O.k. before I start let me tell you all something. Today I had a lot of thoughts in my head and I have a couple stories in my mind so after this story I am trying to think if I should continue NND or should I make a new one? Tell me your answer in your reviews please.

Ch.17: Are You Ready?

It has been 2 days sense the not so victorious victory. Nicky and the other fallen heroes were buried out near a canon because of Price's 'over stuffed graveyards' thanks to him 7 graveyards had been filled with countless bodies, now all who died either a) decayed out in the streets b) were eaten by the homeless and hungry, or c) buried outside of Jump City. Logan thought it would be a good idea to burry them out in the cannon just outside of Jump City were they first met Terra. Ever sense that day though Raven, Tina, and David refused to speak. Tina had massive head wounds and lost most of her long term memory she had to be reminded who her parents were. David had suffered large amounts of emotional damage; he had dived into depression and flipped food for the ghosts of his longtime friends and customers. Raven suffered the most, she had lost many people before but she never lost someone like Nicky; someone that she cared deeply about; someone that cared the same about her. She really tried to handle the pain but every now and then a pot pan or window would shatter. Terra on the other hand never moved, never talked, she barely breathed. She stayed curled up in a ball in a booth near the front door. Logan was different than them, no matter how much he cared about the young boy; he had learned to get over deaths easily. He had seen good people beaten, shot stabbed and hung in the courtyards and even there own cells. But he respected there grief and did not speak at all as well. When the end of the 3rd day hit Logan and Raven headed back to there small home. David had agreed to take care of Tina and Terra in his apartment as long as they were out of it. Inside the small house Logan fell onto the couch and tried to sleep. Raven went into her room and locked the door tight. Logan had become tired of this sadness he wanted it to end. As he got up to go see Raven the phone on her wall began to chirp. He lifted the receiver after the 3rd ring and spoke softly.

"Hello?"

"Good afternoon, Mr. Logan I presume?" said a giggling voice.

"Who is this?" Logan asked as he reached into his pocket and wrapped his fingers around the Massacre just in case.

"Why don't you open the front door and find out." laughed the voice.

Logan pulled out the weapon and had it at the ready, Raven's door was solid wood and he could not see or hear anyone out side the door. He slowly unlocked it and pulled on the handle. He turned it slowly and opened fast, with his massacre at the throat of a large black male. When Logan's vision fixed on him he laughed loudly and gave the big man a hug. In the door way stood Kori Grayson, Richard Grayson, Sarah Stone, and Victor Stone. Logan kissed Kori on the cheek and hugged Sarah and Richard at the same time. He invited them in but he did not disturb Raven.

They all sat on the couch and Logan grabbed a chair from the kitchen. He sat in front of them and told the story of Malice, Nicky, Riku and what is happening at the moment. When he finished he stared at the gasping group.

"Wow…that's deep." sighed Victor as he scratched his bald head.

Kori leaned onto Richard's chest as he held his arm around her.

"Are you ready?" asked Richard coldly.

"For what?"

"You don't think we came out here to say hi did you? We came to help you handle Price and his goons before he starts that Price Passion. Does anyone know when it starts?"

"Well I over heard a few VIP's at Mechanics Tech. talking about it, I knew they worked for Price but I needed to keep an update, they said it would start by the end of this week. Price has my weapons ready and the soldiers at hand but he needs them all at one place at one time. So I think it would be best to attack the night before it begins because that's when they will all be there and we can take them down in one blow." Victor stated.

Richard nodded in agreement but Logan was suspicious of the plan.

"Won't we need a bigger attack force?"

"I have it under control we contacted Titans East, it seems that Price had not stretched to Steel City, they all agreed to make it hear by Thursday and Friday we attack." Richard said softly.

Logan nodded he knew that with the Titans East they would be a greater threat to Price but he still needed one more person for his job. Well by person he meant team.

"Hey guy's I think its time we got a back up plan."

The team looked at him confused but he went into his room and began to dig threw his back pack for something he knew he would need. When he came out of the room he handed Richard an old dusty object. It was an octagon and had an antenna sticking out of the right side. Richard wiped away some dust and dirt and on the top of it was a black paint with a yellow H in the middle.

"You have got to be joking." Victor huffed as he held the old communicator in his hand.

"We cannot trust them; they are mischievous, thieving Smuggle Beast's." Kori sighed as she tossed the communicator to Richard again.

Richard sighed and opened up the communicator, there were 3 red dots on the screen just a few miles east of them.

"There still in Jump City, I think its time we contacted the HIVE for help."

Victor sighed and made a fist. He hated the HIVE with all his heart. Well eh hated there headmaster with all his heart, inside of him he still remembered the days with them. They were just normal kids with problems, they were actually like family. It was sad to see them put in jail every now and then but he believed in his justice system even if he didn't like it. He still loved Jinx with all his heart, but that heart did not beat, that heart ticked while his new heart beet for the love of Sarah. The other Titans despised the HIVE s well but they never found them cruel or evil they were like opposite high schools. They fought every now and then but it was just for the hell of it.

"So should we go now?" asked Raven who had been standing in the doorway.

