shivered as memories of being Slade's apprentice flooded into her. She shook her head and looked at Lauren. She had to make sure Lauren didn't catch on that she was scared. Lauren looked to her as a support, and if she showed that she was scared, she would loose all faith.

Geez, Terra, she thought to herself, it's like Lauren is younger then you. If someone walked in, they wouldn't be able to tell you guys are the same age.

They creped down the hallway, and Lauren was surprised they went caught. Really, you'd think that bad guys hideouts would be better protected, but it was really easy getting in. Ah, well. The less the security, the easier the job would be for them.

They reached a wall were there was a giant door. The whole wall was a door. Great Lauren thought you probably need a password or something. Maybe she was wrong about bad guy security…

"Terra," she whispered, "what should we do?"

Terra walked up to it. She tapped the door, then turned around.

"You know what I always say. If you can't go through, go under."

Lauren smiled. She was starting to get Terra's plan.

They were under the door, about thirty feet under ground. Terra was slowly moving rocks out of their way, to make their plan of going under the door real.

They had gone for about five minutes, the Lauren whispered "I think we are under and out of the door by now."

Terra nodded, "Yep, you should be right." She continued moving rocks, but this time, moving upward.

They finally reached the surface, and as quietly as she could, Terra moved the remaining stone. The two girls creped out of the hole, to find a chair with the back facing to them. Lauren could tell Slade was there. She could just feel it.

Lauren and Terra arranged themselves so their legs were spread about a foot apart and their arms crossed.

"Hello, Slade." Terra said coolly.

Slade turned around in his chair, not looking surprised at all. How does he do that? Lauren wondered.

"My apprentices. What a surprise."

He rose from his chair, but instead of fighting them, he simply pressed a button from the armrest of the chair. Out of the ceiling came a ray, and the ray shot the two girls.

It was the same feeling as getting electrocuted, but at the end Lauren felt very weak. She could hardly stand.

The two girls tumbled onto the ground, the energy to stand sucked out of them. What should we do? Lauren sent a telepathic message to Terra. She had lost the energy to speak. Of course, it didn't help much, because there was a lot of magic being used.

I don't… I don't… Terra fainted. She was hit with most of the blast, more then Lauren was hit with. Lauren should have known better then to try to talk to her.

Terra! Lauren thought, oh, crap, what will I do?

Lauren was surprised with herself. She didn't usually use swear words, even when she though. The only time she used them was when she was dealing with Icicle's sarcasm. She couldn't stand that girl.

She touched her necklace. The goddesses of sky and earth gave it to them as rewards. They said "you have the power, you have the will, now DO IT!"

You have the power…

That meant that with these necklaces, they had more power then before. But Lauren didn't have any more power then before. She had been practicing back at the tower, and her power level had been the same.

Or maybe, she thought, I'm looking at this all wrong.

She looked up, trying to see Slade. He wasn't there. He must have gone to the other room, seeing to it that he wasn't needed here. Lauren shook her head, or at least tried to.

Anyway, she had an idea. I might sound crazy, but she thought it might work.

Lauren summoned all of the energy left within her, and stood up. Then she whispered "I… I… I summon… the godd- goddess… of... of sky."

Then she fainted.

Out of the floor came Airy, goddess of sky, "someone summoned me?"

She looked around, and then found her sisters and her selves reincarnations. They were both on the floor, fainted because of lack of energy. She smiled, looking at her summoner, "Now, that won't do, will it?"

Giving some of her immense power to the two girls, she became slightly weaker. But goddesses have 100x more power then humans, so she was still okay.

The two girls opened their eyes. What? Lauren though, I… I've never felt so powerful in my life!

Terra was confused. She had passed out, and now she was feeling stronger then she had ever felt. What is UP with me today?

Lauren looked up and found the goddess of sky staring down at her with a softened expression on her face.

"So we can summon with these necklaces."

"Yep," the goddess said "and they give you a power boost. But you have to say 'I call upon the power of the goddess of sky'. Or earth," she said, looking at Terra, "and then you'll get our power. Or you can say 'I summon the goddess of sky.' Or earth" she said looking again at Terra, then she looked back at Lauren "like you did."

