Disclaimer:I do not own the Teen Titans. Blue Lantern however, is my brainchild, please don't borrow him without giving due credit.
Author's Note: I am finishing this story after three years because it desperately needed to be done. I apologize for not doing the intended story justice, as it would have taken several more chapters to reach this end. Please use your imagination what might have happened in between these chapters, I trust you will make the adventures properly dramatic, heroic, and even a bit heart-wrenching.
The following takes place three years after the training day.
BL opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling that sat above him. It was morning, yet again, and that marked the beginning of his duties for the day. He stood up and ran his hands down the front of his uniform, habitually checking for wrinkles and finding none as usual. He applied his customary mask with hardly a thought, and just as casually adjusted the most powerful device in the universe where it sat on his middle finger.
A fleeting glimpse of himself in the mirror mounted on the wall stopped him for a moment. Tucked into one corner was a picture of himself from the beginning of his presence here. Stepping towards it, he smiled slightly. So much had changed since then. He had grown near a full inch, and somewhat lost that look of innocent glee that beamed at him from the small photograph.
Replacing the picture in its stand, he strode out into the hall leading to the common area, intending to start breakfast for the team as usual and then begin researching solutions to the latest problems Jump City requested his help on. On his way to the kitchen, he passed the remains of a messy movie night, with bits of popcorn and empty glasses scattered about the large TV. Shaking his head and chuckling to himself at the sleeping Titans who occupied the crowded couch cushions, he made his way to the stove and started a batch of scrambled eggs, with several sides of tofu-bacon. Setting a spatula of blue light to constantly stir for him, BL turned his attention to the data screen he shone in front of him accessing the titan mainframe.
Business as usual, he deleted the junk mail, briefly skimmed the list of death threats sent by angry relatives of convicts, and duly ignored the umpteenth offer from countless advertising agencies to endorse random crap products. He returned to his cooking while the computer continued processing the list of messages as per his orders, until a strange blip caught his attention.
He frowned at the norm-defying message in the inbox that was interrupting his routine, and grudgingly set down the frying pan to read the not that appeared in front of him. His face froze as all the color drained from his face and all the light based creations he had been using fizzled out in uncharacteristic fashion.
"Titans! We have a problem!" BL shouted towards the sleeping figures.
"Just ten more minutes?" Beast Boy whined sleepily from his place near Raven.
"I am not joking BB. Ten more minutes means Doomsday destroys the continent of Australia."
Robin snapped awake, as did Raven and Cyborg, surprised at what BL has just told them. Standing up, Robin displaced a groggy Starfire as he looked expectantly for an explanation from the Blue-garbed teen.
"Doomsday has made good on his threat to bring an army against this world if we do not surrender. He expects to meet us in open combat against him in the next fifteen minutes or he will begin demolishing continents one at a time."
"We knew this day would come," Cyborg said quietly. "Did he keep the other conditions the same?"
"Yes, he said he would not enslave our world if we comply. But I seriously doubt he keeps his promise."
Robin clenched his fist angrily, "What choice do we have?"
None of the Titans responded. They hated having to give up.
"Titans, let's go," Robin said in his grimly.
Each of them prepared for battle in their own way. Cyborg checked his mechanical parts, shining them to an impressive luster before being ready to fight. Beast Boy stretched himself, not wanting a pulled muscle to hamper his performance. Raven pulled her hood over her head, meditating for a minute more to clear her mind. Starfire tugged on her boots and called forth her energy ready to fight at a moments notice. Robin checked his belt carefully, replacing missing birdarangs and checking that his bo staff was working properly.
Blue Lantern was the only one who spoke during the ten minute process, grimly reciting the oath that would restore his power level to top condition.
"The cosmos through,
In every part,
One thing endures,
A loving heart.
Against the knaves,
Who'd quell this song,
Blue Lantern stands,
To right the wrong."
The titans made their way to the location determined by Doomsday as the one where they would turn themselves in. Allowing Doomsday's minions to approach and subdue them was nearly unbearable, made more so by the live video broadcast of the event and large crowd of citizens who had come to watch the Titans betray them by giving up.
Doomsday took them into his throne room aboard his main ship and sat down to gloat over them. A specially designed cage was closed with the Titans inside before Doomsday began to speak.
"This was all it took to defeat the invincible Teen Titans? A mere threat to destroy earth and you surrender in fear? I expected more from you."
"The deal was you leave earth unscathed Doomsday," Robin spoke menacingly.
"Somewhat correct, err, Robin is it?" Doomsday said casually. "I promised I would not destroy the planet. I very much intend to enslave this world. Fear not, you won't live to see me rule over your people."
"I assumed as much," Robin said. "Titans! Go!"
