Teen Titans Fan Fiction

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SACRIFICE

Just as Beast Boy and Terra were ready to make their move, Slade has mysteriously appeared in front of all the Teen Titans! What can this possibly mean?

Chapter 33 - Teamwork (Beast Boy and Terra, Double Team Attack! Part 2)

"Slade..." Robin clenched his fist as hard as he could. Remembering their last encounter, Robin was anxious to get started. He did tell Terra and Beast Boy that they could handle the situation, but that was only when they were facing Cinderblock, Overload, and Plasmus. Now that Slade was here, all bets were indeed off.

"Robin...we meet again. Unfortunately, I have little time to play with you right now. There are still several more stages before you even qualify to challenge me..." Slade said in a mocking tone.

"Like hell! You should've known better than to show your face!" Robin shouted back at him, his anger was starting to swell, and it wasn't going to be long before the internal pressure burst from its container. Looking over at Terra, she nodded as she made eye contact with him.

Concentrating all of her inner strength, Terra forced the ground to pop up from underneath Slade like a trampoline. Slade flew back into the wall and came crashing down. Focusing her power once more, Terra threw her arms down as a large stone spike pierced through Slade's chest. Noooo...that was WAY too easy...

Taking one step forward and focusing his eyes, Robin saw that Terra had actually finished a Slade robotic double, he used them several times in their encounters when he himself didn't want to get involved directly. The robot double flinched several times before keeling over and stopping its own movement. Robin's fist was clenched so hard, he thought it would soon start bleeding from excessive force.

"Come now, Robin, you really didn't think I'd be that foolish, now did you?" Slade's familiar voice came from all around the six Titans. They each took a battle stance as he continued, "I'm so very disappointed Robin. You normally would have seen through it instantly. Don't tell me you've gotten even softer since we've parted ways again..."

"Tell me where you are and I'll show you!!!" Robin shouted back. He was angry beyond words, Slade was still tormenting his mind, body, and spirit. He had threatened the life of countless numbers of people, helped play a part in Trigon's ascension, and even blackmailed himself and Terra into being his apprentices for which to do his dirty work. This madness had to stop now...

"Yet you still lack patience..." Slade's voice was now filled with utter disappointment. Several seconds passed before Slade's voice continued, "Very well then, if you're so eager to fight, I shall show you something far worse than death itself..."

Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload each roared to show they were ready to fight. Beast Boy changed into a T-rex and roared back, silencing their opponents momentarily. Terra concentrated her power once more as her body started to glow yellow. Slade's voice vanished from the area as his 3 loyal minions began to charge.

"It's time, Terra..." Beast Boy looked over at her as he finished, "Let's show them how the Teen Titans deal with people who mess with us!"

Terra nodded and the heroes took their own battle positions. Terra used her powers to fling Beast Boy forward with the same move she used against Slade's robot double, flinging him towards their opponents. Changing into a Stegosaurus, Beast Boy curled up and slammed into both Cinderblock and Plasmus, driving them both into the wall. Beast Boy changed once more into a T-rex and started roaring loud enough for the entire area to hear.

Terra also took the offensive, using parts of the ground from all around her, she threw several large boulders at Overload, each one causing the giant electric filled being to take steps back as he could do little against them. Once Overload's back was against the wall, Terra stopped her initial assault on him, took up a piece of earth from underneath her and flew towards Cinderblock and Plasmus.

"Beast Boy, now!" Terra shouted as he brought up a large piece of earth from in front of Cinderblock and Plasmus and squished them against the wall like a sandwich. Beast Boy wasn't about to be outdone, he himself flew towards Overload and changed into an electric eel, causing Overload to well...overload himself.

Terra slammed the wall several times with her powers and when she finally stopped and moved the large rock, Cinderblock and Plasmus both fell onto their own stomachs, in a bit of pain. Looking over at Overload, he was also on his stomach, with Beast Boy giving her a thumbs up.

Initial celebrations were short lived, however, as all of Slade's minions started rising to their feet. Cinderblock lifted both arms and pounded the ground, causing the ground from underneath Terra to start shaking. Plasmus took the opportunity and fired several purple globs from his chest that hit Terra in several spots, catching her off guard from Cinderblock's pounding. She bounced once and landed on her stomach. Overload extended both arms and fired electricity at Terra, but Beast Boy had changed once more, this time into a gorilla and took the full strike of Overload's attack.

