Teen Titans Fan Fiction

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, its Production Company, affiliates, and sponsors. Everything is fictional and any similarities between the characters and any living person are purely coincidental.

A/N: This is the last chapter for Part 3. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have had writing it. R&R's are always appreciated, but I have no idea how I'm doing unless I hear from some of you guys. So even if you hated every second of it, please let me know! It will help me become a better writer! Thanks and with that out of the way... Let's get it started!!!

Legend -

Normal Font: Basic read and insight.

Bold: Change of location or time.

Italics: Individual thoughts and recollections.

SACRIFICE

Robin's new abilities pay off dividends as he easily deals with Grog and Frog. With only Joker remaining, can Robin finish what he started? What fate now awaits Terra as she is held captive?

Chapter 22 - The Present

Robin was running deeper into the refinery. Dealing with Grog and Frog weren't exactly a piece of cake, the Joker never made things easy. However, he had used his reinvented skills of the shadows to deal with both of them. Now, all that was left was Joker. Joker, the crazed, delusional madman whose twisted schemes made sense to only one person, himself. Robin didn't enjoy being pressed into this sort of situation. He wanted to do things his way, not his mentor's. He swallowed his pride, however, and became one with the night so that he could stop Joker. After this, he could go rethink everything. Maybe even pay another visit to the True Master and ask for some guidance. Either way, Robin wasn't sure about where the future led. Shaking his thoughts from his head, his mind focused again to the task at hand. Stop Joker and save the hostage. A hostage is a hostage no matter who it is, and this one happened to be Terra. As Robin continued to press further, he finally came up into a large room where he saw the central control panel.

Robin looked around, Joker was nowhere to be seen. The central control room was roughly 2 stories up, and it oversaw everything in the entire refinery. It had several balconies, as well as an emergency exit to the rear. It was the perfect place for Joker to hang his hat. Robin reached into his utility belt and pulled out a grappling hook. He fired it at the railing next to the door of the control room. It latched on and Robin soared towards it. He landed, decoupled the grappling hook and put it back into his belt. He walked up to the door and turned the handle. It was unlocked and Robin opened the door slowly. The room was completely lit and Joker knew he was here, so there was little point in trying to hide from him now.

Robin looked around the room and observed his surroundings. He saw a wooden table with several legs and the remains of a large sub sandwich. Most likely Grog and Frog's. He looked over and saw the central control panel. He walked up to it and pressed several buttons. Images from all around the refinery popped up onto the monitor screen. That's how Joker knew where I was. He walked over to a rather large crane and hook. This is where they kept Terra. Looking around, there was nobody around the area. Robin walked up to the emergency door and examined it. It hadn't been opened in quite some time, so Joker was probably still somewhere in the area. Robin walked outside of the control room. His communicator beeped several times; picking it up from his utility belt, he answered it.

"Robin here." He answered, but still kept an eye on his surroundings.

"Yo, we found out where Joker's keeping Terra." Cyborg was talking to Robin, proud of himself that the rest of the team had figured out where Terra was. He continued, "Joker's currently at the abadoned..."

"Oil refinery, I know that already, is that all you have to report?" Robin asked.

"Actually no, dude, it's more of a heads up on a different note." Cyborg was poking his two index fingers together. "Look, I know it's not my style to do this, but I know you completely forgot."

"Forgot what?" Robin snapped at him, he was getting irritated. Joker was somewhere in the refinery and Cyborg wanted to chit chat.

"That today is the day Starfire first came to Earth, man!" Cyborg shouted, but his voice quickly decreased to almost a whisper level. Apparantly, he didn't want Starfire to hear what he was saying. "Look dude, she's wrapping you her gift right now. Man, I can't believe I'm doing this." Robin could barely hear him now.

"She's been talking non-stop about how when you get back she's gonna give it to you. B.B. overheard her wonder to herself what you got her." Cyborg was sweating now.

"I understand, Robin out." Robin closed his communicator and put it back into his utility belt. He lept down to the main floor from the control room. "Now that one situation is dealt with, all that's left is to find Joker."

"I can save you the trouble birdie boy!!!" Joker's familiar voice rang from his left. The wall was opening, Joker did a lot more remodeling than he thought. When it opened, he saw a very large container, the size of a small semi truck. Above it, he could see flames and smoke rising from it. Terra was hoisted above it with a very old, but effective lever system. She was being held up by a hook attached to the ceramic wrap, and the only thing holding her up was the rope. It went from the hook to a pulley, and back down to the Joker. In one hand, he held a pair of scissors, the other, a fairly large present box.

