Disillusioned
How would the world of Teen Titans change if the Apprentice series ended differently? What if Slade was indeed right, and the remaining Titans had no clue of the probes in their bodies and the rift betwen Robin and the group continued to grow?
Ten years into the future... what has become of them all.
Robin or Apprentice, has been given the responsibility of leading Slade's Arsenal, his army so to speak. Slade sees ill and has been weakening over the past ten years.
The Titans have recovered partially with a couple new full time members such as Bumblebee, Aqualad and Speedy. There is a tension creeping through out the tower. Starfire and Aqualad suffer through the pains of the past. How have the others changed? And why is Raven so withdrawn?
Enjoy -
"Que dans l'indiffrence"
"I find rest only in indifference."
Azarath... Metrion... Zynthos...
I can not loose focus. I must exist in nothingness, let nothing reach passed my shields. Let not the growing paranoia, not this gnawing fear, nor this consuming unknown emotion.
Let the knowledge pass through me.
They don't trust me. He doesn't trust me. And I don't trust them.
What holds us now? We're so fragile... like glass. There is nothing left to hold us together.
We are hanging on by a thin thread... we're too heavy to hang on forever. I cannot let any of this cloud me!
"Azarath..."
Beast Boy, no, Changeling now....
"Metrion..."
He, I have seen him... in his mind, with her...
"Xyn-"
With Terra. He'll bring us our ruin.
"-thos..."
Cyborg is content... with Bumblebee at his side, he has no reason to risk his life any further...
Breath.
Starfire has lost her connection to this planet. She can leave without any remorse.
Robin, he was our glue. And yet, with his loss... we have remained together.
"Azarath"
For how long?
"Metrion"
How long can we keep pretending we're ok?
"Xynthos!!"
The tower trembled as a shockwave of Raven's power surged through the perimeter, sending many people and loose objects flying to the ground.
The rays of the sun were momentarily blocked from reaching into the windows of the tower.
Then everything fell still and silent again. Bumblebee stepped into the main living area. "What the-... " she muttered. She rubbed her head, frowning.
Speedy glanced back at her from the ground. "Heck if i knew..."
Changeling stood at the window after getting up and dusting his pants. /he glanced back. "Raven..."
As so the mystic herself floated into the kitchen. Her hood was pulled over her head and she seemed more withdrawn then usual as she poured herself tea. Her hand seemed to have a slight tremor.
Bumblebee helped Speedy up from the floor as Changeling, once known as Beast Boy but now too old to be considered a boy, stepped into the kitchen.
"Rae, are you OK?" he asked softly.
Tension as thick as molasses filled the air. Speedy shifted and turned to Bumblebee. "So, what's up in the garage?" he asked in a fake cheesy and overly cheery tone.
Bumblebee blinked then caught the act easily and replied in an equally annoying mocking voice. "I do not know, let's go and find out!"
And the two fled the area quickly.
Changeling smiled to himself, watching them leave. Raven took the moment of distraction for what it was worth, to dodge his question and just float away.
But Changeling cut her off, emerald eyes meeting her indigo eyes.
"Raven, what was that just now..."
"I felt an emotional imbalance." Stop looking at me like a ticking time bomb.
She could read him, his every thought.
"Last time you lost control of your pow-"
"I'm in control, Beast Boy."
"That's not my name anymore... I'm not a-"
"Whatever." She replied curtly, her monotone sarcasm rising slightly with spite. She clutched her mug. "I just need to meditate and relax."
"For all the damn meditating you do, you shouldn't be having out bursts like that." He replied with a slight growl. No longer was his the voice of squeaky annoying brother but of a well developed male.
She narrowed her eyes at him. "With all the emotions being spit out by everyone, what makes you think that it would be so easy?"
He frowned. "I wouldn't know-"
"Exactly. You don't know me. I won't loose control, Changeling, so back off."
A dark aura began to glow around her eyes.
"Then what just happened!!" He growled.
