Chapter 9
MISSION TWO
-With titans-
"Yo guys i've found us a lead on Beast boy" cyborg said over the intercom, getting the attention of a certain empath. Raven was the first one to arrive in the main room. She was barely able to contain her excitement because now she had a chance to see him again. She was followed by starfire who was equally excited. "What have you found" Raven asked impatiently.
CYBORG: "Well according to one of the members of public claims to have seen him-" He was cut off by the alarm. "It'll have to wait. We've got trouble" he said in a leaderly tone.
Raven groaned internally. 'Damn it these criminals couldn't have waited for 5 more minutes could they.' 'Whoever these criminals are, I will make sure that they will get the beating of their life time for disturbing us at the wrong time' she thought getting angrier at the recent attacks that have taken place around the city.
"It's plasmus and overload. They are breaking into the jail" said cyborg confusedly.
"Dont criminals usually try break out of the prison, rather than break in" questioned Raven.
"I guess that they have been sent to bail Cinderblock out of the prison. There is no other explanation. TEEN TITANS GO" Shouted Cyborg and with that they left the tower.
-Scene change-
Plasmus and Overload blew the prison doors open, as they stepped into the prison they were greeted by the group of security guards. "Freeze" shouted one of the guard, but they didn't listen so the guards aimed their guns at the 2 intruders and fired. Their bullets didnt have no effect on the intruders as they just absorbed the bullets. Overload then shot a bolt of lightning at the security guards and electrocuting them. They then walked into the facility where Cinderblock was held. They blew the door open and released Cinderblock from the locks. They walked back towards the main entrance.
-Robin-
he was sitting in one of the nearby trees observing the break in. He was waiting for the perfect moment to strike as he observer Overload and Plasmus breaking in and bailing Cinderblock out of jail. He then saw 3 entities standing in front of the main entrance. It seemed to be the titans. Robin took out his communicator "The titans have arrived at the scene" he reported to Slade.
SLADE: " Good. Now keep observing the battle until they get cornered or defeated" Slade instructed. Robin nodded and closed his communicator and put it back into his belt. He kept observing the battle until further notice. It was a simple strike and retreat mission like the previous one. He will not give the titans a chance to speak to him. Not yet at least. He followed Slades plan because it seemed to be easy and effective so far.
-With titans-
Raven floated in front of Plasmus and took a meditative position. And like before she separated her spirit self from her body and was about to enter plasmus until overload grabbed hold of her body and shot a wave of electricity through her body. This caused her spirit self to return to her body. She stood up weakly. Cinderblock ran towards her, pulling back his arm and forcing it forward, his punch connected with Raven and she flew backwards from the impact, causing her to go unconscious.
Cyborg was facing overload. He was charging up his sonic cannon and was about to fire until overload grabbed hold of him, shooting a wave of electricity through his body, causing him to shut down safely. Overload then chucked Cyborgs body next to Raven and was bout to approach Starfire.
Starfire flew up to her friends to see if they are alright. She saw them hurt and was about to pick them both up and retreat from the battle, but when she saw a mysterious figure attack Cinderblock, she decided to help, but then remembered that her friends are hurt, so she stayed with them just in case and observed the battle.
-Robin-
"Now Robin, the titans have been defeated" Slade commanded through the earphone.
"Good" he jumped out of the tree and ran towards Cinderblock before it could hurt Starfire. He took out couple of explosives at threw them at Cinderblock to get their attention. The explosives his Cinderblock in the head and exploded causing it to stumble backwards. He then turned towards Robin. And like before Robin took out his bo staff and slammed it on top of Cinderblocks head causing it to go dizzy from the impact. He then took out the energy draining explosive and planted it on top if Cinderblocks head and jumped off him. Robin then observed Cinderblock to see him faint again from the exhaustion after the explosive detonated.
He then saw overload running towards him in blind fury. Robin turned around and ran inside the prison. As he was getting cornered by Overload he saw a set of sprinklers above his head. He remembered last time what happened when Overload came in contact with water. He then took out 3 birdarangs and threw them towards the sprinklers, hitting them and causing them to break. Almost instantly water started pouring out of the broken sprinklers, hitting Overload and causing him to freeze and shrink back into a small chip. Robin would never admit it to anyone, but he has never felt so alive, while serving Slade. He has lost the idea of whats right and whats wrong.
He then faced his last opponent which seemed to be the toughest in his opinion as it was mostly made of purple goo and it was tough for him to beat it without Raven entering inside Plasmus. He had no idea how to take plasmus down, but he will figure it out while battling him. He sighed before taking out his bo staff, running towards him and getting ready to attack him. When he saw black energy entering inside Plasmus he stopped running and observed as Plasmus exploded, revealing a sleeping man. He then glanced at Raven. When her spirit self re-entered her body she fainted from exhaustion. Robin then walked up to cinderblock and took the explosive off its head. He then glanced at Starfire making sure that she was okay and then ran away. If he could have stayed longer he could have heard Starfire say his name.
