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A Teen Titan Fan Fiction The Teen Titans in…

"Brotherly Love"

Chapter Three

Unknown Location: Dark Room

Terra came to slowly. For a moment she thought she had gone blind. She quickly realized she was just trapped in a room without any light. She couldn't move at all. Her limbs wouldn't respond. This was going to be a bad day. With nothing better to do, she decided to ponder her current situation. She had very vague memories of being attacked by Madam Rouge. It was safe to assume that she had been captured by the Brotherhood.

Terra: Hello? Evil brain in a jar? Monkey that carries bullets but no gun? Ancient wrinkled prune guy? Helllllo?

Terra sighed. No response. Now she was being held captive and had nobody to talk to. Elsewhere, the Brain and Mallah watched Terra through a night vision type camera…just to be safe.

Brain: …why DO you wear bullets when you don't have a gun, Monsieur Mallah?

Mallah: The bullets just look fashionable.

The Brain said nothing nor did his pod jar thingy move. Mallah got the impression he was being stared at.

Mallah: What?

Brain: …fashionable? You wear ammunition to be fashionable?

Mallah: Well, yeah. What's wrong with that?

Brain: Nothing. Forget I ever said anything.

Amazon Jungle

It was hot. Hot and very freaking humid. Shade was practically panting and everyone had moved away from him because he was sweating bad enough to draw flies with the stench. Not even Starfire could stand being near him and she was one of the most accommodating people in the world.

Shade: …are we THERE yet?

Robin: For the last time, no! When we're there, you'll know!

Shade: But it's freaking hot! Can't I wait in the T-ship where we have air conditioning…blessed air conditioning…?

Cyborg: Man, suck it up.

Shade groaned. Geoforce sighed and shook his head. These were the great heroes he heard so much about? They were a bunch of whiny kids…with bizarre habits. The only one displaying any real competence was Robin. Finally they came across a bunker entrance. It looked very much like the one Robotman found when he went a little loopy after being woken up.

Starfire: This looks…familiar.

Raven: At least they're consistent.

The doors slid open as they approached. The Brain's computerized voice came from a speaker mounted inside.

Brain: Ah. You have arrived. Please. Enter of your own free will. You shall find a most…warm welcome.

Shade: How could it get any warmer!

It was obvious the whole thing was a trap. Only an idiot would be too dumb to know. Unfortunately choices were few. They could back out now and risk losing Terra…or they could brave what lied ahead.

Robin: Shouldn't have to say this…but be prepared for anything.

They stepped inside. As soon as they did, the door slammed shut. They continued down the halls, eventually reaching a large room.

Beast Boy: Anybody else get the feeling something supposed to happen in here?

Cyborg: What else are giant rooms for?

Geoforce: Would you be quiet? This is serious.

Deep voice: More serious then you realize. Now you face the Houngan.

From the other side of the room stepped one of the most ridiculous looking villains they had yet seen. Straight from an old zombie movie, it was a voodoo type priest. In his hands were dolls of the Titans.

Beast Boy: Dude! We got action figures!

Raven raised her hand and slapped him on the back of his head.

Raven: Those are voodoo dolls, stupid.

Houngan: Correct. And if you know what they are, you know what I can do with them.

Cyborg: Please. Voodoo is a bunch of nonsense…right, Raven?

Raven: …uh…sure.

Shade stared at her.

Shade: …you don't know, do you?

Raven: Shut up.

Houngan jammed a pin into Robin's knee. Robin felt like a knife had just been jammed through his kneecap. His leg gave out as he let out a shout of surprise and pain.

Raven: …guess that answers that.

Starfire: We must get those dolls away from him!

Geoforce: Without harming them in anyway.

Well, that went without saying. Unbeknownst to our heroes, only a few of the dolls were 'real'. Genetic material is needed for the process to work. Without it, they're just dolls. Robin's genetic sample was obtained just prior to being frozen. Of course, for the Titans, that would be a piece of cake…and the Brain was well aware of that. As Starfire flew in to grab Houngan's arms she was surprised by a cable being tied around her leg. She turned and saw some of the most horribly twisted creatures she had ever seen in her life…yet she could tell from the costumes…or what was left of them…that they were once her friends. The tattered cloak, the broken sunglasses, the tiny fragments of the mask, the metal body, and the green skin was enough to tell her who they were.

Starfire: My…my friends…? What has happened to you?

The others looked at each other, confused. Starfire tugged at her leg…which of course was stuck to nothing. There was no cable.

