Teen Titans Fan Fiction
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A/N: The time has finally arrived! Welcome my friends to Part 6, the finale!!! I liked the sound of Part 6 being called finale, so I went with it. Anywho, I hoped you all have enjoyed this story as much as I have had writing it. When I write, I just can't stop, so it's very exciting to keep going! Plus, this story seems to have a life of its own to me. That's not odd, is it?
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Normal Font: Basic read and insight.
Bold: Change of location or time.
Italics: Individual thoughts and recollections.
SACRIFICE
Starfire and Robin have finally made their way to Slade. Raven has been sent back to find Cyborg and Beast Boy for a reason known only to Robin. What secrets has he uncovered, and will they help them in their fight against Slade?
Finale - Deja Vu II (Part 1)
"I knew you would find a way to get here. You and I are still very much a like. Don't you agree, Robin?" Slade asked as he turned to his side. He seemed rather bored, but Robin knew firsthand that looks can be extremely deceiving. Rather than give a response, Robin let Slade continue speaking. The more time he spent talking, the more time Raven would have finding Beast Boy and Cyborg. They had not checked in for a couple hours now, and it was starting to worry him.
"I must give you and your team credit, getting past all of those stages would be hard enough for ten teams, yet you all did it with just one." Slade was actually praising them for beating his own team, a quality Robin really loathed. Slade continued, "You Titans really are something else. It is a shame that we must put an end to our affairs on this day."
Starfire's hands started to glow, but Robin put out his hand to stop her. Starfire looked a bit puzzled, but waited at his silent request. Robin turned to face Slade, "Why are you helping him?"
Starfire looked a bit puzzled. Who is Slade helping? It made no sense to her that Robin would even ask. Turning to him, she inquired, "Robin, who is Slade helping?"
"That's not Slade..." Robin pointed his finger right at the man, Starfire continued to wear a confused expression.
"But Robin, how can you be sure?" Starfire looked over at him, but Robin was as serious as he ever was. The man accused of not being Slade just stood there without so much as flinching.
Robin took a step forward, his finger still extended at him, "Things you can see and yet remain unseen as well. Slade never walks into a place he knows he can't get out of. I've combed through the blueprints, there isn't any way out other than the way we came in. On top of which, Slade never makes deals without some kind of insurance or protection. Watching everyone fight up until now, there wasn't any hint that you had done so. To top things off, you're just imitating what the Brotherhood of Evil was trying to do. Slade is many things, but one thing I do know is he's not that stupid. So, I'll ask again, why are you helping him?"
Starfire looked astonished that Robin was making such an accusation against their worst foe. She stood in pure shock for several seconds before realizing something, "Robin, don't you want to know who he is?"
"I know who he is." Robin responded. He reached into his utility belt and rolled a small vial towards Slade. "High grade anesthesia. You don't normally find them in traditional first aid kits. They're usually found in emergency workers kits. Like those found in an ambulance."
Slade continued to be silent as Robin continued his reasons, "When Cyborg was munching down on that chocolate, I normally would never have given it a second thought. When I saw the anesthesia, it all came together. The two brothers, one an ambulance driver, and the other a chocolate shop owner." Starfire gasped as she soon realized what was going on.
"Isn't that right, Frank Umbridge?" Robin's eyes narrowed as he finished, "Again, why are you helping him?"
The man accused of being Frank Umbridge stood silently before chuckling a bit. "I was beginning to wonder if you would ever figure it out. I must admit, this charade has been most entertaining..."
"Why...?" Robin asked as he clenched both of his hands together in fists.
"The answer's simple, yet complicated as well..." Frank started his own explanation, "About two years ago, my wife and newborn son were killed in a massive earthquake caused during your battle with the real Slade and his apprentice, Terra. I was working that day, there were so many broken bones, fractures, cuts, bruises, so many I wish I had never seen all in one day. Children couldn't find their parents, parents couldn't find their children, it was panic the likes I've never seen before. Several months went by, I thought I was well on the road to recovery. That is, until another child from my life was taken away. My brother, Arthur, had just opened up his new chocolate shop. He had everything set for his family as well, they had just celebrated the birth of a beautiful baby girl. To celebrate the momentous occasion, we all headed for the beach to relax. Unfortunately, fate has a cruel sense of humor, as it was the same day Brother Blood tried flooding Jump City in its entirety. While you were successful in stopping the total eradication of our city, my brother's family and myself were not. The waves that had come on shore carried all of us back into the sea. The child couldn't swim, so my brother and I looked frantically around for everyone. We searched for hours, but we never found anything."
