Phew… what a chapter. The longest one ive ever written. Ever. In my entire life. I feel rather proud of it.
To FelynxTiger- haha, we all love Brother Blood, don't we? I'll work on the sketches.
To BonclaysFan- Thanks
To Guardian of Night- Thank you! Here is the more you asked for.
To Gingerstorm101- Raven's mental stability is still being debated, but yes, there will be many villains featured here. How on earth will I keep track of them all?
To Black Torn Angel- The best so far? Wow… thanks! Im honored! Mine certainly isnt the best out there, tho, so you have that to look foreword to!
To DancingPickle101- Blood's ickiness is amazing. Its so… deliciously icky, y'kno? Thanks for the comments, and I hope you like this new chapter!
That's about the sum of what I have to say, so… have fun! Hope you like the biggest fight scene ive ever made!
Enjoy…
The entire camp (aside from Raven) watched breathlessly as the shining star Cyborg had launched arced across the sky, parting the clouds that were flushed red from the sun as it slowly began to sink back to the horizon. The missile pulsed at its peak altitude, then rushed back towards the desert to disappear among the rocks. There was a ringing silence, then a burst of white. There was a few seconds of just color, then everyone covered their faces as a blast of wind and sound whipped into them, unsettling all of the sand as it went, leaving it to drift slowly back down. They all stared at the blast site, which was charred black and billowing smoke.
"Dang…" Bumblebee muttered.
"Did we hit them?" Robin asked. His question rang in the empty air, and no one answered.
Suddenly, in a flash of red, there were soldiers everywhere. Snipers were packed onto every available ledge, troops choked the clearing, and military vans were piled haphazardly onto wherever there was the slightest room. There hadn't been nearly enough time for them to file in, they had just appeared, surrounding the Titans completely.
"What the- " Flash gasped, leaping backwards in surprise. His arm went unconsciously around Jinx, whose teeth were clenched in rage.
"How did they…" Starfire began, but she stopped short when a man separated himself from the crowd, a tall, thin man with a sharp face, piercing eyes, and red metal limbs…
"Blood!" Cyborg snarled, activating his cannon and leveling it at the former HIVE headmaster's head. "What the hell are you doing around here?"
"Isn't it rather obvious, Cyborg?" Blood asked, studying his metal nails. "The government wants to capture you rather badly, I must say. They were even willing to hire me."
"Hire you?" Beast Boy asked incredulously.
Blood nodded. "In return for capturing Raven and killing the rest of you, I get my freedom back."
Everyone gasped, despite the rather unsurprising notion of the statement. It would never sink in, how deep into trouble they were.
They're actually willing to hire and potentially free one of the most dangerous villains the country has ever seen just because Emily MIGHT be dangerous? Beast Boy thought, enraged. This is madness! Next thing you know it'll be Trigon showing up with a police badge! What happened to the constitution? This can't be even remotely legal.
"You sound like you think this is going to be easy, Blood," Robin said, drawing a bow staff out of nowhere. "All you have is foot soldiers as backup; we've faced off against much worse with fewer numbers."
"You underestimate me, Robin!" chastised Brother Blood. "You really think that this is all I would bring?"
He turned to a broad man behind him with a severe white mustache and steel grey eyes.
"Release it."
The man pressed a button on a control console on his wrist, and a low, animalistic, but strangely metallic growl echoed off the rocks behind them. The soldiers began to back slowly away from a spot behind Brother Blood, looks of terror on their otherwise neutral faces. Blood smiled widely.
"Sic 'em, boy!" he laughed, and the T Tank split in half.
Everyone screamed as a massive dark shape could be seen through the smoke and sparks, tearing the metal with its mouth as though it were made of wet paper. The tents were thrown roughly away, rolling across the ground and smashing into stones.
"RAVEN!" Beast Boy screamed, and sprinted to the tent she had been in, which had been actually lifted off the ground by the violent twisting motions of whatever was making mincemeat of the Tank. He pulled the torn fabric away to find her laying awkwardly across the ground, arm twisted up behind her in the tent material, and a steady stream of blood running from a large cut across her forehead. Her eyes were closed, and when Beast Boy lifted her shoulders she fell limp.
"No, Raven, no…" Beast Boy choked, pressing his sensitive ear to her chest. He sighed in relief when he heard a strong heartbeat. She was just unconscious.
