Teen Titans - Still More Fighting

Disclaimer : I do not own the Teen Titans or any other mentioned trademarked likenesses. They are the property of DC Comics and Warner Bros. I do not own Final Fantasy VII or any other mentioned trademarked likenesses. They are the property of Squaresoft and/or Square Enix. The character 'Comet' however is my original character.

Chapter Five - Teen Titans vs AVALANCHE, Round One


: Jump City - Unknown Location :


Slade's heavy boots echoed down the hallway, bringing his four hired lackeys to attention. Cinderblock, Plasmus, Overload, and the newly recruited radiation monster Slade had named , Meltdown, all stood awaiting their master's arrival. Slade stepped into the room holding the Clock of Eternity in one had and a small tracking device in the other.

"Be prepared. One of two things will happen when we go over. We will find Terra and use her to conquer this new realm...or...we will remain in the other dimension forever, living as we do now, in fear of those like the Titans. Either way...there's no coming back."

After losing to the Titans on so many various occasions Slade had began to grow even more obsessed.

'Either of those fates are better than the one I suffer here..'

Slade pressed the dial on the clock, triggering the opening of the portal.


: Gaia - Corel :


"Barret, I need to know. Do you know the thief?" Robin asked.

"Maybe...it could be a different guy, ya know." Barret answered.

They all sat within Barret's newly built house. After the Meteor incident, Reeve, the leader of Shinra, had seen to it that Corel receive reparations for the damage caused in the past. It still had a lot of work to be done, but at least people had decent housing now.

'This is pointless.He obviously doesn't want to tell us anything.' Robin thought.

"I'll tell ya what he looks like. He's about yay tall with light blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. He had a huge sword that he swung and made blades of energy with. Floored me... literally."

"Blades of energy huh...sounds like his Blade Beam technique." Barret cupped his chin.

"If you won't tell us about him, we'll find him on our own." Beast Boy quickly stood.

He walked towards the door.

"Maybe someone in town'll know something."

"Of course they will." Barret said.

Beast Boy stopped.

"The guy's a hero. Name's Cloud."

"Cloud huh? What kind of hero kidnaps people?" Beast Boy asked.

"That's why I said it wasn't him!"

"..Where is he?" Raven asked.

"Way up north. Near Bone Village." Barret said, talking a gulp from his can of beer.

"Then that's where we should start our search." Cyborg said.

"Agreed. Are there more of the WEAPONs we should beware of?" Starfire asked.

Barret smiled. Starfire had a strange kind of innocence to her. She wasn't naive, just innocent. Like Aeris.

"No..just stay above water and you'll be fine."

They all walked towards the door. The Titans filed out, Robin last.

"Thanks for all your help, Barret. I promise we won't fight your friend unless it's necessary." He said.

Robin turned and exited. The Comet walked by Barret next.

"You really fought Cloud? Surprised your alive, kid!" Barret chuckled.

"Hey, don't underestimate the Comet! Besides..it was a lucky shot." he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Sure,sure ha ha ha!" Barret laughed.

The Comet began to get a little angry.

"Yeah well, tell me somethin'...how come we hit that WEAPON thing with all the fire power we had and it still came back. You blast it once and it vanishes into thin air. Explain it to me, 'cuz I'm stumped!"

Barret laughed again. He held up his metal fist and it transformed into the Missing Score, his powerful gun arm.

"I'll tell ya.." he said.

A panel slid up revealing several multi-colored orbs. He took out a green one and handed it to the Comet.

"..'cause fire power ain't always the right power." he said.

Comet stared into the orb.

"Thanks..see ya around." he said.

He turned and caught up with the Titans. It was hard to believe he was getting used to traveling with them.


: Gaia - Gaea's Cliffs :


Cloud and Terra had abandoned their boulder when they reached a cave near the top of the glacier. They entered and had been walking for some distance now. Cloud had been silent the entire time.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Terra asked.

He said nothing and continued walking, leaving her behind.

"Hmph...was it something I said?" she called.

She quickened her pace to keep up.

'Such a nuisance..there must be a way to subdue her...'

He looked down at the Buster Sword seeing the two Materia in it : A mastered MP Plus Materia and a mastered Time Materia. Perfect.

