Two chapters in one night!
Cyborg: Oh yeah, baby!
Raven: I'd be thrilled if I was actually in the last chapter as more than a memory.
Robin: You aren't the only one who got screwed. I had to step down to Beast Boy of all people.
Beast Boy: Hey! What's that supposed to mean?
Me: -- Let's get on with this...Theme song fun!
Raven/ Die.
Me: Hey, I'm giving you your full original theme song this time. Be happy.
Raven: Joy.
When there's trouble you know who to call Teen Titans!
From their tower, they can see it all. Teen Titans!
When there's evil on the attack
You can rest knowing they got your back
'Cuz when the world needs heroes on patrol, Teen Titans GO!
With their superpowers they unite. Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked. Teen Titans!
They've got the bad guys on the run
They never stop 'till the job gets done
'Cuz when the world is losin' all control
Teen Titans GO! Teen Titans GO!
If your heart is black you better watch out
You cannot escape the team
When they catch you there won't be any doubt
You've been beaten by the teens
Beaten by the teens
1,2,3,4 GO!
Previously, on Fused...
Beast Boy gasped in shock. These...Slade-warriors...they had been impersonating Raven's emotions! He watched as Rude was taken down by Brave, and Brave in turn was taken down by Happy. One by one, Brave, Happy, Rude, Knowledge and Rage all fell to doppelgangers of other emotions.
Beast Boy removed the helmet with his mouth agape. "Friend Beast Boy?" Starfire inquired, seeing the look of amazement and fury on his face. "BB, what's wrong? You look like the President just announced a worldwide ban on jokes and pranks or something," Cyborg asked. "Guys, just give him a minute," Robin told the both of them. He waited for Beast Boy to speak.
"Alright, Beast Boy. Robin's right. He entrusted you with his team. Collect your thoughts, stay calm and focus," The elfin changeling told himself. After a minute of bowing his head, he looked at his team and spoke. "Ok, you remember the Slade-Raven girl I told you about?" The team nodded. "Apparently, she wasn't the only one. Raven and five of her emotions are being impersonated by these warriors. We need to watch out for Brave, Rage, Rude. Happy, Knowledge and Raven herself. I couldn't see where Raven is at, nor could I locate the other true emotions. We need to search the realms. Let's go." Beast Boy commanded, walking back towards the portal.
Beast Boy decided to check Happy's realm out first, but he was straggling slightly. Ever since he had used the memory device, he had been feeling strange. Like his movements were more strained. It wasn't long before Beast Boy fell to the ground on his knees. "What the hell?" He muttered. It felt as though he was fighting his own body. When the team realized they were missing their current leader, they turned back to find Beast Boy on the ground.
"Beast Boy!" Robin cried, running over to him. "What's wrong?" The spiky-haired teen asked, his hand out for Beast Boy to take. "Cant...move...Like I'm fighting...just to...control..." Suddenly, his expression changed from a strained look to a smirk. "BB, cut it out! This is no time for fooling around!" Cyborg yelled. They all thought Beast Boy had simply been playing around.
"Fooling around?" Beast Boy replied. His voice was now much more menacing. Inside, Beast Boy realized what was going on. "No! Get out of here! It's RAVEN fused to me, not you!" Beast Boy cried mentally. The familiar laugh that belonged to Irrelevant rang through their head. "You think I looked and talked like Raven for nothing? Slade connected us to the girl. We're just as much a part of her as any of the emotions, fool. And since I have both Slade's AND Raven's brilliant mind power, you don't have a chance in hell of overpowering me! "
Irrelevant advanced on them in the Fusion body, and the remaining Titans prepared to fight.
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Raven looked around, attempting to figure out where she was at. The door had led to more darkness, a darkness that her eyes couldn't seem to get used to. Cautiously, she advanced forward, keeping a constant watch on all sides. She wanted badly to call out to anyone who might be with her in inky wave of black that surrounded her, but she also knew that yelling might give away her position to any of those other "Irrelevant." things that she had just fought. Mentally she scanned Nevermore. Or at least, she tried. Her mental vision was just as bad as her physical vision; she couldn't see anything. "Oh, this is just stupid. I'm stumbling around like a fool in my own mind. And what about the others..."
Finally, she saw a rectangle of light ahead of her. Her first instinct was to run to it like a moth to a lamp, but she realized that this setup could be a trap. Easing forward, she carefully made to way to and out of the door. "Yes!" She jumped up and pumped her fist. She had emerged into Happy's realm. Her eyes adjusting to the newfound light, she set off for Knowledge. Knowledge has to know something about what's going on around here," Raven reasoned.
"WHAT?!" A figure with four glowing red eyes yelled down furiously to the man standing in front of him. "Apparently, the Irrelevant emotion soldier guarding Raven was unable to contain her. The girl is now roaming her realm," Slade gestured to the Raven look-alike in her pink cloak struggling to get free next to him.
She was chained hand and foot to a pole incased in a dark energy cloud. Brave, Rude, Rage and Knowledge were similarly bound, although Knowledge wasn't even bothering to try and free herself. She knew as well as Slade did that the bonds would hold for the moment. At the news of Raven's liberation, she gave a small smirk and thought "Atta' girl, Raven. Go quickly, your friends are in dire need."
