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Everyone looked up as Moonfire rushed down the stairs, Sparrow following close behind. "What's going on?" Cyborg asked, seeing the determined look on Moonfire's face. "Slade's in Steel City." Moonfire said, turning to look at all of them. "What?!" The yell came from virtually everyone in the room. "Exactly." Moonfire said. "Titans East is having trouble controlling him. We have to go help them."
Almost everyone quickly agreed. Terra however, lay back looking annoyed. "Do we have too?" she whined. "Why can't we just stay here? They're titans, they can handle him." she said ignorantly. Moonfire had to force herself not to stride over there and shake Terra till some sense finally got through to her. "We're going." she said at last through gritted teeth. "And you can stay here like a spoiled, selfish brat, or you can come and help us."
Terra looked up sharply. "What did you just call me?" she demanded. Moonfire rolled her eyes. "You know what? I don't have time for this. We're leaving, and you can just stay here and look for a dictionary if you still don't get what I just called you." Before Terra could retort, Moonfire left the room, heading for the T-ship. Everyone followed behind her, leaving Terra on her own.
"Wow, way to tell her off Moon." Stinger said. Moonfire smiled, then her expression got serious. "C'mon, we have to go." She leapt into the front of the ship, and as soon as everyone was in, they took off. Nobody spoke on the trip to Steel City. When they finally arrived they could see that the fight was still well under way. As they entered the center of the city, they could clearly see the battle.
Titans East were doing all they could to defend their city but they were badly out numbered. Slade's forces were all over the city, and their were almost twice as many as there had been in Jump City. Quickly Moonfire landed the T-ship, and everyone got out. "Titans go!" Robin and Moonfire called at the same time. Within seconds, both teams were fighting in the battle.
As everyone fought their own battles, Moonfire looked around the area, trying desperately to find Slade. Two robots approached her, but she merely flipped over them, letting them crash into one another. Others came after her but one by one, she defeated them. Suddenly, someone attacked her, wrapping one arm around her throat and the other around her waist.
She struggled, trying to free herself, and finding herself unable too. Her capturer tightened it's grip, trying to suffocate her when someone else suddenly attacked it, throwing it off. Without thinking, she spun around and threw a blue starbolt at the robot, obliterating it. Turning, she found Aquagirl and Robin standing there. "Are you okay?" Robin asked. "Yeah, where's Slade?" Moonfire questioned.
Aquagirl pointed behind her. "He was over by that alley a few minutes ago." she replied. "Right." Moonfire replied. She and Robin were about to go after him when Aquagirl suddenly grabbed her arm. "Moonfire…Tammy is with him." she added softly. Moonfire's eyes widened and an unreadable expression crossed her face. "Tammy?" she questioned in disbelief.
Robin frowned. "Wait, who's Tammy?" he asked. Moonfire's expression hardened. "A criminal." she said, turning away. Robin's eyes narrowed in confusion, but he followed as Moonfire went in the direction of the alley. At first glance, neither of the titans could see anyone, not even a single robot. Suddenly, a voice sounded behind them.
"If it isn't Moonfire and Robin." Both spun around to find Slade standing there, regarding them with that same dangerous tone in his voice. Standing by his side, was a girl about their age, with blond hair in a ponytail and bang that fell past her face. She had blue eyes. She wore a black and orange suit with an S on them, similar to Slade's. The girl smirked at them. "Hey Moon. Long time no see?"
Moonfire stared at her, not knowing what to think. Memories flooded back to her.
Flashback:
It was a normal night for the teen titans. They had gotten a distress call a few minutes ago and were now responding to it. Moonfire frowned, a worried crease appearing on her forehead.
"What's wrong Moon?" Moonfire looked up to find herself face-to-face with the blond haired girl. She smiled. "It's nothing. I just have a really bad feeling about this." she explained. Tammy laughed. "You know, you worry too much. Everything will be fine." she insisted.
"I guess." she muttered, still unconvinced. "Hey Moonfire, Tammy, get down here!" Darkstar called. "C'mon." Tammy said. "You better go see what the trouble is." "What about you?" she asked. "Aren't you coming?" Tammy looked away, not meeting her eyes.
"I have some… business to deal with." she said. "More important then the mission?" Moonfire asked, frowning in confusion. "You could say that, yeah." she replied. "Oh, um, okay then." she said. "We'll see you when we get back." she called as she ran after her team. Tammy didn't reply.
The team headed downtown, where the trouble was taking place. The entire area was a mess of screaming pedestrians and destroyed property. In the center of all the chaos, stood Slade himself. "Slade." Moonfire snarled. "Titans, go!" she yelled. They all rushed toward him, ready to fight. Slade merely laughed at the attempt and shot every one of them down.
"Nice try." he said. "Perhaps you'll stand a better chance next time." "What are you doing here Slade!?" Moonfire demanded. He shook his head. "Silly child. I just thought this would be good practice for my apprentice." "Your apprentice?" They all yelled at once. "Who?" Wasp asked. Slade chuckled. "I think you know her." He motioned behind them and turning, they all gasped in shock.
"Hey guys." a familiar figure said. "Tammy?" Moonfire whispered, to shocked to move. Stinger was the first to snap out of it. "TRAITOR!" she screamed, jumping forward. Crow and Darkstar barely managed to hold her back, as they themselves fought the urge to beat the backstabber to a bloody pulp.
