The Assault

Titans East and West were all huddled around the monitor of the Titan tower supercomputer watching the destruction that occurred less than 48 hours ago. They stared with fear and horror as the Slade-Bots dismantled West and then East shortly after before retreating to Slade's secret hideout in the mountains.

"What exactly are we supposed to do?" Bee said exasperatedly.

"We fight!" Cyborg replied angrily.

"Cyborg..." Raven reasoned.

"Don't 'Cyborg' me, we lost so we pick ourselves up and go back at it. Beast Boy didn't die for nothing" Cyborg said hotly.

"Friend Cyborg, we cannot honor Friend Beast Boy if we end up dead as well. I believe we must request help in order to defeat this foe" Starfire replied cheerfully.

"Help? Who the hell are we gonna ask for help Star?" Robin shot back.

"We could ask our mentors" Aqua Lad added.

"Pfffft, as if Batman would help us." Robin sarcastically replied.

"Why don't we just find Slade's base and sabotage it?" Flash said deep in thought. "That way we don't need to fight or sit here and do nothing."

"One problem, we don't know where to start looking" Cyborg replied.

"Sure we do, it's all on the video. We follow the direction the Slade-Bots were retreating to." Bee piped up.

"Alright, give me a few minutes to get the coordinates of their last sighting." Robin added.

A few hours later, the Titans had hatched a plan.

"Aqua Lad, you and Raven approach from the water. Starfire, you, Bee and Cyborg land on the roof. Flash, you go with Aqua Lad and Raven. Jinx, you, Mas, Menos, and I will take the main entrance. Once inside, Raven will disable the main gate allowing us to enter and once we are in, we will open the door to the roof allowing Cyborg and his team to join us. Then, we will meet Raven's team in the military bay. Got it?" Robin ordered. Everyone nodded and split up into their respective teams.

As Raven, Aqua Lad, and Flash approached in their submarine, they heard what sounded like a gunshot. The break-in was not going according to plan.

Meanwhile...

"Well BB, you have trained more than I and pretty much have me beat at every turn." Alyssa said beaming.

"Yea but I don't know if I'm ready just yet." Beast Boy replied quietly.

"You know what you need?" Alyssa asked cheerfully, "A new name!"

"What...?" Beast Boy asked puzzled.

"Yeah, how about Green Machine." Alyssa continued.

"That's absolutely crazy." Beast Boy laughed. "I was thinking more along the lines of Primous or maybe Animal Man."

"Uhh...out of the two, Primous sounds more threatening." Alyssa replied.

"Young one, call yourself Hunter." Prime boomed.

"Right on dude." Beast Boy replied, "From now on, I'm Hunter."

"Sounds good, Hunter." Alyssa smiled,

"Now go save your friends." She added as she kissed him on the cheek and teleported away.

"A kiss from a beautiful lady, a new name, new skills, and a half-crazed conscience. I'm ready to go." Hunter smiled as he donned an all black suit of leather armor, a cloak, and a necklace. (Given to him by Alyssa. The necklace turns into a helmet on command and when not a helmet it forms a protective shield around the individual wearing it. It can also cast illusions on the wearer.) with his necklace casting an illusion of a normal citizen, Hunter took to the skies to save his friends. One problem, where was he to find them.

He reached Jump City by nightfall and approached the Titan tower. The lights were off as he entered from the secret entrance on the roof. He then walked towards the supercomputer to see the Titans locked in heated combat with an army of Slade-Bots in Slade's secret lair.

"Oh shit!" Hunter exclaimed as he rushed out of the building as fast as he could.

Meanwhile...

"Damn it, this isn't working Raven." Aqua Lad called as he shot yet another beam of water at the Slade-Fortress' defenses.

"Keep trying, we are almost inside the building." Raven insisted. All the while flash was manually pushing their sub to make it go faster. The trio narrowly made the small opening in the closing bay-doors and immediately checked in with the others after opening the door to the roof.

"Robin, come in." Flash yelled into his com, "ROBIN?"

Cyborg, Bee and Starfire had landed on the roof without any incident. They were patiently waiting for the doors to open when they heard a loud gunshot. They immediately ducked as they peered over the edge of the building. There they saw Robin, Jinx, Mas, and Menos taking heavy fire from the building's cannons and snipers. The trio sprung into action, knocking the four snipers next to them into the street below. They then found a control panel and disabled the door being used by the defenders to reach the roof. After that, they attempted to disable the cannons to no avail. They had no choice but to wait for Raven and her team to let them in.

Robin, Jinx, Mas, and Menos approached the building's main doors without incident. When they got within 50 yards however, hidden cannons and snipers appeared and gave them hell. RPGs were going off left and right forcing the teens out of the T-Car and onto the street without any sort of protection. Jinx used her magic to create a temporary shield around the four as they slowly reached the entrance. Meanwhile Mas and Menos caused as much confusion to the defenders as possible. This allowed Robin time to crack the code that sealed the main doors shut. As the barrage continued, Jinx's shield weakened and Mas/Menos were getting tired. It looked grim for the teens until the snipers mysteriously stopped firing allowing the teens a much needed break in the assault. The break bought Robin just enough time to disable the lock and open the door. Mas and Menos then rushed the team inside and into the military bay where they were greeted by Raven's team, Cyborg's team, and an army of Slade-Bots.

The group fought the army until both sides started to wane. It was then that Slade appeared.

"Well, well...If it isn't the Titans. How nice of you to finally pay me a visit." Slade cackled, "Now BEGONE!" He screamed as the room filled with tear-gas and knocked the Titans out.

When they awoke, the base and Slade were nowhere to be found and they were in a strange hut in the woods.