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This chapter is the beginning of the hunt for slade. will they finally destroy him for good?
Fake
Following Terra's visions of Slade, and Raven's mind reading, it seems the titans have located Slade's lair through his own mind. It was like he was inviting them to come. All of them thought the situation was weird, and freaky also, being in his mind. They didn't stay long though. His sadistic thoughts would haunt their minds forever if they stayed in there any longer.
"Is everybody ready?" Robin asked the titans and Byrnes, in the combat room as they prepared to start the hunt for Slade.
"Everything's ready." Cyborg answered as they were all suited up and ready to go.
"We'll get him once and for all, right Terra?" Beastboy asked Terra as she stood behind them all, trying not to be noticed.
"Umm, sure! We'll get him!" She halfheartedly responded.
"Terra, what's the matter?" Byrnes asked.
"I...I...I don't know if I should go or not." She quietly answered
"Why?" They all asked.
"Well, never mind, I feel fine, I'll go." She said happily.
"Ok then, Titans Go!" Robin yelled as they all hopped in the T Car and prepared to drive to the abandoned warehouse to face Slade.
What Terra didn't tell them was, ever since she had been freed, she hadn't been able to use her powers. But she was sure that they would come back soon. Hopefully before they met up with Slade, because she knew he'd come after her. He wanted his revenge...on her.
"Oh, I knew I should have told them!" Terra thought to herself. "It's too late now, we're already on our way there. But I don't want them to know my powers are gone, they might not let me be a titan anymore! The only thing I can hope for is that they'll come back before I really have to use them. Please, come back soon...please."
Byrnes looked over at his sister sitting next to him, clearly deep in thought, and seemingly frightened about something.
"Terra, are you ok?" He asked as he reassuringly put his hand on her shoulder.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine!" She answered, after being shaken from her thoughts.
"You seem uncomfortable about something, is there anything I can do to help?" He caringly asked.
"No, I'm fine, really." She said
"Because I think you might be a little scared about having to face Slade again, well after all you went through with him who wouldn't?" He said chuckling.
Terra shot a quick glare at her older brother.
"Look, I'm fine. End of story!" she said like she was getting annoyed.
"Ok Terra, Ok." Byrnes said as he backed off, letting his little sister think again.
Byrnes and Beastboy shot a quick look at each other, as they could both tell something was the matter with Terra, yet she refused to say anything. They would have to watch her closely when they confronted their arch nemesis once again.
As the T Car approached the old abandoned warehouse, they discovered it was a lot bigger than they thought it was. Very unstable as well. They would have to take extra precaution as they entered the old building.
"It is quite dark in here, are you sure we will be able to battle Slade in this place?" Starfire asked.
"It'll be fine, we'll light some torches or something to light the path, and we'll make due." Cyborg said reassuringly.
As they stepped up to the old iron doors of the warehouse, a chill ran down all their backs, as they sensed something odd, quite like they felt when they first encountered Byrnes.
"Do you feel that?" Robin asked the titans
They all answered with a yes, not quite knowing what to make of this eerie sensation that has suddenly overcome them. Terra stood closer and closer to her brother as he walked forward with the rest of the titans, pushing through the huge doors and into the darkness.
Instantly they all sensed the presence of some kind of dangerous life form. And the cold darkness didn't make it any easier to face Slade once again.
Byrnes stepped forward, summoning the Shine Reaver to illuminate the darkness around them. As he grasped it in his hand and waved it around their surroundings, they heard something crash, and a creature dart out of their sight.
"That isn't Slade." Raven said out loud.
"Well, if that's not Slade, then lets get out of here...now!" Beastboy said, as he was growing more and more scared.
Terra held on to Byrnes tightly not even opening her eyes to the surroundings. Her head was pounding; she was sweating bullets, as she was hearing things in her mind. Voices, demonic chants, shrieks of pain and agony. This was becoming too much for Terra, not to mention Beastboy, not hearing the things in Terra's head, but the whole situation scared the pants off him. So he turned into a small kitten, and jumped into Starfire's hands. They were actually afraid. This demonic presence sent chills running up their backs, unseen footsteps, unexplainable noises, but it was all worse for Terra, so much worse.
"Show yourself fiend!" Byrnes said as he stepped forward, Terra still clutching him tightly around the waist.
