Jubilee Hall
By: TTFAN
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them.
WARNING: May contain brief, though not throughly described nudity in this chapter along with perverted comments.
"I-I'm alive?" Roy Harper asked himself. He rubbed his eyes before opening them. He was unarmed, in a cold damp cell…that smelled like crap.
"You've been alive for the past five hours." A voice said. Roy turned and saw his comrade, Garth.
"Last thing I remembered was darkness…and that stupid bitch that flung us in here." Roy said getting up and trying to open the rusted bars of the cell.
"Don't waste your energy. KF tried that for five minutes at light speed and is sleeping over there." Garth pointed to a person in the corner.
"So…that's it? We're just going to give up?" Roy asked.
"Not really…technically, there's a hole in the wall, leading to the traitor's room. Kid Flash and I managed to chip a few parts of the dried wood off." Garth said.
"Really…" Roy said with a perverted grin.
"Different place, different situation, same old Roy." Garth said rolling his eyes.
"I don't think there are any guards or blockades outside her room, we could use that as an escape." Wally said before yawning.
"You guys still have your communicators?" Roy asked.
"They didn't do such a good job at ransacking us…I've tried calling them for an hour, nothing but static." Wally said.
"You wouldn't really expect to find any connection in this place." Garth said.
"You…think they're ok?" Wally asked.
"I don't know man…I don't know." Roy said.
Kory Anders woke up from the odor of…well you get the picture. She was glad she didn't land in the sewer water.
"Friend Speedy, are you present?" Kory asked as several more echo's answered her question. She squinted her eyes at a small carving on the wall. Due to the inability to see in the dark, she used her powers to illuminate the area. Her hand glowed as she read the carving, NORTH. Finding no other harm in going in that direction she started walking. The sewer reminded her of the girl's locker room, dark, smelly, and damp. Kory stopped when she came close to another light. Assuming it to be an exit, she ran forward, only to find two more tunnels.
Kory sighed in defeat then saw several symbols on the walls of the sewer. She shuddered, she had heard of several carvings like these. Perhaps it was a trap created by…aliens? No, mother and father said they were fictional. Drawings like these were made by bad people whom had nothing better to do…
'People like…Tara.' Kory thought sadly. She was stuck in a sewer, surrounded by creepy symbols made by who knows what.
"I wish Robin were here…" She said to herself.
"Wake up Richard." Raven Roth said kicking an unconscious figure.
"Ugh…you don't have to kick me…" Robin muttered getting up.
"Yes, but then you won't wake up wouldn't you?" Raven asked.
"…Are we the only ones alive?" Robin asked.
"I'm sure there are others, she never intended on killing them…is that glued to your face?" Raven asked, surprise him.
"…No my shades aren't glued to my face. They just happen to stay on." Robin said.
"Beast boy owes me … five bucks." Raven said.
"If he's still alive that is." Robin said.
"Would you quit being a pessimist?" Raven asked.
"Look who's talking." Robin said.
"I just had to team up with you didn't I? It could've been Cyborg. He knows when to shut up." Raven muttered.
"We should focus on finding other survivors…" Robin said.
"I think we've already established that, boy blunder." Raven said.
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Robin asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know boy wonder?" Raven asked.
"Y-You knew?" Robin asked.
"As obvious as it is, once you think about. Replace the shades with a mask and a lame excuse of an outfit-"
"What's wrong with my costume?" Robin asked.
"You fight crime in a dark alley…with a costume which resembles a traffic light." Raven stated.
"Yeah well…" Robin was at loss for words…she was right. Raven grinned, oh sweet victory. She took a lighter from her pocket.
CLICK
A small light illuminated the area. There was a carving on the wall, SOUTH.
"There's a start…" Raven said following the words on the sewer wall.
"You're just going to follow it?" Robin asked as they walked southward.
"I don't see why not." Raven said.
"It could be a trap. No one goes down to a sewer to carve words on a wall, if it's not a trap." Robin said.
"Tara does." Raven replied.
Garfield Logan opened his eyes slowly after being flashed in the eye with a light. He got up to find his mechanical friend, with a mini flashlight on his left shoulder.
"Dude…we just got our butts whooped by a girl." Gar said with a weak grin. Cyborg stared at his green friend, still trying to be funny during a time like this.
"You ok?" Cyborg asked.
"Hey least I got a goodbye kiss." Gar said before gingerly moving his fingers to his bottom lip.
"Way to score, BB." Cyborg said.
"You see Aquadude, KF or Speedy anywhere?" Gar asked.
"Nope…you think they're…in a better place?" Cyborg asked.
"Any place is better than a sewer." Gar said.
"Hey what's that…East? Well let's go!" Cyborg said after reading the words off a sewer wall.
"Wait a sec…it could be a trap…" Gar said.
"Who's gonna set a trap down here?" Cyborg asked.
