Teen Titans Fan Fiction

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Sacrifice

Thanks to Starfire and everyone else, the Teen Titans seem to have found Robin. What possible dangers lurk for all of them as they prepare to board a submarine? Will Robin even still be alive when they get there?

Chapter 10 - The Submarine

The 4 Titans were able to journey down to the submarine right under their noses fairly quickly. The T-Sub, was parked right at Titans Tower and Beast Boy turned into a fish to survey the area before they ventured further.

Beast Boy was a bit hesitant about going alone and questioned whether Robin was still alive. Raven smacked him upside the head when Starfire had heard every word he had said.

Beast Boy's information was actually very useful. The submarine was alone and seemed to have no offensive capabilities. It was there mainly for hiding. It was a perfect device where one could hide if they didn't want to be found.

"Final check for all systems in the T-Sub is green!" Cyborg announced over the intercom. "Everyone check in."

"Raven here. All systems are green and ready to go."

"Starfire present. All systems appear to be functional and are ready for launch."

"Beast Boy here, I'm heading down."

The plan was simple. Beast Boy transformed into the shape of an octopus to stand guard while the others moved towards the ship. Once they were there, they'd leave the T ship with oxygen tanks and board the sub. Once they were in, Beast Boy and Starfire would check out the port side, Cyborg and Raven, the aft side. In and out, shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes.

"T-Sub...launching...let's do this guys!" Cyborg moved the accelerator stick up and they left Titans Tower to rescue their leader.

The submarine itself wasn't even 50 meters from the Tower. It was pretty ingenious of the Joker and Slade to hide themselves so close, but also at the same time, pretty stupid if they were ever found.

"10 more meters then we're jumping ship." Cyborg announced to Starfire and Raven.

Once they arrived, Beast Boy gave the go signal by doing the macarena dance. It was quite humorous, considering an octopus was doing it.

Cyborg, Raven and Starfire each left the sub with Oxygen tanks attacked. Beast Boy changed back into his normal form as Raven used her powers to teleport them all right into the ship.

As everyone knew their assignments, Cyborg announced, "Teen Titans, Go!"

And off they ran, Beast Boy changed into a leopard as he and Starfire ran off in one direction, Cyborg and Raven in the other.

The submarine itself was not that large once you got in, but the coordidors were somewhat crammed. It made it hard for the Titans to use their powers effectively. If anything damaged the submarine, it ran the risk of sinking the submarine. Beast Boy and Starfire were already halfway through their search of the sub.

Beast Boy changed back into his normal form and spoke, "Doesn't look like there's anyone here on this side." Starfire did not seem to hear what Beast Boy said. She instead was looking up at the bulletin board. It was a mapping system of some kind, but she couldn't read it.

Beast Boy saw what she was looking at. Walking over, he pulled down the blueprints, rolled them up and put them in his pocket. The name 'maze layout' was on the outside. "I'll have Cyborg go over these when we get back. Let's keep moving."

Starfire nodded and they continued to run deeper into the submarine. She was stopped, however, when the door right in front of her shut quickly.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the submarine...

From looking at this side of the submarine, it seemed that this half was Slade's part of the submarine. It was dark in the room, not filled with the clown type atmosphere that filled the air as they boarded the submarine.

Cyborg's shoulder lifted up a flashlight as the other shoulder lifted up another lightbulb. It flashed every once in a while, he was taking pictures.

"You think they knew we were coming?" Cyborg asked out loud, there seemed to be no one in the submarine. It was almost too quiet.

Raven thought about it for a second. Maybe. It is odd that we've encountered absolutely no resistance. "We're talking about Slade here, anything is possible."

Cyborg nodded his head in agreement. "I'm done here, let's keep moving."

Cyborg continued to press on, with Raven right behind him. As he walked into the next room, his leg hit something. Looking down, he saw it, a metal wire. A trap?! Now?!

Each door of the ship started to close in unison.

