Hello everyone! Welcome to the final chapter of season 1. So, after this chapter, I'm going to take a little break from this story to focus on my other stories and ideas. With that said, let's get on with the story!
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Chapter 15: The Apprentice Part 2
Sora and Robin were currently standing in front of Slade, who was seated in his throne, as a screen turned on revealing a device.
"I have a mission for you two," Slade said as a red and black laser like device appeared on screen. "It is known as a Thermal Blaster and it is located in a building in the Tech Sector. I want you to bring it to me," Slade said.
"What's so important about this blaster?" Sora asked.
"It is an accessory that I want to add to Robin's equipment. The Titans will most likely appear as well so not a word spoken to them or," Slade said as the bloodstreams of the Titans appeared on screen. Then a spotlight turned on and Sora looked to see Rose tied up in a display box made of glass and she was passed out.
"I suggest you go get ready," Slade said in a sarcastic tone. Sora and Robin glared at Slade before stomping away.
(Later, in the Tech Sector)
Sora and Robin were looking down at the building that held the Thermal Blaster from a nearby rooftop. The building had an observation deck that was set underneath the roof with a walkway that led into the building.
"Let's make this quick," Robin said as he jumped down and free fell to the building. Sora put his hood on and glided after him as the two head towards the building. Robin lands on the roof and enters through a nearby panel with Sora right behind him. The two crawled through the shafts when they make it to the lab and kick a panel out, letting them drop down quietly.
"Over there," Sora said as he pointed towards a glass storage vessel that held the Thermal Blaster. Sora shoots a beam from his keyblade which cut through the glass allowing them to grab the blaster. Suddenly, the door to the lab is busted in a burst of smoke and guards rush in with rifles at the ready.
"They've stolen the Thermal Blaster. Stop them!" The guards yelled as they started shooting at the two thieves. Sora and Robin ran out of the lab outside of the building all the while dodging the blasts before the two somersaulted and jumped up to the roof to avoid the guards. Once they left, the two jumped down and started to walk away.
"Freeze!" They suddenly heard. They looked to see Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy surrounding them. Seeing no other way, the two ran down the walkway with the Titans in hot pursuit. The two ran until they eventually came to the end of the walkway and they turned to face the Titans as the light from the moon shifted to reveal who they were and the Titans froze in shock.
"That's..." Beast Boy said.
"Robin," Starfire replied.
"and Sora," Raven finished. A silence fell over the six as the Titans took in the sight they were seeing while Sora and Robin remained silent due to Slade's orders. Raven and Starfire floated ahead of the other Titans.
"Guys, what's going on? Why are you..." Raven said but suddenly Sora unleashed a powerful gust of wind towards Raven, pushing her back while Robin threw a device with Slade's symbol on it that exploded in a green flash at Starfire, knocking her back.
"What is your deal?" Beast Boy asked.
"Not a word. They're not your friends anymore," Slade's voice said in Sora and Robin's ear via earpiece. The four Titans recovered and charged at the two but Sora shoots a firaga spell at the bridge while Robin did the same with the Thermal Blaster, causing an explosion, allowing Robin and Sora to escape by jumping from the edge of the walkway. Raven used her powers to push the smoke away only to see Robin and Sora gone.
"Sora..." Raven said in a sad tone.
(Back at Slade's lair)
Sora and Robin walked under a lit spotlight with Robin holding the Blaster.
"Excellent Robin and Sora. I truly am pleased. You two are already proving to be the perfect apprentices," Slade's voice said.
"This deal won't last forever," Sora retorted.
"It can and it will," Slade said as the screens turned on again, showing the Titans' status.
"The Titans still have no idea that my detonator was more than a decoy. Now that my probes are inside their bodies, they could remain undetected for years, decades even," Slade said as he walked out of the darkness in front of the screens.
"Unless of course, you disobey me and I decide to destroy your former friends along with Ravager with a push of the button," Slade said, holding up the trigger attached to his wrists.
"One day, your gonna let your guard down and we are going to get those triggers and once everyone is out of danger, I'm going to put you through the exact same pain you did to everyone else," Sora said angrily. Slade walks past them as he grabs the blaster from Robin's hand.
