Teen Titans Fan Fiction
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A/N: Welcome everyone back to the story! It's a bright and shiny new day and I'm gearing to get started. The next chapter will be the final one of Part 4. Part 5 is almost upon us! Hurray!!! I'll include some of the major details in a future chapter about Part 5 for those who are curious as to what sort of direction I am taking. For my faithful and loyal readers, I have some extra special goodies for you guys and gals as we hit Part 5.
As always, R&R are appreciated, even if you didn't like the story. Any sort of feedback is much more resourceful than no feedback at all. Thank you for staying with me to this point. I hope you enjoy the story as we move further along. That being said, LET'S GET IT STARTED!!!!! (Cyborg said this, I loved it so much I'm using it now).
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Normal Font: Basic read and insight.
Bold: Change of location or time.
Italics: Individual thoughts and recollections.
SACRIFICE
Thanks to Starfire, Kitten's plans have failed once more. As Robin receives news of the absolute worse kind from Cyborg, what will our 6 heroes do?
Chapter 28 - Recollection
Three weeks had come and gone very slowly in Titan's Tower. It had been a grueling three weeks for each member of the Teen Titans. Slade had recently reappeared with three very powerful new allies, but soon vanished back into the night. The Titans had faced every one of the villains, but defeated each one individually in their own twisted scheme to take control of either the city or world. Every night, the Titans' nightmares seemed to get worse, and none of them ever wanted to talk about it. Raven's meditation had led to something disturbing, the forces at work were exponentially worse than when they fought the Brotherhood of Evil, and what was scary was it seemed to grow stronger by the minute. Even the lower villains of Jump City were quiet, as no calls for the Titans had come through. So, for three grueling weeks, there was very little to do.
Terra had become extremely self-conscious in the three weeks, her fear paralyzed her from leaving her room. She wasn't eating very much and never wanted to sleep. As a result, she had lost a bit of weight and shadows under her eyes had started to take form. Everyone had tried to give her some comfort, but there was little to give as most were dealing with their own inner demons. Robin was going over some files in his own room. He was reviewing all of the known allies Slade had manage to gather. Outside, in the blackness of the night, a storm was starting to brew outside of the tower. Flashes of lightning lit up the sky, followed by the echoing booms of thunder. Robin opened up the first file, the name BROTHER BLOOD on the tab. He read it back to himself in silence.
Brother Blood DATA
1.Former headmaster of the H.I.V.E. academy.
2.Went underground after its headquarters were destroyed. (Reference: see Cyborg undercover H.I.V.E. mission)
3.Eventually started a new headquarters and tried to sink Jump City under a small tsunami. (Reference: See undersea fortress operation under Brother Blood's dealings with the Teen Titans)
4.Has mind control capabilities.
5.Ultimate goal is to rule students in the "New Age" (Reference: See Titans East formation)
CONFIDENTIAL DATA (Need to know ONLY)
1.After biological experiments and using Cyborg's blueprints, was able to make his own body into a lethal one of a kind killing machine
2.Best suited for combat against: Beast Boy
3.Weakest fighting against: Starfire
4.Moral character poses potential risk against the youth of the future
5.Has personal connection with Cyborg, any operations dealing with him should be taken with extreme precaution
6.Unless fighting against his weakest person, teams are needed, but in a defensive position until a plan can be formed.
7.Risk to lives of other Titans: HIGHEST
CURRENT STATUS:JAIL (Steel City)
Robin took the file, and closed it before moving onto the next one, with the name BLACKFIRE on its tab.
Blackfire DATA
1.Sister of Starfire
2.Birthright makes her eventual Queen of Tamaran. (Reference: See journey to Tamaran)
3.Enjoys risky behavior and mannerisms. (Reference: See first encounter)
3a.Stealing is primarily her goal of getting anything
4.Loathes her sister (Reference: See first encounter)
5.No known ultimate goal.
