Disclaimer: I do not own the titans but my people put on plays that are almost as good.
Cresendo: Well its time again to once again revisit again the story again to once again...
Forte: Will you shut the hell up! I mean what the hell is this guy saying!
Legato:He's got a point...what are you saying?
Cresendo:...I'll kill both of you in a heartbeat you know that?
Forte: I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU TRY! (pulls out magnum and aims it at cresendos' head.)
Cresendo: Well this kinda sucks...(gunshot rings out and body drops to the floor)
Legato: Killed an innocent fellow writer? Feel better about yourself huh? You a big man now?
Forte: Yeah acctually I feel a lot better and I...(Legato takes razor blade and flicks it quickly. )
Chapter 18: Mind Games
Lucius changed into a black tanktop and grey sweats. He needed to train...a lot. He didnt notice it at first but when the titatron fell on top of him, he almost didnt get the cut made in time. "If i had been two seconds later on that i would have been dead." he though to himself as he walked past his team mates rooms. He passed Beast Boys room and notced he wasn't inside and his door was open. "I dont think anyone could live in that!" Lucius said to himself as he saw the vast piles of dirty clothes and trash. "For someone who changes into animals you think he'd care about the enviroment he lives in." Lucius said shaking his head and walking on. He saw Raven had a candle on in her room and gave her door a little knock. "Just a second." she said from inside. Lucius waited patiently outside the door as he heard her rustling around in her room. She opened up her door dressed in a black silk night dress. "Love the dress angel." she blushed slightly looking down at her feet. Lucius lifted her head and smiled "You look absolutly beautiful." he said kissing her gently. "Have a good night Lucius." she said kissing him back deeply and smiling at him. "Will do." he said giving her a tight hug and walking off twords the gym. "That girl heh I swear I love her too much." he said going into the gym to find Beast Boy and Terra in there. Beast Boy was bench pressing and Terra was spotting, he had gotten up to 165 pounds on his own strength which was a new record for him. "Come on BB you can do it, only one more!" she said cheering him on. Beast Boy was straining to lift the weight one last time, his muscle visibly trying to lift. Finally, with one last push of strentgh he lifted it and set it back on the bar. "Heh...told you..I could lift it." he said running short on breath. Terra smiled and walked around the bar bending over and kissing Beast Boy deeply running her hand across his chest. Lucius decided to make himself known before they got to involved. He walked over to the punching bag and gave it a loud punch and then started to hit it normally. The two teens jumped slightly and Terra let out a little shriek. "Dude! talk about ruining a moment!" Beast Boy shouted grabbing his necklace for self comfort. Terra started to laugh a little as she saw that Lucius wasnt really paying attention. "Come on baby, lets let him train for now." she said getting up and taking Beast Boy by the hand. "..Alright." he said shooting Lucius a glance that wasn't returned. Lucius knew Beast Boy didnt really care for him and this little show proved that. Beast Boy snorted and then walked out the door.
Aedea walked out of the ramshackle warehouse they had been staying. She was fully recovered all except her eye that unfortunatly was no longer even present. She wore a red eye patch to match the red skin tight suit she wore. She looked around from side to side, seeing if anyone was around. Seeing that the coast was clear, she reached into her bag she was carrying and pulled out a pack of Shivs cigarettes. Aedea pulled one from the pack and lit it with her mini-torch. "Damn my brother and his damn habits!" she said inhaling deep and blowing out the smoke. It wasnt the first time she had smoked but she didnt like it. At this point however she just needed something to calm her nerves. She was terrified at the thought of Cy roaming around the city causing all kinds of chaos. "Im just waiting till the whole city implodes." she said tapping ash of the cigarette and leaning on the railing on the dock. "He wouldnt do that, he's a lot more twisted." Shiv said wrapping his arms around Aedeas' waist and giving her a kiss on the neck. "I know..im just so frustrated right now." she said running her hands down his arms. "We didn't warn Larson and caused Sicele to spend the rest of the time we're here in a gas station." Shiv just sighed and grabbed the cigarette from her and lit his own with the embers. "Sorry, I didn't mean to steal them from you." Aedea said giggling slightly. "It's okay, at least your smiling again." Shiv said lifting her chin and gazing into her eyes. "Shiv...I.." Aedea said leaning in to kiss him. An explosion ripped through the nights serenity and Shiv broke his gaze to look across the bay seeing a bright fire burning into the nights sky. "Damn! This stupid gang war has gone on long enough." Shiv said heading inside. "Wait! brother i'll take care of this." Shiv turned and began to protest. "Aedea.." Aedea cut him off "I need to get my skill's back to par, how will I do that if i dont get in a couple of kills." she said taking out her desert eagle and spinning it with percision. "Fine Aedea. Go and kill these upstarts then come back to me okay?" Shiv said with a smal concern before heading inside. "Dont worry, I'll come back in one piece." she said holstering her desert eagle. "Hopefully then we can have some time alone together my dear brother."