Robin: Starfire, what are you doing?

Starfire screamed and flung a starbolt wildly.

Starfire: Please, stay back! I do not wish to harm you! Stay back!

Raven scowled as she put up the barrier. Starfire was terrified. Why, she couldn't say.

Geoforce: She's gone mad.

Raven: It's more then that…something's been done to her…

Shade sniffed the air. There was a terrible odor…like extremely cheap perfume. He pin pointed the source pretty quick.

Shade: …somebody's here.

Starfire screamed again, dodging something nobody else could see. She flung another starbolt. There was a shout, something in French from the sound of it, and a woman in green rolled out of the way.

Woman: Hmm. Not frightened enough. Perhaps we need a more prominent fear to reduce her to a state of mindless panic.

Houngan: Don't just waste time on HER, Phobia. Get them all!

Phobia: Don't presume to order me.

Despite her comment, Phobia did turn her power on the other Titans. Everyone started behaving in the same manner that Starfire was…well, Robin was screaming, but his still couldn't move. Raven closed her eyes and fought through the effects. She glared at the surprised Phobia.

Phobia: Impossible! Nobody can resist my power!

Raven: My emotions are not so easily manipulated. They get offended when people even try.

Phobia: What!

Raven's eyes flared. Each of the Titans and Geoforce were held down.

Raven: You enjoy it don't you? Making people afraid…watching them writhe and scream. You like it. You have no idea how disgusted I am.

Houngan raised a pin to jam into the Robin doll. Raven turned her head and Houngan flew into the wall. The dolls floated in the air until Raven gently placed them down by her feet.

Raven: …let's see how much you enjoy being the one who's terrified, Phobia.

Raven's eyes glowed red. This was a darker aspect of her powers. She knew she shouldn't do it. There was no telling if something like this could corrupt her. But right now she could think of no better punishment. The screams of her friends rang in her ears, piercing her brain worse then nails on a chalkboard. To hell with it. Raven forced Phobia's emotional state to reach that of mind numbing terror. Phobia's eyes widened and she sank to her knees.

Phobia: (whimpering) No, Daddy…I'm sorry! Don't…please don't…

Raven stared down at the whimpering woman. Phobia covered her head and laid on the floor, shaking. Raven reached down and pulled the pin out of the Robin doll's leg. Phobia's work undone, the Titans stood up, confused.

Cyborg: Whoa…what just happened to her?

Raven: …she got a taste of her own medicine.

Raven sighed. When she got home, she'd have to attempt to purify herself through meditation. Hopefully the stain wasn't too dark…if there was one. One should always be cautious. The Titans questioned her no further. Shade picked up the dolls, curious.

Shade: So how does this thing work? You just take a pin and poke it somewhere?

Shade picked up a pin and stuck it into the Beast Boy doll's butt. Beast Boy's DNA was taken when he was a Doom Patrol member. The Brain was curious as to what gave him his powers and odd skin color. So saying…

Beast Boy: AAH! Dude, my ass! What the hell!

Starfire quickly took the doll away from Shade. The grin on his face didn't bode well for the changeling.

Starfire: Are you not too old to play with the dolls?

Starfire handed the doll to Raven. Raven looked it over.

Raven: …there's nothing magical about this doll at all. I'm getting nothing.

Raven tossed the doll to Cyborg, briefly forgetting what it was. She swore to herself and slowed its descent. Cyborg studied it and opened the back. Beast Boy screamed until he realized that his back had NOT just been opened.

Cyborg: It's not magic. It's full of circuitry.

Geoforce: While this is all VERY interesting, can we PLEASE get back to finding my sister?
Beast Boy: Half-sister.

Robin bound up both Houngan and Phobia and the team moved on. The next big room was the one they had been searching for. Terra was bound in the middle of the room and both the Brain and Monsieur Mallah were with her, Mallah readying some device or another.

Beast Boy/Geoforce: Let her GO!

Terra: Get me outta here! I don't want my brain poked!

Brain: Our guests seem to be a little early, Monsieur Mallah. We shall have to try to entertain them ourselves.

The Brain's pod thingy sank into the ground suddenly. It was apparently on a lift of some kind. He sank down until all that could be seen was the dome where the Brains'…brain was. When it rose back up, it was inside a large robot. Human in form and roughly nine feet tall, it gave the Titans the impression that it could causes them some pain if they let it.

Brain: Allow me to introduce you to Rog.

Shade: …you know, you'd think that would be his first invention.

