Jubilee Hall
By: TTFAN
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them.
Room 203
"I still don't get why Raven made Rob and Terra, Commander. I could've done just as good." Garfield Logan grumbled.
"Maybe that's because you have the attention span of a rodent." Cyborg/Victor Stone said.
"Whatever, I'm totally psyched that we're going to bust out and bring this place down today." Gar said before yawning.
"Maybe you should get some sleep, I can recharge but you still need rest." Cyborg said.
"No way am I going to miss this. We're going to kick the warden's butt so bad he's going to wish he never messed with her- uh I mean us." Gar said.
"What exactly do you see in her?" Cyborg asked sticking a few wires into his arm.
"She's pretty, nice, thinks about others, and she actually laughs at my jokes." Gar said.
"She smokes, drinks, and thinks getting into a fight or a drag race is having a good time-"
"Hey, she only does that so she could pay the rent since her mom's a bum and her dad walked out on her. She does most of those things but she's not a slut and values her dignity. Tara's a lot different then most girls and I think I want to spend my life with her someday." Gar said.
"You know she doesn't necessarily agree with that." Cyborg said pressing a few more buttons on his arm.
"Yeah…" Gar said fingering a small object.
"What's that?" Cyborg asked.
"Tara dropped it when I first met her. I never got around to giving it back to her." Gar said staring at a light blue butterfly shaped hairclip. He placed it back in his pocket.
"How're we going to do this?" Roy Harper asked.
"KF is going to get to the control room and shut off all the alarm and security systems. Then you have to get over to City Hall with this info. Can I trust you with that?" Robin/Richard Grayson asked handing him an overstuffed manila envelope.
"Yes sir." Roy said saluting him.
"Kory?" Robin asked walking towards her.
"Yes Friend Robin." Kory Anders said.
"I know we haven't known each other for a long time…but I love you…I just wanted you to know that." Robin said before she hugged him. This wasn't one of her bone crushing hugs, it was just narrowed down from so many words he could describe it with…different.
"I believe I love you too." Kory said, resting her head on his shoulder. They soon parted.
"Kory… be careful…and good luck." Robin said clasping her hands in his.
"I shall." She replied.
"Where is Tara? She's supposed to be here an hour ago." Raven Roth said frustrated.
"Slade wished to speak to her." Kory said.
"At five in the morning?" Robin asked.
"Do you understand the mission?" The one known as Deathstroke asked, Tara Markov nodded. She was wearing a steel breastplate, steel shoulder and elbow pads, a layer of cloth wrappings under the armor to cover her entire body, black codpiece, and a metal hair clip above the left ear.
"We will send the army through City Hall, where you will subdue the mayor. My robots will take care of the police. The force field will be set up around the conquered area so it will not be able to be reclaimed. This is your final task to prove your loyalty. Do not fail me…apprentice." Deathstroke said.
"I won't…" Tara replied.
"You have made mistakes in the past, but that is all behind you now, isn't it." He asked.
"Yes." She said.
"I've known all about your little secret meetings, hopes you can bring this place down. You are going to crush those dreams. From this day forth, will you serve me and me only?" He asked.
"I will." She said.
"Will you destroy the Teen Titans?" Deathstroke asked. Tara hesitated before speaking.
"I thought you'd never ask." She said with a cruel smile.
Phase 1: Jump City Hall- 5:30 A.M.
A dark shadow crept into the mayor's office. Herbert Geller sat in his seat half asleep, this time in the morning. The figure stepped into the dim light revealing, the vigilante of Gotham City, Batman.
"W-What do you want?" Herbert asked fully awake and scared. Batman didn't answer instead he threw a bat-a-rang at the Level 4 Containment Field's controller.
"Wait, stop you criminal!" Herbert yelled. Batman threw a smoke bomb before grabbing his bat-a-rang back and shooting his grappling hook to another building, leaving a dazed mayor. Herbert sighed in defeat after seeing a security camera with a crack on the side of the lens. He could ramble all he wanted, but he didn't have any proof The Batman was there at all…
Phase 2: Jump City Juvenile Hall- 5:32 A.M.
Wally West could have ran out and ditched them if he wanted to. Get back to Central City, no one would even know where he was, where he lived. He could be called an asshole for the rest of his life if he backed out now. Still no one would know what happened those last few minutes. He could have left the danger…but of course what fun would that be?
A blur sped through the halls of Jump City Juvenile Hall. Time was something Wally never needed. Every minute, every second, millisecond even had him thinking about something. It was never too late for him, though a side of him kept telling him to back out, run out that door, but he didn't want to.
