Symbiosis - Chapter 9: Talon and Co.
It was painful for them to watch, Beast Boy screamed in pain as the Symbiote tried desperately to cling to it's host, strand by strand, Raven was nearly losing her mind, Cyborg noticed he was actually losing power, should of charged first, Robin and Starfire could only wait.
And then it happened, the Symbiote finally lost it's grip, and was sent flying into a wall, Raven managed with what little strength she had left to carefully place a nearly unconscious Beast Boy on the ground again, she managed to reach him before falling to a kneel.
But everything was far from over as the team snapped their attention to the screech, Talon?
"YOU DARE TAKE AWAY MY HOST?!" The goo morphed into the shape and form of the one and only Talon, "WE SHALL DESTROY WHAT WE CAN'T HAVE!"
Talon separated into four forms, one taking the shape of Cyborg, the next taking shape of Robin and the fourth taking shape of Starfire.
Symbiote Doppelgangers it seemed, Talon spoke once more, "Teen Titans, meet the Talon Titans." The Teen Titans, were caught off guard, they assumed that since Talon had separated from Beast Boy that it would then be over, but it seems the alien goo had a few tricks up its sleeve.
Cyborg scoffed, "Sonic Cannon, remember?" He smirked waving the cannon back and forth in a taunting manner, Talon frowned.
"Check your batteries, Victor…" Cyborg was caught off guard, of course the thing knew his name, he reluctantly checked to see how much power he had left, and froze up.
"Well, that's not good. Guys, I ain't got enough power to shoot all of 'em."
Beast Boy's eyes lit up, "You only need one shot." The team raised eyebrows, "Look, believe it or not, I have a plan."
"Do tell." Robin responded, Beast Boy smirked before he answered.
"Plan of attack: Attack, distract 'em, get them close, they'll reform back to one again." They raised skeptical eyebrows. "Trust me, that thing bonded to me, I know this will work."
They nodded and got started, Robin attacked the Symbiote-Robin, Starfire exchanged star-bolts with Symbiote Starfire, and the Cyborg threw punches at the Symbiote Cyborg, as they tried to overpower the other, that left Beast Boy, Raven and Talon.
Talon approached, Beast Boy stood in front of Raven protectively, this made Talon stop and smirk with his head tilt to the side. "In case you can't count, Garfield. My team is one short, I need to even the odds." Beast Boy growled.
"Leave. Her. Alone…" Talon chuckled darkly, as he continued his approach once more.
"You couldn't save your parents, you couldn't save Terra, you can't even save yourself." Talon stopped about a mere metre from Beast Boy, "What makes you think you can save her." He said gesturing to Raven. Beast Boy froze up, Talon knew everything about him it seems considering the small amount of time they were bonded.
"Yes Garfield Logan, I know everything about you, and your team." His gaze fell on Raven, "Even what you know about her." Talon glared at Beast Boy, "Last chance to move, I would regret killing my host." Beast Boy stood his ground, this caused Talon to glare more. "They are right, you are foolish…"
Talon charged at Beast Boy, who had morphed into a rhino and knocked Talon a few metres away due to the impact, "Why persist?"
Beast Boy's answer was him charging again in rhino form, Talon dodged out of the way, Symbiotic claws morphing into various weapons as they fought.
Raven watched, she hated feeling helpless, fortunately for her she now understood the plan, Beast Boy got the team to distract the creatures while she regained her strength.
"He's not always foolish…" Raven whispered to herself.
The plan was working, the fights drew closer, as that occurred, the Symbiotes drew closer too, being overwhelmed they acted on instinct and fused together again, Talon obviously not happy with the results.
"NOW!" Beast Boy yelled, this was the cue for the plans next phase, Raven had gained her strength again, she opened a portal behind Talon who was still caught off guard, and Cyborg, Starfire and Robin hit Talon with whatever they could, it was pushing Talon closer to the portal.
Talon in a last ditch effect shot out a tendril which wrapped around Raven's waist, Beast Boy growled and morphed into a cheetah and ran at Talon, morphing into a gorilla when he got there to deliver a powerful punch to Talon's face, which fortunately resulted in Talon losing his grip on Raven, Beast Boy almost fell into the portal with Talon but Raven's powers had gripped Beast Boy and pulled him back as she closed said portal.
"Whoa, did we just win?" Beast Boy said out loud after a moment of awkward silence.
Raven approached with a small smile, "Yes, we did." She look at him, "That was a rather fool-proof plan wasn't it?" Beast Boy looked up at her with an eyebrow raised.
"Was that a joke?" Raven rolled her eyes, the smile still there when she answered the rhetorical question.
"Maybe." Beast Boy smiled back and Raven helped him get to his feet.
"Where'd you send Talon, anyway?" Robin asked, grateful that it was finally over.
Raven shrugged, "Anywhere but here…"
Beast Boy caught Raven off guard with a hug, she stiffened, but returned it when she heard what he whispered, "We've got to stop rescuing each other like that, Rae. But thanks."
He grinned at her with a blush, "Have I ever told you how much I love you, Rae?"
Raven blushed as she responded quietly, "Uh no, please tell."