-To PROVE that I haven't abandoned this story, I have written this chapter even though I have yet to see "Betrayal". Given that the rumors is, that the last episodes will be aired directly before Justice League Unlimited...that means that, at the most, this story might be updated in AUGEST! However, I heard those episodes are for the season finally (Aftershock Part 1 and Part 2). Still, the earliest might have been July given that June is all reruns. Since I don't think anyone here wants to wait that long...here is an early look at chapter 5 that is bound to change once I do watch "Betrayal" (I will add spoilers from that episode that I could find on the Internet. But since I have yet to see the episode myself, they might lack details that I might like to use).
-Oh, and for future references, I'm a guy! And no, I do not swing that way. If I gave off that impression, um...sorry?
-Also, to my flamers, go ahead and write your pathetic attempts at something that resembles a thought with your sad use of, what resembles at least, the English language. It will not stop me from writing this or any other fic. I will simply laugh at it.
-Anyways, back to the story.
Sea
Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Robin, and even Beast Boy are sitting in the T-Sub as they enter the murky depths of the sea. Even though Beast Boy can change to any animal in the sea, none, as far as he knows, is faster then the T- Sub. They scan the area where there was an earthquake a while ago.
The T-Sub is unusually quiet considering out cast here. Starfire and Raven eye each other and turn away disgusted. Robin shows a hopeless expression on his face. Beast Boy is too concerned about Terra to care about anything else around him. Cyborg...Cyborg is Cyborg. At the moment, he seems to be the only one who doesn't have any personal or relationship problems. It also means that he is also on the outside of their problems and he is the go to guy...when the time comes.
And in this situation, Cyborg is the one who tries to strike up a conversation among the silence. "So...how's everyone doing?"
Starfire crosses her arms and turns her head away. "Hmph."
Raven simply narrows her eyes and frowns.
Robin bangs his head on the console. "Why does my life have to be so complicated?"
Beast Boy is simply staring out of the window thinking about Terra.
Cyborg sits back. "This is going to be a long trip."
-After a few minutes...
The T-Sub's sonar picks up something. "We have company," Cyborg comments. Cyborg looks at the images. "And I doubt they are friendly."
"Weapons system activated." Raven pushes a few buttons and a targeting screen appears.
"I'm heading out to go knock some heads." Beast Boy exits the T-Sub and changes into a shark.
"Stay alert everyone!" Robin looks around to see where the enemy is coming from.
Raven, who controls the weapons system, fires at a number of incoming mini- subs. The mini-subs are all small with fish-like tails as its propeller.
The subs scatter and try to surround the T-Sub.
"I don't think so." Cyborg steers his T-Sub and chases one of the enemy subs as Raven fire the sonic blasters at it. A second sub sneaks up behind the T-Sub, Cyborg pulls up catching the second sub by surprise. After disappearing for a few seconds, the T-Sub shows up from behind the second sub and fires missiles at it, destroying the second sub.
A third sub turns around and tries to open fire at a volley of missiles at the T-Sub. Before it could fire any of the missiles, Beast Boy bits the tail end of the sub causing a mini-explosion.
A blast rocks the T-Sub from the side.
Cyborg looks at the side of the T-Sub. "Where did that come from?" Cyborg steers out of the way of whatever hit him.
Beast Boy swims in the direction where the missile came from. 'I sense something, but I can't see...OUCH!' Beast Boy hits an object. Beast Boy hitting the object causes a rift in the cloaking device. Beast Boy turns to the T-Sub and signals them to fire at his location.
Cyborg nods and turns his T-Sub at the cloaked sub. Beast Boy gets out of the way. Raven fires a number a torpedo at the sub. The torpedo explodes, disengaging the cloaking device that surrounded the enemy sub. Beast Boy returns to the T-Sub.
Enemy Sub
The sub's interior rocks from the explosion. Terra is rocked from side to side. A computer drones on about the cloaking device is now inoperable.
"STUPID Titans! They always get in the way." Terra frowns as they are exposed. Terra turns to her crew. "FIRE AT WILL!"
Sea
The enemy sub launches 20 or so missiles.
Starfire looks at the incoming missiles. Her eyes widen. "That can not be a good thing."
"EVASIVE MANEUVERS." Robin screams at the top of his lunges.
Cyborg turns a hard left and a hard right, dodging missiles. The missiles that missed the T-Sub turn around and head straight for the T-Sub. "We have to get out of here!" Cyborg speeds up the T-Sub and goes through a rocky canyon of sorts. The missiles hit the walls and a number of rock formations.