Truth was he couldn't really careless about half the low lives around this place, but he had friends, he had her, whom depended on him. He smiled at that, he wasn't the brightest of the group but having someone who's a genius that depends on you felt good. There are, of course, bonus points if that certain genius is someone you're crushing on recently. He skidded to a halt, his rubber soles creating friction against the metal floors, smoked came from that. He kicked the door down and stared at all the controls.
"Shit…they never told me how to shut this thing down…" Wally said to himself. He blinked twice…
'So many buttons with different colors…let's see…where to start.' He thought pressing a button. He started pressing a few more out of enjoyment and curiosity. Was it apart of human nature to be easily amused with this? Wally pushed all the buttons at the same time before the machine blew a fuse.
"SEQUENCE SHUT DOWN, INITIATES IN 5…4…3…2…1" A mechanical voice said before smoke came out and it exploded, by that time Wally was already half way across the building.
Phase 3: Jump City Juvenile Hall's Parking Lot: 5:35 A.M.
"You wouldn't really expect this place to have a parking lot right" Roy said grabbing some wire clippers and rewiring the car. He had a box of 'trick arrows' strapped to his back and a bow was hanging on his shoulder.
"Yes." Roy said with triumph as the engine roared.
"You do realize that Friend Raven left us with the keys." Kory said holding up the car keys.
"Yeah…but this is way cooler." Roy said driving the van towards the electric fence going eight miles per hour.
"Should we not make sure that the Kid Flash has deactivated the fence first?" Kory asked.
"Oh shit." Roy said trying to slow down the van. Kory's hands glowed a bright green color before she attempted to fry the hinges of the fence, instead the fence combusted.
"I believe the proper term is 'opps'." Kory said.
"Whoa…nah you didn't do anything wrong. Speedy to Raven, we're going to City Hall…over." Roy said swerving to the left.
"Are you absolutely positive, you know how to operate this vehicle?" Kory asked.
"Definite." Roy said.
"Turn left then progress forward." Kory said as Roy swerved to the left.
"Why are the streets empty?" Roy asked.
"And where are all the citizens?" Kory asked before a large crowd of people ran past their van.
"You just had to ask." Speedy said as several more cars started speeding past them.
"Watch it, speed it up!" A chorus of voices yelled aside from cars 'beeping' each other. Roy stepped on the petal and followed the instructions Kory gave him, wondering…What were all these people running from?
Garfield and Victor ran out of their room to stop the onslaught of robots pouring in.
"Where did they all come from?" Gar said before turning into a T-rex and trampling over the machines, they called 'Slade-bots', named after the warden.
"I don't know, but I know how they're getting out." Cyborg said still attached to the charger, he loaded his sonic cannon. A blue colored energy came out of the cannon.
"Raven we need back up." Gar said speaking through his communicator.
"I'll send Aqualad and Kid Flash over. Where is Tara? Damn it." Raven replied agitated.
"I wish I knew…" Gar said before being hit square in the abdomen, with a robotic fist.
Somewhere in the streets of Jump City…
"Raven, we can't hold them off much longer." Robin said impaling another Slade-bot with a bo staff. He kicked another one's head off.
"I we're just going to have to try." Raven said before lifting a bus with her powers and throwing it at a group of robots.
"How's Speedy and Starfire doing?" Robin asked punching a robot.
"Cover me…" Raven said taking out her communicator.
"Raven to Speedy, did you reach City Hall yet?" Raven asked.
"The entire place is empty, not to mention all security's gone, everybody's running from-"
"Friend Tara?" Kory asked as Tara stepped off her rock.
"Where were you? Raven needed you-"
Roy was cut off when a huge rock hit his stomach, his back colliding with the wall.
"Friend why are you-"
Kory didn't finish either before a rock was sent hurling in her direction, she landed next to Roy.
"Y-you're working with him aren't you?" Roy said getting up.
"Bout time you figured that that out." Tara said devoid of emotion.
"Friend we do not wish to fight you." Kory said dodging another rock.
"Looks like you don't have much of a choice." Tara said sending a cluster of rocks towards them.
"Why are you doing this? You were our friend." Roy asked, not wanting to fight either, but had his bow and arrows ready.
"I don't have any friends." Tara said. Her eyes glowed a yellow color as more rocks pelted them.
"Raven, Tara's-"
"Whoops, did I break your little toy?" Tara asked after a spike hit it.
"Shit." Roy muttered. He fired an arrow, in mid air the end became a punching bag glove. Tara back flipped to avoid other arrows Roy fired.
"Starfire hit her with a star bolt quick. I'm not good with hand-to-hand combat." Roy said as Tara got closer.
"I do not wish to harm her." Kory said.