Starfire walked over and held onto Robin's cape, she had no idea innocent people had lost their lives during some of their fights. Yet, hearing about children was even more unbearable. Something she did know for a fact, she had to hear this out to the end, no matter how brutal it was.
"Their bodies were found 3 days later. Well, bits and pieces of them, anyway. They were attacked by a shark and then pulled underneath the water line." Frank paused for a moment as he recalled the events.
It was now Robin's turn to be silent, but Starfire found her courage and shouted, "Why have you been attacking my friends with such cowardly tricks?"
"You dare have the nerve to ask me that?!" Frank shouted back, causing Starfire to grow quiet, "If you stupid teenagers had any brains in your heads, none of this would have ever happened! Slade's main interest was Robin, Brother Blood reformed his body to look like Cyborg's, Malchior was set free because of Raven, and your sister would never have come if you never crash landed on this planet! Don't you see, it's all your fault!!!"
Starfire took a couple steps back, but Robin took her hand to stop her. He took a step forward before speaking, "There was no way for anyone to know what would have happened. If we all had not stopped those villains, the entire planet would have been in utter chaos by now. Tell me, how were you able to obtain such knowledge about us? You have an excellent understanding of who we are, and most of what you know isn't on tv or the newspapers..."
Frank chuckled a bit, "Oh that's easy. After everything was over, my brother and I had little faith in your competence. We lured the Joker here to test you, but the main purpose was to pick his brain. He's quite a genius at genetic engineering and nano technology. It was by random chance that we eventually met up with the real Slade. It was him who came up with the elaborate scheme, and I must admit, it was pretty good. Combining both of Slade and Joker's work, they were able to create a microchip which contained all of their DNA using cutting edge technology." Frank turned his head and pointed right behind his ear, showing off a small black mark, which would normally look like a small mole or freckle.
"When I choose to activate it, my voice, mannerisms, and even character become exactly like whoever is implanted into my skull. In other words, the reason you think you're fighting Slade is because in all actuality, you really are! Naturally, I took Slade, and my brother took Joker. It's part of an experiment we both willingly agreed to. Plus, your woman blatted out more than we needed to know about all of you to my brother. Every time Starfire came into his store, she would willingly share a story about the private lives of the Teen Titan's. In truth, she's been helping us all along. My brother is dealing with Beast Boy and Cyborg now, with any luck, he's already finished them off." Frank's voice trailed off as he finished speaking.
"So, where is Slade?" Robin asked. During Frank's long explanation, Robin had reached for his bo-staff and was ready to go at a moment's notice.
"The real Slade is probably around here somewhere. Truth be told, I'm not exactly sure where, but I get the feeling he's watching us from somewhere. Now, it's finally time for my own personal revenge..." Frank's voice changed back into Slade's as he finished speaking. "Well now, it's time we put an end to our affairs, but for all intensive purposes, why don't you just call me Slade. If you prefer, you could call me Tony Zucco."
Something inside Starfire started to stir. Frank had mentioned a name to Robin, but she had no clue who it was. She looked over at Robin, seeing his facial expression and hands clenched proved it. Frank knew who Robin was, before he became Robin. In that retrospect, Frank knew more about Robin's past than any of the Titan's had ever heard. She put a hand on his shoulder to offer him her support, but she wasn't quite sure if it made any sort of difference. Something up near the ceiling caught her eye, as it moved. Focusing her eyes on it, she couldn't make out the image clearly. The object in the darkness extended its wings and flew down, revealing itself to Starfire. Several bats dropped down from their resting place, causing Starfire to duck as it looked like they were about to dive on her. They all screeched several times as they headed out towards the entrance.
"That's right ... I know who you are. I told you that we were so very much a like earlier, didn't I?" Frank responded in a very know-it-all tone, "After everything is said and done, after all the people you save, you're still a little child crying for mommy and daddy. It's so pathetic I think I'm going to puke."
Robin took his hand out from his cape and his metallic bo staff extended fully in his hands. "It really doesn't matter what you say, we will stop you here and now." He twirled his bo-staff several times and pointed it straight at Frank. Starfire's hands and eyes started glowing again, her red hair brushed slowly to her right side. Nobody said anything for what felt like an eternity. All of them could hear water dripping from a pipe that had been recently installed. As a larger one fell and splashed, Frank finally took the initiative and attacked.
