The next short in this series; this one is all action and I think you'll enjoy it.
It started like any other day in the city of Jump. The citizens were busy going through their everyday lives, oblivious to the dangers that would soon be coming, ignorant that their protectors, the Teen Titans would protect them from any harm that might befall on them. But one maniac would change that as he rode his devilish-looking bike into town, guns-blazing and an intention of pure destruction. His name was Johnny Rancid, an old time enemy of the Teen Titans, an enemy they had defeated in the past, but this time he had a new trick up his sleeve.
"Titans Go!" barked Robin; with the utterance of the Titan's one-liner the teenage heroes were off to stop the maniacal motorcyclist
"Ah ha, ah ha, ha, ha!" cackled Johnny Rancid, firing wildly into the air with his custom-made pistol, "Hey losers!" he yelled "HERE'S JOHNNY!" he cried, laughing almost to the point of true insanity
Terror and destruction were like a stimulant to him, giving him the energy needed to continue forward with his reign of evil and twisted sense of enjoyment. Throwing bombs in the air he peppered the street with fiery destruction and filled it with chaos as the citizens of the city ran for their dear lives from the crazy biker. However salvation soon arrived as the Titans appeared on the scene. On his own bike, custom made for him, Robin road, leading his team while Cyborg in his T-Car, the ultimate road machine, charged behind the boy wonder. In the seat next to him sat Cyborg's green companion, BeastBoy the shape-shifter, his head out the window enjoying the speed at which the T-Car was moving. High over head was Starfire and Raven, female members of the team, using the skies to fly ahead of Johnny Rancid who had just happened to notice the Titans following him.
"Ha!" cried Starfire, unleashing a wave of Starbolts at Johnny Rancid
A flurry of bright balls of green energy rained down on Johnny in an attempt to carpet bomb him off the street, but the genius, if not insane, bike rider evaded the tameranian's attacks before returning fire on her. Starfire evaded as well and Johnny soon found it futile to fire on her and returned his attention to the street.
"Time to eat asphalt Johnny." Cyborg quipped, pushing a button on his car's dashboard
From the front sides of the T-Car a pair of concussion blasters appeared and charged, firing on Johnny just when they reached full power. Powerful beams of concentrated energy fired from the T-Car toward Johnny, easily having the ability to rip Johnny's bike to pieces. But the expert biker avoided the blasts by popping a wheelie and keeping on a straight path. Robin joined Cyborg in the attack by activating his own concussion blasters on his bike, but Johnny avoided them by taking cover in a side alley. Cyborg and BeastBoy couldn't follow because the T-Car was too big, but the other Titans quickly took down the alley in pursuit of Johnny.
"We'll cut him off." Cyborg commented before taking off
Garbage cans ahead of Johnny began to glow black as Raven took hold of them with her powers before hurling them toward Johnny in order to stop him. Johnny pulled out his trust pistol and took aim, firing on each and every garbage can, hitting his mark and destroying the waste reciprocals before they could hinder his progress.
"Ha, ha, tough luck losers; ya'll can't catch Johnny Rancid!" Johnny yelled, just as he exited the alleyway
However, as he left, the T-Car soon stopped in front of him, causing to him break. Turning his bike he aimed to make a quick break for it, but Robin was there, along with Starfire and Raven. The Titans had Johnny surrounded and there was no way he could escape without a fight.
"Give it up Johnny, you can't get away." Replied Robin
"And you cannot defeat us." Replied Raven
"Yeah dude, so just come quietly." Replied BeastBoy
"No way." Replied Johnny, pulling out a second pistol and aiming at both sides of himself
Johnny knew full well that he couldn't take all the Titans at once in a straight-up fight, they'd murder him. No, he was waiting for something. Then he heard it; what he was waiting for.
"They're late." He said, grinning
The sound of engines approaching could be heard; the Titans turned to the west to see a grand menagerie of individuals coming onto the scene. Like Johnny the all rode motorbikes, similar, but not as devilish as Johnny's. The all held some sort of dangerous weapon; from bats with large spikes pointing out of the head, to chains, to long metals pools, etc. This large band of motorcyclists' road up, whooping and hollering maniacally, not unlike Johnny who could be see grinning evilly.
"I thought that this time I should call up the boys." Johnny replied, revving up his bike
Before the Titans had a chance to react Johnny took off, escaping the Titans and meeting up with the other bikers. The other hooligans stopped, lining up as Johnny stopped in front of them, smirking.
