Insaneiac: With two chapters left, how will it end? The Titans have shown up, and in one fair swoop has fowled things proper. Beast Boy is getting beaten black blue and red by Slade, and now it looks as though Terra is doomed. Now the two final fights in story begin.
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Alexnandru Van Gordon: So maybe it's not the quickest I've updated, but look at it this way. More time for me to write a proper chapter.
Asilla: I'll let you read the chapter for yourself, but don't worry. BB isn't quite dead…yet :D AND THANK YOU. A NON-TERRA HATER EXISTS OUT THERE!
Sarah Shima: A new reviewer, yeah! And yes, it was unfair. Robin so had the upper hand.
Infamous One: I have to admit, those were some of the best lines I've ever written for Slade.
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Disclaimer: Only Blink is my property. The rest I only wish, except for Cyborg. He can go –censored-.
Another cry escaped Beast Boy's lips, now covered by his own blood. Slade had been reveling in his sufferance, and despite his best wishes and greatest hopes, he still had a pulse, and Slade still had his staff. He had lost track of the amount of bones that were broken and shattered, and he knew full well that his left leg was goo. He would never walk on it again. And that was the least of his worries at the moment.
At the head of his horrors was the sadistic masked villain, stalking him like wounded prey, striking at him from the shroud of shadow, and taking him apart piece by piece. His voice had long since run away, gone from the screams of agony. And of course, thanks to the key shots from Slade, Beast Boy was still conscious for every second of it.
"Not so cocky now, are you?"
Beast Boy wanted to cry. He wanted to beg for mercy. He wanted to throw himself down right then and there and admit defeat. This made it all the more surprising when he finally did utter a remark. "Stop gloating and just kill me already…" Beast Boy replied, shocking Slade slightly. This was supposed to be the weakling of the Titans. He was hoping that the changeling would have put up a pathetic display of groveling at his feet for mercy.
"Now now, where's the fun in that child? Why would I stop, when watching you suffer has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my life?" Slade taunted, lowering his face close enough for Beast Boy to see. Big mistake. Beast Boy, both hands planted in the ground, delivered a desperate toe kick to Slade's jaw, catching him entirely off guard. The blow was pathetic, but the effect was felt. Slade stumbled backwards, before finally lowering his head, and staring sinisterly at Beast Boy.
"Fine then, I'll be glad to fulfill your wish." Slade replied, a tinge of anger asking. Slowly, a smile crept across Beast Boy's face, angering Slade even further. Here he was, ready to deliver the deathblow to the changeling, and he was smiling. "What are you smiling about?" Slade growled. He didn't mean to let the anger come through, but regardless it did.
"Behind you…dude." Beast Boy cracked, as Slade turned around. There was nothing there. Just the shadows he had emerged from prior. Growling again, Slade turned back to the suffering Titan, the one waiting for death. It was then he came face to face with his ex-apprentice, standing in-between himself and Beast Boy, glaring rather angrily.
"S'about time you leave, mate!" Blink growled, before delivering a strong right hand into Slade's masked face, and sending him flying into a pillar. As he retracted his fist, a purple glow evaporated from his fist, and his eyes turned to the beaten Beast Boy. "I leave you alone for this long, and you're a mess already mate."
Finale Part 3: The Beast Unleashed.
"Friend Robin! You are unharmed!" Starfire screamed, flying forward to hug her long lost friend, only to be stopped in her tracks by a raised hand. It didn't take immediately, but Starfire soon noticed the different attire. Robin was back in the same costume he was in when he first turned against them, when he first became Slade's little apprentice. Of course, Robin's mind quickly took a rather sharp mental kick. 'Starfire was supposed to be… no, she is dead. This is a trick…a game…a game I could use…'
"Not now Star." Robin replied. The Titans shot Terra, not him. He could use this. "Slade and his apprentices are downstairs! I've been trying to stop him, but Terra hasn't let me pass." Slowly, Terra stumbled back to her feet, bleeding from a cut on her left cheek. "You guys came at the perfect time!" Robin finished.
