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Chapter 19: Only Human
It was midday in Jump City as the waves crashed on the island of Titans Tower. Not much was happening today in the city so the Titans decided to take the time to train.
Though they couldn't use the one outside since they were still repairing it from Terra's run. So, they were using the course inside.
Each Titan were doing their own personal training: Robin was punching a dummy in order to help with his martial arts, Starfire was tangling with some robots in the air, Sora was battling with holographic enemies, Beast Boy was running on a treadmill while he changed between animals, Raven was meditating while lifting three pillars around her, and Cyborg was lifting a giant sled while the machine added more weight to it. While the Titans were training, Stitch was next to the computer operating the machines while he cleaned up any mess the Titans made.
After Terra left, Sora made it his mission to make sure that his anti-form never got out. He always made sure to leave an area whenever something stressful came up and to keep his anger in check whenever they fought an annoying criminal. While he was sad to see Terra go, he was at least grateful to her for not telling the Titans his secret. So far, he hasn't seen or heard his Anti-form for a while so he seemed to be doing alright with it. He slashed another hologram enemy away before dodging a slash from one of them before throwing his keyblade at the rest of the hologram soldiers, destroying them all. He looked over at Stitch who gave two thumbs up in approval. The other Titans finished soon after until it was only Cyborg left, who was struggling with the ever-increasing weight. Stitch crawled up to Sora's shoulder where he could watch as well as Cyborg tried lifting it up. Sora looked closer at Cyborg's arm to see a panel showing a number percentage slowly increasing.
"Come on Cy, you can do it!" Sora encouraged as the other Titans cheered on as well. He continued to keep pushing when the panel on his arm hit 100% and started beeping.
"It's no good! Shut it down!" Cyborg yelled as the weight started to bring him down. Sora was about to run to the computer when Robin grabbed his arm to stop him.
"Robin?" Sora asked.
"Don't! He can do it!" Robin said as he continued encouraging Cyborg. However, Cyborg was sweating and shaking as the weight continued to bring him down.
"I can't!" Cyborg yelled.
"Yes, you can!" Robin retorted.
"NO! I CAN'T!" Cyborg yelled when suddenly the machine shut down. Robin looked over to see Sora shutting down the device as Cyborg fell to his knees in exhaustion. Robin walked over to Cyborg and held out a hand to help him up. Cyborg though, ignored it as he brushed past Robin and walked out of the room.
"Why did you stop it?" Robin asked.
"It was going to crush him. I had to," Sora said.
"He could've done it. He just needs some motivation," Robin said as he chased after Cyborg. Sora sighed as he followed after him. The two eventually found Cyborg walking down the hallways.
"Cyborg, what happened back there?" Robin asked.
"Get off my back," Cyborg retorted.
"We're on your side, Cy. We just thought you could kick it up a little bit," Sora said.
"Well, I can't kick it up! I'm not like you okay? When I say I can't, I can't!" Cyborg said about to walk away again before stopping.
"When I was an athlete, when I was human, I loved pushing my limits. Getting stronger, faster, better, just by trying harder than I ever had before. My coaches would always tell me to give a hundred and ten percent. And I always did," Cyborg said.
"You still can," Robin said.
"My muscles are mechanical now. Limits are built in. No matter how hard I try, a hundred percent is all I got," Cyborg said as he looked at his hands.
"That doesn't mean you still can't push through those limits," Sora said.
"Not anymore I can't," Cyborg said as he walked away from them. The two Titans shared a glance of concern for their friend.
(Later that day)
Sora and the other Titans walked into the living room of the Tower looking for something to eat when they came upon a very scary scene: Cyborg playing on the game console with a very angered look on his face while his fingers smashed away on the buttons. Sora looked at the game to see he was playing one of their fighting games and against a player by the name of ATLAS.
"Whoa, I thought Raven was grumpy," Beast Boy said, making Raven glare at him.
"I've never seen him like this before," Sora said.
"Our friend is more dismal than the swamp moons of Mulwark. Measures must be taken," Starfire said as she walked up to Cyborg.
"Wait, Star-" Sora said, trying to stop her but was too late as she walked up to him. She suddenly took a deep breath and let out a very loud wail that made all the Titans cover their ears when Cyborg let out an even louder scream that silenced Starfire's wail.