"You must return her, and you must complete the spell. I can drain the power of those we have captured and will capture yet, but only with the original's power can I break free of this prison," the four-eyed being said.
"I understand. It is ironic, isn't it? The last time we bartered, the roles were reversed. I was the one weak and in need of service. And now...how the tables have turned," Slade said with amusement. He looked upon the inter-dimensional being know as Trigon with interest. The once almost all-powerful demon was now chained down with numerous bonds that negated all power he had. "Oh yes, ironic indeed. And I will have the last laugh when all is said and done," He smirked under his mask.
"Beast Boy, what are you doing?!" Robin narrowly avoided the changeling as he dived at him in pterodactyl morph. Robin forgot about Raven's powers though, and got blasted by a set of plasma energy shots. "Beast Boy is not currently available," the Fusion said, demorphing, "but if you'd like to make an appointment...well, too damn bad." With that, she launched herself at Robin with an aerial haymaker.
"No!" Starfire blasted...whoever it was...out of the air with her eye lasers. She rushed over to Robin, helping him to his feet. "Are you alright, Robin?" She checked him up and down. "No serious injuries, thanks Star," He replied.
Cyborg charged the being with his cannon charged. He set the shot up, aimed...and missed entirely as the entity jumped at the last moment and came down hard with a knee drop. Cyborg quickly set up another shot and attempted to shoot her out of the sky. Skillfully dodging the sonic blast, she adjusted her course slightly. This adjustment resulted in her knee crashing directly through the cannon, rendering one of the high-tech teen's most powerful weapons useless.
Inside the body, another battle raged. "Get out of my fucking head!" Beast Boy screamed, trying to break the creature that he now realized was called Irrelevant away from his mind. "Yell all you like, little green one. It's useless. I am far powerful than you ever will be," Irrelevant's mocking voice replied. Beast Boy was growing furious. He was being controlled by a monster. The last time he had been controlled by a monster, the only reason he hadn't killed someone was because the Beast was a part of him, and he had more control in the matter because of it.
"No! My friends...stop! What do you want with Raven so badly?" He yelled. Maybe, just maybe he could at least get some clues out of this situation. But no reply came. Irrelevant was focused on the battle before her, not him. He sat back, racking his brains for a way to stop her.
The remaining Titans were throwing everything they had at this unknown being, and still losing. Parts of Cyborg's circuits were crackling with electricity. Starfire had several bruises, and her arms were covered in dust and scrapes from all the times she had skidded backwards on the ground. Robin had lacerations all over him from numerous attempts to go hand-to-hand with the Fusion and numerous failings. They stood opposite their opponent, all breathing heavily and favoring certain injuries. Irrelevant simply laughed. "Is that all you've got? And Raven puts up with you weaklings because...?" She charged again.
"Puts up with you...That reminds me of this morning. Was it only this morning? When I said that I thought she only wanted to 'put up' with me, so I gave her control and that? And the whole 'reading you' stuff... heh. I might never be able to tell her now. I could die in battle, or be stuck under this...thing's...control. Wait...read?" Beast Boy thought. He thought back to when Raven demanded to know how to keep thoughts private. "If Irrelevant doesn't know...of course!" He was giddy. If this worked...
Suddenly, Irrelevant started feeling a struggle. "What the hell? Stop struggling, you're making things wor- what?!" Irrelevant felt her control starting to slip. Every time she went to throw a punch, her body wouldn't let her. "How?! I'm far stronger than you! Let me GO!" But the body still refused to move.
Robin saw their chance. "Titans, GO!" He charged the body and gave it a drop-kick, send it flying upward. Starfire intercepted it with a full-force Tamaranian strength haymaker, sending it flying at startling velocities back to the ground. Cyborg ran in, stood it up, and sucker punched it right in the gut. The body was now flat on its back, not moving,
Both sides were in pain, but Beast Boy's drive was overpowering both the pain and Irrelevant. "This is for Raven!" He yelled as he pushed his way against Irrelevant, who was attempting to struggle against his advances but failing, too busy favoring her wounds to fully focus. Beast Boy had realized that Irrelevant didn't know how to keep thoughts to herself. So everytime she went to make a move, Beast Boy knew about it and made the opposite move. And now he was pushing his way back into full control. Finally, he completely overpowered her.
The instant he was back, he cast her out;. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" He cried, sending her flying out of the body and into her own form once more. Then he collapsed, partially from the effort taken to cast the spell and partially from the pain. His teammates rushed forward. "Friend Beast Boy! You have returned?" Starfire asked anxiously. Beast Boy took a moment to regain the ability to think clearly and breathe, and said "Yeah, I'm back. We gotta keep moving. C'mon."
Raven clutched her head. She heard Knowledge's message, then shortly afterwards felt tremendous pain. It was as if someone had beaten the living shit out of her, except all the pain came in via her Azarathian telepathic powers. Suddenly, her vision flashed green. An image of the Fusion body appeared to her. "Beast Boy!" She cried. She located him via her telepathy and bolted for it. Her teleportation wouldn't work here, but she knew her own mind well enough to get anywhere in very short order. "Hold on, Garfield. Hold on."