"Hey, we're good like that." Replied Cyborg, a smug smile crossing his lips. "Wait a second, apprentices? As in more than one? Who else?"
A growl escaped Robin's lips, as he looked to his partner in crime fighting. "Beast Boy…" He said with a level of anger. It was an anger that screamed betrayal, and an anger that was worth an acting award.
Terra's eye's shot open as he heard Robin taint Beast Boy's name. Tricking the Titan's into wrongfully attacking herself and Blink was one thing, turning them against their own ally was just wrong. She shot her head up to look at the team, and saw heads drooped in defeat, wills crushed, and Robin grinning. His grin sickened her, almost as much as his scheme to feed Beast Boy right to his best friends, the wolves.
"But friend Robin, why would Beast Boy do this?" Star replied level headily. Robin just sneered at her, setting her whims back to the pits of her stomach.
"I can't believe your listening to this crap!" Terra yelled, as best as she could while looking towards the Titans. With whatever level of energy she had left, she pushed to her feet, and manages to just barely stand. "Beast Boy is your friend, and you're letting yourselves turn on him. WHAT KIND OF FRIENDS ARE YOU?" 'Are you all so easily fooled…?'
"Terra." Cyborg addressed with a certain level of malice. His shock over Beast Boy's betrayal had evaporated as soon as her voice broke the silence, and was replaced with hatred and blame. "I thought you learned your lesson." Cyborg replied, as a growl escaped Robin's lips. "You dragged BB into this, DIDN'T YOU!" As if hearing the Titan's being fooled into believing Beast Boy was enemy wasn't enough, Cyborg went and blamed it on her.
"I've tried talking to her; it's not worth your time. We need to kill her, and for good this time!" Robin yelled, malice ringing loud and clear, like a church bell on a summer day. Slowly, Speedy, Cyborg, and Starfire turned to Robin, looking at him with shock.
"Listen, I'm trying to stop Slade! Go through if you want! It's Robin who's the traitor! He's been keeping me from stopping him!" Terra screamed, her words falling on deaf ears.
"Robin, we don't need to…" Speedy began, as an angry fist grabbed a handful of his costume, and pulled him dangerously towards the deranged Robin.
"I said we need to kill her, I MEANT THAT!" Robin yelled, before releasing Speedy. Talk was done, and Robin knew fully as to what needed to be done. 'These idiots will tire themselves out, and then I'll pick at the pieces'. "TITANS GO!"
Slowly, Terra's head drooped down. These were Beast Boy's friends, his team. Cyborg was the single best friend he had in the world, maybe in the universe, and here he was. Charging under a traitors command to kill his best friend, and his best friend's girl friend. 'WAIT! THAT'S IT!' Slowly, and with a fine level of grace, Terra dropped from a standing position, and sat down exactly where she had been standing, crossing her legs add to the effect.
And, like she had hoped, it worked. Cyborg, Speedy, and Starfire stopped dead in their tracks, while Robin continued to charge like an angry bull. It took even him a few seconds to reveal what had occurred, and when he did realize what had just happen; Robin stopped and turned to his team, rage coursing in his veins.
"If you want to pass, then by all means pass." Terra spoke clearly, closing her eyes. Her voice had been one of indifference, but her meaning was easily interpreted. And to Robin, the meaning meant the slip of control from his fingers.
"What are you doing? Attack her!" Robin yelled, pointing angrily at Terra.
"But…she's not doing anything." Cyborg replied, before finally seeing something he didn't before. While he knew Robin was dressed like Slade's apprentice, he knew what that was about. What caught him was that Terra was dressed completely normal. That was unlike Slade completely, in every way, shape and form.
And Robin quickly saw it getting out of hand. With a new found confidence in his voice, Robin addressed Cyborg with a cold glare, ever behind his mask. "Cyborg…attack her, or I'll attack you."
