SURVIVING THE TITANS!
By: GhostAnn
Chapter Three: When You're Under Attack
Park, Friday Night:
"YES!" Beast Boy cheered, landing as Phantom's form plummeted to the ground, "We did it!"
"Wahoo! That was easy!" Cyborg said, obviously proud.
Raven sighed as she came up like a shadow. "Don't be so sure."
Cyborg and Beast Boy looked to the girl confused, as Robin and Starfire made their way slowly to the still smoking crater. "What?" Robin took a step back in shock as the ghost rose shakily to the air.
"How can he even move after falling like that!?" Cyborg asked.
The ghost turned toward them his eyes burning brightly and his first glowing.
"TITANS! GO!" Robin yelled as he jumped toward Inviso-Bill.
Raven rolled her eyes as she leaned against a tree. "Not going to work."
Starfire looked to Raven and then to the ghost, choosing to back off. If Raven was so sure they could not touch this ghost, she believed her.
Cyborg, Robin, and Beast Boy jumped for the ghost boy who threw his arms up in fear, dropping his energy. The three boys fell through him and Robin spun punching and kicking, never making real contact. Beast Boy ran continuously and uselessly through him, shifting creatures at random.
"Why," Cyborg asked as he punched through Phantom again and again, "Can't- I- hit- you?"
The ghost child looked amused for a moment, but slowly began to look annoyed. His eye actually twitched with irritation and boredom as Robin went through him again. Although, he wasn't the only one getting frustrated…
"ENOUGH!"
Everything stopped at Raven's command.
Raven's feet left the ground as she activated her magic. The spirit shivered as he watched her.
"Azereth Metrion Zinthose."
Magic whipped from her and surrounded Phantom. He took off trying to escape the dark power, but he wasn't quick enough. Soon the ghost boy was trapped in a bubble of black magic. Without hesitation he ran right into the dark wall, only to bounce back. It quickly became apparent that he couldn't faze through Raven's makeshift cage. He ripped through it with his ecto-blast, with no progress as Ravens magic sealed the holes almost instantly. With increasing panic, the ghost boy flew at the walls bouncing off of them like a ping-pong ball, desperate for an escape. It wasn't long before he stopped, falling to the bottom of the bubble breathing heard. Cyborg was confused as he observed this – could ghost breathe?
"What do we do with him now?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven shrugged as she looked at the white outline of the ghost through her magic. Beast Boy was doing the same; Phantom's eyes were just white in her magic. He frowned, the ghost looked… familiar.
Phantom looked to them; exhausted. "Please, please let me go."
"Why?" Robin asked, "So you can destroy something else?"
"No – " The ghost stopped himself clearly offended.
"Should we not take him to the Fenton's?" Starfire asked.
The ghost stood then, the movement looking forced with his worn body. "Sorry, I can't… let you do that."
With that, he put his hands together aiming at the bottom of the cage and the black ball exploded with white light. The Titans had to shield their eyes when the bottom exploded with a nearly blinding green light.
When it all returned to normal the ghost was gone.
"No," Robin said, shocked.
"What now?" Beast Boy asked.
"Simple." Raven said dropping her magic. "We wait till he shows again."
Cyborg sighed as Raven landed.
"I thought we had him…"
"We all did." Robin admitted.