"…The sewer people, duh. You'd think someone like you'd know that." Gar said folding his arms.
"Come on salad head, we're going east." Cyborg said.
"But the sewer people-"
"Don't exist, incase you have any other bright ideas. There could be millions of tunnels here." Cyborg said.
"Fine…but when we get attacked…" Gar muttered.
"There's a light ahead." Robin said running forward.
"I'd rather you not." Raven said.
SPLASH
"Idiot" Raven muttered walking at a faster pace. Apparently the sewer system was much like the street, there's a sidewalk, other than concrete there was filthy water.
"What's in this stuff?" Robin asked drenched in sewer water.
"You really want to know?" Raven asked.
"On second thought…Starfire!" Robin said getting up and running over to the red head.
"Friend Robin, Why do you smell like the backside of the rotting flesh of a portkin?" Kory asked holding her nose.
"He fell in sewer water." Raven said.
"Friend Raven, you are well!" Kory said about to hug her.
"I don't need anymore bruises…" Raven said.
"Are you hurt?" Robin asked.
"No, but my emotions are feeling how you say 'blue'." Kory said.
"Dude, they're going to eat us and cook our internal organs." A voice said.
"Man now that's just nasty." Another responded.
"Beast boy? Cyborg?" Robin asked.
"AHHH. They know our names, DON'T EAT US, IT WAS CYBORG'S IDEA!" Gar yelled.
"Calm down BB, it's just Rae, Rob and Star." Cyborg said.
"You guys are ok." Gar said with relief.
"What could all of this mean?" Robin asked inspecting a wall.
"Walk back…not too far back that you fall into the sewer." Raven said.
"It seems familiar…" Robin said to himself.
"It's written…backwards." Cyborg said, staring at the reflection in the dirty water.
"What's it say?" Gar asked squinting his eyes. No one wanted to say it, but Kory read it off anyway.
"Death"
"Check on the prisoners." Deathstoke said.
"But I just-"
"NOW" Deathstroke interjected. Tara reluctantly walked over to the holding cell, with the keys.
"You hear that?" A voice asked.
"Yeah…sounds like whistling." Another replied. Tara opened the first door and walked in, slowly, casually, as if nothing was wrong. She whistled a tune and twirled the key ring around her finger.
"Come over here you blonde bitchy traitor, so I can rip you to shreds." Roy yelled as she walked over, still twirling the keys.
"Like you did before?" Tara asked slightly amused.
"That was a fluke, I was holding back." Roy grumbled.
"That's your problem, not mine." Tara said shrugging. Garth stared inquisitively at her, at this rate, Roy would've been on the floor gasping for air…yet she was calm…too calm. Garth grabbed Roy by the shoulder, before calling Wally into their huddle.
"Something's up. She's quiet…too quiet, Tara just doesn't sit and nod at everything, she's a ticking time bomb." Garth said.
"Maybe Slade brainwashed her or- or made her swear some oath. Once she makes a deal, she'll take it to her grave, Rae said something about that once." Wally said.
"Ok…she's on a rotting cliff. She's got the keys with her. Garth, work your 'manly' charm on her or something." Roy said.
"What? You know if Tula ever found out, she'd hang me…or worse." Garth said.
"Where is she, like miles away from Jump City?" Roy asked. Wally just watched the argument rocketing back and forth.
"Why don't we just ask her for the keys?" Wally asked both boys stared at him with disbelief.
"Come on man just take one for the team." Roy said.
"…Fine, but you owe me, big time." Garth muttered.
"Fish taco free for six months." Roy said. Garth leaned in the bars of the cell.
"So…Tara is that suit skin tight?" Garth asked winking. Tara stared at him…
"Pervert" Tara said before swiftly slipping her hand through the bar and punching his face.
"What kind of pathetic excuse of coming on a girl was that?" Roy asked as Garth rubbed his swollen cheek.
"Hey how am I supposed to flirt with her if I don't even like her?" Garth shot back. Wally walked over to the bars.
"Can we have the keys….please?" Wally asked with a sweet grin.
"Weapon closet is three doors down to the right." Tara said 'accidentally' dropping the keys.
"What kind of pathetic excuse for a man are you?" Roy asked.
"Look who's-"
"Guys…I've got the keys." Wally said standing outside of the open cell door.
"What- How- You just-"
"Are we getting out of this place or what?" Tara asked.
"You're not-"
"Never was, why else are you guys still alive and walking?" Tara asked as Wally sped over to each cell unlocking the doors.
"Are we going to make a raid or what?" She asked with a wild grin.
"So is that suit really…?" Roy started.
SLAP
"Don't even go there."
"Did she leave any other clues on this 'death' thing?" Cyborg asked.
"She mentioned a picture…from Light's class." Raven said. Gar took out a doodle from his pocket. Three figures with bulging heads and eyes were standing before a girl with utensils.
