Insaneiac: I warn you all, coffee has been in short supply, and the friendly voices in my head have managed to become loosed. You have all been warned. After this is done… I am going to try my hand at something new with Teen Titans…at least I hope it will be new. I'll but it blatantly, it'll be revolving around Slade again…but not with Robin. At least, not primarily. More revealed as more is done. For now, enjoy.

Reviews

Alexnandru Van Gordon: I hate me too. I know, I have good luck with little quips in this, and hopefully I'll continue with my luck. Enjoy

Rebel-Aquarius: Argh, another Terra hater! What did she do to piss the world off…other than the obvious? Cha, it's okay, we all have preferences. For instance, I hate Cyborg with every fiber of my being… it's a curse. And yes, fights are real hard to write right, but I seem to have (at least I hope I do) a knack for them.

Asilla: WOOHOO. Another new reviewer. I can die happy. Welcome to the cult…Hopefully you don't hate Terra too, but if you do you'd fit right in. You joined in at a prime time, as the fights are really getting serious now. Hope you like Blink, and enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: Don't own em, just Damian Grace. He's actually a nice person, just a bit violent.

If anyone was to ask what was the most ominous, most frightening sound in the world, the silence before battle would easily be the answer. The brief few seconds just before the first inevitable strike. The period of time as bodies moved to defend or attack seemed like an eternity, but the eerie silence that filled the battlefield, the seemingly void like music that filled the holes in time, just before the first strike hit home.

Time would slow to nearly a crawl, and the silence would sing its song of damnation and ruin, before everything fell back into its natural order, and the chaotic song of war and the dance of life and dance resumed.

And as silence finished its woeful song, Robin's bo-staff landed against another bo-staff. In the period of time available, Blink had created a tangible weapon of his own out of his energy, and narrowly in time, deflected the lethal blow Robin attempted to deliver. With a quick push, Blink delivered enough force to toss Robin back, and split them apart for a brief moment. Both combatants spun their staves into attacking position, and charged.

The first blow had been matched by both, delivering a loud clash as the weapons clanged into each other. Blink spun to his left, and attempted to slam his staff into Robin's ribs, only to be blocked. Robin attempted a kick to Blink's unprotected right side, and met with a wall of energy. The two pushed away, and just as Robin went to attack again, Blink whipped by him on a flying stone, and delivered a stunning blow to his back.

Robin stumbled forward, giving him time to loose three S shaped explosives directly at Terra, sending her flying backwards. Using his basic instincts, Robin ducked to the ground, dodging a lethal looking swing of a staff. A quick thrust later and Blink flew backwards, his chest aching from the sudden blow.

Truly, the battle for the future of the world had begun. And it was not between a villain and a hero. It was not between good and light. It was between one madman's twisted projects. It was a war between the three products of a mastermind's games. The world had, for but a brief but seemingly eternal second, taken the back seat and allowed for the fight between the two failures, and the single apotheosis of Slade's plans.

Yet, light was on its way…in the form of a group of three noble heroes who sought to save their friend, and save the day. With no true knowledge of what they were to face, or what the true extent of Slade's plans were, what more could these heroes be but fools?

Finale
Part 2: Titan's Go!
With a strong push from his staff, Blink pushed himself from side of the building, and charged Robin. Spinning the staff into a jab position, Blink leapt at Slade's apprentice, his first jab being blocked, and the subsequent thrusts being deflected with ease. Robin timed one well placed block to push Blink back, and attempted to hit Blink's unprotected left side, when a pillar of stone launched Blink into the air. One second Blink was airborne, the next he was behind Robin, tripping him with his staff.

Robin, quick to react, plants his free hand into the ground, and turned a trip into an improvised cartwheel. Before Blink could do anything, Robin had delivered a stunning blow to his back, sending him stumbling forward. Rolling to his left, Robin delivered a subsequent jab into Blink's left side of his rib cage. A sickening crack filled the air, and Blink fell to his side, a painful cry escaping his lips.

