So, good guys sort of have the upper hand and in the last chapter, it was revealed LUCY knows what THE MASTER wants. But do the other Future Teen Titans know? Is she bluffing? WHO THE HELL IS THE MASTER?

All is revealed now.

Chapter 19
"Cause and Effect"

Cutting the link and half-ass-resetting the computer so that their change shut off but their entrance still remained open, Mason shoved himself away from the computer. Everyone was staring at Lucy. Sure, the plan was to get the Master in the Auditorium room somehow. They never said anything about having or even knowing what he wanted. So what had Lucy meant by that?

"What?" She demanded, looking back and forth between everybody. "What!?"

Jinx, along with Kid Flash, had her arms crossed, her brows rising suspiciously. "What does the Master want exactly, Luce? Please tell, because," she waved a hand to the boys, "We don't have any idea whatsoever."

"Well, neither do I," Lucy said confidently. "I lied."

And with that in the air, she stormed out the door, heading off into the Auditorium, they assumed. But instead she ran into a corner, pulling a device out of her pocket that morphed into a mirror. An alien device, not one of Mason's. She looked at her face, no longer able to deny it.

She wasn't hers anymore.

The team couldn't know until it was too late.

Snapping the compact-like device shut, she shoved it back into her pocket and walked to the Auditorium, consumed in horror the whole time. She waited patiently for her team the whole time on the stabilizers of the roof. Safe.

For now.

Five minutes had passed.

"Master, shall we follow these commands?" Ella asked, Beast Boy and Raven waiting behind her. Beast Boy had calmed considerably after realizing they weren't the only good guys left and that they had help, so he was no longer angry. Cautious, but not angry.

He was pacing in the shadows, so neither Titans could see anything but a shadow of a person. With a huff, he snapped, "Very well, bring the prisoners to the Auditorium, I shall meet you there shortly."

"Yes Master," Ella replied, bowing with her hands folded in her lap. She turned back to said prisoners before ushering out of the room. Meanwhile all the Master was thinking about what he wanted. What he absolutely craved.

His psychotic laugh filled the room once more.

Starfire was with Robin and Cyborg, being led down the hallway. They'd all heard the words that had been shouted from over the megaphone and couldn't help but laugh at their stupidity. Jinx and Kid Flash were probably getting a riot out of this one.

"Excuse me, sir," Starfire said politely to the man in front of them. "Are we almost at our destination?"

"Just around the corner, Miss," the man replied back, just as politely. They then did turn the corner, leading to huge doors.

'So this is it,' Robin thought to himself, 'This is what we've been waiting for. This is it.' He glanced at his comrades. 'We've just got to wait for the signal.'

"Go on then, Number One and the Master should be waiting for you." The man said before turning and opening the doors when the former Titans made no move to do so. They opened and he stepped inside, holding one rather large door open for them to enter. They did and gasped at the sight in front of them, barely hearing the door shut or notice they were not alone in the room.

The room was large, to understate its real size. The floors were a dark blue while the walls were a few shades lighter, the only light seeming to come from nowhere and everywhere. It was then they saw the multiple white, shining lamps along the walls. It was one of few lit rooms in the building. In the middle of this room there was a large circular staircase, leading up to what seemed like very close to the roof. What the top of the metal staircase connected to was a ramp that went all around the upper building, fences blocking anyone up there from falling and preventing them to see what was up there. On the roof above the platform there was a circular skylight. It let it the eery glow of snow and revealed a small blizzard going on outside. They could do nothing but stare, barely hearing the mutterings of two people talking who had not noticed them. Finally the two people turned.

Ella turned and saw the three converted Titans plus their escort in the room. Unlike their escort, they were gawking at the impressive sight before them. She smirked at their childish approach on this before turning back to the person she'd been talking to, a cloak draped over his body and hiding all but his vibrant colored eyes from view. But even those were hard to see, and she was up close. From afar, nobody would think he actually had eyes at all. Just a body.

Looking up at him adoringly, she asked, "What shall we do with them, Master?"