"Took ya'll long enough." He said
"Sorry, just had to prepare ourselves for taking down this city!" one cried
"Yeah!" they all cheer
"Well then, let's get started!" yelled Johnny, "Time to show this city that together, WE'RE INVINCIBLE!" he yelled
"Yeah!" they all cheered again
"Dude…" muttered BeastBoy, "There sure is a lot of them." He commented
"Doesn't matter how many there are, they're all going down." Robin said, "Titans Go!" he yelled, taking off toward the enormous gang
However, what the Titans didn't figure out until much later is that sometimes quantity sometimes over weighs quality.
"Ow…ow…ow…" muttered BeastBoy as he limped into the Tower
The others were much better off than the changeling, but it seemed that BeastBoy looked the most hurt. No big surprise as it was his quick thinking that saved the Titans. In the battle with Johnny Rancid and his gang the Titans were completely taken by surprise by the skill that each of the many bikers had. Nearly as good as Johnny himself, the sheer number of bikers quickly overwhelmed the Titans, knocking them for a loop and nearly taking them down. It didn't take long for both the T-Car and the R-Cycle to take serious damage and the Johnny's gang to surround the Titans, all of them cackling madly as the Titans defeat seemed assured. However, BeastBoy stepped forward, morphing into a giant octopus and scattering the many bikers. Though they retaliated on the gelatinous creature with many painful strikes, BeastBoy's quick thinking gave the Titans the time they needed to make a tactical retreat.
"Those Titans took off with their tails between their legs!" cackled Johnny
"Yeah, we scared 'em but good, too bad we couldn't finish them." One muttered, "Stupid kid."
"Don't worry about it; we'll get 'em later." Replied Johnny, "For now, let's trash this place!" he yelled
"Yeah!" they cheered yet again, as they began their city-wide destruction quest
Now this takes us back to the tower, where the Titans were currently mulling over their crushing defeat. Robin was sulking in a nearby corner while Starfire stood beside him, trying to comfort him. Cyborg was busy making minor repairs to his systems, muttering under his breath that those 'punks' would pay for messing up his T-Car. Meanwhile BeastBoy was sitting in a chair with his eye closed, moaning softly as Raven healed his injuries. He deserved that much for pulling his friends out of the frying pan.
"You know, if I were to bottle this up and sell it I'd make millions as a masseuse." Commented BeastBoy
"Very funny BeastBoy." Replied Raven sarcastically
"Yeah I know." Replied BeastBoy with a smirk
That smirk soon disappeared when Raven brought her hand down hard on BeastBoy's thigh, hitting a tender area.
"Ow…" he squeaked
Meanwhile Cyborg was just finished with his repairs and stood up, walking over to Robin and Starfire before facing Robin.
"So Rob, how do we get out of this?" he asked the leader
"We shouldn't have even gotten in this in the first place, we should have expected this." Robin replied
"Yeah, we shoulda, but no time to mull over it now, we need to do something." Cyborg commented
"I know, and we will." Replied Robin, "First, we need to repair the R-Cycle and the T-Car, along with something else." Robin said, "BeastBoy, come on." Replied Robin as he and Cyborg left the common room
"Ow…alright." Replied BeastBoy, "Anything's better than Raven the psycho nurse." He muttered
"I heard that…" she growled, making BeastBoy hightail it away with Robin and Cyborg
"Star, Raven, watch the city, tell me if things get out of hand." Robin replied
"They're already out of hand." Raven quipped
"I know, but if I know Johnny this is only the beginning." He said as they left
After the Titan's hasty retreat 'The Boys' became their reign of terror across the city, but with their idiocy and one-track minds the most that they did was destroy anything in their direct line of sight, having more fun riding recklessly through the streets than taking over the city. Johnny, the only semi-intelligent one of the group had other intentions however. He was heading over to the Jump City Research Labs, Seismologic research.
"What are we doing here boss?" asked on of the five bikers that followed Johnny
"Boys, we're gonna rock this city to the ground." Replied Johnny, "So let's get in there!" he yelled, firing random shots into the building
Guards inside the research lab heard the commotion and went up front to see what was going on, but before long they were overrun by Johnny and his gang who came barging in on their motorcycles, swing random weapons at the guards who were taken out before they had a chance to fight back.
