Hello everyone! I'm back again to put an end to Season 2. I'm glad you all enjoyed it so far as we move on to Season 3. But first, Sora and the Titans must beat their final opponent. So, now let's get on with the story!
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Chapter 28: Aftershock Part 1
It was midday in Jump City as the T-Car drove through downtown looking for a new place to eat. There wasn't much crime going on today, so the Titans decided to hang around town instead of lazing around at the Tower as they usually do. Cyborg was driving, as usual since he rarely let anyone else drive the T-Car, Robin was in the passenger seat, and Sora, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy were in the back, though luckily Cyborg added in a modification where the back seat will extend, so no one will be cramped. Everyone was relaxing as the car drove past the buildings and quiet music played from the radio.
"Okay, okay, I got one! Why are ducks so funny? Because they're always quaking jokes!" Beast Boy said his hundredth joke today. Well, everyone was relaxing besides Beast Boy, who was trying his best to make Raven laugh but was failing to get anything but a smirk out of her. Sora couldn't help but smile at Beast Boy's tenacity, but he could tell the others were getting annoyed.
"Pull over. I think I'm gonna be sick," Raven said. Starfire suddenly popped up as she realized the joke.
"Oh, I see! It is humorous because ducks lack the large brain necessary for the telling of jokes," She said as she giggled in response.
"Actually, Star, it just wasn't humorous," Robin quipped from the front, surprising Beast Boy.
"Because Beast Boy lacks the large brain necessary for telling jokes," Raven followed up.
"C'mon, Raven, you know I'm hilarious. And I'm not gonna stop until I get you to smile. Besides, I got Sora to smile," Beast Boy said.
"Yeah, because of how determined you are to keep this up," Sora responded.
"And smiling is his default face," Raven said.
"Okay, how about this one, how did the aardvark cross the road?" Beast Boy asked.
"To beat up the idiot telling jokes about him," Raven retorted. Sora, Robin, and Cyborg couldn't help it as they all burst out laughing at Raven's joke.
"The idiot telling jokes…" Cyborg repeated to himself.
"Ok, now that's funny," Sora said.
"Please, an aardvark is some form of duck?" Starfire asked in confusion. Cyborg began to move the Car forward when suddenly, something impacted the side of the Car, sending it spinning and tumbling against the ground before finally coming to a stop. Sora clutched his head in pain as he saw how damaged the car was, it was full of cracks and dents and it looked like the engine was close to blowing out of the hood.
"Ah, is everyone alright?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, just gonna have a huge concussion to deal with later," Beast Boy said. Starfire charged up one of her bolts before shooting at the door, blasting it off its hinges. Everyone crawled out of the wrecked car as the hood of the car blew off and into the air.
"What hit us?" Sora asked but stopped when he saw a huge boulder next to the car. "Where did- "He asked.
"Terra?!" Sora heard Beast Boy say and he turned around to indeed see Terra standing before them, only she was now dressed in a new suit: a layer of cloth was wrapped around her body with a steel breastplate on her chest and shoulder, elbow, and knee pads to go along with it. There were also two metal hair clips over her ears and Slade's insignia on her chest. The Titans looked on in shock at their former friend now under their nemesis's servitude.
"Hey, guys. Miss me?" Terra said before suddenly raising her hands with a loud yell and brought them forward as several small chunks of stone rose from the ground and flew towards the stunned team. They quickly snapped out of it and moved out of the way as the car took the full force of her stones as it was mercilessly smashed and bashed by the stones. She then used the boulder from earlier and completely crushed the car flat on the ground. The Titans regrouped to see Terra raise the piece of the ground she was standing on into the air to fly towards the team.
"Titans! Go!" Robin yelled as the team charged towards the former Titan who continued to levitate towards them while she created a large fissure in the ground ahead of her as a huge stone pillar rose up in front of the Titans, knocking Sora, Robin, and Raven to the ground. Sora shook his head to see Starfire and Cyborg soon followed them to the ground as he saw Beast Boy fly up to her rock and climb up to the edge in front of her.
"Terra, stop! We're your friends!" Beast Boy yelled.
"I don't have any friends, remember?!" Terra yelled back as she uppercutted Beast Boy clear off her rock and into the air, though Starfire managed to catch him before he hit the ground. Terra then ditched her boulder as it tumbled toward Sora, who quickly cut it in half before it hit him as she landed next to Robin, who was still on the ground after the impact with the pillar. Terra smiled to herself as she levitated two large stones over Robin in order to crush him, but Sora quickly fired two beams of light at them, destroying them.
"Terra, please stop this," Sora said. Raven suddenly appeared next to her as she levitated a boulder of her own.
