Aight, here is the next chapter. I have no intention of ending this fic anytime soon since I just got a ton of new ideas. Heh heh...
Anyways, I hope you enjoy.
A special thanks to D-I-WaRrIa for the encouraging review! :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.
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Chapter 3: The Gem of Power
Early the next morning, Robin was awake and by his computer, trying to find out about the two strangers that attacked them the previous day. He had been researching for at least two hours, and by now he was starting to become frustrated from the lack of information.
Robin yawned and rubbed his eyes. 'Sigh, there is no way I'm gonna find anything right now. Maybe they won't come back, or maybe they'll attack the city again. And who is Lord Firesprite anyway? They definitely don't work for Slade, but this Firesprite person sounds dangerous.'
"Robin, breakfast is ready!" Beastboy shouted. Robin simply stretched his arms and decided to join the Titans, hopefully they would want to talk about Kulex and Breaker.
However, Beastboy and Cyborg had already finished eating and were playing video games again. Raven also finished and was reading some kind of book on the couch. Terra was just finishing up her cereal, about to go watch Beastboy and Cyborg. 'Hmm, I don't feel like bothering everyone with that fight again, I'll talk about it later.' Robin thought.
"Robin, I can see that you are troubled. What is wrong?" Starfire asked as she walked up to Robin.
"Huh? Oh, hey Star." Robin replied.
"I can see that you are thinking about something. Are you still wondering about the fight yesterday?"
"Well, yeah. I was up since six this morning trying to research something about them. I found nothing, it's like no one knows about them. But I now know for sure that they don't work for Slade, nor do they even have an alliance with him. This Firesprite person has to be even stronger and more powerful then Slade. I just hope they don't do something dangerous with the Gem of Chaos."
"Don't worry Robin, we'll find out who they are and defeat them like we did to all the other enemies!" Starfire said with a delightful smile. Robin couldn't help but smile back.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Robin said. Starfire gave him a quick hug and walked over to a rather bored Raven, ready to start talking about Tamaranian related things. 'Heh, Star always finds a way to cheer me up." Robin thought happily as he took his mind off the Gem of Chaos.
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(At Lord Firesprite's palace)
"My lord, we have recovered the gem." Kulex said as he and Breaker both bowed down before a large throne. The room itself was huge, with marble pillars and golden walls. In the center, there stood a large throne which was next to an advanced looking computer.
"Excellent work. You shall be rewarded greatly. Now we must continue with phase two of the master plan. I need you two to complete another task." Lord Firesprite said in a low voice.
"Whatever it is, we shall complete it as quickly as possible." Breaker responded.
"Good. What I need you to do is to get over to the chemical plant in Jump City and fetch the Gem of Power from there. With this jewel, and with the Gem of Chaos as well as one final jewel, they will merge together and we shall possess the most powerful crystal in the world!" Firesprite said with a small chuckle.
"We're on it." Breaker said before he and Kulex both teleported out.
"Not even the Teen Titans stand in my way now..." Firesprite muttered to himself.
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(Back at Titans Tower)
"Ha! Beat you again!" Cyborg cheered as he just creamed Beastboy again in Killer Instinct Gold (A/N That's from Nintendo 64, love that game ).
"Grr, whatever. I'll beat you now though; I'm finally getting the hang of this game." Beastboy said, ready to play again.
"Heh heh, sorry to break your confidence, but I gotta go recharge back at my room." And with that, Cyborg was already running off to his room.
"Stupid metal man, too scared to play me again..." Beastboy grumbled to himself. Terra now sat down on the couch next to Beastboy.
"Still arguing over that same game?" Terra asked as she moved closer to Beastboy.
"Yeah, I knew I was gonna beat him this time, but he just runs off." Beastboy replied, his anger dieing down.
"Don't worry, you'll get him next time!" Terra said as she snuggled into Beastboy's chest. "And try to relax, it's just a game after all."
"Ok then, but he's going down next time!" Beastboy said while he wrapped his arms around Terra, rubbing her back. Terra rested her head on his chest, getting comfortable.
"Hey BB..." Terra whispered quietly.
"Hmm?"
"Could you do "the face" again?" She asked with a smile, referring to Beastboy's irresistible kitten face.
"Sure, here goes!" Beastboy let Terra go and transformed into a small kitten, with a very cute face. Terra giggled and hugged him again as he transformed back. However, their moment didn't last too long. Once again, the alarms in the Tower went off.