The team looked at her and smiled, she as well gave a small smile before heading into her room to put on her old black leotard, chain belt' and her always loved cloak. Victor smashed his hands together and a bright light flashed on his feet and traveled up his body. He had become the shiny and colorful Cyborg like old times again. Richard tore off his shirt and pants to reveal his Nightwing costume. He then pulled out a black on white mask and pulled it over his eyes. Starfire was already in her costume but she lifted a few feet off the ground. Logan on the other hand just stood up and looked at the 4 friends then at Sarah who had risen and moved her ring to show her robotic arm as well. He smiled and joined the group.

"Nightwing I think it is time you say It." smiled Logan.

Nightwing looked at him and then nodded. The 6 friends left the house and got onto there vehicles. The R-Cycle, the T-Car, was put together and new looking. Starfire and Raven took to the sky while Logan got into the back seat of the T-car. Before they left Robin lifted his helmet and yelled to his friends.

"Teen Titans Go!"

With that the 6 people took off into the skies and streets. People on the street looked at them with a wide smiled on there faces. Even though they didn't believe it could be true they yelled and clapped for the once loved heroes. Now they clapped for a much stronger reason. Because if they would fail. By the end of the following week bodies would cover the streets. The Titans missed the attention they would get from there citizens but what they missed the most was the fact that no matter what they did no matter how much they would lose to a villain there people would still have hope in them. This was just what they needed because they had thought they lost all hope in the titans but now they proved that sometimes being there really doesn't matter.

"Where are those creeps." scolded Cyborg as he read the digital map in the T-car.

"There just a few miles up ahead it looks like there in the upper slums. It's an o.k. place but it's nothing to what they were used to." Sarah said.

"Ha! Looks like those HIVE idiots couldn't bribe Price enough. I say they got what they deserved."

Logan rolled his eyes in Cyborg's joy, even if it was un-kind it was true. The HIVE had gotten the future they had earned with there years of criminal behavior. But still Logan thought they deserved something of respect from Cyborg, they had survived 10 years in this hell hole, longer than he could if he had stayed like Raven. Logan did not care about right or wrong anymore he just wanted to end this as soon as possible because the longer he waited the harder it was to control his hidden anger and pain that Price had caused him. They had finally arrived in a nicer area it was still crappy, beaten up, and run down but it still had houses. The signal Logan had gotten from them was coming from a small 2 story shack. The windows were long gone and boards replaced them with inch thick dust. Its door hung off the henge's and replaced with even more boards. The one clue that gave it all away was a big yellow H spray painted on the boards. They did not hesitate to ask questions. They charged the door and stopped on the last step. With a hard smack with the palm of his hand Cyborg nearly broke off the boards.

"Yo! Is anybody in there?"

Cyborg heard the sounds of footsteps and loud booms. There was the sound of moving rusty metal. Then there was the sound of a loading gun.

"State your purpose!" yelled a deep raspy voice.

"Were looking for 3 low-lives of the HIVE academy!" Cyborg yelled back.

There was a mumble and then there was a softer but distressed voice coming from the darkness.

"There's no such thing! You damn Price Passionate dicks can get the fuck off my doorstep before I blow your ass back to your pussy leader!"

Cyborg sighed and hit the door once more.

"Hey you pig sniffing snot guzzler didn't you hear the lady get the hell out of her before we run your bones white!" yelled a middle tone voice with a slight crispiness.

Cyborg kicked the wood boards down knowing exactly who his hidden threaten wielding people were.

"Jinx, Mammoth, Gizmo, its me Cyborg." He said softly to the dusty darkness that ate at his mechanical throat.

There was a click from the back of the room and the house became flooded with light. He saw the couches and busted TV's stretched around the floor. Bullet shells and various weapons lay on the floor. There were moldy boxes from Pizza places, Chinese foods, and other old food flavors everywhere. Standing in the back of the room were 3 shadowed characters. One was very tall it almost looked like he had to bend over to fit on the fist floor. One looked like a woman with long hair. And one was about the size of a teenager; he had no hair and looked to be wearing some armor or suit. The titans moved forward to them but what they saw made them want to back away. There once so cheerful nemeses were now something the Titans would have never wanted them to be. The large one was Mammoth; he wore huge black jeans, and a black muscle shirt. His muscle shirt had a yellow H spray painted on it as well. His hands were large but badly burned and scared. His face had stayed almost the same, now he had a full beard around his chin and had ruffled orange hair. His eyes were pale and soulless but his flesh was scared with wounds never before seen. The woman was Jinx; she had become beautiful figure wise. She wore a black body suit with a pink tutee around her wait. Her fingernails were long and sharp like daggers. She had long pink hair that went to her mid back with black and white highlights in them. Her once bright eyes were now pale as well with un-seen pupils. She herself had a large scar across her right cheek. Gizmo had become tall but not normal sized. He stood a good 5 feet and had his black body suit on with green colorings. His arms and chest actually had muscles that were covered by steel plating. His face had small peach fuzz to it. He had short spiky black hair and wore his broken and shattered goggles. On his back was his famous mechanical back pack but it had been changed some. It had a metal chest and arm plate sticking out of it and his spider legs were now pointed to the side instead of down like spears. He had his mechanical wings outstretched as well. Mammoth was holding a shot gun, while Gizmo held an Uzi. Jinx held double pistols but none of them were raised at them.

"It can' be….we though you were all dead!" gasped Jinx.

Nightwing walked up to them and outstretched his hand.

"Well were not and we are asking for your help."