Robin: You know, this lack of reviews is getting annoying.
Raven: You mean like that time you were annoyed at Beast Boy for raiding your closet?
Cyborg: Wait, you mean when BB stole everything out of Robin's closet and Robin wound up chasing after him wearing a bath towel and sunglasses? I still have the security tapes of that. Fun to watch when I get bored on night watch shifts.
Robin: ...I will find a way to get those tapes deleted. Anyway, basic message is REVIEW!!!!
Starfire: Yes, please friends! Do the viewing of our re for your input!
Beast Boy: Yeah! Tell ya what, we get ten more reviews and Raven'll do a pole dance.
Raven: ... Cyborg, check my ears. Because I think I just heard Beast Boy refer to me doing a pole dance. And if I'm hearing right, then someone here is going to DIE!
Beast Boy: Shit! Theme song while I run my ass off!
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!
(Beast Boy runs across the normal cinema, chased by Raven)
With their superpowers they unite. Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked. Teen Titans!
(Beast Boy choking on black tentacles)
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!
(Instead of the five of them standing, Raven continues to chase BB while the others laugh.)
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!
Last time, on Fused...
"Yes, she can be quite the deceptive one when she wants to be," came a voice.Beast Boy's eyes widened as he spun around, looking for the source of the voice. "You don't recognize me? I'm hurt," The voice said mockingly. Wheels turned and everything finally clicked. "What do you want, Trigon?" He tried to remain calm and cool. "I sensed your pain. My dear daughter is quite good at lying and deception. Ah... good to see she's following in her father's footsteps after all. I was beginning to worry that she might actually overcome her demon side," Trigon laughed with pure pleasure. "She is NOTHING like you! She lives to do good! She has nothing to do with you and your demons!!" Beast Boy yelled. How dare he say such things?!
"Oh? She lives for good, does she? So it was good when she lied to you, led you on, and then shoved Terra in your face? It was good when she brutalized you in Tokyo? All the times she's injured you over little things, that's all been for good? She can do good, no doubt. But in your case, I guess she decided that she could amuse herself with you," Beast Boy's jaw shook. Not out of anger. Not out of fear. Out of defeat. As much as the green elf hated to say it, Trigon was right. She was a hero, lived her life for the cause of good...except when it came to him. He hung his head. And felt it hang slightly heavier. He lifted it back up, confused. "Is it just me, or did my head grow like ten pounds heavier?" He voiced his thoughts aloud.
"Oh, they don't weigh that much. You'll get used to it. And I'll have to get used to being so... small. But this is only temporary. I just need you briefly until true power is in my grasp again," Trigon's voice was full of malicious laughter. Beast Boy's eyes widened in shock. All four of them. Horns and extra eyes grew onto the changeling's head. The small claws on his hands doubled in size. His green hair lengthened until it reached waist level. And with that, the Fusion was a fusion again. "Trigon...he's too similar to Raven. He can... Oh, God. No! No! N-" And with that, Beast Boy was trapped in the silent part of his mind by the purely evil entity that he now shared a brain with. Trigon was back.
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Knowledge and Brave rose up from the floor into the library, surrounded by a confused and questioning group of Titans. "What the hell was that?" Raven asked, referring to the thunderous earthquake that had just ripped through Nevermore.
Knowledge's voice quivered worse than Timid's. "Beast Boy... he left the Tower. Wrote you all a final note. We sensed the sudden jolt of emotion in him, and attempted to bring him back. However, he gave us the cold shoulder. Said we knew nothing about you, and he's actually partially right as of the moment. This Fusion incident has left us unable to interact properly with your mind. You can still feel us and, obviously, interact with us in Nevermore, but my library isn't keeping track of your feelings or thoughts. As to the quaking, I cannot tell," she finished, waiting for Raven's reaction. Shockingly enough, it was Slade that spoke first.
