All For Nothing
Prologue
Picture, in your mind's eye, Ground Zero on Patriot Day 2001. Imagine the utter destruction and feel the emotional surge of sadness as you picture the lives lost. This is Jump City, California.
We gaze over the desolate wasteland that was once a hustling, bustling city full of life and happiness. We travel past the sickening gray sky once full of white fluffy clouds and chirping birds, and to the ghostly remains of a building. It is a building on a small island on the bay, a huge metal skeleton in the shape of a giant "T".
Standing beside the building, is a lone figure. His fur a dark shade of green, his hair, a midnight green, his purple jumpsuit stained with mud. His fanged mouth, once stuck in a seemingly endless smile, now turned down at the corners. His eyes are squeezed shut tight, though the tears still drip onto one of the four freshly dug graves before him. Mixed emotions of anger and grief surge through him as he struggles to keep control. Now, facing the miserable sky, he opens up, telling his story.
"Once, I had friends," he begins, "four wonderful friends. They were lovers, they were fighters. They were the Teen Titans. A one man army and a naive alien. An isolated, brooding telekinetic and a half man, half machine mechanical expert. And then there was me. The fifth wheel. The unwanted, unneeded comic relief. At least that is what I thought of myself. I retreated into my jokes and pranks, which probably made my teammates hate me more. A piece of my soul was missing."
"Then I met her. The girl of my dreams, a headstrong earth mover named Terra. She made me feel complete again and we shared something special, nearly. It turned out that Terra had tricked us all and turned us over to our greatest enemy, the mysterious madman Slade. But, when it really counted, she came back to us, sacrificing herself to save us and our city. She, however, was turned to stone for her nobility. Cyborg told me that we could bring her back, someday."
"After a long while, he found a way. Cy used a machine to separate her body's molecules from the stone molecules. After a few dramatic moments, Terra stood before us, as she had been before. After a few days, however, I realized that Terra had changed. She was not the fun loving girl I had known before. She was very different. Eventually, she had me choose between her, my love, and the Titans, my friends."
"My choice resulted in this, the destruction of our city and the demise of my friends. Terra and I, lovers turned enemies. It was all for a love I thought I had. It was all for nothing."