"That sounds like a threat young man. Quite a good threat, honestly. Betrayal, destruction, revenge. We really do think alike," Slade retorted. Sora and Robin gritted their teeth in anger and the two charged at Slade with fists at the ready but the masked man easily grabs their arms and bends them in a sharp turn, almost close to breaking them, making the two boys grimace in pain.
"I monitored your vital signs during the mission. Elevated heart rate, adrenaline, endorphins. You won't admit it but at some level, you enjoyed stealing for me. It was a thrill, wasn't it?" Slade asked as he released their arms. Slade walks over to a nearby table and modified the Blaster to make it into an arm cannon.
"You're going to keep stealing for me and you're going to keep getting that thrill. And sooner or later, you will see things my way," Slade said as he grabs Robin's arm and clamps the blaster onto his wrist.
"Who knows? I might even become like a father to you," Slade said.
"I already have a father," Robin said as he walks away to his own room. Sora looks up to see a flock of bats fly out of an opening and into the night. Slade suddenly walks up to Sora.
"Then I guess that just leaves you Sora. Don't worry, we'll discover the secrets of the keyblade together," Slade said as he placed his hand on the boy's shoulder, though he quickly pulled away from him.
"You will never be my father!" Sora yelled.
"I'd be a better father than the one you had. A man who was too wrapped up in his work to focus on his own son is easy to replace. How can you defend him?" Slade asked. Sora walked passed Slade and up to Rose's display box and placed his hand on it.
"I'm not defending him but any man who subjects his own daughter to this kind of pain and suffering is no father of mine," Sora said as he walked away and to his own quarters. His room had all the necessary things: a bed, a laptop, a bathroom and a closet but to Sora it still felt empty. He took his hood off and sat down on the bed.
"How are we going to get out of this one?" he asked himself.
(Meanwhile, at Titan's Tower)
"Okay, the way I see it, there are only two logical explanations: One, Robin and Sora have been replaced with evil robot doubles or Two, they're innocent victims of zombie mind control," Beast Boy tried to assume. Raven was sadly looking out the window while Starfire was standing next to the kitchen and Cyborg was sitting on the couch, listening to Beast Boy's rambling.
"As logical as they sound, nothing was controlling their minds, I would've felt it," Raven said in a sad tone.
"And my scanners confirmed his biometrics. That was Sora and Robin," Cyborg said.
"Lies!" Starfire suddenly yelled, drawing everyone's attention. "Your scanners are wrong! Robin and Sora are our friends and nothing could ever make them betray us! Nothing," Starfire said.
"But something did," Raven said sadly.
"Three words: Disgruntled radioactive clone," Beast Boy suddenly said. Raven, tired of the green changeling, grabbed him with her powers and tossed him into a nearby wall.
"No matter what reason, no matter how much we wish it wasn't true, Robin and Sora are criminals now and just like any other criminal-," Raven said.
"The Teen Titans have to bring them down," Cyborg finished causing a lone tear to escape from Raven's eye.
"I have to meditate," Raven said as she walked away from the Titans and into her room. Once she got in, she dropped onto her bed and started crying to herself. She didn't want to believe that Sora would do this but she read his mind, nothing was controlling him or making him do anything, it was all him and Cyborg's readings never lied either. At the very least, something or someone must be forcing him to do the things. If only she could talk to him. Her eyes opened wide in shock, why didn't she think of that earlier? She got up from her bed and went to grab Sora's communicator but stopped and instead grabbed the seashell Sora gave to her the first time they met. She sat down on her bed crisscrossed while holding the shell in both hands and she closed her eyes.
"Sora, where are you?" She asked as she felt her astral form fly from her body and over the city. Using the shell's energy as a guide, her astral form flew all across the city until it went underground and found itself in a room where Sora was sitting on a bed. Back in her body, she opened her eyes to see an astral projection of Sora on his bed.
"Sora?!" Raven asked. Sora rose his head as if he heard something and got up from his bed and walked away, making the projection disappear.
"Sora, what are you doing?" Raven asked as she looked down at the shell. Suddenly, the alarms went off and she ran out of her room.
