-This is chapter 9 of "Two Birds...Part 2". That's right, back-to-back updates. Okay, so they are a week or so apart. But like I said, I'm pretty busy with school and all. The fact that I updated now shows that I do have some time...even if it isn't much. Though with midterms coming up, and a few quizzes around the corner, be happy with this somewhat fast update for this story. Especially with all the other stories I have on my plate. Silent Titan, DLA, and my Eva fic, are ready for an update (my Ah! My Goddess fic is currently on hiatus. I hope to have some revelation sooner or later that would help me continue this). I just have to write them with the limited time that I do have.

-In fact, due to my limited time, I am writing four stories at the same time. Relatively speaking. These include one, Silent Titan, DLA, and a fourth story that I am collaborating with another author (more on this later).

-Now, the last chapter being too much like "Aftershock", well, um...that's kind of the point I was trying to do since I wanted to make my version of "Aftershock". Granted, I didn't have to have the same exact fight scene (or at least one that is quite similar), but still, I wanted the same idea going into the last chapter. Since there was already a fight scene in the episode, I decided to use that, well, use a similar fight scene for my last chapter.

-Oh yeah, and that was a great episode of Teen Titans this week. Raven being lonely, very well written. Well, okay, the fight scene sucked, and Cardiac was dumb, but over all, it was a great episode. Even had to admit, the ending was sweet to. Despite the BB/Raven undertone to that, hug. Ick (incase you haven't noticed, nope, not a fan). :-P

-Now, on with the story!

Titan Tower

Raven was in her room, reading a spell book. The official reason was to figure how to stop Slade with whatever he was planning. However, an ulterior reason was due to a certain redhead getting in the way. 'What can I use Starfire. Don't worry Robin, it won't be fighting exactly.' Raven smirked at the thought.

In Starfire's room...

'What can I do to make sure Raven is away?' Starfire thought to herself. 'If she is not here, then I cannot fight her. And if she is not here, then there is only one logical choice for Robin.' Starfire smiled brightly.

Now, Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy were thinking about more serious situation.

Robin was playing videogames on the PS2. Beast Boy was playing with him. They were playing Mortal Kombat Deception.

Well, okay, neither Robin and Beast Boy were really thinking about something more serious, but Cyborg is!

Cyborg opened the refrigerator door. He sees that it is empty. "Oh man. I totally forgot. The reason why we were out yesterday was to get more food." His stomach rumbled. He patted his stomach. "I know, but we got caught up. Now we need get more food."

Well, it is still important in a way I guess. They need to eat...and all. Though it isn't exactly what I had in mind.

Robin beats Beast Boy for the second time. "Ah ha! Want to go at it again Beast Boy?"

Beast Boy fumed. "Man, I can't wait for GTA San Andreas to come out, so that I don't have to play this stupid game!"

Robin raised an eyebrow at Beast Boy. "Um, Beast Boy, GTA is a single player game."

"I know." Beast Boy smirked at Robin. "Don't have to worry about you there!"

Robin fumed.

"What's wrong? Couldn't handle someone lesser then my skills kicking your butt BB?" Cyborg smirked at Beast Boy.

Now Beast Boy fumed. "No, but certainly kicking some gangster's butt is more fun then this game!"

Starfire and Raven both flew down next to Robin. "Robin!" Both have big wide smiles.

Robin sweat dropped. "Um...hi girls."

Starfire grabbed a hold of Robin's right arm. "Robin, let us go to the Mall of Shopping. We could do some more shopping at windows!"

Raven grabbed Robin's left arm. "No Starfire. I'm going show Robin a really good book. It has a magician and dragons in it!"

Starfire narrowed her eyes at Raven. "No, Robin has no time for that since he will be with me at the Mall of Shopping!"

"No Star you are mistaken." Raven's eyebrow started to twitch. "He will be with me!"

Robin looked at the two. "Um...girls, remember what I said?"

Starfire and Raven turned to Robin, replacing their angry expression with wide smiles. "Oh but Robin! We are not fighting each other!" Both hold a devious smile on their faces.

Robin blinked in realization. "Oh no." 'Maybe I should amend...'

Cyborg and Beast Boy looked at the three and blinked. Then they looked at each other. The screen goes all weird on us, both Cyborg and Beast Boy go chibi, and both then laughed uncontrollably.

Cyborg took a breather before he commented. "They're right Robin. They are not fighting each other. They're just fighting over you!"

"Hahahahahaha!" Beast Boy wiped a tear from his eye. "They have a point Robin."

Robin looked dejected. 'Why me.'

Beast Boy looked at the kitchen. "Oh yeah, we didn't get food." His stomach started to growl. "Since we have no food, what are we going to eat?"