"STARFIRE CUT IT OUT!" Cyborg screamed as he went back to his game only to see that he lost the first round against his opponent, making him stare daggers at her as she slowly walked away.
"Was my singing not good?" Starfire asked as she fixed her hair from the force of Cyborg's scream.
"No, it's just not what he needed," Sora said but noticed that Beast Boy wasn't with them. "Wait, where's BB?" He asked when he saw Beast Boy standing in front of Cyborg trying to pull a funny joke involving a cookie and Beast Boy turning into an elephant but Cyborg ignored him completely as he grabbed Beast Boy by the face and threw him over the couch, landing in front of the Titans with a hand print burned onto his face.
"You're supposed to laugh! What do I have to do?" Beast Boy said but was silenced by Raven.
"Let us try," Sora said as he and Raven walked up to him. They were about to say something when.
"I don't want to talk about it," Cyborg said, shooting them down, both figuratively and literally.
"Well we tried," Raven said as they walked back to the others. Starfire suddenly popped up holding a strange bagpipe wanting to use it with her singing but Robin stopped her.
"Uh, maybe he just needs some time alone. Come on, guys," He said as he led everyone away but Sora stayed behind.
"Actually, I'm gonna stay here, make sure he doesn't break anything," Sora said. Robin nodded as the other Titans left the room. He walked over to the kitchen as he got himself a drink. He sat down on a seat as he continued to watch Cyborg play the game until Cyborg finally won against his opponent.
"Boo-yah! I don't know who you are or where you're from but Atlas, I just kicked your virtual butt," Cyborg celebrated as he danced around in victory when suddenly a voice came from the screen.
"No one defeats Atlas! I demand a rematch!" the voice said.
"Someone has a big ego," Sora said as Cyborg picked up the controller and quickly replied.
"Anytime, anywhere," Cyborg said.
"How about here and now?" the voice said when suddenly the whole screen glowed red before dissipating to reveal a giant red and gold colored robot on the other side of the window waiting. He had a large red A on his waist and his right hand was made into a muzzle of a cannon. Quicker than he could react, the robot grabbed Cyborg by the shoulder and lifted him up to his face.
"Atlas is ready! Let the rematch begin," The robot Atlas said as he threw Cyborg out the window and into the water below.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Sora yelled as he charged at the robot, who simply responded by shooting Sora in the chest and sending him flying through the wall.
"Stay out of this, feckless human," Atlas said as he floated out of the window towards Cyborg. Sora picked himself up from the rumble when he got a strange tingling feeling on his arm. He looked down to see darkness starting to grow around his arm.
"Need some help?" Anti-Form said in his head.
"No," Sora answered as he clenched his hand into a fist, making the darkness disappear. He runs over to the hole in the window to see Cyborg get knocked into the water by Atlas.
"Sora!" He hears and he turns to see the other Titans run up to him. "What's going on?" Robin asked.
"Some robot just came outta nowhere and started fighting Cyborg after beating him in a video game," Sora said.
"We must assist him," Starfire said.
"Titans go!" Robin yelled as they leaped from the window and ran to their fellow Titans aid when suddenly a man with a jet pack on his back and a tool belt flew in front of them.
"Sorry folks, can't let you interrupt the master. This match is one on-," the man said but Sora silenced him with a burst of wind, sending him flying into the water. They continued onwards only to see Cyborg get thrown into the air, through the Tower ops center, crashed through the other side and landed into the ocean.
"Goodbye loser," Atlas said only to get interrupted by a fireball from Sora's keyblade.
"You messed with the wrong team," Sora yelled as he and Robin launched projectiles of their own, though Atlas blocked them easily. Starfire fired a barrage of starbolts at the egotistical robot but no damage was done to him. Raven levitates a huge tsunami over Atlas and sends it crashing down upon him but he manages to withstand the force. Suddenly Beast Boy comes flying in from above screaming all the way before turning into a giant whale and crashes right on top of Atlas. The Titans share a smile when suddenly Beast Boy is lifted up into the air by Atlas and thrown at the Titans, though he manages to turn back to human before he squashes them.
