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CHAPTER 5: The Battle And The Ultimate Sacrifice
Cyborg drove the T car with extreme speed attempting to get to the fight scene in time to stop the insane villain, with Raven at his side. Robin rode his R-cycle with Starfire flying gracefully above. Beast Boy flew swiftly through the setting sun set sky as a burrowing owl, with Terra next to him, on a boulder.
All of them had a determined face. They wanted to take this villain down. Thing was the villain they were about to face…was going to put them in emotional pain.
Beast Boy was especially anxious to get it over with. He had had the perfect opportunity to tell Terra how much he loved her, but then the stupid alarm had to go off, putting his confession to a temporary halt.
They came to an old cavern outside of Jump city. It looked very unstable. It smelt of gun powder and was covered in moss. The wood entry way looked as if it were drained of life, while the moss lazily hung over the whole entire monument.
"Titans, be careful…" Robin whispered while every body got off or out of their transpiration. They all walked slowly towards the cavern, afraid if even the smallest sudden movement would cause it to collapse. As they came to the putrid entry, they held their breath. Once they made it past that they carefully made they're way through out the rocked tunnels.
Terra looked around at the fascinating surroundings. The rocks hung loosely on the walls, while dirt caked the ground. But she soon forgot about her fascination as the gun powder's odor became unbearable. She gagged, when the powder swam up her nostrils. She stopped dead in her tracks, as a new smell frightened her. It smelt so familiar, like some thing you might smell when you got gashed or something you might taste if you got socked in the mouth. Blood Terra stood in fright, her mouth gaping in disbelief, and her eyes wide with terror. Her breathing became heavy and her heart skipped a beat…Some one had been murdered. Both odors combined reminded her of some thing, or some one. Her memory suddenly snapped. She knew who it was committing this dastardly crime.
She ran ahead from her standing point. She didn't care if the others couldn't catch up to her or what Robin's orders were, she just ran. She ran deeper into the cavern at full speed. She thought she heard Beast Boy yell for her, but it sounded like a blur to her. Her adrenalin had control of her now. When she made it to the base of the cavern, she saw a figure up ahead. She came to a hard and rough stop. Dust flew up to her ankles because of the dry dirt beneath her feet. The gruesome figure made her freeze with shock and fear. Her mouth went dry and her mind went blank.
The figure…was a man in a black jump suit and he wore a mask, of black and orange. He had eyes of deadly brown venom and his belt full of weapons. His voice was like a horrid memory of pain and it rang out through the whole cavern.
"Hello, Terra…Remember me? Of course you do. It's been a long time hasn't it, around about 2 or 3 years? My you have grown, but looks can only say so much." Slade wagered.
"I-I thought I had taken care of you years ago. Why aren't you dead? Why isn't your retched corpse cursed to an under ground solitude, which I sentenced it to?" Terra yelled in disbelief.
Right after she said that the other titans had came to the so-called rescue. They too, almost fainted at the sight.
"Uh-oh." BB stated.
"What? You mean they didn't tell you? I thought you all were friends. No my dear child…I am very much alive." Slade taunted.
Terra listened to his corny act. She wished she could only plug up her ears and never hear his ear shattering bribes. It brought back so many memories. The memories throbbed to where it felt like they would explode into amnesia. Apparently the others had been hiding something from her. But right now she could care less about that.
Terra clenched her fist tightly. Her eyes filled with tears of frustration. Her feet planted firmly on the ground. Her hands soon, glazed with a yellow fury. Her eyes were painted with gold was a sign of fiery rage.
Beast Boy could tell how mad she was and he couldn't blame her. Not only was Slade back to haunt her, but the titans didn't tell her about it. She had every right to be angry. Especially with her friends.
"The blood…who did you murder?" Terra asked in a seriously tone.
"Why, what gives you such an idea?" Slade questioned.
"Don't play dumb with me, Slade. I know what you've done. I can smell it all the way from the entry way. I want answers!" Terra ordered.
"I must say Terra, you have exquisite detective skills. But they could never be of good use to the heroes and Heroines. You, sweet child…Don't belong on the good side. I know you have evil inside. It rushes through your veins and it turns your heart black. Every thing you've done…has tainted you, you will be are pure evil until the day you die. If you think you can run away from it all, then you are not being true to your title. You may think that these so-called friends of you are helping you now, wait until you do something, so bad to where they turn their back on you. Just like before." Slade lectured.
"I don't need to be wasting words with you…We finish this now." Terra yelled.
"Fine and by the way…you were right about the murder, of course it was only a simple town's child who came into the caverns to explore. Poor boy…He never saw it coming." Slade smirked.
"You…Demon!" Terra hissed.
"Enough talk, X apprentice, we fight now!" Slade commanded, while doing back flips.
"TITANS GO!" Robin barked.
The titans charged at the maniac. They were determined to take him down once and for all.
Beast Boy took a chance and turned into a bull, hoping to jab Slade in the gut. But he missed as the villain leaped over him. BB turned around and turned into a wolf. Once again he went for Slade. But failed, for Slade jammed Beast Boy in the side.