One missile makes it through and hits the T-Sub. The T-Sub rocks.
A crack forms in Starfire's pod. Starfire puts her hand on the crack that stops the water for a time, and then a huge gush of water pours out from it. "Um. This is not good. My pod is leaking!"
"Starfire!" Robin turns to see the Starfire's cracked pod. "We need someplace to either land this thing in a cave or surface it now!"
"Yeah. But I don't know where...and those missiles above us are not helping us get to the surface." Cyborg looks back as the enemy sub fires even more missiles at them. Cyborg looks ahead and finds a group of mini-subs. "This can't be great."
The mini-subs in front of the T-Sub explode as some sort of wave hits them.
A voice is heard in Cyborg's head. "Follow me, and I will show you a safe place." Aqualad appears in front of them. A mini-sub that survived the attack comes up near Aqualad. Aqualad turns and kicks the mini-sub, which shatters into a million pieces.
Cyborg smiles. "Nice to 'hear' from you Aqualad."
Cyborg follows Aqualad through the maze of rocks.
Cave
Aqualad pops out of the water and into a ledge. The T-Sub rises above next to Aqualad.
Robin quickly gets out and heads over to Starfire's pod. Starfire's pod is filled with water. Starfire's cheeks are puffed out, and little bubbles form at the base of her mouth. Robin opens the pod and the water drains. Starfire lets out her breath that she was holding and sighs.
Robin looks into Starfire's eyes. "Are you okay Starfire?"
Starfire looks into Robin's eyes. A slight blush appears on her. "I am undamaged Robin."
Robin and Starfire stare at each other for a few seconds when a hand comes from behind Robin and grabs him. Starfire's is first stunned then pissed off as she sees whom the hand belongs to.
Raven turns Robin around. "So Robin...um...I was wondering..."
Robin scratches the back of his head. "Yes Raven?"
Before Raven could answer...Starfire appears next to her. Raven narrows her eyes and lowers and octave. "Hello Star."
Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Aqualad are standing next to each other. Cyborg, preventing another disaster to happen in the cave, waves at Robin. "Hey Robin, mind if you come over here?"
Robin, sighing in relief, "sure Cy!" Robin walks up next to Aqualad. Aqualad is chatting it up with Beast Boy at the moment.
Starfire and Raven stare at Robin then look up at the group of boys.
Aqualad stops talking to Beast Boy and turns to Robin. "I'm having Tram work on your T-Sub right now." Aqualad turns to the T-Sub, then back at Robin. "Looks like we are stuck in the same situation as the last time you were down here huh?" Aqualad smirk.
"You can say that. Though this time, thankfully, no Trident to worry about." Robin smirks back.
Cyborg scratches the back of his head. "I added extra armor plating since the last time we were here, but missiles from Slade's subs are a lot more damaging then what Trident could ever dish out on us."
"Slade? So he is the one causing all these problem down here this time?" Aqualad rubs his chin.
Beast Boy nods sadly. "Yeah, with the help of his new apprentice...Terra. She has been the one causing the earthquakes."
Aqualad looks at Beast Boy. "You seem to have a connection to her I assume?"
Beast Boy nods. "Yeah. She...she...you could say she was my girlfriend in a way."
"Since she is working for your enemy...let me guess, she was only using you to get to the Titans." Aqualad assumed. "I also assumed that she broke your heart when she left you."
Beast Boy nods first then shakes his head. "No, you see...on our first date...Slade came to us and...exposed her secret. That she was really working for him. I...I dumped her and told her that she doesn't have any friends."
Aqualad contemplates what Beast Boy said before continuing. "Well, that's understandable. Finding out your date is a spy..."
"But it's not true! Even though she betrayed us...she is being used by Slade!" Tears are forming from Beast Boy's eyes. "I've been thinking a lot since she left again. He, that Slade, lied to her and manipulated her! Like he did to Robin!" Robin lowers his head. "She...she didn't complete her mission when she betrayed us. Deep down I know that she is still good. We have to save her!"
Cyborg frowns. "First BB, Robin's situation was different." He tries to put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and his expression softens. "Second, I don't know if Terra wants to be..."
"She will return to being good! Once she knows the truth..." Beast Boy gets in Cyborg's face.
Robin tries to calm down Beast Boy. "I understand BB. We will try to do everything we can to get through to her. But remember, in the meantime, she is the bad guy. If she attacks us, we have to attack back. Understand that BB."