"Pathetic." Johnny spat before taking off down a hall, engine ablaze
"Great…this is great…" muttered Raven, "We've got disturbances all over the city but those boys still aren't ready yet…what could be taking so long?" Raven wondered
"Whatever they are doing I know that is will be beneficial to stopping Johnny Rancid." Starfire replied
Raven sighed, rolled her eyes, and sat down.
"Raven! Starfire! Come down to the garage!" yelled a voice over the intercom system
The sudden yell was so surprising that Starfire and Raven nearly had a heart attack. After the initial shock and some heavy breathing the two girls regained their composure and headed down toward the garage. Well in all truth Starfire floated down, with a worried look on her face, watching Raven as she marched down to the garage, mumbling that she would end BeastBoy here and now. Just as the two girls entered the garage and before Raven could initiate a verbal assault on BeastBoy, who happened to be standing near a white tarp that seemed to be covering something, with a big grin on his face, Robin spoke up and began the explaining of his attack plan.
"Okay Titans, I won't dance around the issue. We were overrun by Johnny and his gang. There were just too many of them and we were ill-prepared to face them." Robin explained
"So how do we handle them?" Raven asked, wanting Robin to get to the point of all this
"Well, we have come up with a solution." Robin replied, "Cyborg, if you please?" Robin asked, directing all attention to the cybernetic man
"Certainly." Replied Cyborg, pushing a button on his console/arm
From the floor two doors appeared and the sound of gears slowly grinding could be heard. Slowly two strange objects lifted from out of the floor and into view before finally stopping once level with the floor of the garage.
"Ohhhhhh…" cooed Starfire in wonder
"What are they?" Raven asked, raising an eyebrow
"They're your road machines." Cyborg replied proudly, a beaming smile plastered on his face
"Ahhhhhh…" Starfire chirped happily as she stared at the 'road machines' in awe
"Don't tell me we're going to ride those?" Raven asked
"It's the only way we can take down Johnny Rancid." Robin replied
"Fight fire with fire." Raven commented
"Exactly." Robin replied
"I suppose, if it's the only way…" she muttered, staring at the first road machine before her
"Ahh, good eyes Rae, this baby right here is yours." Cyborg replied, referring to the ATV before her, "This baby is called the 'Shadow Runner' replied Cyborg, "And Star, this is yours, the Crimson Streak." He said, referring to a small racer-like go-cart looking vehicle, "Now to tell ya'll all there needs to be known for these babies." He said, before he went into an explicit explanation of the road machine
From the ceiling dropped a large movie screen and a projector appeared from in a wall that pointed directly toward the screen. Why Cyborg put all this stuff in the tower was beyond Raven but she didn't say anything about Cyborg having waytoo much time of his hands. As the movie began the crunching of popcorn could be heard from BeastBoy, along with a loud slap a few seconds later, courtesy of Raven's hand to the back of BeastBoy's head. A narrative voice came on that sounded strangely like the announcer guy for most movies.
"From the confines of the T-Tower two new modes of transportation for the Titans was created by the technological genius of unsurpassed skill known as Cyborg, though he is more of the modest type to his friends." The announcer guy said
"Modest my foot." Muttered Raven
"The Shadow Runner and the Crimson Streak, two road machines built to handle the streets of Jump City and fight against the criminals that abuse them." The announcer guy proclaimed, "The Shadow Runner, an ATV with a dark attitude. Capable of traveling over any terrain, this road machine is near unstoppable. Sporting to side concussion gattling-guns and the ability to absorb the specific wavelengths of a certain dark sorceress in order to release them in a powerful-concussion blast, this road-machine boosts considerable power to a sleek design, giving it both strength and speed on the road." The announcer guy explained
Raven actually looked impressed by the 'Shadow Runner', though she had yet to get behind the 'wheel' of the road machine.
"Also introducing the Crimson Streak, a four wheeled racer with attitude. What it lacks in speed it more than makes up for in pure speed. Low to the ground and with high acceleration and top speed this vehicle is the fastest thing on the street. Like the Shadow Runner, this road-machine was specifically designed to absorb the energy of the driver to engulf it in a greenish glow of energy, stopping all attacks from getting to it. And if its initial speed wasn't enough then it rear-mounted afterburner rocket gives speeds never imagined on a normal racer, making this one of the fastest vehicles on earth." The announcer guy said before the movie screen disappeared into the ceiling
"That was splendid!" chirped Starfire happily, more than ready to get behind the wheel of her personal road machine
"Well that was insightfully, why don't we get out on the road and stop Johnny Rancid now?" Raven replied
"Wait!" BeastBoy cried out, stopping everyone in their tracks
"What?" Raven asked, beginning to grow annoyed
"I didn't get to introduce my road machine."
