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Chapter 11: A Plan comes to Pass.

It was another normal day in the Titans Tower. Just a normal afternoon, with nothing to do. Except, some things were a bit different.

Splinter had been acting strangely, talking less to the others, yet speaking more wisely, and spiritually, telling them to make sure they do not let their emotions ever get in the way of their judgment, no matter what happened. It was almost as if he sensed something that the others did not, though he said nothing of it.

Raven had also been in an irritated mood lately. She also refused to tell anyone why, however, saying it was her problem to eliminate.

'Like I could ever tell them that I've got an emotion that...pleases herself thinking of BeastBoy.' she thought.

'I HEARD that.' replied a sultry voice in her head.

'Go...away.' she growled mentally.

'Whatever.' was the reply.

Even BeastBoy had changed himself. He had become a bit more serious, and showed a sudden interest in training, and getting stronger. All he told people of his new attitude was that it was for "something important to him." The Titans and Turtles decided to leave it at that. Though these changes couldn't help but make them feel uneasy about things.

Little did anyone know that these happenings would play a part in future happenings...

Raven walked out of her room, very flustered. She had taken another try at persuading Lust to leave her mind. She already knew it was going to be no good when she walked into Lust's realm to find her under the sheets of her bed...

Trying hard not to throw up, Raven tried to get rid of Lust, but got the same response. Lust was "having too much fun to leave." Needless to say, Raven was unhappy at this, but knew there was no more use in trying to get rid of her. Looks like she was stuck with Lust.

Raven walked down the corridor, but stopped when she heard something. She had just passed by the training room, and the door was slighlty ajar. Turning around, she headed to where she could look through the crack in the door, and saw something that made her heart skip.

BeastBoy waas hard at training, currently at the pull-up bar. Raven normally wouldn't have been very intrigued by this occurence, except for one thing: BeastBoy had his shirt off. Raven saw that BeastBoy has had a drastic change in muscular structure since he started training daily. No longer were his muscles small, and skinny, but now they were really starting to make themselves known. His body was well-toned, in Raven's eyes, and the sweat on his body glistened in the gym light. Raven was starting to feel uncomfortably hot, but she hardly noticed. Raven couldn't take her eyes off BeastBoy as he continued to train, sometimes coming close enough to the door that she could get a really up-close look at his new body. Raven was starting to lose control of herself. Without her even noticing, her hand began drifting towards her body, in a way that Lust would move.

'Uh-uh-uh, not trying to have any 'fun', are we?' came a voice in her head, which snapped her back to reality. Raven cursed herself, and dashed back to her room, entered her bathroom, and turned on her shower, as cold as it could go. She didn't even bother removing her clothes, she just stepped in, and cooled herself off.

'Damn, what was that back there?' she asked herself.

'Aren't you smarter than this? I think you should know what this is by now.' came a sultry reply.

'Oh, just go away!' she yelled mentally. Lust said nothing, but did indeed leave.

Meanwhile, BeastBoy looked outside the training room. He could have sworn that he felt someone was watching him...

Later, the first interesting thing in a while happened, as the alarm in the Tower signaled, showing a commotion in the city.

"Titans, go!" came Robin's familiar yell. The Turtles also came.

"Turtle Power!" they yelled.

All of the group left to find out what was causing the commotion. They were in for a surprise...

Out on one of the streets, a building burst open in flames, as a large hulking figure made of stone lumbered out of the building, a goofy smile upon his face. That same smile was met with a starbolt, as the Titans and Turtles appeared before him, giving him cold looks.

"Cinderblock...you sure are quite a nuisance. Huh?" said Robin. He had just noticed two unfamiliar shapes step out from behind Cinderblock. "Who are you guys?" he asked. But it was Leonardo who answered.

"Bebop the Boar and Rocksteady the Rhino!" he exclaimed. "Oh, great, if you guys are here, then that means..."

"Yup!" came a snorting reply from the boar. He dressed in punk clothing, with lots of metal, spiked wristbands, spiked other items, and even a nose ring in his snout.

"That's right, morons! We've been sent by you-know-who!" laughed Rocksteady the Rhino. He dressed like someone out of the army, with army-style pants, and a camoflauge shirt that only went over the left half of his torso.