Robin took a small step forward, but stopped when Joker said, "Not a step closer, bird brain of the blond gets to be a permanent red head." Joker cut up and down with the scissors to illustrate what would happen if he failed to do as he told him. "Now...come and get your present..."

"For what, Joker?" Robin asked, he had cooled his nerves, but just barely.

"Why for your graduation, of course!!! Even our mutual friend the Bat would have been proud. I must say, you managed to ruin a great deal of fun." Joker motioned for Robin to come get his present. Robin knew he didn't have a choice in the matter. Sacrificing human life is never something he was willing to do. He walked up and picked up the present from Joker. He took a few steps back and examined it. It doesn't feel very heavy and I don't hear any ticking, so it's not a bomb of any kind...

He looked up at Joker, he was smiling with his trademark grin. "Well don't just stand there, open it! Ooooooo...the suspense is killing me...hahahaha!"

The present itself wasn't anything special. The wrapping had light blue and pink streaking designs and the bow was purple. Robin undid the bow as the wrapping fell to the floor. It was just a plain ordinary box, it wasn't taped at the top, so opening it was a very simple task. He pulled the left tab from the box, then the right. A large pie came shooting out, splating all over Robin's face.

"Oh my, that was too perfect...Hahahahahaha ... hehehehe ... bwahahahaha!" Joker was bent over, he was slapping his knee and holding onto his sides. Robin wasn't as amused, he was made out to be the butt of Joker's jokes, just like his mentor. Robin wiped the pie filling from his face and started walking towards Joker. Joker, seeing this, cut the rope holding Terra up before running back towards the entrance of the refinery. Robin, seeing that Joker cut the rope, lept upward and caught Terra before she fell into her fire filled pit. They both landed onto the ground, and Robin took out a birdarang from his utility belt. Cutting through several layers, Terra was finally able to move her arms again. She sprung her right arm from the captivity and took off the duct tape. "Robin, I'll catch up, go finish this!" Terra shouted at him. Robin didn't acknowledge her, he just stood up and sprinted back to the Joker.

He stopped when he recognized the corridor and took out his blow torch. He turned it on and looked for a clear substance. He wiped some of it from the spot he was to show a start point. He lit the clear substance with torch and a small flaming road led out towards the entrance. Putting the blow torch away, Robin sprinted in its path.

Joker was laughing to himself as he had made it back to the entrance of the refinery. He saw a ladder that led to the higher spots of the refinery. He started skipping, but felt his leg heating up. Looking down, he saw that it had caught fire. "Ahhh!" He patted it down with his hands and put the small fire out. "How in blazes did that happen?" Joker walked back towards the entrance and looked down at the ground. A straight line of fire led from where he was standing to deep into the refinery. "What the devil is this?" Joker continued to stare at it, but the light also illuminated a figure running towards him. It was Robin and he was almost back to him.

"Robin!!! Damn that boy, he's a clevar one..." Joker swore to himself as he ran towards the ladder. He started climbing up it, towards the top of the refinery. Robin darted through to the entrance. He looked all around for the Joker, but couldn't find him. He had definitely seen the Joker come back and look at his fire trail. It was a clevar trick, he laid out a small trail of clear liquid oil, it didn't smell, but it was flammable. It had shown him the way back. Hopefully, Terra could figure it out as well. He looked up now, and spotted Joker. Joker was climbing the ladder, cursing at himself and Robin through grumbles in his voice. Robin took out another grappling hook from his utility belt and fired it higher than Joker's current position, but far enough away where Joker couldn't hit him as he ascended upward. The grappling hook hit a nearby railing that held together some oil drums. Joker looked down as Robin had started to gain altitude. Joker gulped and climbed a bit faster.

Robin flew higher until he passed the Joker and reached the railing. He was now higher than the Joker as he spoke, "It's over...Joker"

"You bats and birds are all the same..." Joker looked all around him, he was now several stories higher. He looked at Robin and then at the railing where he stood. Joker smiled. "It's never over until the fat lady sings!!!" Joker did a swift wrist motion as a familiar playing card emerged in his hand. He threw it at the rope holding the oil drums together and it sliced right through it, releasing roughly half a dozen oil drums rolling towards Robin. Robin looked behind him as he saw the card fly. He lept up into the air and grabbed hold of the ladder that Joker was on. Joker, not realizing entirely what he had done, saw as the oil drums were now coming at him. "Uh oh ... well that's never good."