Cyborg saw Beast Boy run to the tents out of the corner of his vision, but he refused to let his gaze drift from Blood for even a second. His robotic eye zoomed in on Beast Boy as he cradled a limp figure in his arms. Cyborg held his breath as he scanned Raven's comatose form, then relaxed slightly when he saw the readout. Still alive.
He then turned part of his attention to whatever was hidden in the debris of what had been his greatest creation. He cleared away the smokescreen on the image to reveal some sort of beast, a massive being made up of half flesh, half metal that was roughly the size of a small bus. It had an enormous jaw made of titanium with razor sharp teeth lodged within it, and powerful legs grotesquely fitted out with hydraulics. What little of its real skin he could see was rough and bare, covered in hideous scars and screws.
"What on earth…" he whispered, turning all of his attention back to Brother Blood, who was still standing there, arms folded confidently over his chest. Robin, Starfire and Bumblebee had gone over to help Beast Boy, while Flash and Jinx stayed beside him.
"Rather impressive, isn't it?" the telepath asked, wrinkling his nose. "Although it's also rather disgusting at the same time."
"What is it?" Cyborg blurted out. "What the hell did you create this time?"
"Me?" Blood raised his hands innocently. "I know I have a fascination with cyborg technology, but that monstrosity is not my handiwork. It's not streamlined at all, powerful as it may be. That is all the government's, my dear friend."
Cyborg was so shocked he let the "dear friend" comment slide.
"That thing was made by the government?"
"Indeed," Blood confirmed. "It was a failed experiment, much too violent. I suppose they thought it would make a nice weapon to capture the Titans with."
Blood turned so he was fully facing Cyborg.
"But I'll let your friends handle that," he grinned maliciously. "You, Cyborg, are mine."
"Don't worry, Cyborg, we can take 'im easy!" Flash shouted, dropping into a fighting stance. Jinx spread her arms out in front of her, hands glowing bright pink. Both were about to make a move when, to their surprise, Cyborg held an arm out in front of them.
"No. You guys need to help Raven and get out of here safely. He's mine."
"That's right; it's just you and me," Blood said, red light leaking into his eyes. "Let's see if your 'spirit' can get you out of this!"
With a yell of rage, Cyborg fired his cannon, and the battle began.
(…)
As soon as Cyborg had shot his first sonic blast, all of the soldiers had immediately sent a rain of bullets cascading into the clearing, filling the air with smoke and noise. Beast Boy rolled out of the way with Raven held tightly in his arms while Robin, Starfire, and Bumblebee formed a semicircle around him, blasting the projectiles out of the air. Jinx appeared and tried her best to make a shield, but her powers weren't potent enough to make a sturdy one last for more than a few seconds. Flash rushed off to find a way up to the edge of the cliffs to take out the snipers.
"We can't… keep this up!" grunted Robin, smacking bullets away with his staff, making it just a grey blur. "We need a good shield! Kori, can you make one?"
"I cannot!" Starfire said, shooting little starbolts out of her fingers to intercept the shots. "My powers are only meant for offense, not defense! Bullets will not bounce off!"
"Same here," Bumblebee admitted. "I can make a shield shape, but we would all be electrocuted."
"Damn!" Robin shouted as a bullet scraped across his cheek, leaving a fine red line. "We need Raven! Beast Boy, is she waking up?"
"No!" Beast Boy shouted desperately from behind them. "She's out cold!"
"And we still have that to worry about," Jinx added, pointing quickly to the beast that was still turning the T Tank into fragments. Robin grit his teeth.
"This is bad."
(…)
Cyborg yelled in frustration as his fight began taking the same turn as all the previous ones had; him throwing punch after punch and Blood just ducking and weaving, arms folded calmly behind his back.
"You're not even trying!" Cyborg screamed, taking another cannon shot. Brother Blood simply dodged underneath of it, coming right up into Cyborg's face.
"You want trying? Fine, no games this time! This is trying!"
Blood stabbed his fingers into Cyborg's abdomen, lifting him off the ground and through the air. He then disappeared in a blur the reappear above the injured man, delivering a drop kick that drove him into the rock a solid foot.
"Let's face it, Cyborg, you can't beat me!" Blood said, placing his foot on Cyborg's chest. "You may punch hard, but you're just wasting energy! I'm much more agile, and that means you can't touch me!"
"Shut up!" Cyborg yelled, grabbing the older man's foot and throwing him away. Blood landed lightly on his feet and came rushing back at Cyborg, hands crackling with red electricity.
