Last Time on Embodiment Frontier...
Raven, a former member of the Teen Titans, leaves her home of Azarath after receiving visions about the Earth. Her powers as an Azarathian Sage was put to the test when she meets two of her old friends, the robot Cyborg and the changeling, Beast Boy.
Meanwhile, Former Team Leader Robin, the Boy Wonder, and the Tamaranian, Starfire encounter a large metallic head at an old refinery in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. During the battle, the Titans were reunited, but after the battle, it turned bitter sweet when Robin and Starfire revealed that they were hunting an old nemesis...SLADE!
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"REUNIONS: PART II"
The photograph that Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy was definitely that of Slade.
"Okay! Let me get this straight!" Cyborg replied, "YOU MEAN TO TELL ME, IT'S BEEN FOUR LONG YEARS AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN CAUGHT THIS GUY YET?" His yelling caused Robin's hair to fly back.
"Trust me!" he said, "It wasn't that easy to find! When we all separated, Slade already left Gotham City. Even since then, we've been having a hard time finding until we had heard that he was at an old refinery at the Pacific Ocean; turned out to be a trap." "Even after all the information we gathered," Starfire began, "We haven't seen hide, nor hair of him! But, wait! Why aren't you back in your home of Azarath, Raven?"
"I think that's the reason she's here!" Beast Boy said with arms folded, "I think Slade has entered a vision in her mind. Maybe that's she consisting that the Earth is in danger." "Well, Raven?" Robin asked as everyone looked at her. Raven, opening her eyes half-way, said, "The truth is...Beast Boy isn't far off, this time. Although, I didn't quite see Slade endangering the world..." "But, how did Raven get such an image into her head?" Starfire asked, "She has never had an image in her head ever since Trigon tried to take over!"
"During my training as an Azarathian Sage," Raven began, "I've received something that took my ancestors their entire lives to learn. It's called The Sight. But, it was hard to believe that I could learn it so fast..."
"Well, we can talk about Raven's vision and about Slade later," Robin replied. "Yeah, like before we can do any "Maverick Hunting"," Cyborg began, "I feel like eating some bacon and waffles!" "Why does this always come down to food?" Raven said sweatdropping. "Sorry," Beast Boy said, "But, I got to go check on my room and see if it's clean!" "I agree!" Starfire said, "I'm must check my dormatory as well!" As the changeling and Tamaranian went up to their rooms, and Cyborg was busy raiding the refrigerator, Robin replied to Raven with a smile, "The truth is, I've never seen Beast Boy change this much before! He's definitely a lot more maturer!"
"Are you sure?" Raven said staring at the changeling, "I haven't really noticed..."
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Inside Beast Boy's Room...
The changeling silently walked inside his room. He looked around to see that the place was half-clean; the bed was made up, but the floor was all covered in trash. Smiling, he picked up the trash one-by-one, putting them in his trash can, until he stopped and viewed a photograph. Turning his smile downside-up, he crumbled the picture in his fist and threw it into the trash can.
"You okay?" a voice said. Beast Boy stood up and turned around with a questionable look on his face. He saw Raven standing in his doorway and replied, with a sigh, "I'm fine. I was just looking to see that I left everything the same way."
Raven, although worried about him, decided to change the subject. "Well," she began, "Robin and I were discussing your maturity. Usually, you'd be down in the kitchen with Cyborg about what to have to eat. And this would be your time of day to make jokes. I guess you've changed greatly; it kinda scares me, but..." Even though Raven never finished, Beast Boy just replied, with eyes closed, "I never changed. Just a part of me did; maybe I got over it, you know, being the comedy relief..." Then, without warning, Beast Boy wrapped his arms around Raven, giving her a hug. "Thank you for caring though..." Instead of backing, Raven showed heart and returned the hug. "It's okay," she said showing a small smile, "Besides, I'm your friend. I'm supposed to worry..."
Releasing their hug, Beast Boy walked past Raven and into the hallway. "I better go see what's in the refrigerator that's not expired or Cy hasn't eaten yet!" he said. Raven looked at him and asked one more question, "Why or How did you decide to change?" Stopping in the middle of the hallway, Beast Boy turned his head and replied, "Let's just say: I had to erase my past, from my present, to achieve my future."
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Inside Starfire's Room...
Starfire sat on her bed, changing the filter in her Star Blazer. Seconds later, she shifted her eyes to a picture of herself and the other Titans. She was very close to sheding tears as she started to shake up old memories...