Raven opened her mouth but the coffee machine then exploded. Black bitter liquid splattered on her cloak and across Changeling's green face. But that wouldn't give them the chance to back down. Too many confrontations such as this have occurred and advanced too far for an exploding coffee machine to stop them.
"If you just trust-" she growled back, her own mug beginning to glow.
"Hey..." Raven's eyes focused back to indigo pools of mystery rather then glowing with dark aura. Her mug stopped glowing and she turned to see Cyborg. Changeling sighed softly and wiped his cheek, glaring a hole through the back of Raven's head. "I don't know what's going on, but arguing isn't helping."
He lowered his eyes to Raven and smiled half heartedly at her. She met with a cool shielded gaze. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." She closed her eyes. "I'm just... overwhelmed... that's all..."
"If you'd just let us in-" changeling began defiantly.
She then disappeared in a frustrated flash of shadow. Cyborg frowned and glared at Changeling who glared back. Both felt the memories of Raven's mind replay in their mind's. When her rage was let loose... the battle to regain control...
"Back off." Cyborg said softly. "She'll come to us when she needs us."
"Pft, like that'll happen. The whole damn world could crumble at her feet and she would never, ever ask for help! " and he stormed off.
Cyborg sighed and sat down, staring off into direction Changeling went.
Bumblebee came up behind him and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Im sorry..." she whispered.
"Nah, it ain't your fault... I'm glad you let me know, Raven would have killed him..."
"What's wrong with those two?"
"What isn't wrong with any of us..." He took her hand and closed his eyes. "Everything's wrong with us, Bee."
Ever since Robin betrayed us...
Next Chapter: The day of Robin's Betrayal still hangs above them all. Raven can't stand the tension and the under current of negative emotions flowing through the tower. Worst of all, she can't take Beats Boy's lack of trust in her and her ability. There's more to her own lack of trust in him. Changeling seems borderline erratic, tense. What's going on and who is Terra?
A/N Terra came into the series after Apprentice. She is a key character in my fic so incorporated her in a slight alternate form but still pretty much the same basic arc she is known for. -
How would the world of Teen Titans change if the Apprentice series ended differently? What if Slade was indeed right, and the remaining Titans had no clue of the probes in their bodies and the rift betwen Robin and the group continued to grow?
Ten years into the future... what has become of them all.
Robin or Apprentice, has been given the responsibility of leading Slade's Arsenal, his army so to speak. Slade sees ill and has been weakening over the past ten years.
The Titans have recovered partially with a couple new full time members such as Bumblebee, Aqualad and Speedy. There is a tension creeping through out the tower. Starfire and Aqualad suffer through the pains of the past. How have the others changed? And why is Raven so withdrawn?
Enjoy -
"Que dans l'indiffrence"
"I find rest only in indifference."
Azarath... Metrion... Zynthos...
I can not loose focus. I must exist in nothingness, let nothing reach passed my shields. Let not the growing paranoia, not this gnawing fear, nor this consuming unknown emotion.
Let the knowledge pass through me.
They don't trust me. He doesn't trust me. And I don't trust them.
What holds us now? We're so fragile... like glass. There is nothing left to hold us together.
We are hanging on by a thin thread... we're too heavy to hang on forever. I cannot let any of this cloud me!
"Azarath..."
Beast Boy, no, Changeling now....
"Metrion..."
He, I have seen him... in his mind, with her...
"Xyn-"
With Terra. He'll bring us our ruin.
"-thos..."
Cyborg is content... with Bumblebee at his side, he has no reason to risk his life any further...
Breath.
Starfire has lost her connection to this planet. She can leave without any remorse.
Robin, he was our glue. And yet, with his loss... we have remained together.
"Azarath"
For how long?
"Metrion"
How long can we keep pretending we're ok?
"Xynthos!!"
The tower trembled as a shockwave of Raven's power surged through the perimeter, sending many people and loose objects flying to the ground.
The rays of the sun were momentarily blocked from reaching into the windows of the tower.
Then everything fell still and silent again. Bumblebee stepped into the main living area. "What the-... " she muttered. She rubbed her head, frowning.
