A/N: Sorry that this chapter got out later than normal, but I wanted to go over details in my head and I want to tackle these last few chapters perfectly. From the reviews from my last chapter, it seems like I'm doing just that. So here is your newest chapter. Enjoy and review! Thanks!

Disclaimer: I don't freaking own the characters from Teen Titans!

Chapter 26 Promises

Robin gave a frustrated cry as his body was forcefully pushed backwards for the millionth time that night. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to fight back the blue eyed zombie girl, Jessica. All he managed to do was get himself a headache before brutally slamming, back first, into a wall in the darkened room. He winced at the painful impact and fell to his hands and knees while breathing heavily.

The teen glanced up and saw Jessica's stolid body walking steadily toward Red X. The thief growled a curse under his breath from where he was on the floor across the room. Robin grunted while stumbling to his feet and sprinting toward Jessica. The girl heard him coming and spun around with her emotionless eyes narrowing slightly. She put out her hand while her eyes glowed a deeper blue to indicate she was using her destructive powers.

Robin deftly dodged her swift attack by pulling a bird-a-rang out of his belt and throwing it right when he saw her eyes flash an intense blue. With a battle yell and flash of bright light in his head, Robin broke her power on him and kept running full speed at her.

The gadget lodged itself in Jessica's shoulder. The girl didn't respond to the thing now protruding from her shoulder. Not a scream or cry of pain or anger was released from her. She didn't even look at it. Robin ignored this gruesome fact as he came at her.

"No!" Red X yelled as he collided with Robin's shoulder. The two rolled on the floor and got up dizzily. Robin gave the thief a confused and frustrated look. "I didn't realize it before, but you're not dressed properly for this," Red X explained himself quickly. "If bare skin touches her skin she could kill you instantly."

Robin looked himself over and his heart sank. The thief was right. He was still dressed in the same clothes from Peru. His T-shirt was ripped with stained of blood here and there from his fight with Slade back at the airport in Florida. His pants were worn and beaten. The teen was also bare foot. He wouldn't be able to punch or kick Jessica even if he could.

"I'm afraid we aren't getting anywhere with this," Robin said with a sigh. They started to slowly back up as Jessica gradually walked toward them. "And I've already figured out Slade's clue for defeating her."

"Me too," Red X said solemnly "She won't stop till she kills me or I'm dead."

"I'm not going to kill you, if that is what you think," Robin told him. "You're not going to die on my watch. Got that? If we keep fighting together we can beat her. I mean, she has to give up sometime!"

"Because that always works," Red X said sarcastically. "This demon woman is a zombie, Robin. Either that or she is some kind of ghost. I killed her a whole day ago and now she is more powerful than ever! I worked my butt off killing her the first time. It will be even harder to do it again. You can't even hit her! I say we leave."

"And what will we do with her before we go off trying to find a way out of this place?" Robin asked him with a frown. Before Red X could answer, Robin let out a yell of surprise as he was suddenly hurdled effortlessly through the air. The thief watched with a wince as Robin mentally blocked her but wasn't able to stop his high-speed pace. He landed on the ground with his shoulder roughly and rolled a few times till the teen was able to slow down enough to get up.

Red X looked back to Jessica with his masked eyes narrowed. He quickly pressed a button on his belt and suddenly vanished. While the kid was invisible, Jessica turned around a few times in search for him. Red X pressed the button on his belt again once he was on one of the many rafters in the warehouse. From his new spot, he could over look everything that was going on in the room.

Robin didn't seem to notice that he was gone. He was up and fighting once again. Red X really admired his determination and seriousness for once. He had to admit, Robin had spirit! While Robin attacked the confused Jessica, Red X pulled out his communicator and called for Raven. They needed help!

-James-

"Okay!" James yelled to his kids and Val. "Everyone out! We have a city to save!" The Titans East member with them in the T-ship opened up all their windows. The three kids quickly exploded out their seats and slid down the hot orange metal of the space/water craft with freedom loving smiles. James was right behind his two kids.

Raven greeted them all in the main room. She nodded to the two Titan East members and they quickly took off to the sector in the city they had been assigned to protect. All the Titans had been scattered throughout the city and waiting for the danger sure to come, all hoping against hope that nothing would happen.

"Rae! We need help!" Jake's voice suddenly exploded into the room. The five of them jumped at the sudden sound of the teen's voice. The computer screen only showed perpetual static and wouldn't bring up the thief's picture. Raven was just grateful that they could still locate his communicator.