The Monolith ------
"That leg is toast." Blink replied, as he continued walking up the stairs, supporting Beast Boy. There were many things he could have said to his friend and most were along the lines of 'how stupid do you have to be, taking on Slade' but for the moment, Blink was more concerned about his friend than anything else. He would deal with Slade after Beast Boy was safe above ground, but not until then.
"I got sloppy…"
"No, you didn't. Sloppy gets you sucker punched mate. Idiocy is more like it!"
"I thought I could take him dude." Beast Boy muttered, weakly. His body was trashed and he knew it. Ribs broken, leg shattered, the right side of his face was bleeding profusely, and he was having troubles breathing, and those were just the surface pains.
"Beast Boy, I can barely take Slade."
"And I almost beat you." Beast Boy replied grinning, chuckling as best as he could, before coughing in pain. For a brief period of time, silence had taken its hold over the two, as they climbed towards the light at the end of the stairwell. Finally, Blink broke the somber and awkward silence, as the two continued to stumble towards day.
"We're almost there Beast Boy… don't worry."
"Actually, if I were you, I'd be very worried…" A voice replied from behind them. Blink couldn't even blink before a pair of gloved hands wrapped around his neck, and hurled him down the stairs. Blink instinctively let go of Beast Boy, tossing him as best as he could the rest of the way. Guaranteed it wouldn't help his body, but it got him away from a bigger threat.
Blink landed with a sickening thud as he hit steps, and began tumbling the rest of the way down. A disgustingly audible crack sounded as his arm bounced off a pair of steps. Finally, Blink landed on the hard floor, coughing profusely. He didn't have time to do much in the way of getting back up, as a hand wrapped itself around his throat, and lifted him into the air.
"This time, I'll make sure to watch you die, Damian." Slade replied sinisterly, before Blink grabbed his gloved hand with both his own.
"Fine, but I'm taking this battle away from Beast Boy!" Blink growled, as he teleported, bringing Slade with him.
Titans ------
For a brief moment, Robin had complete control over the entire ordeal. The Titans would kill Terra, and then Robin would kill the Titans, just like that. He would then go after Blink, and kill him, slowly. It was all suppose to go as planned, even with the nuisances in the guise of Beast Boy, Terra and Blink showing up. Now Robin stood, a pair of batons held firmly in his hands, and the three Titans pointing their weapons individually towards Robin. Behind him, he heard Terra slowly stand back up, and raise a collection of rocks to use against Robin.
"Don't do this Robin. You beat him last time, you can do it again!" Cyborg yelled, his cannon humming quietly as it waited to be fired. A grin came across Robin's face as stared Cyborg in the eyes.
"Beat him? Why would I want to?"
"Friend Robin, why are you just serving him? Is he mailing you black letters again?"
"Starfire, not that it is either the time or place, but it is blackmailing." Speedy replied, pulling back an arrow.
"If you must know, that isn't Starfire." Robin replied, anger in his voice, yet confusion inching through. "Starfire is dead, I watched Blink kill her."
"But Robin, I am right here."
"No, you're not her. SHE'S DEAD!" Robin screamed, leaping towards Starfire. Before she could blink, Robin's batons had been driven into her forehead and chest. The blow had caught her off guard, but the fact that Robin believed so potently that she was dead was the truly deadly attack. Starfire flew backwards before bouncing off the ground, as tears welled up in her eyes.
"IT'S ON NOW!" Cyborg yelled, as he fired off his cannon, Speedy loosing arrows behind him. Robin dodged with ease, and laughed as the hail of firepower hit Terra, tossing her back a good ways, and leveling her to the ground. A quick growl of frustration escaped Cyborg's lips, as Robin leapt forward, jabbing both batons towards his throat.
Cyborg fell backwards, just dodging, and aimed his cannon to shoot at Robin's exposed stomach. Just when he fired, Robin tossed himself to the side, as a ray of blue shot into the sky. Cyborg swore under his breath, as a heel came crashing down on his chest. Cyborg grabbed the foot with a solid grip, and tossed Robin backwards, giving Speedy a chance to loose as many arrows as possible into Robin. The resulting explosion was very appealing, but the enraged apprentice leaping from the shadows, driving his left baton into Speedy's neck quickly changed it all.