"Humans provide no challenge," Atlas said in a mocking tone when suddenly he is blasted with electricity and sent flying into the ocean. He gets up from the water to see Sora standing before him.
"What about this human?" Sora asked. Atlas glared at him before charging at Sora and swung at him with his fist, though Sora dodged and sliced at Atlas, pushing him back. Sora then froze Atlas's feet to the ground before kicking him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Still think you're the best?" Sora asked as he rested his keyblade on his shoulders. Atlas quickly turned and fired a blast at Sora though he managed to put up a shield to defend himself, though it pushed him back.
"Mechanic! Refit," Atlas yelled as the man from earlier came by and puts on a new arm panel. The Mechanic was about to say something when Atlas quickly charged towards the other Titans and shot four projectiles at them, encasing them in yellow orbs.
"Guys!" Sora yelled as he fired another Thunder spell at Atlas, catching his attention. Cyborg came back from where he earlier landed and stood next to Sora as they got ready to attack again.
"Hold! Atlas will defeat you but later, in a fair fight. No weapons, no friends" Atlas said as he pointed his cannon at the captured Titans. Sora saw that Cyborg was about to argue but he managed to stop him.
"What are your terms?" Sora asked. The Mechanic suddenly comes in driving a throne for Atlas as the giant robot sat down.
"The old stadium. Sunset. Come if you dare, and I will let you have your friends back," Atlas said as he and the Titans disappeared. Cyborg gritted his teeth in anger.
"Cy, don't worry. We'll save them but right now we need to focus on you getting stronger," Sora said as the two walked back into the Tower to train.
(Hours Later)
The two Titans spent the rest of the day training and making sure Cyborg was ready. They worked on his fighting style, making sure his systems were at their best and that he was charged up as well, since Sora didn't want his battery to die in the middle of the fight. Though as they were training, Sora noticed that every time Cyborg glanced at the weight sled, he seemed to move slower and slower. Once they were done, they made their way to the door as Stitch climbed up to Sora's shoulder.
"Ready to go?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, I just hope I can beat him," Cyborg said as he looked at his hands. Sora nodded in understanding before placing his hand on Cyborg's shoulder.
"I don't have to hope. I know you can beat him," Sora said as Stitch pulled out two blue flags with the word Cyborg on them before swinging them around in the air. Cyborg smiled before walking out of the room. Sora watched on before turning to Stitch.
"Alright Stitch, your on-watch duty. Make sure no one breaks in here and can you clean up the damage here please?" Sora asked. Stitch thought it over before making a guitar sound and pretending to play the guitar.
"Yes, I promise that we'll head to the city and look for a guitar for you," Sora said, making Stitch cheer before crawling away. Sora laughed to himself before running after Cyborg.
(Jump City Stadium)
The two Titans walked in to the abandoned stadium to see Atlas still sitting in his throne while the Mechanic cleaned him off while off to the side, the other Titans were still in the orbs now placed onto trophy stands.
"Yo Goldilocks!" Cyborg yelled out as he walked onto the field as Sora stood off to the sidelines. "Let's do this," Cyborg said.
"I did not think you would come. Humans scare so easily," Atlas said with a smirk.
"I'm only half human," Cyborg retorted.
"And half of nothing is still nothing," Atlas said as he ordered the Mechanic to remove his arm panels.
"Says the robot who has a human mechanic doing all the techy stuff while the robot does nothing but play games," Sora said, making Atlas grit his teeth at Sora but turned his attention back to Cyborg.
"I want a fair fight, so I shall willingly forgo my arsenal while you shall forgo your fellow human," Atlas said. Cyborg turned to Sora and nodded as Sora nodded back.
"I'll be here if you need help," Sora whispered. Cyborg smiled as the two robots charged at each other and began their battle while the Titans and the Mechanic watched on, each side supporting their own. While they fought, Sora snuck his way over to the others while the Mechanic watched the fight. He managed to sneak his way over to Raven's orb.
"Sora!" Raven said walking up to him as the other Titans noticed him.
"You guys doing alright?" Sora asked.
"A little cramped but besides that perfect," Raven said in a sarcastic tone. Sora summoned his keyblade to his hand and aimed at the orbs.
"I'll have you guys out of here in a jiff," Sora said as he readied his beam.