Beast Boy calms down and nods at Robin.
Starfire and Raven look at the group then eye Aqualad. A half smile appears on Starfire. "Raaaaaven. Did not I see you...attracted to that Aqualad over there?"
Raven smirked slightly. "No, I do not remember that Star. But I do remember YOU checking out Aqualad. Maybe you should talk to him."
Starfire innocently shakes her head. "What are you talking about Raven? I was not 'checking it out' Aqualad. Besides, I think YOU should be the one conversing to Aqualad." Starfire pushes Raven towards Aqualad.
Aqualad, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin stop their conversation and stare at the girls with wide eyes.
Starfire pushes Raven next to Aqualad. Once Raven is next to Aqualad, Starfire returns to her position near the ship. Raven walks back and starts pushing Starfire next to Aqualad. "I don't think so Star. I think YOU should talk to Aqualad." Starfire is now next to Aqualad. Raven returns to her previous position.
Starfire is a little annoyed. Flies back to where Raven is and starts pushing her towards Aqualad. "No, YOU should be conversing with our friend Aqualad."
Raven goes back and pushes Starfire. "No, YOU should talk to Aqualad.
Starfire goes back and pushes Raven. "No, YOU should."
Raven goes back and pushes Starfire. "YOU should."
This back and forth pushing goes on for a while.
Aqualad looks at the girls then turns his head towards Robin. "Um. What's with the girls?"
Cyborg steps in. "They have the hots for a little boy wonder here."
Aqualad smirks. "Lucky man I see."
Robin shows a reserved expression. "I wouldn't exactly call it lucky."
While the have been talking, Starfire and Raven had enough pushing and now stare at each other with fire in their eyes, grrrring at each other.
An earthquake occurs interrupts them. Rocks from the ceiling start falling on them.
Beast Boy turns into a dolphin and enters the water. "What are we waiting for? We have to get to her now!"
Cyborg looks at the T-Sub. Tram is still fixing it. "For us non-water breathers, we have to wait for Tram to fix the T-Sub." Cyborg turns to Aqualad. "Have any idea of what's happening down here?"
Aqualad nods slightly. "From a number of rays, they told me that there seems to be some underwater facility nearby. However, I can't tell you much about it given that the recent earthquakes have blocked access to that area."
Robin rubs his chin. "Sounds dangerous for just BB and you." Robin looks at Raven. "How far is it? Is it possible to...dig a tunnel there from here?"
Aqualad thinks about it, and shakes his head. "I wouldn't recommend it. From here, it's about a few miles away. By the time you get there, whatever they are doing could already be over. That and if you accidently break through to through, you'd have a nice flood on your hands." Aqualad turns to Beast Boy. "I have an idea. Let us go ahead first. It won't be just BB and us. I'll get some friends to help so we won't be alone."
Robin thinks a bit. "I don't know. Even with a few sea animals, falling rocks won't be safe for them."
"It won't just be aquatic animals that will help us." Aqualad uses his telepathy to call a few friends. A number of Atlantians, with tridents, appear.
Robin smirks. "Okay, you go out ahead. We'll back you up when we can."
Sea
Beast Boy, Aqualad, a small army of Atlantians, and a group of sea animals swim towards the facility. Aqualad, using telepathy, signals the group to attack the boulders that are blocking the area.
Underwater Facility
"Hurry up! Slade wants that stuff on the sub now!" Terra narrows her eyes as the Slade drones work to move a number of containers into the sub.
A warning alarm sounds off.
"Damn it! They're here!" Terra turns to the computer.
Slade appears on the computer screen. "Terra...is everything going well?"
Terra scratches the back of her head. "Um...hehehe...yeah everything is going well."
Slade nods. "It better be Terra." His image disappears.
Terra's expression hardens. "Launch all attack subs. We must finish this now!"
Sea
The Atlantians clear a path towards the facility.
Aqualad looks at the clear path. Through his telepathy, "there's the path. Common! Lets go!"
A number of mini-subs appear. The Atlantians immediate engage the mini- subs. They fire their tridents at the mini-subs, destroying the first wave of mini-subs. The Second wave fires missiles at the Atlantians.
Aqualad bats a mini-sub. Beast Boy bits another and tears its tail off.
Underwater Facility
Terra steps up next to the edge of the facility. "Just a little more time." Terra's eyes glow yellow.
Sea
Aqualad bats another sub away. "Common. Lets get to the facility before they leave." Aqualad swims towards the facility.