Speedy stumbled backwards, and gagged, just as a crushing blow was delivered to his chest, driving him hard into the ground. Everything went black for Speedy after that, as consciousness slipped away. Speedy was out.
"Two down, two to…" Robin began, interrupted by a blast of sonic energy to the back, tossing him forward.
"Two left to kick your backstabbing BUTT!" Cyborg yelled, charging towards his leader. Robin drove his hands into the ground, stopping his flight prematurely. With a quick push, Robin went into a handstand, and then back to a fighting stance. Cyborg leapt into the air, aiming for his patented sonic punch. Robin expected this, and tossed an EMP bomb into Cyborg's center. The charge went off, and an ear twisting scream escaped his lips as Cyborg felt his insides being torn apart by a burst of electrical energy. The mind bending pain only lasted a brief period, as Cyborg soon deactivated after the pulse fried his circuitry.
"That was too easy." Robin mumbled, when for the second time that fight, he was sucker punched by a rain of green energy. Robin hit the dirt with a grunt, before pushing back up to his feet and getting a shoulder driven into his stomach. The second blow was the one that sent him flying furthest. Try as he might, nothing Robin did could stop him from landing hard on the road, and bouncing and rolling along the ground.
"If I am dead to you Robin, than perhaps this will not hurt as much as it should." Came an unsteady voice, delivering a statement lacking conviction. Robin slowly pushed himself to his feet, before he felt his head begin to scream in pain. Voices were arguing in his head, voices that represented everything he was, and everything he is. And then there was Slade's voice, telling him to do the one thing he cursed Blink for ever doing. Robin pushed himself up, charging the alien girl. Starfire's eyes softened for a brief moment, before they turned green with rage. Starfire charged Robin in return.
It was, for a moment, as somber as the Moonlight Sonata. Time seemed to slow to nearly a crawl. Though they were hidden by her powerful green glow, Starfire's eyes screamed in agony. Though his were hidden by his devilish mask, given to him by the man that would have him as his son, Robin's eyes were screaming in conflict. He was waging war against himself, and he was losing. He was losing to reason, he was losing to morals. In a different light, one would have said he was winning.
'Slade showed me…she died!' Robin's mind screamed.
'He lied Robin! She is alive! She is well! Why are you doing this!'
'Because my father…'
'He is not your father. Your father is watching you above the clouds, and praying for you to stop'
'I WATCHED HER DIE!'
'She is right there in front of you. You are about to kill her! Is this what you want?'
'It's not about what I want… This isn't Starfire. It's a trick'
'No, you're a fool! Slade would have you kill the one you truly love and you can't even see it!'
Robin's eyes shot open as Starfire swung the first punch. Robin ducked just in time, and attempted to deliver a roundhouse to the flying girl, only to be blocked by her right forearm. Starfire returned his kick with one of her on, dodged by Robin again. Before Robin could act, Starfire threw another strong left jab. Robin tilted his head to the side, narrowly dodging the blow, and giving himself enough time to deliver a sharp, precision blow to the side of her neck, knocking her out.
"Three out…" Robin muttered, before turning to Terra. Blink's sister. What better way to avenge Starfire's death than to take something special away from the murderer. A slight grin crossed Robin's face, as he began walking to the blonde girl, struggling to get back to her feet. Passing by one slowly, Robin kicked a bo-staff to his feet, and continued moving towards his prey.
Near the Edge------
Blink and Slade appeared out of no where in particular, and landed on the roof of a fairly intact building. To the left was the center of the city, a distance off. To the right was thirty feet of land, then a fatal drop off. To make things clearer, Blink had taken Slade as far away as possible, and still kept them on the floating city.
"So then mate, care to share this dance?" Blink taunted, before driving both heels into Slade's mask, and freeing himself of his grip.
"Damian, I can't tell you how badly I want to see you dead." Slade retorted, a fair bit of unstable anger coating his voice.
