Hey told you guys i was going to update twice in one week. Sorry about the boring chapter last one but it was necessary, anyways today the rest of the team start the trail of breadcrumbs finally. Oh Almost forgot, shout out to my girl Barracade it was her birthday not too long ago and i wanted to give her some love. So are you guys ready for Slade's old lair? I know you guys are here you go…
Chapter 6
Day 20
I'm coming for you my love, everyday apart feels like my chest being compressed little by little. I don't know how much Longer I can hold on, my primal side is increasingly harder to control. All it wants to do is rush in with no plan and destroy everything and everyone in my path. This might include my friends by accident and i can't take that chance. I'm scared, I need you to calm me down and save me from myself, but the only way that can happen is me saving you. Robin is prepping for the first breadcrumb to rescue you and i have some time before we leave that's why i'm writing this letter to you even though you will probably never read it. I'm writing this to you to calm myself down because my own thoughts haunt me. Maybe if i pretend to write to you the worst won't come out in my mind, I can delay the beast a little longer before i completely lose control.
The concert is coming up in a couple weeks, hopefully i have you back before then because i both know that we will need that concert. Maybe if everything goes smoothly i can talk Starfire out of going and it could be just us. It's probably not going to happen like that but wishful thinking. I miss you, i miss everything about you even the things i thought i didn't like, Like your sarcasm. I thought I hated it, but since then i crave it every day, Like if it was a drug that i was addicted to. I need you here to make fun of me or not laugh at my jokes so that i know which ones are not funny, your opinion was the only one that mattered. I can't, i just can't.
"Titans, were ready to go," Robin called out from where ever he was.
Reluctantly i put my journal back in my desk and headed out my door to the common room. I passed Raven's room on my way there taunting me with her intoxicating scent. I glumly look at it with want before i shuffle passed it with tears in my eyes. I reach the common room and see the other three titans already there, ready to leave. I scan over their faces and i see sadness except for Robin who kept a straight face.
"Titans are only lead is Slade's old lair so once we get there, if it's not a trap, spread out and search for anything could be linked to Slade," Robin explained.
"But, boyfriend Robin what if it is the trap?" Starfire asked.
"Then fight for your lives," Robin answered.
On that rousing speech, we left heading for Slade's old lair and got there with no trouble. It looked abandoned like it always has, looking like nobody has been there in years. However, we knew better and proceeded with caution. Just reaching the entrance, Cyborg pushes the door open with a large creak and activates his shoulder light.
"How do we know Slade didn't just lie and send us here to have us be away from the tower?" Cyborg asked in a whisper.
"Because I know Slade, he may be a psychopath and a criminal with little to no moral compass, But he doesn't lie," Robin answered," If he said something is here almost guaranteed something is."
We pushed through to the main area full of the broken gears in piles and rusted walkways and see nothing changed.
"Are you sure Robin?" Cyborg asked again.
"Yes I'm sure," Robin answered.
"But…" He started before noticing a pair of white eyes in the shadows of the gears.
"Titans, go!" Robin yelled just as lasers were shot at us.
I ducked and dodged, morphing into many different animals while dodging the lasers. I notice the others also dodging with Cyborg firing back into the direction it came from. Then out of the shadows Gizmo, Mammoth, Kyd wykkyd, and See-more appeared, along with dozens of Slade bots.
"Ready for you snot-crunchers to get your butts kicked?" Gizmo taunted.
"Aww bring it on little man," Cyborg taunted back.
They began to fight with each other, See-more shot an eye laser up at Starfire who blocked it with one of her starbolts, flying down to attack him. I begin to circle Mammoth, looking for an opening,
"You guys are working for Slade again?" I ask mockingly.
"Well, yeah business has been slow since Jinx left," He answered taking to question seriously.
"Then you should know how this ends right? with me winning and Slade beating you up for failing at the very least," I told him.
"Not this time little green bean," He yells as he attacks.
I dodge his first attack and morph into a bear slashing him on his back as he runs past me. He yells out in pain but catches my wrists as I attack again locking us in a close standoff. I use this moment to check on the others, Cyborg is still fighting Gizmo who was now on his metallic spider legs, Robin was taking down Slade bots left and right while dodging attacks from Kyd Wykkyd and Starfire was just about to finish See-more off. While i was distracted Mammoth shifted his weight and threw me over his head, still a bear i quickly shifted into a hummingbird and zoomed back towards him. Hovering over him i turned into a Brachiosaurus slamming all 55 tons of me onto Mammoth. His eyes widened as I landed on him, causing all the gears around the room to shake and fall furiously. I turn back into human to see Mammoth getting up, how did he take that hit without being knocked unconscious?
"It's going to take more than a bit of weight to put me down," He challenged.
I thought hard what would put him down for good in one hit. As I fought him the idea just popped in my mind and i cringed,"Well that would put him down," i said to myself. I turned into and ankylosaurus and put my plan in motion. Knowing that i was low to the ground Mammoth jumped to try to get on my back where i couldn't reach him, which is what i wanted him to do. I swung up my tail with perfect timing with his jump and hit him between the legs. His mouth went really small and his eyes went really big as he fell to the ground holding himself, unable to move from the fetal position. I look around and see everyone else was finished except for a few straggling bots that Robin was taking down. We all converged on each other and formed a loose circle.
"I told you it was a trap," Robin began.
"Well at least Slade didn't send us here just to be bored," Cyborg joked.
"But, it doesn't feel right he said the next breadcrumb would be here," I said.
"I told you it was just a trap, he made us go on a wild goose chase," Robin answered me.
"Oh, I assure you it is not a trap, it was a test," Slade's voice rang out.
"Eek" Starfire said hiding behind Robin.
Slade appeared on a cracked, big screen behind near the entrance his face was the only thing to be seen.
"Enough games Slade, where is Raven?" I demanded.
"Beast boy so eager, you will have a chance to save her soon," Slade told me,"However I will continue the game, and since you passed my test I will give you the next breadcrumb,"
"We are listening," Robin said annoyed.
"Patience Robin, I thought i taught you better manners when you were my apprentice," Slade said.
" I was never your apprentice," Robin cringed.
"Ah, you never gave yourself over to me completely, shame really, who could have been the best criminal on the face of the Earth surpassing even me. But that is in the past, the present is much more important, the breadcrumb. Hopefully your puny teenage minds can figure it out, here it is, In order to find Raven you must reflect her," He finished finally.
"That gives us nothing," I yell at Slade.
"Oh, but Beast boy, it gives you everything," He concluded leaving the screen blank like our minds.
We all leave pondering what Slade could possibly mean by his statement. As we make it home Robin went into his work room to start decoding his message right away, Starfire was carrying Silkie around also deep in thought and Cyborg was casually tinkering with the T-car. I went the to the only place that made sense in the riddle, to Raven's room and I laid on her bed trying to think of what Slade's words mean. I was so frustrated I fell asleep deep in thought.
End Chapter 6
Hey guys I actually want feedback on this ending. What do you guys think that Slade could mean by his breadcrumb he gave the Titans? Hopefully you get it.