"Uh oh, looks like trouble." Terra commented as she and Beastboy stood up when Robin came running out of his room.
"It's Breaker and Kulex again! C'mon, we have to hurry and stop them before they cause more trouble!" Robin said as he gasped for breath. "I'll get the rest of the Titans, you guys get ready to go to the Chemical Plant, that's where they are right now."
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A few moments later, everyone was in the T-Car, already speeding off to get to the Chemical Plant. When they arrived, everything seemed calm, a little too calm.
"I think we got here early." Raven said in her usual monotone voice. For a second, Robin and the rest of the Titans thought this was a false alarm, but about twenty seconds later, there was a loud crash.
"Spoke too soon..." Cyborg added as the large cloud of dust cleared, revealing two shapes exiting through the now destroyed Chemical Plant entrance. One was holding a bright, ruby red gem in his hand that illuminated the two people's faces. "Oh no, it's them again!" Cyborg said.
"Lord Firesprite will be quite pleased. Now that the Gem of Power in our possession, all that is left is the Gem of Strength according to Firesprite's plan. I myself don't know what the final result will be after they merge, but I will patiently wait." said one voice, which turned out to belong to Breaker after the dust cleared. Kulex was right behind him.
"Yes, the final, merged crystal must hold some extreme power if it's so important to Lord Firesprite." Kulex said.
It was then that Robin realized that Kulex and Breaker were up to no good. The Titans stood ready to confront them. After seeing the Titans, Kulex and Breaker stopped in their tracks.
"Well, so you guys are stealing priceless gemstones again. We won't let you get away with this one!" Robin announced to the pair of mysterious fighters. However, Kulex and Breaker just chuckled, not taking Robin's words too seriously.
"Well Robin, all I can say is that you and your group of friends have interfered with our plans for the last time." Kulex said with a bit of anger. "Now we will eliminate you forever."
"I recommend you Titans stop messing around with issues that don't concern you, and if..."
"This does concern us! You have no right to be endangering the lives of innocents for your own schemes!" Breaker was interrupted by Starfire's words of anger. She then jumped into the air and charged at Breaker, firing green beams of lightning at him. Breaker didn't seem impressed.
"You have much to learn. Allow us to teach you." Breaker said as he blocked Starfire's beams without a problem. Just as Starfire got close enough to attack him close-range, Breaker grabbed her by the throat with one hand and sent channels of blue colored electricity at her. Starfire could only scream out in pain as the electricity surged through her body.
"I see that you now understand that you should not be interfering with our plans. This is your final chance to leave." Breaker said as he dropped a now shaken Starfire. Robin immediately ran up and caught her before she fell.
"Starfire! Are you okay?!" Robin quickly asked the Tamaranian girl while he held her close to him.
"Yes, I am not damaged that severely. Thank you for catching me." Starfire replied with a weak voice. Robin smiled and hugged her tightly.
"I'm going to take Star back to the Tower; she doesn't look like in any condition to fight these guys. Can you handle them without us for a while?" Robin asked the other Titans while he gathered up Starfire in his arms.
"Sure, just make sure you get her back safely; we'll be fine." Terra said.
"Yeah, we will take care of these lunatics. Don't worry about us, take as much time as ya'll need." Cyborg said, getting his sonic cannon ready.
"Ok, take care. I'll be back as soon as I can." Robin said, and with that he starting heading for Titans Tower.
"Well well, it seems that we already got rid of two Titans. Now since Robin is gone, we should be able to kill the rest of you with no trouble." Kulex said, as he charged at Cyborg with his sword ready to strike.
"Don't get any ideas!" Cyborg said as he fired his sonic cannon at full power, aiming right at Kulex's approaching body. There was a giant blast, but Kulex jumped up into the air from the cloud of smoke, undamaged.
"What?! How did you do that?!" Cyborg asked with panic. Kulex then landed right next to him, slashing his sword horizontally across Cyborg's upper arm. He left a deep hole, exposing some of Cyborg's robotic wiring. Cyborg clutched his arm, but refused to be struck again by Kulex's sword. He blocked his next swing, and countered with a blast from his cannon. This time, however, Kulex was not prepared and got hit square in the chest with the beam, sending him flying back and hitting the ground hard.
"Hmm, seems that you indeed have some potential in you, but that is nothing compared to my power." Kulex said as he stood back up.
