WeaselChick: This is all I've got for now. Inspiration hit, then left in like ten minutes. So bare with me.
Red X and Mystery glanced at each other before splitting up. Red X headed for Cyborg, Mystery went for Starfire. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at Red X; he dogded and the blast narrowly missed his belt. "Watch where you fire those," he told Cyborg, dodging another blast. "You could disable my belt."
"Tell me that one doesn't run on zinothium too," Cyborg said, firing a blast at Red X, who was in midair.
"You heard what I told Robin, huh?" Red X said, kicking Cyborg in the head. "Well, it is a lot of fun to have a suit that runs on such a dangerous chemical, don't you think?"
"I think you're crazy!" Cyborg said, grabbing his arm and flipping him over his back.
Red X reached down to his belt. "And I think you're goin down," he taunted, pressing the button in the middle in his belt. Nothing happened. "You have got to be kidding me," Red X muttered, standing up and pressing it again.
Cyborg put his sonic cannon in Red X's face and fired, sending Red X crashing through the wall. "Booya!" Cyborg exclaimed, turning to help Starfire.
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Out in the hallway, Terra was running as fast as she could and nearly tripped over an unconscious Red X. She stopped, looked over the rubble he had collasped in, then through the hole in the wall. She spotted Cyborg and her eyes narrowed. Reaching inside her long coat, she pulled a cane out of one of the pockets. With one hand, she sent rocks flying from the pile of rubble into the room and made them hit Cyborg. She continued to do this until he was covered, then looked up to watch Mystery battle with Starfire.
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Mystery dodged Starfire's starbolts skillfully, firing her energy blasts when she could. Angry, she teleported behind Starfire and punched her in the back of the head. As Starfire flew forward, Mystery fired another energy blast that connected with her back at the same time a large rock did. Mystery touched down as Terra stepped into the room.
"Send them back to their tower," Mystery told her.
Terra nodded and pressed the red ruby on top of the cane. The Titans shimmered, then vanished. Terra looked at the cane in her hand and shrugged. "Don't even ask me how that happens," she told Mystery.
Mystery sighed. "Whatever, Terra. Where's Thorn?"
"He said he had an appointment," Terra said, putting the can back in her coat. "Why?"
"Cause someone's cleaning this mess up, and it ain't me."
Terra blinked and looked around the battle scene. There were rocks everywhere, Dayna's cage had been destroyed, holes had been blasted in the walls, and the only thing that wasn't demolished was Red X's computer. Terra let out a whistle. "We are in trouble."
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Thorn lowered his hand from Slade's head as the rock fell. "Work for me or I'll leave you like this," he told Slade quickly. "And you had better give me an answer soon, because I am not in the mood to wait."
Slade narrowed the one eye that could be seen. "No. I work alone."
"All right then," Thorn said, turning around and beginning to walk off. "Although, I was looking forward to destroying the Titans with you." He let out a fake sigh. "But I guess all the glory shall be mine."
Slade watched him as he began to walk off. His arms were beginning to get tired in the awkward position they had been frozen in. "Fine," he said distastefully. "I'll work for you. But only to destroy the Titans."
Thorn grinned under the protection of his hood. "Great," he said, turning back and walking back up to him. He placed his hand on Slade's shoulder and turned to rock to dust. Unfortunately, the magic and fire remained. "That can't be helped," Thorn said. "I am sure it will disappear in a few hours though."
Slade glared at Thorn, his uncovered eye narrowing even more.
Thorn ignored the stare and pulled his communicator off of his belt. "Terra, I need Mystery to teleport over to where I am and pick up Slade," he said as soon as Terra appeared in the screen. She nodded and relayed the message to Mystery.
"She wants to know where you are," Terra told him.
"Just tell her to think where Slade is and it'll work," Thorn told her, closing the communicator. "You," he said, turning to Slade. "stay right here. I have something else to do."
"And why should I?'
Thorn reached the door of the large room and stopped. "Because otherwise I'll have my team destroy you," he replied, then left.
WeaselChick: I have no idea how long it will be next time, as my inspiration just seems to come and go at the oddest times. But at least I got the battle over with. And now the other stuff
Thanks:
Wolf of the Blue Moon: fav story and story alert list
ArcherGirl87: fav author list
Preview for next chapter: What's in my brain? What happened to Red X's belt, what is Thorn doing, how are the Titans doing nnow that they've had their first encounter with Thorn and his team, and when Thorn picks up Dayna. That'll be a while, since he forgets about her in a fit of rage.
And now I command you to hit the little button. I mean it. Click the little button.