"That's just great." said Raphael. "We finally have something good happen, and he has to come ruin it."

The Titans had no time to ask what they were talking about, as Bebop spoke.

"Save it, Titans! We won't need to explain when we take you down!" he yelled, and they all attacked.

The Robin, Leonardo, and Raphael took on Bebop and Rocksteady, while Starfire, Raven, BeastBoy and Cyborg took Cinderblock. Donatello and Michelangelo helped whoever needed it. Robin tried to strike Rocksteady with his staff, but Rocksteady grabbed it, and flipped it and Robin around like they were nothing, and Robin flew through the air receiving a powerful headbutt in the back from Bebop. Robin hit the ground, and Raphael tried to attack Bebop, while Leonardo took Rocksteady. Meanwhile, Starfire blasted Cinderblock backwards with her starbolts, assisted by Cyborg's Sonic Cannon. He was pushed back hard, and almost lost his balance. Michelangelo and Donatello saw this as their chance. Michelangelo hunched over behind Cinderblock's legs, and Donatello delivered a powerful flying kick to Cinderblock, causing him to trip over Michelangelo, and land on the ground, where Raven wrapped him tightly with streetlights. Rocksteady and Bebop had just pulled out their energy guns, and were realeasing heavy fire on Leonardo, Raphael, and Robin, forcing them to retreat. They decided to open fire on all of them, launching their blasts every where, so quickly it was hard to find any open spot. Most of them found a spot to hide behind, but a bolt of energy headed for Raven as she tried to retreat. BeastBoy saw in horror that she didn't know.

"Raven!" he screamed, rushing up to her, and pushing her aside. She looked over in time to see BeastBoy take the full brunt of the blast. He slumped to the ground, unconscious, or...

"No!" gasped Raven. She looked over at Rocksteady and Bebop, laughing, congratulating each other on their successful hit. Raven wouldn't stand for this. Using her powers while they were defenseless, she melted their guns, and made the concrete around them rise into a tight funnel like a volcano, trapping them in the opening.

"Aw, crud!" they yelled. The Titans came out from where they stood, to run to BeastBoy, who was barely breathing. Raven hunched over him, feeling for sure signs of life. Cyborg came over and commenced a scan of his vitals.

"He'll live, guys. He'll just need a little time of rest, that's all." he said, and Raven sighed with relief, though she did it quietly, so no one would hear. Then she followed them back to the Tower. She suddenly heard a voice in her head.

'So, do you admit it?' the sultry voice asked.

'I...I guess so.' sighed Raven mentally. Lust laughed lightly.

'Yeah, I should've known you would. That little display showed that you're practically half-way through admitting my next stage, at least.' came the reply.

'Yeah? And what's that?'

'You'll just have to wait and see.' Lust said, and spoke no more.

"Well, at least you're okay now, BB." said Cyborg, making another scan of him, just to be sure.

"I told you, that training wasn't useless, you know!" joked BeastBoy. he may have gotten serious, but he still couldn't help cracking a joke every now and then.

"Well, now that that's out of the way, we need to know something from the Turtles." said Robin. Everyone turned to the Turtles, who were standing together, all of them lost in thought. They looked at the Titans, and sighed as a group.

"Bebop and Rocksteady...are minions of our mortal enemy." said Leonardo.

The Titans gasped. A villain that the Turtles had not taken care of came as a shock. The turtles explained that this villain was the only one the had never truly defeated.

"Wait, they were with Cinderblock, right?" asked Robin.

"Hey, yeah! That must mean..." began Cyborg.

"Slade." finshed Robin. "He must have teamed up with the Turtles' nemesis, and is reaking havoc again!"

"Then it's up to us to stop them!" said Leonardo.

"Yeah. We can do it, if we work together." said Robin. "By the way, what is the name of your enemy?" he asked. Leonardo sighed, and the other turtles looked angry at the very thought of the name.

"His name...is...The Shredder." said Leonardo finally.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Well, I think this chapter went particularly well. Several main plot advances, a good fight, romance blossoming further...an all around good package, if I do say so myself.

But my say doesn't really matter, it's your say that does! R&R, and I'll see ya later!