"How come, Cyborg didn't make you a movie clip?" Raven asked
"He said since you guys already saw it, it doesn't count as being a new introduction." BeastBoy replied, glaring at Cyborg
"It's true." Cyborg replied, undaunted by BeastBoy's glare
"You're just jealous 'cause I was actually able to fix it when you couldn't."
"Chewing gum and paper clips don't count." Cyborg said
"Hey…" BeastBoy said, ready to argue with the larger boy, but was cut off by Raven
"Just get on with it." She muttered
"Oh…okay dudes and dudettes, time for the ultimate unveiling." He said, grabbing hold of the tarp BeastBoy gave a mighty pull, revealing what was underneath
"Introducing the B-Twoped!" he cheered, revealing his very own road-machine
"Yay." Starfire chimed
"It looks like your old one." Raven replied
"Yeah, but it's different 'cause I put in a few little extras." BeastBoy replied, grinning ear to ear
"Alright Titans." Robin replied, "Let's hit the road." He said, running toward his R-Cycle
People scattered as Johnny's gain trashed the city, destroying anything that looked breakable in their eyes. In the mass confusion of fleeing citizens a young boy and girl fell, brother and sister who were trying to find cover from 'The Boys'. One of the members of Johnny's gang saw the two defenseless children and decided to have a little fun, twirling his laser chain-whip fiercely as he approached them on his bike. One pass would be all he need to finish them, but before he could someone cried out a battle cry.
"Ha!" they yelled, launching a devastating kick toward the biker's chest
The force of the impact was so great that it launched the biker clean off his bike to tumble on the streets below, duly unconscious. The brother, who had held his sister in order to protect her, slowly opened his eyes, since they had to closed, as he awaited an impact. When his eyes opened he looked up to see Robin, the leader of the Teen Titans standing above him, a hand outstretched to help the two up.
"Thank you." The boy said, while the sister nodded in agreement
"No problem." Replied Robin with a smile, "Now go and find your parents." He said
With a nodded they both ran off, soon after finding their parents after the mass mob of people dispersed. Satisfied with their rescue Robin ran back to his R-Cycle and hopped on, looking for more of Johnny's gang to take down. Meanwhile a group of 'The Boys' were busy terrorizing a bus load of people, banging of the sides of the broken down vehicle with their weapons, laughing maniacally at the people inside who were panicking within.
"He, he." One snickered darkly, lighting a firebomb and preparing to throw it into the bus
However just as it left his hand the firebomb stopped, held in the air by a dark bubble before the bubble crushed it, snuffing it out.
"What the?" he muttered, until her heard the roar of an engine
Turning down the road on his left the biker saw a strange vehicle approach. In general appearance it resembled an ATV, but it look far more wicked than any ATV he had ever seen. It's sleek, dark design made it look as if it could take a beating, but still handling nicely and the driver of the ATV was very ominous, the only clue 'The Boys' had to the driver's identity is that the driver had to be one of the Teen Titans, and the only one with a long, billowing cloak was Raven.
"Get her!" one roared, coaxing the others into attacking
These riders however stood no chance against Raven, as she used her powers to cover the rode in a black veil. Once the motorcycles touched this veil they were ripped to pieces, leaving only the riders to crash to the ground below, sitting up stupefied by the sudden loss of their bikes, only to be soon defeated by Raven. The relieved citizens of the bus quickly evacuated and fled, leaving only the empty bus and Raven on the streets. Well, that was until more of 'The Boys' decided to ride up on the scene. All laughing maniacally and vastly outnumbering Raven 'The Boys' had the obvious advantage. But by using her powers on the nearby bus Raven quickly turned the tables on her advancing foes.
"She's not gonna do what I thinks she's gonna do?" one asked nervously as the bus glowed with her powers
"I think she is." Another replied as the bus levitated
"We're screwed." Another said as she threw the bus at the approaching group
The guards of the research lab tried to hold their own, but there just too many gang members against the poorly guarded lab. Inevitably, Johnny and his gang broke through, finishing off the rest of the guards before terrorizing many of the researchers who were still within the labs. Unlike his gang, who were simply driving through the labs and breaking things, Johnny was on a specific hunt for something. Soon enough he found it, a large, seal off room. As with all sealed off rooms access was restricted, meaning only a few of the scientist in the labs could possible get in.