...As Robin began shutting down the computer's mainframe to the Titans Tower, Starfire came up behind him. "I can't believe it's finally over," Starfire replied. "I can't believe it either, Star," Robin said looking sad as the computer went off-line, "The Titans are no more. But, we have to move on..." As he walked past the red-headed Tamaranian, he said to her, "There's no more reasons to stay here anymore." "Are you going to continue your pursuit in finding Slade?" Star said sheding a tear. "Yes...I am," the Boy Wonder said sighing, "I will not stop being who I am until I catch him! But, look...Starfire, you can make your own decisions now. If you choose to return back to your home planet of Tamaran, I understand..." As he walked forward, passed her, Starfire quickly grabbed and held his hand. She didn't plan on letting go, either. "I want...I want to stay," she began, "I want to stay with you, Robin. If you let me... Please..."
Nearing sunset, Robin stood on top of the roof of the tower, with new clothes. He stared at the sun without fear, nor hesitation; as if like a new life was about to begin in him. "I'm...ready," a voice replied. The Boy Wonder turned around to see the Tamaranian, Starfire walking towards him with new clothes as well; she looked more human than usual. "How do I look?" she said blushing a little. "You look great!" Robin said smiling at her. Seconds after, he held out a weapon that was in his hands. "I made this for you. It's called the Star Blazer. You can use this, just in case you decide to give your starbolts a rest." "Thank you, Robin," Starfire replied taking her new weapon. Then she stared at the sunset, as light breeze came from the South. "So, I guess this is it..." "Yeah...no more looking back after this..." "Robin," Starfire began as she closed her eyes, "I want to stay. I don't want to go back to Tamaran. AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE, I want to be there for you...forever." "I know you plan on it, Star," Robin said, "Because, every person on the face of this Earth, has a destiny or a purpose of living. And you chose to stay. I'm not gonna ask why..."
'One day, Robin...you'll understand...'
The memories disappeared a second later as Starfire heard the emergency alarm go off.
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Cyborg checked the radar as the others came up.
"What's going on, Cyborg!" Robin replied. "He finally towed away from the food to find something big!" Beast Boy replied. "And for once, BB's not lying!" Cyborg replied, "Take a look!"
As they look at the screen, they saw a gigantic machine attacking the city! "Robin, isn't that...!" Raven said unable to finish. "The mechaniloid from the old refinery!" Robin said. "But, it can't be!" Starfire said, "According to Robin, the giant robot is too old and rusted to even move!" "Well, it looks like it kicked in its auxiliary power," Cyborg said, "And it gets worse: That thing's got a whole lot of fire power to level the whole city!"
"Well," Beast Boy began, "If anybody around has any type of plan, I would love to hear it!" "There's one way..." Cyborg began.
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Inside Cyborg's Room...
The blue-talking human-robot hybrid showed up plans for a powerful weapon.
"This is my latest invention: The Blast Cannon Cy-85!" he said, "This weapon has an 180 degree range, and a powerful recoil effect after the fire is made." "Good," Robin said, "Then why don't we use it, now?" "This is the reason!"
The screen showed the mechaniloid's armor schematics. "That machine has indestructable armor!" Cyborg replied, "I can't get a good clean shot without it the attack bouncing off of its armor." "So, what do we do now?" Beast Boy replied. "I'll start charging the Blast Cannon; but it'll take nearly 15 minutes to charge up completely." "That's all we'll need!" Robin replied, "The rest of us we'll take the mechaniloid head-on!"
"Um...I hate to break up this team planning," Raven began, "But, Beast Boy can't to a thing against that machine; regardless of what animal he turns into!" "Don't worry, Rae!" BB said, "I'll stay here and help Cyborg! Who knows, you might be surprised!"
"Okay," Robin replied, "Starfire, Raven, and I will hold it off as fast as we can! You've got 15 minutes."
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The people were running out of harm's way as Robin, Raven, and Starfire entered the scene. "We have to be very careful," Robin said riding his motorcycle, "There might be a detenator inside the mechaniloid! So give very little shots as possible!"
"Then let's start off this!" Raven replied, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She fired a powerful scattered shots of black energy firing at the left arm. The shots exploded, but no result. The mechaniloid retaliated by throwing its electric chain, attached to its right arm, like a whip. Fortunately, Raven ducked out the way. Starfire flew upward to, at least, the mechaniloid's hieght and fired beams from her Star Blazer. It retaliated by lifting up its left arm, which was a gigantic machine gun and fired several rounds per second.
"That's enough!" Starfire shouted making her hands glow blocking every shot she can.
On the street, Robin, while the mechaniloid was distracted, took the opportunity and fired missiles from his cycle. The impact caused an explosion, but to no avail. "Damn it!" he whispered, "Can anything work?"