Beast Boy sees yellow glow at the darkened window of the facility. "Wait!" Beast Boy turns into a dolphin and pushes Aqualad away. A rock wall closes in front of Aqualad.
Aqualad looks at the rock wall. "Thanks Beast Boy." Aqualad turns towards the sea. "Now my turn!" Aqualad signals a nearby whale. The whale comes full speed at the rock wall and crashes into it.
Underwater Facility
The rock wall behind Terra shatters. "Damn." She turns to the drones. "Could we PLEASE pick up the pace?"
Beast Boy pops his head at the water. "Terra!"
"Beast Boy!" Terra turns around. Her eyes turn yellow. "You're not going to stop me!"
"Terra no!" Beast Boy jumps to avoid falling rocks around him. Beast Boy changes into a ram and heads towards Terra.
Terra gets on a flying rock and avoids Beast Boy. Beast Boy changes into a bird and follows Terra. "Please Terra listen!"
"NO BEAST BOY!" Terra flies to her sub. The walls of the building start to crumble. "I'd suggest you leave now BB." Terra gets in her sub. Her sub begins to sink into the sea as the building starts to collapse.
The T-Sub is outside. Cyborg turns on his communicator and contacts Beast Boy. "BB! If you can hear me, you need to get out! The whole place is going to blow!"
Beast Boy has a hand up towards the now sinking enemy sub as if he is reaching for something. "Terra."
Aqualad pokes his head up from underneath the water. "Common BB! There will be another time you can try."
Beast Boy looks at Aqualad and nods. Beast Boy turns into a shark and gets in the water.
The building collapses onto itself. The enemy sub is being chased by the T- Sub. Beast Boy catches up to the T-Sub and gets in.
"Nice to have you back BB." Cyborgs turn to BB and then back in front of him.
Raven shoots the enemy sub with the sonic blaster. The enemy sub moves to avoid the sonic blast.
Enemy Sub
Terra looks behind her. She shakes her head. "Great."
"Terra." Slade again appears on the computer screen.
Terra panics. "Uh Slade. Um..." Terra lowers her head. "We lost the facility."
Slade shakes his head. "A minor setback. As long as you have the cargo, I would call it success."
The sub shakes as it is hit by the T-Sub. "Yeah. Just as long as I shake them from behind."
Slade nods. "Do it!" His image disappears from the screen.
Sea
The enemy sub launches countermeasures from behind. They all explode in front of the T-Sub.
Cyborg lowers the T-Sub to avoid the cloud as the enemy sub launches another wave of missiles. As the new wave of missiles explodes, Cyborg moves the T-Sub away from the cloud. When the cloud clears, the enemy sub is gone.
Raven slams her hand on the controller. "Great. We lost her again!"
Base of Teen Titan Tower
Aqualad and the Titans are all at the base.
Robin rubs his chin. "What could Slade want from the ocean?"
Aqualad looks up. "Um guys, remember where we were at?"
Cyborg looks at the map. "Um. Isn't this...you don't think..."
Aqualad nods. "Its where we buried Trident."
Raven rolls her eyes. "Great. Guess we are going to meet those freaks again." Raven looks around and notices Starfire sleeping on Robin's shoulder. 'Why that little...' Raven grabs Starfire and throws her into the sea.
"Eeeeeekkkkkk." Starfire lands in the water. She gets up with her eyes glowing. Starfire and Raven battle it out for a while.
Beast Boy sighs. 'Terra.'
-------End of Chapter 5
Sorry if this chapter felt...dead. Wasn't feeling it with the battle scenes. That and I wasn't 100% sure on where I wanted to take this chapter. Still, on a scale of terrible to great, I'd give it an average. Good enough to post at least. :-P I will probably make a few adjustments later though once I do watch "Betrayal" (to be honest though, I keep saying that, but from what I know of that episode, I'm sure how much I can truly add to this chapter. But oh well, good enough for now).
BTW, I find the new Fanfiction.net's quick edit thing annoying. Although I admit my problems are more minor since I don't use a lot of symbols or other things that people use in their stories, I still find it annoying. Other then the fact that I can't use certain symbols (like the symbols I use for locations), one of the ironies of using it is, if I use it to fix a few grammar mistakes, but I find more, the original copy of my story will still have the old mistakes. So, if I catch new mistakes, fix them, but forgot about the older mistakes that I already fixed in the preview thing then I restored the previous grammar mistakes. ALSO, if I add something during the preview thing (another line of dialogue or something like that), those words or sentences won't be on the original copy. And since I can't go back to the preview thing...I have to add it to the original copy (supposing I catch it that is). Stupid.
