A place to call home chapter 5
Robin was running. Running down an empty street lying underneath a gray sky with none other than Cyborg behind him Robin was worried. He didn't know where the rest of his team was; he didn't know where he was and most important he didn't know who was behind it all.
Slade passed through his mind but he easily dismissed it. Habit made him assume Slade after so long that it was natural for him to continue having such thoughts for a little while. But he knew it couldn't be Slade, because Slade was dead. Wasn't he? People usually didn't survive being encased in a rock thrown deep into the ocean…did they? No they didn't. But then, Slade was no average criminal.
Robin shook these thoughts from his head; he had to focus on the present. "There's the school," Robin said it appeared in his field of vision. Cyborg nodded but said nothing as the two continued onward.
Reaching the school it was clearly obvious to the two that Rex was not there. Glancing around neither Robin nor Cyborg saw sign of anybody here at all. "Maybe I should check inside while you search out here?" Cyborg suggested.
Robin shook his head, "No way. We can't split up; too dangerous."
"Then what?" Cyborg asked.
"I'll try to get him on the communicator again," He responded, pulling out his yellow communicator. Flipping it open Robin was met with the usual static reception the device was accustomed to showing him.
Unlike a good many other Titans who suffered from nightmares or insomnia Beast Boy rarely had anything but pleasant dreams. Today was no exception as he dreamt that he and his girl Terra were at an outdoor pool. The sun was hot but his girlfriend's new swimsuit made him focus on other things.
The pool suddenly changed to a giant bowl filled with a banana-split sundae; however neither teens seemed surprised at this. Just as he had decided to go for a dip Beast Boy was painfully brought back to reality when an explosion loud enough to wake a cow forced his eyes open.
"Aww man," Beast Boy muttered rubbing his head. "And that was such a nice dream…" Opening his eyes he noticed a large hole in the building they were in. It was easily twice the size of a person and by the looks of it the entire building could collapse at any moment. Realizing something was definitely going down BB pulled himself to his feet and ran out of the building through the hole.
The cries of two different voices assaulted his ears and he didn't have to look far to identify them. The blonde titan was going head to head against none other than….Mammoth? The big hairy brute was raining down punch after punch that was barely blocked by Terra pulling up a layer of cement as a shield.
By the look of it BB could tell Terra must have been caught by surprise; if she had a moment to breathe she could take this guy easy. Quickly transforming into an elephant Beast Boy charged Mammoth. Not paying attention to his surroundings at all Mammoth didn't hear the green elephant until it was too late. Beast Boy rammed into him and he flew across the street and through the wall of a nearby building.
Terra took a moment to catch her breath. "Took you long enough," She finally said. "What, were you planning to sleep the whole time?"
Beast Boy transformed back into himself and made a face, "Oh come on. What kind of thank you is that?" He said waving her arms around.
"I'll thank you later, but for now he's still here." She said pointing at Mammoth who had pulled himself to his feet and was heading back their way. This time Mammoth charged Beast boy. His eyes filled with rage Mammoth demonstrated why he was merely a one-trick pony. All muscle, no brains.
Terra stomped on the ground with her right foot and sent a ripple out through the concrete. Suddenly the ground beneath Mammoth's feet lurched him up and sent him flying. As Mammoth screamed like a little girl Beast Boy changed into a goat and positioned himself.
Mammoth fell right on top of Beast Boy's back which nearly gave way from the weight but managed to hold upright. "Whoa, what the—"Mammoth called out as BB ran back towards the building they had come out of. Ramming one of the building's remaining arches the entire thing collapsed on top of them.
Terra looked worried for a moment but then a green mouse skittered out of the wreckage before transforming back to his normal form. Showing the blonde a smile the two high-fived before a sound drew their attention back to the wreckage.
Straining to stand up was none other than Mammoth himself. He seemed to have made it out of the wreckage and was walking over to the Titans haphazardly. Wondering if the fight wasn't over Terra watched as Mammoth suddenly fell over onto his face.
Sighing Beast Boy was about to crack a joke when a strange red portal showed up above Mammoth and sucked him up. Blinking to make sure what they saw the behemoth's gigantic body was…gone.
"What was that?" Terra asked.
"I don't know," Beast Boy asked confused. "He was here and now he's gone."
"Well forget that; do we even know where we are?"
Beast Boy shook his head. "I sure don't. Last thing I remember we were back at that hotel eating pie."
"I'm going to try the contact the Titans," Terra told him pulling out her communicator.
"So do you have any idea which way we should go?" Rex asked Raven.
Raven shook her head, "Let's just head north for now."
Rex nodded and transformed his lower body into his Rex-cycle. "Hop on," He said pointing to the extra room in the back.
"You can't be serious." Raven dead-panned.
"I am."
"There's no need, I can fly."