"Now, Terra, summon my sisters power. You need to summon us to defeat a helleshion leader. For a regular helleshion, you just need our power and each other. For a plain old bad guy, you can defeat if without the power of us and without each other."

Terra nodded, "I think I get it. Anyway, I summon the goddess of earth."

Marble flew out of the ground just like her sister did. "Hey, what did I miss?"

"Nothing. Just gave them the tutorial." Airy reassured her sister.

"Okay, then. Let's go!" Marble said excitedly. "Their first leader, I can't wait!"

"I think Slade wet over there," Lauren pointed to the other door, "He thought we were finished."

"Well," Marble said, "was he ever wrong."

"I think," Now Airy was talking, "we should have a grand entrance."

"Couldn't agree more, sister," Marble said as she was doing an odd rolling motion with her hands.

"Okay, here's what we're going to do," Airy said as Marble rolled her hands.

And she told them their cool entrance.

(A/N: Okay, you know how good guys always have cool entrances? How do they plan those? That was what I was thinking as I war writing this fic.)

Slade sat on his chair, looking cool, as usual. That was so easy, he thought to himself, just one blast.

"They are now history, and the Teen Titans will soon have their downfall."

Then the door blasted open, and Terra flew in on a rock, "that's what you want to think." She said as she jumped off and the rock flew over the ruble of the door.

"But we are far from." Lauren flew in, did a summersault in the air and landed.

Then the two goddesses came in next "The Elemental twins won't be defeated so quickly." Airy said

"Unlike you." Marble said as she flew in.

The two goddesses positioned themselves behind their reincarnations.

At first Slade was shocked by their entrance, but quickly got his cool expression on again.

"My, that was an entrance," he said raising from his chair, "but appearances aren't everything."

He stepped down, just in time to be lifted up and smashed down by Lauren's ability to make other things fly. Then enclosed by a cage of rock from Terra.

The two girls started rolling their hands just like Marble had done before. Once they opened their hands, a blast of purple energy came from Lauren, a blast of yellow from Terra. They intertwined, and then shot Slade right in the heart.

A horrible scream sounded through the room as Slade started to dissolve. He dissolved, and soon there was nothing left but his mask. Terra took it and they left the hideout.

They emerged from the hideout, Terra into the arms of Beast Boy, Lauren just into air. Terra pulled away from Beast Boy and looked at Slade's mask. She broke it in half, and then handed it to Lauren. She broke it in fourths, and then let it float into the ocean. Then both of the girls said together "Good riddance, Slade."

They were all back in the tower, and Lauren had set up a bed on the other side of Terra's room. Lauren had just taken a shower, and now Terra was taking one. Lauren walked to the dresser in her pajamas, her hair still wet and dripping down her back. She looked at the photo of herself and Terra on the swings.

She looked so much different from the photo. At first Lauren couldn't place her finger on it. Her hair was the same length; she was the same age, she hadn't grown all that much, what was different?

Then Lauren realized. It wasn't physical. In the photo, she was shy, quiet, and constantly needed protection.

Now, she was strong, brave, and more outgoing. She didn't need protection; she could live on her own. This journey had changed her, and she was now a different person.

Lauren crossed the room again and lay on her bed. She felt the warmness of the room and heard the water of the shower pounding on the tile. She didn't know what would happen tomorrow, or what she would to, but she at least knew that she could handle it. She could by herself, but she wouldn't have to.

And that is the end of double trouble. At least, the end of this story.

Here's that thing: I don't know about you, but now I'm completely Lauren obsessed. She is my alter ego, and I want to write more about her. But I'm giving you, my reviewers, some input.

I can either:

A) Write a prequel of Double Trouble

B) Write a sequel of Double Trouble

C) Write a sequel and a prequel

D) Don't write anything else about Lauren and get myself writing about other people.

Now, thakies for reviews!

Hermioneandterras-twin16: yeah, I don't want it to be only thirteen chapters, but then again, what can you do?

Teentitans66: I'm glad you'll read the story, and I love the one you are writing. I'm looking forward to some good reading on that fic!

Remember, let me know! PLEASE LET ME KNOW PLESE!

I'm really bad at making decisions by myself, especially major ones, such as this.