Speedy glanced back at her from the ground. "Heck if i knew..."
Changeling stood at the window after getting up and dusting his pants. /he glanced back. "Raven..."
As so the mystic herself floated into the kitchen. Her hood was pulled over her head and she seemed more withdrawn then usual as she poured herself tea. Her hand seemed to have a slight tremor.
Bumblebee helped Speedy up from the floor as Changeling, once known as Beast Boy but now too old to be considered a boy, stepped into the kitchen.
"Rae, are you OK?" he asked softly.
Tension as thick as molasses filled the air. Speedy shifted and turned to Bumblebee. "So, what's up in the garage?" he asked in a fake cheesy and overly cheery tone.
Bumblebee blinked then caught the act easily and replied in an equally annoying mocking voice. "I do not know, let's go and find out!"
And the two fled the area quickly.
Changeling smiled to himself, watching them leave. Raven took the moment of distraction for what it was worth, to dodge his question and just float away.
But Changeling cut her off, emerald eyes meeting her indigo eyes.
"Raven, what was that just now..."
"I felt an emotional imbalance." Stop looking at me like a ticking time bomb.
She could read him, his every thought.
"Last time you lost control of your pow-"
"I'm in control, Beast Boy."
"That's not my name anymore... I'm not a-"
"Whatever." She replied curtly, her monotone sarcasm rising slightly with spite. She clutched her mug. "I just need to meditate and relax."
"For all the damn meditating you do, you shouldn't be having out bursts like that." He replied with a slight growl. No longer was his the voice of squeaky annoying brother but of a well developed male.
She narrowed her eyes at him. "With all the emotions being spit out by everyone, what makes you think that it would be so easy?"
He frowned. "I wouldn't know-"
"Exactly. You don't know me. I won't loose control, Changeling, so back off."
A dark aura began to glow around her eyes.
"Then what just happened!!" He growled.
Raven opened her mouth but the coffee machine then exploded. Black bitter liquid splattered on her cloak and across Changeling's green face. But that wouldn't give them the chance to back down. Too many confrontations such as this have occurred and advanced too far for an exploding coffee machine to stop them.
"If you just trust-" she growled back, her own mug beginning to glow.
"Hey..." Raven's eyes focused back to indigo pools of mystery rather then glowing with dark aura. Her mug stopped glowing and she turned to see Cyborg. Changeling sighed softly and wiped his cheek, glaring a hole through the back of Raven's head. "I don't know what's going on, but arguing isn't helping."
He lowered his eyes to Raven and smiled half heartedly at her. She met with a cool shielded gaze. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." She closed her eyes. "I'm just... overwhelmed... that's all..."
"If you'd just let us in-" changeling began defiantly.
She then disappeared in a frustrated flash of shadow. Cyborg frowned and glared at Changeling who glared back. Both felt the memories of Raven's mind replay in their mind's. When her rage was let loose... the battle to regain control...
"Back off." Cyborg said softly. "She'll come to us when she needs us."
"Pft, like that'll happen. The whole damn world could crumble at her feet and she would never, ever ask for help! " and he stormed off.
Cyborg sighed and sat down, staring off into direction Changeling went.
Bumblebee came up behind him and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Im sorry..." she whispered.
"Nah, it ain't your fault... I'm glad you let me know, Raven would have killed him..."
"What's wrong with those two?"
"What isn't wrong with any of us..." He took her hand and closed his eyes. "Everything's wrong with us, Bee."
Ever since Robin betrayed us...
Next Chapter: The day of Robin's Betrayal still hangs above them all. Raven can't stand the tension and the under current of negative emotions flowing through the tower. Worst of all, she can't take Beats Boy's lack of trust in her and her ability. There's more to her own lack of trust in him. Changeling seems borderline erratic, tense. What's going on and who is Terra?
A/N Terra came into the series after Apprentice. She is a key character in my fic so incorporated her in a slight alternate form but still pretty much the same basic arc she is known for. -