"How could you?!" Wasp hissed, furious. "We trusted you! We let you stay at the tower! We were your friends for almost two years, heck, we were practically your family!" Tammy merely shrugged at his yells and smirked at them. "What can I say? Playing the good guy is old."
As they all stared at her, unable to move or speak out of shock, she walked over to Slade seeming pleased with herself. Within moments, they were both gone, leaving a shocked and deeply betrayed team behind.
Flashback end.
"You traitor!" Moonfire hissed, feeling the old scars of the betrayal begin to throb. Moving faster then would have seemed possible she spun around and kicked her following this up with multiple hits. As she and Tammy fought, Robin took the opportunity to attack Slade.
Soon both were in a heated battle, attacking and defending. On Moonfire's side, she was having excellent luck. Each attack hit it's target and any time Tammy tried to counter her attacks, she just blocked it and made her next hit even harder then the last. Finally, she threw a large, blue starbolt at her, succeeding in knocking her out.
Turning she found that Robin was having more trouble. While he had managed to get some valuable hits to Slade, Slade had done more damage. Robin spun around and kicked Slade, making him stumble back a few paces. Slade quickly recovered and hit him back across the face. Robin fell back then flipped over and hit Slade again.
This time, his fist hit straight across Slade's face and the mask fell off. Unfortunately, Robin found himself facing not the real Slade but a robot, disguised as Slade. The robot Slade fell to the floor, it's circuits destroyed and Robin tried to catch his breath. "It's a fake." he said, when Moonfire approached him.
Moonfire sighed. "Well, at least we have Tammy. We can question her and…" she stopped staring in shock at the spot where she'd left her. "I don't believe it! That little traitor escaped!" she yelled angrily. "Don't worry about it, we'll find her." Robin insisted, putting a hand on her shoulder. He couldn't help but wonder however, what was so important about that girl that Moonfire wound attacked her in a fit of rage like that.
"We better see how the others are doing." Moonfire said. With that, both of them turned and walked out of the alley. By that time, the other titans had taken care of all but a half dozen robots. Moonfire and Robin rushed forward and helped beat the rest of them.
Once the last robot was beaten, Crow turned toward Moonfire. "Did you find him?" he asked. She shook her head. "It was a robot, disguised as Slade." she explained. Everyone's faces fell in disappointment. "Wait, you said that the Slade you just fought was a robot."
The comment came from Flinx, Kid Flash and Jinx's daughter. "Yeah, it was. Why?" Robin asked. "It's not like Slade to attack a city and not be there. So if the Slade you fought was a fake…" "…then where's the real one?" Raven finished in a whisper.
Nobody had an answer to that.
Meanwhile, back at Jump City:
"The nerve of that girl!" Terra hissed as she paced around the tower. "Stay here like a spoiled, selfish brat." she mocked. "I am not a spoiled, selfish brat. She's just a know-it-all, obsessive, control freak. I'd like to teach her a thing or two!" Terra's suddenly stopped, finding herself outside a door with the name Moonfire written boldly in the front.
Terra hesitated for a moment, then went inside. She looked around the room. "Hmm… she could really use some redecorating I'll say that." Terra muttered. She walked over to the desk and looked through the files. They were all about criminals and eventually, she grew bored and was about to leave when her foot suddenly hit the desk, spilling it's many contents onto the floor.
"Ouch!" Terra yelled, rubbing her foot. Looking at the mess she'd made, she decided to clean it up before the others arrived and realized she'd been in Moonfire's room. As she scooped up the papers and files, she caught sight of two leather clad books that didn't seem to belong with the other papers. Curiosity finally getting the best of her, she picked up the first book and looked through it.
It was a photo album. The first picture in it seemed to have been taken about a year or two ago, since the team didn't seem to be that much younger in it. It had many people in it, including the team, another team which she assumed to be Titans East, and a bunch of adults with them, which she guessed where the titans adult selves. It was clearly winter due to the fact that everyone was dressed in warm clothing. There was a small sentence at the bottom. Everyone at Christmas Eve.
Terra turned the page and found another picture, this time just one of the team. In fact, the whole book seemed to be filled with pictures of the current Titans west and east, along with some pictures of the adult titans and they all seemed fairly new. Some were sweet and heart warming, some silly, and some where the person looked like they were going to kill whoever was holding the camera.
Halfway thru the album she noticed that one girl no longer showed up in the pictures. She had had blond hair and blue eyes, and had looked a lot like herself, but now, she didn't seem to show up at all. Maybe she's the one taking the pictures. Terra figured.
Finally, she put the first album down and picked up the second. This one was really old. The first few pictures were of the original titans, only a few years older then they were now. As she flipped through the pages she suddenly realized that she wasn't in any of the pictures. She cut in halfway thru the book and suddenly froze in disbelief. No. she thought to herself. No, that can't… it has to be a mistake…
There, in front of her very eyes, was a picture of Raven and Beastboy's wedding. Terra began to shake her head and flipped through the pages, but there was never one of her and Beastboy together. "I… don't believe it! He couldn't have… he wouldn't have.." she started then her eyes began to glow in anger and pain. Flinging the album across the room, she ran out of the Tower.
Didn't see that coming, did ya? Poor Terra, on her own cloud of hope, which I cruelly shoved her off of and laughed as she crashed into the ground. Hehe, bye bye Terra! LOL! So, where's Terra going? Where's Slade? And what's Tammy's part in all this? If you want to know, then review. Please? It'd be very appreciated.