Raven's frown deepened as she went to the computer controls and barked into the microphone, "What is it, Jake?" She didn't like it when their plans went awry. Jake had better not have been kidding with her.

"It's Jessica!" Jake said in a rush of words. "S…she's back! And she is ten times more powerful! Robin and I can barely even get a punch in."

"Who's Jessica?" Abe asked with the tilt of his head to indicate his confusion.

"What did you do, kill her?" James asked Red X with frustration.

There was a pause on the other end. "Uh…how did you know that?" Red X asked.

James looked to the floor with his eyes filling up with tears at the bad memory. His voice shook a little as he said quietly, "My wife was killed by a Sally Hunter. My wife had killed her before, easily, for the CIA, but then one day she came back from work and there Sally was, waiting for her. I…I came home to see my wife's dead body on the ground next to Sally's. Jessica Hunter must be a descendant from Sally somehow and has all the same powers. She won't give up till you are dead."

Red X paused on the other end as his mind processed this information with much difficulty. The fact that a crazy psycho-path zombie girl would always be after him till he finally died was a hard thing to accept. "There…there has to be another way," Red X said desperately. "I made a promise! I draw the line of being a hero and letting this girl kill me!"

James stared at the computer screen in deep thought. Abe and Sam discussed this new dilemma with each other in hushed voices while Valentine butted in a few times to get her views across to the other two. Raven slowly started to move her focus on them and realized that they were now arguing about something. She glanced back at James and saw that he had come to a conclusion.

"I thought about this subject for a long time," he told them and Red X. "I have a theory on how to kill her, but I can't guarantee that it will work."

"Anything is better than dying," Red X muttered.

"Do you have something sharp, like a knife, with you?" James asked.

"Sure," Red X said.

"Good," James said with a nod. "The plan is now going to change. Tell Robin to leave and find Abe and they both try to find Slade while Sam goes with Raven and try to stop whatever detonation for these bombs placed around the city. You were smart to station everyone throughout the city. If the girl's can't do that, they could always find the bombs' locations. I'm going to stay here and coast you through this thing with the Hunter girl. Got it?"

"Um…you sure your kid and Raven will be alright?" Red X asked hesitantly. "And how is Val?"

"I'm good, Jakey!" Val called out to him cheerfully even though her voice was a lie. She was worried about him. She had experienced Jessica too many times to count and despised the evil girl. She didn't want to think about the battle going on between them now. She also thought it a bit creepy that the girl was back from the dead.

"Sam will be fine with Raven," James said after getting a positive nod from Raven that told him she would go along with the new plan.

"If you say so," Red X said. "I'm going to tell Robin this now. I'll call you when he's gone." Right after the teen was done talking; a picture of Beast Boy came up. The changeling looked deeply worried as he fidgeted with the collar of his costume. "Houston, we have a problem," he said grimly.

"What is it, Beast Boy?" Raven asked after a tiered sigh.

"Seems like we have invisible walking thingies that like to terrorize the city," Beast Boy said. He tried to put on a smile, but he failed miserably at doing so. "I guess Slade forgot to tell Jake this part of his plan."

"Tell the others," Raven ordered swiftly. She positioned herself proudly in front of the keyboard of the computer screen like a strict military officer having command over the whole army. "See if you can turn off whatever is keeping them invisible. Are they heading anywhere?"

"Not really," Beast Boy said with a shrug. His apprehension seemed to evaporate when he was suddenly under command, and his happy-go-lucky smile was steadily returning to his face. "Mine at least is just going around in circles and crashing into random buildings. Maybe they are blind."

Raven rolled her eyes in response, which this was only the reaction Beast Boy was aiming for. He smiled at her as she said emotionlessly, "Keep it that way. I'm turning over the main command to James for now on. If you have a problem, talk to him."

"Right away, Rae!" Beast Boy said with a salute, a goofy smile planted on his face. He then hung up and the screen returned to the map of Jump City showing the five where everyone was located. Raven smiled faintly at James as he took over. She made a pool of darkness open up under her and his two kids. Abe and Sam smiled at their dad and gave small waves of goodbye. He grinned back at them. He could tell they were nervous and a bit scared. They were so brave. Valentine watched with wide eyes of fascination as the group disappeared without a trace.

"And so we go," James muttered as his eyes lingered on the spot his kids used to be. He then turned his gaze toward Valentine and she gave him a quick, worried smile. He smiled faintly back then stared up at the giant computer screen before him. They had such a small chance of coming out of this ordeal alive. Even if they did, these kids and teens would be emotionally scared for maybe the rest of their lives. James could only hope and pray they would all live on.

