32 Productions Presents…
A Teen Titan Fan Fiction The Teen Titans in…"Brotherly Love"
Chapter One
Jump City Airport
Brian sighed as his flight landed. He really didn't want to come to America. It felt like he was abandoning his homeland. Be that as it may, the trip was necessary. It had taken a very long time to find her. News of the Teen Titans finally reached their ears. You'd think after all they had supposedly done they'd have been heard of by now. He sighed. Just went to show how behind the times his home really was. He got off the plane and went through the security. It almost amused him to think how wrong they were to think he had no dangerous weapons on him. The fact of the matter was, Brian WAS a dangerous weapon in himself. Not that he had any intention to be destructive while he was hanging about. No, he was hoping for a straight up in and out sort of a deal. …pfft. If wishes were ponies…
:CUE THEME:
Comic Book Store
Raven groaned to herself and rolled her eyes. This was, without a doubt, the saddest thing she had ever seen. Not sad as in "how tragic", but sad as in "how pathetic". It all started, as it so often did, with them getting a call from Beast Boy. There was some sort of goings on at the comic book store. Something about some famous comic guy coming to sign copies of his work. Raven wasn't sure, nor did she very much care. Beast Boy called and said that the comic book store was under attack. Upon arrival, they found that the attacker was…Control Freak. Terra nudged Cyborg.
Terra: You owe me twenty bucks.
Cyborg: Aw, man…
Terra snickered. Who else would attack a comic book store? He had taken the guy hostage. Armed with a remote more powerful then his last one, Control Freak was ready to fight the Titans to the death to keep him. He had already used the pause command on the guy and was trying to get away in a car he had pulled from a comic book. Cyborg chased after him in the T-car while those that could fly took to the air. Raven flew along side the car.
Raven: This is ridiculous. I'm ending this now. Azarath Mentrion Zin…!
Control Freak grinned and hit the rewind button on the remote.
Raven: Niz Noirtnem Htaraza! Won siht gnidne m'I. Suoslucidir si siht.
Raven flew backwards and returned to the spot she was in when she took to the air. She blinked and looked around.
Raven: …what just happened?
Control Freak snickered and pointed the remote at the T-car. He pressed the eject button and Cyborg found himself launched into the air. His car was heading right for a streetlight.
Cyborg: Aw, man! Not again!
The streetlight crashed down onto the T-car, putting a nasty dent in it. Starfire caught Cyborg before he hit the ground.
Cyborg: My poor baby! Why does everybody pick on my baby?
Starfire: Truly, you concern me when you speak like that.
Terra tried creating obstacles in the road to stop him. She had to be careful that he didn't crash with that comic dude in the car. It was no good though. Using the rewind button, he was able to put all the hunks of rock back into the ground where they had sprung from. Robin pulled up behind him on the R-cycle. He took aim and threw a birdarang. It hit the dashboard.
Control Freak: Ha! You missed, old chum!
Oh how wrong he was. Robin wasn't trying to hit him with the birdarang. Clinging onto it (and now somewhat dizzy) was a green bug. Beast Boy turned into an octopus and did several things. First, he stopped the car. Second he pulled the remote out of Control Freak's hands. Lastly, he wrapped Control Freak up tight.
Control Freak: Nooo! All my comic story plots…WASTED!
Robin got off the bike and tied him up.
Robin: That's what this is about? You wanted him to read your ideas for comic books?
Beast Boy: Dude! That's a great idea! Hold on, I'll go get my folder!
The Titans watched Beast Boy fly off toward the tower. Raven sighed and turned to Terra.
Raven: Ah, the dreams of the average nerd.
Terra: ...at least my boyfriend doesn't try to DRAW comics.
Raven stiffened. Damn, she had her again. To make matters worse for her, Shade spoke up.
Shade: Hey! There's nothing wrong with me drawing comics!
Terra: All your comics are about you saving Raven and getting some!
Shade: That's not true! Sometimes I beat up Greenie.
Raven smacked him.
Raven: And why haven't I seen these ones with ME in them?
Shade gulped. This wasn't looking good for our hero, ladies and gentlemen.
Shade: Er…because…um…you don't like comics?
Raven: Then why show me the other ones?
Shade thought fast. Raven had that look again. The look that said she was trying to find an excuse to hurt him.
Shade: Because you DO like seeing Greenie beaten up…in fictional form.
Raven paused. Well, that was true. Still…
Raven: You're showing me them when we get back…first I have to help Cyborg fix the T-car, so you have time to write up your will.
Shade: You're so mean…
Sighing, Raven went over to help Cyborg assess the damage. Fixing the T-car was becoming a regular habit with them. Raven actually found herself drawn to an auto mechanics magazine last week. That scared her. Robin sighed.
