Teen Titans vs. the Sinister Six
Chapter 16: Raven vs. The Vulture
Mysterio tried to flee but Spider-Man webbed him from having any chance of escape. Spidey walks up to Mysterio and hoisted him a few feet from the ground. Spider-Man's hands tightened around the front of Mysterio's purple cloak.
"And know you're wondering," Spider-Man said as he interrogated Mysterio. " 'If you can only take that giant act to Vegas instead.' "
"Curse your endless babble Spider-Man!" Mysterio yelled.
"Speaking of babble, let us hear it. Who is planning these attacks?"
"I'll never tell you. Mysterio may be defeated, but the sinister attacks will continue."
"Sinister attacks? What do you mean?"
"You fool. We, the Six, are having a little bit of fun. We are here to take you down one at a time until the final battle. But we must get rid of the weaker ones first."
"YOU'RE THE FOOL MYSTERIO!"
Spider-Man took his right hand and punches Mysterio's bowl. The bowl was only half shattered by the punch. Smoke came right out of it from the inside.
"WHO IS YOUR BOSS?" Spider-Man yelled.
"Alright then." Mysterio said. "Our boss that planned these attacks…is Kingpin."
"The Kingpin? What's he doing here?"
"A little business meeting with Slade of course."
Spider-Man releases Mysterio. He can't believe on what he just heard. The Kingpin is here in Jump City.
"Man of Spider." Starfire said. "Who is this Pin of King that Mysterio just informed us?"
"His name is Wilson Grant Fisk." Spider-Man said. "He is known as the Kingpin. He is a crime lord of New York City and the leader of East Coast non-Maggia criminal organization and former leader of Las Vegas faction of Hydra."
"Whoa!" Cyborg said. "This dude must be a millionaire."
"We gotta go back to the tower and found out where Kingpin could be and Slade." Robin commanded.
"What about Mysterio?" Spider-Man said.
"We'll take him to jail now."
The heroes turned back to Mysterio, who is still sitting on the ground while bandaging his shattered bowl. The heroes move in, unaware that somebody is watching. Behind the titans was a pile of sand forming into a human. It can only be one person…Sand Man. When the titans got close, Spider-Man's spider senses alerted.
"Spider senses tingling." Spider-Man said to himself.
Spidey turns to his back and saw Sand Man.
"SURPRISE!" Sand Man yelled.
The titans turned and Sand Man. Sand Man formed a giant mallet of sand and clobbered the heroes with a right swing. The heroes flew way back to the end of the warehouse with a thud. All four hit the metal wall and fell to the ground unconscious.
"That will teach you kids." Sand Man said.
"Let's get out of here." Mysterio said to Sand Man. "Have you contacted Vulture?"
"Yeah! The green buzzard is heading towards Titans Tower to take care of the goth girl."
"Excellent. HAHAHAHAHA!"
Both villains exited the warehouse and headed back to Slade's hideout. Meanwhile, Raven finally arrived at Titans Tower. She levitated herself down to the roof. She walks a few steps to the door. She turns the knob slightly when she noticed something on the ground…a shadow of a bird. She turns her back, only to see a blast of plasma being shot right at her. She dodges the blast. The plasma destroyed the door that she was about to open. Raven looks at where the blast came from. The shooter was one of the Sinister Six members…Vulture. Vulture was levitating a few feet from the ground as he lowered himself to the roof.
"Hello there, my dear." Vulture said with an evil grim look.
"Vulture." Raven said with her hands glowing with black aurora. "We meet again."
"Of course, Raven. We had a run in a long time ago when we first came here. Shall we finish our ordeal?"
"With pleasure!"
Raven attacks first. She uses her powers to pick up the door and slam it across Vulture. Vulture flew left. Raven powers up and attacks with some furious repeatedly right kicks. Vulture blocks with a left and punches Rae in the stomach. Raven wraps her arms around her stomach feeling the pain. Vulture swoops in and punches Rae with a left to the jaw. The punch made Raven spit some saliva out of her mouth. Raven falls to the ground back first. She gets up and wipes the saliva from her lips.
"Nice one." Raven said. "You can do better than that."
"Oh you want me to do it a lot more harder?" Vulture taunted. "Very well."
Vulture swoops in again. Raven uses her powers to disappear. Vulture stops in tracks and looks left and right for Raven. Raven appears behind him and fires a black aurora of energy at Vulture. Vulture got struck in the back and flew 5ft. to the ground.
Meanwhile, inside Titans Tower, Beast Boy was watching TV when he heard something from the roof.