-Red X-

"Robin!" Red X called out to the other teen as he jumped from his high spot in the rafters. He gracefully landed in a neat crouch behind Jessica. The zombie girl snapped around and tried to seize the thief with her powers. Red X predicted this and flipped out of the way of her invisible force. "Plans have changed!" he called to Robin.

Robin snuck up behind Jessica as her main focus was on Red X again. He jumped up behind her and pushed off her back with both of his feet. Using the momentum, Robin did a small, efficient flip in the air before landing in the same spot he had taken off from. Jessica fell forward and onto her face without a sound.

"I didn't even know the first plan before it was revised," Robin said to Red X. He gave a sharp yell as Jessica lunged at him with both of her bare arms. He did a few back flips to avoid her, but she kept running after him with a sickening moan coming from her. Robin suddenly changed direction of his flip and came back at her. His heel struck the top of her head and she went down with another creepy moan of anger that was starting to arise. Robin quickly rolled out of the way as Red X threw three X's. The sharp gadgets lodged into Jessica's back, and she growled in pure madness.

"Well, here it is," Red X told Robin. The two stood side by side and watched as Jessica's rotting body writhed on the floor. They never took their eyes off the girl; for fear that she would release another rampage of her brutal powers. "You need to go and find Abe and then take down Slade. I'll stay here and take care of Jessica under James's guidance. Raven and Sam are going to try and find out where Slade has set up his bombs around the city. Everyone else is out around the city and will go into action whenever they are told."

Robin thought about this news for a second. Jessica began to regain her blank composure and started to slowly get up off the dirty floor. Red X glanced over to Robin impatiently as the leader made his decision. "Can we hurry up with this thinking, kid?" Red X finally asked him. "We have an issue on our hands." He pointed to Jessica, who was slowly yanking out the three X's stuck into her back. She just as easily flicked the bird-a-rang in her shoulder away. The gadget hit the cement floor with a small clank that echoed throughout the giant room. It was followed by the three red X's.

"I can't just leave you here," Robin said to Red X. "You said so yourself that her powers were stronger now."

Red X growled into his mask as he backed up from Jessica with Robin. "So you're going to stay here like Slade's good little apprentice?" he barked back at Robin, his tone disgusted with the other teen. "Face it, kid, Slade wants you here to complete his stupid 'test'. So go ahead and give the dude what he wants! Hey, I would love the extra help!"

Jessica suddenly lunged at both of them. The two boys gave surprised yelps as they ducked swiftly at the same time. Jessica went sailing over the two and did another face plant on the cement. Robin had his Bo Staff out while Red X held onto two more X's. Robin lightly hit Red X's shoulder and the thief looked up at the leader with confusion.

"You make a good point," Robin muttered to him with some resentment. He hit Red X another time on the shoulder while growling, "Don't die, 'kay? Val doesn't need a dead brother after this." He got into Red X's face and said coldly, "And don't ever call me Slade's little apprentice again."

"I love you too, Robin," Red X said sarcastically back. He smiled under his mask while saying, "Buh-bye!" Robin gave him a wry smile before jogging into the darkness in search of an exit. Red X looked down to where Jessica's body used to be and froze in fear. She was gone! He muttered a curse under his breath while flinging out his communicator and calling up James in a rush.

"Something wrong?" James asked once he saw the fuzzy picture of the teen come up on the computer screen. "You look worried," he pointed out with a grim smile. Of course the man couldn't be sure because the thief was still wearing his skeleton looking mask.

Before Red X could respond to the obvious, his body locked into place and was pushed forcefully to the ground. The teen yelled in pain as his head smashed against the cement. Stars danced across his vision and the world spun. The communicator skittered across the floor, and Red X could faintly hear Valentine scream in fright on the other end. The thief could indistinctly hear James yell orders at him to get up.

But the boy had a big problem on his hands. No matter what he did, he couldn't break out of the hold the invisible Jessica had on him. Panic gripped his heart like an icy hand. A pounding headache tortured his bleeding head and he winced as unconsciousness threatened to overtake him.

"You've been a bad boy, Jakey," Jessica's cold voice suddenly cut through the dark silence. Red X squeezed his eyes and grunted as he tried desperately to break the hold she had on his body again. His tries were fruitless, though. He was like a magnet to the floor.

"What do you want, Jess?" Red X growled at the girl who was hiding somewhere in the darkness.