"I will not tolerate this!" he yelled, cool demeanor momentarily lost. He threw jab after jab, hitting Cyborg in the head, then the stomach, then the leg, then the shoulder, all too fast for anyone to keep track of. "You will not take that tone with me! It seems not even aging will teach you respect!"
Another uppercut lifted Cyborg off the ground again, and this time Blood sent a spinning kick right into Cyborg's metal jaw, sending him flying away in a heap.
"You could never defeat me in a fair fight, Cyborg! You still can't!"
(…)
The gunfire was beginning to lessen some, thanks to Jinx crumbling the rock beneath the snipers' feet and Flash simply knocking them over the edge. The ground fire was still heavy, though, and the monster that had destroyed the tank was now turning its attention towards them.
"What is it?" Starfire asked as they saw its face clearly for the first time; a horrendous mess of metal and scar tissue molded around a gigantic false jaw and two glowing red eyes.
"Blood said it was a failed government experiment," Jinx explained, throwing a 6 ton boulder into the army in front of them as she spoke.
"This is where our tax dollars are going?" Bumblebee muttered, watching the monster warily while fighting the gag reflex building in her throat. It smelled awful, like rotting corpses and iron. What sick mind had thought up something this… disgusting?
"Anyone have any idea at all what we're dealing with here?" Robin asked. He too refused to take his eyes off the creature. Something about it just leaked danger.
Everyone shook their heads slightly as a response to Robin's question the beast took its first steps towards them. The soldiers nearest the monster dropped their guns and flat out ran, and all of the others nervously lowered their weapons and stood back. Everything was quiet save for the loud explosions from Cyborg's fight and the noise the creature was making. Every step brought the sounds of imperfect hydraulics, and every breath rattled and banged around inside its massive metal throat like a stone was being thrown roughly down it.
Suddenly Flash appeared beside them, shirt ripped and jeans worn down at the knees. "Did I miss something?"
At that moment the beast opened its mouth and screamed.
Wires and bulbs inside the massive jawbone of the monster glowed bright white as the unearthly wailing, grating sound blasted from within it. The sound gained a physical presence, pounding the rock to gravel and vibrating the very air. Everyone was thrown completely off their feet, hands over their ears and mouths locked open in silent screams of pain. The noise struck an irrational, primal fear into their hearts, making the dominate thought an overwhelming desire to run, to get away from the terrible sound. Beast Boy in particular was in unbelievable pain and fear; every single animal within him was desperately trying to flee.
After what seemed like an eternity the scream stopped and the lights within the creature's throat dimmed and died. Robin dabbed a finger at the blood leaking from his right ear and turned to the rest of them.
"Titans, go!"
(…)
Cyborg had been lying on the ground, dazed, after the monster had screamed. It had been silent, then suddenly his robotic eye had gone dark and an electric whining had begun deep inside his head. His sensors couldn't even handle the amount of sound, and the only thing he could remotely compare to it was the noise of the enormous sonic cannon Blood had tried to use to make a tidal wave. Only so much worse.
The screaming had eventually stopped and he sat up slowly, one arm cradling the hole in his chest and the other holding his head. The video feed from his eye snapped back on to reveal Blood on the ground as well, pressing his palms against his ears.
"There's disadvantages of being a cyborg, aren't there?" Cyborg asked him, walking over and lifting Blood off the ground by his neck. "You realize that now? Realize that you threw your life away?"
"Threw it away?" Blood snorted. "Maybe you have the lack of foresight to see it that way, but I view it as a limitless possibility. Look at all the things we can do that normal men can't! We are superior!"
"Shut up!" Cyborg shouted, twisting Blood through the air and driving his head into the ground. "It's horrible, living like this! My entire life is gone because of this! And you… did it willingly! How can you be so insane? Why would you do it?"
"So I can do this," Blood hissed, and shot a burst of lightning out of his hand, knocking Cyborg away again. "Back when I was a normal man I was weak, I admit it. I hid behind leagues of students, playing the role of a mere puppet master. No more! I upgraded so I could finally defeat you, Cyborg, the only problem I ever faced!"
He shot another wave of electricity at Cyborg, lifting him off the ground before throwing him back down.
"And it worked, too! You NEVER beat me in a fair fight! NEVER!"
That's the second time he's said that, Cyborg thought, rising to his feet. "What do you mean by fair fight? All of them were fair, just you and me!"
