Okay...I updated again kinda soon, oh well. The rating changed because of this chapter, just to be safe. Cause this chapter has more violence then my other ones. But I like it. It's kinda different from what I usually write. So...read on!
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Junior smirked. This was going to be too easy! Fighting Amp, that little weirdo, there was no way he was gonna lose! He didn't look all that confident either, hmm…although he did expect the other Titans to be there. Where were they anyway? Oh well, it just made it all the more easier for him.
"What are you waiting for?" Amp inquired. Junior grinned.
"I'd think that you'd want me to stall? Or are you so eager to die?" Amp tensed. Junior had a point, he was good, and Amp…he was...well, him. But, there was no way he was gonna lose!
Meanwhile…
Nobody said anything after Raven's question, because they all knew that it might be true, they might never come back…
"ARGH!" Beast Boy smashed the robot with more force then necessary. Of course, everyone was nervous, if they didn't come back…well, nobody knew.
But Amp had his hands full, trying to fight Junior, alone, when they couldn't even beat him as a team. Junior ran towards Amp and kicked him in the stomach. Amp doubled over in pain. Junior smirked. Then he jumped in the air and did a flip landing with kicking Amp in the back of the head.
"GAH!" Amp reached up to touch his head, there was something sticky and wet when he touched it, and it stung. He winced, when he looked at his hand, it was red. Junior laughed.
"Loser, you can't beat me." He muttered. He grabbed Amp by his hair and kneeled down to looked at him.
"Hmm…you don't seem to be suffering nearly as much as I hoped you would." Then he grinned, "We'll have to change that." Midnight was still out cold, but the rest of team, was watching, and completely unable to help. Junior let go of Amp's head and stood up.
"Well, get up!" he ordered. Amp slowly got up on all fours, and stood up, Junior smiled.
"Good job, now stay there so I can KNOCK YOU DOWN AGAIN!" he yelled. He was so fast, that Amp couldn't stop him, he swept his feet underneath Amp, which made him fall over. Then he kicked him in the side. Now Metallic was pounding on the glass, Fiery just had her eyes covered, and Fade just stood there, as if she were the one killing him, and she didn't look happy about it.
Amp was breathing heavy now, but he didn't have enough energy to stand, Junior scowled at him.
"You're pathetic." He muttered, "to think I thought this would be fun, oh well, at least I get to see the stupid look on you're girlfriend's face when she wakes up, and realizes that you're DEAD." He grinned darkly. Amp raised his head to look at him.
"I'm not…dead. Not…yet." he gasped. Junior smirked.
"Of course, but when I'm done with you, you'll wish you were. And then…you will be." Metallic just stood there watching, he knew there was nothing he could do, but if somebody didn't do something…Amp was going to die. Then what would happen to them? Would Junior do the same thing? He didn't know, but right now…Amp was the one in trouble, and they were the ones not able to help. Maybe that's why Fade had stopped hitting the glass so easily, and why she just watched, and didn't turn away. Because, if you cover your eyes, you gather hope that everything will be okay when you open them, and if you try to get out…it just makes it all the frustrating when it's all over. All they could really do…was watch.
Fade just stared, there was nothing she could do. She had never felt so…so helpless. He couldn't even stand. She didn't like to be negative, just realistic. And right now, reality told her, something she very much didn't want to know. And yet…she also felt a pang of guilt. If she hadn't let herself be captured…they would all be sitting at the tower right now, having a snack and trying to track Junior down. She had always liked to be busy, to be working, or fighting. But now…she would give anything, to just be sitting in the tower, doing nothing. But, that was all over.
As for Fiery, she just couldn't watch. She couldn't, because she knew she couldn't do anything. She turned to look at her other friends. Metallic and Fade were just watching, and Midnight was still out, she sighed. They could watch, she didn't know how. She took a deep breath and looked at Amp and Junior. She gasped. Bad idea! Bad idea! Amp was lying on the ground, the back of his head was covered in blood, as was his left side, and Junior…he didn't have a scratch, and he appeared to be…laughing. He was laughing…now there was no doubt, Junior…was enjoying this. Who could be a more horrible person?
"Well, enough standing around, I suppose it's time to start hurting you again, or you're friends might get bored." Junior turned and smiled at the Titans, who were still just staring, more terrified and nervous then ever. Junior did a flip and jumped up in the air, he stuck his foot out but just before he hit him, Amp had enough energy to roll out of the way. And Junior just landed on the ground.