"It's just going to knock her out cold." Roy said ducking from a punch. He fired an arrow at her again. Tara flicked her wrist as a barrier of rocks covered her. The barrier became solid ice upon sudden impact with the arrow. Kory reluctantly fired a star bolt at her. Tara's body went crashing out the window. Kory and Roy ran outside.
"Is she…?" Kory didn't want to say that word.
"She's still breathing." Roy said before hearing a rumbling noise.
"I'm guessing that's not your stomach." Roy said as the Earth shook.
"You always were easy to fool." Tara said as the street split forming a crevasse. Kory managed to grip the edge of rock on the wall of the new gorge.
"Friend Tara…please do not-"
"Like I said before, I don't have any friends." Tara said as the walls closed in, Kory lost her grip and fell into the dark abyss.
Cyborg panted before smashing another robot.
"How many more…are there?" Gar asked panting.
"I don't know. Cyborg can you punch the water fountain?" Wally asked as Cyborg did so. Water sprayed out of it.
"Okay…and that was supposed to help how?" Gar asked then saw the robot's malfunctioning.
"Oh…" Gar muttered.
"Now were getting somewhere." Garth said before manipulating the water and sending it towards the robots.
"Finally…" Gar said, slumped against the wall.
"Come on BB get up, we have to help Robin and Raven." Wally said shaking the shape shifter's arm. Gar groaned as he got up.
"The faster we get rid of all these robots, the faster we can work on finding Terra." Cyborg said.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Gar asked practically running out of the building.
"That is one sad kid." Garth said.
"I tell Rob that everyday." Cyborg said running after him. They ran past the fried electric fence, to find more robots.
"Where'd all the people go?" Gar asked.
"Think they all ran out of town?" Wally asked.
"In one hour?" Garth asked, kicking a robot.
"Either that or they were destroyed." A voice said as the ground spit beneath Garth and Wally. Gar stared at her for a while.
'Must think un-horny thoughts…' Gar kept reminding himself before snapping out of his reverie.
"Terra, what are you doing?" Gar asked before she punched him in the jaw. Cyborg saw the insignia on her breastplate. His eyes narrowed, before firing his sonic cannon. The blast hit her directly, sending her sailing across the air and colliding with a building.
"Terra's working with Slade." Cyborg said.
"No…she can't, she isn't. Terra's our friend, she would never." Gar said shaking his head in disbelief.
"Go to hell." Tara said sending a pillar of rock towards Cyborg. It hit his sonic cannon/ arm.
"Aren't you supposed to be the nice one? It's 6:05 A.M." Cyborg said charging and punching her in the stomach.
"I got rid of my split persona a long time ago." Tara said, ducking from another one of his punches, while clutching her abdomen.
"What happened to Speedy and Star?" Cyborg asked throwing another punch. He heard a bone in her shoulder blade crack when his fist hit it.
"Ugh…got rid of them a while ago." Tara said before a pillar of stone hit his chest, knocking him back. She opened up the Earth as it swallowed him as well. She leaned on the wall of a nearby building clutching her bleeding shoulder.
"Tara…you don't have to help him." Gar said walking towards her.
"You wouldn't understand." Tara said before a rock made fist slammed him into a wall.
"Where's Raven?" Tara asked.
"It's never too late to change…" Gar said ignoring her question.
"It was always too late for me. Now tell me where is she?" Tara said forming a spike next to his neck.
"I'll never tell you." Gar muttered.
"You don't have to." Tara said grabbing his communicator. She pressed a few buttons before finding their coordinates.
"Pity… I could've spared you." Tara said opening another canyon underneath him, he transformed into a bird and flew up. She flung a rock at him. Gar changed into a gorilla and pinned her to the ground, before changing back to a human.
"Stop before you can't turn back." Gar said.
"Don't you get it? I wanted to be this way. I wanted to work for Slade. I wanted to destroy you and your pathetic friends. Get off me." Tara muttered.
"Why don't you make me?" Gar asked, neither moved for about five minutes.
"You can kill me any second now…but can I at least get a last request?" Gar asked.
"You have the upper hand, what the hell are you talking about?" Tara asked.
"But I don't want to fight" Gar said before pressing his lips against hers, both engulfed in what seemed like an alternate reality. She was the first to break off. He took her hair clip out of his pocket and placed it in her open palm.
"This isn't right. I killed your friends." Tara said shoving him off her.
"So this is how it ends?" Gar asked as a rock hovered above him. Instead being crushed, the street ripped apart and he fell…but not without seeing her mouth two words: 'I'm sorry'.
"Excellent work, Tara I couldn't have done it without you. But our conquest is not yet complete…" Deathstroke said.
"I know… Three Titans down…two to go." Tara said over her COM link. She looked at the communicator again. Two blinking signals were near the Jump City Harbor.
