The Plague

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or the song "Everything Burns" by Ben Moody and Anastacia.

- Everything Burns -

Robin breath easy as he lightly carried Starfire back to the tower, the ocean waves crashing at his feet. For once this whole week everything seemed to be going right. The city seemed to be a bit too quiet, but didn't bother Robin a bit he was content. Starfire twisted in his arms and he kissed the top of her forehead, whispering in her ear.

"Don't worry we're almost there."

She calmed at his words and settled into a light sleep, Robin stopped at the foot of the tower and laid Star on the soft sand. He figured it would be better if she wasn't be the other sick titans, since she was already showing sings of recovery.

"I'll be right back."

"Hurry." She murmured back

She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep

Robin ran up the stairs of the tower and turned slightly, he gazed out over the ocean and his eyes landed on the beautiful, deilcate creature that laid in the sand. A small smlie tugged at his lips, maybe they could all get through. He ran into the tower and the door swished behind him as he entered the living room.

Raven and Beast Boy were both sound asleep and Cyborg looked up at him, worry on his face as he could see no Starfire.

"Where-"

"She's safe, hurry we have to get Beast Boy and Raven down into the ocean."

Starfire's hand curled in the sand, she gripped a small rock next to her. She sat up and slowly gazed out over the ocean, her vision was still a bit hazy, but for the most part was getting better. A small buzzing sound destracted her and she turned her gaze to her left.

"Who is there?"

She could make out a black dot coming towards her, she was positive it wasn't Robin. She stood up, but was uneasy and fell back down on the wet sand.

"Robin, please hurry!"

Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep

Cyborg gave Robin a crazy look and Robin was ready to explain the reason why, but upon hearing Robin's voice Beast Boy and Raven woke up. Their eyes were as red as ever and their breaths grew shallower by the second.

"I took Star into the ocean and well she got better, I don't know what it is. The salt maybe or something else, but it worked."

Cyborg bit his bottom lip, pondering over Robin's explination. Star did seem pretty bad and if something helped her feel better it was worth a shot.

"Okay let's get them down there."

She no longer cries to herself,
No tears left to wash away

Starfire let out a dry cough, she looked again to her left and saw the black dot had come closer. She could make out an image of a truck and people on motorcycles coming closer and closer. She had to move. She staggered to her feet and started for the tower.

"Hey you stop!"

Starfire whipped around, but too fast and it caused her to fall. A tall man with dark hair approached her, she began to crawl away for she was still to weak to summon her powers. Her grabbed her arm and pulled her in front of him. He gasped, dropped her arm and backed away.

"Take her, she has it."

Just diaries of empty pages,
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing

Robin gripped Raven's hand firmly and helped her up, he then slung his around her waist. Cyborg helped Beast Boy and with a nod of his head both male titans were off with their sick friends.

Starfire struggled against the gloved hands that reached out for her, but more grabbed her and held her firmly.

"No! Let go!"

Cyborg slowly made his way down the stairs with robin in front of him, he was almost smiling.

"Man I can't believe you might have found something."

Robin looked back at him and smiled, he couldn't believe it either. The stairway filled with silence, but it was a good silence, only for a moment though. A small tingly feeling began to well up inside Robin, something was going to go wrong.

"ROBIN!" Starfire's painful cry confirmed his fear.

'Till everything burns
While everyone screams

Robin set Raven down and raced down the stairs and out the door in the blink of an eye. He saw a group of men, drapped in safety cloths and a huge, black truck, which the men were throwing his Star into.

"Stop! What are you doing?!"

The men turned to see Robin running towards them, the tallest one still had the struggling Starfire in his arms. Cyborg wasn't far behind with Raven and Beast Boy, both took a gulp of the sea water air and their shallow breaths became easier.

"They are infected too! Grab them!"

"Wait stop!"

Burning their lies
Burning my dreams

Four men ran over and grabbed Raven and Beast Boy, which pissed Cyborg off.

"Yo! Let my friends go."

The men ignored Cyborg and carried the two titans over where Starfire was being held. Robin was bewildered beyond all belief, why were they taking the titans.

"Why are you taking them?"

Cyborg came up behind Robin, the man in charge was starting to get annoyed with the two titans.

"We've been ordered to take all the sick and we shall dispose of them."

All of this hate
And all of this pain

"WHAT?!"

The general made a small cough as if he just slipped on his words.