"Beast Boy!" Robin shouted at his friend. The green gorilla was on one knee, but soon rose to his feet and pounded his chest several times. It changed back into the man as Beast Boy was furious with how things were turning out.

"I see, your only attacking her! I won't let you hurt Terra anymore, Slade! Let the seal be broken and the true beast within be released once more!!!" Beast Boy's shouts had caused quite a stir, as he changed into the ferocious beast caused from their first fight with Adonis. It was a cross between big foot and a tiger, able to stand on its hind legs with claws and fangs to match its fury. The beast roared loudly and charged. Beast Boy's new form had superb speed and strength, as it showed by causing several devastating blows to Cinderblock within split seconds. Overload had grabbed the beast and was trying to electrocute him, but the beast soon regained control and clawed several times at Overload, throwing him back into the wall. Plasmus then tried his own hand, firing several more shots from his body, but the new speed of the beast was easily able to dodge them. It closed the gap quickly and with one rising claw, forced Plasmus up into the air. Plasmus's body was hit several more times before it too came crashing down onto the floor. The green beast landed and roared once more, showing its dominance over the 3 minions.

Terra shook her head as she regained her composure. Holding her head, she looked and saw the 3 fallen villains, with a green beast roaring. She stood to her feet, but a small glimmer of light caught her eye from the darkness. Focusing on it, she saw the rough outline of a rifle, and it was aimed straight at Beast Boy. She rose quickly to her feet and with her powers flew as fast as she could towards Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy, look out!!!" Terra shouted as loud as she could. This caused everyone else to look over at her, wondering what was going on. Beast Boy had taken out the 3 villains rather easily transformed. There shouldn't be any more threats at this point.

The green beast transformed back as Beast Boy and had a look of confusion on his face. Cinderblock, having recovered somewhat jumped straight up into the air. With a loud "BANG!", the other Titans heard what Terra was worried so much about. With a push from both arms, she knocked Beast Boy out of the way just as a bullet pierced through her right chest. Falling backwards and coughing out a large amount of blood, she fell to the ground.

Beast Boy's eyes suddenly filled with both angst and anger at the same time. "TERRA!!!"

Cinderblock came down onto the ground, causing the entire area to start shaking, the crack from earlier opened up wider, as Terra's body to start falling into the darkness of the caverns. Beast Boy ran as fast as he could to try and catch her, but another shot stopped him, causing him to lose sight of her. Tears started to fill his eyes, as he turned around to see who fired the shots. The other Titans were also looking, but it was something that all of them thought impossible.

"Sheesh ... and here I wanted to put the little green man on my wall!" A very familiar voice echoed, and Beast Boy was now suddenly filled with fear again. Starfire raised an arm and illuminated the area with a starbolt, showing the Joker standing with a rifle once more.

"Ooo goodie! At least that's one little rat down! She went down like a slinkie. I wonder if rocks bounce back? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Joker was laughing hard, and holding his sides.

How is this possible?! Robin was in utter shock. He had seen the report just a couple days ago that Batman had captured Joker, so how? How did he manage to escape Arkham and travel thousands of miles in order to get back? Nothing made sense, but the laugh was indistinguishable, it was him. Dressed in his purple suit and holding a rifle, the Joker smiled widely as he had just finished one of the Titans.

"You shall pay dearly for destroying my friend!" Starfire shouted, tears were also in her eyes. Without another word, she took off and fired several starbolts at where Joker was standing. One of them went right through him, but she still continued to fire. Robin's eyes widened as he saw this. Taking out a grappling hook, he fired it straight at Starfire, it wrapped around her waist as he pulled her back. Not within a split second, was another shot fired, but it barely missed her as she was tugged back. Falling onto her rear, she snapped the rope and demanded an answer.

"What is the meaning of this treachery?! Our friend is gone!" Starfire was shouting at Robin, but he took out several birdarangs and took a step forward.

"Watch." Robin threw a birdarang, but it flew right through Joker and into a sentry gun from behind him, causing its barrel to fall to the ground. Raven and Cyborg both had a look of astonishment as Robin knew what was going on.

"Sentry gun, hologram, and a speaker system that shouts Joker's voice. It was a double trap..." Robin put his other birdarangs away before continuing, "So this is what Slade meant, something far worse than death itself..." Robin held his head a bit, Starfire lost herself and started crying in his shoulder. Raven and Cyborg also hung their heads, Terra was gone.

