Titans Together
By CrazyDeafGirl
Summary: This is a collection of one-shots concerning different possible futures and/or alternative universes.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or the title ("Titans together" was the motto of the New Teen Titans, year 1980) but I do own the contents of this collection.
I will have a one-shot for "Together Always" and "Howls of Night."
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Ruins of the World
The teenage girl listened to her grandfather talking about Old Earth, how it was before the War destroyed Earth. She listened as the old man describe green grass swaying in gentle wind, blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds, purple mountains towering above others, green trees reaching for the sky, crystal blue water sparkling and dancing in the sun, and, her favorite, the cities. She loved to imagine the tall buildings of steel and glass stretching into the sky, little houses with red roofs and green lawns littered around, the highways roaring with many cars and trucks.
The girl sat up; her grandfather is now saying of something new, she never heard it before. He is telling a story of people. But, the story is unlike any stories she heard before- this story is of people with powers. She listened as her grandfather talked on, imagining it in her head.
"There were people of all kinds. Deaf, blind, mute, handicapped, or healthy. White, black, Asian, all colors. But there were also powers. Power of flight, healing, shape changing, strength, or speed. But those such powers are rare, so rare they are called freaks of nature.
There was a team of teenagers with those powers. One had the power of animals, another is more machine than man, and one has the power of the sun whereas another's power comes from the darkness itself. But their leader is normal, no powers. The leader had honed his abilities and is extremely gifted at aerobics.
They were called the Teen Titans. Long ago, before the War began, they protect us. They put themselves at risk again and again, to protect the innocent. The country they lived in was the last world superpower before the War. The country was named the United States. The government there called upon the Teen Titans for a mission that no normal man could do.
The leader is a normal man, so he was not allowed to do it, but the others are not normal. One is more machine than man. One has the missing link between animals and man- basically, he is part animal. One is an alien, from the stars above our heads, and still another is part demon. They could do it.
They were sent to inspect an abandoned underground bunker. The bunker is dangerous, having higher level of radiation than normal. The four were sent down there in special suits created to protect them from the poison. But the leader protested; he too went under there in a suit. But something terrible happened; somebody sealed the only entrance.
Trapped, the Teen Titans could do nothing as they watched their leader slowly dying of radiation. After he had finally died, the four, driven by grief, tried to kill themselves. But they cannot, for they are too different, too powerful. So they settled for a hibernation that they would never awaken from.
They know that eventually the suits would wear out, lose their power. So they hoped that they would be poisoned, killed while sleeping. They slept through the War and through the New Beginning. It is rumored that they are still alive, still sleeping. The legend is that the radiation affects them differently; they did not died, but changed.
To this day nobody really knows the fate of the Teen Titans, possibly among the greatest people to ever lived."
The girl listened, silent, as her grandfather finished the tale of the teenage team. The old man smiled as he stood up and left. The girl did not respond; she was far away, so far it seems to be worlds away. She was quiet as her mind conjured up a image of four super powered teenagers, basically freaks of nature, slept in a dark room deep underground. The girl blinked. She could heard the bell ringing; it is time for supper.
She stood up, and as she walked, she paused, for she knows, deep in her heart, that the Teen Titans are still alive, hidden far away in the ruins of the world.
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Okay, now that you guys had read the one-shot of "Ruins of the World", please give me your opinions! And, as always, flames are welcomed, if not encouraged.