Next chapter...Raven takes action! And Slade plans moves to the second stage. Until then...later.
-Oh, and for future references, I'm a guy! And no, I do not swing that way. If I gave off that impression, um...sorry?
-Also, to my flamers, go ahead and write your pathetic attempts at something that resembles a thought with your sad use of, what resembles at least, the English language. It will not stop me from writing this or any other fic. I will simply laugh at it.
-Anyways, back to the story.
Sea
Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Robin, and even Beast Boy are sitting in the T-Sub as they enter the murky depths of the sea. Even though Beast Boy can change to any animal in the sea, none, as far as he knows, is faster then the T- Sub. They scan the area where there was an earthquake a while ago.
The T-Sub is unusually quiet considering out cast here. Starfire and Raven eye each other and turn away disgusted. Robin shows a hopeless expression on his face. Beast Boy is too concerned about Terra to care about anything else around him. Cyborg...Cyborg is Cyborg. At the moment, he seems to be the only one who doesn't have any personal or relationship problems. It also means that he is also on the outside of their problems and he is the go to guy...when the time comes.
And in this situation, Cyborg is the one who tries to strike up a conversation among the silence. "So...how's everyone doing?"
Starfire crosses her arms and turns her head away. "Hmph."
Raven simply narrows her eyes and frowns.
Robin bangs his head on the console. "Why does my life have to be so complicated?"
Beast Boy is simply staring out of the window thinking about Terra.
Cyborg sits back. "This is going to be a long trip."
-After a few minutes...
The T-Sub's sonar picks up something. "We have company," Cyborg comments. Cyborg looks at the images. "And I doubt they are friendly."
"Weapons system activated." Raven pushes a few buttons and a targeting screen appears.
"I'm heading out to go knock some heads." Beast Boy exits the T-Sub and changes into a shark.
"Stay alert everyone!" Robin looks around to see where the enemy is coming from.
Raven, who controls the weapons system, fires at a number of incoming mini- subs. The mini-subs are all small with fish-like tails as its propeller.
The subs scatter and try to surround the T-Sub.
"I don't think so." Cyborg steers his T-Sub and chases one of the enemy subs as Raven fire the sonic blasters at it. A second sub sneaks up behind the T-Sub, Cyborg pulls up catching the second sub by surprise. After disappearing for a few seconds, the T-Sub shows up from behind the second sub and fires missiles at it, destroying the second sub.
A third sub turns around and tries to open fire at a volley of missiles at the T-Sub. Before it could fire any of the missiles, Beast Boy bits the tail end of the sub causing a mini-explosion.
A blast rocks the T-Sub from the side.
Cyborg looks at the side of the T-Sub. "Where did that come from?" Cyborg steers out of the way of whatever hit him.
Beast Boy swims in the direction where the missile came from. 'I sense something, but I can't see...OUCH!' Beast Boy hits an object. Beast Boy hitting the object causes a rift in the cloaking device. Beast Boy turns to the T-Sub and signals them to fire at his location.
Cyborg nods and turns his T-Sub at the cloaked sub. Beast Boy gets out of the way. Raven fires a number a torpedo at the sub. The torpedo explodes, disengaging the cloaking device that surrounded the enemy sub. Beast Boy returns to the T-Sub.
Enemy Sub
The sub's interior rocks from the explosion. Terra is rocked from side to side. A computer drones on about the cloaking device is now inoperable.
"STUPID Titans! They always get in the way." Terra frowns as they are exposed. Terra turns to her crew. "FIRE AT WILL!"
Sea
The enemy sub launches 20 or so missiles.
Starfire looks at the incoming missiles. Her eyes widen. "That can not be a good thing."
"EVASIVE MANEUVERS." Robin screams at the top of his lunges.
Cyborg turns a hard left and a hard right, dodging missiles. The missiles that missed the T-Sub turn around and head straight for the T-Sub. "We have to get out of here!" Cyborg speeds up the T-Sub and goes through a rocky canyon of sorts. The missiles hit the walls and a number of rock formations.
One missile makes it through and hits the T-Sub. The T-Sub rocks.
A crack forms in Starfire's pod. Starfire puts her hand on the crack that stops the water for a time, and then a huge gush of water pours out from it. "Um. This is not good. My pod is leaking!"