"Now that's done, we can focus on finding the others." Robin said after smashing the last robot.
"I'm afraid you can't do that." Tara said flinging a rock at Robin, he was thrown into the Harbor.
"Tara" Raven said.
"Raven" Tara said.
"Traitor" Raven responded.
"Witch" Tara replied.
"I should've known you'd betray us." Raven muttered.
"Should've, could've, would've, didn't." Tara said before sending a rock at her. Raven used her powers to send it back with full force, Tara dodged it.
"I have the advantage here, you can't beat me." Tara said gathering more rocks from the ocean depths.
"Maybe I don't have to." Raven said as a dark energy enveloped several street lights, she bent and twisted them.
"What are you…?" Tara started then realized what she was doing when several street lights and metal objects started twisting around her like a coil, trapping her. Raven walked up to her causally and yanked out her ear piece.
"Tara what's going-"
"Screw off, asshole." Raven said in a monotone before crushing the ear piece.
"Did you forget the code?" Raven asked Tara, whom was still struggling to break free of the metal.
"What does it matter now? Your friends are all dead." Tara said.
"A friend is a person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause, in other words a comrade. You haven't killed off all my friends. There is one you didn't kill off that is in front of me right now-"
"SHUT UP." Tara yelled.
"As much as you'd hate to admit it you've been there for me as much as I had been there for you. As much as I could never regard you as a person who I would rely on, you were someone I could trust-"
"Shut the fuck up!" Tara yelled, a stream of mud hardened into a blade and sliced her bindings.
"I'm not your friend and I never was. I was lying to you so I could steel all your secrets and capture all your team members." Tara said flinging a rock at her. Raven put up a shield blocking it.
"One last fight, no powers, just fist, one on one." Raven said as Tara nodded. Tara sent a punch towards Raven's stomach only to get her arm twisted.
"Seem familiar?" Raven asked referring to the first time they fought.
"Seems like it. Only this time I've gotten better." Tara said elbowing her in the gut before sending a kick towards her ankles, knocking her off her feet.
"Good times huh? Hanging out, back at East Gotham, almost makes me miss that dip shit of a place." Tara said as Raven got up.
"Guess almost just doesn't cut it." Raven said before punching her face. Tara stumbled back before regaining her composure.
"Remember that game we used to play with Argent?" Tara asked before blocking another punch.
"The one when we'd check for the third word?" Raven asked.
"Yeah… Think I died racking my brain over that shit." Tara said as Raven blocked one of her kicks.
"Why are you stalling?" Raven asked.
"Maybe I'm hinting at something. You ever draw a picture?" Tara asked throwing another punch.
"Yes, what's it to you?" Raven asked dodging the blow.
"Ever look at it later and tell yourself you're not good enough?" Tara asked.
"Happens all the time" Raven said
"Remember the picture I drew during Light's class?" Tara asked.
"The one with-"
"Gotcha" Tara said before punching her in the jaw.
"It's over." Tara said.
"Probably…but where I fall others will come forth. You couldn't have gotten everyone Tara. It's impossible." Raven said.
"No but I've gotten the leaders down. Right now that's all that matters." Tara said before opening up the floor, where Raven fell as others before her.
BOOM
Tara fell back after being hit with an explosive disc.
"I'm surprise you're still alive bird boy." Tara said getting up.
"Don't be, I'm a lot harder to bring down." Robin said before slamming his bo staff into her shoulder, she recoiled in pain.
"What happened to Starfire?" Robin asked.
"Gone, just like the others-" She managed to say before being punched in the stomach.
"You're lying." Robin said before she got up into a fighting stance.
"You're in denial." Tara said before a pillar of rock shot up. Robin attempted to dodge it, missing by a few seconds it connected with his left leg. He threw a metallic object that cut the side of her waist, now heavily bleeding.
"There has to be an easier way to do this." Tara muttered, before sending a barrage of rocks at him. Robin twirled his bo staff turning each rock into gravel by each swing. Within a few more seconds the ground swallowed him. Tara leaned on a building.
"If she's really as smart as they say she is…then they'll figure it out…" Tara said weakly before getting up. She walked through the empty streets stumbling once in a while, whistling a short tune.
A.N. Had a lot of repetition in this chapter, props to anyone who figured out the hints I left. I couldn't really put too much effort into most of this, I'm not too good with writing long term action scenes or sappy romance parts.
Ramble of the day: Character and Pairing bashing is wrong, stupid and ignorant. People have their own opinion and no one should be flamed for that, otherwise that's just idiotic. If you want to flame pairings and/or charater bash do it in a non public area. Thank you for your time.