(Later)
Sora and Robin broke into another building to steal another device for Slade. The building belonged to a man known as Bruce Wayne, one of the richest men in the world. The two used the panels again to sneak in before blowing the door that led to the device away. The two walked up to the device to see it was red and black with spikes at the top. They were about to grab it when they once again heard a familiar voice.
"You're not walking out of here guys, not without a fight," Cyborg said with the rest of the Titans behind him. Sora and Robin charged at the Titans while they did the same, however, before an attack was thrown, Sora and Robin jumped pass the Titans and kicked through another panel through the ceiling. The two made their way to the roof where a huge sign that read Wayne Enterprises stood. Sora kicks the panel open as the two jump onto the roof and start running.
"Not so fast you two. You have yet to achieve your objective," Slade said.
"The device was two guarded this time. We'll have to get it another-" Sora said.
"NO!" Slade yelled forcing Sora and Robin to stop. "Go back. Unless you want me to destroy them, go back and fight," Slade said.
"Guys!" They hear and they look across the roof to see the Titans standing there. "Look, I don't know what's going on but we don't want to fight, we just want to talk," Cyborg said. Robin and Sora sadly look at each other as Robin jumps into the air and kicks Cyborg away. Beast Boy cracks his knuckles as he turns into a gorilla and charges at Sora. Sora dodges out of the way from Beast Boy's attacks until he freezes Beast Boy's arm to the ground. He then kicks him in the head knocking him to the ground. Before he could get up, Sora freezes his arms and legs to the roof. Suddenly, Cyborg rushes in and throws a punch at Sora though he moves out of the and he starts striking at Cyborg with his keyblade.
"Sora, don't make me do this to ya man, please," Cyborg said as he armed his cannon.
'Sorry Cy,' Sora thought to himself and launched a Thunder spell at Cyborg, knocking him back and disorienting him. Sora looks to see Starfire flying there staying out of the way, Raven was fighting Robin and Beast Boy managed to free himself from the ice and turned into a bighorn sheep and charged at Robin. Sora quickly pushed Robin out of the way and took the hit himself, knocking him over the edge of the roof. Everyone stopped what they were doing and Beast Boy ran to the edge.
"Sora?! Are you okay?" Beast Boy said. However, Sora suddenly popped back over the edge and kicked Beast Boy into Cyborg knocking them both down. Robin landed next to Sora as both sides took a breath.
"Fight to win, use the Thermal Blaster," Slade said. Suddenly, Raven floated into the air and cast a spell that lifted Robin and Sora into the air and binded them from neck to knees. Robin quickly threw a flashbang at Raven, breaking her concentration and making her fall to the ground. Robin went to go fight Cyborg while Sora fought Beast Boy, who was now a sabretooth tiger. Beast Boy roared at him before charging at him, though Sora managed to hold him back with his keyblade. He pushed him off when he saw Cyborg fire his cannon and the blast was heading right for them, so he moved out of the way and Beast Boy took the blast. Sora landed on top of the sign and started to make his way out of the fight.
"Stop!" He heard and he looked to see Raven floating in front of him with her magic at the ready. "Don't make me do this Sora, please," Raven said.
"What are you waiting for Sora, attack now!" Slade ordered. Sora reluctantly raised his keyblade and readied his own magic. The two had a standoff with each one wondering who was going to attack first. Raven looked like she was about to first when suddenly Sora's eyes softened and he put his keyblade down.
"I-I can't. I can't hurt my friends," Sora said. Suddenly a loud shrill of feedback comes from the earpiece as Sora holds his ear in pain.
"Sora! I gave you an order. If you won't attack, my probes will," Slade said. Suddenly, Raven gasps in pain as her entire being starts glowing an orange-reddish color as she starts twitching in agony. She suddenly starts falling but Sora manages to catch her. He looks around to see Cyborg and Beast Boy falling to the ground and he looked to the other side to see Robin holding Starfire.
"Stop! Please stop this!" Sora yelled as he held Raven.
"Attack boys. It's your only way to save them. Attack with everything you have," Slade said. Sora looked at his predicament. He hated hurting his friends or seeing them in pain and this entire situation revolved around them getting hurt. He didn't want his friends getting hurt but he rather be the one doing the pain instead of someone else like Slade. So, in an act of mercy, he placed Raven on the ground.