"The boy is in danger. In more ways than one. I believe I can alleviate his worst troubles if I act quickly enough, but it will require you all to assist from in here," He said. Robin's eyes widened. "That sounded almost like...concern. Like honest concern for Beast Boy. Is it possible...?" His head was spinning on the subject of Slade. Aloud, he said "Slade, you mean you have to go out of Nevermore?"
"Yes. What I need you to do is go to Rage's realm. Go down as far as you can, and look for a rock with chains on it. Raven, your powers and your powers alone will be able to break them. Inside will be Trigon, in one form or another. If my suspicions are correct, his body will be there unmoving. Although you will not be able to deal any serious harm, you must attack to distract him," Slade finished coolly.
"Friend Slade, what are your suspicions?" Robin took a breath in. Hearing the terms" friend" and "Slade" in the same sentence was going to take some getting used to. "I fear that Trigon has taken advantage of his similarity to Raven. Not in personality," He added, regarding the infuriated look on Raven's face. "Like it or not, Trigon's powers are the same. I fear that, like my Irrelevant soldiers before, he has used that shared trait and added himself into the Fusion," He closed his eyes and listened to the various gasps and "oh no" and "oh man" voices. "I shall go and attempt to free Beast Boy. Go and find Trigon. Now," Slade ordered. Knowledge nodded. She took Slade by the hand, teleported him into the common room of Titan's Tower, and disappeared back to her friends.
Slade made his way from the common room to the kitchen. "Those two will make an...interesting...couple once they reconcile with each other," Slade mused. After the events of Trigon's prophecy's fulfillment, Slade's respect of the Titans had grown, particularly in Raven's case. He could think of no others that would fight the seemingly losing battle against Trigon and actually win.
"Damn. Why do they need this big of a tower?" Slade took the elevator to the second floor. He'd barely exited the door when he heard noises coming from a room with a door that said "Beast Boy", with a sign underneath that read "Gas mask required - Cyborg." Shaking his head, Slade tried opening the door. It, however, required Beast Boy's molecular scan to open. Eyeing the scan panel, he skipped the subtle approach.
The masked villain slammed his fist into the scanner, causing the door to fly open. "Heh. Problem solved," he said to himself. Entering the room, he immediately made a mental note to heed Cyborg's warnings in the future. It smelled like a rotting horse in the room.
Slade didn't have to look long to find his target. Standing right in front of him was a roughly 6 foot tall, green-skinned version of Trigon. "As I thought. Have you truly been reduced so far as to take a mere teenager's body as your own? That's pretty pathetic, really," Slade said, launching a right hook at Trigon's face. "Heh. I have the best of both worlds here, wouldn't you say? Not only do I have a body to reside in while I recharge my powers entirely, I also have a boy that my daughter 'loves' trapped inside," Trigon laughed as he said the word "loves."
"Recharge your powers. hm? You don't have the strength to withstand an all-out assault from the Titans and myself," Slade realized aloud. Trigon laughed again. "Maybe, mortal, but if you destroy me you destroy him as well. Are you really willing t-" Trigon's speech was cut off as his face began changing. Soon it became that of the regular Fusion. "Slade, listen to me," Beast Boy's voice rang out in desperation. "I can't keep this up long. Tell her...tell Raven.. I'm sorry. I was a selfish ass who doesn't even deserve her. Tell her that so I can be at rest when you have to destroy me," Were Beast Boy's last words before his face melted back into Trigon's.
Slade growled. He knew that they had to destroy Trigon while he was weak. He also knew that it would mean annihilating Beast Boy. "I shall go now. I have some business to attend to. We shall meet again soon enough," Slade said before running for Raven's room back into Nevermore.
The group had barely even entered Rage's realm when Raven sensed Slade's presence in Nevermore. "Guys, something's wrong. Slade's back already. Something must have happened, come on. Back to the libr-" Raven was cut short by Slade.