"Round them up!" Johnny yelled
A large scramble occurred as the scientists ran for their lives, but 'The Boys' quickly gathered them.
"Ahh! Let me go!" one yelled as he was scooped up and driven around mindlessly
"Help!" another yelled as he was pulled from under a desk
"No!" cried another as she was stopped right before she could escape
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ah!" laughed Johnny as his plan began to unfold
A group of bikers were swiftly following after a lone racer as it cruised down the streets effortlessly, even with the abundant weapons fire on it and the debris that littered the streets of Jump City. This racer, the Crimson Streak, could turn on a hair and stop on a dime and its speed made it seem like the evil bikers were moving in slow motion as they tried desperately in vain to keep up with the fast moving vehicle. Although some of the bikers were intelligent and instead of following right behind the racer they decided to cut it off at the pass. Looking back, Starfire, the rider of the racer, saw that many of the riders had given up pursuit, leaving only a few of them to deal with.
"This should not take much time." She thought, spinning the wheel sharp so that her racer did a complete 1800 one the street before he put her racer in reverse and let go of the wheel, pointing her hands in the direction of the bikers chasing her
Her hands glowed with an intense green light before she went auto-fire on the bikers, unleashing wave after wave of Starbolts that decimated the bikers, blowing them off their bikes and defeating them.
"Success!" she cheered proudly, however her celebration was short lived as she heard engines in front of her, which in essence would be behind her since she was in reverse
"Take her down!" one roared, firing a rocket at the backwards driving car
Starfire turned the wheel sharply once again, regaining her forwardness and unleashed a large Starbolt blast at the oncoming rocket when it was no more than seven feet away. The explosion was thunderous and the bikers thought they had surely won.
"One down!" they cheered, laughing in victory, until something rocketed out of the smoke the blast made
With the help of her own powers the Crimson Streak rocketed toward the group of evil bikers with Starfire powering up for a devastating attack. Crossing her hands she built up energy, when at the desired level she uncrossed her hands, sweeping them in front of her and making a blade of Starbolt energy fly in front of her, which slashed through the bikes of the evil gang, destroying them utterly.
"Victory!" she cheered ecstatic, not bothering to hold any emotion back, even though the evil bikers were moaning and groaning in untold pain
"Alright, open I up, or the others get it." Johnny ordered, talking to the head of the lab scientists
The scientist grumbled, wanting to refuse unlocking the sealed room, not wanting to give the machine inside to this maniac, but his colleagues came first, giving him no choice but to give access to the room to Johnny
"Fine." The scientist muttered, standing in front of the door
Next came an overly long and complicated series of access routines, involving a retina scan, finger print scan, voice recognition, and even a genetic scan which involved the user getting pricked by a small pin so that the computer could access their genetic code. Finally, with all of this taken care of the sealed room opened up, revealing the device that Johnny Rancid wanted to acquire, the Siesmo Hammer.
"Ha ha, time to rock and roll." She cackled menacingly as he walked inside
"Alright, time to try out my new and improved Photon Cannon." Cyborg said, pressing the corresponding button on the consol
From the top of the T-Car a large cannon unloaded, morphing into a long-ranged weapon of destruction.
"Take him down!" yelled a member of 'The Boys', initiating a blitzkrieg of attacks from the lead biker and the other bikers that were with him
However, before any of the attacks could hit home, Cyborg fired his new and improved Photon Cannon, firing a beam of pure devastation toward the bikers. Any and all airborne projectiles were blown away, leaving nothing but ashes and if Cyborg had been aiming at the bikers directly then they would be ashes as well. Luckily for them the beam simply bypassed them, causing a wave of force to hit them, knocking them off of their bikes to the rough street below.
"Oh…maybe I should tone that blaster down a little." Cyborg thought after he accessed the damage his cannon did
Other than take out the group of bikers completely the new and improved Photon Cannon caused a line of devastation to appear on the street, eating the pavement up drastically.
After loading up the machine on a two wheeled transport and attaching the transport to his bike Johnny Rancid was ready to take off to destroy the city with his newly 'acquired' Siesmo Hammer. Normally the Siesmo Hammer was designed to lessen the affects of earthquakes on buildings by releasing a similar force of what was thrown out, to try and cancel out the force. If all the testing came back okay then the Siesmo Hammer could be introduced to all kinds of buildings as an earthquake repellent of sorts, but in the wrong hands it could crush building foundations and cause destructive tremors throughout the city, something Johnny was counting on.