"I can see mate. I mean, I embarrass you, and then I proceed to defy you by coming back from the dead. Mate, if I were you, I'd be a might right pissed too." Blink retorted, standing up to the fullest height he could, and rubbing his neck. "Fact of the matter is, mate, that I have a score to settle with you."
"What makes you think you can kill me?"
Blink grinned, something he did way too much. "This…" And with that, Blink's hands began to glow a faint purple, as energy slid to them.
"I see… so you can't fight me on level terms can you? You need to hide behind the powers I gave you." Slade replied, his voice cooler now. "Tsk tsk Damian. I thought you were a man, not a mouse."
Blink wouldn't have anymore of it, and dove for Slade. He recklessly threw out a punch, and met with nothing but thin air. Slade had dodged to the side long before Blink had even released the punch.
"Such careless fighting will only work against you."
"You talk too much mate." Blink growled, before disappearing and reappearing beside Slade. This time, there was nothing Slade could do as a sharp left side kick connected with his ribs, followed by a powerful sweeping kick, taking out Slade's legs from under him. Slade hit the roof with a thud, and Blink quickly retracted as Slade flipped back to his feet, still maintaining his composure.
"Are you such a coward, Damian, that you can't fight me with out your powers?" Slade mocked, getting a favorable response from Blink's eyes. "Are you nothing without them?"
"FINE!"" Blink screamed, dispelling the energy from his fists. "I'll kill you without my powers then!"
A smile crept behind Slade's mask, as he felt control slip back into his own iron grip. If anything, Blink was easily goaded into a position he was powerless to control. "Then it is time for you to die."
Beast Boy ------
With the last bit of strength he truly had, Beast Boy pulled himself out of the Monolith, and into the destroyed street of Jump City. And as soon as he came out, he saw Cyborg lying off in the distance, a fine smoke coming off of him. His heart slammed into his stomach as he saw Cyborg lying motionless.
"Cyborg…" Beast Boy choked out, before his sight fell on something much worst. Robin had his knee driving into Terra's back, while using his bo-staff to strangle the life out of her. Terra's body was pulled back to where Beast Boy was afraid her spine would snap like a twig. "No…" Beast Boy muttered weakly, as he watched Robin take the life from her.
Then it hit him… She wasn't moving.
For a moment, his vision shut down. There was nothing at all for him to see. Then just as quickly as it left, his vision came back. This time, he was seeing everything in the sinister tinge of blood red. Beast Boy felt something explode within him, as adrenaline began pumping like blood through his veins. Something else began to take over, something with a very cruel intention. Something he was all too familiar with, and feared all the more.
It needed it's legs though. With one cruel scream, Beast Boy forced his leg to re-align itself. How he did it boggled his mind. Perhaps it was connected with his ability to transform his body into any animal, thereby rearranging his bone structure. The fact was the pain was unimaginable, and for a moment, Beast Boy wanted to cry. Soon, the leg was in manageable condition, refigured purely by emotional temperance and bestial fury. Beast Boy felt himself push to his feet, and charge. He charged wildly, and quicker than he had ever done so before, running at full speed towards the one person in the world his entire mind was focused on killing.
Robin had only shifted his head momentarily before a deafening punch collided with his jaw. Beast Boy had delivered a sickeningly strong punch, driving Robin off of Terra, and sending him into an abandoned building. Terra was out cold, Robin was off in a building, and Beast Boy had entered something completely demonic. He had fixed a shattered leg, ignored pain entirely, and more than anything, his eyes had changed.
No longer were they the green, innocent, pure eyes that his friends had come to love and uphold as a symbol of his youthfulness. No longer were they the eyes of someone who hadn't a care in the world, who took the worlds problems on his own shoulders, never unloading his unto anyone.
Now they were eyes of pure, demonic white.
"Robin…" Beast Boy growled, before tearing towards the building.
Insaneiac: Oh yeah, I dragged Beast Boy's Were-beast form in…to an extent. It's more like the Were-beasts abilities and primal attitude seeped into him. Either way, BB is a world more dangerous than before.