"Sora," Raven painfully groaned out.
"I'm sorry Rae," Sora said before shooting her with a light beam, knocking her out for a little bit.
"Well done boys," Slade said. Sora looked over to see that Robin has done the same with Starfire. The two walked towards each other and sat down next to each other.
"We should get out of here now," Robin said.
"Too late," Sora as he pointed at the Titans as they all woke up. Raven and Starfire floated down next to them. They waited for a little bit until they leapt over the sign and attacked again. Robin used the blaster to split them up, leaving Sora to fight Cyborg and Starfire while Robin fought Beast Boy and Raven. He managed to kick Cyborg when Starfire suddenly blasted at him, making him fly up into the air. Not wanting to hurt anyone else, he trapped Star in a Gravity spell, forcing her to the ground. Suddenly he feels something land on him and he looks down to see Beast Boy as a green monkey, who started scurrying around him. He quickly grabbed Beast Boy and tossed him aside when Starfire came in to tackle him, he dodged out of the way. He stood next to Robin on the roof's edge as the Titans regrouped. He looked over at Robin to see that the Thermal Blaster was no longer there. The two nodded in agreement as Robin throws five explosive discs at the Titans who move out of the way. The discs hit the A of the sign as they detonate, destroying it and bringing the Y down as well, giving Sora and Robin enough time to escape. When everything calmed down, the Titans regrouped to see the Y and A in Wayne have fallen.
"Everybody okay?" Cyborg asked.
"Uh, I know where Robin and Sora got that heat ray but where did they that little glowy hurty trick?" Beast Boy asked.
"That wasn't Sora or Robin. Slade must've found a new way to hurt us," Raven said.
(Later)
"Thrilling," Slade said as he watched the fight between Sora and Robin against the Titans on repeat.
"My apprentices are progressing even faster than I hoped. All they needed was a little motivation," Slade said. Suddenly, a hand grabs his wrist and he looked up to see Robin standing in front of him.
"Motivate THIS!" Robin screams as he goes for a punch which Slade easily catches. After staring at each other for a little bit, Slade throws Robin to the side, though he lands in a crouch next to Sora who had his keyblade out and was glaring at him in anger. Slade stands up from his throne as he flexes his fingers and walks up to them.
"Robin, Sora. That was vicious, dishonorable, and ruthless. Excellent work. You're becoming more like me every second," Slade said as he suddenly turned around and threw an object at Sora, which attached to his chest and suddenly electricity coursed through his body. He fell to his knees as he shouted in pain.
"Sora?! What did you do to him?" Robin asked.
"Just gave him a little incentive. Now Sora, attack," Slade said.
"What-" Robin asked when he was suddenly blasted in the chest and he was sent flying across the room. He looked up to see Sora standing before him with keyblade at the ready.
"Sora, what are you doing?" Robin asked. Sora didn't say anything as he charged at Robin and slashed at him furiously, though he managed to dodge the strikes. Sora managed to knock Robin's feet out from under him and kicked him away. Before he could get up, Sora placed Robin in a chokehold with the keyblade. Robin struggles for a little bit until he manages to bring his foot up and kicks Sora directly in the face, staggering the boy.
"Sora, snap out of it. It's me Robin...your friend," Robin said as he held out his hand to the controlled boy. Sora looked up in consideration as he went to grab Robin's hand but instead, he grabbed his wrist and threw him up into the overhead machinery. Luckily, he managed to grab crankshaft. He starts walking through the gears as smoke flies everywhere. Suddenly, one of the gears turn and he looks to see Sora step off of it.
"Sora come on. I know your stronger than him. You gotta break his hold on you," Robin said. Sora again did not respond as he advanced on Robin.