"Alright boys, we got what I wanted, let's blow this joint!" Johnny yelled, as he and his bikers drove out of the research lab, "And I do mean 'blow.'" He replied, pulling out a strange device
Unknown to the scientists, while Johnny was retrieving the Siesmo Hammer, his gang randomly set explosive devises all over the lab. With a push of a button Johnny could blow the lab sky high, so that there would be no way to create a means to stop Johnny and his new weapon, even with all the scientists still inside.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…" laughed Johnny, ready to press the detonation button
However, before he could, a strange object whistled through the air, making contact with the detonator in his hand and snapping it out of his grip, causing a ripple of pain to course through Johnny's hand in the process.
"Ow! What the hell…" he cursed; holding his hand close to him as he stared down at the ground at what hit him
Implanted in the ground no more than five feet away from him, was a Birdarang, shining brightly before dark clouds began to move in, dismissing the brilliance of the Birdarang.
"So bird boy, back for more?" Johnny asked, turning to the boy wonder
"This time you're going down." Robin replied, not a hint of hesitation in his voice
"Yeah, you and what army?" he asked
"This army." Replied another voice
Sitting atop a modified Moped was the green changeling known as Beastboy, wearing a ridiculous looking helmet and goggles along with an excessively long scarf.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa….!" Wailed Johnny Rancid in pure glee, mocking the green boy atop his moped, "You really think you can beat me!" he cried out, unable to control his laughter
"I don't think, I know." Replied BeastBoy
"Oh really…" Johnny replied, his laughter dissipating at BeastBoy's boldness, "Let's see you keep up." He said, "Alright boys, these two losers want a race, and that's what we're gonna give 'em." Johnny called
His gang whooped and hollered in excitement over this news, their chance to finally destroy two of the Teen Titans at hand.
"Let's show 'em what 'The Boys' can do." Johnny replied, taking off
With cheers and yells the rest of the gang followed after Johnny, taunting the two heroes in a sadistic fashion.
"Would you like to go first?" Robin asked after 'The Boys' were quite a ways away
"No, no, you go first?" BeastBoy replied
"Why thank you." Replied Robin before taking off, with BeastBoy following closely behind
The screeching of tires could be heard as three road machines converged on one location; the Crimson Streak, the Shadow Runner, and the T-Car; coming together at an intersection.
"Yo, Star, Rae, ya'll see B and Rob?" Cyborg asked after rolling his window down
"Sorry my friend I have not seen neither of our friends." Starfire said, "I have been quite busy dealing with the many bad biker people in the city." Starfire replied, "I do hope that Robin is okay." She said, concerned
"Me neither." Replied Raven, "By now I can usually find some evidence of BeastBoy's stupidity but as of right now I haven't seen hide nor hair of the green idiot." She replied
VRRROOOM!
Turning quickly to the sound the three Titans only caught a glimpse of Johnny and his gang tearing down a street a block away from their current position. Not five seconds later did Robin and BeastBoy tear down the street as well, BeastBoy laughing heartily as he performed numerous tricks on his B-Twoped.
"Spoke too soon." She muttered
"Let's hurry up, don't want to miss the fun." Cyborg replied, taking off
With a nod the two girls followed after
"Damn, they're faster than I thought." Johnny thought as yet another of his gang members were taken out by Robin and BeastBoy
From a mixture of well-placed kicks, punches, and animal transformations aboard moving vehicles BeastBoy and Robin were single-handedly taking out the biggest part of Johnny's gang.
"Grrr!" he growled, seeing as his 'invincible' gang had been thoroughly thrashed, leaving only four others, excluding himself, still ready to battle
Luckily, the four left where his best bikers, far stronger than normal humans (possessing bikes with hideously devastating secrets just waiting to be unleashed upon an unsuspecting opponent.) And with the Siesmo Hammer in his grasp Johnny still had the upper hand; he could use the destructive weapon at any time he chose, but his objective was to use it where it could cause the most damage, near city hall, where the biggest collective group of buildings lay.
"This city is going down, in pieces!" he yelled, turning back to his four top bikers, "Stop those two and anyone else that comes." He told them, before hitting higher gear and speeding up
With a nod the bikers understood their orders, stopping and turning so that they now faced the fast approaching Robin and BeastBoy, and the other three Titans who where a few blocks away.