Robin ran back to Slades hideout as they agreed on before the mission. He entered in the control room to find Slade expecting him. "Good job Robin. Really im impressed with your performance.". "the titans didn't suspect a thing and by looking at the video footage I'd say that the titans are starting to realize the importance of you" Slade said,
"Good i'm staring to enjoy working undercover, collecting information and planning for revenge" Robin said, turning around and going to his room.
Slade sensed evil in his voice, which surprised him, how fast his new apprentice was developing. 'Wow my apprentice is changing faster than I hoped for. This certainly puts me ahead of my schedule' Slade thought with a low evil laughter.
Slade returned back to his chair, turning on the TV and scanned through 2 video feeds to observe Robins fighting skills and later on to teach him how he could improve them. He was also observing, how fast he took his opponents down with different combinations of fighting moves. Slade was quite impressed about Robins quick thinking, when he faced Overload inside the prison. "Hes becoming more like me every second" With that he turned off the TV and continued on with his evil scheming.
-With titans-
Starfire set Raven on one of the beds in medical bay. She made sure that Raven was okay and then went to the main room where she set Cyborg down moments before. When she entered the main room she saw Cyborg stand up, with a confused look on his face.
Starfire hugged Cyborg "friend you are unharmed"
Cyborg was more confused than ever as the entire day had been erased form his mind, when he got shut down.
CYBORG: "Star what happened"
STARFIRE: "you and Raven were hurt in battle and I had to bring you 2 back into the tower"
CYBORG: "Who did we fight against"
Starfire looked at him with confused look on her face. "Dont you remember. We fought Overload, Plasmus and Cinderblock"
cyborg checked his systems. He confirmed his suspicion. "When my body shut down, it must have erased the entire day from my mind. Its a safety feature to keep my mind from overloading" he explained to Starfire. She seemed to be able to understand.
"So tell me how did we do. How did we kick their butts" he asked enthusiastically. Starfire looked at the floor and explained how they were defeated and how Robin appeared out of nowhere, second time today and saved our butts and without saying a word he ran away. Cyborg listened to her every word. Shock spread across his face. Their former leader still cared enough about them to save their butts not once, but twice.
The only thing that confused Cyborg more was why did the Boy blunder run away afterwards and what was the explosive that he used to take down Cinderblock. This arose some suspicion on his mind because Robin would have gone down and helped her instead of running away when he saw his team hurt. Cyborg was wondering how was Robin involved with both of the incidents and how was Slade connected to this. He decided not to make a fuss about this with his team yet until he was sure about his suspicions being correct.
Cyborg checked his battery. "Star I need to go charge my batteries. Are you sure you are going to be alright on your own" she nodded and told him to go and charge while she went to medical bay and looked after Raven.
It has been an hour since Starfire had a conversation with Cyborg. She was sitting in medical bay, keeping a close eye on her friend. She was so worried about Raven that she couldnt even sleep.
Raven woke up and saw that she was in medical bay. Previous events flooded her mind as she sat up and saw Starfire.
When Starfire saw Raven get up, she flew up to her and grabbed her in one of her death hugs. "Friend you are unharmed. I was so worried about you"
"Star... Need...air" choked Raven. Starfire let go of her and apologized.
"Starfire what happened" she asked in wonder, that she managed to come back without a scrape.
STARFIRE: "you and friend Cyborg were defeated in the battle"
RAVEN: "Did they get away"
STARFIRE: "No friend Robin appeared out of nowhere again and defeated all of them without a struggle"
this was confusing Raven. How did he manage to defeat all 3 of them without struggling while we were defeated.
"He did" asked Raven quirking an eyebrow.
STARFIRE: " Yes it was was most amazing"
Raven then looked around. "Where's Cyborg"
"He is in his room recharging. Overload did quite a number on him" Starfire explained. Raven accepted the answer. "Did Cyborg tell you about his lead on Beast boy" She asked with a hint of hope in her eye, but it diminished to what Starfire had to say next.
Starfire looked at the floor. She hated to bring bad news to her friend, but she couldn't lie to her either. "I'm sorry friend Raven, but his mind was erased during the battle. He cannot remember what has happened today,"
Raven felt hope starting to diminish again as she asked "How did his mind get erased"
STARFIRE: "When Overload attacked him, it caused his systems to crash, forcing him to shut down for a while and when he woke up he told me it was a safety feature to stop his mind from overloading"
'Damn Overload if he ever escapes from prison again I swear that I will send him to another dimension' she thought angrily as she was so close to finding Beast boy.
"Oh great" she groaned "just when we were starting to make progress"
Starfire noticed her anger rising and decided to calm her down. "do not fret friend i'm sure once Cyborg finishes his charging, we will re-discover the lead"
Raven realized what Star was saying was true because the information is on the computer so she calmed down. It was only matter of time till they re-discover the lead and find Beast boy.
A/N It has been quite fun writing this chapter as I feel that this one came out a lot better than a previous one, but i'll leave it up to you to decide wether you agree with me or not. Expect another chapter soon.
In the next chapter Beast boy decides to be a wise guy and prank Argent.
I was wondering if I Should make Argent get back at him for pranking her or not. And if so how should I make her get Revenge on Beast boy.
(Suggestions would be appreciated)
As usual Reviews would be appreciated. :)