The first two missed Joker, but the third one hit him in the head, causing him to lose his grip on the ladder. Joker started falling, but Robin watching, reached into his utility belt and pulled out two grappling hooks, one in each hand. He lept downward towards the Joker and fired the first grappling hook at Joker. It wrapped around his entire body as Robin fired the second one blindly behind him. It flew through a window before latching around a support beam several times. Joker, upside down and tied up fell just short of the ground as Robin had used his own grappling hook now as a pulley system. Robin gently landed on his feet and took cover as the oil drums around him crashed all around him. Joker was finally apprehended. Winner: Robin!!!

Terra came running outside several minutes later. She saw Robin by the railing, looking at the sea. She glanced to his right. Joker was upside town and tied up. He was grumbling to himself. She walked up beside him and joined as they both stared out to the sea. "I called the coast guard and the police from a phone I found nearby. They should be here within the next few minutes." Robin nodded. He took off his cape and pulled a single thread from it. The long cape he wore split almost in half as he put part of it back on. Robin now stood there with her, looking as normal as he ever did.

"You went to help Beast Boy, didn't you?" Robin started speaking. "About 6 months ago, Beast Boy told us he saw you. What made you change your mind to use your powers again?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Beast Boy had asked for my help. I went only to watch, but when I saw what Joker did to him, I couldn't just stand there and watch Joker finish him off." Terra answered. She was finally outside again and she had missed it. She stretched out and sat on the ground.

"I'm guessing you decided to not use your powers again for fear of repeating something like the last time. Once we hand Joker over to the authorities, I'd like for you to stay long enough for us to treat your wounds. Whether you stay after that will be up to you." Robin finished speaking as Terra sat in silence. "Besides, we both know someone's waiting for you back at the Tower. I'm sure he'd at least want to say thanks."

Terra looked up at Robin, "So...you'll forgive me for everything that happened?"

Robin bent onto one knee and looked at Terra eye level before answering, "You saved the city with your power, Terra. Even when you didn't have to and everyone thought it was hopeless. You made a difference, and that's what a hero does." Robin extended his right hand, offering a handshake.

Terra's eyes started tearing up. She wiped them from her eyes, smiled and shook it.

Robin helped her up to her feet. Red and blue lights were flashing from the sea, as the police and coast guard were arriving. Robin turned and asked another question, "Hey, Terra?"

"What's up?" She asked as the authorities were getting closer.

"You don't happen to know what Starfire would like as a gift, would you?" Robin's cheeks were starting to change colors.

"Apparantly, you seem to need a few lessons in the mind of a girl, Robin. Just give her something thoughtful. That's all any girl would want." She punched his arm before saying, "You big dog, you..." They both started laughing as the ships pulled up.

Back at Titan's Tower...

The television was on. Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy and Starfire all watched as the newswoman had interrupted a normal broadcast. Beast Boy was upset that they interrupted one of his favorite movies of all time, Godzilla vs. King Kong part 9. Raven motioned for him to zip it as the woman on the television spoke.

"Breaking news just in. The Joker has been apprehended!! I repeat, the Joker has been apprehended!! Now, this is all yet unconfirmed but it seems that just about an hour ago, the Joker was handed in by Robin of the Teen Titans. Joker was captured at his lair of operations on the abadoned oil refinery on the sea. Reasons for him being on it remain unknown at this time. I'm also getting a report that the hostage aboard the ship is safe as well." The newscaster had her hand up to her ear to hear the latest news coming in.

Raven smirked, Cyborg pumped both fists, Beast Boy smiled and Starfire put her hand up against her heart. Robin had done it, he had captured Joker and rescued Terra. Now all that remained was for them to come back to the tower.

"I apologize, but reports are also coming in that Joker will be turned over to the Gotham authorities and then transferred back over to Arkham Asylum. This just in...it's also unconfirmed, but it seems that Robin alone took down Joker. Reasons for that are also unkown, but those are the reports at this time, we'll have a full recap later on tonight's news. Until then, thank you, Robin and the Teen Titans for protecting our city once more." The newscaster smiled before the screen went to a commercial break.