"Johnny's getting away!" BeastBoy replied, watching as Johnny Rancid pulled away, leaving his bikers behind
"Most likely to destroy something." Robin replied, shuttering slightly at the devastation a maniac like Johnny Rancid could create, "BeastBoy, I'm going ahead, clear the road." Robin ordered, and with a nod BeastBoy did so
Jumping into the air, promptly leaving his moped, which stopped immediately, leaning to one side as the kick stand fell into place, BeastBoy flew through the air, directly towards the four bikers before transforming into a ferocious T-Rex and landing into the middle of the group, forcing to them get away before they were completely crushed. Though they avoided the attack the shockwaves created by the lumbering beast's weight knocked them off their bikes, but they quickly recovered just at the beast and the other Titans were upon soon them.
With the bikers out of the way Robin was free to take down their leader, Johnny, as he made his way to the city center, where city hall was located. Soon he'd destroy it and rebuild the city in his own, twisted fashion. Approaching city hall he drove directly up the steps, with full intention on bursting in and setting off the Siesmo Hammer, but before he could a single Birdarang stopped him in his traps, making him look back in disgust as Robin stared at him spitefully.
"So bird-boy, you want some of Johnny?" Johnny asked, pulling two pistols from his holster
"You're going down Rancid." Replied Robin quickly and smoothly, not deterred by Johnny's weapons
Johnny's grin grew more devilish than before, but that was merely bravado to hide what he was truly feeling. Though wasn't in the least scared of the boy wonder he knew very well that he could not beat the little brat in a straight up fight on account that Robin was stronger, faster, more skilled, and a hell of a lot smart than Johnny Rancid in battle. All he had over Robin was his guns, and if Robin managed to disarm him of those, which he knew Robin would probably do soon enough; Johnny would be up a creek without a paddle.
"Take this!" he yelled, firing randomly at Robin, to try and blanket him with constant fire
Robin saw the wildness of the attack and new that a stray bullet my hit him so he veered to the left taking covering behind a building, which took the oppressive abuse of the pistols for him. While Johnny unloaded on Robin the bikers began to step back, moving closer and closer to the Seismo Hammer attached to his bike. He wasn't in city hall, but he was close enough to still cause major damage, so he attempted to push the single button needed to activate the machine. But the moment he ceased firing on Robin and turned to activate it he heard a sharp whistling noise. Turning he gasped as a single Birdarang was already on him, inching ever closer to his thick skull.
A T-Rex barreled over a certain biker, promptly defeating him, much like how Raven threw one into a nearby lamppost, Starfire unleashed a hell storm of Starbolts on another, and Cyborg blasted one with his sonic cannon. With their adversaries defeated the four Titans climbed back onto their road machines, ready to meet up with their leader, only to hear a large sonic boom erupt, not to far way.
"What was that?" Starfire asked, worried for her Robin
"Don't know, but we better go find out." Replied Cyborg, jumping back into the T-Car
Robin tried to keep his balance as the Siesmo Hammer continued to vibrate violently. Though Robin did stop Johnny, when the Birdarang made contact with Rancid's skull the impact caused him to hit a series of buttons on the control panel of the Siesmo Hammer, causing it to go haywire. Robin didn't have the expertise needed to disarm the wayward device, though he could hardly stand straight. As the boy wonder did his best to calm the rage device the other Titans soon appeared on the scene, visibly shaking due to the tremors that thing was creating.
"Cyborg, I can't stop this thing and I think it's going into overload!" Robin yelled over the noise it was creating
Cyborg was next to Robin faster than two shakes of a baseball bat, already interfacing with the machine to see if he could shut it down. But as time moved on it became increasing apparent that Cyborg couldn't stop this machine.
"Graah!" he yelled in frustration, "I can't disarm this thing. Too much was knocked out of order. It would take longer time than what we got to shut this thing down." He said, "We got about two minutes until this thing fires off a shockwave big enough to cause some major damage." Cyborg said
"What about if we send it high enough into the sky?" Raven asked, "The concussion waves should travel to far in the sky." She replied
"Good idea, with your powers you'll be able to get rid of it, without getting caught in the blast." Cyborg said, just as a big pulse of energy flew from the device
The Titans didn't have time to react to the pulse, which blew them away, sending them a far distance from the machine. Starfire crashed into a light post before flying into an office building to lie in the mangled remains of a printer that was still making pictures of her bottom. Cyborg was literally driven into the ground by the blast, sending him into the sewer, where his heavy metal body began to sink in the sludge that ran rampant inside. Robin's light frame was thrown clean into the air, right into Raven who took the hit head on, causing both to careen through the sky, completely out of control. BeastBoy, who had been the furthest way when the blast erupted, took to the skies, turning into a pterodactyl and saving himself from injury.