A flash of blue light marked the occurrence of a very angry Blue Lantern easily destroying the restraint devices on each of the Titan's hands. His next action was unleashing a powerful beam of energy to tear a hole in the cage. As the newly freed titans wreaked havoc on Doomsday's warriors, BL himself strode towards the leader, charging and firing a beam of energy at the leader's head.
When the dust settled from the explosion, it became evident that it was only a hologram. Doomsday had expected their resistance.
"Titans, split up and return to the rendezvous point," Robin said as he sliced down enemies on his way to the door.
Once he reached it, he leapt in a northward direction and glided down into the strangely darkened city. Beast Boy grabbed Cyborg and the two of them disappeared to the south. Raven and Starfire took opposing directions to the east and west, leaving BL with the sewers. With a few distracting potshots taken at the few surviving guards, he dove straight down, extinguishing his characteristic glow before ducking around a corner and opening a round sewer entrance and leaping out of sight.
20 minutes later in an abandoned warehouse.
"What's the plan Robin?" BB asked in a rare fit of maturity.
"I don't know. Nothing we have could touch him," Robin said regretfully.
"What if I went in alone and sent him to another dimension?" Raven asked.
"It's too dangerous!" BB exclaimed.
"Agreed," Robin said. "We can't afford to take risk like that.
"If I could get near the main core of the ship--" Cyborg started to say.
"It wouldn't do anything because Doomsday wasn't there." Robin cut him off.
Doomsday has to be close to earth. Maybe his old base on the moon? Wait, what am I doing? Talking to myself in my head? Maybe I'm still as crazy as I was back in the begin—
Something jarred BL's memory just then. Green Lantern had told him about a last resort feature of the Lantern ring. Smiling grimly, he knew now how to stop doomsday.
"I've got it. I will unleash an EMP from my ring to blanket Doomsday's ships, disabling his shields. From there I find out where he is and destroy him," BL stated.
"It's too risky to do alone," Robin said dismissively.
"Hear me out, it's the only way. Green Lantern told me of a last ditch technique for stopping any foe, no matter how invincible they may seem. I simply have to find him and then summon and detonate the lantern core next to him. Nothing can survive that destructive power."
"You wouldn't survive either though."
"I know that, but I was destined to do something like this anyway. You know I'd rather go out saving the world than being cut down by his endless swarms of enemies. Please let me do this."
"Only if you're sure," Robin said, still slightly stunned at what BL was suggesting.
"I am. Well, I don't really have time to write a last will and testament, so I'll just stick to what I feel is important. I have something to say to each of you."
"Robin, you work too hard. You need to relax more, and maybe then you won't miss the fact that Starfire loves you and has since the first time you two met. Starfire, when Robin acts confusingly, just talk to him about it, because he loves you back and is probably acting funny because he doesn't want to disappoint you."
"Raven, Beast Boy has loved you at least since I've been here. Your happiness means more to him than anything else in this world, and he would do anything to see that that happiness becomes what defines you. Beast Boy, what she has never said is that she loves you back, but is afraid of what her powers might do with that kind of emotion. I would remind you both that my powers stem from love, and in no way are they dangerous, so I can personally guarantee that there is no danger in the matter."
"Cyborg, you and I never completed that plot to get these guys together, and I'm sorry for that. We sort of lost track of this goal in our overbearing job of saving the world. It happens I guess. Anyway, not to leave you out, I want you to call Bumblebee. You two never really gave it a chance, but maybe you should try now, seeing as the team will need a new member."
"Thanks guys, it's been an awesome three years on this team," BL finished with surprisingly little fear in his voice. In a surprising turn of events, he reached up and removed his mask, revealing himself to the titans. "In these three years, not a single one of you knew my real name. I ask that you now tell my story to the world, let them know who I am."
The titans sat in stony silence, staring at the unmasked hero standing in front of them. Robin comforted Starfire as she leaned against him worried for their friend. Beast Boy sensed Raven's emotions and took her hand into his, offering her a crooked grin to cheer her up. BL smiled at the couples before turning to look out the window at the world he would be leaving forever, a single tear rolling down his face for all the things he would not get the chance to do and say.
With no more than an offhand salute, BL lit up and soared into the sky. The titans moved toward the window and watched as a sparkling blue aura moved to cover the entirety of Doomsday's forces. When it dissipated, they watched as the small blue pinprick of light suddenly streaked across the sky towards the location of Doomsday himself. It disappeared for a moment as it entered a ship, and they waited silently, until a blinding explosion of light erupted into the sky. There was no shockwave, and as the light faded, they saw that there was no trace of Doomsday or his armies anywhere. It was a success.
Nobody saw the small, blue ring hurtling off into space. It would be another time and another place before yet another Blue Lantern would be called into action.