"No, not dispose of, wrong words. Don't worry everything will be fine."

The look in the general's eye convinced Robin otherwise and no way was anyone going anywhere with Star, Raven and Beast Boy.

"But we found a way to help-"

The general ignored him and signaled for his men to take the three infected away. The men threw all three titans into the truck, Robin and Cyborg did not take this well. They began pushing their way through, the general scowled and order them to attack.

Cyborg took out his sonic cannon and began blasting everyone that came close to him, while Robin grabbed a long stick off the beach and began fighting off his attackers.

"Get the shockers out."

Two men pulled out long, metal poles from the truck with an electrical current at the end. Starfire gripped the edge of the door, before it could be closed.

"Robin look out!"

Robin spun around to see a metal pole being jabbed at him, his body felt a jolt of electricity as shook his body. He then crumpled to the ground, Cyborg also fell to the ground and blacked out. Robin looked up to see the doors of the trucks close and the terrified faces of his friends.

"No…"

He then surrendered to black too. A blond officer looked away as the trucked pulled off to the city, he began to wonder what was really going to happen.

I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
'Till everything burns

Raven gripped the side of the truck and her stomach as it pulled to a rough stop, causing all three to fall on the cold hard surface of the truck. Beast Boy rubbed his head as the doors were flung open and rough hands reached out to grab them.

"Put them on the first floor."

The titans were shoved up a few stairs into an old building and thrown into a room full of other people. Most were infected others were with those that were infected, but all were scared out of their minds. The men shut the door and a small click signaled that they locked it.

Walking through life unnoticed
Knowing that no one cares

Robin's eyes fluttered a bit as the dark world around him came into view, the sun had set creating a shadow over the tower. He sat up quickly and saw Cyborg stand up. Robin racked his brain and his eyes widened as he remembered what had happened.

"Oh no, Cyborg!"

Cyborg was already off towards the city, Robin stood up and was soon after Cyborg. They could see black, thick smoking billowing in the distance.

Too consumed in their masquerade

Starfire and Beast Boy began banging on the door, trying to push it open, but had no luck in doing so. They were still too weak, the sickness had drained them. Raven sighed and turned to the frightened, infected people.

"Can anyone tell us what's going on here?"

A small, uninfected girl walked up to Raven, Her blue eyes wide with fear.

"They took all the people and put them in buildings, they say their going to get rid of the sickness. There are more people above us."

The small girl apparently was with her sick mother, Raven turned to Starfire and Beast Boy.

"What does she mean by 'get rid of' the sickness."

Starfire and Beast Boy merely shrugged, they seemed just as confused as Raven.

No one sees her there
And still she sings

The general was satisfied as the men walked down the stairs. The blond officer looked at the rows of buildings filled with the sick. He was very confused at what the general was getting at with them all being in there.

"Um Sir, what are we going to do now?"

The general smiled and grabbed a torch from one of his men, he examined the flame with much intensity. The blond officer could see a bit of an evil look reflecting into the fire and a lumped formed in his throat.

"Sir?"

The general tore his gaze away from the fire and smiled down at the blond officer.

"Ryan, I'm glad you asked. There's only one way to clean this city of this plague. We burn it away."

Ryan seemed taken aback. Burning down the city and killing innocent people was just unjust.

"But-but…"

The general arched and eyebrow as Ryan struggled to find words.

"It's the only way."

"No...all those innocent people and there are titans in there!"

The general shook his head, he offered the torch to Ryan, but he refused.

"No? Okay then. Light it up boys!"

Men around the building held up their torches and took aim. The general throw his and that signaled for everyone else to throw theirs.

'Till everything burns
While everyone screams

People began screaming as the flames began to lick the building. Starfire and Beast Boy began banging on the door louder, calling for help. They could hear the footsteps of other people running around up stairs. Smoke began filling the room, making the already sick people have a harder time breathing.

"PLEASE LET US OUT!"

Ryan watched with horror as the building was being consumed by flames, his mind went racing with a thousand thoughts, he covered his ears so not to hear the screams.

Burning their lies
Burning my dreams

Cyborg and Robin went into overdrive as they heard faint cries and as a huge flame came into their sights. Robin's heart was pounding in his chest.

Please, no please. Don't let this be what I think this is.

Both boys pulled to a stop as they gazed in horror at the building, which was on fire. The heat trickled their faces, but they ran towards the group of men backing away.

"What have you done?!"