(A/N: To avoid confusion in this chapter, Slade's voice Frank)
"Starfire, now!" Robin threw several exploding discs, he had used up his ice ones, but he still had plenty of those. Starfire concentrated all of her strength into both hands and fired straight at Frank. If he wasn't lying about his abilities, this fight was going to prove very difficult to finish. Frank came to a halt and put both arms in an X formation to cover himself as the combined attack hit him. Large amounts of smoke and dust popped up into the air, allowing no one to see what had happened.
"Useless..." Slade's voice came from the dust. Robin focused on the dust, trying to see any hint of where he was. As the dust finally settled, Robin watched in amazement as Frank appeared from the dust, without a single scratch. As the smoke finally cleared, Robin wasn't liking the sudden turn of events. "Care to try again?" Frank held out his right arm and made a hooking notion towards himself with his hand.
"Hand to hand..." Robin whispered and Starfire nodded. Robin put away his bo staff and charged at Frank. He alternated between right and left hooks, but Frank merely hoped back at each individual attempt. Starfire flew downward and threw a right jab at Frank's face. She was surprised when Frank snatched her forearm and swung her around in a circle. Frank spun her around once and let her go, causing her to be flown right into Robin's chest. Robin caught her and started sliding backwards. He turned his right foot to its side to stop the sliding and set her down on the ground.
Starfire took flight once more and Robin leaped into the air. Starfire grabbed his left arm and spun him around towards Frank. Robin extended his left leg towards Frank as he soared through the air. Frank could not side step this one and could only partially block it. Frank bounced once on the ground and landed on his stomach. As he picked himself up onto all four's, Robin landed and sprung forward, Starfire right behind him. In perfect unison, they both hit him with a double uppercut, as Frank rose to his feet. Robin kept going. Right hook. Double left jab, finishing with a double fisted uppercut. Frank took a step back, opening his eyes, they widened as he saw Starfire had picked up a very large piece of rock and slammed it against him.
Frank bounced again and fell to his stomach. Shaking his head once, he charged at both Titans. He leaped up and kicked Starfire square in the stomach. Using her stomach as a brace, he sprung both backwards. Starfire bounced once on the ground, as Robin leaped over her to charge at Frank. Robin tried throwing another jab, but Frank caught it with his hand. Gripping his hand harder and forcing his wrist backwards, Frank took a step forward and grabbed hold of the back of Robin's shirt. Throwing him over his shoulder, Robin landed right next to Starfire.
"Come now, you'll have to do better than that, Titans." Frank started running towards the pair once again. "I haven't even broken a sweat." A crushing right blow to Robin's stomach, followed by a kick to Starfire's cranium. Frank grabbed Starfire's leg as she started flying back from his attack, and Frank spun her around several more times before hurling her into the nearby wall. Frank continued to attack. Robin put up an X formation with his arms as he saw another punch aimed right at him again, but the power behind it knocked him onto his back. Frank grabbed Robin's leg and spun him towards Starfire, who was rubbing her head. Her eyes widened as Robin's body caused them both to hit the wall. They both fell down to the ground and were breathing very hard.
"It would seem your previous battles have worn you both out much more than you let on. This isn't even a challenge. Finishing you two off will be easy..." Frank said as he took out a small electrical knife from his belt. It sparked several times as he picked up Robin by his shirt. "Any last words, Robin?"
Robin's eyes were closed, his back was aching and his head was spinning. He slowly opened his eyes to see a small knife spark right as it was on his neck. Robin felt sweat fall down the side of his face. As the knife inched closer to his neck, both Robin and Frank's attention was drawn to the floor behind them. About 30 feet behind all the action, the ground started cracking and it exploded as a blue and white stream of light came through it. A small green bird flew up and as it landed, changed into a ram, knocking Frank on his side and causing him to drop Robin. Robin fell to his knees as he looked up and saw the back of a giant green T-Rex. It roared loudly, causing dust to fall from the ceiling. "Took you long enough, Beast Boy..."
The T-Rex changed back into the man as Beast Boy held up a peace sign at him. "Yeah, sorry about that, we ran into some trouble along the way..."
Robin looked to his side to find Cyborg picking up Starfire, who was just recovering from the attacks. As she saw both of her friends, her eyes glistened. "Friends Cyborg and Beast Boy! You have returned!!!" She gave them both a giant hug, causing them both to shout, "Starfire, no!!!"