CONFIDENTIAL DATA (Need to know ONLY)
1.Powers are equal, if not greater than Starfire's
2.Best suited for combat against: Cyborg
3.Weakest fighting against: Beast Boy/Robin
4.Moral character poses no serious risk to any people from Earth at this time
5.Personal connection to Starfire, handle with extreme caution
6.Tamaranian, powers are focused on the eyes and hands as well as beyond exceptional physical strength. Concentrate on those for defense.
7.Risk to lives of other Titans: HIGH
CURRENT STATUS:JAIL (Planet of Tamaran)
Robin picked up the last known ally to Slade from Cyborg's report, and opened up the file named MADAME ROUGE and set it on top of Blackfire's chart
Madame Rouge DATA
1.One of Brotherhood of Evil's right hand men. (Reference for all below: See Brotherhood of Evil)
2.Shape shifter
3.Normally works with Brotherhood of Evil, no known other associates or dealings.
4.No known ultimate goal after defeat of Brotherhood of Evil
CONFIDENTIAL DATA (Need to know ONLY)
1.Unique ability to shift into any form.
2.Only known way to stop: Freezing
3.Best suited for combat against: Cyborg, Beast Boy, Terra, Starfire (no particular order)
4.Weakest fighting against: Raven, Robin
5.Personal connection to Beast Boy from Doom Patrol days
6.Shape shifter, if Rouge is free, serious precautions must be effective immediately
7.Risk to lives of other Titans: HIGHEST
CURRENT STATUS:JAIL (Unfrozen and in special holding cell)
Robin closed Rouge's file and scratched his head. Slade's file was next, but he didn't even bother. He had looked through it a hundred thousand times and could memorize every single line, note, side note, and even a time line of his crimes. If there was one thing he learned from his mentor, it was to always be prepared and to know everything you can before stepping into any situation. This was just part of what Robin was able to do as the leader of the Titans. Even though the mainframe computer had information about each villain, it didn't have the confidential data, which was stored on hard paper and locked away where no one could find them. Only Robin knew of its existence, but it kept everyone else alive.
Robin sat alone in the darkness of his room and thought to himself for a while. The storm outside was gaining momentum, and its fury was only starting to begin as the night progressed. Robin started wondering to himself again if starting a team was the right decision. Slade had powerful allies and made the opening move, it was just to let him know that soon it was going to begin. Thumbing through his notes, Robin continued to take notes and wrote down the strongest to weakest fighters now known in Slade's group.
SIDENOTE: SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS MORE PERSONEL ARE ADDED
Slade
Madame Rouge
Blackfire
Brother Blood
Cinderblock
Plasmus
Overload
Lightning struck rather close to the tower, and it almost lit up Robin's room completely. His entire face was shown as the room was lit, but as it grew dark, only his mask could then be seen. Robin sat alone in the dark for several hours as he continued to take notes, but eventually gave up for the night, as 3:00 was now on his clock. He took all of the files and put them back into their own safe, locked it and tucked it away. Without even changing, he set his alarm for another 2 hours before he laid down and fell asleep.
Slade stood ready, with a bo staff in hand. His surroundings made for the perfect battleground. Old processing plants were all around him, as Slade or Robin could use them for either defensive or offensive purposes. Starfire and Robin both stood, ready to finish the fight once and for all.
"Slade!!! We've come to stop this, right here and right now!" Robin shouted at him. Starfire hovered behind him, her eyes and fists glowing green, as she was also ready to finish a fight that should have ended long ago.
"Silly boy, have you not learned anything from our last encounter? You can't even touch me..." Slade still stood as confident as he ever did. He never took an offensive or defensive pose unless he saw fit. He never made the first move, he made it for you. Slade's left hand reached into his utility belt and pulled out what looked like a small electronic device. He pointed it at the wall and pressed a button.