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Back at the tower, Beast Boy was monitoring the battle while Cyborg was preparing the blast cannon.
"Looks like they're holding their own for now!" Beast Boy said. "And the Blast Cannon is already up to at least seventy percent already!" Cyborg said, "It'll take another seven minutes to maximize it!" "I don't think they even have seven minutes, from the way they are now..."
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The mechaniloid fired its machine gun at Raven, but she used a shield, blocking the attacks. Then came Starfire, firing her Star Blazer trying to make an effective counterattack. Still, no avail at the gigantic robot whipped its chain-like whip, hitting the girls to the side. Meanwhile, Robin was able to ride on the side of the building, like an off-ramp. After getting at least to the mechaniloid's head, he jumped off the motorcycle, did a backwards somersault, and fired three disks that created explosions.
After getting back on his bike, in mid-air, he landed on top of a building looking at the mechaniloid's head as the smoke cleared. Robin had a fustrated look on his face, when it revealed that the results was as clear as day...NOTHING!
Seconds later, Raven and Starfire landed next to the Boy Wonder.
"Let me guess..." Robin said, "You two didn't have any luck either, eh?" "Not a damn one!" Raven replied, "No matter what we try, our attacks didn't seem to work!" "Looks like Cyborg was right; that thing is indestructable!" "Maybe not!" Starfire said, "The robot's machine-gun arm was shaken up a little, after I fired a few shot from my Blazer gun." "Good," Robin said, "We'll use that to our advantage! We'll give you at least enough time to launch an attack on the arm!" "Problem is..." Starfire said checking her filter, "I've got enough for two more shots, one if I charge it up!" "Then I'll try to force the arm into target position for you! Robin, do you think you can distracted long enough!"
"All over it!" Robin said smiling. Then he reved up his motorcycle and rode down the building. From there, he used a metal-like bondage rope to tie the mechaniloid's legs together. The robot moved its head downward, giving Raven ample time to launch her attack.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She shouted as her eyes turned white and making signs with her hands, "Spell of The Sages: Mind Bender!" Suddenly, the mechaniloid's left arm was surrounded in a black aura and it started to move all by itself. As it was reaching Starfire's target sight, she charged up her Star Blazer as it started to glow a normal-size green ball. "Now! Eat this, Creep!" Star shouted as she fired a powerful beam stronger than the usual. The beam moved so fast that it went inside the barrell of the machine gun. Moments later, an explosion came taking out the entire left arm.
"All right!" Robin said, "Way to go, Star!"
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"Awesome, Starfire did it!" Beast Boy said looking at the whole thing. "Yo, B!" Cyborg shouted, "Quit watching TV and help me with the Cannon! Go to the Living Room and check the percentage and the robot schematics again!" "All over it!"
Entering the Living Room, Beast Boy checked the percentage of the Blast Cannon; it read ninety percent done. "Well, it's looking good so far!" he said, then checked the mechaniloid's schematics again. But, his smile disappeared when the Changeling saw something he shouldn't have seen...
Beast Boy pressed a button to a machine with a mini-mic attached to it. "Uh...Cy..?" he said with tremble in his voice, "I just found something about that thing that you may not like..."
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The destruction of the left arm caused the mechaniloid's torso and above to be off level with its legs. "Nice shooting, Starfire!" Raven said. "Thanks, I practice a little!" Starfire replied as Robin joined them. "Now, all we have to do..." the Boy Wonder began, "...is destroy the other arm, and it'll be defensive!"
"I don't think that's a very good idea, Robin!" a voice said contacting through Robin's communicator. "Cyborg, what's wrong?" Robin said talking into the communicator. "Everything's wrong!" Beast Boy replying through Raven's mind. "What happened!" Starfire said. "BB found something very intresting about that mechaniloid! There's a powerful Laser Mechanism built inside the robot's torso!"
"It gets even worse!" Beast Boy replied, "It seems though that laser have more than enough power to take out the city in one shot! You have to make sure that the Torso Latch does not open!" "Then we'll have no other choice, but to make sure that the Blast Cannon is ready!" Robin said cutting off communications with Cyborg; as well as Raven losing contact with BB. "But, what if the Mechanism is ready before that?" Raven asked. "Then we'll just have to force it shut!"
"um...Guys!" Starfire said nervously, "I hate to break this plan of stragety, but...!" The Tamaranian pointed towards the robot that was, indeed, opening the Torso Latch!
Thinking quickly, Raven launched black energy to keep the latch from opening. "I won't be able to hold it, forever!" she said struggling. Seconds later, Starfire came into the mix and used her Tamaranian strength to push one of the latches back into place. "Cyborg!" Robin shouted, "The mechaniloid's latches are about to open! If you're gonna launch the Blast Cannon, you better do it, NOW!"