As she set Beast Boy down on the ground, all four Titan's attention was drawn by Frank's shouting. "You dare stop an attack I deliver?" Frank threw a small bomb at all of them. Robin covered up Starfire with his cape to shield her, as it approached both of them, but a dark energy shield in the form of a black raven materialized to stop the explosion from causing any damage. As it left their line of sight, Raven materialized from under the ground, "Nobody hurts my friends..."
Starfire's eyes started to tear up. "Raven, I am over joyous to see you again!" She held out both arms and started to run towards her friend, but Raven held up a hand, "Hug me and I'll see to it that your hair turns neon green." Starfire stopped for a second, then hugged her anyways.
As Starfire set Raven on the floor, all five Titan's were reunited at last, facing a ghost of their past. Frank, dressed like Slade stood before all five of them. "The Teen Titans reunited? How is this possible?!"
Cyborg held up his middle finger at Frank. "We didn't find Terra, but instead we found a ton of those commandos. Just when we thought we were getting close, Joker of all people showed up and started blasting at us! Dude gave us a lot of trouble. We gave a call to the police, they'll be here shortly to pick him up. Plus, you forget, we're a team."
Beast Boy jolted over to Robin, "Dude! We found something out! There was someone pretending to be Joker! Turns out he's that chocolate shop owner at the mall back home!" Beast Boy waved around his arms frantically as he finished, "What was his name again? Andrew, Abel?"
"Arthur Umbringer, I know. That man over there is his brother. Guys, say hello to Frank Umbringer." Robin extended his arm to introduce Frank to the rest of the group.
Cyborg twitched for a bit, "Wait a sec, the ambulance driver who was at the scene when Joker first arrived in town?"
Raven raised an eyebrow, "He was also there when we beat Mumbo at that bank robbery. He's been watching all of us the entire time. Clever scheme..."
Beast Boy's jaw dropped to the floor. He pointed at Frank several times, his hand shaking as he spoke, "Dudes! He looks just like Slade!"
Frank stomped the ground a bit hard, "As touching as it is watching your reunion, I'm afraid I'll have to cut this short. I was in the middle of something good and I won't allow the rest of you to stop it..." Frank reached into his belt and attached a metallic substance to his gloves. They looked ancient, each one was covered in rust. As he finished, he held up one hand as sparks of ligntning covered his entire hand. Raven's eyes widened. "Oh no..."
The other four Titan's turned their attention to her. Raven took a step forward, "The legendary weapons, the Fists of Fury. Legend has it that an ancient group of people were able to harness powers from the Gods. One such weapon were those fists, they say they had the power to harness lightning itself. It had the power to bring entire nations to their knees."
"Exactly." Frank spoke up as he fired a shot at the wall, causing rocks to shatter and then split into dust. "Didn't you ever wonder why I chose the shrine as my battleground? They can't be removed from this shrine, so bringing you to me was the next best thing. Let the final battle commence!" Frank pushed a button on his wrist and a secret passage opened up from behind him. The wall slid open, revealing several dozen Slade commandos. They each aimed a hand laser at the five Titans.
"Aww man, I'm tired already of crushing these things..." Cyborg complained. The commandos each took several steps forward, and took aim.
"Titans, Go!" Robin pointed a finger at the group and each took off in separate directions to avoid the barrage of fire. Robin took out his bo-staff and twirled it several times. Slamming one drone's head with his staff and using it as a brace, Robin pole vaulted himself into the air. As he came down, he slammed his staff into another commando and swung his staff around in a circle, catching several more. Robin felt someone land right behind him, he looked behind him to see Frank and his fists were sparking. He punched Robin in the back, and Robin felt his entire body being shocked as he was thrown into the nearby wall. "Secret technique one: Lightning Fist!"
Beast Boy had transformed into a T-Rex and swung his tail around, catching several commandos as they were firing on him. As several commandos leaped onto the green Tyrannosaurus, it shrunk down before all were thrown off by a green gorilla. It roared loudly and pounded his chest several times. The gorilla changed into a green leopard and darted through the laser blasts that were aimed at him easily. It clawed at one commando's chest, causing its circuitry to fall apart. The leopard changed back into the man and Beast Boy heard someone land to his right. He turned only quick enough to see Frank's fist hit his chest, and he too felt the surging power in his body before landing right next to Robin in the nearby wall.