"You know what I want, Jake," Jessica said coolly. In the darkness, Jake could only see her luminous blue eyes as they stared sharply at him. He knew that she had her trademark wicked smile on her face now. He could almost see that small, cruel curl on the side of her face as he stared back into her eyes. The girl finally slinked closer to his motionless body on the floor. She loomed over him and savored the power she now held in her cold, dead hands.

Red X tried not to gasp in fright as the girl bent over him. "You killed me, Jake," Jessica said almost sadly, her malicious smile turning into a pretend frown. Her delicate fingers slowly pulled off the boy's mask as she said down to him smoothly, "Death is something I wish to complete. You see, Jakey, when you killed me, I didn't fully die. Half of me is in limbo now while the more powerful side of me is here, has to complete her final mission." She paused to watch Jake squirm in her grasp. "My mission is to kill you, Jake, and you know this," she whispered unfeelingly, the evil smile returning to her lips.

Jessica placed her bare hand on Jake's forehead. Jake squeezed his eyes shut with a sharp yell as an icy blast shocked his body. He didn't want to die this way, under the power of a psycho path. People were counting on him to pull through. He made a promise to come out alive. His blood boiled as he thought of all the pain Slade and this girl was putting him through. His eyes snapped open and he glared lethally up at Jessica.

Her face changed for only the briefest of a second. She looked…scared. The light in her eyes had dimmed slightly at the time and her powers were weak as well. Jake only needed that second to get free. "No!" he yelled loudly at her. She gasped as her powers somehow backfired on herself and she sent her body flying through the air. She landed with a deafening thud on the cement without a word.

Jake picked himself up while breathing deeply. He limped over to his communicator and picked it up with a wince. "No need to worry, folks," he muttered sarcastically to James and Valentine. "A Red X was harmed in the making of this scene."

"Are you able to fight, still?" James asked him with wide eyes full of worry and fear.

"Besides a splitting headache, maybe a broken rib, and a few scares and bruises, I'm perfectly fine," Jake said with a tiered yet proud smile. He looked over to Jessica's body and saw her slowly start to get back up with painful moans. "Just…quickly tell me how to kill this freak so I can pass out," Jake said to James.

"Not so fast, my busy little worker," Slade's voice smoothly cut through the foreboding darkness. Jake froze at the sound of the calm voice. He had thought that Slade was finished with him. Confusion swept over the teen's face as he looked back at the communicator for answers. "It seems like your little plan will fail, young one," Slade continued slickly. "The walls have ears, you know."

Jake's eyes went wide as he realized what Slade meant. While Red X had told Robin the new plan, Slade had heard everything. Quickly, Jake ordered James, "Tell me how to kill Jessica!"

"W-what did Slade mean?" James asked, confused. He hadn't heard fully what Slade said.

"No time!" Jake yelled. "Just tell me!"

"You have to decapitate her," James said in a rush. He explained when seeing Jake's deep confusion. "She has moving and living chemicals in her brain that turn on when she is killed. Just think of it as that videogame and movie…"

"Resident Evil!" Valentine finished for him.

Jake smiled at the thought and winked at his little sister on the other side. He then quickly said, "Now tell Sam and Raven to…" Suddenly the screen went fuzzy and in seconds he was completely cut off. Jake stared at the thing in his hands with shock for a second. He then growled in anger and yelled to Slade, "What do you want with me, Slade? I did my part in your stupid little plan!"

"Oh, but you're dead wrong, Jake," Slade's voice said to him. This time it came from all around as if from speakers. "You see, you and I made a promise as well. You promised me you would do the job."

"I did!" Jake yelled back.

"You rated me out, Jake," Slade said curtly. "That's not doing your job."

Jake folded his arms in front of him and asked, "So what now? Having Jessica kill me is not what you actually promised, Slade. Do you expect me to survive this battle?"

"As a matter of fact, I do," Slade said wickedly.

Jake had to have a double take. He shook his head and said with frustration, "I don't freaking get you! Why are you even talking to me? Okay, yeah, I backstabbed you and crap, but what's with the encouragement all of the sudden?"

Slade gave a cold laugh at the boy's aggravation. Shivers shot through Jake's spine as he stood there waiting for his answer. "My dear boy, that wasn't encouragement at all," Slade told him. "I'm hoping you do survive this so when I kill you years later you can wish your life was stopped this day. You spoiled my plans, so I plan on destroying yours. A deal is a deal."

A/N: I think this chapter came out pretty well. I could go on, but I need a cliffhanger. The fun is coming up in the next chapter or two. We have fight scenes galore and some blood will be shed to save this city. And now that school is out, my updates will be coming a lot faster. See you guys next week! Please review!