"Pizza!" Cyborg focused his attention on Beast Boy. "It is, after all, has all the ingredients for a well balanced diet. Bread, tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, cheese, anchovies, cheese, olives, peppers, and more cheese." A huge smile formed on Cyborg's face. "Mmmmm Mmmmm!" His mouth was watering, creating a little river in the main room.

Beast Boy narrowed his eyes at Cyborg. "And..."

Cyborg returned to reality. "And one vegetarian pizza for you BB!"

Beast Boy smiled. "Good, at least I can eat too!"

They hear the door ring.

"That must be it!" Cyborg and Beast Boy rushed to the door. "Breakfast is here!"

Robin, Starfire, and Raven all blinked at the off for pizza.

"Well, I guess we can take a breather." Robin agreed to his statement. Especially since yesterday when they went out to get food, they were attacked by Terra. "Better the food come here then us getting the food until this Slade business is finished."

The Titans started eating their pizza.

"So, when do you...munch...think Slade will...chew...swallow...strike next?" Beast Boy got out between bites.

Cyborg shoved a huge slice down his mouth. "I dom no. Somhtyme so..."

The doorbell rang.

The other Titans stopped eating. They all swallow whatever they had in their mouths, and they all stared at the door.

Beast Boy raised an eyebrow. "More pizza?"

Cyborg scratched his head. "Maybe it's the girl scouts. Or some door to door salesmen."

Raven eyed Cyborg. "I don't think there are anymore door to door salesmen."

"Well whoever it is, I guess we should check it out." Robin approached the door.

Cyborg got there first. "Well, lets see..." Cyborg opened the door then immediately slammed it shut. "Titans, get ready to fight."

"Huh?" They all stared at Cyborg for a few moments, when the door exploded.

They all jumped back as they see a ton of Slade robot, much bigger, and much more powerful then the man-sized robots they faced, all staring at them.

Cyborg activated the security system. "So, Slade's stupid enough to fight us again here? Well, too bad he didn't have a spy taking down our system this time!"

Tons of internal cannons sprang from the walls. They all targeted the first robot, and fired at it. The first robot goes down. The second robot shot tons of missiles at the wall cannons. Most of them are destroyed.

Cyborg blasted the second robot using his sonic canon. After creating a hole in the robot, he rushed it, and slammed his fist into the robot's head, shattering it into a million pieces.

A third robot started shooting lasers everywhere. Beast Boy ducked the first laser attack, and then in his ram form, rammed the robot back into another robot behind it.

Starfire started blasting a volley of starbolts at the incoming robots. She was hit by a blast that sent her to the ground.

Robin launched another set of birdorangs at the robot. The robot sliced open in many places.

"Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven used her powers to lift the incoming robot, and bashed it from side to side.

Cyborg jumped and landed on the final robot. He punched it again and again, destroying it.

After they destroyed all the robots, Robin knew something wasn't right about this.

"So much for not doing the same thing twice." Beast Boy rubbed the back of his head.

"That's what's bothering me." Robin looked at the destroyed robots. "Not only did he attack us again here, he also did so with a pretty meager force."

Cyborg nodded. "It may have been Slade's robots, but this is defiantly not his style."

The alarm rang out.

"Again?" Robin looked around. "No, this is different." He ran to the computer. His eyes widened. "Damn him!"

Cyborg looked over Robin's shoulder. "Should've known."

The computer showed a huge assault in a nearby mine initiated by Slade robots. Hundreds of miners are said to be trap there.

"Slade was playing with us." Robin slammed his fist into the computer's keyboard. "Titans, go!"

They all left the tower.

However, Raven couldn't get the feeling that even this attack didn't feel right. "I have a bad feeling about this."

Mine Shaft

All the miners were huddled together. The Slade robots were removing tons of ore from the mine. They were loaded into trucks, and being shipped out. As they are doing this, one of the Slade robots exploded. They all turned to the source.

"Tell Slade that whatever game he is playing, it ends now!" Robin kicked the robot down.

The other Slade robots saw the Titans, and they all reacted. They all lunged at the Titans.

Cyborg ducked at an incoming Slade robot. He blasted another Slade robot that lunged in front of him.

Beast Boy rammed a ton of robots in his rhino form.

Raven took two heavy boulders and sent them rolling towards tons of robots.

Robin turned to the others. "Starfire, get the miners out. The rest of us will cover you!"

Starfire nodded. She went over to the miners, untangled their restraints, and started sending them out of the mine.

Cyborg went from side to side as lasers mark the ground. Another robot punched Cyborg in the face. Cyborg fumed and punched it back, much harder.