"Hmm, I assumed you were out of energy by now. Oh well, I guess since you dodged that blow, then I guess I'll have to hit you twice as hard to make up for it." He grinned. Amp closed his eyes, it had finally hit him…he was going to die. There was nothing he could do about it…he was a screw up, and because of this, everyone else was gonna die to…well, it's too late to think about it now. He scowled. He was such an idiot! Ugh, maybe it was better if he just died, then maybe his friends could find a way out of there and he could stop messing up their missions. It didn't matter what was better now, he was gonna die anyway, might as well just get it over with.
Junior walked over to him and kicked him, hard, then…he just didn't stop he just kept kicking him, then…he reeled his leg back, and as hard as he could, kicked him in the side where his original wound was.
"AHHH!" Amp started coughing up blood, he was pretty much covered in blood anyway, he might as well cough himself to death too. Junior smirked.
"SAY GOODBYE!" he was just about to kick him one last time, when-
"AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!" a black aura surrounded Junior and sent him flying into the pile of junk. Junior jumped out.
"Hmm, so you are here! All 6 of you too, you must have been fighting the robots judging by your state, you can't beat me." He grinned. Bumblebee spotted the pods.
"Hey! Look, they're over there!" she pointed at the kids. They all looked.
"What happened to Midnight?" she inquired threateningly.
"Hmm? Oh, I knocked her out." He replied nonchalantly.
"Where is Amp?" Starfire asked. Junior smirked.
"He's over there, coughing up bloo-" BAM! Junior was sent flying. He ran over.
"WHO DID THAT?" he yelled angrily. Beast Boy raised his hand.
"I did it!" he replied. Junior raised an eyebrow and touched the bruise on his cheek.
"But…you hate that kid." he thought aloud. They all turned to him, waiting for an answer. Beast Boy froze.
"Well…I…I never really-hated is such a strong word." He stuttered.
"Cyborg! Get them out of those pods, everyone else, GO!" Robin ordered. They all began to attack Junior, so he didn't have time to stop Cyborg. Once Cyborg opened all the pods, Junior got mad.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" he yelled. Then, he threw down another smoke pod. Once again…once the smoked cleared, he was gone. Raven carried Midnight, and Beast Boy volunteered to carry Amp. (he had fainted from blood loss)
When they finally got back, they brought all of the future Titans to the infirmary. And Raven inspected them one by one. (she has healing powers so I picked her to do it)
"Okay, Fade, Metallic, and Fiery, you each have a bruise or two, but nothing to bad. Midnight has a slight head injury, which is surprising considering you said she was hit with a crow bar. She'll wake up in a little bit. As for Amp, he's pretty beaten up, and he's had a lot of blood loss, but I think he'll be okay." She explained. Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Raven and Starfire stayed in the infirmary to tend to Amp and Midnight, but everyone else was told to leave.
About an hour later, the sun was setting, and Starfire came out with Midnight.
"Hi guys." Midnight gave a small smile. Her friends crowded around her and began to ask if she was all right.
"Relax guys! I'm fine. Hey…where's Amp?" she inquired. (they were in separate rooms, don't ask why) They all fell silent.
Metallic decided to tell her, "Um…he's the infirmary too, Junior kind of…"
"Almost killed him." Fiery interrupted. Metallic and Fade glared at her.
"Hey! You try to say it in a nice way!" she challenged. Midnight turned to Starfire.
"Can I see him?" she asked.
"Me too!" (Metallic)
"Can I come?" (Fiery)
"I'm coming with!" (Fade) Starfire nodded, and the four friends ran off to the infirmary, leaving Starfire with the boys. When they got there, they almost ran into Raven.
"How's he doing?" Midnight inquired.
"He just woke up." Raven replied smiling, "you can go in, I'm going to go talk to everyone else." And she left. They ran inside, Amp was sitting up shoveling food in his mouth. His head, arms, and torso were completely bandaged up. His shoes, socks, sash, and t-shirt were lying on another bed, and stained with blood. They all ran over and hugged him, shouting that they were so glad he was okay.
"Guys! I-can't…breath!" he gasped. They all let go.
"Are you feeling any better?" Metallic inquired.
"Well…I'm still pretty sore, but I'm not coughing up blood anymore." He replied.
"YOU WERE COUGHING UP BLOOD!" Midnight screeched. Amp smiled at her.
"Where you worried about me?" he asked. Fiery smiled.
"We all were." She replied.
"I thought you were dead." Metallic thought aloud. They all stared at him.
"Just for a second! Besides, he wasn't moving!" he insisted.
"I can't believe I was out for so long." Midnight muttered.
