Hello everyone! I hope you are having a good day today as Halloween draws ever closer as I try to continue on with this story. With that said, please enjoy the chapter.
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Chapter 9: Deep Seven
It's been a week since The Puppet King took control of the Titans and not much has happened since then. Sora has spent more time hanging out with Rose and she has been doing well as far as he knows. Her father hasn't done much to her and she has been free to hang out for the past few days, though due to Sora being a Titan, they always had to cut it short, though Rose had no problem with that, just as long as she could hang out with him. Though he would always tend to notice that whenever he would tell the other Titans about where he was going, Raven's face would always contort into anger for very short moments, even though they were just long enough for Sora to notice. Sora would ask her if anything was wrong but she would always retort with, "I'm fine," or "Nothing's wrong,".
'Really wonder what's bothering her,' Sora thought to himself as he flipped through channels on the living room's TV. He already collected the seashells that he wanted to collect today and he trained with the others so now he was just relaxing. He changed the channel a couple more times when suddenly the screen went red and the alert sound rang throughout the entire tower. Sora ran up to the computer and typed away to bring up the information of the crime. Pictures of a ship and a silhouetted figure wielding a trident like weapon. Soon, the other Titans joined him.
"What's the situation?" Robin asked.
"A ship sunk in the Jump City Bay. The crew managed to escape and stated that they were transporting toxic waste out of the bay but a figure by the name of Trident sunk the ship all by himself," Sora said, reading the report.
"How did he do that?" Raven asked.
"The crew said that it looked like he was teleporting or something, though they're not entirely sure," Sora said.
"Looks like we're going underwater for this one," Robin said and Cyborg and Beast Boy celebrated at the same time, though for different reasons.
"We get to use the T-Ship!" Cyborg yelled.
"I get to be a water animal!" Beast Boy yelled and the two ran off to get ready while Robin and Starfire followed shortly after.
"Children," Raven said.
"You can't blame them. Cyborg has been working months on the T-Ship and now we get the chance to see how it works and when was the last time Beast Boy was in the water for a mission?" Sora asked.
You got a point," Raven said walking out of the room with Sora.
(Titans Tower Launching Bay)
Sora and the rest of the Titans were now seated in their own individual cockpits of the T-Sub. The ship was of course in the shape of a T and was colored orange with sliver edges. The ship had six cockpits for each Titan: Robin had the front, Cyborg had the rear, Beast Boy was in the middle, Sora was in between Robin and Beast Boy, Raven had the starboard wing, and Starfire had the port wing. The wings had two turbo hydro jets that would allow them to propel themselves through the ocean and seismic blasters for their weapon systems. Sora was buckling himself in, put on his headset, and made a final check on weapons.
"Main power online," Robin said.
"Oxygen tanks at maximum," Starfire said.
"Weapons system at the ready," Sora said.
"Defensive systems active," Raven said.
"Turbojet engines are rearing to go," Cyborg said.
"And your secret weapon is ready to rock," Beast Boy remarked proudly.
"Only time you qualify as a secret weapon is after eating a tofu bean burrito," Cyborg said, making Sora laugh.
"Excuse me, can you breathe underwater? Uh-uh," Beast Boy said.
"Actually, yes I can, thanks to a spell I learned from a friend," Sora said.
"Well, can you be any fish in the sea?" Beast Boy asked.
"I can turn into a mermaid though it takes a lot of magic to use," Sora explained.
"Beast Boy is right guys, his powers are essential to our mission," Robin stated and Beast Boy blew a raspberry at Sora and Cyborg.
"Titans! Launch!" Robin ordered and Cyborg fired up the engines
"Here we go!" Sora yelled as the ship was launched out of the bay and into the ocean, pushing Sora back into his seat. The ship flew through the ocean and came up next to a school of fish as Sora looked out of his cockpit to see hundreds of seashells on the ocean floor.
"Wow," Sora said.
"Oh, wondrous!" Starfire said in excitement.
"If you think they're cool, wait 'til you see me out there kicking butt. First, I'm going shark," Beast Boy said and Sora started to hear the sound of gnashing teeth, making him think Beast Boy was imitating a shark. The noise kept going until it suddenly stopped.
"Goodness me. I seem to have accidently switched off Beast Boy's microphone," Cyborg said in an innocent tone. Sora laughed at the action.
"Sonar contact. Sora, Beast Boy, ready to go?" Robin asked.
"As always," Sora said as he unbuckled his harness. He summons his keyblade and conjures a ball of air around his body. He gives a thumbs up to Robin and his seat starts to sink until, the floor beneath him opens and he falls to the ocean floor. He looks up to see the T-Ship and Beast Boy as a giant whale above him and he glides after them.
"I should do this more often to find better seashells," Sora said to himself. The team continued to make their way through the sea until they finally spotted the ship. Beast Boy turned into a hammerhead shark in order to go in, with Sora right behind.
"Found the ship but no cargo," Robin said.
Beast Boy and I are going in," Sora said as he went in. The T-Sub's lights were turned on so the others could see. Sora looked through the ship but could not find the cargo.
"No sign of the toxic waste. Looks like Trident already moved them. I'm gonna start looking for any type of trace that we can follow," Sora reported.
"Understood," Robin said. Sora kept looking for things that could lead them to Trident but couldn't find anything. Suddenly, Beast Boy swam past him very quickly.
"Guys, it looks like Beast Boy found something. I'm right behind him," Sora said as he glided out of the ship and saw Beast Boy chasing after a figure. Sora was about to chase after his fellow Titan when he was suddenly shot in the side by an energy blast. He looked to see a man with fish like gills wielding a trident swimming in front of him.
"Let me guess, your Trident?" Sora asked, summoning his keyblade.
"I am perfection and I am your destruction, young keyblade wielder," Trident yelled before shooting another blast at Sora, though he managed to dodge and tackled into sea thief, knocking them both into the ocean floor. Sora shook his head and looked around to see Trident attacking the T-Sub. He swam up and clashed his keyblade with Trident's trident.
"You guys get to cover. I'll hold off Trident," Sora said.
"Alright," Robin said as the T-Sub moved to cover. Sora and Trident continued to clash away at each other until Trident suddenly blasted at Sora, though he managed to knock the blast away. Sora was about to attack again when he saw that Trident disappeared again.
"Where did he?" Sora asked when he heard suddenly heard explosions coming from the T-Sub and saw that it was drowning.
"Oh no! Guys!" Sora yelled, gliding down after them. Sora was about to attack Trident again when a black and blue blur tackled into the sea thief. Sora looked to see a teenage boy wearing a blue, scaly suit and black pants; he had pure black eyes and long black hair. Seeing that the new boy was fighting Trident, Sora glided down to the T-Sub and encased it in a shield in order to keep the water out.
"This should keep you guys safe for now, though I can't hold it for long," Sora said, struggling, to keep it from falling further into the ocean depths. Suddenly, two whales come out of nowhere and saved the T-Sub by bringing it up to the top of a nearby fissure, letting Sora drop the shield. Sora looked to see Beast Boy and the newcomer somehow communicating with each other. Sora glides over to them and taps the newcomer on the shoulder. The boy turns to face him and waves of energy radiate from his forehead.
"Nice to meet you," Sora heard in his head.
"Wait, how did I hear that?" Sora asked confused.
"It's called telepathy, it's how I communicate with the animals down here, including your green friend back there," The boy said.
"I heard that," Beast Boy said.
"Well, thanks for the help. So, where did you take our friends?" Sora asked.
"Follow me," The boy said before swimming up to the fissure.
"It's called telepathy," Beast Boy said in a mocking tone.
"I heard that," The boy remarked.
"Who is this guy?" Beast Boy said angrily as he swam after the boy. Sora simply shook his head and glided after them.
(Cavern)
The T-Sub is brought up to the surface by the whales and the Titans onboard disembark to look around. Sora jumps out of the water to see Cyborg looking over the damage done while Robin, Starfire, and Raven explore the cave.
"You guys alright?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, you?" Robin asked.
"I'm fine," Sora said.
"Where are we?" Raven asked.
"My place," The boy said, being brought up to the surface by one of the whales. "I told the whales to bring you here," The boy said walking up to them.