"No need. I come bearing dire news. My suspicions were correct Trigon has connected with Beast Boy, essentially trapping your friend in his own mind while Trigon takes complete control. He is, however, weak as of the moment," He paused. "What's your point, Slade?" Robin asked tersely. "Please don't tell me Trigon can be killed right now. If he can...it'd be a choice between two evils," The Boy Wonder thought sadly.
"My point is that Trigon does not have enough power to defend himself from an all-out frontal assault. If we go now, we will be able to annihilate him from all existence," Slade finished. "But what of friend Beast Boy?" Starfire asked. "Would he not be destroyed as well?"
"That would be why it's dire news, my dear girl. We must decide. If we take Trigon down now, he will not have a chance to cause any harm to the outside world. However, we will also have to destroy Beast Boy in the process, eliminating any chance we may have of splitting him from Trigon," Slade bowed his head.
"And if we let him go, he continues to grow while we search for a way to save him," Raven said sadly, bitterly. "All of this is my fault. I could have stopped Mumbo from fusing Beast Boy and myself. I could have thought about someone besides myself and realized what seeing Terra would do to Beast Boy. I should have gone after him. All the things I could have done... and I didn't. DAMN you Raven!" "So STUPID!" She finished her thought out loud without meaning to. Everyone turned to look at her.
"Sorry," she said softly. "Look, at much as I don't want to say this, taking Trigon down is more important than saving Beast Boy," Robin looked like he loathed the sound of his own voice. "WHAT?!" Starfire's eyes glowed green. "We will NOT give up on our friend! We cannot destroy the Trigon while he inhabits Beast Boy's body!" The alien princess cried.
"Sorry, Starfire. But look at the big picture. We stop Trigon now, he's toast and millions, billions of people are saved at the cost of one. We let him go, we may find that there is no way to get Beast Boy back and we let Trigon take the world in his hand because of our lack of action," Robin couldn't look Starfire straight in the eye. "Ok, show of hands. All in favor of going up and taking Trigon down, hands up," Robin watched the crowd of emotions, Titans and Slade. The hands of Knowledge, Brave, Cyborg, Slade, Rage, Rude, and surprisingly Happy rose. Robin cocked an eyebrow and counted. "Seven in favor. Everyone against taking Trigon down now, hands up," Robin counted. Starfire, Raven, Timid, Love and Wisdom shot up.
"Seven in favor, five against," Robin tallied up. "Looks like we're headed topside." Starfire's eyes glowed bright green. "How can we just annihilate a friend like this? There has to be another way! Has to be," Starfire began to cry softly as they made their way to the Forbidden Door. She wasn't the only one, either. Raven was in tears as well, looking down at the ground as she walked. She whirled around, tears whipping into her hair at a touch on her shoulder. "May I have a second?" Slade asked. Raven nodded and slowed down, reaching the back of the group.
"When I confronted Trigon, Beast Boy was able to speak momentarily. Although I could relate his message to you myself, it would be better for you to see it," And with that, he placed a finger to the gem on her forehead. Instantly, the memory flooded into Raven's mind.
Raven was in Beast Boy's room, looking at Trigon's green form. "Recharge your powers. hm? You don't have the strength to withstand an all-out assault from the Titans and myself," Slade realized aloud. Trigon laughed again. "Maybe, mortal, but if you destroy me you destroy him as well. Are you really willing t-" Trigon's speech was cut off as his face began changing. Soon it became that of the regular Fusion. "Slade, listen to me," Beast Boy's voice rang out in desperation. "I can't keep this up long. Tell her...tell Raven.. I'm sorry. I was a selfish ass who doesn't even deserve her. Tell her that so I can be at rest when you have to destroy me."
Raven's eyes flew open with fresh tears. "Damn him," Raven would have been somewhat happier if Beast Boy had at least gotten over her or given up when they destroyed him. But no, he just had to still love her. Raven looked up to the skies of Nevermore, wondering how the hell one spell from Mumbo Jumbo could create this much trouble.