Raven set up a shield in front of her. The Slade robots shot at the shield. Lasers deflected off the shield. Raven then used her powers to make a slash from side to side on the robots. The robots all fell apart on sight.

Robin sliced more Slade robots with his birdorangs. Another Slade robot went into a sparing match with Robin. The robot punched Robin's face. Robin ducked and kicked the midsection of the robot. Robin then jumped up, and kicked the robot's head off.

Beast Boy ripped off a robot's arm off in his Tyrannosaurus Rex form. Hundreds of Slade Robots all gathered on him. They covered him to the point where he couldn't stand up. Beast Boy turned into a rat and got on top of the robots. He then turned into a bird and flew above the robots. Next, he turned into a whale and...BAM, slammed into the ground. All the robots under him were destroyed.

Starfire returned once all the miners were out. She blasted the remaining robots that remained in the cavern. One robot tried to get on her when she was flying around. She noticed him before he got the chance to do so, and basted it to pieces with a starbolt.

The Titans looked around the now empty room. Starfire sank to the floor. Raven looked around, making sure there were no more robots. Cyborg and Beast Boy followed suit.

Robin also looked around in the empty cavern. He was the first to comment. "Why would Slade need more iron ore? How many robots does he need?"

"Who said I needed more robots?" Slade looked over the cavern from a high crevice.

Robin narrowed his eyes at the sight in front of him. "Slade! What are you planning?"

"Why Robin. I'm surprised you didn't realize where you just lead your team into." Slade crossed his arms.

The Titans all looked around. They are deep underground.

"What do you..." Then Robin noticed something on the walls of the mine. "No..."

"That's right Robin. You fell right into my trap." Slade brought out a controller. "Welcome to your grave. Titans." Slade pushed the button.

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, BOOM!

Cyborg didn't know what to do. All around him, rocks were falling everywhere.

Starfire started blasting rock after rock after rock after rock.

Beast Boy changed into a gorilla as a huge boulder slammed above him. The boulder was too heavy for him, and he fell to his knees.

Raven created a bubble as rocks that continued to pound against her.

"Slade! You won't get away with this!" Robin screamed as rocks consumed the area.

Slade chuckled. "I already have." Slade walked out of the cavern.

The entire area was covered in rocks. All exits were blocked.

Outside the Mine

Slade took out a communicator. "Terra, are you done with your mission?"

Terra nodded. "I have. Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload are all free."

"Good." Slade smirked at the knowledge that everyone was going perfectly.

"And the Titans?" Terra wondered if they survived.

"They have been dealt with, for now." Slade looked back at the caved in mine. "They are now gone."

Terra blinked in complete amazement. "They, they, they're gone? Already?" 'No, it can't be true!'

Slade nodded. "Perhaps. But knowing Robin, I didn't expect him to fall for that trap so easily. Don't worry apprentice, I'm certain that they will be back. If not, well, there will be others that will question my rule of this city."

Terra nodded. 'They have to survive. All this is wrong. I...' "Understood." Terra's image disappears from Slade's controller.

Slade looked back at the cavern one more time. "Make me proud Robin. Be more of a challenge then this."

Mine

All there is was silence. Silence until...until the rocks started to rumble.

Robin popped his head out of the ground. Followed by Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Raven.

Beast Boy coughed a little. "Man, that was close."

Starfire shook her head from side to side, trying to get the dust out of her hair.

Robin looked at his team. "Is everyone alright?"

Cyborg looked at himself and nodded. "A little banged up but nothing too major."

Raven brushed her head. "I'm fine. I knew something was wrong about this."

"We can discuss this later." Robin turned his attention to Starfire and Beast Boy. "You two?"

Beast Boy rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm fine too."

Starfire coughed up before responding. "I am mostly undamaged."

Robin nodded. "Good. It is nice that everyone here is okay."

"Its great that Terra and Slade failed this time, or we would've truely been dead." Cyborg frowned at the thought.

Something clicked in Robin's head. "Except Terra wasn't here."

Raven realized this too. "We are surrounded by rocks, yet Slade didn't use this to his advantage by having Terra here?"

Beast Boy blinked. "Why would he do that?"

"Because he had her do something else." Robin frowned grew at the thought. "We're going to have one massive fight on our hands."

-------End of Chapter 9

Well, that's it for Chapter 9. The first new chapter I completed for all my stories (remember, I said I was working on four stories at once right now in order to save time. This one I just so happened to be the first). Sorry for the...lack of, well, Starfire and Raven fights. First, they can't because of Robin's threat. Although they did sort of get around that. :-P Second, we are heading into the homestretch. While I could've added a lot more (this chapter is pretty short I admit), I didn't really want to add too much since things are about to get really crazy (and this is without Starfire and Raven there!). That and I'm just happy to have this one done. Especially with the others still being written (and school work is getting up there).