To Robin's chagrin, a wall of rock blindsided him, sending him flying into an abandoned building. Landing hard on the rough ground, Robin kicked to his feet, just in time to take a knee to the side of the head, knocking him once again off his feet. Following up on the attack, Terra launched herself at Robin, delivering a rather poor kick to his stomach. The kick was caught on its return, and using the momentum of the turn the kick induced, Robin slammed Terra into the ground, hard. Soon after, Robin landed nicely on his feet.

"Foolish little girl." Robin muttered, spinning in time to deflect a blast of energy with his bo-staff. Another two blasts came, both from different directions, and as best as Robin could, he deflected one, and took another in the back. Robin stumbled forward, directly into a well placed roundhouse punch to the jaw. Robin stumbled backwards, as he soon found himself staring back at the darkness of the wrecked building. For a brief moment, Robin would let his guard drop, and out of nowhere a hand gripped onto his bo-staff.

"Let's play a little fair mate." Blink taunted, driving his foot into the staff, and splitting it clean in two, right through the center. The former weapon was now a useless piece of junk, and Robin would be given very little time to be angry at the loss of his weapon, as a resounding punch drove him backwards. Blink followed quickly, attempted a spinning backhand, only to have it blocked easily by Robin.

Robin growled in return, before finally going back on the offensive. Delivering a pair of well placed roundhouse kicks, Robin pushed Blink backwards, before distributing a toe kick to Blink's stomach. Blink bent over long enough for Robin to drive his left heel into the back of Blink's head, driving it into the ground. Robin failed to see the pillars of stone flying towards him though, and was launched from the building, and into the air. Robin recovered quickly, and landed on a flying chunk of earth, giving him the chance to deliver a jumping sidekick to the oncoming Terra, who had been speeding towards him herself. Terra took the blow right across the face, and smashed into the roof of the building, bouncing twice before settling.

Robin landed near by, and stared disdainfully down at Terra, who was struggling to get back to her feet. "I wonder what Master ever saw in something as pathetic as you…" Robin gloated, kicking dust in her face. Terra looked back at Robin with glowing eyes, only to take an insulting kick to the side of the face, sending the blonde girl rolling across the building.

"Why…" Terra started, though with a weak voice. "Why would you do this?" Her voice was pathetic, barely louder than a whisper. Robin just replied with a cold stare from behind his demonic like mask, before kicking Terra hard in the ribs, and launching her off the building, and through the wall of the building next to it. As the smoke cleared, pieces of the wall above the hole fell off, and inside he could see Terra half buried in debris.

Moments later, a blast of energy ripped through the building, and Robin flinched when the roof behind him erupted. "Don't you EVER do that to MY SISTER!" Blink yelled, as he tore out of the hole in the building. Try as he would, Robin could not move fast enough to counter the irate Blink, driving his shoulder into his stomach. The two soared up into the air, and as Blink stopped, the momentum tossed Robin off his shoulder, and into the air. As quick as the initial strike, Blink grabbed Robin's leg, and whipped him towards the building he had just shot through.

Robin, still, had been prepared, as he whipped a boomerang at Blink's neck, a long wire attached to it. The boomerang wrapped around tightly, and Robin had begun to pull Blink with him. Grabbing a new bo-staff, Robin stabbed it into the building, and used it to break his fall, while Robin used the wire to slam Blink into the street far below the building roof.

However… there was no impact. Robin wondered for possibly half a minute, before a haymaker connected with the left side of Robin's face. The Boy Wonder stumbled backwards, giving Blink enough time to unleash a combo of rights and lefts, ended with a well places jumping roundhouse to the right side of Robin's neck. The combo knocked Robin across the roof, leaving him lying near the edge. A subsequent blast of blink energy sent Robin flying across the street, and onto the roof across from the street.

Back at the head of the Monolith, Slade watched with a combination of excitement, and disappointment. His previous two apprentices had to fight desperately to even pose a threat to Robin. Damian had limited abilities, and Terra was still out of action. Yet Blink was still an unmatched threat, who could still teleport at will and create his own energy source.