His head directed in the direction of the Titans. She imagined a frown on his face. "If those pests insist they must be here, put them over there." One black gloved hand stuck out from under the cloak, pointing to the large throne chairs that were normally used for intimidation. There were five. Three up front on a lower platform while there were two up behind on a higher one. That was where the Master and she sat. The other three would sit in front.

Seven minutes.

The Master motioned for a female, standing by the door who had been their escort, to come forward. She remained neutral and bored looking before heading over to the two of them, her hands folded in her lap.

"Your orders, sir?" She asked, her eyes such a dark blue they were nearly black.

He directed towards the attention of the thrones. "Place the . . . new recruits there, please."

"Yes sir," she replied, bowing and stepping away before heading over to said teenagers. Her speaking snapped them out of it and she began heading back with them, not speaking to the Master again and looking at the floor, properly. Ella eyes her suspiciously but then she turned back to her Master.

Eight minutes.

A Few Minutes Ago

Mason had organized everybody into teams. Whitefire was with Kid Flash, Jinx was with him, and Lucy was with Hex. The plan was simple. They'd separated from each other seconds after setting their watches to remind them when their time was up. Hex currently darted through the halls unnoticed when he realized Lucy had her hands clenched into fists and she looked rather nervous. He stopped, turning to her.

"Nervous?" He whispered to her, eyes looking at her position.

She unclenched her fists at once. "No, just . . ." She searched for an excuse and then sighed. "Very well, yes, I am nervous."

His eyes narrowed. "You should be."

Lucy looked up, snorting disgusted. "You of all people shouldn't be giving me a scolding. You're not even of my species." She snapped, turning her back on him as she composed herself. "I know what I'm doing," She added, more forcefully.

Hex glared at her back, watching as she dusted herself off. The roof they'd formally been hiding in had been dirty. She wasn't paying attention and was caught off guard when he grabbed her arm and turned her around, making her look at him. She, for once, was afraid. Afraid of him off all people. He looked silently angry and so far down neither noticed, he was hurt. What he was hurt about, he wouldn't ever admit at the time.

"I don't know what you're doing," He said slowly and growling out each word. She looked on in fear. "And I don't know what the Master wants . . . but if it involves you, you'd better tell me right now, or I'm calling Whitefire right now."

Lucy was silent. Then her eyes narrowed and she wrenched her arm free. She leaned in towards his face, her teeth gritted as she did so. "Do it then." She said, matching the intensity of his anger. Her face turned into a disgusted sneer as she began walking backwards towards the way they were going, only taking a few steps before stopping and staring him down. "I'm not part of your team, Hex. Just . . . Just leave it alone!" She snapped before racing down the hallway, leaving Hex to stare after her.

Lucy kept running. There was no way she could tell him. Not in a million years and especially not now.

Because he was the only one who understood. He was the only one who could stop her.

"Where are they?" Ella huffed, annoyed.

Starfire leaned forward in her chair, obviously uncomfortable but trying to hide it. "Please, are we waiting for someone?"

Ella glanced around the room, opening her mouth to answer, when the spiral staircase began descending, swirling backwards into the floor as it came. On the circular platform that was partially gated off by a waist-high fence were three people. Two of them were female. One male.

And also green. Ella smiled.

"Ah, there are our prisoners," She said cheerfully and smugly as the platform stopped, leaving it to sit nicely in the space left. They had an escort as well. This one male. Ella had left him with them to go fetch the master a few minutes after the hacking. It seemed he'd been able to handle them well enough. The two were chained back-to-back with handcuffs, the chain wrapping a few times around their middle.

Beast Boy looked down in shame at their position. He'd been unable to fight the man off when he'd shoved a tranquilizer-dart into his arm as soon as Ella had handed them over. Raven had also received the same treatment and when they'd awoken, they'd been already coming down the platform. How they got there at all was a mystery. And he barely heard Ella's taunt as Raven began to stir, struggling weakly against the bonds. He felt her attempt to move her arms but then stopped, failing completely.

He heard people jump to their feet. Three pairs of feet, to be exact. His eyes looked up tiredly from the floor. He barely even cared at the audience. Once again Beast Boy had yet to realize they'd stopped moving.