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"But, the Cannon's already at ninety-five percent!" Beast Boy shouted, "We need more time, Robin!" "We don't have that much time!" Cyborg said sitting at the controls of the Blast Cannon, "Let's launch it, NOW!"
Forgetting his worry, Beast Boy nodded his head. "I'll prepare myself as well!" he said transforming into a bird and flying inside the Blast Cannon's barrell.
"Activating Cy-85 Blast Cannon operations!" Cyborg said as the Cannon appeared on top of the Titans Tower aiming its barrell at the mechaniloid. Inside the barrell, Beast Boy reform into human form and shouted into the mic, "Cyborg! I'm ready whenever you are!" "Acknowledged!" Cyborg said, who was now speaking to Robin, "Robin, we're already set over here! When I give the word, I want you to move and run for cover!"
After breaking contact, Cyborg continued.
"Begining Phase One..." he said as, inside the Cannon, a platform began to rise underneath Beast Boy's feet. Then on both sides of him, there were two voltage conductors.
"Begining Phase Two..." Cyborg continued as blue electricity began to engage the conductors, the changeling was surrounding him. 'All readings, green!' "Phase Three is nearly ready...!"
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With the attempts of Raven and Starfire, trying to hold the latches from opening, were no use. "Okay, Robin!" Cyborg replied speaking through the communicator, "On my mark...NOW!"
Hearing that, Robin ducked out of the way as Raven and Starfire flew out the way as the Torso Latch opened and the laser began to fire. "Cyborg, NOW!" Robin shouted as the mechaniloid fired a thin beam at the Titans Tower.
"Phase Three...Ready and Fire!"
Pulling the trigger, the Blast Cannon launched Beast Boy like a shooting star with electrical sparks surrounding him. "Time to give it more speed!" he shouted as transformed into some kind of animal giving off a powerful spin increasing its power, as well as speed.
Beast Boy was able to repel the laser and drove through and out of the mechaniloid's torso, causing an explosion. But, the impact was so strong, it caused the robot to be pushed backwards into the river. Then the explosion destroyed the rest of the mechaniloid as it fell in the water. Seconds later, Raven and Starfire flew over the river watching the wreckrage.
"Just plain AWESOME!" Starfire replied. "Ditto!" Raven replied, "That Blast Cannon actually works!"
"HEYYYYYYY!" a voice shouted. Raven looked down and saw somebody in the water. "Beast Boy?" "Aren't you guys gonna stand there and watch the robot?" the Changeling shouted, "Or are you gonna give me a lift!"
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again..." Cyborg replied, "BOO-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
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Back At Titans Tower...
Everyone was sitting on the couch in the Living Room.
"I can't believe that you became the bullet for the Blast Cannon!" Raven said. "Trust me!" Beast Boy said, "That ain't the first time I've been shot out of a cannon!"
"I've checked once more on the schematics on the mechaniloid!" Cyborg said entering the scene, "The auxillary power never kicked in by itself. Somebody triggered the power." "My guess it was all Slade's doing!" Robin said, "But, that would be way too easy!"
"Most definitely!" Raven replied, "I couldn't sense anybody inside that thing... Apparently, the mechaniloid was nothing more than a puppet..." "Well, all the more reason not to split up again!" Beast Boy replied. "Beast Boy?" Starfire said, "Are you saying you're not going to leave?" "Are you kidding me? I've forget how fun it was too team-up with you again! There's no way I'm leaving!" "I kinda agree with BB on this one!" Cyborg said, "I need to try out my new vehicles and stuff to be ready for whoever wants to take us on!"
"I agree with them, as well!" Raven replied, "I already told my mother that I'm not coming back to Azarath. So, I'm in!" "I guess it's three votes to two!" Robin said. "All right, the Titans are reunited at last!" Starfire shouted in happiness. 'Well...it looks like the Titans are back together again...' Robin thought, 'With a whole new chapter in store...'
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Unknown...
"I'm impressed...Robin and Starfire have defeated the mechaniloid, I reprogrammed. No matter, they'll never realize my real plan unitl it's too late..."
"Then, they'll suffer...COMPLETELY!"
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Next Episode:
Robin: Star, who's the baby?
Starfire: I'd found him abandoned in an alley. And I think somebody is after him!
Raven: Then you better make sure that whoever is after him, doesn't!
Starfire: Don't worry, I'll protect him no matter what!
"MOTHER, MAY I?"
Starfire: Just like a mother, you hurt my child, and I'll kill you!