"Don't make me hurt you," Raven threatened.
"Don't make me laugh," Terra retorted as she quickly took control of Raven's stone and threw it at Raven, knocking her back.
"No!" Sora yelled but Terra quickly spun around and threw the same stone at him, knocking him into a nearby car, smashing it. He groaned as he held his chest in pain as he saw Robin and Cyborg get knocked back by Terra before putting up a rock wall around her. Sora brought out his keyblade and fired a powerful Firaga spell at the wall, destroying it and knocking Terra to the ground. Cyborg got ready to fire his sonic cannon at her, but Terra quickly stabs her fingers into the ground as a huge glowing crack spreads out underneath Robin and Cyborg's feet and launches the two into the air and crashing into nearby buildings. Terra gets up from the ground as she levitates a huge boulder into the air and over Raven, who was still on the ground from before. Raven was about to move it away from her, but Starfire came in and heaved the huge boulder over her head with eyes glowing green with anger. Sora and Beast Boy quickly ran over to move Raven out of the way as Starfire threw the huge rock back towards the earth-bender but she stopped it as she sent it back towards Starfire but she quickly reacted by firing a starbolt at it, destroying it. Starfire then fired a blast from her eyes that went through the smoke created by the boulder as it hit Terra in the stomach and knocking her into the remains of her rock wall. Starfire then flew over to check on Terra but it al went wrong when Terra quickly woke up and sent a high-pressured jet of mud at her, sending Starfire flying across the street. Terra stands up and dusts herself off as she lifts more boulders into the air and prepared to launch them at the team when they were all suddenly blasted and destroyed by three light beams.
"Stop Terra," She heard as she turned to see Sora standing a few feet away from her. "Don't make me do this," Sora said.
"Hmph, you can try," Terra challenged as she launched several boulders towards Sora, who began using them as launch pads as he ran closer to Terra. Seeing that he was getting closer, Terra created a rock column in front of her to protect herself, but Sora easily cut through it as he kicked Terra to the ground. He was about to attack again when she quickly launched more stones towards, but he quickly put up a reflect spell to protect himself. Terra smiled to herself though as she erupted a huge column of stone under Sora's feet, launching him into the air, before launching another stone at him. Seeing the rock coming, Sora quickly batted it back with his keyblade, but Terra stopped it and launched it back. Sora then fired three Fire spells, the first destroying the stone and the other two colliding with Terra, knocking her down again. She got up as the Titans regrouped and prepared themselves when suddenly Terra focused her energy into the newly formed cracks in the ground as the energy traveled all the way to the Titans as suddenly two large mud golems rose from the ground in front of Terra.
"That's a new trick," Raven said.
"Woah, mud golems!" Sora said a little excited but stopped when he saw the worried looks on the Titans. "I mean, uh-oh," He said. Even Terra looked shocked that she was able to do that but eventually adopted a confident smirk as she raised her fists into the air and smashed the ground again, sending out a webwork of fractures across the ground. Suddenly, the golems dropped down into the ground as one of them popped up behind the Titans and smacked Cyborg away and into a nearby wall. The other golem appeared as well and fired a stream of sewer muck at the others, though Robin and Sora managed to avoid it, thought the others weren't so lucky. Sora fired a Blizzard spell at the muck spewing golem, freezing its arm solid. Sora then leaped over and tried to slice it to pieces, but it quickly disappeared under the floor before reappearing behind him and tried to smash him. However, he managed to dodge it as he began to slice it to pieces with his keyblade but every time he did, it quickly recovered its pieces and continued to try to strike him. He continued to dodge and strike at the golem until it got lucky and swatted him away like an ant, with him crashing into a nearby wall and falling to the ground. He groans in pain as he looks up to see the rest of the Titans struggling against Terra and her golems.
"Titans! Fall Back!" Robin suddenly ordered. Sora reluctantly nodded as he fired a Thunder spell towards Terra, who was too concentrated by her powers to move or dodge, letting her take the full power of the spell, shocking and stunning her for a while. Suddenly, all the rocks, stones, and golems suddenly fell apart due to Terra not focusing. The Titans regroup after that.
"You heard me! Fall back!" Robin yelled once again as he throws down a smoke bomb at the ground, covering them as they made their escape, though Beast Boy stayed behind to look at Terra, stopping Sora. They both looked back to see Terra standing on a tall stone column in order to get a better view.
"Beast Boy, we have to go," Sora said, and the green Titan reluctantly ran into the smoke with Sora soon following him.
(Later, at Titans Tower)
In the Entrance Hall of the Tower, the Titans were each scattered about the room, trying to make sense of what has transpired in the city. Cyborg was resting on one of the armchairs in the hall and removing pieces of rock from his forearm and dropping them into a bowl on the table, Raven and Sora were leaning against a nearby wall with their arms crossed, Starfire was sitting on a flight of stairs with Robin leaning next to them and Beast Boy standing not too far from them with a far offish look in his eyes. A groan from Cyborg broke the suffocating silence in the room.
"I shoulda blasted her when I had the chance," Cyborg said.
"I should've hit her with everything I've got," Raven countered.
"We all should've done something, but we couldn't," Sora said.
"Why did I permit her to fool me again?" Starfire asked.
"Why couldn't we take her down like any other criminal?" Robin asked the question they were all asking.
"Because…she's not just another criminal. She's Terra. She was a Titans. She was…our friend," Beast Boy said quietly. Raven suddenly got up from the wall, surprising Sora.
"Terra was never our friend. She was a liar and a spy, trained by Slade and sent to destroy us. She's evil. Always has been, always will be," Raven said.
"Your wrong, Raven! Terra was never like that. When we first met her, I didn't get any sense of darkness from her. Slade got to her, turned her into what she is now. She was never evil," Sora countered.
"Hey, guys, the girl wrecked my car. Seems pretty evil to me," Cyborg said. Suddenly, Beast Boy grabbed the table in front of Cyborg and flung it into a nearby wall, shocking everyone.
"This isn't a joke! I knew her better than anyone! I know all the terrible thing's she's done, and I know exactly how messed up she is. But she's not evil! We can't just give up on her," Beast Boy said.
"Beast Boy, she's working for Slade," Robin said walking up to him.
"So, did we Robin and they never gave up on us, not once. Yeah, Terra is dangerous, but Slade is the one pulling all the strings here. We have to stop him, then we can get Terra back," Sora said.
"Alright, she gets one last chance. One," Robin said when suddenly the alarms went off, alerting everyone to one thing.
"Trouble!" Starfire confirmed.
(Later, back at the city)
The Titans were all split up across town, heading towards a distinct destination where four separate crimes were taking place.
"We've got three escaped criminals and a fourth unknown attacking four separate targets. Whatever Slade's doing, we have to spilt up and stop it," Robin said over the radio.
"Robin and I shall defeat Cinderblock," Starfire continued.
"I can deal with Overload," Raven said.
"Beast Boy and I will take Plasmus," Cyborg stated.
"And I'll deal with the fourth one," Sora over his radio as he jumped from roof top to roof top.
"What about Terra?" Beast Boy asked.
"We'll worry about her when we're done with the others. And everyone else, please be careful," Sora said as he cut the communications and continued his way towards the woods where the fourth thing was attacking. He landed at one of the trees to see a familiar creature standing in the middle of the city.
"Well, its been awhile since I've seen you," Sora said as he looked up at the huge humanoid Heartless. He's fought this thing in his heart, on his island, a mess-up version of his island, and it has been in his dreams for the longest times. A giant Heartless with a huge heart-shaped hole in its chest, small black wings on its back and its head wrapped in dark tendrils. Its yellow eyes turned to face Sora as it raised its fist and tried to smash him, but he quickly moved out of the way.
"I won't let you destroy this town, not like my island," Sora yelled as he charged towards the Darkside. He sliced at its hands as it swung at him and fired dark blasts from its chest. He continued to use a hit and run tactic when the Darkside reached deep into the ground and pulled out a huge dark ball in its hand before launching it up into the air, dropping multiple dark balls down towards the ground.
"Man, this thing really needs to learn new moves," Sora said as he climbed up its body and began attacking its weak spot, the head. Suddenly, the Darkside let out a humongous roar as orange circles appeared above its head and began to rain down multiple laser beams onto the ground, causing Sora to dodge constantly.
"Okay forget what I said! That is new!" Sora said as one of the lasers managed to hit, knocking him into a nearby tree. More and more lasers continued to rain down from the sky as Sora dodged as many as he could before leaping up into the air and pointed his keyblade at its face.
"Ragnarok!" Sora yelled before firing multiple beams of light that all impacted in the Heartless's face, finally bringing it down. He glided down to the ground as he landed next to the Darkside, which hasn't disappeared yet.
"I haven't seen the Heartless for awhile and you suddenly popped up when Slade releases the others. Along with that, you were a lot stronger than the others. That's not a coincide- "Sora said to himself when suddenly he saw a huge stone speeding towards him. He quickly summoned his keyblade and sliced it in half as the pieces fell to the ground as he looked up to see Terra floating towards him.
"I gotta say, I thought it would take longer for you to beat that thing," Terra said as she jumped down from her stone.