"NOT THAT LAST ONE!" Blood raged, eyes pulsing red, hands crackling with crimson static. "I SPENT ALL MY YEARS IN PRISON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF TRICK YOU PULLED! AND THEN I REALIZED; IT WAS NEVER YOU AT ALL!"
"What the hell are you talking about, of course it was- "
"No! You CAN'T do things like that, Cyborg, it's impossible! I realized that my hypnotic grip must have slipped on one of your friends during the battle, probably Raven! SHE was the one that repaired you! IT WAS NEVER YOU!"
Cyborg stared, shocked. The man was unhinged, clearly insane. Raven hadn't been able to move at all, and he remembered the feeling of Raven's powers. That feeling hadn't been present.
"It doesn't matter if it was all me back then or not," he growled, raising his sonic cannon. "It's all me now. I'm gonna win this fight, and I'm gonna walk away."
"We'll see," Blood sneered, then leapt forward.
(…)
At Robin's command, the Titans all activated their weapons and fired, aiming for anything that looked remotely vital. Explosive disks and Bird-a-rangs were flying out of Robin's hands so quickly his arms were a smudgy blur, Starfire was shooting out of her eyes and hands at the same time, and Bumblebee was running so hot her electricity was coming out bright blue. Jinx was sending out almost a solid block of pink waves, and Flash had tornadoes soaring out of both arms. Beast Boy stayed put, crouched protectively over Raven.
The furious onslaught lasted until everyone was at the point where they were forced to stop, and they did, eyeing the smoking figure warily. Through the damage Flash could see blue light starting up, and his eyes widened in fear.
"It's gonna scream again!" he yelled. "Find cover!"
Everyone hit the deck, and another powerful wall of sound exploded out of the creature's mouth, brushing the smoke away. Outside of the direct path of the beam the pain was less intense, and they could all see that the monster's skin, while burned and bleeding in most places, was relatively unharmed.
"Damn," Robin cursed, absentmindedly feeling his belt for the disks he knew were depleted to zero. "What can we do to hurt this thing?"
"We must get close to it," Starfire said, eyeing the beast's legs. "If we are able to sabotage the hydraulics on its ankles, we will immobilize it."
"Of course," Robin breathed. "Go for precision! Titans, attack its feet! Bring it down!"
Everyone leapt out from behind their rocks and ran at the monster, recharged for another massive strike. They were just about 5 feet away when the unexpected happened.
The monster spontaneously lit on fire. All by itself.
"What the hell is that?" Jinx yelled, back flipping away from the inferno. "It just… caught!"
"Does that mean we win?" Flash asked, peering at it. There was a few seconds silence, and then the creature began to move again.
"No, it's fireproof! This is a defense mechanism! Douse it!" Robin ordered.
"With what? We're in the desert!" Bumblebee protested.
"I don't know! Think of something!" Robin replied frantically. He was then forced to dive away as the beast let loose another sonic blast.
"I know that Robin's already said this, but… this is bad," Jinx muttered. Flash snorted and lowered into a fighting stance.
"Yeah… no kidding."
(…)
Cyborg groaned as he got up off the ground again. He hated to admit it, but Blood did have a slight point. In a completely normal standoff between the two, Blood would always have the upper hand. The only time Cyborg had won… what had happened there was really a singular event. He doubted if it would ever happen again.
Which left him stuck facing down with his least favorite psychopath. Again. And alone.
Curse my stupid ego… why on earth did I think I could just take this guy alone and that it would be easy? It was NEVER easy!
He was quite literally slammed out of his thoughts by Blood's fist connecting with his jaw, twisting him completely around. Blood grabbed his shoulders to keep him from falling over.
"Please Cyborg, this is almost easier than before! You have yet to score a hit! The only time I've ended up on the ground wasn't even your fault!"
Cyborg grit his teeth and grabbed Blood's head between his hands, spinning on his heel and throwing him like a discus. Blood toppled through the air and collapsed on the ground, eyes rolling.
"Get used to being down there, you crack pot!" Cyborg shouted, currently in the stage that most would define as 'royally pissed'. "That's where you'll stay!"
Blood leapt to his feet and spat dirt out of his mouth, eyes blazing. He was about to yell a retort when Cyborg was suddenly in front of him, metal fist crashing into his nose. There was a disgusting snap and Blood was on the ground again, face covered in… well… blood.
"Insolent…" he muttered under his breath, but then Cyborg's knee was buried into his abdomen, knocking every last ounce of air out of his synthetic lungs. His vision went fuzzy, and as he tried to orient himself his opponent flipped him into the air like a soccer ball and delivered a fantastic kick, sending him straight into a cliff.
