The Next Generation

The Rain, Tap-tap-taping on my Window

Tawny stood in her room, tears flowing, and closed the door quietly. She then hesitated, reopened the door and slammed it loudly.

"I HATE YOU!" She screamed but it was to no avail. She herself had sound-proofed her room and now the other Titans probably thought she was quietly packing.

I want them to know I'm angry, Tawny thought. I want them to be upset and angry too. I want them to try and stop me from destroying my room. No, this room. I don't belong in this cruddy tower. With Blaze, that cruddy leader.

Tawny grunted and began furiously shoving her clothes into a backpack. She folded nothing and squeezed everything in she could. The rest of the Titans, with the exception of Aly who was locked in her room, were downstairs. They were all hanging on Blaze's every word, they believed him.

"Fools." Tawny muttered. She twitched irrititally. The rain was tapping on the window, and it bugged her. But she couldn't change the weather.

Stupid rain, why won't it go away? I don't need it getting in my way as I leave. The ra-rain-

Tawny's thoughts trailed off. "It wasn't raining a few minutes ago. . ." Tawny turned towards the window, and nearly fainted with delight at the face staring in at her, grinning and running a hand through its golden locks.

Back in the living room with the other Titans:

Blaze began pacing up and down—a gift passed down from his father. "He had a clone that he planned in case he died. What if there are more? A whole army of clones!"

"Not possible. Slade would have needed a huge area to create more than one clone. He had only enough space at his lair to grow one, at a time at least. And it was destroyed. So Lucy's the only one that could have survived. The first and the last." Violet said quietly, her voice shook when she said Lucy.

"Lucy could make more." Terra offered.

"No, he knows his time is limited. He needs something he can leave when he dies to carry on his work. Any clone would be destroyed by us." Blaze growled.

Tyger scratched his head. "Well, what if he doesn't need someone else to carry on his work? What if his plan is different, that he can fulfill it in this lifetime. He may have the key to kill us, since he lived with us, right?"

"Tyger's right. He's not planning for the future, he's planning for the present." Violet agreed.

"Why don't we go out there now and find him!" Terra jumped up and tried to pull her Converses on.

"Well, that's pretty drastic. . ." Violet muttered.

Blaze punched the way. CRACK! A small crater was left where he had punched. "It'd be easier to think if it wasn't for the damn rain!"

"Blaze, it isn't raining." Violet said quietly.

In Tawny's room:

Lucy entered Tawny's room and immediately took her up in his arms. "Tawny, they just attacked me, calling me Slade. Help. . ." Lucy droned on.

"Oh, Lucy, I believe you. I believe you. Let's run away, you and me. Together." Tawny looked up into his deep eyes. No evil lurked in there.

Lucy suddenly kissed her, deeply and passionately. "Tawny, I don't want to run away with you. I want to elope with you."

"Oh!" Tawny's eyes got big as Lucy hugged her close. "I'll fly us away." Tawny held Lucy, her Lucy, and jumped out the window, the two holding on to her as they disappeared into the night.

Lucy smiled. His eyes laughed and mocked Tawny. She's no Aly, but Aly's out of reach. I may not be able to hurt Robin through Aly but his niece is good enough. I knew she had a thing for me; everything is going according to plan.

Back to the other Titans (again!):

Tyger transformed into a cheetah and rushed up the stairs to Tawny's room. Blaze went up through the ceiling, breaking through it. The two boys were met by silence and Tawny's open window.

"She's gone." Tyger muttered.

"He has her. He's going to kill her."

"Blaze?"

"Shit." Blaze turned around and left Tyger standing in the room staring out the window.

And, once again, back with our two lovebirds:

Tawny landed on the beach across the far shore from the Tower. The waves splashed calmingly against the shore. Everything was perfect. Tawny had come here before, it was a long time ago. But the memory sufficed.

"Tawny, sweetie, come here." Her father called. Hotspot smiled at her.

"Coming, Daddy." Tawny was a little girl then. No more than four. Suddenly the waves crashed harder and harder on shore.

"YOU! YOU took her!" Blackfire raged and attacked Hotspot. Her father, in human form, was instantly knocked down. He tried to get up, but Blackfire held him down. "Gonna transform and attack me? I'll sue you for abuse!"

"No, Daddy! Don't transform! It scares me!" Tawny yelled.

Her father nodded and smiled sadly. "I love you, honey-bun. Don't be afraid."

"You should be afraid, dear." Blackfire her her father in the head with a starbolt.

"DADDY!" Tawny ran to him. Her mother just laughed. She flew off, cackling.

"Unless you want to lose me too, I was never hear. He fell into the fire." Blackfire started a fire with a starbolt. Then she was gone. Tawny was left alone on the beach. Sirens came and a young medic spoke to her gently.

"Your father will survive, young one. But his brain is messed up. He won't be able to take care of you anymore, or talk to you."

Tawny's father lived, but he never told his daughter he loved her ever again.

"This place is amazing." Lucy exclaimed, then looked at her. "I always dreamed of the beach, it's romantic. No?" Lucy smiled.

"How can you be so happy when you were just attacked?" Tawny felt an alarm go off in her head.

"I was just trying to be light-hearted and keep you from worrying." Lucy came close and wrapped his arms around her. "I just want to make you happy. Make your dreams come true."

Tawny kissed him. "You already have." Lucy sat her on the sand and kissed her neck repeatedly. Tawny ran her hands up and down nhis back, feeling the stroong muscles there.

I can't believe this is really happening. Lucy loves me.

I am so sorry it took so long. With school and everything, I just completely forgot about FanFiction. How horrible am I? Well, after a long waiting period, here's chapter 13. If it makes you feel any better, I rewrote it twelve times before I decided on this one. Enjoy, only two more chapters left. I might write a sequel, what do you think?

Alexandru: I seriously contemplated killing Tawny off. In fact, in several of the discarded versions she was. But then I thought of a different plan for her, hope you like it!

All Fans: (If you are still there) I know this is supposed to be an Action/Adventure/Comedy, but a little romance might just make it mure interesting. Trust me, the plot is way better with this in there. A little more mature theme, but perfect for Slade's plan. Trust me on this one, guys. A little romance never hurt anything.

-WinnieDawg15