Lucius did his last rep of four hundred pounds, gently setting down the large amount of weight gently as he could. He picked up his towel from the floor and wiped his brow of sweat. "That should do for tonight." he said throwing his towel into the hamper and walking out of the gym. The sun shined through the front window barely as the dawn broke. Every one was going to wake up soon and eat breakfast. "Better get dressed." he said walking to his room. "I just dont trust him Terra." he heard coming from Terras room. "BB whay not? He's the best thing thats happened to Raven since ive gotten here and something tells me that shes finally kinda normal for once." Terra said pleading with Beast Boy. "Terra he killed a guy right in front of us, almost killed Jinx, and probably is responsable for that explosion tonight!" Beast Boy said yelling back. "Your impossible!" Terra said getting up and exiting the room. Lucius pretended like he had just been walking by but it was no use. "Lucius! I'm really sorry for all he said. He's not normally like this." Terra said in embaresment. "It's alright, what did he mean by the explosion?" Terra looked suprised "You mean you didnt feel it?" She said dumbstruck. "No im afraid I didn't" he said thinking about it. "There was an explosion tonight on the other side of the bay. The local gangs are being blamed for it by the police but knowing this town, it's probably sometihng big." Terra said looking a little sad. "Don't worry Terra its probably nothing." Lucius said trying to wash away her concern but to no avail. "In any case im going to get some fresh air, see you at breakfast." she said walking off. Lucius walked to his room and closed the door. "I wonder whats gotten into Beast Boy latly. Hes been kinda angry." he said taking a pair of black baggy jeans and a thickly meshed shirt along with his trench coat. He decided that if he went into town today he had better where a glove over his arm considering it wasnt exactly normal. "Heh then again nothing about me is quite normal." he said as he put on his glove. He walked down the hallway agian and slammed into Robin who was running twords the computer room. "Robin! are you okay?" he said helping a dazed Robin up. "No but thats a story for another time." Robin said taking a quick look in Starfires room and seeing she was okay he ran inside his room and slammed the door shut. "Must be in a hurry." Lucius said shrugging and walking on.
Aedea walked down another run down alley way that had more of the Warhogs' graffiti on it. "Since the Titans already took out those "dogs" I guess im left with the weaker gang." she said sounding disapointed. as she came to the factory they had holed themselves up in. Aedea threw back her hair and hid her desert eagle from site. Taking out her combat knife and storing it in her sleeve she walked into the factory. "Hey bitch! what are you doing here?" one of the larger gang members said. Aedea scanned the group of younger adults. One was cleaning his baretta and, upon her arival, trying to assemble it quickly but failing. There were two of them in the corner playing russian roulette with no bullet in any of the chambers from what she could tell. "How juvenile." she thought bringing her attention back to the large samoan now adressing her. "Im here to see your boss about a peace treaty." she said with a smile that seemed to piss the large gangster off even more. "Get the fuck out of here! you dont want me to beat the shit out of that pretty little face do you?" he said taking out a pair of brass knuckles and setting them on his fat fist. "Heh I'd love to see you try." she said opening her arms twords him. "Then die bitch!" he said lunging at her. she stepped to the side and as he passed her she flicked out her knife and slit his throat on the way down. He fell to the floor squirming and gagging as he drowned in his own blood. The three other gang members got up and grabbed their guns. the one who was cleaning his gun tried to fire it but it didnt even click in the chamber. "Here let me use mine, It works after all." Aedea said pulling out her desert eagle. She fired causing him to fly back and land on his table sending gun oil and parts everywhere. The other two fired at her but she had no problem just standing there and firing calmly at them. She hit one of them in his knee caps, blowing his legs apart from the joint. He fell to the ground screaming and clutching his bleeding stumps. The other upon seeing his comrade fall turned to run but was hit in the back of the head causing his face to be nothing more than a large bloody hole. Aedea spun her desert eagle and set it at her mouth blowing the smoke from the barret and spinning back into its holster on the back of her waist. She looked at the bodys and placed an I.D. with he only one who was still alive. The man she had dismembered at the legs was the leader of the gang in this area of the city. Aedea walked over and picked him up by his throat and gave it a quick snap that broke his neck and windpipe killing him instantly. "My my dear sister, how violent you've become." an icy cold voice rang through the smoke filled air. "...Cy?" Aedea said pulling out he combat knife and desert eagle and getting into a combat stance. "Glad to see you remeber your family." He said dropping from the rafters in the roof. Aedea couldnt see a thing, the smoke filled and dimly lit factory really only had light showing where