All 4 Titans started celebrating, they had protected the city from an evil threat. What's more, they had shown that they could defeat even the worst of the villains. Starfire hugged each of her friends, only Raven complained with "Starfire...not another one..." Beast Boy and Cyborg started dancing to an unheard melody as Raven shook her head. She finally spoke up, "Hey, we just saved the whole city. Shouldn't we like...celebrate or something?"

"Not with us, I hope you don't." The sliding door leading to the elevator opened. Robin walked inside, supporting Terra as she walked. Her leg was still injured and she was having a tough time walking on her own power. All four looked up and saw them. Starfire beat them all by flying and nearly tackled Robin. She hugged him tightly once again and set him back down. Her eyes then looked over at Terra, they grew a brighter shade of green as she was happy to see her long lost friend once more. She rushed and hugged her as well.

"Hello, long lost friend!! You remember me, yes?" Starfire was picking Terra up at this poin.

"Starfire...of course I remember you. Half my bones in my body are now afraid of you." Terra said as Starfire set her back down.

Cyborg walked over, gave Robin a quick wink and gave Terra a quick high five. "What's up?! If it isn't all of our favorite rock and roller!!" Cyborg was smiling, he was also glad to see her again. He stepped back and allowed Raven to go next.

Raven looked at Terra's wounds. "We should get you down to the medical wing. Your wounds don't look too serious, so it shouldn't take me long to reduce them down to a minor scratch."

Terra looked up at her, "You sure? You know you don't have to after..."

"Water under the bridge, you saved the city and then you saved him." Raven spoke and pointed behind her at Beast Boy. His cheeks were red, it was odd sight considering he was green.

"Beast Boy, that means you too. Your wounds have almost healed enough to the point where I can do the same to you." Raven ordered as all 3 walked back to the elevator. Cyborg, Starfire and Robin all smiled as the elevator doors closed. Cyborg waited a second before asking Robin, "Hey, can she stay? She's one of the few people now who can actually challenge me in a video game."

Starfire soon joined him, her eyes had those puppy dog please eyes look as she asked, "Yes, may our long lost friend remain with us?"

Robin folded his arms. "I told Terra..." Cyborg and Starfire each leaned in closer to hear Robin continue, "that whether she stayed or not was entirely up to her. It's her call, not ours at this point."

Cyborg and Starfire dropped their arms. "You really know how to spoil a moment, don't ya?" Cyborg said in half-toned voice. Cyborg looked around. Seeing as that there were only 3 of them, he told them, "Look, I'm going to cook up some french toast and eggs for everyone. It'll be a while before I'm done, so why don't you two go wait on the rooftop until I'm done?"

Starfire giggled, grabbed Robin's arm and both flew off out the window towards the rooftop, with Cyborg smiling behind them.

Inside the Medical Wing...

Raven had just finished with Beast Boy. Her dark powers released, she headed for the door. "I need to meditate, healing 2 people with that much took a bit out of me, rest for an hour and you both should be fine." After that, she walked out the door, leaving Terra and Beast Boy alone.

Silence filled the air as both were uncomfortable with the atmosphere. Beast Boy finally spoke after about 10 minutes, "So..."

Terra's cheeks were red. "So..." she mimiced.

"After Cyborg's big breakfast, what are you going to do?" He laughed as he finished. He was sweating and rubbed the back of his head as he spoke.

"I really don't know." Terra answered him. She looked down at her feet as she sat up in bed.

"Well before you go, you wanna check out that new movie?" Beast Boy held onto the sheets as he asked.

"Which one?" Terra's eyebrow raised a bit.

"Only the single greatest movie of all time! Samurai Showdown 17: The Return! It's been buzzing around the internet for only the past 4 months now!" Beast Boy stood up on the bed, he was excited to talk about movies.

Terra giggled, "Well, I guess I can hang around for at least one movie."

Beast Boy couldn't have been happier if he was part of the movie itself. He pumped several times and smiled. He didn't notice that Terra had gotten out of her bed and walked over to him. "Beast Boy?" she asked as she was right beside him.

Beast Boy turned to face her, but she stopped him from turning all the way. She kissed his cheek, took a step back, and said, "Thank you."

Beast Boy fell backwards onto the bed, the happiest smile on his face. Terra giggled to herself once more as Beast Boy lay dazed.