"Aww come on, it'll be fun." He winked at her. "I always wanted to give a pretty girl a ride."
Raven resisted the urge to blush, "You think I'm pretty?" Rex nodded. "Fine, but don't tell anyone." She sighed and sat herself on the cycle right behind Rex.
As she wrapped her arms around Rex the male flashed a smile to no one in particular and drove off. They passed a lot of different buildings but never saw any people. Rex continued driving in one direction thinking he'd eventually find a way out of the town.
As they continued on Rex started to notice there weren't any more buildings, shops or…anything. "Rex, stop!" Raven yelled at the driver. Rex tried to put the brakes on but it wasn't stopping fast enough so Raven used her magic to stop them both. Taking a gulp Rex realized they were right on the edge of the town itself.
Looking down he saw only an endless abyss. "Whoa." He muttered. "That was close, thanks for the save."
"But what does this mean?" Raven asked, ignoring his thanks. "It's as if this entire town was removed from the world and put…here."
Unsure how to reply Rex kept silent and looked around. He needed a plan but was drawing a blank. "—Ex?" He heard a muffled sound coming from his pocket. Pulling out his communicator he saw the face of Dr. Holiday looking back at him.
"Rex?" She asked again before sighing in relief. "Oh good, I managed to get through."
"Dr. Holiday?" He asked. Hearing the voices Raven turned to Rex and looked over his shoulder.
"I'm glad you're okay Rex. Do you know where you are? Are the Titans there with you?"
Rex shook his head. "Just Raven; though I heard from Robin earlier. But I have no idea where we are; some empty town standing over an abyss."
Though he couldn't see Rex could hear Dr. Holiday typing away at her computer. "I thought after getting a mark on your communicator I'd be able to track you but for some reason it's not working. My tracking system just says 'unknown'."
"Unknown? Well that's just great." He sighed but then remembered Raven was right behind him. "Well no worries, we've gotten out of worse right Doc?"
"There's something you should know Rex," Dr. Holiday said gravely. "Van Kleiss has taken everything at the UN meeting hostage. He gave us an hour to meet his demands but there's even less time now. If we don't get you out of there quickly it may be too late!"
"Shit! Van Kleiss?" Rex freaked. "We got to get out of here now! Doc does Six have a plan?"
"Not without you," She told him. "Everyone's depending on you to get back before they move out."
"Was…" He hesitated. "Was Circe with them?"
Dr. Holiday looked down. "She was, I'm sorry Rex."
"Who's Circe?" Raven asked.
Rex turned away from the communicator, "She was my…friend."
"Rex," Dr. Holiday said pulling Rex's attention back to the communicator. "Listen, I think that the—"However before she could finish her sentence the connection was suddenly cut off. Now all Rex could see was static.
"No good," Robin said putting back the communicator. "It's not working."
"Well let's not just stand here doing nothing," Cyborg said. "Let's go find the others! Waiting around won't get us anywhere."
Robin nodded, "Your right. It just feels like were not alone."
"Come on Robin, you know we can take anything that comes our way."
"You fartknockers couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag!" Came a nasally voice from out of nowhere. Before either Titan could react the sound of blaster fire reached their ears as two green bolts shot past them. Reacting instinctively Robin duck-and-rolled to his left while Cyborg activated his arm cannon and started running right.
"Gizmo?" Cyborg asked confused. Wondering what the midget-sized brat wanted with them. It was indeed Gizmo as his form became clearer as he continued to shoot at them.
Cyborg took a few shots but missed. The street was getting misty and it was hard to see more than a few feet in front of them. The eerie sound of an evil cackle brought Cyborg's attention to his right. A sound similar to a penny being dropped down a well and Cyborg felt something click on his shoulder.
With a burst of blue electricity Cyborg's left arm deactivated. "Damn it Gizmo!" Cyborg curse. "I hate that kid, and we don't have time for this." He said as he started shooting in every which direction.
Robin silently agreed with him and threw out one of his disks which covered the ground in an icy slick. The sound of Gizmo's spider-like harness legs slipping filled Robin's ears; but he waited. A moment passed and Robin could hear Gizmo switching to his jet pack.
Jet packs are loud, and it was all too easy for Robin to hurl a disk grenade in the right direction. An explosion was heard and the bald little boy came falling down right in front of Robin.
"Crud! Snot!" Gizmo cursed as Cyborg picked him up and ripped what remained of his techno gear off his pack. Cyborg punched him hard in the face and he fell to the ground. Robin pulled him back up face to face.
"Why did you attack us? Where are we?" He demanded of Gizmo. However before Gizmo could say anything a red portal appeared and sucked him up. He was gone and his appearance brought only more questions than answers.
"What the hell is going on?" Cyborg screamed to the sky.
End of Chapter...
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