"What have you done to them?" A high-pitched female voice demanded, shocked. Beast Boy saw her green eyes wide with shock and her fragile hands cupped near her mouth. His sluggish eyes moved to their surroundings, the white haze from the room allowing light.

He heard Ella snort. "Why do you care?" He then felt the man who had escorted him begin to unchain them from each other. He made no move to tense. So long as he kept his cool for now, Beast Boy could get them out of this when needed.

Hopefully.

"But, if you must know," Ella continued, her voice suddenly behind Beast Boy, probably unchaining Raven. He wanted to growl at the thought, but remained as he had before. Weak and slow, just completely out of it. "They were shot up with tranquilizer darts. They're fine though. Just sleep meds."

Something started beeping. Three somethings. Everyone looked around wildly for the source.

Ten minutes.

"NOW!" A voice shouted from towards the roof, directing everyone's attention to look up. They saw, leaning over the platform, a girl with dark red hair, it hanging over her right shoulder as she leaned.

The beeping seemed oddly close, Beast Boy noticed, and then saw it was coming from their escorts watch. The man grinned and then his palm slammed down on the watch. From nearby the girl who had directed the Titans to their chair mimicked the man's actions, slamming her hand on her watch as well. From the skylight, two shadows appeared. Both were male. They jumped from the skylight and hit the floor easily, without breaking a sweat. Nearby the man jumped away, a blue light already cascading down his body like the other girls was, jumping to join the random group coming together.

All together there were five of them. The red-head from before, a male with a lighter color of red hair, a boy with black hair and light skin and two very familiar shapes.

"Jinx? Kid Flash? What are you doing!?" Robin demanded, shocked to see the two there.

Jinx stepped out of her pose, placing her hand on her hip. She shut the watch Mason had given her off. Her and Mason were the ones who had used them to disguise myself. Hex and Kid Flash had decided to go up on the roof. And of course, Whitefire watched over Jinx from the ledge, hiding by simply leaning against the wall in a relaxed position. Ella and the Master looked shocked for the moment. They hadn't seen that one coming.

"What you aren't," She replied, eyes lighting up with pink energy. Beast Boy and Raven, still partially chained, were relieved of the heavy weight as all the bonding metals spontaneously combusted, falling to the floor. They both fell to the floor, Beast Boy on his side like Raven but having fallen in different directions. "Doing the whole 'good-guy' act." She smirked. "But I see you've taken my former position as bad guy-."

"Enough, Jinx." Mason interrupted. He pointed accusingly at Ella. "Give our friends back and return the items you stole at once."

Ella, still staring, shook off the look and snorted at them. "Or what?"

"You'll have to face us and you won't get what you want." Mason replied calmly. Ella, still next to the collapsed Titans on the floor, placed her hand on her chin, thinking. She turned her back on the teenagers as she looked at her Master.

"What do you want us to do, Master?" She asked, glaring at the three teens on their thrones and reminding them they were part of the 'us'.

His well hidden face continued to look at the good guys and then the people on the floor. Then he turned back to Ella.

"Fight until I get what I desire."

"As you wish," Ella replied, grinning eagerly. She motioned for Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin to follow her as she walked towards their successors. Reluctantly, they did follow her. They could not look at Beast Boy and Raven out of shame, therefore they ignored them.

"Titans, go!" Whitefire shouted, pointing. People flew at each other from all around, guards piling into the room to join the fight. Otherwise the odds would have been Bad: Four, Good: Seven, if you counted Beast Boy and Raven.

Whitefire sent herself leaping into the heart of the guards, starbolts flying with precision around the room and each hitting at least one target. And, if that person had been especially unlucky, the person might have been knocked into someone else. Mason joined her, attacking anyone within reach. Robin found himself fighting against Kid Flash, the only person who could've moved fast enough to dodge his kicks and punches. He pulled a bow-staff out of his modified outfit, swinging it at Kid Flash as the super-powered teen dodged each blow. Each missed by just a hairline.

Starfire was currently ducking as she saw Jinx's hexes flying her way. Soon the pink-haired enchantress was in front of her, sending a kick flying Starfire's way. Starfire dodged both, shooting a few feet into the air. She wasn't trying to hard, but Jinx wasn't either. Otherwise Starfire would have been hit already. Starfire suddenly felt suspicious. What were they doing?