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(Near Titans Tower)
"Don't worry Star, we're almost there..." Robin quietly whispered to Starfire as he headed for Titans Tower. Finally, about twenty minutes after leaving the other Titans to battle Breaker and Kulex, he and Starfire arrived at the Tower.
Robin walked in and placed Starfire on the couch, covering her with a blanket. Starfire seemed to wake up, looking a bit better.
"Robin, where are we?" Starfire barely managed to speak.
"Shh, save your strength. We are back at the Tower, I brought you here from the fight"
"But... what about the others? Will they be okay?"
"Yeah, I hope so. Anyways, like I said save your energy and rest. You took quite a hit there."
"Umm, Robin?" Starfire asked as she made herself comfortable.
"Yes?"
"Thank you for bringing me back..." Starfire whispered with a smile.
Robin also smiled lightly. "You're welcome. Now rest and save your strength." Robin then kissed her lightly on her forehead, and prepared to return to the battle.
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(Back at the battle)
While Kulex started to once again fight with Cyborg, Breaker decided that this was taking much longer than expected, and Lord Firesprite doesn't like delays. Breaker then went after Beastboy and Terra.
Beastboy transformed into a giant gorilla and tried to grab Breaker, but he was too quick for him. Breaker dodged Beastboy's grab as well as several large stones shot by Terra and ended up behind Beastboy. As soon as Beastboy turned around, Breaker did an uppercut into the transformed gorilla's jaw, forcing Beastboy to transform back into his human form. Now that he was close enough, Breaker shot two laser beams out of his eyes, both hitting the unsuspecting Beastboy directly in his knees, making him fall down in pain. Terra, seeing this, tried to run over to Beastboy to help him, but Breaker sent a blue beam at her, which she blocked with some summoned rocks. To buy some more time, she summoned one huge boulder from behind Breaker and sent it right at his back, making direct contact with his robotic spine. He was sent flying high into the air. Now that Breaker was temporarily in the air, Terra ran over to Beastboy.
"Beastboy, are you alright?!" Terra asked with concern after she saw his condition. Beastboy still had a rather unpleasant gash under his jaw from Breaker's uppercut. Also, his knees were mildly bruised from the laser beams.
"Yeah, I think so" Beastboy said through gritted teeth as he slowly stood up, being helped by Terra. He walked a few steps around, and even though his knees felt painful, it wasn't too bad. "Ok, looks like I can still walk! Where is that robot guy?"
"I sent him flying into the air on a boulder, but he should be back soon. Are you positive you are ok?" Terra asked once again.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Beastboy replied with a confident smile. Terra gave him a loving hug. The both of them looked and saw something flying back down to the ground. "And it looks like he's coming right now..." Terra said.
As on cue, Breaker landed hard on the ground a few feet away from Terra and Beastboy. He began countering and attacking the two Titans' moves. Beastboy spared a glance to see how Cyborg and Raven were handling Kulex, but it didn't look too good either.
Kulex was now closing in on Cyborg, swinging his sword vertically and horizontally at the retreating Titan. Kulex had the advantage here since he had a sword, and Cyborg didn't have any close range weapons apart from his sonic cannon, which he kept shooting at Kulex occasionally. Raven, who was pelting Kulex with various magicked items, now decided it was time for a more direct approach. She floated behind Kulex, and shot a magicked fence pole at him. Since Kulex was too busy fighting Cyborg, he stumbled forward from the impact of the pole against his back. Cyborg saw his chance and fired his sonic cannon full power at Kulex, sending him flying into one of the chemical plant's walls.
Breaker saw this, and abandoned his fight with Terra and Beastboy. He flew over to where Kulex was getting up.
Breaker was the first to speak. "It seems we have underestimated you. But luckily for us, we have a power enhancement form that we can use, two in fact! So now behold our ultimate power!" With that, beams of black light surrounded both Breaker and Kulex. Breaker turned a tint of gold darker, and his blue claws now shone even brighter. His eyes turned a shade of deep red and he grew about an inch taller. Kulex's sword now became about a foot longer and three inches wider. His eyes now shone a the same color as Breaker's. Although those were the only physically changes, Kulex now acquired the ability to use mind to control his sword movements as well as his speed. This, combined with the ability to read minds, gave him a great advantage since he could counter anyone's moves.
The two newly enhanced fighters now stood up and prepared to battle the Titans all over again.
To be continued...
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And there ends chapter 3. I just love cliffhangers, well not really, but I felt like ending the chapter there for some reason. Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter!