The view shifted.
Ksch! Ksch! Ksch! Ksch!
Starfire threw starbolt after starbolt down on her target in the middle of the plaza down below. It was a large metal T-Rex, with a long razor sharp tail, sharp metal fins protruding out its back, and flamethrower breath. Yet funnily enough, it had two tiny metal arms... Which it more than made up for with its razor-sharp teeth.
"Roarrrr-" The dinosaur roared at her, barely fazed by the star bolt barrage.
Wham!
The roar was cut off as a car encased in black energy hit the dinosaur in the back of the head.
Wham! Wham! Wham!
"Roarrrrrr!"
The mechanical T Rex roared in anger as the car slammed into its face again and again. It glared down at the half-demoness wielding the car. Raven brought the car enveloped in her black ethereal energy down towards its snout again.
Crash! Chomp!
The T Rex opened its mouth, chomping down on the car. It chewed it into pieces and used its hot breath to melt them down, all while glaring at Raven. Raven's eyes widened slightly in surprise.
"Doesn't he already get enough iron in his diet?" She asked skeptically.
Kth!Kth!Kth!Kth!...
The mechanical T Rex spat out the liquid metal scrap like machine gun fire at Raven. She quickly put up a black ethereal shield to block it all. The T Rex then brought its tail back, as it readied to smack the demoness out of the air.
"Friend Raven!" Starfire shouted in warning.
"Roarrrr!" Another fierce roar sounded. The mechanical T Rex stopped and looked up. A green T Rex just as big as it came running into the view with its head lowered.
Wham!
Its large green head bowled into the mechanical T Rex, plowing it onto the center of the plaza. The mechanical T Rex struggled around on it's back. Its tail flailed behind it.
KerChomp!
The green T Rex bit down hard on the neck.
"Roarrr!" The mechanical T Rex roared in pain and fear. It tried to twist itself out of the other T Rex's grasp. Destroying a line of cars along the sidewalk in the process with its long tail. It tried breathing fire, and burned through a parked semi nearby. The green T Rex bit down tighter though. It was refusing to let go of its prey.
"Roarr!-" Kschchch!
Just as the mechanical T Rex roared again, a surge of electricity went out of the mechanical T Rex's neck. The roar cut off. It stopped moving, and it's red lit up eyes turned off. The green T Rex let go at last and raised its head up high into the air.
"Rooaarrr!" It let out a roar of victory.
The view showed Raven land down on the ground. Robin and Cyborg appeared at her sides, and Starfire settled onto the ground behind them. Finally Johnny Rancid, who had been originally fighting Robin and Cyborg, ran past them heading towards his downed pet.
"Tyran! Noooo!" Johnny yelled in misery. He got on his knees and held its limp small right arm in his hands as he mourned the loss of his pet. "You were, my most favorite pet Tyran." He said in a mournful voice.
Suddenly, his arms were forced behind him. A JCPD officer put him in shackles. "Good work Titans, we'll handle the rest of the mess from here." The officer said as he led Johnny Rancid away.
"You'll pay for this! You'll pay for killing Tyran! This isn't the last you stupid kids will hear from me!" Johnny Rancid yelled as he was led away by the officer.
The view showed Beast Boy shrink down next to the others. He clapped the dust off of his gloved hands. "Another day, another villain put away. Dude, I couldn't be more awesome if I tried." He said while posing with his hands on his hips and a grin on his face.
"Right." Raven sarcastically muttered behind him. Her face was flat.
The view shifted to Cyborg. He was also grinning and had a panel on his arm open.
"Man, that was only thirty minutes from the time of the alert to the takedown! This calls for a celebration!" Cyborg said happily.
"Oh yes, where do you recommend we do the celebrating at friend Cyborg!" Starfire said happily.
Cyborg opened his mouth to speak.
"Hold it." Robin suddenly appeared in front of Cyborg.
Krrttttt!
An anime sound like a record stopping was heard. Cyborg appeared to the side next to Starfire, along with Raven and Beast Boy.
The view shifted back to Robin. "We still have more training to do today," Robin said.
The view showed the Titans in front of Robin. All four of them groaned at the same time. "But dude, we've been training more the past few weeks than I can even remember being in the Doom Patrol!" Beast Boy said indignantly.
"Yo, my charging table is barely keeping me going as it is!" Cyborg complained.
"I'm getting tired of doing the obstacle course," Raven said tiredly.
"Yeah man. Why can't we just take some time to celebrate for once!?" Cyborg asked.
A frown came onto Robin's face. "Don't you remember? We're trying to get Adam to the point where he'll be able to join us on alerts like this one." Robin told them.
"Yeah yeah, but you know something Rob? We've been training the poor kid rugged for weeks! In fact, if you asked me, he looks like he's suffering from overtraining! Don't you think the lean bean would appreciate having a break for a change!?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah dude, I remember Mento didn't push me to be so hard to be a T Rex to start. He had me start small, and get gradually and gradually bigger to where I'm at now." Beast Boy said.
"Which still isn't much." Raven quipped beside Beast Boy dryly.
An annoyed look came onto Beast Boy's face. "I understand Beast Boy. I just don't think he's taking his training seriously enough-" Robin was saying.
"Not taking it seriously?! The dude already stays up like half the night trying to figure out how to summon his weapons while I'm playing video games. And I've seen him trying to learn to glide around the Tower among other things! It's not that he's not taking it seriously Robin! He's under so much stress to improve that he's getting worse instead of better!" Beast Boy finished, pointedly ignoring Raven's jab at him.
Robin opened his mouth to speak again. "Robin. Our friends are the right." Starfire said.
Robin looked at her in surprise. "But, but Star-" He was saying.
"Friend Adam is doing the best he can with the amnesia and other things hindering him. But he is not the warrior yet. He is only doing the starting of boot camp as your Earthly saying goes." Starfire interrupted. Her calm gaze holding Robin in place. "Continuing to push him the hard without him having the understanding of his powers will only bring him the negative, not the positive results."
Robin opened his mouth, then closed it. After a moment, he sighed. "Alright, fine, we'll forgo the rest of training for today," Robin said defeatedly
"And tomorrow?" Beast Boy asked hopefully.
Robin's eyes narrowed. "Oh, we would finally have the time to go on the Earth date tomorrow if we were to do the doing of that!" Starfire said joyfully before he could speak.
Robin looked surprised by her comment, but then considered it. "That would give me time to also tune up the T-Car. I got some upgrades to put on it that could help us out with villain alerts." Cyborg said to himself as he thought on it.
That settled it. "Alright, training is off for tomorrow too," Robin said.
"Eeehhhhh!" Starfire squealed with glee.
Cyborg clapped his hands in victory. "Alright! On to the pizzeria to celebrate!" Cyborg said.
Cyborg and Beast Boy appeared at Robin's sides, leading him down the street. "You're buying for us bird boy!" Beast Boy said happily.
"Wait, what?!" Robin asked them.
The heroines floated along behind them. Starfire giggled to herself.
The view showed the inside of the Common Room. The TV screen was on, showing the mechanical T Rex crashing down again and again onto the plaza at different angles.
"This just in. The Teen Titans have once again put the villain, known as Johnny Rancid, behind bars."
The view showed Johnny Rancid being put in a cop car. He looked to be yelling his head off at the officer. "After a short fight with the Teen Titans in the middle of downtown, Johnny Rancid was taken by JCPD officers back to jail. Where he still awaits his court trial for his last three attacks on the city-" The newslady was saying.
Click!
The TV screen suddenly showed a heart on it. "Are you wanting front row seats to the latest parade in Metropolis!? Then you need to-" An advertisement man was saying on the screen.
Click!
The TV screen showed a pair of large birds flying over a nice green forest. A series of mountains sprang up in the background. "The bald eagle, a most noble species. They are protected in-" The boring voice on the screen said.
Click!
The TV screen turned off. Showing the window facing the city.
The view shifted to show Adam leaning back on the couch. A bowl of cereal was in his lap. A very bored look was on his face.
"Figures, there's nothing good on TV," Adam said plainly as he set down the remote. He put the bowl on the table in front of him and crossed his arms. He put his right leg over his left, and his left foot started to tap on the ground.
"Where are they... I wanted to show them that I think I finally have it down now." Adam said to himself. He put his hand out in front of him...
A bronze covered bow with faded writing along the bronze handle and lightly glowing string appeared in his hand.
Adam's eyebrow went up in surprise. "This is new..." He pulled back experimentally on the string, and a lightly glowing bronze arrow appeared out of thin air notched to the string. "Whoa!" Adam let go of the string in surprise.
Kch!
The summoned arrow shattered a window to the side. "Oh, um, crap." Adam sighed and chucked the bow away, watching as it disappeared back into the air. He rubbed at his forehead like he was getting a headache. "I guess I still don't have it down then. I didn't know I could summon a bow too..." He said.
He put his face in his hands and groaned. "Why is this so hard? Why couldn't I have just been given a cheat sheet for my powers after getting amnesia?" Adam moaned to himself.
The view moved out again, showing the TV screen in front of him again.
…
After a couple of seconds, it mysteriously turned on.
"Greetings Titans!"
Adam instantly jumped up off the couch at the voice. "Who's there!?" Adam asked while looking around in surprise.
"It is I!" Suddenly, a big, large, and imposing... couch potato? Whatever it was it appeared on the floor in front of the screen. It stood tall and proud in the middle of the Titan's Common Room. Its greasy vest and equally greasy ginger hair and acne covered face were all covered in the crumbs of many many dead potato chips the ugly looking beast had preyed on.
IT gave the ceiling a major stink eye. "You're getting a complaint about my description there buster. And for the record, I'm a he, not an it." It said lowly, before getting back into its entry pose.
"Your number one nemesis!" It resumed its montage. "Beast Boy's greatest bane! The Master of Games and monsters! Your worst nightmare brought to life! I am... Control Freak!" Control Freak finished spectacularly. His eyes closed, and his body posed for gasps of shock that didn't sound.
Adam stood in his spot, looking puzzled. "Um... who are you again?" He asked.
Control Freak finally opened his eyes to look around the empty room. Empty besides the random teenager in front of him. A look of confusion, and then disappointment and anger came onto his face.
"Oh come on! Not this again!" Control Freak said, putting his arms above him in exasperation. He turned to face the ceiling. "Are you serious! You idiots just had to do the same concept from Season Five over again in a future episode! What the heck is wrong with your script writers up there!? Did they run out of ideas or something!? I have like twenty other ideas I've submitted for situations just like this!" Control Freak started to rant at the ceiling.
Adam looked even more confused. "I'm sorry, are you supposed to be some sort of villain?" Adam asked.
Control Freak looked to Adam again. "Of course I am! You probably wouldn't know how awesome a villain I am though since you're 'obviously' not familiar here." Control Freak appeared closer in the view, making air quotations. "Now where's the rest of your team?! Are you from the Titans North this time?! Is there four other heroes with you?! Are the real Teen Titans never going to be here when I'm finally able to make visits!?"
The view showed Adam again. He was about to try and answer the villain's ranting when a rolled-up sheet of paper labeled "List of Villains" appeared anime style in his hands. He unrolled the long sheet, and a pair of glasses appeared mysteriously on his face while Control Freak ranted on about how stupid this Episode was. "Let's see, Control Freak... Control Freak... Hmmm, it says here you're some sort of F-Class villain." Adam said.
Control Freak finally stopped talking. He looked offended. "Are you kidding me!? They put me, in F-Class!?" He asked incredulously.
Adam showed the paper. "Yes, F as in… failure. And it looks like they made it just for you." Adam said. The view showed on the paper the low D-Class villains of Mad Mod and Punk Rocket up above. Then below them was a small space for F-Class. Control Freak's name was the only one listed below it.
Control Freak made a face. "Now that's just not cool." Control Freak said.
Adam shrugged. The paper and glasses disappeared, and he put his hand out in front of him. A sword appeared in his hand. "Finally," Adam said, as he got in what he hoped was a good defensive stance.
Control Freak groaned. "Really, a sword appearing out of thin air. Now isn't that just a crack from Kingdom Hearts. The writer they hired to make this season is really ruining it with his original creation!"
Adam again looked confused. "Wait, Kingdom Hearts, original creation- He was asking.
A remote appeared in Control Freak's right chubby hand.
Click!
Control Freak was moved from the floor back to the TV Screen. "Sorry, not sorry to cut this little charade short. You're obviously not important, and not worth my time. So if you need me, I'm going to find the 'real' Teen Titans. Not some freaking wannabe script fill in!" Control Freak yelled before he raised the remote again. He directed a glare above him.
"Also, narrator, my hands are not chubby! And I'm not covered in potato chip crumbs! Those are 65% less fat potato chip crumbs!" He yelled at the ceiling of the screen.
Click!
Control Freak disappeared on the screen.
The view showed Adam standing in front of the couch again. Adam looked down at his sword. He looked beyond confused.
"What the fetch was that all about. Was he a villain, or some sort of weird fanboy?" Adam said.
The sword disappeared. He looked back down at his hand again… he started to shake his head. He was too weirded out by what had just happened.
"I need something else to take my mind off all of this," Adam said. He turned around and walked towards the Common Room doors.
The view faded to black.
The view showed a forked street. With a weirdly shaped pizza pizzeria in the middle.
The view zoomed in and moved to one of the tables. A young blonde waitress was approaching, holding four pizza boxes. "Here you are, Titans." She said, putting the pizza boxes on the table. "I'll be back in just a moment with your receipt." The waitress said before she continued on.
Beast Boy grabbed the top box excitedly and opened it. A grimace came onto his face. "Aw dude, why do you have to order so much dead meat on your pizzas!?" Beast Boy asked disgustingly. Before showing the quadruple meat, extra bacon pizza to the view.
Cyborg licked his lips hungrily. "Yo, if you'd just try some for once in your life," Cyborg said, grabbing the box from Beast Boy. "You'd see just how good meat can actually taste!" Cyborg finished.
Chomp! *Loud chewing sounds*
He took out a large slice and took a huge bite off it. He chewed on it loudly.
"Nice," Raven said next to Beast Boy over her book. Cyborg looked at her. "Wa's tha supoed to min?" Cyborg asked through his mouth full of pizza.
Raven glanced, then slowly put the book over her eyes. "Never mind." She said. A piece of normal cheese pizza floated behind her book, all encased in black.
Chomp!
The view showed Starfire on the opposite side of the table down a slice of mustard covered pizza with anchovies, pickles, and to top it off; chunky peanut butter.
Pschhhh!
She took a long sip from her mustard bottle. Then set it back down. "Did you want to try the slice too Robin?" She asked nicely. Holding another slice of mustard dripping pizza in front of her.
Robin looked up from his slice of pepperoni. An eyebrow went up behind his mask. "I'm good. Thanks, Starfire." He said, before taking a calm bite of his slice while pulling out his T-Comm.
Starfire shrugged. "If you the insist." She said before she downed the slice in her hand. She started to chug from her mustard bottle again.
The view showed Cyborg again. He paused on his next bite when he noticed Robin examining the screen of his communicator with a frown. "Yo Rob. Who you calling now?" Cyborg asked, before taking another monster bite from his slice.
Robin's masked eyes narrowed. "We got an alert saying there was someone else who was just in the Tower," Robin said, looking at his screen.
Cyborg opened his T-Comm. "Man, that's in the Common Room. Probably just the Tower mistaking Adam for someone else again like last week." Cyborg said, before taking another bite.
Robin frowned but then put his T-Comm away. "We'll check with Adam after this." He then tried to smile as he saw Starfire looking curiously at him. "He'd call us anyways if it was something important," Robin said. Before taking hold of Starfire's hand.
"Ooh! Look who's holding Starfire's hand in public." Beast Boy said teasingly to Robin.
Click!
Robin gave a flat look at Cyborg. "Don't tell me you seriously just took a picture of us for blackmail." He said.
Cyborg raised an eyebrow. "Yo, I don't even have my camera out man." He told him.
"Then what was that clicking sound I just heard-" Robin was asking.