Cyborg cursed himself. Damn, why now?

"Nobody's here, they were expecting us. Probably left the ship before we even found them." Raven had answered Cyborg without him even asking a question.

Raven hovered as she chanted the words, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!"

Black light encased herself and Cyborg as they both vanished from that part of the submarine.

Back with Starfire and Beast Boy

Beast Boy looked frantically all over. "What the heck just happened?! It sounds like an alarm, but I never saw any of us hit any sort of thing that would start a trap!"

Starfire's hands started to power up. Her eyes filled with power as she shot the door standing in her way with them. Remarkably, it seemed to have no effect.

Beast Boy looked astonished. It was quite a feat to have anything stand up to Star's eye blasts, much less have absolutely no effect.

Suddenly, the room filled with a black light as Raven and Cyborg appeared.

"Sorry, guys, I hit the alarm, but it looks like whoever was here was long since gone."

The alarm continued to go off, this time a voice echoed throughout the submarine.

"Thank you for activating the Joker's one of a kind special booby trap system. You all are now trapped. You have exactly 10 minutes to escape. Good luck finding the way out though! The doors randomly will open and close with only one way to go. Finding the way out will be like having a rat trying to find cheese at the end of the maze. Ta ta, losers!!!! hahahahahaha!" Joker's voice boomed as some doors finally seemed to open.

Raven spoke up first, "I need more time before we can teleport out of this place, and Beast Boy can't turn into an sea creature, there's just not enough room in here yet. We have no choice but to play his game."

Cyborg inputted the remaining time on his forearm. "Teen Titans, Go!"

The four of the started to dash through the sub. Random doors started to open and close. Sometimes the path was clearly laid out. Sometimes it wasn't. The doors seemed to open and close at random intervals, so it wasn't easy to predict where to go or what to do. 3 minutes past. They all found themselves back where they started. Great, just great. Backtracking they all headed the other way. As doors seemed to open and close with minds of their own, frustration started to build within the Titans.

We're not getting anywhere at this rate...5 minutes left...

3 minutes left...

"We've got 2 minutes and we're not even halfway, this maze is really starting to tick me off!" Cyborg was venting his frustration as another door closed in front of them, leading them all into another loop.

Beast Boy stopped. Maze?

"Guys! Check this out!!!" Beast Boy held out a rolled piece of paper.

"Not now, B., we gotta get outta here!" Cyborg stopped and turned around to look at him.

"Exactly dude! I picked this up which says maze layout up earlier! I was gonna show you when we got back, but then this happened and I kinda, sorta forgot about it." Beast Boy ran over and handed it to Cyborg.

Cyborg looked it over and slapped his forehead. These are the blueprints to how to get outta here.

Raven smacked Beast Boy upside the head for good measure as Cyborg scanned it into his system. "I've got them follow me."

A booming voice echoed as they weaved through the sub. "60 seconds left boys and girls!! I hope you don't ... run yourselves crazy!!! hahahhahaha" Joker's voice still seemed to boom around them. How did the Batman and Robin put up with this guy time after time?

Joker's voice echoed as time expired...

"5...4...3...2...1...ladies and gentlemen say hello my good friend...mr. explosive!!!"

Reaching their destination point, Raven chanted "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos"

The 4 remaining Titans became enveloped in black light as the orange and yellow light from the explosion took place all around them. Slowly, the submarine started to sink to the depths of the sea, before it broke itself in half and then into a thousand other pieces.

Meanwhile, inside another abadoned factory...

Slade was sipping on some wine. He enjoyed the finality and elegance that aged wine brought. He smelled the fumes, divulged into its pleasures and escaped from reality for a moment. Behind him, Robin was still in his shackles. He was now tied up to the wall and hanging from it, his arms were the only thing holding him up. It wouldn't be long before his shoulder's seperated. Through it all, he had somehow fell asleep. The numbing pain from his arms was still nothing compared to his midsection, Slade had nearly broken every rib in his body.