"By now, the entire city is prepared with Joker's laughing gas. Soon, your entire city will be at its knees and I shall be in control. You can't stop it, because you don't even know where the main remote control is. I've taken everything into consideration this time, Robin, you can't win..." Slade took a step not forward or backwards, but to his left side, showing off his golden part of his mask.
"We shall see about that, Slade!!" Starfire had seen the need to speak up. "What you have done to my friends is unforgivable. You have tormented their hearts and made them think things that were never really true. Today, we are going to kick the butt!"
Robin half smiled as he listened to Starfire's words. Yes, it is time we finished this, once and for all. "Slade! Enough talk, now it's time to fight..." Robin took those words as his own individual go signal. He charge pulling out his own bo-staff, Starfire followed close behind, throwing starbolts at their common foe.
Slade jumped towards the both of them, as he did, he reached into his own utility belt and threw an disc that exploded as soon as it hit Starfire, throwing her backwards into the nearby wall. Slade, still in midair, came down at Robin with a kick. Robin used his bo-staff to block Slade's kick, but the staff could not hold the pressure and force from Slade's weighted foot and it snapped in two. Jumping backwards, he used the momentum to spring himself forward and spun around, doing several swinging whirlwind kicks. The first two Slade blocked easily, he had not expected Robin to come down at the angle of the third and the last one hit him. Stunned for a brief moment, Robin landed and sprung forward once more. A right uppercut, followed by a left hook, grapple and throw! All his attacks caused Slade to shout in pain as they connected.
Robin leaped up into the air, lifted up his right leg up to his head and came down vertically onto the head of Slade. Slade caught Robin's foot, glancing, he was still trying to dig his foot into his head. Slade spun his back around, using his right leg to knock Robin's left leg up into the air. Robin used the momentum to spring backwards, doing several back flips. Slade laughed.
"Robin..." Slade had stood up straight once more as he spoke, "When will you ever learn? I can not be defeated." Slade had no sooner finished speaking when he was escorted forcibly from his spot by a shining green starbolt. Starfire had recovered and was now back at the scene.
"Futile." Slade pushed a button on his wrist and the ground started to shake. Robin and Starfire were stunned as the ground gradually gave way. Slade demonstrated his speed by taking advantage of the situation. He started to run towards the couple. As the ground beneath them started to fall deeper into the abyss below, Robin fell, with Starfire catching him. They shared a smile, but it was brief as Slade had used a running jump kick to separate the two of them. He hit Starfire in her right forearm, where she was holding onto Robin. Robin fell deep into the abyss, his last words were him screaming, "STARFIRE!!!!"
Starfire shouted "Robin!" and began to dive down where he was. Robin had tried to use his grappling hook, but it was empty from previous use. Starfire soon came into his view, extending her hand at him. Robin, finally saw her as well and he reached up for her. Their hands were getting closer, closer, almost ... Slade had taken the opportunity as well, a metallic wire shot from the top and it wrapped around Starfire's waist. Slade pushed the button located on the device, and large amounts of electricity shot through it to her body. Starfire shrieked in pain as Robin was forced to watch. Watching it was unbearable to see. Starfire eventually passed out as Robin continued to fall deeper into the abyss below.
Taking out two birdarangs, Robin slammed them both into the side wall, trying to at least slow his momentum. The first few times, he just scraped through, but eventually he was able to latch onto the wall. Starfire's unconscious body soon followed as Slade had released her and allowed her to fall into the abyss with him. Reaching into his utility belt, he pulled out an old version of the grappling hook, a birdarang attached to some rope. Using his momentum he pushed himself up and stood on the birdarangs on the wall. Robin threw the lone birdarang and it wrapped around Starfire's waist and he braced himself against the force of Starfire's body falling. Robin looked up as he pulled up Starfire to him, Slade had dropped one final present, and it exploded right in Robin's face.