"Starfire!" Robin turns to see the Starfire's cracked pod. "We need someplace to either land this thing in a cave or surface it now!"
"Yeah. But I don't know where...and those missiles above us are not helping us get to the surface." Cyborg looks back as the enemy sub fires even more missiles at them. Cyborg looks ahead and finds a group of mini-subs. "This can't be great."
The mini-subs in front of the T-Sub explode as some sort of wave hits them.
A voice is heard in Cyborg's head. "Follow me, and I will show you a safe place." Aqualad appears in front of them. A mini-sub that survived the attack comes up near Aqualad. Aqualad turns and kicks the mini-sub, which shatters into a million pieces.
Cyborg smiles. "Nice to 'hear' from you Aqualad."
Cyborg follows Aqualad through the maze of rocks.
Cave
Aqualad pops out of the water and into a ledge. The T-Sub rises above next to Aqualad.
Robin quickly gets out and heads over to Starfire's pod. Starfire's pod is filled with water. Starfire's cheeks are puffed out, and little bubbles form at the base of her mouth. Robin opens the pod and the water drains. Starfire lets out her breath that she was holding and sighs.
Robin looks into Starfire's eyes. "Are you okay Starfire?"
Starfire looks into Robin's eyes. A slight blush appears on her. "I am undamaged Robin."
Robin and Starfire stare at each other for a few seconds when a hand comes from behind Robin and grabs him. Starfire's is first stunned then pissed off as she sees whom the hand belongs to.
Raven turns Robin around. "So Robin...um...I was wondering..."
Robin scratches the back of his head. "Yes Raven?"
Before Raven could answer...Starfire appears next to her. Raven narrows her eyes and lowers and octave. "Hello Star."
Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Aqualad are standing next to each other. Cyborg, preventing another disaster to happen in the cave, waves at Robin. "Hey Robin, mind if you come over here?"
Robin, sighing in relief, "sure Cy!" Robin walks up next to Aqualad. Aqualad is chatting it up with Beast Boy at the moment.
Starfire and Raven stare at Robin then look up at the group of boys.
Aqualad stops talking to Beast Boy and turns to Robin. "I'm having Tram work on your T-Sub right now." Aqualad turns to the T-Sub, then back at Robin. "Looks like we are stuck in the same situation as the last time you were down here huh?" Aqualad smirk.
"You can say that. Though this time, thankfully, no Trident to worry about." Robin smirks back.
Cyborg scratches the back of his head. "I added extra armor plating since the last time we were here, but missiles from Slade's subs are a lot more damaging then what Trident could ever dish out on us."
"Slade? So he is the one causing all these problem down here this time?" Aqualad rubs his chin.
Beast Boy nods sadly. "Yeah, with the help of his new apprentice...Terra. She has been the one causing the earthquakes."
Aqualad looks at Beast Boy. "You seem to have a connection to her I assume?"
Beast Boy nods. "Yeah. She...she...you could say she was my girlfriend in a way."
"Since she is working for your enemy...let me guess, she was only using you to get to the Titans." Aqualad assumed. "I also assumed that she broke your heart when she left you."
Beast Boy nods first then shakes his head. "No, you see...on our first date...Slade came to us and...exposed her secret. That she was really working for him. I...I dumped her and told her that she doesn't have any friends."
Aqualad contemplates what Beast Boy said before continuing. "Well, that's understandable. Finding out your date is a spy..."
"But it's not true! Even though she betrayed us...she is being used by Slade!" Tears are forming from Beast Boy's eyes. "I've been thinking a lot since she left again. He, that Slade, lied to her and manipulated her! Like he did to Robin!" Robin lowers his head. "She...she didn't complete her mission when she betrayed us. Deep down I know that she is still good. We have to save her!"
Cyborg frowns. "First BB, Robin's situation was different." He tries to put a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and his expression softens. "Second, I don't know if Terra wants to be..."
"She will return to being good! Once she knows the truth..." Beast Boy gets in Cyborg's face.
Robin tries to calm down Beast Boy. "I understand BB. We will try to do everything we can to get through to her. But remember, in the meantime, she is the bad guy. If she attacks us, we have to attack back. Understand that BB."
Beast Boy calms down and nods at Robin.
Starfire and Raven look at the group then eye Aqualad. A half smile appears on Starfire. "Raaaaaven. Did not I see you...attracted to that Aqualad over there?"