"Terra, you sided with the Heartless now?!" Sora asked.
"Is that what they're called? I didn't really hear the name since that guy in the black coat got here," Terra said.
"G-guy in Black?!" Sora asked in fear, trying to deny it but only confirmed them when Terra nodded in confirmation. "No, no, no, no! Terra you can't trust them!" Sora shouted.
"Yeah right!" Terra said before launching multiple stones at Sora, causing him to dodge and block them. As he fired a Fire spell at her, making her move out of the way. Sora then glided into the air as he fired bolts of light at Terra, knocking her to the ground.
"Terra listen to me! Slade by himself is dangerous but him and the guy in the black coat together, that is a team you don't want to be a part of! Save yourself before it's too late!" Sora said.
"I don't need saving!" Terra yelled as she suddenly launched a huge boulder towards Sora who quickly moved out of the way as he started gliding up, but Terra launched a small column into the air, hitting Sora and bringing him down. "I don't care who this guy is that makes you so afraid, cause for us, he is just making it easier for us to destroy you," Terra yelled. She launched more and more stalagmites at him, but he quickly got up from the ground and continued to cut through them until he finally made it up to her and swiped at her, but she ducked out of the way. She punched at him several times, but he easily blocked them before swiping her feet out from under her before kicking her away.
"Don't you understand what I'm telling you?! You already gave up your free will by joining Slade, but you will sacrifice everything if you join up with them!" Sora yelled.
"Good," Terra said to herself before causing the entire slab of earth Sora was standing on to flip over on, crushing him under it. "As long as that means I don't have to see your faces again," Terra said as she repeatedly smashed the slab on Sora over and over. As she raised it up her face went from arrogance to shock as she saw Sora protecting himself with a reflect spell before putting it down and aiming his keyblade directly at Terra.
"Gotcha," Sora said before shooting a powerful beam of light at Terra, hitting her directly in the chest and sending her flying before rolling across the ground, knocked out. Sora floated up next to her as she looked down at her in sadness.
"I still have hope for you, Terra. But I don't know how else to convince you," Sora said.
"I know a way," A voice said behind him. Sora quickly turned around but was unable to see who it was as he was suddenly blasted in the stomach, sending him flying through the woods before crashing into one of the trees. Sora groaned as he slowly began to slip into unconsciousness as a black shaped figure walked up to him.
"I was wondering where you were hiding Sora. But now we found you," The figure said as Sora slowly passed out.
(Later)
Sora slowly woke up as he found himself in a dark room with orange glass windows all over the place. Sora tried to get up but found his legs chained and his arms covered in a metal brace. Sora groaned as he tried to free his hands but found that useless.
"So, he's finally awake," a voice said. Sora looked over to see Slade and the black cloaked figure walk up to him.
"Slade where am I? Where's Terra?" Sora yelled. Slade chuckled to himself as he continued to eye Sora.
"To answer your questions, Sora. You are in my new base after we destroyed it last time and second, Terra is in the middle of destroying the rest of your pathetic team," Slade said as he directed Sora's attention to a computer screen that showing what was going on with the other Titans being defeated. Raven was pulled underwater as she gasped and coughed for air, Cyborg and Beast Boy fell into a huge fissure in the ground that led to nothing, but darkness and Starfire was knocked off a cliff into the ocean below.
"Guys…no," Sora said hanging his head down.
"This is why you shouldn't have gotten so attached to these people, Sora. Because they always go away and leave your heart hurting," The hooded man said.
"And what is your role in this, Xehanort?!" Sora shouted in anger. The man chuckled before taking the hood off, revealing his white hair, yellow eyes, and young face.
"Role? I have no role here. I am merely checking up on you so to speak. For some reason you didn't go back to the Sleeping Worlds like we thought you would and instead ended up here. So, of course we ad to come check on you," Young Xehanort said.
"Then why are you helping Slade?!" Sora asked.
"Oh well Xehanort here came to me asking for you and when he saw what I had planned, he decided to…lend a hand," Slade said as he moved aside in order for Sora to see a small army of Heartless behind him along with some drones and robot commandos, which was enough to conquer Jump City. Along with that, Cinderblock, Plasmus, Overload, and the Darkside were standing in the back awaiting commands. Sora was struck dumb by the sight as he looked up at Slade to see darkness seeping from his shoulders.
"You gave yourself over to the darkness?! Are you crazy?!" Sora yelled.
"Whatever helps me get rid of you Titans, then yes," Slade said. Sora tried to free himself but the chains suddenly glowed dark as he started to feel super tired.