Robin rushed over and tried to kick Slade in the abdomen. But He grabbed Robin by the foot and flipped him backwards. Robin got up again and hit Slade in the chest, but something countered back onto Robin. His hand got a sudden shock and it began to throb. He slowly backed off for a moment and cradled. He looked at the villain who stood there menacingly awaiting a response from the Teen Titans leader. All of the other Titans either hovered or stood they're ground, waiting for an explanation from Robin's sudden stop.
"Bullet proof vest. I'm sure you've heard of them Robin." Slade hissed.
"T-the gun powder, it's not just the explosives." Robin guessed.
"Actually, all the explosives were moved out years ago when the gold rush ended." Slade corrected.
Slade reached into his belt compartment and pulled out something small, but powerful. It smelt of gun powder and it caused every one to cower in fear. A gun.
Every one gasped at the thoughts and sight. Slade had a gun with him. Sure Slade had had guns before, but never a hand gun. This made the titans very worried and draws out their concerns.
"TITANS! Be careful, I don't want any one getting hurt." Robin warned.
Every one took off all around the cavern trying to confuse the villain. Starfire shot a starbolt at Slade, but Slade had once again dodged an attack.
Cyborg used his sonic cannon to take out Slade. The light of the cannon lit up the glum cavern. In a way…It symbolized a beam of hope and prayers that the titans would go back home safely. But Slade dodged it and kicked Cyborg in the arm, slightly denting him.
"Slade Bots, ATTACK!" Slade roared. With those words about 100 of his minions came from the shadows.
The robots all lunged at the titans, hoping to distract them for the time being. Starfire, Terra, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven kept the Robots busy letting Robin handle Slade.
Robin kept on using kicks and punches, but all failed. Slade blocked every move Robin dished out. No matter how fast the attacks came to his face, he was able to counter it.
Robin almost punched Slade in the stomach, but the villain, rendered his fist captive and snapped it backward. Then he lifted the young boy up and threw him against the cold hard wall.
The paralyzed teen hit the wall with extreme force and fell to the ground like a bird with broken wings. He yelped with pain as the shock pinched his body all over. He slowly got up from the ground to find that his opponent was turned the other direction. This was Robin's chance of attack. If he could plan the right moment, aerodynamics, and angle, he could pull it off. Robin backed away from the wall and pin pointed his spot. Then he ran towards the wall, he ran up the wall with speed, trying not to lose balance. When he reached the top of his run he flipped off the wall. He looked down at the spinning ground beneath him. The air of the cavern nipped at his skin as he plummeted towards the man dressed in a black jump suit. He carefully aimed his feet at the man's head and hoped for the best.
Then…CRACK! The noise rang out through the area. It attracted all ears, but no one looked, for they were to busy trying to ward off all of the robots. Robin landed roughly on the ground, only feet away from his target.
Slade turned around with a mask with a large crack split from the top to the bottom. He seemed to show no emotion towards his minor injury.
"What ever you're planning to do Slade, it's not going to work; Star and I are ready for anything." Robin warned.
"Hm, Hm, Hm, Oh, Robin how very droll…But it's not you or you're little girl friend that I'm after." Slade chuckled. Then Slade glanced over at Terra who was still fighting. He glared menacingly at her and then turned back to Robin.
"You see my dear boy…If you want to get to the apple, you must first devour the core." Slade lectured. With those words he turned towards Beast Boy who had just destroyed the last robot. Slade pulled out the small hand held gun and aimed towards Beast Boy.
The changeling took notice of this and became paralyzed with fear. His feet became heavy and his legs went numb. His skin was painted with the air of the cavern and his adrenaline was low on batteries. His eyes filled with terror and his heart of bravery was lost in his storming ocean of fear.
Robin was frozen, along with all of the other titans. All of them had their eyes on the gun and Beast Boy. The room entranced them into what would be a bloody incident.
Terra was the first one to snap out of the darkest of thoughts. She glanced around at the others, who seemed to be too afraid to budge. She locked her eyes onto Beast Boy who was frozen. She looked over with pleading eyes at Slade, who was looking right back at her with pure evil in his piercing brown eyes. His eyes became slits as he pulled the trigger.
"NO!" Terra yelled in disbelief. She broke free of her fear, which had shackled her down to the ground. She ran full speed towards Beast Boy. The one whom she loved most was about to die right before her eyes and she had to stop it. She only knew one way.
She leaped in front of Beast Boy right as the bullet reached within 2 feet…The bullet's mission was to kill Beast Boy…But its mission was never completed, for it had hit the wrong person.
Terra fell to the ground with a scream that haunted the air and echoed through out the cavern. Her scream reached everybody's ears and it shot their hearts just like the bullet had shot her.
The last thing Terra saw…was Beast Boy's face of horror…Then every thing…went black!
Oh man! I bet people are hating me now for that cliff hanger. This took a week to type up, I got some writers block. Well I hope people like readingthis as much as I like typing it! Plz R&R