At that moment, a big round pudgy sort of guy in a waiter's outfit appeared at the table. "Zorry for the wait mezuirs, but your total today will addz up to about..." The waiter pulled out a calculator anime style and put in some numbers before showing the screen. "One hundred, thirty-eight dollarz, and zeventy nine centz." The guy finished in what sounded like a very horrid Italian accent.
Cyborg's eyes went wide at that. "One hundred thirty-eight dollars! I thought we only got four pizzas!" Cyborg yelled.
The waiter pulled out a... remote?
Click!
Suddenly, before they could react, the five Titans disappeared into thin air. The waiter smiled evilly before he tore off his disguise. The view showed the massive form of Control Freak, as he chuckled to himself.
He pulled out another device from his back, which showed the Titans on five different sections of a screen. Robin in the top left. Cyborg in the top right. Beast Boy in the bottom left. Raven in the bottom right. And Starfire in the middle. All of them were frozen on the screens.
"That waz because I combined our mealz to one bill. Titanz." Control Freak said before he walked towards the doors. Grabbing the five boxes and bag on his table as he walked on. He looked absolutely giddy.
"Score!" He said excitedly.
The view changed, showing a sandbag.
Whack!
A pair of black gloves appeared, hitting it over and over again. The view moved out, showing a now sweating Adam punching the bag again and again.
Whack! Whack! Whack! Pow!
Adam gave the sandbag one last hit and leaned against the bag. A drop of sweat fell from his head onto the ground. "Okay. That should do it." Adam murmured to himself.
He stopped leaning against the sandbag and took the larger black gloves off. Showing the tight white gloves on his hands again. He rubbed his hands as he looked at the clock on the wall. It showed 6:30 on it.
Adam frowned. "That's odd, the fight was five and a half hours ago. What's taking them so long?" He said.
The view shifted, showing him from the back going towards the doors. He threw the gloves on the table next to the door just before he walked out.
He walked alone down the hallway. His hands in the pockets of his pants. "Maybe they came back while I was in the training room," Adam said to himself.
The view showed the Common Room doors. They slid open, and Adam walked in, looking around. The view showed an empty Common Room, with the sun lowering in the sky towards the east. There were no signs that the Titans had appeared since last time.
...
"I thought Johnny Rancid was only a D-Class villain..."
The view shifted, showing Adam from the back as he walked up to the glass wall window next to the one he had broken. He put a hand on the window. The view showed the blue bay and the city. The reflection of the window showed Adam's downcast face.
He let out a sigh. "I guess they're just taking a break from dealing with me… can't blame them for that since I'd want a break from myself," Adam said sadly to himself.
The view showed him from the side. Still staring out over the bay for a moment.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The main terminal started to go off, along with the klaxons on the wall. The view showed Adam turn, and then the view showed a big yellow and black T flashing on the TV screen.
"What the fetch… that isn't a villain alert." Adam said.
Adam ran up to the computer. He touched the flashing T on the keyboard, and it showed a map of the city on the screen up above. The T was shown flashing in the Jump City Park, with three other T's flashing around it.
Adam didn't look too good at that moment. He finally recognized it as the T-Comm distress beacon in the other Titan's Communicators.
"Holy fetch, the Titans are in trouble! If the Teen Titans are in trouble, what help am I going to be?! I can't even summon the weapon I want to use half the time! Not to mention I'd have to try and glide to there from the Tower since I don't have transportation! I'm fetched!" Adam said to himself as he freaked out.
After a moment, he looked back up at the window. The view showed the city in the distance over the water. Adam looked back down to the screen, where the T's were still flashing on it.
"I seriously can't help them out... can I?" He asked himself.
...
Adam took a deep breath, then let it go. His body relaxed. He looked down at his hands again.
"I might not be much help... but the least I can do is try." Adam looked up at the window again. A determined look came onto his face.
"I just hope I don't crash into the bay," Adam said before the view showed him run towards the open window and jumping out.
The view darkened.
Sorry it took a while to update. I'm preparing for going to college this Monday. It's going to be at the University of Utah! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!
Till Next Time
Allen