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.
This may seems a little weird, but I like it.
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Give Them a Home
"Be careful, now. Don't stay out too late." The mother nervously said, "And be sure to take Killer with you." The children nodded as their mother gave the leash containing a pit bull to them. The older girl took the leash in her right hand and clutched her younger sister's hand with her left hand.
Skipping off the steps, the sisters and the dog trotted on, unaware of the mother crying silently. A teenager girl laid her hand on the mother's shoulder. "Tessa's a big girl, Madison will be fine with her and Killer." A pause. "Why did we name him Killer, anyway?" The mother smiled as she answered,
"Because he's a pit bull and when we just got him, I was nearly raped but he… well, killed the guy and seriously wounded the others." Silence. The older girl stared on, her eyes glazing over. "Amber, what's wrong?" The girl glanced at her mother before taking off, running. "Now what was all that about?"
Please be safe, Amber prayed fervently as she ran, please be safe. Running, she hopped over a barbed-wired fence, landing heavily on the ground. Sprinting off again, one thought ran through her head, Good thing I have strong legs. Mind on only one thing- her sisters- Amber ran on.
Back at the house, the mother trembled as she sat down on the sofa. Oh, how she longed for the days before they came. Back then, children could play outside without fear, people could go anywhere without making sure their will had been written. Why do they have to come? No, not that- why were they born at all? Their parents should suffer horrible fate for letting such… monsters live. Oh, please let Amber find the others, the mother hoped, staring at the empty wall. Her eldest daughter had a nasty tendency to sense something awful before it happened. And Amber never was wrong.
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Breaths coming out in gasps, Amber nearly cried as she finally saw her sisters and Killer. "Wait!" Running up to them, she carefully explained, and in carefully, I meant she was panicking. "You listen! Go immediately inside! Don't stall any longer! It's not safe! GO!" At her words, Tessa let go of Killer and picked up Madison, running for all she's worth, to the nearby church. Killer growled as he circled Amber, stopping and snarling at a dark alley.
Trembling, Amber stepped back. Her stomach sank, and she looked up. A bright streak shot overhead, blood trailing. Some droplets landed around and on Amber and Killer. The thing landed in the alley and Amber gasped. A small child, eyes blank! They had killed another kid, and as Amber watched with horror, another being crept out of the dark alley, grabbing the dead girl.
Shuddering, Amber stepped back, but a growl from Killer stopped her. The first being watched indifferently as the second one tore the girl's stomach apart. Sinking its claws inside, the being smiled a dangerous grin as it ate the flesh and blood off its claws. It continued that, tearing off flesh and eating it, the pace grew faster and faster until finally in a frenzy, the being sank its face inside the guts of the girl, sucking up the blood and tearing away at the insides.
Amber gagged, deathly pale. When the being finally finished feasting, the first one took the skeleton, with skin and some of the organs intact but missing a huge chuck around its middle, and tossed the girl away. They both turned to Amber.
Gulping, she stepped behind Killer, taking a fighting stance. A voice cut her off. "Fool. You have no need to do that. I take only small children for my partner." Amber's eyes burned as she spitefully spat out,
"Small children? Why do you take them? That's horrible and sick!" A raspy throaty laughter cut her off as the blood-drenched being croaked out,
I eat only children… I find the older ones' taste rather… old. Amber scowled, staring at the beings.
"Who… what are you?" She asked, glancing uneasily at them. The first one laughed, a horrible screeching sound, as it answered,
"What are we? My, aren't you clever. Very well, I will answer. I am from the stars, and I was trained to be the ultimate warrior. My friend-" It was cut off by Amber snapping,
"Friend!.? How can that… thing be your friend!.?" The being soaked with blood frowned as the other one answered,
"My partner is my best friend, actually. Don't you have a best friend, too? Who says we can't be friends? Anyway, my friend," The being emphasized the word, "Came from a different dimension, and due to her heritage-" The being was cut off yet again as Amber asked,
"Her?" The one covered in blood growled lightly as the first one snapped,
"Yes. Her. Will you stop cutting in? I'm female, too. Now, my friend, as I said, due to her heritage, cannot battle the need to feast upon flesh, and since we're here, we figure she could eat small human children." The being finally finished, looking at Amber.
Amber shook her head, clutching at Killer's collar, staring at them. The blood-drenched one turned her head to stare at the first one, muttering, We need to go. I do not wish for him to find us here. The other one nodded as she rose into the air, streaking away. The bloody one turned to Amber who jerkily jumped backwards.
Two eyes met Amber's blue ones. The eyes were blood red, just as red as the dead girl's blood, but as Amber squinted her eyes, she saw that the eyes actually weren't pure red. Instead, the rim of the irises was red, while the inside, circling the small pupils, were dark sapphire. As the eyes gazed into each other, the red eyes closed halfway as something opened above them.
"What the!.?" Amber cried out as a second pair of eyes opened, the same color as the first one. Scooting backwards, Amber watched as the figure, soaked in blood and the four eyes staring at her, swirled around and melted into the darkness.
Sitting there, Amber didn't move even when Killer licked her face, whimpering. What… what are those… things?
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"Where were you?" The man demanded angrily, staring spitefully at the women sitting in front of him. The one in skimpy clothes coolly rose her emerald eyes to meet the man's as she replied,
"I was merely… finding a meal for her." The man shook his head, snarling,
"That's obvious, judging from the blood! But that's not the point! I said you two were never to go outside during daylight, ever!" The second woman, completely covered with blood, snarled as her four eyes stared hatefully at the man,
You did not allow me to eat for the past three days, the hunger was too great for me to control. You must let me feast every night, or we shall go out during the day. The man shook his head venomously as he hollered,
"No! I will not let you kill every night! You also can't go outside during day! If you eat that often, then they will find us, and it will be your fault! You understand!.?" The women stared, mouths clamped tight. The second man finally spoke up, the voice raspy as it had not been used for a long time.
"Let 'em off the hook. I an' he'll deal with 'em, al'right?" The first man growled as he stalked off, grumbling. The second man sighed as his robotic hand wiped away at his human portion of head. "Man, he's sure gettin' uptight. Wonder why?"
The green creature hopped onto the robot's back, growling, "I didn't know… but I do know that we need to do something about the city… it refuse to accept us, to help us…" The woman in skimpy clothes laughed as she snapped,
"Accept us? They will never accept Raven and me, never." The four-eyed woman nodded, agreeing. The robot sighed, saying,
"But, Starfire… Beast, I think she's right… I mean, who would let a robot like me live with them?" The green creature hopped off his friend as he snarled,
"No. We never tried. Maybe they will let us stay with them. Please, Robot. I don't want to live like this." The four-eyed woman, Raven, stood, her torn cloak heavy with blood as she stepped close to Robot and Beast, hoarsely croaking out,
And why should we give them that chance? Humans are bumbling fools. They cannot accept what is different. Starfire nodded, pulling Raven back into her seat as Robot grasped Beast's leg, pulling him away from Raven. The four sighed, turning to gaze at the sunset. Soon, night will come, and if they are lucky, they will be allowed to roam outside. Someday, they hope, they will find a home, a home where they won't have to kill.
But they knew, deep in their hearts, the world will never give them a home.
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Wow… talk about sad… I hope it's not too like Sing of Life- well, it wasn't. As seeing they were raised that way… wow.
Basically, the story's about evil Titans, only four of them didn't like it. Huh. I really like this one-shot, although it's kinda grisly.
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