Robin: Alright, let's hurry up and free him before Beast Boy gets back. The last thing he needs is to be badgered right now.
Using the remote, the Titans unpaused the guy and Starfire got him far away from there. Beast Boy returned with an overstuffed folder full of papers. He pulled one out.
Beast Boy: Okay, okay! This is one I call "Professor Squid's Wrath" and…huh? Where'd he go?
Terra put an arm around him.
Terra: Sorry, Gar. You just missed him. Tell you what though. I happen to have a bit of juice info on Shade that I've been saving for a rainy day. How's about we blackmail him into doing your comic FOR you?
Beast Boy thought about that for a minute.
Terra: (tempting) Then we can post it on the internet…
Beast Boy grinned. Fan comic time!
Titan Tower: Garage
Cyborg sighed and shook his head.
Cyborg: You know, I thought we built her better then this.
Raven turned the welder off and lifted her face mask. She had a raised eyebrow.
Raven: It freaks me out when you call it a "she". It's a great car…but that doesn't give it privilege of gender specification.
Cyborg: I'm being serious here.
Raven: So am I. I know what you mean though. A falling streetlight shouldn't have caused this much damage. Maybe this material isn't the best quality.
Raven knocked on the side of the car. Cyborg rubbed his chin.
Cyborg: Hmm…doesn't sound likely. Maybe it's just the result of the abuse it's had to take so far. Who knows what Plasmus residue will do after a while?
Raven: I told you to wash it.
Cyborg: I did! Maybe soap and water wasn't enough.
Raven sighed.
Raven: Enough of the maybes. Let's just fix this thing. I've got to punish Shade for drawing porn of me.
Cyborg: …he did WHAT?
Raven: Okay, maybe it's not PORN. …it could be. I haven't seen it.
Cyborg: If I was him, I'd find the nearest paper shredder.
Raven: He won't. He knows what will happen if he does.
Cyborg: …you're wicked sometimes, you know that?
Raven: I'm not wicked. I just like to be in control. When you lack it for so long, you tend to want it all the time when you finally get it. Can you understand that?
Cyborg shrugged his shoulders.
Cyborg: I guess so.
The pair got back to work. Cars don't rebuild themselves…unless they're from Steven King novels.
Main Room
Terra and Beast Boy found Shade trying to shove papers into the garbage disposal. Apparently Raven didn't know him as well as she thought. Terra tapped his shoulder and he jumped.
Shade: I'm not doing anything, Raven! …oh, it's you two. What do you want?
Beast Boy: Dude, what are you doing?
Shade: With any luck, saving my ass.
Beast Boy: …why don't you use the paper shredder?
Shade reached up and smacked the green boy upside his head.
Shade: Are you daft? That's the first place she'd look for destroyed evidence!
Terra sighed. She had better step in before they break out in fisticuffs. Grinning at Shade, she put herself between the two.
Terra: Guess what you get to do!
Shade: …leave this room so I don't have to be annoyed by you two anymore?
Terra: Better! You're going to draw Beast Boy his comics!
Shade stared at her for a minute before bursting out into laughter. It was cut short as Terra showed him a photo. While Beast Boy couldn't see what it was, Shade paled and snatched from her, tearing it to bits.
Terra: (sing song) I've got plenty more. (normal) Not to mention the negatives.
Shade scowled.
Shade: You blackmailing little bitch…
Terra held up her hand and started making motions with her fingers.
Terra: Know what this is? This is me playing the world's smallest violin. Now get to work or it goes on my myspace page.
Shade: Are ALL girls evil or something?
Shade sighed.
Shade: Alright, lemme see those stories, Grass Stain. You got character descriptions written up?
Beast Boy: Uh…no…why?
Shade: Because I'm doing it once, only once, and no more then ONCE. If the character isn't what you hoped he look like, then too bad. Wait here while I get my stuff.
Shade grumbled as he trudged off to get his sketching supplies. Damn that gargoyle girl and her blackmailing ways. He'd get her for this…oh yes. Oh such getting there will be.
Outside Tower: One Hour Later
Starfire returned from the mall, bags in hand.
Starfire: Koridan'r, you've got to admit it. You've got a problem.
The problem, of course, was that she was a shopping addict. It happens from time to time with people. I'd go into it further, but I lack a degree in psychology. The point is, when she arrived she was surprised to see a boy…or was he a grown up? It was hard to tell. He seemed to be at that borderline age between teen and adult. He was wearing a costume of some kind. Green and yellow spandex. Starfire rolled her eyes. What was with the spandex on this planet? Suddenly it occurred to her that this individual might mean to harm her friends, which was something she wouldn't stand for. She landed behind him and placed her bags down before charging two bolts in her hand.