Blood moaned and fell to the sand, head spinning.
"I'm not done yet, Blood! Just you wait!"
"Enough!" Blood snapped, spitting into the dirt and activating his energy daggers, making his fists come alive with red energy, forming a blade shape off of each arm. Cyborg was intercepted in mid punch, one of Blood's hands stabbing right through his fist while the other made a hole in his stomach. Cyborg fell, gasping, and Blood stood over him.
"Yes, you are done, Cyborg," he snarled, face contorted into a merciless scowl. "You are finished."
(…)
The monster screamed numerous times, each aimed at a likely hiding spot. Its targets were instantly blasted to dust and lit on fire, sending the Titans scrambling.
"What can we do?" Starfire asked, flinching as the creature attacked yet again. "Even if we get past the sound blasts, there's the fire to think of."
"Man, we really need Raven," Flash said. "Beast Boy, is she- "
"Still no!" Beast Boy interrupted. "I don't understand, she should have woken up by now!"
"Unfortunately, that's not our primary concern right now," Robin said grimly. "We need a way to bring down this… thing."
"If only we could get close!" Bumblebee growled, slamming her fist onto the ground in frustration. "Those sound waves are just too fast!"
"Too fast… too fast!" Robin suddenly said. "Wally, how fast can you run?"
Flash smiled, getting the idea. "Pretty damn fast."
Robin looked back at the inferno, gauging the distances. "That might just work…"
"What might?" Jinx asked.
"Alright, Kori, grab onto Wally's arms. Wally, I want you to start running in place as fast as you can. Say so when you think you're moving fast enough. Kori, when he gives the signal, I want you to let go of him."
Starfire and Flash got into the appropriate position. On Robin's mark Flash began to pump his feet, and soon they were just a vague blur.
"Ah… are we almost there?" Starfire winced, struggling to maintain her hold on the speedster.
"Wait…" Robin instructed her, watching Flash intently. He was almost impossible to see, just a vibrating shape.
Finally there was a snapping motion from Flash's arm.
"Now, Kori, let go!"
Starfire let go.
In a burst of dust, Flash disappeared, and a hollow bang echoed back and forth across the rock walls.
"Is he running… actually faster than…?" Jinx gasped, amazed.
"Uh-huh," Robin nodded, smiling. "He's moving faster than the speed of sound."
With the sound of a jet fighter Flash exploded across the terrain, sending a plume of sand and rock flying up behind him. He rushed right between the monster's legs and kicked at its underbelly, sending the entire flaming mass straight up into the air. Flash's blurred shape was then in the sky, smashing the creature back and forth. The beast roared and tried to find its attacker, but couldn't keep up.
"YES!" Robin shouted, and the rest of the group cheered as well. "Alright, Titans, let's move in!"
(…)
Blood plunged his electrical dagger right towards his opponent's skull, and Cyborg barely managed to roll out of the way. The video feed from his false eye was beginning to flicker on and off, and the hole in his stomach was leaking blood and oil, snapping with static. He only managed to crawl a few feet before collapsing.
C'mon, Cyborg, get it together! He thought angrily to himself. You can't let Blood win and move on to attack the others! Their hands are already full enough with that beast!
Ignoring the deteriorating conditions the graphs in his mind's eye were screaming at him, he rose shakily to his feet and smiled grimly.
"Looks like I'm not quite finished yet, am I?" he laughed bitterly. "You're still standing."
"Please," Blood huffed. "You're barely on your feet! I'll bet that if I walk up and blow on you you'll fall to pieces."
"Far from it, Blood, I still have a few tricks. I've had years with nothing to do, you think I'd just sit there?"
Taking a deep breath and charging up his power core, Cyborg activated his regeneration program.
Blood's jaw dropped and Cyborg grinned as macroscopic arms within his body extended and began to patch up the holes. The wound in his hand was gone almost immediately, and the one in his stomach and then the one in his chest followed. One quick system refresh later, and Cyborg looked as if he had just went to the body shop.
"Impressed?" he asked. Blood fumed.
"That won't help you!" he spat. "Remember, I'm undamaged too!"
"Aside from your nose?" Cyborg taunted.
Blood screamed and rushed at him.
(…)
The Titans quickly followed in Flash's wake, shooting whatever they had at whatever was open. The beast roared in agony and attempted to blast them away with another scream, but a kick to the face by Flash sent its jaw shut.