Suddenly, Slade's eye widened. Where was the annoying little changeling? Turning quickly, Slade ran down towards his lair, where his seismic generator was lying in wait, the one place left almost completely unguarded. For the moment, Slade really did not know what was more painful to realize. That he had been briefly outsmarted by the village idiot, or that it had worked for this long.

Slade's Lair ------

Beast Boy knew his luck was running out quickly. Slade was no man's fool, and he knew it was only a matter of time before he figured out something was up. And, despite his best efforts, disarming the seismic generator was something that was way out of his league.

"Even Cyborg would have had trouble!" Beast Boy whined, before his eyes wandered towards a nearby door. On the door were large black printed letters which spelled out one of the best words in the world. "Armory…" Beast Boy muttered, a rather cruel smile crawling across his face. If you can't disarm… then you destroy. And if it was one thing Beast Boy was truly good at, it was effectively destroying anything technological.

Minutes later, Slade rushed into the large central area of the Monolith. For the most part, the subterranean control center was mostly empty, aside from the seismic generator, and the rather extensive collection of monitors. Silence was dominant in the massive room, minding the silent hum of the generator, and the clicking of the screens as video camera's moved about in each respective area. For the most part, it was completely silent, and completely free of any interference, minding the paced breathing of Slade.

Then he saw it. Off in the side of the room, near the armory, came a rather ominous pair of red eyes. Slade froze for a moment, though it wasn't as if anyone could see it, when his eye turned to the monitors. The armory was missing one rather large piece of Lex Luthor construction. Something he purchased incase the Titans ever unleashed a preemptive assault, designed for a special model of his own robotic minions.

Slowly, from the shadows it hid in, a large mechanical, bipedal contraption stomped out into view, the central cockpit occupied not by a Slade-bot, but by Beast Boy. Slowly, the hunched suit straightened to full height, easily double Slade's height, and stretched out it's arms to its fullest extent. The massive machine was wrapped in black armor, with massive claws at the hands, which took a moment to stretch out sinisterly and close quickly. Slowly, the large, wolf like head moved forward, eyeing Slade with it's burning red eyes.

"Hey Slade… what are you doing here?" Beast Boy asked, almost mockingly, staring through the cockpit screen at the center of the body. Slade, of course, already knew how the machine was operated, and just what it was capable of. Luthor never failed to construct things of destruction far beyond the capabilities of other so called geniuses. It was piloted by the movements of the pilot, something that gave it an edge in battle. It had much more fluid motions.

"Beast Boy…" Slade uttered calmly, looking towards the rather large machine. 'This is going to be a bit…challenging.' "Here to save the day I presume?"

"Actually…all things considered, kicking you butt would be just as good!" Beast Boy retorted.

"Do you honestly believe you could fight me?" Slade replied, stepping forward. He needed to reestablish dominance, put the power in his hands again. "Beast Boy… you're nothing more than a joke."

Beast Boy just grinned, slightly unnerving Slade. "Really Slade? The more I see it, you're the joke. You keep getting beat, and you keep coming for more."

For someone Slade considered a clown, and pointlessly existent, Slade found these words cut into him. His eye burned with newfound ire, as he drew his bo-staff from his belt. "Those words will be your last meal, changeling!" Slade growled, before charging. Beast Boy smiled to himself, before stepping back and delivering a rather impressive shot to the charging villain, launching him back the way he came, and driving him deep into the wall.

Now taking the offensive, Beast Boy charged the area Slade was left, driving his new toy into the impression on the wall, and smashing through it with ease. He stopped soon after the initial blow, and to have a powerful set of hands grip the suit's left leg, and fling him backwards. The robot landed hard on his back, shocking Beast Boy rather profusely. Pushing to his feet, Beast Boy growled in new found confidence, and charged Slade, delivering angled punched towards the ground, each on being dodged by the metahuman madman.