The Brain and Monsieur Mallah attacked. Both Beast Boy and Geoforce went to save Terra. Mallah swung down at Geoforce, but Starfire plowed into him, bowling him over. Beast Boy pulled at the chains, trying different forms. Geoforce pushed him away.

Geoforce: Let me do it.

Geoforce pulled at them. The chains snapped…with a squish.

Terra: (smirking) My heroes.

Both Beast Boy and Geoforce found themselves wrapped up in "Terra's" arm flesh. Obviously it was not Terra. Madam Rouge slammed them around against the walls. Geoforce got a hand free and blasted her. She took a shot to her face, causing her to release her captives. The fight seemed to draw to a close as Robin managed to kick the dome that held the Brain off the robot's body. Mallah threw Starfire against the wall and caught it in the air.

Brain: It would seem that our mission can proceed no longer. We can only hope that we have succeeded.

Geoforce: Where's is my sister?

Brain: If you would turn your attention to the screen.

Behind them, a monitor lit up, showing Terra in another room. She was wincing as the lights kicked on. The walls started closing in.

Brain: You have roughly five minutes to locate and save her. I suggest you get started. Come, Monsieur Mallah. It's time we were off.

Mallah and the Brain ran off. Madam Rouge followed, grumbling to herself. She hadn't even made them pay for that blast to the head yet.

Robin: Split up and find her, NOW!

Raven closed her eyes.

Raven: I can sense her distress…she's this way.

Raven flew off in one direction, the others following. Bursting through the iron door, they found Terra in the center of a the severely shrunken room.

Terra: Guys, a little help! I don't need to be any thinner!

Again, both Beast Boy and Geoforce rushed to save her.

Beast Boy: Don't worry, Terra! I'll get you out of this.

Geoforce: No, I'LL get you out of this!

Beast Boy: No, I will!

Terra: Would you guys stop fighting and free me already!

Finally pulling her free, they just managed to escape from the room before it was completely compacted…thanks to Raven and Shade creating a giant sphere to push against the closing walls. They escaped to the surface.

Cyborg: Wow.

Robin: What?

Cyborg: They didn't blow it up. You'd think after losing the Brain would blow up the base.

Shade snorted.

Shade: How cliché can you be? You watch too many movies, man.

The ground shook as the base exploded behind them. Shade adjusted his sunglasses and coughed nervously.

Cyborg: Too many movies, huh?

Shade: …yeah…well…I guess the Brain watches too many movies too.

Geoforce: Well, I'm glad that's finally over. We can go back home now, Tara.

Terra: …no. I'm sorry, Brian, but it's just not going to work.

Geoforce's expression clearly said that he didn't understand.

Terra: I'm a Titan. Everybody knows that. How many times will Markovia be attacked by some nut wanting to use me? It would be easier then attacking the tower or Jump City, I'll tell you that. They catch me and use me against my friends. No, it's better for everyone if I stay with them.

Terra grabbed as many of her friends as she could into a group hug. Starfire happily helped by gathering the rest. Raven groaned and tried to push away.

Raven: So much…physical contact...please let me go.

Terra: Huh? Oh, right.

Terra let everybody go.

Geoforce: …I guess I can't convince you otherwise.

Beast Boy: Yeah, so take a hike.

Terra grabbed Beast Boy and clamped a hand over his mouth.

Terra: Gar, that's my brother you're talking to!

Geoforce: Half-brother.

Silence.

Raven: Okay, the joke's getting old now.

Titan Tower: Terra's Room

Terra dusted off her hands. Finally her room was back in perfect order. Sighing, she sat down on her bed with its reinforced springs. It was a shame that her brother couldn't stay (half-brother). Not that she was surprised. She laid back, thinking. Maybe she had chickened out. Maybe she saw a chance to skip out on leaving her friends and took it. That was a depressing way to look at it. Yet she couldn't deny how relieved she was when he left. Oh well. At least now she knew where to write to.

Markovia Prison

Geoforce hung his head from his spot shackled to the wall with cuffs not even his strength could break. The Titans offered him a communicator, but he had turned them down. Now he was regretting it. It was a trick. All of it, right from the beginning. The ones who advised him to retrieve Terra from the states were actually planning to turn on the both of them, brand them as traitors to Markovia, and send them to prison, like he was now. THAT was why the Brotherhood kidnapped Terra. It wasn't to trap the Titans, they were unsuspecting pawns in the ploy to keep him and his sister distracted while THEY moved in. Now they owned Markovia and he was a prisoner of his own country. His only consolation was that Terra was still safe.

THE END