And as you notice, I am bringing Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload in. And yes, that means that they will offer support to Terra in much the same way Aftershock Part 2 did. The exception though is, I don't want the Titans separated.

Next Chapter...the Titans receives help as Slade unleashes his plan. Can the Titans survive the onslaught? Until then...later!

Omake Time!

Robin looked at the two. "Um...girls, remember what I said?"

Starfire and Raven turned to Robin, replacing their angry expression with wide smiles. "Oh but Robin! We are not fighting each other!" Both hold a devious smile on their faces.

Robin blinked in realization. "Oh no." 'Maybe I should amend...'

Three girls pop up behind Robin. "Hi Robin!"

Starfire, Raven, and Robin stopped what they are doing. They all turned to see the new girls behind them.

They see three girls in cat suits. The first girl is in green, the second girl is in red, and the third girl is in yellow.

Clover took Robin's hand and led him behind the couch. "So Robin, what do you think about my new outfit?" Clover, wearing the red cat suit, poses for Robin.

"Uhhhhhh..." Robin didn't know what to say. Heck, he had absolutely no idea what the heck is going on. In fact...

Alex took Robin's hand and spins him around to her. "Say Robin, want to check out that new coffee shop? I heard it could be really nice and romantic?"

What is going on here?

Starfire and Raven gritted their teeth. Flames were shooting out of their eyes.

Sam is the next to approach Robin. "Robin, how about a movie?"

Ummmm...

"Hold it right their Sam." Clover narrowed her eyes at Sam. "I like, so saw him first!"

Okay, about this...

"No, I saw him first. And we are going to the movies!" Sam replied.

I don't think...

"SimmyC? What is going on here?" Raven closed her fist. "If those two don't get away from Robin..."

Starfire snorted. "There will be bloodshed if this continues."

SimmyC watched the scene from his directing chair. "Hold on, I'll think of..."

"No, he is going to the coffee shop with me!" Alex retorted.

CUT!

Sam, Clover, and Alex: (stopped what they were doing) Huh?

SimmyC: Um...girls, what the HELL ARE YOU DOING ON MY SET?

Clover: (Pushes Sam) You tell him Sam.

Sam: Me? It was your idea Clover!

Alex: Alright you two, I'm telling him. (Walks over to SimmyC) We're here for a job.

SimmyC: (scratches head) Job? What Job?

Alex: (looks embarrassed) Ummm...you see...

Sam: We need money to fix all the damages from our last mission.

SimmyC: Doesn't W.O.O.H.P pay for it?

Clover: They used to. But now Jerry is like, being so unreasonable right now, and so, he's like making us pay for it.

Alex: That is completely unfair!

Clover: Exactly. I mean those new shoes just arrived for the new season. How does he expect us to pay for all those damages?

Sam: I agree. But until we can change Jerry's mind, we are stuck with the bill.

Alex: So, what do say?

SimmyC: Ummm...

Clover: We can add to Robin's girlfriend list! It'll be so cool! I promise! Especially since Robin, is one hot dude. (Flaunts herself)

Robin: (Enters Dreamland)

Starfire and Raven: (Heads explodes. Leaving two charred heads with glowing eyes)

SimmyC: Ummm...I don't think so. I don't plan this story to have many girls...

Sam: Come on SimmyC! I mean, we're spies! (Gets into a karate stance) We could help kick Slade's butt!

Alex: Yeah. (Kicks a number of Slade robots) That Slade guy wouldn't know what hit him!

SimmyC: (Shakes his head) Look girls, I want to help you as much as I can.

Sam, Clover, and Alex: (All stare at SimmyC with sparkles in their eyes)

SimmyC: But I just don't have a job for you at this moment.

Sam: But SimmyC...

SimmyC: Security! Get these girls off the set.

Sam, Clover, and Alex: Eek! (Runs away from the huge security personal)

SimmyC: (Yells) Tell you what, I'll call you if there is a job for you!

Clover: Awesome! (Continues to run from the security)

-I am really sorry about that. :-P I hate, really hate to admit this, but I actually like "Totally Spies". Even though there are many reasons why I shouldn't like it (like having each episode basically following the same formula. Something happens, spies investigates, they get detained almost always with a few exceptions bad guy tells them their plans, spies escape, beat up the bad guy, and saved the day), I still really like it. Now, I have no plans of actually using them in a story, hence this Omake here. Probably the closes you'd see any Totally Spies characters from me.