Cyborg saw Hex jump over until he was right behind the robot.

"Tag, you're it!" He heard. Cyborg jumped, his arm reconfiguring into a cannon. But it was too late. A hard push to his back sent him hurtling forward, hitting the floor on his chest and sliding a little on the slick surface. But he recovered quickly, turning to see Hex with his fists on his hips.

"Well now, are you going to tag me back?" Cyborg said nothing. The boy grinned. "Gotta catch me first!"

And then the stupid game of 'tag' began.

Ella, on the other hand-.

Raven felt herself hoisted to her feet, a tight grip on her forearm. She was still weak from the tranquilizers, unable to struggle really without completely wearing herself out. Ella whispered quietly in her ear, Raven feeling something cold on her neck.

"I know you don't love him," Ella said quietly. "However affectionate you are, you don't love him. You've hardly even hugged him. If you're going to try to trick me, next time, at least kiss the dumbass." Her voice then raised in volume as she pointed her attention to others. "STOP!" The fighting continued. "Stop or she dies!"

The sound of battling stopped, everyone freezing.

"R-Raven?" They heard Beast Boy groan on the floor, appearing to be only half-awake.

"Put her down, Ella!" Hex shouted, angrily. "That's your mother you've got in your hands! If you kill her, you go to!"

"LIAR!" Ella shrieked before calming herself, Raven feeling Ella's rapidly rising chest slow to simple deep breaths. "You're all liars! Give it up! None of you are convincing me that these two idiots," she gestured to Beast Boy on the floor. "Even like each other! Just that he's an overprotective freak!"

"Listen to yourself, Ella!" Mason snapped, desperate. "Do you really hate them?"

"What?" She stopped shouting, Raven feeling her grip slack a little. She began to try and muster up the energy to struggle.

"Do you, hate them?" He said slower, his eyes narrowing at her when she didn't answer. "Well, do you?"

"I . . . I-," She began, confused emotions coming off of her.

"ENOUGH!"

All eyes turned to the Master who was, to their surprise, hovering in the air, well above the thrones. The gloved hand pointed at Hex, who had his hands near Cyborg's back, about to shove him again. His hand turned upside down and he motioned with his index finger for the boy to come.

Suddenly, Hex felt himself thrown across the room and into the arms of the Master, who was laughing crazily. Hex struggled against the hold he had across the boys chest, his arms and hands flailing as he tried to rip himself free. The Master laughed harder. Hex grunted loudly as he felt himself flung into the wall near them, still in the air. He was being held by the neck and he pressed his hands and legs up against the wall, trying to get any hold. The Master was choking him.

The laughter continued.

"I have your teammate, now I want what I came for! Where is my prize?" He demanded, shrieking with rage. "Where is she!?"

"She?" Whitefire asked, confused and landing on the floor again.

The truth slapped them all across the face and their jaws dropped, excluding Ella's.

It was simply really. Who else was missing.

"Let him GO!"

The voice came from nowhere and everywhere. People looked around until they saw a white light shoot out along the floor, knocking guards aside and forcing them to stay down. Most of their bones were broken from impact of the power and the floor. As the light's fire drained back to the source, people followed it back to a female with slightly yellow but more white glowing eyes, glaring furiously at the Master as electricity ran through her hands. Like a human lightning bolt.

The Master stopped laughing. Out of sight to everyone else, he grinned with satisfaction. She began walking hurriedly towards him, the pathway towards him clear now. She stopped just in front of the thrones as the man looked down at her. She knew this would be how he liked it. Her below him, able to control her.

Because he was crazy.

He was controlling.

"Ah, there you are, Elopteh're."

He was an asshole.

"Yes it's me," She growled.

He was the man she'd tried to kill.

The Master's grin widened from underneath his hood.

And tried to kill her in turn.

"Or-," he continued.

He was the reason she'd left her mom.

"-Is it Lucy now?"

He was her father.

THEIR IT IS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! THE MASTER IS LUCY'S FATHER! THERE ARE NO MORE SECRETS IN MY STORY TO IDENTITIES!

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