Raven was waving her arms around separately, with a dark energy shield following her arms as they spread. Several commandos were trying hand to hand combat as their hand lasers had proven ineffective. As she waved across her left arm, one commando dropped to the ground and swung his leg around, catching the back of Raven's feet and knocking her to the ground. As another commando pointed his weapon right at her, she chanted, "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!!!" and the weapons from each one holding their weapons was removed from their hand and then taken apart. Raven sliced through the air horizontally, as dark energy followed that pathway, causing several commandos to be split in two. She looked over to her left to see Frank running towards her, his fists sparking. She was about to chant, but Frank stopped in his tracks willingly. He pointed one fist right at her. "Secret technique two: Lightning Blast!" Raven could not react in time as lightning shot out from his fist and struck her in her chest. Her voice failed her as her body landed right on top of Beast Boy and Robin.
A commando's head rolled off his chest, as Cyborg had punched right through it. He punched several more and his body gave excellent protection against their lasers. He threw another one into two others, and as the one remaining commando in his area was pointing his laser at him, Cyborg punched into the ground with both hands, causing the ground to split from underneath the commando and it fell into the darkness of the caverns. As Cyborg stood up, he saw Raven being thrown into Beast Boy and Robin. As his eyes retraced her path, he saw Frank, whose attention was now being directed at him. Cyborg's arm changed into a sonic cannon and he took aim right at him. "Come and get some..." Cyborg fired a continuous stream, as Frank punched right at him. Cyborg's eyes widened as he saw his blast being absorbed. "Secret Technique three: Energy Absorption!" Frank's fist reached Cyborg's arm and the man dressed like Slade chuckled, "Here, you can have it back." Cyborg felt a searing pain as his arm exploded from the blast being thrown back. With a giant kick, Cyborg landed on his back next to the others.
Starfire was flying through the air, avoiding the enemy fire from the ground. Her eyes shot green blasts as they destroyed several commandos in a single strike. She punched right through another one without breaking a sweat, and fired starbolts at several others. As the dust settled, they were all mangled and broken. She flew around and continued knocking off several more heads and chests, but as she finished off the last one, she was kicked in the side by Frank. Stunned, but still in the air, Starfire's eyes glowed green once again and they shot right at Frank. He avoided it and fired another lightning blast from his fist at her. She tried moving around it, and the lightning strike barely missed her face. She could feel its power brush right by her hair. Stopping, her eyes widened as Frank had leaped into the air and grabbed hold of her head. "Secret technique four: Lightning Throw!" Starfire felt her entire body being shocked as Frank threw her by the head towards the others.
As Starfire was about to slam into the wall, Robin leaped up and caught her. As he landed, he set her down onto the ground. He rested her head against a rock the size of a pillow to support her spine. Looking over, Cyborg was holding his shoulder, as his arm was destroyed and Beast Boy was trying to wake up Raven. Things weren't looking good. Frank was right, they all had used up too much of their strength in their previous fights. Robin wasn't sure if they all could make it out together. He turned and asked, "Cyborg, can you still walk?"
Cyborg looked at his forearm and nodded. "Yeah, but barely. I really hate to say it, but things aren't looking good at the moment." He looked in front of him to see Frank walk very slowly towards them. "We need a new plan. Do you have any bright ideas?"
Robin's eyes narrowed as Frank took another step forward. He had come up with a possible solution the previous night before in case something like this had happened. "Cyborg, take Starfire. Beast Boy, get Raven out of here. I'll hold him off as long as I can."
"Hell no! We ain't leaving you here to face that alone!" Cyborg shouted back.
"It wasn't a request. What other choice do we have?" Robin answered as he stood up.
Cyborg dropped his head. Beast Boy looked in utter disbelief, they had come this far and now, they were being forced to retreat. They couldn't argue with him, he was right. They were all in no condition to continue fighting. Frank had a trump card up his sleeve and he had easily beat them all. Robin turned to both of them and spoke, "Don't worry, I made a promise. I told Starfire I'd come back."
Both Cyborg and Beast Boy's doubts were soon pushed aside as they heard his last words. Giving each other a half smile, they both started to retreat.
Cyborg picked up Starfire with his one arm and flung her over his shoulder. Beast Boy transformed into a gorilla and picked up Raven. They both started running back towards the entrance as Robin charged at Frank, ready to make his final sacrifice. From within the shadows, black hair and eyes watched over them.
Frank's new weapon has brought the entire team to its knees. As Robin prepares to try and hold off the onslaught, another continues to watch from the shadows. Will these observing eyes aide or hinder him in his quest to bring an end to Frank's revenge?
Next Time: Chapter 39 - Unexpected Help (Part 2 of Finale)
Starfire disobeys Robin's orders...again. Robin engages in a losing battle, and the Teen Titans receive help from the most unlikely of people. You definitely won't wanna miss it!