Raven smirked slightly. "No, I do not remember that Star. But I do remember YOU checking out Aqualad. Maybe you should talk to him."
Starfire innocently shakes her head. "What are you talking about Raven? I was not 'checking it out' Aqualad. Besides, I think YOU should be the one conversing to Aqualad." Starfire pushes Raven towards Aqualad.
Aqualad, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin stop their conversation and stare at the girls with wide eyes.
Starfire pushes Raven next to Aqualad. Once Raven is next to Aqualad, Starfire returns to her position near the ship. Raven walks back and starts pushing Starfire next to Aqualad. "I don't think so Star. I think YOU should talk to Aqualad." Starfire is now next to Aqualad. Raven returns to her previous position.
Starfire is a little annoyed. Flies back to where Raven is and starts pushing her towards Aqualad. "No, YOU should be conversing with our friend Aqualad."
Raven goes back and pushes Starfire. "No, YOU should talk to Aqualad.
Starfire goes back and pushes Raven. "No, YOU should."
Raven goes back and pushes Starfire. "YOU should."
This back and forth pushing goes on for a while.
Aqualad looks at the girls then turns his head towards Robin. "Um. What's with the girls?"
Cyborg steps in. "They have the hots for a little boy wonder here."
Aqualad smirks. "Lucky man I see."
Robin shows a reserved expression. "I wouldn't exactly call it lucky."
While the have been talking, Starfire and Raven had enough pushing and now stare at each other with fire in their eyes, grrrring at each other.
An earthquake occurs interrupts them. Rocks from the ceiling start falling on them.
Beast Boy turns into a dolphin and enters the water. "What are we waiting for? We have to get to her now!"
Cyborg looks at the T-Sub. Tram is still fixing it. "For us non-water breathers, we have to wait for Tram to fix the T-Sub." Cyborg turns to Aqualad. "Have any idea of what's happening down here?"
Aqualad nods slightly. "From a number of rays, they told me that there seems to be some underwater facility nearby. However, I can't tell you much about it given that the recent earthquakes have blocked access to that area."
Robin rubs his chin. "Sounds dangerous for just BB and you." Robin looks at Raven. "How far is it? Is it possible to...dig a tunnel there from here?"
Aqualad thinks about it, and shakes his head. "I wouldn't recommend it. From here, it's about a few miles away. By the time you get there, whatever they are doing could already be over. That and if you accidently break through to through, you'd have a nice flood on your hands." Aqualad turns to Beast Boy. "I have an idea. Let us go ahead first. It won't be just BB and us. I'll get some friends to help so we won't be alone."
Robin thinks a bit. "I don't know. Even with a few sea animals, falling rocks won't be safe for them."
"It won't just be aquatic animals that will help us." Aqualad uses his telepathy to call a few friends. A number of Atlantians, with tridents, appear.
Robin smirks. "Okay, you go out ahead. We'll back you up when we can."
Sea
Beast Boy, Aqualad, a small army of Atlantians, and a group of sea animals swim towards the facility. Aqualad, using telepathy, signals the group to attack the boulders that are blocking the area.
Underwater Facility
"Hurry up! Slade wants that stuff on the sub now!" Terra narrows her eyes as the Slade drones work to move a number of containers into the sub.
A warning alarm sounds off.
"Damn it! They're here!" Terra turns to the computer.
Slade appears on the computer screen. "Terra...is everything going well?"
Terra scratches the back of her head. "Um...hehehe...yeah everything is going well."
Slade nods. "It better be Terra." His image disappears.
Terra's expression hardens. "Launch all attack subs. We must finish this now!"
Sea
The Atlantians clear a path towards the facility.
Aqualad looks at the clear path. Through his telepathy, "there's the path. Common! Lets go!"
A number of mini-subs appear. The Atlantians immediate engage the mini- subs. They fire their tridents at the mini-subs, destroying the first wave of mini-subs. The Second wave fires missiles at the Atlantians.
Aqualad bats a mini-sub. Beast Boy bits another and tears its tail off.
Underwater Facility
Terra steps up next to the edge of the facility. "Just a little more time." Terra's eyes glow yellow.
Sea
Aqualad bats another sub away. "Common. Lets get to the facility before they leave." Aqualad swims towards the facility.
Beast Boy sees yellow glow at the darkened window of the facility. "Wait!" Beast Boy turns into a dolphin and pushes Aqualad away. A rock wall closes in front of Aqualad.