"Robin! Raven!" he yelled into his mind, racing off to catch his friends who were hurtling across the city
With his speed his barely saved them, just catching the two before they made a decorative smear on the ground, blocks away from the Siesmo Hammer.
"Raven! Robin! Wake up!" he cried, but to no avail, the impact had knocked the two unconscious, and without Starfire or Raven there would be no way to get rid of the device, which was at a mere thirty seconds before detonation.
"No time." BeastBoy, looking toward the Siesmo Hammer, "Damn…being a hero sucks sometimes." He said before racing off toward it
Jumping, he morphed into a pterodactyl and grabbed hold of the strange device. Getting a good footing with his claws he began to flap his wings quickly, slowly, but surely gaining altitude. His speed gradually increased as he flew upward, the time ticking away on the detonation of the device.
20…19…18…17…16…
From deep in the sewers a loud blast could be heard and Cyborg could be seen rocketing out of the hole he made, thanks to his sonic cannon which he had used as a booster. Looking around he saw the hole Starfire had made and a few blocks down he saw Raven and Robin, but no BeastBoy. That's when he noticed that the Siesmo Hammer was missing.
13…12…11…10…9…
"He wouldn't…" Cyborg thought, but remembered that this was BeastBoy he was talking about, "That idiot."
BeastBoy wasn't sure just exactly how high he was suppose to take this thing, but he didn't have time to really worry about that so he continued to climb, but this vibrations that we being given off by this thing made it hard for BeastBoy to keep his current shape and the thunder around him didn't make it any better, since he was the highest thing up at the time and he was carrying something metal. But that didn't stop him as he made it to the cloud level.
5…4…3…2…
Cyborg growled furiously as he thought of what would happen to his friend and from his throat he howled the boy's name as a multitude of emotions fled from him in a single word.
"BEASTBOY!"
1!
KA-BOOM!
Even though it was very far away, Cyborg could still hear the thunderous explosion from the detonation of the faulty Siesmo Hammer. His mouth fell agape as he thought of BeastBoy's fate, one that couldn't have been too good, due to the blast.
"What happen?" someone murmur, causing Cyborg to turn back
Robin and Raven were just waking up from their collision, rubbing their heads and trying to shake the cobwebs loose in their brains.
"Where's BeastBoy?" Raven asked, wondering where the green nuisance had to blown, "Did he get blown into a garbage can or something?" she asked, a hint of sarcasm in her voice
"Yes…where is he?" Cyborg heard, the voice belonging to Starfire who was rubbing her head as well, though in her left hand she held a picture of the print out of her backside
"BeastBoy he's…he's…he's…" Cyborg mumbled, trying to convey the message, but failing miserably
"He's right here!" replied a voice, causing Cyborg to spin his head so fast that it would have come off if it hadn't been attacked to his neck
"BeastBoy! You're a live!" Cyborg said quickly, rushing over to his friend who had seen better days
"Barely…" BeastBoy muttered, "Next time you guys decided to take a nap, tell me before I have to do something like that again." BeastBoy replied
"How'd you survive, you numbskull?" Cyborg asked, holding back tears
"Well, let's just say that when you're nearly struck by lightening, certain things happen." BeastBoy replied
"Huh?"
"It was like this, I was flying right, and then all of a sudden this bolt of lightening came, just as I was letting go. So I was so close to being fried BeastBoy, but the lightening sorta gave me a boost, just enough to outrun the big boom from that thing." BeastBoy said
Cyborg raised an eyebrow at the smiling boy below him and tried to look serious, but couldn't help but smile at the sheer dumb luck that BeastBoy had.
"You are a stupid kid who doesn't think…but I got to admit, that was pretty brave of ya." Cyborg replied
"All in a days work for a hero." BeastBoy replied with a smirk
"Did BeastBoy almost kill himself?" Raven asked, after approaching the two, "Yet again."
"Yeah, but the nut is okay; dumb luck, emphasis on the 'dumb'." Cyborg replied
"Well he wouldn't be BeastBoy if he wasn't." Raven replied with a small grin
Hope you enjoy this story; I had a little fun writing it.