"Terra..do you wish to see a trick?" he suddenly stopped.

Happy to just have him talking again she nodded.

"Uh sure."

He quickly grabbed up the huge sword and in an instant he was behind her. Cloud held the large blade at her throat. Using the Haste spell, he was at least half as fast as Mas y Menos. Terra quickly gasped.

"What are you..!"

Her hands began to glow with yellow power before Cloud calmly said

"Stop."

Terra saw the Materia glowing at the hilt of the sword before her entire body froze in place. She lost all movement, except for her eyes which we looking around rapidly.

Cloud laughed out loud, Sephiroth's menacing voice freely spewing from his mouth.

"Now Terra...you've fallen into a trap. Another mistake. You of all people should know better...sound familiar?" He laughed again.

She was still completely paralyzed with no hopes of moving.

"..You see Terra..I am the heir to this planet..and you, will deliver it to me." he explained.

He lifted her over shoulder and began bolting through the cave. The haste spell quickened his already rapid pace.

'Oh man...this..is bad.' Terra thought.


: Gaia - Northern Crater :


A powerful blast of light illuminated the entire crated. Deep within, Slade and his minions groggily got to their feet. Slade looked at his surroundings, typical cave scenario..except for a deep pool of shining green liquid. Just beside the pool was the body of a badly lacerated man. The cave looked deserted, but the body looked as if it had been killed only seconds ago. The man had silver hair with two large bangs in front of his face.

'No matter.'

Slade looked into small display on the tracking device.

"What luck..Terra is on her way here..and she seems to be in quite the hurry..Cinderblock, Overload, get ready to ambush them. Meltdown, Plasmus, you're coming with me."

Before Slade could continue..he noticed that Terra's blip on his device had instantly stopped moving. The green liquid in the room seemed to grow even brighter before the dead man's face appeared in it.

"What interest have you in the girl?" Sephiroth asked.

"She is mine, and I will use her to conquer this world. Do not interfere." Slade said.

"Interesting...let us talk.."


: Gaia - Costa Del Sol Area :


The Titans slowly walked towards the port town, Costa Del Sol. They had learned that they could take a ferry to Midgar and transfer to another one that would take them right to Bone Village. It was getting dark now and Robin was considering stopping for the night.

Comet stepped over near Cyborg.

"Check it out. Barret gave this to me. How much do ya think it's worth?" he showed him the Materia.

"It's not any stone my sensors recognize. Probably nothing, back in our world." he said.

"Besides, you're a convicted felon, remember?" Robin pointed out.

"You're going to jail as soon as we get back."

Comet gulped.

"Oh yeah? Then what if I book right now? Not one of you can match my speed!" he said.

"Then you'd be trapped here forever. At least I can attempt to get us home." Raven said.

"And...for all intensive purposes.." Cyborg quickly grabbed him.

"Hey, what the?"

Robin slapped a small capsule onto the back of his neck. He pressed a button on it, activating it. Several metal prongs entered his flesh, securing the device.

"Ow!"

Cyborg let him go. The Comet started to reach back and grab it off.

"Ah ah ah..I wouldn't.." Cyborg started.

"What is this? Some kinda bomb? You're looking at one! I kind with stand explosions way more powerful than any of you can create. Hellooo! That's what I do!" he said.

Comet quickly snapped, causing a tiny explosion.

"I explode on impact." he explained.

"We know." Robin said calmly.

"That's why there's a chemical agent in that capsule powerful enough to put Superman down for 2 days. Imagine what it'd do to you." Cyborg said, grinning.

"A!sho!e$ !" Comet screamed.


: Gaia - Costa Del Sol Area ( Shadows) :


"I can't believe we let you talk us into this.." one voice whispered.

"We need some cash, don't we? How else are we gonna get on the ferry at Costa Del Sol?" another voice shot back.

"I'm sure that Tifa would have no trouble paying. She is the one who called us, remember?" a third voice asked.

"Well..I could use some new Materia. Besides, you might like it!" The second voice said.

"On second thought..I'll just back you two up if you need me." the first voice said.

The second one sighed.

"Vincent, let's go!"


: Gaia - Costa Del Sol Area :


Comet continued walking, angry that he now had that damned device strapped to them.

'Some heroes..'