"Uh oh… the soldiers are thinking about fighting now…" Bumblebee said as a shot casing pinged off the monster's flank beside her head. Robin turned to see that the soldiers nearest them had their guns up, trying to lock on with their scopes.
"Crap…" he muttered. "Flash, can you handle them?"
There was no response.
"Wally? Why is he still running?"
Suddenly Robin's communicator rang. He picked it up to find Flash's panicked face on the screen.
"Wally! What's wrong?" Robin asked.
"Everything!" Flash panted. "I'm moving too fast, I can't stop!"
"What?"
"There's not enough room here for me to slow down! I know that if I try to, I'll go flying! And if I'm moving at these speeds, flying could get me seriously hurt."
"Oh no…" Robin muttered. "Don't worry, Wally, we'll handle that eventually. As of right now, can you handle the soldiers?"
"No prob." The speedster's cocky grin was back. "Take all the time you need, guys. Since I'm faster than sound, I can't hear anything, but I'll help out where I can."
"Thanks, Wally, and sorry," Robin said, dodging a flailing motion from the monster as he did so. "Good luck!"
"You too."
(…)
Cyborg and Blood traded blows, blocking with their metal forearms and attacking with their fists and knees. Blood's daggers were still on, and Cyborg had his cannon activated, shooting out a burst of sound whenever he made contact with Blood's thin frame.
"How…?" Blood panted. "You're on a stalemate with me… in close quarter combat!"
"System refresh," Cyborg grinned, smacking Blood's jab away from his face. "I'm running like new."
Blood paused. "System refresh… you can do that?"
Cyborg took advantage of this moment to shoot right into Blood's chest, sending him soaring. After flailing through the air about 13 feet he landed on his shoulders and rolled roughly into a boulder, causing him to cry out in pain.
"You can't," Cyborg explained, following him. "I can. System refresh was completely my idea."
Blood spat at Cyborg's feet and growled.
"Aw…" Cyborg laughed, crouching down so they could be at eye level. "Are you all out of aces?"
"No…" Blood said darkly, and the smile on his face caused Cyborg to back up uneasily. "I still have an ace left… the best card in the deck, in my opinion."
He opened a storage compartment in his chest and pulled out a sleek, black and gold device. A device so familiar to Cyborg, and one that he had hoped he would never see again.
"How…?" he breathed, backing up even more. "We had that locked away! Is that really…?"
Brother Blood nodded and laughed.
"It most certainly is, Cyborg. This is the Ion Amplifier."
(…)
Despite the brief promise of victory that had been hinted at by Flash's burst of speed, the Titans were clearly losing. Robin knew this, and the rest of them were starting to realize it too.
"WHAT?"
Robin winced as he told Jinx of Flash's problem. He had thought she would have taken it badly.
"Dangit," Bee snapped, clenching her fists around her stingers. "At the rate we're going we're not going to last a whole lot longer. I'm not even sure if we've even delivered any damage."
"Garfield," Robin called over. The changeling was where he had been for most of the fight, hunched protectively over Raven's limp form. "We need your help!"
"I can't!" Beast Boy called back. "I can't leave Raven! What if she gets hit?"
Robin cursed, Beast Boy had a point. Protecting Raven was their mission.
He absentmindedly felt at his belt, taking unconscious inventory of how many weapons he had left. The number was depressingly low; he didn't think he had enough bird-a-rangs to make a single saber.
There was another of the monster's screams, and Starfire fell at his feet with a yelp. He helped her back up while staring at the creature.
"How can we beat it?" he whispered. "Its defenses are incredible!"
"I don't know," Starfire replied, apparently overhearing him. "Our ability to defeat it is questionable, but we cannot choose surrender."
Robin and Beast Boy nodded grimly in agreement. There would be no surrender.
"Richard," Jinx said as she ran up, throwing rocks out of the ground at the monster as she did. "I'm expecting we're at the point of desperate measures by now, right?"
"Far past it," Robin said. "Do you have a plan?"
Jinx smiled sadly and pulled something from her pocket. Everyone gasped when they saw that, clutched in her pale hand, was an old HIVE communicator.
"I knew that keeping this would come in handy," she muttered. She then flicked a button on the side with her thumb, and the screen began to flash with red letters spelling the message:
PLEASE ASSIST.
Robin shrugged. "It can't make things worse."
"Don't say that, Richard," Beast Boy said softly. "You know things can always get worse."
And that was only part 1!
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