Meanwhile on the Rooftop...

Starfire had set Robin on top of the roof. The sun was starting rise, its light was starting to rise on the taller buildings of Jump City. It had been a long night for Robin and the Titans. Starfire walked over and sat to watch the sun come up. Robin reached into his utility belt and felt for something. Good, it's still there... He walked over and sat down beside Starfire. "What's up, Star?"

Starfire put her knees to her chest and rested her head on his shoulder. "I am just ... relieved to see you are back." She closed her eyes, she was very happy that Robin had returned to the tower, but more importantly, to her. She had worried about him and the mission he was on, to become one with the shadows long enough for him to apprehend Joker. There were still questions though, "Are you going to still be distant from the others ... and myself?"

Robin put his arm around her shoulders before speaking. "No, in order for me to defeat the Joker, I needed to do what had beaten him countless times. I can still use some of the ideas that came, but I have no intention of leaving the others ... or you."

Starfire nodded, her eyes were still closed. She inhaled, it was good to smell him once more. She smiled and opened her eyes. "Oh that's right!!!" Starfire stood up grinned even more. "Please wait here!!!" She flew off and went down into the tower. She returned only a few moments more before she handed him a small box. Her cheeks were bright pink as he picked it up from her hand.

"What's this for?" Robin asked as Starfire was digging her foot into the ground.

"Today ... is the same day that I came to Earth and met you. I wanted you to have this as a token of that day." Starfire beamed at him.

"Wow...thanks..." Robin winked at her and opened the box. Inside of it was a silver ring. He picked it up and examined it, on the inside it read "we can overcome anything" Robin smiled and closed his own eyes. Starfire... He opened his eyes and saw her, she was waiting for some kind of response from him. He put his hands on her waist and pulled her to him. They embraced each other. Each one caught up in the moment of passion. When their lips finally seperated, he looked straight at her and said, "Thank you. I have to admit I was worried though."

"Worried?" Starfire asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"Worried that I ran out of room on this..." Robin had taken a small box from his utility belt and offered it to Starfire.

Starfire's eyes teared up as she opened it. It was a shining silver bracelet. She picked it up out of its box and held it up to the sun. Smiling, she was about to put it on before something on the inside of the braclet sparkled from the light of the sun. Starfire moved the braclet around to see what it was. Sure enough, as clear as day, in Italics read, "As long as we're together..."

Starfire turned around and this time really did tackle Robin. He landed on his back calling "Sta..." but his mouth was soon covered with hers. He put his arms around her as the sun continued to rise. They both tasted each other for several minutes before both communicator's beeped at them. Sitting up, Robin answered his.

"Sorry to have disturbed you guys ... but breakfast is SERVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cyborg was ecstatic with himself. Robin saw piles and piles of french toast, sausage, bacon and eggs all behind him.

"We'll be right down." Robin chuckled as he stood up. He offered his hand down to Starfire, she grabbed it and he pulled her to his feet. They both started walking towards the elevator, hand in hand, when Starfire stopped for a second.

"Starfire?" Robin stopped to at the realization she had stopped.

"Robin..." Starfire tapped her two fingers together as she spoke. "Will you...go to the mall of shopping with me later? I wish to buy some new shoes."

A sweat drop went down Robin's side. Shopping?! Shoes?! Oh crap... Hesitantly, he thought to himself before finally dropping both arms and saying, "Ok, Starfire, we'll go shopping..."

Starfire leaped into the air, shouting out joyous words as Robin pushed the elevator button. Well, maybe it won't be as bad as I think it will be...

Joker's been defeated, Terra is back as all 6 Titans are finally reunited. What new challenges await our heroes as Robin goes shopping with Starfire and Beast Boy's date to the movies with Terra?

Next Time: The Date, Take 2 and the beginning of Part 4!!!

Robin and Starfire both learn the differences between men and women's shopping habits. Beast Boy and Terra have an uninterrupted night...well...almost uninterrupted. Cyborg and Raven spend a night bonding. You won't wanna miss it!

A/N: This is what I consider to be the end of Part 3. Technically, you could end it here. I have decided to wait until I hear from some people and receive some sort of feedback. I mean, if I'm not receiving any sort of feedback at all, I think you could either consider yourself a bad writer or one who just does what he wants. Still, I hope you have enjoyed reading this. Please read and review, even if you hated every second of it.