At that a huge gust of wind coming from Byrnes shot up into the sky, pushing at the roof of the warehouse. It took just a few seconds under the pressure of that intense velocity for the roof to fly off, letting sunlight pour into the warehouse, revealing their enemy.
In the middle of the room stood a horrible creature. Piercing red eyes, gray tough skin, huge bony wings, jagged teeth, all on a 10ft tall frame with a screech that almost shattered the glass in the building.
"Titans Go!" Robin yelled after a second of hesitation as he stared at the hideous creature.
As the titans circled the creature, it took flight out of the circle, and right at the defenseless Terra with now one to protect her at her time of vulnerability. It prepared to snatch her up and carry her into the sky, but Terra ducked and the creature soared into the air, going for it again. At this, Byrnes, Raven, Starfire, and Beastboy in the form of a pterodactyl all chased after the creature in the air as Cyborg ran over to check on Terra as he shot energy beams at the creature.
"Terra, are you alright?" Cyborg asked in-between shots of his laser gun.
But Terra didn't answer; she was in that state again. All was black, but she saw Slade walking towards her, with the creature at his heels. Both coming after her. To kill her. She once again heard the moans and shrieks of pain and terror, as she lay shaking, cold on the concrete floor.
"Azerath Metrion Zynthos!" Raven yelled as she fired two bars at the fleeing creature.
One missed, and the other hit the creature in the head, but to no avail. Byrnes then sent bursts of wind at the creature, knocking it off balance in flight. That gave Starfire a chance to shoot her energy beams at the thing, hitting it dead in the back, sending it tumbling to the ground. They all flew down to the ground and then beat it relentlessly with whatever they could get their hands on. A bit drastic yes, but they just wanted to kill this thing, and get it out of their thoughts, as the screams now haunted all their minds.
"Byrnes..." Terra said weakly as she regained a bit of consciousness.
Byrnes rushed over to her, along with the rest of the titans to check on her.
"She's in a state of shock." Cyborg claimed. "We need to get her back to the tower to rest."
"It won't leave, it will pursue you to the ends of the world Terra, you can't kill it, you can't escape..." Said Slade, but Terra was the only one her heard it.
She could hear Slade's voice in her mind. Like he was using telepathy to speak to her. She slowly stood up and walked over to the creature. Its head was beaten in and bloodied; it was smoldering from many energy blasts, and beaten by many objects.
"It's not dead..."Terra told them, slowly getting to her feet.
"Look at it Terra, of coarse its dead!" Beastboy exclaimed happily, glad to be rid of the vile creature.
"Well then, if it isn't dead, then we'll send it to jail!" Robin said, as he handcuffed the seemingly dead creature, and threw it in the back of the T Car.
"There, now we wont have to worry about it anymore." Robin said in a carefree tone.
"Yeah, ok." Terra said, even though she was sure the monster wasn't done with them.
"This whole thing was fake!" Raven said angrily "But we were in Slade's mind, and he was supposed to be here. But instead we found this freaky gargoyle thing, and had to deal with it! If Slade really was here, he could have escaped!" Raven said, as she was on the edge of letting her emotions slip.
"Raven, there's no point in getting angry. Even if Slade has eluded us today, we captured another dangerous villain. And to tell you the truth, I'd rather face Slade any day than have to face that thing and listen to those screams again." Byrnes said reassuringly.
"Yeah, but Raven, what were those shrieks we could hear, it's like they weren't loud, but they were in our head." Robin pointed out
"I don't know. Maybe some kind of tactic to catch us off balance." Raven pondered.
"It's more than that..." Terra said, huddled up on the ground next to Beastboy
"Well what could they mean then?" Beastboy angrily asked, holding Terra
"Death, pain, agony." Byrnes replied. "This is a thing that is hell bent on killing. Feasting on our fears. It must empower it, our screams. And the screams of the past that it sends into our minds." Byrnes said coldly
"I do not want to hear any more scary stories, as tonight is Raven's movie night and I'll have enough to worry about!" Starfire blurted out.
"You're right Star." Cyborg said. "Lets get out of here."
At that, they loaded the seemingly dead creature into the trunk of the T Car. They sped off to the Jump City Prison, and handed over the creature to the authorities. Then they went back to Titans Tower, where they would try their best to enjoy the evening.
I JUST WANTED TO GET A FIGHT SCENE IN, BUT THIS WILL LEAD TO EVEN GREATER TROUBLES. R&R. THANKS FOR LOOKING.