Finally, a shot rang clear into Slade, only to be stopped by both of Slade's hands. "Beast Boy, you're only delaying the inevitable." Slade taunted, as he pulled powerfully, drawing the suit to him, and delivering a massive axe handle blow to the cockpit, destroying the screen. Beast Boy stumbled backwards, losing his balance, as Slade charged the robot once again. Beast Boy grinned, and swept the area in front of him with one arm, swatting Slade away like a fly. Slade flew straight through a pillar of stone, and directly into another one.

Needless to say, the blow had surprised him greatly. "You know Slade… you're not that tough."

"Famous last words child." Slade retorted, anger masking the pain. 'I will not be defeated by this FOOL!' Slade screamed in his head, before pushing to his feet, and rolling out of the way as an arm ripped through the pillar behind him. Slade responded with a powerful pair of punches to right leg of the machine, forcing it to stumble awkwardly to its right, and drop its defenses.

Slade charged in offense, leaping onto the head of the machine, and driving a fist into the hard armor. The blow did little to penetrate the armor, but left a fair size dent in the machine. Jumping off, a groan of pain escaped Slade, as he was caught by the upward thrust of a powerful uppercut, driving him hard into the roof.

When Beast Boy drew the arm back, his blood ran cold as he saw Slade standing on the hand. Beast Boy, although mildly scared, was certain Slade was smiling behind his mask. "Foolish little boy. Did you really think one of my machines could beat me? Perhaps you truly aren't worth any of my time at all."

"SHUT UP!" Beast Boy yelled, as Slade now truly smiled. The other hand came flying towards Slade, and with a simple back flip, Slade watched as the hand destroyed its own left arm.

"Brash, foolish, and careless. My my… why were you ever a member of the Titans to begin with?"

Beast Boy's irate scream showed he had had enough. He charged again, roaring out a battle cry, only to have his right leg destroyed by a remote mine Slade had left on his leg earlier in the battle. His suit stumbled pitifully to the ground, and with two more explosives, the head was gone, along with the core, and the entire suit went up in a ball of fire, and a storm of debris. Beast Boy was tossed from the explosion, landing hard against a wall.

"And now, you have no hope at all. Why don't you make it easy on yourself and just let me kill you." Slade taunted, moving towards the bruised Beast Boy. His slow walk turned into a heated charge, and as soon as he was close enough, Slade leapt into the air, and launched a kick towards the motionless Beast Boy. The kick missed, as Beast Boy suddenly rolled to his side, and dodged with a rather impressive degree of grace. Before Slade could defend himself, Beast Boy delivered a kick to the side of his masked head, knocking him sideways, and giving him time to sweep Slade's feet out from under him.

Slade fell backwards, and Beast Boy drove his heel towards Slade's neck, only to have his leg grabbed in mid flight. "Fool!" Slade insulted, before twisting to his left, and driving Beast Boy into a pillar beside him. On his stomach now, Slade pushed to his feet, before drawing a bo-staff. "Time for the dog to learn his place." Slade growled, menacingly stalking Beast Boy, as he stumbled back to his feet.

"Stop acting… so tough…" Beast Boy muttered pitifully, eyeing Slade angrily. It was then that the lights went out, encasing the entire room in complete and unforgiving darkness. Slade truly had the upper hand now.

"Let's see just how well you fight under my rules you useless little child." Slade taunted, as Beast Boy backed up slowly, bumping into a pillar. "Let the games begin."

The first blow had caught him just under the left knee, dropping Beast Boy to his knee. Before he could even moan, another shot caught him in the jaw, knocking him backwards. A third, almost instant blow met with Beast Boy's chest, driving him into the ground, before a hard kick was delivered to his ribs. The blow sent him sprawling, landing hard against a pillar, near enough to the monitors to see a faint glow of the area, but not nearly enough to give him an advantage.

Slowly, and painfully, lifting his head, Beast Boy grimaced as he saw Slade emerge from the darkness again, twirling his bo-staff in his hand. "Just get it over with…" Beast Boy muttered, Slade's eye growing with excitement.