Beast Boy had taken the blow much harder than the others. He changed into a green raven and was about to fly down to find her, but Plasmus fired another blast from his chest, causing him to splat on the ground. Terra... The raven changed into a gorilla and broke free of the purple globs. It roared several more times at them, and pounded its chest in utter fury of the situation. It roared several more times before another familiar voice came over them.

"If you have to blame someone, Beast Boy, blame yourself. You couldn't protect her, and the traitor has finally been put in her place." Slade's familiar voice overcame the area, causing every Titan to start filling with utter anger.

"You're wrong, Slade!" Beast Boy changed back and started shouting, "I will find her and I will help her. I won't allow you to do anything to her ever again!!!"

"Foolish child, do you really think I'd allow such a thing?" Slade responded. Other sentry guns started to pop out from the walls. There were hundreds of them, and all were pointing at the other 4 Titans.

"Choose, Beast Boy. The life of a fallen friend or the lives of your still breathing companions. You're still in a fight after all, let me show you the final card for this stage..." Slade's voice stopped as Overload, Cinderblock and Plasmus started something that the others knew only too well. The small S's on their chests started to glow, and the 3 villains combined into one. It had happened once before, the new being had the strengths of the others, and it had almost crippled the Titans once before.

Beast Boy's fists were clenched. This was unforgivable, even if Slade begged for mercy, Beast Boy would rip him limb from limb if he got the chance. He wasn't allowed to help her, by the time he got the chance to help her, she'd be long gone. There wasn't anything he could do, he had to finish his fight before moving forward. Changing back into the savage beast, he roared at the fusion of Cinderblock, Overload, and Plasmus, and charged them once more. The fight, if you could call it that wasn't a very long one. Rising left claw, somersault blow to the chest, downward double claws, each attack the ferocious beast hit the fused monster, caused it to either take a step back of kneel over. With another rising claw attack, the fused monster was thrown up into the air. The beast kicked it in the chest, at the spot where Slade's small mechanical devices were and it was thrown into the wall. The small device broke into pieces as the 3 beings separated back into their original forms, but each one was now defeated. Cinderblock wasn't moving, Plasmus was sleeping and Overload's chip was shorted out. The winner was Beast Boy!

The beast changed back into the man and Beast Boy walked over to the large pit and kneeled down. He had won, but the price of victory was far too high. He had lost something dear to him, and it wasn't something you could replace. The other Titans soon joined him, Raven put her hand on his shoulder. Turning to her, he started crying hard, she patted his head in silence as the others each paid their respects.

"Beast Boy, go!" Robin spoke after several minutes of silence. Beast Boy turned and looked at Robin as he continued, "Terra may not still be gone, go with Cyborg and look, the rest of us will press forward. You have the map of the area, so you'll be able to catch up eventually."

Beast Boy looked up at Cyborg, he nodded and faked a smile. "Robin's right, both of us are pretty much worn out, it'll give us a chance to catch our breaths so that we can help later."

Beast Boy nodded and stood up from Raven's grasp. "Thank you." he whispered to her as he turned his back to her.

Raven nodded and stood up. Beast Boy changed into a Pterodactyl and carried Cyborg down into the depths of the cave, hoping to find Terra. The other 3 Titans soon turned and continued their journey.

Starfire rested her head on Robin's shoulder as they slowly made their way through to the living quarters. Twice now had the Titans been forced to bear losing something important to them. Slade had learned a new trick, and he was very good at it. She squeezed his arm a bit harder as another scary thought creeped into her mind. What if... what if I lose... Starfire shook her head, unwilling to allow certain thoughts to finish in her mind.

Raven was a bit quieter than she normally was. Beast Boy's words had shaken up a bit within her and she was having a bit of trouble keeping her emotions in check. Admitting her feelings to herself was the first step, if she didn't bring them out into the open soon, she could possibly lose control again. Her blue cloak continued to flash white, but in much longer spurts this time around. It was true that things weren't exactly going according to what they had planned, but this new game Slade was playing, something didn't feel right.

Robin continued to lead the way in silence, left alone to his thoughts. He found himself wondering what guidance the True Master would have given him in this situation. He suddenly remembered a small piece of wisdom he heard her share one time...

"Young warrior, you take things too seriously, sometimes..." The True Master spoke.