Before they knew what had happened, a young girl about Robin's age had jumped down from the tree that they we're passing.

"Hiyah!"

She bounded through the air and nailed Robin with a powerful kick to the chest that sent him flying into another tree. During her attack a yellow orb was shining in her wristlet. It was a mastered Steal Materia.

"Ugh!"

The girl landed on the ground and grinned. Between her fingers were now several of Robin's Bird-a-rangs that she had masterfully swiped. She flipped backwards and chucked them towards the team. One of them managed to give Raven a nasty cut on the leg, but the others were destroyed by Starfire's barrage of Starbolts.

The girl bounded high into the air once before hurling a huge shuriken through the air towards Raven. She created a thin plate of mental energy and held the spinning blade at bay. For a normal weapon it was extremely powerful. The girl continued throwing smaller projectiles after the large shuriken returned to her. Raven managed to block all of them.

"Azarath Metrion.."

The chant was stopped by the sound of a gun shot. Raven saw the bullet gleam in the evening light as is raced towards her. It hit her stomach. The bullet did not penetrate, but instead slammed into her, causing her a great deal of pain. Three more bullets were fired, taking down Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy in similar fashion.

From the shadows, a man holding a six shooter slowly sauntered out.

'Great idea Titans...now I can't do any high impact explosions with this thing on my head..' Comet thought.

"Slick moves...who are you guys?" he asked them.

The girl hopped down from the tree.

"Doesn't matter. That Materia..you'd hand it over if you know what's good for ya." the girl said.

"Materia?" he asked.

'Must mean by jewel..they were scoping me out the entire time..'

He held it out for her to see. She lifted an eyebrow and approached him. Comet noticed the guy in the distance putting his gun into a holster under his cloak. When the girl was inches away, he quickly clipped her. He clapped his hands together sending out a surge of energy that threw up a cloud of dust. That way the gunman couldn't shoot him. He blasted upwards into the sky. He looked at the gunman who watched him fly by.

The girl quickly got back up.

"Aww..Vinny, he's getting awaay!" she whined.

"I've had enough of this. I refuse to resort to thievery." he turned and began walking towards Costa Del Sol, leaving the five KO' d Titans and the girl behind.

"Hmph! Who needs you then?"

As Comet was flying away, he failed notice the large red animal running at the same speed on the ridge above him. The red dog jumped through the air slamming into Comet. They began to descend at a rapid pace.

'Don't blow up..don't blow up..don't blow up..'

Comet gritted his teeth as he feel into the ground. A small explosion in sued, throwing the dog several feet away. The dog however, had the Materia in it's teeth. It slowly got to it's feet as the gunman and the girl walked by the crater that contained Comet. The girl jumped for joy when she saw the dog.

"Red! You did it!" She ran over and hugged him.

He dropped the Materia into her hand.

"How my morals have abandoned me...Yuffie..do you truly consider such pillaging to be fun?" the dog spoke.

"You can't tell me that wasn't the coolest thing ever!" she screamed.

"Let's keep moving." the gun man said as he walked by.

"You're no fun either, Vincent." Yuffie looked into the Materia.

"Level 1 Ice Materia? Just my luck!" She slid the Materia into her pocked and kept walking.

When they were out of sight, Comet's eyes quickly opened. He grinned.

'That thief was good..she took my Materia alright.'

He looked at the two different Materia he was now holding. One was green and one was red.

'But that talking mutt was no match for Jump City's premiere thief!'

Note from the Author : Chapter Five completed..finally. This one looks a little longer than the others one. Also I'm going to start doing Chapter Wrap Ups to give a small summary of each chapter.


Chapter Wrap - Up
Slade leads Overload, Plasmus, Cinderblock, and Meltdown into Gaia


The Titans learn a little more about Cloud from Barret and decide to begin their search around Bone Village


Barret gives Comet a level one Ice Materia


Sephiroth still has control over Cloud and takes Terra to the Northern Crater


Slade and his minions arrive in the Northern Crater where Sephiroth contacts him


The Titans plant a device on Comet which prevents him from escaping and using his full power


Yuffie convinces Vincent and Red XIII to help her mug the Titans and Comet for his Materia


They succeed, but not before the Comet steal's a green (magic) and red (summon) Materia from Red XIII