"What the heck was that?" he said to himself. "Might as well check it out."
Beast Boy got up with his crutches and begins to walk towards the roof.
Back to the fight, Vulture flies towards Raven with a right punch but Raven shields herself. Raven fires some black energy daggers at Vulture's wings. Vulture avoids the daggers and flew up towards the sky.
"COME AND GET ME, SWEET HEART!" Vulture said.
Raven manifests her soul self by becoming a raven and flies up to Vulture.
"That's it." Vulture whispered to himself. "Keep coming. I got a little surprise for you."
Raven meets up with Vulture and resumes her normal self.
"Let's finish this." Raven said.
"Indeed." Vulture said.
Raven flew right towards Vulture with her fists glowing. Vulture reaches behind his utility belt and took out some smoke grenades.
"CATCH THIS!" Vulture yelled as he threw the grenades to a charging Raven.
The grenades exploded in front of Raven. Smoke fills up in front of her that made her cough for air and blinded her vision. She covers her mouth and tries to regain her vision. When the smoke was clear, Raven opens her mouth for oxygen and she was able to see. To her surprise, Vulture had disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Raven said to herself.
"HERE!" Came a voice.
The voice was Vulture. He grabs Raven from behind and bear hugs her with a tight grip. Raven tries to free herself but Vulture was too strong. Vulture moves his left arm and tightens it around Raven's neck. He was choking her.
"AND NOW THE GRAND FINALE!" Vulture said. "MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Suddenly, white energy surrounded both of them. Raven howls in pain as she felt something is leaving her body from the inside. As for Vulture, he continues to laugh evilly as he feels that something is coming inside his body. Vulture was sucking the youth out of Raven.
At the roof of Titans Tower, Beast Boy arrived. He looked into the sky and saw the glowing white energy. He saw two people inside the energy ball. They were Raven and Vulture.
"No!" Beast Boy said. "RAVEN!"
Suddenly, the ball of energy disappeared. Raven and Vulture were still in the air. However, Vulture's appearance had changed. His hair has grown to a short red Mohawk and his skin is no longer wrinkled. Vulture has now become a very young man. Raven was unconscious. Vulture was still holding her from the waist as she bent over with her arms hanging free. Vulture flew down to the roof of the Tower. Beast Boy was still standing there shocked. Vulture releases Raven and she fell face first to the cold cement.
"What have you done to her?" Beast Boy asked furiously to Vulture.
Vulture looks at him with a an evil smirk and says, "She'll be fine." And flew away.
The titans and Spider-Man arrived at the main entrance at Titans Tower. They ran as fast as they can to the roof. When they reached there, they froze in the doorway and Starfire let out a terrifying scream with her eyes wide in horror. They saw Beast Boy on his knees sobbing over Raven's body. The titans and Spider-Man walked slowly to Raven's body. They were startled on what they saw. Raven was an old woman. Her hair had changed from violet to pure white. Her face is now wrinkled with bald spots. What's worse is that she is not breathing. Cyborg comforts a sobbing Beast Boy who is still on his knees. He put his left hand on Beast Boy's left right shoulder blade.
"It's ok, Beast Boy." Cyborg said. "It's not your fault."
"Is she going to be…okay?" Beast Boy said as more tears filled his eyes.
"She will."
"We're too late." Spider-Man said as he looks at Raven's lifeless cold body. "Vulture attacked and we let ourselves down."
"IT'S YOUR FAULT!" Beast Boy yelled at Spider-Man.
"What?"
"IT'S YOU! IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE AND HAVE THE SIX ATTACK US, RAVEN WOULDN'T UP LIKE THIS!"
"I have nothing to do with this Beast Boy."
"LIAR! YOU SHOULD'VE TAKEN DOWN THE SIX WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE BUT YOU LET THEM GO!"
Beast Boy took his left crutch and swung it at Spider-Man. Spider-Man ducked and grabbed the crutch. Beast Boy jumped with a furious yell but got taken down by Spider-Man's webbing.
"ENOUGH!" Robin yelled at them. "Fighting is not going to solve anything. Beast Boy, you have to calm down. We're going to do anything we can to get back at Vulture."
Beast Boy looks at Robin with his teeth grunting. He looks at Spider-Man, then Starfire who has her hands clapped together in sadness, and then at Cyborg who is carrying an old Raven. He finally calms himself down but he was still he had tears in his eyes
"Raven." Beast Boy thought as he looked at her lifeless body. "I'm sorry. I couldn't do anything to help you."
Author's note: Stay tune for Chapter 17: Beast Boy's Revenge.