"Is that Friend Kitten?" Kory asked pointing to the girl strapped to the counter in the picture.
"Is that a…alien?" Cyborg said trying to decipher the picture as well.
"Probe" Raven uttered in shock as Robin's masked eye's widened as well.
"Nanoscopic probes…that's why she faked our deaths…but wouldn't he have some way to still-"
"TARA!" A voice boomed over the entire headquarters.
"Oh shit… KF find the central computer lab, trash everything you find in there, I don't care what it is. Just do it!" Tara said before running towards the Training Room to meet her end.
"Yes master?" Tara asked gritting her teeth.
"They're still alive." Deathstroke said kicking her from the side. She slid back a few feet.
"You planned this all along didn't you?" He asked his fingers closing in on her throat.
"What makes you say that?" Tara croaked as a rock shot up and hit him…where it hurt.
"Cheap yes but effective" Tara said looking around for the controller. Tara grabbed him by his shirt collar, if this situation wasn't so serious she would've laughed.
"Where is it?" Tara asked before being thrown against a wall.
"There is no controller." Deathstroke said.
"What? But the probes-"
"Were never there, I don't try the same schemes twice, but you should've figured that out by now." Deathstroke said pushing a button as a few sparks spit from every part of her body. She felt a burning sensation under her skin as she walked forward.
"N-No…" Tara stammered.
"You promised to fight by my side forever and that's a promise I intend to make you keep."
"Whoa…what is this stuff?" Wally asked walking into the central computer lab.
"Is that…Robin?" Roy asked looking at a naked figure in a tube.
"For once Beast boy's right…there are clones." Garth said.
"Isn't that like, I don't know, illegal?" Wally asked speeding over to each tube.
"Yeah here…but who's going to know." Roy said.
"Hey…how come we don't get one?" Wally asked.
"Do you want an evil biological clone?" Garth asked.
"No…but it'd still be cool." Wally said pouting.
"So…we smash this stuff or what?" Roy said looking at the controls.
"…What's this one do?" Wally asked pressing a button. A tube slid up, green fluid pouring out.
"That's definitely not good." Roy said as a figure walked forward.
"Raven?" Wally said, before a table was flung at him
"Hello Wallace…prepare to die."
"My sensors say there's nothing wrong." Cyborg said. They were now at an empty hospital.
"I've analyzed our blood samples…nothing either." Raven said.
"Perhaps we must find another clue?" Kory asked.
"Maybe she was the one on the false trail." Raven said.
"If Friend Tara was mislead-"
"What was Slade really planning?" Robin asked. Several glasses started vibrating then breaking as the earth shook.
"Where's BB?" Cyborg asked.
"I've got a lock in his signal. Five kilometer's east, let's go." Robin said as they ran out of the hospital.
Tara gazed at the dagger as she gripped its handle.
"Whatever it takes…" She said directing the point to her chest.
CLANK
She winced in pain, Deathstroke wasn't kidding when he said it was attached to her nervous system. She continued to stab several more times, before coughing up blood.
"Ok…bad idea." Tara said. She tried pulling at her suit desperately.
"The hell? There has to be a way…but how?" She said walking over to the sink. Tara opened the faucet and threw water on it, like a second skin, it slid off.
"You're kidding. Who makes this kind of crap?" Tara asked. She glanced at the dagger again. She gripped the handle and stabbed at the metal on her shoulder.
CLANK
"Wally, throw something at her!" Garth said dodging another projectile.
"I-I can't. I mean…she's nude, how am I supposed to-" Wally said blushing before dodging a chair.
"Hey bitch, freeze." Roy said firing an arrow. It hit her and she became a solid block of ice.
"Sure packs a punch…" Garth said.
"Tell me about it. I mean, imagine if they all came out…" Wally said as Roy shuddered.
"As much as I'd admire a bunch of nude chicks…I think I'm going to take a break on that part. Too freaked out if some kind of person's going to jump out and strangle me." Roy said.
"I'm sure Wonder Girl would like to hear that." Garth said as Roy elbowed him.
"Donna's a good friend, Gill Head." Roy muttered.
"Uh-huh." Wally said with a grin.
"Ok guys, let's trash this junk…first we have to find out how…" Garth said looking at the controls.
"How bout that one?" Wally asked pointing to one, labeled: terminate.
"…Can someone tell me how we didn't notice that earlier?" Roy asked as the other two shrugged. Garth placed his finger over the button…
CRACK
All the glasses were enveloped in a black energy and then shattered. Five figures loomed over them.
"Uh guys…I think we're gonna need back up." Wally said.
A.N. Had a bad case of writers block for most of the week. Good news is that the people at CN are beginning to notice the popularity of TT due to the letters, keep writing people! Found this at: http/ www. titanstower. com/ source/ animated/ 00indexanimated. html, just remove the spacing.