"GAH!!!" Robin woke up suddenly, cold sweat running down his face. He took off his mask, rubbed his eyes several times, and put it back on. Looking at his clock, it read 4:30. Only an hour and a half's worth of sleep... Robin hoped out of bed and turned off his alarm clock. Walking over to the window, he could see that the storm outside was no longer as violent, but now rain was the only thing he could see. Robin stared long and hard out the window into the darkness of the night. Slade and his allies were taking their time, while the Titans were having no luck at all finding them. Robin did know one thing after Cyborg had explained it to him, that Slade's target wasn't the city or control, it was them. Slade wanted the Teen Titans, and now he more then had the means to do so.
Several things bothered Robin as he had time to think to himself. Slade had done his homework, and he couldn't ask anybody else to join them in this fight. Slade was preparing to fight the Titans with a small group to match his, warrior for warrior. His group wanted them and not anybody else. Each member of Slade's team had some personal connection to each of the Titan's. So as a special bonus, if they ever came across any of them in battle, the ones with the most personal connection to their foe would want to take them on. That made asking for outside help a basic impossibility.
Robin heard someone tapping on his door. Walking over, he pushed a button on the panel to open the door. Standing there in her purple pajamas with a messy set of hair was Starfire, once again. Robin half smiled, "Couldn't sleep again?" he asked.
Starfire shook her head silently and Robin took her hand and led her in. They walked over to his bed and he allowed her to get in, but Starfire pulled his arm around her as she laid down. Robin understood as he held her in his arms.
"Tighter, please." Starfire asked. Robin hugged her a bit closer to him.
"Tighter still please." Starfire had asked once more. Robin held her to him as tightly as he could. Another nightmare for you too, huh? Neither said another word as the rain outside pounded Robin's window. Slowly, Starfire fell asleep again. Robin reached up to his necklace and felt the ring in his hand. Starfire, half asleep, reached with her hand and wrapped Robin's free hand around her again. Robin smiled in the darkness of the night. As long as she was still with him, hope still remained; and just maybe, they could win.
Several hours later...
It was nine in the morning, combat practice had just ended. Even with all the crazy things that had happened, Robin felt that a sense of normalcy would do everyone some good. He was right, as the other 5 Titans were starting to shake the uneasy feelings that surrounded them. As they all entered the living room and sat down on the couch, Cyborg asked for the update on their latest situation.
"There's not much I can report on, but now that you're all here..." Robin said as he scanned the entire room before continuing, "I think there's something you all should know about."
Each Titan acted a bit surprised that Robin was taking a bit of the initiative. However, this current situation was much worse than anything they had faced before. Desperate times call for desperate action.
Robin began, "While I was a prisoner of Slade and the Joker, Slade shared some of his ideas with me. At the time, I couldn't put it all together, but looking back on it all, it makes sense."
Beast Boy couldn't even come up with a joke for this one, he sat with his arms on his knees as he listened to Robin as he continued.
"If there is a method to Slade, it's that if you look back, everything makes sense. Looking forward though is next to impossible, and I don't think any of us could see this coming. Back then, I was tortured to the worst degree. From whippings to electric burns to cattle prods to even hallucinogen drugs, it never seemed to matter. I asked him once how his skills had manage to improve so much in that short of time..." Robin trailed off for a second, but everyone could tell it was difficult for him.
"You don't have to tell us if you're not ready, Robin." Raven spoke up, torture was never something easy to discuss openly, but Robin shook his head and continued, his green pants clenched deeply in his hands.
"Slade told me that he had obtained all of Joker's research data. It included all of Joker's brilliant genetic and bio-technical research. From how to create Joker gas, to improving his own physical strength. Slade had taken some of Joker's genetic data and added it to his own. Using both of their work to his own advantage, Slade was able to create a new drug that allowed him to become stronger, faster, and smarter than ever before..."
Terra's eyes opened up and interrupted him, "That's right! When I was with Slade, he was working on some kind of genetics experiment. I remember him being frustrated at the lack of its results! He was still missing some genetic parts. I remember because I didn't understand what I was looking at!"
