Rocky Territory
By Letselina
Chapter Seven
Aftershock
"Robin!" the high-pitched squeal came.
The Boy Wonder opened his eyes groggily, finally coming up from the earth-tunnel. Within moments, Starfire was by his side, checking up on him as she had before.
"What happened?" Cyborg asked.
Robin cocked his head to one side, "Nothing happened that you guys didn't see..."
"You were the first one down. It took you ten minutes after Raven came up to get here," the meta-human explained.
"Yes, we were worried about you," Starfire said gently.
"It did seem to take forever," he replied, thinking as he spoke. "I don't know why either... I feel tired..."
"If you were in those tunnels for that long, it makes sense. There's a limited amount of oxygen underground," Cyborg figured, "Lack of oxygen made you tired."
Robin stood up tiredly, "Where are we?"
"A cell of some sort, I guess," Cyborg said, "We're still in the building."
White walls, white ceiling, white floor. There was nothing but a window on the far left, and it was dark on the other side.
"Raven..." Robin glanced at the dark teen.
"What do you want?" she said in a monotone. Her hood fell over her eyes, as normal, and she sat in one of the corners, her knees against her chest.
"Can you do something about that window?" he asked, pointing a gloved finger to the only possible escape.
"No." Raven didn't move.
Raising an eyebrow in confusion, Robin spoke, "Raven, we need to get out of here. We need to find Beastboy..."
Raven sighed, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Her hand pointed toward the window, as if to remove or break it, but nothing happened.
"You could have just told us that you're powers didn't work, you know," Robin said gently, unsure of the female's mood.
"This room was built to conceal my powers, as well as Starfire's," Raven replied nonchalantly.
"It is true," Starfire spoke up, "I cannot summon any sort of my power."
"Slade.. he's always one step ahead..." growled Robin.
"No... Terra is," Raven put in.
"I can't believe it... After all this time..." Cyborg sat on the ground, staring at the wall. "Terra was the villain."
"She certainly has a way in fooling us..." the alien replied.
"We have to find Beastboy," Robin said, punching a fist into his palm. "We have to get out of here."
"Robin, this room is impregnable. We have already tried," Starfire said softly.
The masked hero shook his head, "We'll find a way... There has to be something. There--"
A loud crash interrupted Robin, and the four Titans jumped up. While they had been speaking, two figures had entered the next room. Scurring to the window, the quartet gasped simultanously.
"Beastboy!" Starfire cried.
"Terra's attacking him," Raven said, pointing a gray finger toward her right.
Beastboy was smashed into the wall, letting out a yelp of pain as he hit the ground. He was confused at the sudden attack, but had no intention of passing up the chance given to him. If he could defeat Gaia, he could escape and find the other Titans. Without wasting any time, he shifted into a hawk, flying high in the cave-like room.
The Terra look-alike whipped rocks after him, her golden power lighting up the cave. She pivoted on her heel, following the green bird.
The hawk swooped down to the ground, his small body rapidly growing in size as he shifted into a wolf. His thoughts were set only on attacking the blonde as he sped toward her.
Gaia smirked, another boulder flying toward the changeling. Smashing into his side, the boulder lost its golden aura. 'Too easy.'
Beastboy returned to his human form, moving from under the boulder. Something loud pounded in his head as he shifted into a rhinoceros, pummeling toward Gaia again. He was only feet away when the ground shot up beneath him, sending him toward the ceiling.
Quick reflexes allowed the changeling to change into a small rodent, leaping off the rock before it smashed into the ceiling. Before he could hit the ground, he shifted into a raven, beating his wings to hover over the ground. Mind racing, the dark green raven flew toward the earth-shifter, circling over her.
Gaia pounded her fists into the ground, causing large pointed rocks to shoot at the changeling.
Before he could be hit, Beastboy shifted into a large bear, preparing to crash upon Gaia.
The blonde, however, had other ideas. Two large hands made of rock slammed into the evergreen bear. The held him firmly in their grasp, not letting go as he frantically shifted into an array of different animals. After a moment of this, Gaia flicked her wrist in the direction of the nearest wall, and the two rock hands obeyed, smashing the green Titan into the rocky wall.
"We have to help him!" shrieked the red-haired Titan. She pounded her fists against the thick glass of the window. Yet, not even her alien strength was enough to penetrate the glass.
"What is she doing?" Cyborg yelled, following Starfire's lead. "She's going to--"
"Don't say it!" Starfire interrupted loudly. "Sh-she would never..."
"Come on Beastboy!" Robin urged, pounding against the glass. "You have to get up!"
The three Titans continued to work on the window, but the fourth stood silently behind.
"It isn't going to work."
"We have to try!" the Tamaranean cried. "We cannot just sit here while our friend is being hurt!"
Beastboy climbed to his feet, his head pounding from the injuries he had gained. 'Have to keep fighting...' he thought tiredly. Already he could tell he was going to lose - but he had to know why. Had Terra awakened? Did they not need him anymore? Why were they doing it in the way they were?"
Charging at the blonde, he shifted into a mighty dinosour, preparing to attack.
Gaia snickered, her fingers bathed in golden light. The ground around her shook and trembled, and split. Beneath the green dinosour, the earth collapsed, falling down.
The changeling changed again into a hawk, flying out of the large hole in the ground. When he came across ground that wouldn't collapse, he landed, shifting into a wolf.
The earthmover continued to smirk darkly as she used her power. Large chunks from the ceiling began to fall, causing clouds of dust to rise. She lifted a small bit of ground that she stood on, and hovered in the air.
"Starfire - we can't get out!" Raven hissed, "We've tried everything!"
"We have to keep trying!" the alien yelled.
"Star! Rae! This is not a good time!" the metahuman shouted, catching the arguing girls' attention.
"We will get out of here. We will save Beastboy!" the leader of the team assured.
"No..." the dark female gasped quietly. There was a trace of fear in her voice, but she would later deny it. Her attention had quickly been drawn away from the argument.
"Beastboy!" Starfire whispered again, pressing her face against the glass like a child at the zoo. Her large emerald eyes filled with tears.
"She can't--" Cyborg put his metal hands against the glass. He was not the kind of person who was often afraid, but like his gray-skinned teammate, there was no way to disregard the fear in his heart.
Beastboy whimpered, shifting finally into his human form. He had been lucky to dodge most of the falling ceiling, but not lucky enough. His lupine leg had gotten caught under a large boulder.
"Well, well, well." Gaia strutted over, Terra's voice and body causing the changeling to shudder. The golden light like small fireflies danced upon her fingers. "What do we have here?" An evil smirk was hardly concealed as she lifted a rock above the green Titan. The large rock sharpened itself, creating a deadly point that hovered over Beastboy's face.
'She's going to kill me.' It was all he could think. The lonely thought screamed in his mind. 'But this time, there's no will to save me...' Beastboy stared at the point of the rock, tears burning in his eyes. Yet, he would not let them fall. He would not show any weakness.
"Bye bye Beastboy," Gaia waved slightly. The sharpened boulder fell with a sickening crack.
The only noise after the echo had faded was the screams of four Titans as the doppleganger muttered, "One down, four to go."
A/N: Oh no! Beastboy! What's going to happen! I guess I don't have much to say, except I have eight days left of school - which are mostly finals anyway. I'm sorry I take so long to update - but summer will be here soon, and I'll be able to update at least once a week, instead of once a month. Review before you click that little 'x' in the right hand corner of your screen! - Letselina