"Hey, whatta doing?" the Mechanic said suddenly, as he noticed Sora.
"Helping my friends," Sora said.
"They belong to Atlas now," Mechanic said.
"Like you belong to him?" Sora asked.
"What do ya mean?" Mechanic asked.
"Does he thank you for your help? Does he even respect you when you would do anything for him?" Sora asked. The Mechanic looked confused for a little before turning back to watch the match.
"Quiet human and stay where you are!" Mechanic said. Sora shook his head before suddenly hearing a large boom. He looked at the fight to see the two once again barreling towards each other, making dust and dirt fly everywhere around them. As the two continued to trade blows, Sora noticed that Cyborg was slowing down and was taking more hits.
"C'mon, Cy! You can do it!" Sora yelled out. The two eventually found themselves in a grapple as Atlas pushed Cyborg down as the half human struggled with all his might. Atlas continued to push Cyborg down as he towered over him.
"You have reached your limit but Atlas has power to spare," Atlas stated before reeling back and punching Cyborg square in the face, sending him flying to the ground, as the rest of the Titans watched in shock. Cyborg tries to get back up but fails as Atlas stands above him.
"No one defeats Atlas," the red robot says before walking back to his throne. Sora runs over to Cyborg and helps him up.
"Cy?! Cyborg, are you alright?" Sora asked but Cyborg wasn't listening as he glared at Atlas.
"Fine, you win. Now let my friends go," Cyborg said.
"No," Atlas simply answered, shocking everyone, including the Mechanic.
"But boss...you said," Mechanic stuttered as Atlas sat on his throne.
"Your friends will remain as my trophies and there is nothing you can do about it," Atlas said as the Titans gasped in shock.
"C'mon Cyborg, get up! We can't let him take them!" Sora said trying to lift Cyborg up but he didn't budge as he stared at his arm where his panel showed his max power bars and they were all the way full.
"I can't, Sora," Cyborg said. Sora's eyes widened in shock and surprised; for as long as he's been here, he has never heard Cyborg give up before and knowing that the reason that he was giving up was because of Atlas made his anger rise. He suddenly felt his eyes go yellow though he managed to hide it from Cyborg.
"He hurt your friend, kidnapped your other friends. Are you really going to do nothing?" Anti-Form said. Sora gritted his teeth before turning to face Atlas. "Destroy him, tear him to pieces. Make him understand what it means to be weak," Anti-Form continued to say but Sora managed to gain control of himself.
"Fool! Did you actually believe you could defeat Atlas? I am all robot and you are only human," Atlas said.
"Then fight me!" Sora yelled out. Atlas looked at Sora.
"Feckless human. Your friend failed to defeat me. What hope do you have?" Atlas asked.
"He never gives up. That's one of the greatest things about Cyborg. You can knock him down, try and shut him down but he always finds a way to rise up because he's more than a robot. He's a human," Sora said as he readied his keyblade. Atlas rose from his throne at the ready.
"Is that so? Well, let's see what your humanity can do against a superior opponent," Atlas said before charging at Sora, who charged as well. As soon as they got close, Atlas threw a punch but Sora dodged the punch jumped up into the air and kicked Atlas in the face, sending him threw the floor. Before he could get up, Sora grabbed Atlas by the foot and swung him onto the ground several times before hurling him into a wall. Atlas slid down to the ground before glaring at Sora and charging at Sora who once again moved out of the way and punched the robot in the midsection, making him keel over in pain. He was about to say something to the human but was silenced by a headbutt, knocking him to the ground.
"Still think I'm feckless?" Sora asked. Atlas only answered by pulling out an electric cable from the ground and shocking Sora before running towards Mechanic.
"Mechanic! Concussion blaster! Heat Cannon! Now," Atlas ordered. The Mechanic looked at Atlas with uncertainty before casting a glance towards Sora who was trying to get up after getting shocked. He then turned back to Atlas before flying up to his face.
"No," The Mechanic said. Atlas glared at him before tossing him aside like a ragdoll.
"Then stay out of my way," He exclaimed before running towards his weapon collection but found that he had no idea which weapon was which.
"Let's see how far you get without my help," Mechanic said before pressing a button on a control device from his belt, releasing the other Titans from their prisons. Seeing this, Atlas made a brake for the stadium entrance but the Titans managed to get in front of him before he could escape.