"Okay, I'm going to have to do it the old-fashioned way," Robin said as he broke off a nearby lever and spun it around like a staff. Sora summoned his keyblade in response. Steam flies as the two friends clash as Sora swings at Robin though he manages to block it. Robin tries to hit Sora in the head but he dodges out of the way and forces Robin to back up to a steel pipe. Sora tries to stab Robin but he jumps out of the way and the keyblade stabs into the steel pipe instead. Robin lands on top of the keyblade and bashes Sora away. Steam flies all over the place from the pipe as Robin looks for Sora when suddenly the keyblade disappears and Sora emerges from the smoke and tries to strike at Robin, who once again jumps out of the way and lands on another pipe. Robin looks around for Sora when suddenly he is blasted by a blast of light and lands on a nearby gear. Robin groans for a little bit when he looks up to see Sora jumping straight for him with keyblade at the ready. He quickly moves out of the way as the keyblade stabs into where he was earlier. Robin takes the moment to kick Sora in the face, staggering him again when Robin once again kicks him, knocking Sora off the gear and fall to the ground. Robin lands next to him and pulls the Slade disc off of Sora's chest. Sora groans as Robin helped him up.
"Robin?! I'm sorry," Sora said.
"It's alright. As long as your back," Robin said. Suddenly, Slade walked in front of them with his arms behind his back. Sora walked up to him and pulled the S off of his shirt.
"You won't ever do that again," Sora said as he threw the S towards Slade's feet. Slade's fist tightens as he attacks Sora who moves out of the way when goes for a kick but Slade easily catches it and throws Sora into Robin, knocking them both to the ground.
"If the Titans are so distracting for you, maybe I should just get rid of them," Slade said as he readies to activate the probes.
"No don't. We'll...do whatever you say," Sora says as he and Robin look down in surrender.
"Good. And, from now on, I'd like for you to call me master," Slade said when he was blasted to the side by a starbolt. They looked over to see the Titans standing at the entrance of the lair.
"Leave them alone," Raven said.
"Robin, Sora attack!" Slade ordered.
"Guys get out of here. Those beams over there will-" Sora said gesturing to the device to his right that implanted the probes earlier.
"We know Sora and we don't care," Raven said.
"We are your friends. We are not leaving without you," Starfire said. The Titans tensed up when they saw Slade walk up behind Robin and Sora.
"How touching. But Sora and Robin don't need friends," Slade said as he activated the probes. The Titans all started to glow orange as they fell to their knees in pain.
"This is the price of disobedience, boys. Now do as I command, attack or must I add more incentive," Slade said as he pressed the button to activate Rose's implant. Sora looked over at her display box as she started screaming in pain. Sora and Robin looked at everyone and soon turned to the device. They looked at each other in agreement.
"No," They said as they both ran for the device and placed their hands on it. The two groaned in pain as they place both of their hands on the device as they felt the probes enter their bloodstream. They held on for a little bit longer until they were blown off it as the device exploded. Slade looked in deep shock as two more screens came on with Sora and Robin's names on them. The two apprentices stood up slowly as they glowed orange as well as they slowly marched up in front of Slade.
"New deal Slade. If we lose our friends, you lose your apprentices. And I know how you hate to lose," Robin said as he fell to the ground.
"One more thing, are you really going to risk losing your daughter, your own flesh and blood, over us?" Sora said as he too fell to the ground. Slade looked down at his infected apprentices, the Titans and Rose until he finally came to a conclusion. He removed the trigger to the probes as it malfunctioned along with the trigger to Rose's implant. Sora and Robin looked got up to see the orange glow gone. They looked up to see Slade trying to kick them but Robin caught it and punched the masked man away.
"Titans Go!" Sora and Robin yelled at the same time as the Titans all charged at Slade. Beast Boy, who was a tiger, slashed at Slade with his claws, cutting through his stomach armor. Cyborg and Starfire bombard him with projectiles, making him tumble to the ground, covered in burn marks. Raven and Sora each launch a blast of light and dark energy at him, causing him to fly into a nearby wall. Finally, Sora and Robin each go in for a strike to the face as they hit Slade together. Sora looks to see cracks form across the Slade's mask and as he falls, half of the mask breaks away. Slade quickly puts up a hand to cover his unmasked face as he runs over to a nearby device.
"Another day boys," Slade said as he activated the device. "Another day," Slade remarked as the lights suddenly went dark and turned red as the whole base started falling apart. Robin looked to see Slade has disappeared as the Titans all ran for the exit.