"It's the only way I've ever known how to live, I've relied on my strength alone to get to now. It's sort of what's kept me and my friends alive up until now. The thing that worries me most is Slade, I told you about him, right?" Robin responded. They were both drinking tea in her small living quarters at the top of the mountain.

"That of which is seen, also remains unseen. From what you have told me about this character, he likes to speak in riddles and tongues, trying to get you to figure things out, no?" Robin nodded as she continued, "So his schemes are always seen, but his true objectives are always unseen..."

Robin nodded as she finished, he understood.

"You must continue to think outside of what you see, and look deeper to find the true objective of what you do not see. Only then, will your opponent's hand be shown before he wants it to."

Robin thought hard at the words of wisdom he was told once. What did he see? Well that was obvious, Slade had made a challenge to all of them. What was unseen? Robin thought he knew, it was the price of their victory. No, that can' be it, it was too easy to figure out... Robin thought back to what he saw in the last moments of the fight with Beast Boy and Terra. Wait a second, the Joker was seen, but he wasn't really there, it was merely another one of Slade's traps... The trap was unseen, but seen at the same time, but if Joker's image was there, could that possibly mean that he himself is here as well?

"Umm, Robin?" Starfire spoke which interrupted his train of thought. Robin turned his head to find Starfire looking down, his hands were clenched hard again. Getting angry now wasn't going to help anyone, he had to try and relax. If Joker was here, he'd be the one to deal with him, and he'd have to fight his way to save everyone. Up until this point, he had trained diligently, but was still trying to master a few new skills he learned from the True Master, he couldn't put off trying a few new moves forever, the time had come where his sword was no longer for decoration purposes.

"Oh, sorry." Robin grabbed her hand and faked a smile. She didn't buy it and gave him a mean look. Chuckling a few times, he walked a few more steps, but he soon realized that his arm was falling asleep. Looking over at it, Starfire was holding on hard to it.

"Oh..." Robin wasn't sure how to respond. Figuring out that she was worried about him, how could he tell her that everything would be okay when the team was separated once again? They had already lost Terra and a potential ally and friend in Sarasim. There were too many sacrifices, and each one were already piling up on his conscious.

Looking over at Raven, Robin asked her to go ahead for a moment. She nodded and continued along the pathway. Once she was several yards away, Robin took Starfire's hand and hugged her as close to him as he could. His arm was stinging from falling asleep from the lack of blood being flowed to it, but he shook it a bit as he began to speak.

"I know you're worried about Terra and the situation earlier with Sarasim. I know you're also worried that we're going to lose more friends, as well as..." Robin hesitated a bit before continuing, "Look, all that matters now is making sure these people aren't able to hurt anyone else. I'm going to continue forward, will you still support me that long?"

Starfire nodded on his shoulder. Wishing they could stay in that moment forever, she closed her eyes and wished silently to no one in particular. She opened them when Robin dropped his arms, took her hand and started to lead her further in.

"Let's go make sure Raven will live through this." Robin said confidently. Starfire smiled as she nodded back at him and instead, flew him over to where Raven was. She was standing right in front of the door.

Robin raised an eyebrow before speaking up, "Something you want to share?"

Raven stepped forward and to the door, "Looks like it's finally my turn..."

Robin raised an eyebrow, "How can you tell?"

"Because I can feel him from behind this door..." was Raven's response.

"Can you tell if there's anyone else there?" Robin inquired.

"Yes, there's no one else there, but I can't be sure of a weapons system like the last room." Raven looked back at him, she was thinking the same thing.

"Ok, I'm assuming you don't want our help, so Starfire and I will keep a close eye on the surroundings, to make sure there aren't any other underlying traps in the area. Be careful, the Joker IS here..." Robin responded back to her.

"But was that not merely an image showing the one known as Joker earlier?" Starfire asked somewhat confused.

"Yes, but we were all able to hear his voice. Even though he wasn't there in the room with us, he's definitely somewhere here. See? That what remains seen, but unseen as well. There's still some things that don't quite feel right here though. Take caution, Raven, it really looks like our enemies are playing for keeps this time around." Robin responded.

Raven nodded in agreeance and pushed the door open.

As Raven prepares to enter her own fight, Cyborg and Beast Boy have left to find Terra. Can Raven defeat the evil one who used her so long ago?

Next Time: Chapter 34 - The Awakening

Beast Boy and Cyborg's discovery allows Robin puts several more pieces together. Raven strikes at Malchior, but a new power from deep within is finally unleashed. You definitely won't wanna miss it!