Starfire: Go no further stranger. While we do not dislike company here, we are…wary of whom we allow entry. Who are you and what is it you seek here?
Starfire squealed to herself in her mind. That sounded soooo cool! That had to be the most intimidating she had ever been! The stranger just stared at her, confused. Suddenly she remembered she had worn the hat she had just bought out of the mall. …and she had put a makeshift strap on it to prevent it from flying off her head. Needless to say it didn't look flattering with the strap still attached. In fact, it made her look mentally incompetent. Starfire quickly took it off and put it in the bag.
Starfire: Please disregard any assumptions about me that headgear could have caused. I assure you I am more then capable of delivering the swift kick to your backside should you be here for hostile reasons.
Stranger: Er…yes…I was wondering if this was the place that the one called "Terra" makes her home.
Starfire: …yes…yes, it is. Why do you inquire?
Stranger: My name is Brian Markov. I am her brother.
Starfire's eyes widened. Could it be true? In all the time they had known her, Terra never once mentioned a brother. In fact, she never mentioned much of a family at all. They had assumed she was an orphan.
Starfire: I am sorry, but I will require some form of proof before I allow you into this tower. You must understand that such a claim is a bit…much.
Brian: Of course. Here.
Brian handed her a photograph. In it was a young boy, whom she assumed was the person before her. The other was of a blonde haired girl with oversized goggles dangling from her neck. She looked to be about four or five years old…but Starfire was a lousy judge of human age. Well, that was good enough for her…poor naïve girl.
Starfire: Forgive my rudeness, but one must be sure. Please, follow me.
Starfire picked up her bags and went to the door. After punching in the code, the door opened and they went inside.
Main Room
Shade groaned and smacked his head on the table. This was the last straw. Tonight he was going to sneak into Terra's room and find the other photos and the negatives.
Beast Boy: Dude, you're drawing it all wrong!
Shade: You said he looked like you!
Beast Boy: I don't look like that!
Shade smacked his head on the table again.
Shade: Yes. You. Do.
Beast Boy: I'm much more buff then that.
Shade: What twisted world do you LIVE in! You're not buff at all!
Starfire: Ah. Beast Boy, where is Terra?
Neither of the two looked up as Starfire and Brian entered the room.
Beast Boy: Huh? Oh, I think she said something about using the little girl's room.
Starfire scratched her head.
Starfire: We have a room filled with little girls? Why would we have such a thing?
Before her question could be answered, Terra entered the room.
Terra: Alright, how's it coming? …hey Star. Who's this?
Starfire raised an eyebrow.
Starfire: He says he is your brother.
Terra's eyes widened, as does Brian's.
Brian: Tara!
Terra: Oh crap…heh…hi, Brian. Long time no see. You look well.
Terra gulped. She KNEW she shouldn't have put off mailing that letter to inform her brother about her…change. The temper problem ran in the family, you see. So it was a fair assumption that any second now Brian would…
Brian: What have you done to my sister!
Terra: Half-sister and they didn't do anything! Calm down!
Brian wasn't listening. He pointed a hand at Beast Boy and Shade and fired a heat blast from his hand. The pair jumped out of the way but…
Beast Boy: My story ideas! Why, God, why!
The papers had been reduced to dust…along with Shade's supplies. Shade, also not known for his even temper, didn't respond well to it.
Shade: Oh…that does it!
Both very upset, Beast Boy and Shade attacked Brian. Beast Boy changed into a gorilla while Shade sent tendrils to hold the guy down for his beating. Unfortunately for them, Brian was having none of that. He took to the air, the tendrils missing him completely.
Shade: Aw, man! Another one that can fl…
Shade was cut off as Brian dive bombed him, his fist connecting with Shade's head. Shade went flying. Despite his notoriously hard head, Shade was out cold. Terra was conflicted. She didn't know who to help or what to do.
Terra: (whisper) Stop it…
Starfire had seen enough. She flew up after Brian.
Starfire: Such hostile actions against my friends will not go unpunished, Brian!
Brian: In my country I'm called Geoforce. Let me show you why.
Brian…or rather Geoforce gestured at Starfire. Starfire suddenly felt like she was being pulled down. In reality gravity was increasing rapidly for her. She sank back to the ground and struggled to stay standing. Beast Boy turned into a T-rex and slammed his giant head into Geoforce's body. Geoforce plummeted to the ground but quickly got back to his feet, firing heat blasts at Beast Boy.
Terra: Stop it! Brian, Gar, STOP FIGHTING NOW!
The pair stopped fighting. Terra pointed at herself.
Terra: This isn't their fault, it's MINE! I did this to me. It was my own stupid mistake and if not for them I would be a normal statue, unable to move at all. Just call down…and let me get the others in here. I think we need to talk.
END PART ONE