Slade through the wine in his glass at Robin's face, "It's time to begin...Robin."

Robin awoke to the pain in his arms and stomach. I couldn't stop him, I couldn't stop either of them. Am I still cut out for this?

Robin tried to move but it was indeed no use. He was barely fed enough to keep him alive, but not enough to where it was starting to damage his body.

Lifting his head, Robin finally spoke, "Tell me...how were you able to...how were you able to get stronger?"

"I was wondering when you'd finally ask me that. It's a touching, story, really. We still have some time before it starts, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to tell you now, seeing as how you can do nothing to stop it." Slade started to pace just for a bit. His demeanor and attitude were returning to the Slade he had come to know.

"Now...where shall I begin...?" Slade spoke these words as he pulled out a metallic rod, electricity sparked at the top with the push of a button.

Also, on the far end of town, school is letting out for Murakami High School...

A blonde haired girl is walking with her friends. Her blue eyes seemed to radiate positive feelings of reinfocement. She was wearing the school uniform, a white collar t-shirt with a black tie and a blue skirt that extended about 3/4 to the knee. White socks extended to just below her knee caps and she wore black shoes as well. Her friends were all sharing news about their latest Geometry test scores. Reaching the end of the gate, she says farewell to her two other friends and heads off in a different direction.

She started skipping a bit, she had gotten an 'A'. She looked over and saw that they were making preparations for the parade that was going to be held tomorrow. She smiled and did a twirl. Life was going great. She didn't watch where she was going as she bumped into into someone. She tripped and fell over onto her stomach, her nose had brushed up against the concrete.

Oww. That really hurt...

"Hey, kid! Why don't you watch where you're going?!"

The girl gathered up her belongings, repeatedly saying "I'm so sorry" as she did. As she finished gathering up her belongings, she stood up to face the gentlemen she ran into. Sweat ran down her left cheek as she gazed upon him.

He was tall, about 6 feet, wore a purple suit with a gold undershirt. His hair was green, his face with white make-up and red lipstick. Black shoes, a blue bow tie and a pink flower completed his ensemble, this man was relatively famous. The man known as the Joker stood before the girl, smiling with his biggest grin.

"Now, now, what did your mommy ever tell you about running into people?"

She could not even answer. Stories of what he had done to people were legendary, they had even reached here far away in Jump City.

"Ok, ok, I know, all you have to do is smile and all will be forgiven...hehehehe" Joker started to chuckle a bit.

Smile?! I know he's crazy, but I'm too scared to smile, someone please help me...somebody...anybody...Be..

Joker used his right arm and it crossed over to his outer left chest pocket. Slowly, his hand went for the pink flower that was located there. The young girl froze with fear. Someone please help me! "Hey boss!" a voice from behind them was shouting at them.

"What is it?!" Joker snapped back.

"Yo, Slade wants to transport the kid with the birdie's name over to the designated spot. What should we tell him?" the large man was holding a cell phone with one hand covering the mouth piece.

"Tell him that's fine and that I'll call him later." Joker's attention seemed to have drawn away from the young teenager.

Without a second thought, she ran. She ran and she ran and she ran some more. She never looked behind her. Please don't be there, please don't be behind me...

She turned into an alley and stopped at the wall. Pressing against it, she peeked to see if she was followed. No one was there. She was breathing hard. She didn't know how far she had run, and dropped her things onto the pavement. Her gorgeous straight blond hair was tangled, the air had damaging effects on it when she ran. Catching her breath, she stood up. Out of the corner for her eye, a giant shaped T stood on an island in the sea. The young girl stared at the building for a moment, then turned around and ran the way home.

As the young female has a close encounter with Joker, everything seems to be going according to plan. Who was that mysterious girl, and could a chance encounter, somehow have effect the outcome of our story?

Next time: Chapter 11 - Nightmares

Dreams haunt the Titans, and one more hero joins the fight. You won't wanna miss it!