she was standing now. Aedea turned in a circle as she heard him walking around her. "You've become quit the efficent killer haven't you? Killing weaklings and dogs such as these." Cy said circling her intently. "Do you really think your accomplishing anything in your meaningless life dear "sister", or maybe you think by doing this your so called mother will except you as more than just a simple toy is that it?" he said raising his voice letting the echos of the factory send shockwaves strait to her ears. "I know what it is now." Cy said stopping in his step making Aedea freeze. "Shiv...am I right?" Aedea lost it. "Stay the hell away from him!" she said firing off her pistol in any direction possible. It was just like when she was at Ravens mercy but this time her mind was under attack, and she was losing. "Hit a nerve that time didn't I Aedea." he said being on the completly different side of where she was shooting. "I know what lurks inside your lustful mind with your brother, you should feel filthy you whore." he said, his voice rising again. "He hates what youve become. Nothing but a pawn in a useless game of death that no one is ever going to win, the only way out is death." Aedea fell to the ground plugging her ears. "No NO! NONE OF IT'S TRUE!" she screamed as she felt herself sink into an endless pit of dispair. "All of its true." Cy said emerging from the smoke and leaning in to look into her face. "The inner demons you suffer will consume you untill there is nothing left but bones and ashes." Cy said right into her ear. "Do say hello to everyone for me "sister", im sure they'll love to hear I said hello." Cy said in a deep and sinister tone. Aedea made one last motion of defiance by lifting her gun and aiming right between his eyes. As she pulled the trigger Cy vanished leaving her holding a smoking gun again with only the sound of the bullet casing falling softly to the ground giving a ring that to Aedea was like a bomb going off.
"Dammit." Robin said slamming his hand for about the ninth time against the console. No matter how hard he looked and no matter what program he put in he couldnt find any record of the powerful teen he had faced off with. Robin got up, his legs weak due to the amount of time he had been glued to the chair. "I'lll try again later." Robin said walking out into the hallway. His eyes dilated and hurt as they adjusted to the light. He saw that it was later in the afternoon and his hopes began to rise as he looked for Starfire. "Hey Star!" Robin yelled through the tower but to no avail. Starfire had gone out with Raven and Lucius to the city in search of any leads on the explosion. Terra and Beast Boy had gone out to get some time alone at the park. Robin however had no idea of these things and was searching for any sign of life. "Raven? Lucius?" he yelled his voice having a nervous undertone. "BEAST BOY, TERRA?" he yelled frantically as he ran from room to room seeing nothing. He found himself...afraid. For the first time he was afraid. He ran into the common room with a birdarang drawn and looking around wildly. "WHERE ARE THEY!" Robin said losing all the cool he had wrapped himself in for all these years. "Yo Robin whats the matter." Robin heard from behind him. Not taking time to think, Robin slashed at the voice. The birdarang found its mark into Cyborgs shoulder bringing the shocked teen to his knees. Robin picked it out of his shoulder and went for another strike. Cyborg grabbed Robins arm and slammed him against the wall pinning him there. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM!" Cyborg yelled at Robin who had finally relized who it was. "Cyborg! you have no idea how glad I am to see you!" Robin said to a now royally confused Cyborg. "Could have shown it a little better." Cyborg said pointing at his shoulder to emphisise the point. "I'll fix that for you, besides we need to talk." Robin said putting his birdarang back into its belt pocket. "Something tells me im a little better trained with repairs than you are Robin." Jinx said emerging from behind Cyborg. She had changed a lot in the past two weeks. Her hair was now let down from any form of hair tie and cut to the middle of her back. Its color was red with black streaks. She was wearing a long black dress that tied at her chest giving off a corset look. "Jinx, you decided to stay?" Robin said suprised not only at her apperance but at her new look. "I decided whats the point in staying in metropolis when everything I want is here." she said wrapping her arms around Cyborg. "Thats good to hear we need all the help we can get." Robin said welcoming her back. "Looks like it, if its got you acting so jumpy." Cyborg said. "Lets go into your room and talk." Robin said heading twords Cyborgs room, still checking corners without thinking. "I've never seen him act like this." Cyborg said looking down at Jinx. "Lets hope its nothing as serious as when we left." Jinx said thinking back to the attacks on the tower. "Anything that makes Robin act like this must be serious so I wouldnt get my hopes up." Cyborg said hugging her gently against him.
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Legato: That was some heavy stuff.
Forte: WHY DOESNT SHE LOVE ME!
Legato:Dammit! Are you ignorant or just a glutton for pain!
Forte: A little of both really.
Legato: It shows. (Takes baseball bat and hits home run)
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