Robin nodded and continued, "Yes, Terra, it would seem that Joker's information was complimentary to his own and finally able to breed an ultimate substance that makes him stronger than we've ever known him to be."
Terra looked around the room. Everyone else stood in silent awe at hearing their words. She spoke up again, "Shouldn't we ask help from some of the other Titan's across the globe? With all of them, I know we could take them down!'
"I'm sorry, Terra, but it's impossible." Robin responded immediately. He took a deep breath before continuing, "I got us into this mess. Slade's influence is stronger now than it's ever been, and each member of his new team has some sort of connection to each person in this room..."
Terra looked around the room, each Titan except for Robin was looking down at their own feet. Terra had heard of their dealings of Brother Blood, Madame Rouge and Blackfire from Beast Boy as they returned back to the Tower after that night. It took her a minute to figure things out, but she then asked hesitantly, "This is our fight, isn't it?"
Everyone in the room nodded. It was indeed their fight, and it was one they couldn't afford to lose.
BEEP ... BEEP ... BEEP
"Well hello, Titans..." Slade's image came up on the screen as he spoke, "I hope I'm not calling at a bad time..."
"Heh, as if you ever cared about anything like that..." Beast Boy shot right back at Slade.
"What do you want, Slade?" Robin stood up and faced his greatest threat.
"I did not call you to argue, I called to challenge you..." Slade's voice rang through the entire Tower. It was finally time to begin, as Slade continued, "We're all in the northwest corner, needless to say each and every member of my team plus a few new additions will be there to greet you. I hope you come prepared, because failure to show will only result in destruction of the likes you've never seen before..."
A map popped up on the screen. A large S was on the screen showing them the location of the final battle. It was in the one of the highest mountain areas in the entire world, so getting help in the area was next to impossible. It was clear, only one group leaves the area.
"This fight is between all of us..." Slade continued. He took several steps backwards, showing the Titan's the four worst villains, but Malchior, the dark dragon who betrayed Raven was now also among the group.
"So let's keep it that way. Prepare for the worst when you come, Teen Titans." Slade's image vanished from the main screen when he finished.
All 6 Titans stood in silence for a moment before Robin spoke up, "I'm sorry guys, if only I'd stopped Slade years ago, none of this would have happened. If anyone wants out, I won't hold anything against them."
Robin looked around the room. No one moved, rather, everyone instead was smiling. Robin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He put his hand out and spoke up, "Then for the never ending pursuit of justice..." I won't allow you to crush our future, Slade!
"For the peace that everyone can live their lives freely..." Cyborg put his hand on top of Robin's. Get ready, because it's gonna get loud!
"For the chance to laugh, the chance to cry, and the chance to fall in love..." Beast Boy was next and put his hand on top. I'm going to make sure Slade never terrorizes another person again!
"For the belief that we can overcome anything..." Starfire put her hand in the pile as she finished. As long as we stand together, we can truly overcome anything. Isn't that right, Robin?
"For friends, to show we're not alone..." Raven set her hand in and smiled at everyone. Without all of you, I never would have been able to beat my father. I shall do whatever it takes to make sure we can still stay together a bit longer.
"For a new beginning..." Terra finished as she put her hand in. Because everyone deserves that chance, right, Beast Boy?
All 6 shared a moment of silence as they looked at each other. When they put their hands down, Robin shouted, "Let's finish this!! Titan's...Go!!!"
The challenge has been issued. All the Teen Titans are in, but against their worst enemies of the past, do they even have a chance?
Next Time: Chapter 29 - Last Night
The Titan's spend perhaps their last night inside Titan's Tower. Relationships develop a bit further. You won't wanna miss it!
A/N: Sorry about that, I forgot to add this part, as it is an important theme to my finale. To anyone who read the old chapter 28, chapter 29 - Cyborg's Retribution has been moved to Chapter 30. Sorry about that, I did rush this a bit without thinking.
- Imagonna