"Rose!" Sora yelled as he ran to her box and broke the glass. He pulled her out and carried her to the exit as the base crumbled away.
(Next Morning in Titans Tower)
Sora and Robin were back in their outfits as they and the Titans watched Cyborg clear out the rest of the probes from their bloodstreams.
"That's it y'all. The Teen Titans are officially probe-free!" Cyborg said as Beast Boy started dancing around in celebration.
"And Rose's implant?" Sora asked. Cyborg opened his hand to reveal the small circular device sitting in his palm.
"Cleanly removed and secured. Slade will never have control over her again," Cyborg said.
"Um, I know this isn't really my style but we just kicked Slade's butt. Shouldn't we celebrate?" Raven asked and Robin, Sora, and Cyborg looked at her in shock. Beast Boy and Cyborg suddenly smiled in response as they dragged Raven over to the kitchen. Sora smiled as he watched eggs and waffles fly all over the kitchen as he walked out of the room towards the medical room. As the door opened, he looked in to see Rose slowly trying to get up from the bed she was on.
"Rose? What are you doing?" Sora asked as he ran in and tried to push her back onto the bed.
"Sora? W-where am I?" Rose asked scared.
"You're in the Tower. We had to get that implant out of you so Slade couldn't find you again," Sora said. Rose walked over to a nearby mirror to see a clean scar on her neck.
"I-its gone?" Rose asked and Sora nodded.
"You're free to do whatever you want to do now Rose. Slade won't ever hurt you again," Sora said.
"He'll come back. He's not one to give up so easily," Rose said.
"Then we'll stop him again. No matter how many times he comes back, we'll be there to put an end to his plans," Sora said. Rose nodded as she put her boots on.
"I-I should get going," Rose said but Sora grabbed her arm.
"Rose. You don't have to leave. You can stay here with us, be a Titan," Sora said as he placed a communicator in her hand. She looked down at the communicator in thought.
"I... appreciate what you're doing for me Sora but I don't know if I'm ready to be a Titan yet," Rose said as she held out the communicator to Sora. Sora sighed before he placed Rose's other hand over the communicator.
"At least hold on to it so we can talk," Sora said smiling with Rose smiling back. "Where will you go?" Sora asked. She shrugged.
"Wherever the road takes me. Don't worry, I'll come back and we'll see if I become a Titan," Rose said. Sora smiled when suddenly, Rose embraced him in a hug.
"Thank you, Sora. For everything," Rose said with tears forming in her eyes. Sora returned the hug.
"Your welcome Rose. I'm glad to have met you," Sora responded. The two stood there hugging each for a while until Rose broke away and kissed Sora on the cheek. She wiped her tears before exiting the room. Sora placed a hand on his cheek as he walked out the room to see Rose gone.
"Sora!" He heard and he turned to see Raven walk up to him.
"Oh hey," Sora said.
"Are you alright?" She asked.
"Y-yeah it's just... Rose took off," Sora said.
"What? Where did she go?" Raven asked.
"Just off on her own. Don't worry, I gave her a communicator so I could keep talking to her," Sora said.
"Are you sure we could trust her?" Raven asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Sora said.
"Okay, well breakfast is ready if you wanna come eat?" Raven asked.
"Oh sure," Sora said as the two walked down the hall.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Raven said as she held out a communicator. "I believe this is yours," Raven said. Sora took it from her hands and looked at it.
"Thanks Raven," Sora said as he pocketed it.
"I'm glad that you're back, Sora," Raven said as she hugged him. Sora hugged her back.
"Me too Rae. Me too," Sora said.
And that's it. So I'm going to take a little break from this story since this is the end of season 1 so that I can focus on other stories. Now onto the reviews:
Foxchick1: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Xytan: That was my plan. Hope you liked it.
Guest1: I could and I'll see how I can work that scene in.
Guest2: I know! I cannot wait for that game to come out!
Guest3: It happens after Dream Drop Distance where Sora goes off to train on his own.
Guest4: I'll have to learn more about him before I could add him in.
Guest5: I'll do my best on that episode.
Khy Dragon: Yes there is.
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