"Pathetic nuisance…the fun has just begun…" Slade retorted, before driving the staff into Beast Boy's gut, and smiling as he heard the crippled cry of the former Titan escape his lips.

The Three ------

Terra had long since thrown off the rocks, just in time to see Robin fly through the ceiling above her and smash hard into the floor. A rather large amount of blood escaped his lips, and his left arm was twisted in a rather odd way. At first glance, it looked to her like Robin was dead, like Blink had finally ended the fight. It was not to be.

Robin slowly rose back to his feet, and with his still good arm, and a small grunt of pain, Robin repositioned the badly injured arm into its socket, and swinging it around to get a feel for it again. Just as he brought his arm back up, Blink dropped from the roof, and delivered a crushing head butt to the Boy Wonder, taking him down to both knees. Robin looked up at Blink, just in time for a powerful front kick delivered to his head, tossing him out of the building.

Robin fell a ways, before landing hard on a car, and driving the roof of the car nearly to the seats. Another gush of blood escaped his lips, as Robin rolled off to the side. Just in time to dodge Blink, as he delivered a massive kick to the damaged car, driving its roof through the floor of the car. Robin, painfully, tossed a handful of explosives into Blink, and watched as Blink flew backwards into a stop sign. Blink fell to his knees, coughing up some of his own blood, as he felt cold hard pain shoot up his spine.

It was then he noticed Slade was gone. 'BEAST BOY!' Blink's mind screamed, just as Robin drove his heel into the back of Blink's head, driving him into the ground. Just as Robin looked to drive another heel into his head, a pillar of stone slammed into Robin's left side, throwing him down a street.

"Terra! BB'S IN TROUBLE!" Blink yelled, standing up slowly, his body arching slowly, as a loud crack sounded from his spine. "Finish this fight! I need to help him!" Blink muttered, before disappearing.

Terra, of course, responded with a nod, as she leapt down onto a floating rock, and sped towards Robin. Of all three, she was in the best condition, and she still had a lot of fight left in her. She flew towards Robin at high speeds, before jumping off the rock, and guiding it towards Robin. The apprentice rolled out of the way, and leapt shoulder first into Terra, driving her into the ground. Robin quickly took the initiative, wrapped one hand tightly around her throat, squeezing the life from her.

Terra began to choke, kicking her legs madly as Robin tightened his grip, glaring down at her. Futilely, Terra tried to pry his hand from her throat, only to take a brutally strong left arm to the gut, driving the last of the air from her lips. Terra continued to kick wildly, choking as she struggled for even a shred of air. Finally, her eyes began to glow, only to have Robin counter with vicious left jabs to her face, in an attempt to break her concentration.

It wouldn't work…

The assault ended in desperation, as a hand of earth slammed into Robin's left side, and drove him into a building on her right. Coughing heavily, Terra rolled onto her stomach, and pushed herself up to her hands and knees, coughing up a large amount of blood, and breathing in deeply as air rushed back into her lungs. Her moment of peace would be short lives, as Robin drove his knee into her side, sending her hurtling away, and landing roughly on the ground. The attacker slowly walked towards his beaten prey, only to take a medium sized chunk of earth in the stomach, causing him to bend over in pain.

A pillar of rock shot out under Robin, tossing him into the air, long enough for another chunk of earth to thrust straight into his stomach, and slammed him into the earth hard. Terra stumbled to her feet, and walked towards Robin, grabbing him by his suit. "This one's for selling out…" Terra growled, pulling back her fist, which soon became wrapped in rock and stone. Robin's eyes slowly opened wider, as she gave him one final stare, before unleashing her punch.

And before it could ever happen, a blast of blue energy slammed into her unprotected side, and sent her flying down the street. The heroes had come…

"Titans GO!"

A/N: Ooh… it could have been over… it all could have been…but look who blew it by showing up. Hey, by the by, go read Cages of the Lost. I helped to write it, along with everyone's favorite author in the category of Teen Titans, AVG. Go on, it's full of angst, action, and Robin getting beat like a dog. We all love that one.