"The thing is, we still can't go home, Junior's still here, and we still have to stop him. But…it looks like Amp is out of commission for a while." Fade explained. Fiery nodded.
"Oh! Fade, when you got captured, we read you're note. And…just out of curiosity, what made you pick him?" she asked. Fade smiled.
"Because, I'm the leader, I notice things that others don't, that's my job. And…he just seemed like the best one for the job." She explained.
"But I got beat, badly." Amp replied, muttering the last part. Fade grinned.
"Being leader isn't about who can fight the best, it's who can take charge and give everyone positive direction, and who people can trust."
"But I got everyone locked in pods." Amp insisted. Fade laughed.
"You have really low self esteem." She smiled, "But look, we're all okay. And don't you dare say But this, or but that!" Amp grinned.
"Well, I'm just glad we're back at the tower. By the way, what happened to Junior?" he inquired. Midnight looked at Fade, she was curious too.
"Well…" Metallic began, "He was going to kill you, when our parents came and saved us, and Junior got away with the smoke bomb again…" he trailed off. Fiery nodded.
"Oh! And remember when Beast boy flipped out cause Junior made Amp cough up blood!" Fiery laughed. Midnight and Amp stared at her.
"Really?" Amp inquired. And as if on cue…
"Dude! You're awake!" Beast Boy grinned.
"What are you doing here?" Fade inquired.
"Huh? Oh, Raven said you woke up." He explained.
"Yeah, we were just telling him how you flipped out." Fiery replied. Amp nodded.
"Yeah, and I always thought you hated me." He said, grinning. Beast Boy blushed.
"Well…you know." He muttered. Amp smiled.
"Admit it, you like having me around." Beast Boy glared at him.
"No I don't!" he yelled.
"Would you rather I die so you don't have to deal with me?" Amp asked playfully.
"NO!" Beast boy shouted. Amp laughed.
"Oh, Amp! By the way, I patched in an inter dimensional call, I called your mom in the future and told her what happened, she'll probably call back soon." Fade explained. Amp's communicator rang.
"Oh boy…" he muttered. He flipped it open.
"ALEXANDER CRIPT! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED WE WHERE!" The voice on the phone yelled.
"Mom! Relax! I'm okay!" he said into the communicator.
"Wait a minute! You're name's Alex!" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"Yeah, hey, can I have a minute guys? I need to take this." Amp replied. His friends nodded and left, with Beast Boy reluctantly following.
"Hey Midnight, can I talk to you for a second?" Beast Boy asked.
"Sure, what is it dad?"
"His name's Alex!" Beast Boy whispered frantically.
"Uh…yeah? What about it?"
"Didn't you-"
"Yeah, I did." Midnight smiled and walked off. (See Chapter 2) Beast Boy peeked his head back into Amp's room.
"Yes mom, I promise I'll call later, but I'm really okay. Okay…I love you too. Bye." And he hung up. Beast Boy walked in.
"Hi Alex." He teased. Amp smirked.
"Garfield." He grinned. Beast Boy stopped.
"How did you-"
"Midnight told me." He answered.
"Well, how did she know?" Beast Boy inquired. Amp stared at him.
"She's your daughter." He replied.
"Heh…oh yeah…" Amp cocked his head.
"Why did you freak out when you heard my name was Alex, it's not that strange of a name." He asked.
"No reason…I was just surprised. Can you walk?" Beast Boy changed the subject.
"I dunno, haven't tried." He replied. Beast Boy nodded.
"You have a crush on Midnight, don't you?" he asked. Amp's face was no completely red.
"W-what gave you that…um…idea? Heh…" Beast Boy grinned.
"Midnight and Amp sittn' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-"
"Hey! Shut up!" Amp yelled.
"Why should I?" Beast Boy asked playfully.
"Well, Midnight is you're daughter, and Raven's too." He replied.
"So?"
"What do you have to do to have a kid?" Amp smirked. Beast Boy glared at him.
"If you weren't hurt so badly I would hit you." He muttered. Amp grinned.
"Nah! There's no way." He laughed.
Midnight peeked her head around the corner and grinned, they were finally getting along. She smiled and walked back out to see her teammates talking.
"Hey guys! What's going on?" she asked cheerfully. Fade turned to her.
"You'll never believe it, he's back." Midnight's eyes widened.
"No way! You mean-"
"Yeah," Fiery grinned, "Vibe's back."
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Who's Vibe? Well, you're just gonna have to find out! It's a dumb name I know, but whatever. It's another descendant, from who? You'll have to guess! Guess who it is! And review please. Pretty please!...I have nothing else to say...okay...bye.