All of this hate
And all of this pain

Ryan turned to see the other two titans, the general was clearly outraged and ordered his men after them. Ryan pulled out his sword and stood in front of the two titans.

"General if you want to get to them, then you'll have to go through me."

The general narrowed his eyes. "Then so be it."

"Hurry get to the door and bust it down there's still time, I'll clear a path."

Robin had no time to thank Ryan as he plunged into the fray, Robin raced to the door as Cyborg covered him.

"HELLO?! STARFIRE? BEAST BOY? RAVEN?"

Starfire raced over to the door and began banging on it.

"ROBIN!"

Robin wasted no time, he tried kicking down the door, but it wouldn't budge. The building gave a roar threatening to collapse.

"Cyborg blast the door!"

Burn it all down
As my anger reigns

'Till everything burns

Cyborg turned on his heels and sent a blast through the door, Starfire jumped out of the way in time and Robin raced into the burning building. Starfire crashed into his arms, Beast Boy and Raven were right behind her.

"Robin there are people above us."

Robin looked over at another door, Starfire let him go as he tore open the other door leading to more stairs. Cyborg and Ryan came in and looked at robin for orders.

"Get these people out of here now!"

Cyborg and Robin ran up stairs as Ryan, a sick Raven, Starfire and Beast Boy stayed down below and ushered everyone out.

Everything burns
(Everything burns)
Everything burns

Cyborg blasted another door down as people sick and burnt ran out into the hallway, screams echoing everywhere. The building gave another threatening roar. Robin raced up another flight of stairs to find that the next flight was completely on fire. He kicked down the burnt door to see people lying on the ground, consumed by the black smoke.

"Come on people!"

Cyborg came up after him and began picking people up and throwing them over his shoulder, some were responsive and badly burnt, but got up and quickly made their way down the stairs.

Watching it all fade away
(All fade away)

Everyone had cleared out of the building, Robin and Cyborg ran downstairs to meet the others.

"Did you get to everyone?"

Before either could respond there was a small, but audible scream coming from the top floor, which was unreachable. The building yet again gave an even louder cry, signaling its crumbling any minute now.

"We have to get out of here!"

"But we must not leave the person behind!" Starfire protested, Robin shook his head.

"The stairs are in flames, we can't get them."

Starfire's eyes narrowed. "Maybe you can not."

She then took off in an unsteady flight up the stairs.

"STAR NO!"

Robin took of after her and yelled at the others to get out, which they did. Starfire pushed her way through the smoke, coughing heavily and found the stairs a flame. She worked her way above the flames and found a small attack room. The door was burnt off and she saw a small child, huddling in a corner.

She flew over and picked up the child, her strength was starting to fade on her, never the less she flew towards the stairs.

Everyone screams

Robin could make out a figure coming down, Starfire pulled to a stop with the small child in her arms. Robin took it from her and they began to run towards the door. A huge beam cracked in half, cutting Starfire off from the door.

"ROBIN!"

He turned to see her trapped in the mist of the fire. Robin let the small child down and he ran out the door. The building began to shake as it came tumbling down. Robin ran fast, Starfire's screams fueled his energy.

Everyone screams..
(Watching it all fade away)
Oooh, ooh..

Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy and Ryan watched as the building came crashing to the ground, with the two titans still in it.

(While everyone screams)
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams

He jumped through the fire and grabbed her hand, he swung her up in his arms and she tightened them around his neck. He leaped for the door as the building came tumbling on them.

(All of this hate)
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns

"No….Robin, Starfire."

Cyborg looked away, Raven buried her face into Beast Boy's chest, all three fought back tears. Ryan placed his head in his hands and breathed deeply, he then looked up and smiled.

"Look it's them!"

Til everything burns
(Everything burns)

Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy looked up to see Robin carrying Starfire, he walked towards them as the smoke drifted behind him and into the air.

Watching it all fade away
(Oooh, ooh)

"Cyborg let's get these sick people out of all the buildings and take them down to the ocean."

Cyborg nodded, Robin looked down at Starfire in his arms and smile. He intended upon carrying her down to the ocean and Starfire didn't seem to mind one bit.

From a distance the flaming city looked quit beautiful in all the orange and yellow colors dancing through the night sky, but to those who were there saw it as their escape from hell.

(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away...

Oh yes! I'm very happy with how this chapter turned out! I also though the song fit it very well, anyways thanks to all my reviewers and please review!

Peace Out

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