WeaselChick: I'm a bad person. Neglecting my story for so long. Eh. Oh well. Updation, yo.

After what seemed like forever of running, Thorn halted in a dark room. He paused, raised another rock wall, and then led Dayna over to a neatly carved hole in the rock wall. "Dayna," he said lowly, pushing her into it. "You're staying here until I finish this." With that, he presed the gem on the top of the cane and a prison-like door shot up from the floor and connected to the top.

"You're keeping me in rock prison?" Dayna asked, gripping two of the bars. "I've had enough of these cages, you know."

Thorn only smirked.

"All right, fine, don't answer me." Dayna sighed, let go of the bars, and sank to the floor. "Now what are you going to do?"

"Talk with Mystery," Thorn answered, turning, eyes closed, to the bright form that had just appeared in the room. "Yes?"

Mystery sighed. Her black jumpsuit was burned in several places, along with the skin underneath, and she was covered in many scratches and bruises. "Things aren't going so well, Thorn," she said calmly. "That bastard Drake is one hell of a fighter. He was helped by Cyborg and Starfire and now they're all on their way up here. Along with that stupid green kid."

Thorn sighed. "Guess it's just up to us now," he said thoughtfully. "Although... What happened with dear Terra?"

"Slade's gotten preoccupied with that Rorek boy," Mystery explained. "He isn't paying attention to Terra anymore and now she's gotten herself knocked out."

"Unconscious..." Thorn muttered, tapping his forehead with one finger. "If I remember how I work," he muttered to hiimself, not noticing the odd looks he was recieving from Mystery. "That means that..." He paused, realization dawning. "Shit. She's herself again."

Dayna, who had been listening to them intently, grinned. The Titans would defintely win this.

"How's X?" Thorn asked, turning his attention back to Mystery.

"I don't know," Mystery addmitted. "He hasn't come back from his fight with Raven yet. For all I know-"

And that was when Red X himself appeared in front of the rock wall, maskless and smirking as blood continued to run down his face. "How's it hangin, Thorn?" he asked casually.

Thorn raised one eyebrow. "Hmm? Did you defeat Raven?"

Xanka shrugged. "Eh. Maybe." He smirked at the glare Thorn sent him. "Or maybe not."

"Answer me!" Thorn barked.

Xanka nodded. "All right." He shot forward, fist out, catching Thorn in the jaw and throwing him backwards. "How's that for an answer, you son of a bitch?" he taunted.

Dayna grinned wider as Thorn lifted himself up on one elbow, wiping blood off his face with the other. Mystery was currently glaring at Xanka, who was smirking back. "I'll kill you," Thorn snarled. "I don't know how you released yourself from my hold, but you're dead." Xanka merely stepped closer to the wall as the rock wall behind him exploded, showing Beast Boy in rhino form, Cyborg, Starfire, and Drake.Thorn lept to his feet and stood back to back with Mystery as another part of the rock wall burst, allowing Terra, Raven, and Robin to step through. "So," Thorn said with his usual calm. "You've all figured it out. Feel smart. Not many people fully grasp what I can do." He paused. "Oh. I almost forgot. I suggest one of you help your friend." He grinned and pointed the cane in his hand towards one wall of the room, pressing down on the gem at the top.

Suddenly, the screen emitted a dull light, brightening until it showed a freezeframe photograph of Slade and a very beat up Rorek. The entire room seemed to freeze as the Titans and their allies stared at the screen. In one fluid motion, Mystery held up her hands and fired out two energy beams, hitting Drake and Cyborg. The Titans snapped back into reality as Mystery started laughing and attacked. Starfire repeatedly shot out starbolts at both Mystery and Thorn, several hitting their targets, and the others being dodged. Cyborg sat up and fired a sonic blast at Mystery, who was busy dodging starbolts and chunks of rocks, hitting her in the back and sending her to the ground.

Thorn shot back to the wall, crouching down next to Dayna as another of Cyborg's blasts shook loose a piece of the ceiling. Narrowly missing him, the chunk of ceiling crashed into the ground in front of him, hiding him from view of the Titans. "What are you doing?" Dayna hissed, keeping her eyes on the battle in front of her. "Mystery'll lose to all of them at once."

"I know," Thorn whispered back.

Dayna opened her mouth to say something again, but before she could, the rock prison door in front of her dissolved. She sent a look at Thorn, who reached up and snatched the locket off her neck. "Thorn, what-"

"Go," Thorn whispered, turning her at the shoulders and pushing her into the battle.

Dayna paused, wondering exactly what Thorn wanted her to do. In front of her, Mystery shot a beam of energy at Beast Boy while dodging Starfire's starbolts. As Beast Boy collasped to the ground, Robin tossed several weapons at Mystery and Cyborg fired another blast. Dayna blinked and scanned the area, noticing Xanka perching on a hole high up on the wall. Figuring he was searching for Thorn, she spotted Raven standing by Beast Boy now, another figure lying beside her. So she got Rorek that fast? That means Slade must be coming soon... Or maybe he left... Sincerely hoping Slade had left, Dayna took a deep breath and ran across what had become a small battle field over to another hole in the wall. Looking down, she spotted Slade standing at the base of the building, seemingly surveying the fallen HIVE members scattered around.

"Friend Dayna!"

Dayna turned and looked up at Starfire, who was hovering a few inches off the ground.

"Please, Dayna. Where is Thorn?" Starfire asked.

Dayna paused, before pointing over to the chunk of the ceiling. "Over there," she muttered. Starfire nodded and zipped between various weapons and magic and energy beams to where she had pointed. Xanka jumped swiftly beside her as she lifted the chunk of ceiling and threw it wildly. Before either of them could do anything, Xanka was kicked backwards into one of Cyborg's sonic blasts. Starfire shot back into the air and flew backwards about five feet as Thorn stood up, grinning.

"Well, Titans?" he said. "Let's make this memorable." The diamond on his forehead gleamed as it changed shades again, going from gray to silver in a split second.

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WeaselChick: See? Updation! And Thorn's goin all demon on them. Fun, ya?

Enjoy it, for I have on clue how long it'll be until I update again.

Fanfiction's ruler thingy isn't working anymore... It worked at the top, but not at the bottom. Weird.