"Okay...uh...thanks," Raven said nervously. Sora looked at Raven's face and saw that she was blushing, making him raise an eyebrow. Starfire also had a blush on her face as she thanked the boy for saving them as well.
"He saved you?" Beast Boy said as he emerged from the water. "Hel-lo? I was there too," Beast Boy stated, walking up to everybody.
"You stopped Trident from kebabbing us with that souped-up shrimp fork?!" Cyborg asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Way to go!" Robin said, copying Cyborg's tone.
"I was the one who fought Trident, where were you?" Sora said.
"Well, I was going to but..." Beast Boy said nervously.
"I'm Aqualad. Sorry about not introducing myself earlier. We Atlanteans try to keep a low profile," Aqualad said, holding out his hand.
"Good job, don't think anybody even noticed you," Beast Boy said in a sarcastic tone while shaking his hand.
"Wait, you're from Atlantis?" Sora asked and Aqualad nodded in response.
"And so is Trident," Aqualad said, walking over to a nearby computer and brought up a picture of Trident.
"He's the worst criminal in Atlantis, with an ego to match," Aqualad said.
"Funny, I've never seen or heard of him before when I went to Atlantis," Sora said.
"You've been to Atlantis?" Aqualad asked.
"Well, it might have been a different one compared to yours but that's the benefit to having a keyblade," Sora said, summoning his keyblade.
"I've heard about keyblade wielders. They travel to different worlds or different earths and either protect the light or serve the darkness," Aqualad said and the other Titans looked at Sora in shock, who looked away with a nervous smile.
"Well, I serve the light," Sora said, making the keyblade disappear.
"Anyway, Trident claims he's perfect in every way, so he thinks he can do whatever he wants," Aqualad said.
"So, then what does he want with all that toxic waste?" Robin asked.
"Whatever it is, it'll be bad for both our worlds. He's also gained this new kind of power, where he can be in multiple places at once," Aqualad explained.
"Yeah, while I was fighting him, it seemed he would disappear and attack the ship," Sora said.
"Since we're going after the same guy, why don't we help each other out?" Aqualad offered. Suddenly, Beast Boy moved in front of everybody and started pushing the Titans away.
"Whoa hey, no, we're good. We got the whole Trident thing under control. Besides, I'm pretty sure there's a school of minnows somewhere that need your-" Beast Boy said but Robin stopped him by dragging him to a group conversation.
"We're at the bottom of the ocean," Raven said.
"Our sub's swiss cheese," Cyborg stated.
"And we cannot breathe under water," Starfire added.
"And we don't have many options left either," Sora said.
"We'll take any help you can give us," Robin said to Aqualad. The Atlantean nodded in response.
"Hey Tramm!" He yelled over to a nearby clamshell. The clamshell opened and out came a short reptilian humanoid with a backpack came out and ran over to Aqualad, who kneeled down to him.
"Want to give these people a hand with their sub?" Aqualad asked and Tramm said something in his own language and ran over to the sub.
"While he's helping you, I'll track down Trident," Aqualad said walking over to the water edge, when suddenly Beast Boy runs up to him and pushes him back.
"You mean I'll track down Trident," Beast Boy said.
"That's okay, I can handle it," Aqualad retorted. Eventually, the two started fighting over who would go until Sora and Robin broke them apart.
"Whay don't you both go?" Robin said.
"I usually work alone," Aqualad said.
"Yeah. Me too," Beast Boy said.
"You do not! You're part of a team!" Aqualad yelled.
"And you hang out with Tramm the fish-boy! What's your point?!" Beast Boy countered.
"Enough! You too arguing is not going to solve anything! Now go and search, both of you," Sora said and after they glared at each other for a little bit, they both dove into the water. Robin shook his head and sighed in response.
"I'll go with them, make sure they don't kill each other," Sora said casting another air spell on himself.
"Be careful," Robin said. Sora nodded and jumped into the water, following Aqualad and Beast Boy.
(Meanwhile, back at the Tower)
"I still don't see why I have to do this," Ravager said to her father through an earphone. She was currently making her way through the Titans Tower's air vents to the computer room. Her mission, as her father put it, was to see what information the Titans had on him and learn more about them as well. Before she got in, she made sure to disable the security system for a couple of hours so she wouldn't be discovered or shot at by the security turrets. She finally made it to an air duct, kicked it open, and dropped down into the living room.
"I cannot show my face yet and my robots wouldn't exactly work in this situation, so you are the best option, Ravager," Slade responded. Rose rolled her eyes and walked up to the computer.
"Alright, I'm at the computer," Rose said.
"Now, look for any information the Titans may have on me. I want to know what they might have," Slade said and Rose managed to access the files the Titans had on their criminals. She opened the document titled "Slade" and saw that the only thing they had on him was his name and his vast intelligence.
"They don't have much on you, father. Just your name," Rose said.
"Check Robin's room. He might have something that he keeps to himself," Slade responded. Rose started to make her way to Robin's room when she passed Sora's room. Curious, she opened the door and looked around. She saw a bunch of seashells, some books, a toy ship that was strung up and a desk with a picture of Sora and the Titans standing before the Tower. She also saw that most of the seashells were being strung together and each had their own color to them. She kept looking until she saw a few sliver seashells on the desk as well and picked one up.
'Like my hair,' Rose thought to herself and a smile grew on her face.
"Ravager, what have you found?" Slade suddenly said, breaking her out of her thoughts.
"I-I'm still looking," Rose said. She took one last look at the shells before walking out of Sora's room and into Robin's room. She looked around but only found newspapers clippings of her father's actions.
"Nothing, again they only know your name," Rose reported.
"I see, come back to the lair immediately," Slade said. Rose made her way back to the air duct but not before taking one of the sliver seashells from Sora's room with her.
(Meanwhile, back under water)
Sora jumped out of the water into another cavern. He, Aqualad, and Beast Boy got separated after all three of them believed to have seen Trident. Sora managed to defeat Trident and break his trident and he went to meet up with the other heroes. He walked around for a little bit when he saw the two arguing again.
"Okay dude. What is your problem?!" Beast Boy yelled as he tried to hit Aqualad but the Atlantean stopped him by simply holding his head with his hand.
"What is your problem? We're supposed to be on the same side but you treat me like an enemy," Aqualad said.
"I don't need you on my side! This was my mission until you showed up! You think you're so cool, but I've got a news flash for you. You're not better than me!" Beast Boy yelled in Aqualad's face.
"Beast Boy!" Sora yelled and Beast Boy nervously turned to face him.
"When did this mission suddenly become all about you?" Sora asked.
"This was my chance to prove I'm the best but then Mr. Perfect over here came in and ruined it," Beast Boy said, gesturing at Aqualad.
"When did he tell you that he was perfect?" Sora asked.
"Well...he...uh," Beast Boy said nervously.
"I'm not perfect and I don't think I'm better than you," Aqualad spoke up.
"You don't?" Beast Boy said stunned.
"Who cares at who's better right now, BB?! All that matters right now is stopping Trident, so lock down your pride and let's work together to get this done," Sora said as he and Aqualad started looking around the cavern.
"Sora! Aqualad! What if there's more than one Trident?" Beast Boy asked.
"What? How could there be-?" Sora asked.
"I know, but what if there is? If he found a way to copy himself? That way he could be in two places at once? Instead of one, there'd be..." Beast Boy explained but stopped when a yellow glob of slime fell from the ceiling and landed in front of the three heroes. The three looked up to see thousands of yellow sacs suspended on the ceiling, each sac containing a clone of Trident.
"Oh, no," Sora said.
"One Trident is bad..." Aqualad said.
"But this is..." Beast Boy continued. They turned around to see a giant group of Trident clones standing before them.
"An army!" The clones said all together. The army charged at the three heroes but they managed to hold them off. Sora slashed away two clones until he saw a bunch of them charging at him, so he cast a small Tornado spell and sent it at the clones. The mini tornado sucked up the clones and spun them around for a few minutes before tossing them into other clones. He blasted a few more clones away with a blizzard spell until he was suddenly slashed by a trident and flung next to Beast Boy and Aqualad. Sora gets up to see the computer screen behind him say "Hatching Sequence Beginning."
"Not good," Sora said. He turned to see the clones cornering the three heroes next to the computer.
"My brilliant plan is already a success," a clone said.
"If one of me is perfect..." a clone said.
"...why not make more?" another clone continued.
"You can never have too much of a good thing," one clone stated.
"Once my army conquers Atlantis..." a clone said.
"...I will declare war on the surface world! Everyone on the planet will bow down before me..." a clone stated.
"...and praise my perfection!" The clones said all together.
"Any ideas, guys?" Sora asked.
"Just one. Try to keep up," Beast Boy said. "So, if you're all perfect, which one of you is the best?" Beast Boy asked the clones.
"I am!" The clones all yelled at once but all turned to face each other in confusion.
"I mean one of you has to be the original and he has to be the best out of all of you," Sora spoke up. Eventually, the clones started arguing with each other and started fighting each other. When it's over, the clones are all sprawled on the ground dazed or knocked out.
"Great idea," Aqualad said.
"Got it from you," Beast Boy said.
"Alright, let's try and stop the clones from hatching," Sora said as he turned towards the computer but his eyes widened when he saw the computer say "Begin Hatching,".
"Too Late!" The three heroes said. They looked up to see the new clones breaking out of the sacs and charging at them. Sora glided over them while also freezing them with a Blizzaga spell. He, Aqualad, and Beast Boy made it to the water way and jumped in but not before Sora froze the opening.
"That ice won't hold them forever. We've got to seal the exit," Sora said.
"Right now, I just want to get to the exit," Beast Boy said. The three continued to swim and made it to the exit but Sora saw the clones were right behind them. Sora was about to summon his keyblade when he heard a noise behind him and he turned to see the T-Sub, fully repaired, shoot at the top of the cave opening. The rubble covered the opening and sealed all the clones inside.
"All right," Sora exclaimed while the other Titans celebrated as well.
(Later, in Jump City)
"So, Trident didn't have any special powers, he just had a bunch of clones?" Rose asked Sora as they walked through the Jump City park as the sun started to set.
"Yeah, that's what he was using the toxic waste for, to make more clones," Sora said.
"Yeesh, talk about an ego boost. So, how did you stop him?" Rose asked.
"Well, Trident loved himself, so we decided to trap him in the cavern where he made his clones so that he could spend a long time with them," Sora said.
"And after that, you made this Aqualad an honorary Titan?" Rose asked.
"Yeah, he seemed like a good ally to have and helpful too," Sora said as the two walked up to the water fountain.
"So, how was your day?" Sora asked.
"Oh, it was good. My dad had me do a little errand for him today. He needed me to pick up some info that he needed for a project that he's working on," Rose said.
"What is he working on?" Sora said.
"I'm not entirely sure, he hasn't told me yet," Rose said.
"I hope he wasn't too hard on you today," Sora said.
"No, he was okay, just his usual self," Rose said but then paused for a little bit. "Sora..." Rose said.
"Yeah?" He said.
"I wanted to tell you that I'm going to be busy for a little bit helping my dad with his project so I won't be able to hang out with you for a while," Rose said.
"Okay, I can wait. Just promise me that you'll be safe," Sora said.
"I promise. And Sora..." Rose said and hugged Sora. "Thank you for being my friend," Rose said and Sora hugged her back.
(Later back at the Tower)
Sora entered his room and took off his jacket and shoes. It's been a really long day and now was a good time to relax. He was happy that Rose was doing better than before and he hoped that she would be safe with her father. Wanting to get some work done, he sat down at his desk and was about to start working on his seashells when he noticed something. He saw only two sliver seashells on his desk.
"Strange. I thought I collected three," He said to himself.
"Must've miscounted. Guess I'll have to find two more for Rose," Sora said as he got to work on them.
And that's it. So, the reason I called it Deep Seven instead of Deep Six is because since Sora is there, its seven heroes instead of six. I also wanted to include more Sora and Rose into this. Now onto the reviews:
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Thank you guys for reading, reviewing, and favoring. I am so thankful for the ideas, suggestions and advice you guys give me. The next chapter will be like an episode that focuses on Sora. Until then, have a great day guys. Peace.