Aqualad looks at the rock wall. "Thanks Beast Boy." Aqualad turns towards the sea. "Now my turn!" Aqualad signals a nearby whale. The whale comes full speed at the rock wall and crashes into it.
Underwater Facility
The rock wall behind Terra shatters. "Damn." She turns to the drones. "Could we PLEASE pick up the pace?"
Beast Boy pops his head at the water. "Terra!"
"Beast Boy!" Terra turns around. Her eyes turn yellow. "You're not going to stop me!"
"Terra no!" Beast Boy jumps to avoid falling rocks around him. Beast Boy changes into a ram and heads towards Terra.
Terra gets on a flying rock and avoids Beast Boy. Beast Boy changes into a bird and follows Terra. "Please Terra listen!"
"NO BEAST BOY!" Terra flies to her sub. The walls of the building start to crumble. "I'd suggest you leave now BB." Terra gets in her sub. Her sub begins to sink into the sea as the building starts to collapse.
The T-Sub is outside. Cyborg turns on his communicator and contacts Beast Boy. "BB! If you can hear me, you need to get out! The whole place is going to blow!"
Beast Boy has a hand up towards the now sinking enemy sub as if he is reaching for something. "Terra."
Aqualad pokes his head up from underneath the water. "Common BB! There will be another time you can try."
Beast Boy looks at Aqualad and nods. Beast Boy turns into a shark and gets in the water.
The building collapses onto itself. The enemy sub is being chased by the T- Sub. Beast Boy catches up to the T-Sub and gets in.
"Nice to have you back BB." Cyborgs turn to BB and then back in front of him.
Raven shoots the enemy sub with the sonic blaster. The enemy sub moves to avoid the sonic blast.
Enemy Sub
Terra looks behind her. She shakes her head. "Great."
"Terra." Slade again appears on the computer screen.
Terra panics. "Uh Slade. Um..." Terra lowers her head. "We lost the facility."
Slade shakes his head. "A minor setback. As long as you have the cargo, I would call it success."
The sub shakes as it is hit by the T-Sub. "Yeah. Just as long as I shake them from behind."
Slade nods. "Do it!" His image disappears from the screen.
Sea
The enemy sub launches countermeasures from behind. They all explode in front of the T-Sub.
Cyborg lowers the T-Sub to avoid the cloud as the enemy sub launches another wave of missiles. As the new wave of missiles explodes, Cyborg moves the T-Sub away from the cloud. When the cloud clears, the enemy sub is gone.
Raven slams her hand on the controller. "Great. We lost her again!"
Base of Teen Titan Tower
Aqualad and the Titans are all at the base.
Robin rubs his chin. "What could Slade want from the ocean?"
Aqualad looks up. "Um guys, remember where we were at?"
Cyborg looks at the map. "Um. Isn't this...you don't think..."
Aqualad nods. "Its where we buried Trident."
Raven rolls her eyes. "Great. Guess we are going to meet those freaks again." Raven looks around and notices Starfire sleeping on Robin's shoulder. 'Why that little...' Raven grabs Starfire and throws her into the sea.
"Eeeeeekkkkkk." Starfire lands in the water. She gets up with her eyes glowing. Starfire and Raven battle it out for a while.
Beast Boy sighs. 'Terra.'
-------End of Chapter 5
Sorry if this chapter felt...dead. Wasn't feeling it with the battle scenes. That and I wasn't 100% sure on where I wanted to take this chapter. Still, on a scale of terrible to great, I'd give it an average. Good enough to post at least. :-P I will probably make a few adjustments later though once I do watch "Betrayal" (to be honest though, I keep saying that, but from what I know of that episode, I'm sure how much I can truly add to this chapter. But oh well, good enough for now).
BTW, I find the new Fanfiction.net's quick edit thing annoying. Although I admit my problems are more minor since I don't use a lot of symbols or other things that people use in their stories, I still find it annoying. Other then the fact that I can't use certain symbols (like the symbols I use for locations), one of the ironies of using it is, if I use it to fix a few grammar mistakes, but I find more, the original copy of my story will still have the old mistakes. So, if I catch new mistakes, fix them, but forgot about the older mistakes that I already fixed in the preview thing then I restored the previous grammar mistakes. ALSO, if I add something during the preview thing (another line of dialogue or something like that), those words or sentences won't be on the original copy. And since I can't go back to the preview thing...I have to add it to the original copy (supposing I catch it that is). Stupid.
Next chapter...Raven takes action! And Slade plans moves to the second stage. Until then...later.