"You wanted a fair fight? Well, you got it," Sora yelled.
"Six against one? This is a fair fight?" Atlas asked.
"Oh, we're not fighting," Raven said.
"It's just you and me," Cyborg said, standing behind Atlas with a confident smile on his face. Atlas walked up to him with cracking his knuckles but was interrupted by Cyborg quickly punching him in the face, knocking him down. The two robots continue to go at while the Titans and the Mechanic cheer Cyborg on. Cyborg continues to knock Atlas down when they once again get into a grapple, with Atlas bearing down on Cyborg.
"What's the matter? Running out of steam?" Atlas said with a smirk as Cyborg was pushed further back.
"C'mon Cyborg! Push! You can do it!" Sora and the others yelled. Cyborg pushed with all his might until he was brought to one knee.
"You have reached your limit. You cannot win," Atlas mocked. Cyborg grunted in anger.
"Yes. I. CAN!" Cyborg yelled before suddenly pushing Atlas back. Atlas's eyes widened in shock as Cyborg lifted the giant robot into the air before tossing him into the abandoned trophies. The Titans cheered for their friend as Cyborg walked over to where Atlas landed to see that he fell through the floor and was now buried under debris.
"No more. I am defeated. You are a better robot," Atlas said in a defeated tone. The others walked next to Cyborg to see the defeated robot.
"No, I'm a better person," Cyborg said before walking away as the Titans followed him out of the stadium.
"See, I told ya you could do it," Sora said.
"You were right Sora. I'm more than just a machine," Cyborg said.
"That's right. You're our friend," Sora said as the other Titans congratulated Cyborg on his win today.
"Guess we better get you a new one of those," Robin said, pointing at the wrist panel that used to show Cyborg's power stats but was now cracked and damaged.
"Don't need it anymore. My body may have its limitations but if I put my mind to it, there's no limit to what I can do. After all, I'm only human," Cyborg said as they walked away. Sora trailed behind them as the sun started to rise but stopped when his Anti-Form appeared before him.
"What do you want?" Sora asked.
"I've seen the way you looked at Atlas. Remember what I said," Anti-Form said.
"I know and I will keep you in check," Sora said. Anti-Form simply laughed.
"Keep telling yourself that. Cause when I'm free, hahaha, we're going to have lots of fun," Anti-Form said before disappearing.
"Sora?" a voice said and Sora turned to see Raven standing next to him. "Are you alright? You were just standing here looking at something," Raven said. Sora shook his head before seeing the other Titans waiting for them.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about some things," Sora said.
"Like what?" Raven asked.
"Like...how were going to celebrate back at the Tower," Sora said with a smile on his face. Raven simply rolled her eyes at him.
"Please nothing too loud," Raven said as the two caught up with the others and headed back to the Tower.
And that's it. Atlas has been defeated and Cyborg begins to accept his robot half while Sora struggles with his Anti-Form. Will he succeed against it? Please follow or favor the story to find out. Now onto the reviews:
Darkmaster10000000: It definitely sounds like a good theory but I would like to believe that Anti-Form is just Sora's darkness in general. I mean, he doesn't have a pure heart, his light is just very strong, so believe that Anti-Form is his darkness taking a form.
IronPen1991: I'm sorry, I just forgot about him in the last chapter since I was so focused on working on the dialogue for the characters.
TheBeatles211: Thank you. I wanted to bring Anti-Form into the story and have him play a part in this story.
Althea Sirius: Thank you so much! I really appreciate you saying that.
Guest1: Definitely sounds like a good idea to include Rose in this story.
Guest2: Yes, it will follow along with the episodes but Sora will add to the stories until the sixth season which will tell the story of KH3 but with the Titans included.
Beautifulbat: Thanks for the love.
Guest3: You'll have to wait to find out what happens to them.
Crazzytony: Thank you man I appreciate it.
Guest4: I don't think I will include Rose in that episode because it wouldn't exactly fit her character.
Guest5: Your welcome. Thanks for being patient.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please favor, please follow, please review and I hope you all have a great Easter Sunday. I'll see you guys in the next chapter, Peace.