"I wouldn't move so much. Those chains will drain your energy the more you move," Young Xehanort said. Suddenly, the sound of something metallic hit the ground as it skidded towards Slade's foot. Sora looked down at it and was shocked to see that it was Robin's insignia that was always on his chest. He felt tears begin to well up from his eyes as he lowered his head as Terra then walked out from the shadows next to Slade.
"You see, my dear apprentice…now that you belong to me, the city belongs to us," Slade said as Terra looked up at him with nothing but loyalty in her eyes. She then turned them towards Sora as tears fell from his face to the ground.
"Can I get rid of him too?" Terra said, readying her powers but Slade stopped her.
"No, Terra. I have something else planned for him. Xehanort," Slade said. Xehanort walked up to Sora who still had his head down.
"I see you have your darkness under control. But no matter what control you have, darkness will be released by your most primal anger," Young Xehanort said as he shot a beam of darkness towards Sora who screamed in pain as his eyes turned orange-red and his body turned black as he began to roar in anger, scaring Terra. "You'd best get him under your control now before he breaks those chains," He said. Slade pulled out a high-tech collar and quickly placed it around Sora's neck. Sora suddenly became quiet as he became docile, shocking Terra.
"W-what did you do to him?" Terra asked.
"I made him relive every single moment he experienced anger and pain all at once, activating his darkness. Then Slade made that device in order to control Sora while I added a little something to it that will keep him in that form for as long as Slade wants," Young Xehanort said as he suddenly snapped his fingers, making the chains vanish as Sora got up into a crouched pose as he growled and snarled like an animal. Terra walked up to him and reached a handout to him as she placed it on his head. Sora then began to nuzzle her like a pet.
"Huh, it works!" Terra said.
"Indeed. I thank you for the assistance, Xehanort. Now I will have no problem taking over this city," Slade said.
"Of course, Slade. I expect nothing but the best from now on," Young Xehanort said as a dark portal opened behind him as he walked in.
"He creeped me out," Terra said as Sora walked around the base. "Are we sure this'll work?" She asked.
"Yes, just as I am sure that you truly destroyed the Titans?" Slade asked, glaring at her.
"I did! They're gone!" Terra said.
"Good. Now we can proceed with ruling this city," Slade said as he walked away with Terra and Sora walking behind him.
(Meanwhile)
Deep, deep underground, a faint green light was lighting up the cavern's underneath Titans Tower.
"Has anyone seen Sora?" Robin asked.
"Not since we split up," Cyborg said.
"I do hope he is alright," Starfire said.
"I can't sense him. I can't even sense a thought of his," Raven said.
"Its Slade. Its gotta be," Beast Boy said. A silence befell the team as they all came to an agreement.
"No more chances," Cyborg said.
"No more trust," Starfire said.
"And no more mercy," Raven said.
"She's just another criminal," Beast Boy added.
"And we're going to stop her. No matter what it takes," Robin said.
"So," A voice said behind them as they turned to see who saved them all. She was dressed in an orange and black jumpsuit with armor paddings on her shoulders, elbows, and kneepads with two swords and ninja stars strapped to her. Along with that, Stitch was sitting on her shoulder with four blasters in his hands. "When do we start?" Rose said with a smirk on her face.
And that's the end of Part 1 of Aftershock. The Titans were beaten by Terra and Slade has laid claimed to Jump City. Along with that, Young Xehanort came and lent Slade the ability to control the Heartless and forced Sora to turn into Rage Form and is now a servant to Slade. But don't worry, the Titans are safe thanks to the arrival of Ravager and now the Titans plan their revenge. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I once again want to apologize for taking too long since I have a bunch of other stuff going on. Now onto the reviews:
Gundam-Knight-Chris: Hey blame him! Not me! *Larry suddenly pops in* Who said it was yours?! LARRY FOR THE LAST TIME, GET OUT OF HERE!
Darkmaster10000000: Doesn't sound like a bad idea but I just find it better that she has her own power.
Althea Sirius: I'm planning on two of them joining Sora on his adventures, and the rest either training or helping the others. Also, yeah, I'll make characters speak and others appear as well. And yeah, I've been very busy as of late.
Umbrans.w.a.t: Wow, thanks! I really appreciate that. I've been brainstorming what their keyblades would look like so once again thanks!
QuintinFMA: I love it. I'll see where I can add it in because it sounds like a great idea. I can see Sora and Cloud teaming up to bring an end to Sephiroth once and for all, finally freeing Cloud from his darkness.
Guest1: I'm back!
Guest2: Consider them saved.
Guest3: As much as would want too, I sadly can't yet, but I have a plan for something like that.
Guest4: Ooh, I can add him in somewhere, but I'll think about it.
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