Hello everyone! Welcome back to the story! I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving and got all big and fat from all that food! But now that time has passed and Christmas is on the horizon, so I thought I would celebrate by beginning Season 3 of the story, where we tackle Cyborg's arc, with Sora along for the ride. However, before we begin I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for making this story such a huge success, if it weren't for you guys, I probably would've ran out of ideas for this and would've canceled it, so thank you so much guys. Now onto the story!
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Chapter 30: Deception
The sun began to set on another peaceful day in Jump City. It's been almost a month since Terra defeated Slade and turned into stone and since then, besides the usual crime, nothing big has happened for Sora and the Teen Titans. The ocean began to glisten from the sunset, making it shine with light. At the very top of Titans Tower stood Sora, who was dressed in only his shorts and necklace looked out at the ocean as he stood near the edge.
"All right, here we go," Sora said to prep himself up as he took a running start and leaped off the roof and dove head first towards the ocean. Tears began to form in his eyes as the wind blew past his face rapidly and he couldn't help but smile wildly as he came closer to the water. He then finally hit the water as he dove deep into the sea as he swam around the ocean floor. He stared in awe at all of the ocean life that stayed on the ocean floor, such as starfish, corals, squids, and sponges. After swimming around with a bunch of other animals, Sora swam up to the surface as he breathed in the fresh air.
"Oh man, that was fun! I can't wait to do it again!" Sora said, excited.
"Please don't," a voice said above him. He looked up to see Raven hovering over the water next to him. "I would hate to see you become dumber from all that head trauma," Raven said.
"Oh hey, Raven. Ah, you don't have to worry about that, I've fallen from much higher heights than that," Sora said as he swam back to shore, with Raven following him.
"I'm not even going to ask," Raven said.
"So, whassup?" Sora asked as he reached the shore and dried himself off.
"We got another report of the H.I.V.E stealing from another bank again," Raven said.
"Again?! That would be the third time this week!" Sora stated as he and Raven ran into the Tower. Recently, the H.I.V.E members Gizmo, Jinx, and Mammoth have been stealing from banks and vaults with extreme prejudice. Whenever they got to the bank, the young criminals would be long gone with all the loot. But hopefully, this time, they're the ones who would walk away happy.
(Jump City Bank)
The Titans walked into the vault to see Gizmo flying around with his jetpack while lugging a bag of loot on his shoulder, Jinx with gold chains and bracelets wrapped around her neck and wrists and Mammoth trying to move a pallet full of gold bricks. Though it looked like the H.I.V.E haven't noticed them yet.
"Move it, slug-crunchers! We're running outta time!" Gizmo yelled towards Mammoth, who still struggled with the pallet.
"I could use a hand here!" Mammoth yelled back as a vein popped on his head. Cyborg decided to intervene as he ran up to Mammoth, who still didn't notice him.
"How about a foot?!" Cyborg yelled as Mammoth turned to see his oncoming foot impacting his face, sending him flying and crashing into the back wall. The other criminals turned to see the Titans standing at the entrance.
"This is the part where you surrender peacefully," Sora said as he spun his keyblade around in his hand. Robin did the same with his staff as he gave the order to attack. The Titans charged as the H.I.V.E attacked as well, with Gizmo creating multiple holographs of himself as they flew around while Jinx threw her hexes all over the place. Sora blocked a couple of spells and blasts before throwing his keyblade at one Gizmo but it passed through him, revealing it to be a hologram. While Mammoth recovered and charged at Robin and Raven, Sora dealt with Jinx as she threw spells at him constantly but he dodged them as he launched fire spells at her. But she once again easily dodged as she launched her spells at the ground, causing it to erupt and trap Sora. The keyblade wielder pulled himself out when he was blindsided by Mammoth. Sora groaned as he looked up to see Mammoth towering over him.
"This is for last time, scrawny," Mammoth stated before bringing his fist down towards Sora. But he quickly moved out of the way as he bashed the big criminal on the head with his keyblade, sending him sliding across the ground.
"You'll have to wait a little longer for that," Sora said. Jinx suddenly kicked him to the ground as the two fought for a little bit until Jinx sent a wave of energy towards Sora. Having no time to defend himself, he readied himself for it when suddenly his keyblade morphed into a blue and gold knight's shield with sword included, protecting himself from the blast.
"What the?" Jinx asked. Sora looked at the shield in confusion.
"That's new," Sora said as he blocked another wave and reflected it back at Jinx, knocking her back and towards Raven, who started flinging Jinx around the room. Sora continued to stare at the shield until it turned back into the keyblade.
"Strange, I'll have to work on that later," Sora said when he suddenly saw Cyborg get lifted up into the air by a huge red magnet hanging from the ceiling.
"Oh, you did not just do WHAT I THINK YOU DID!" Cyborg yelled in anger at Gizmo, who laughed along with Mammoth. Suddenly, Jinx was flung next to them as the other Titans stood ready.
"Junk it! Let's blow this place!" Gizmo yelled as he and Mammoth ran while Jinx released another wave that caused the ground to break apart in front of the team, though Sora quickly put up a reflect spell to defend them. When he put it down, he saw that the criminals were long gone.
"Lost them again," Sora sighed as he scratched the back of his head. Suddenly, Cyborg fell back to the ground with the magnet still stuck to his back as he attempted to run after the criminals.
"Yo! Nobody pulls a science fair on me and gets away with it!" Cyborg yelled in anger as the team regroups.
"Don't worry Cyborg. We'll catch them next time," Sora said as he tried to remove the magnet.
"Sooner than they think, actually," Robin said as he held up his open communicator revealing a flashing dot.
"You planted a device on one of them?" Raven said.
"Tagged Jinx while Starfire distracted her," Robin said.
"Oh very good work, Robin," Starfire cheered.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go find em," Beast Boy said.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Sora said as the team headed out of the bank. But what none of them noticed was a couple of black feathers falling to the ground.
(Back at the Tower)
The team stood in front of the computer screen showing where Jinx was currently located, revealing to them where the H.I.V.E base was located.
"Looks like the H.I.V.E's secret headquarters isn't so secret anymore," Beast Boy said with a smile on his face.
"I'm surprised we didn't do this earlier," Sora said as Stitch slept nearby on the couch.
"So, what are we waiting for?" Raven asked.
"We need to know what they're planning first. Or else, we could walk straight into a trap," Robin stated. Beast Boy suddenly got excited from that statement.
"Do I hear an undercover assignment coming on? Lucky for you guys, I happen to be a master of disguise," Beast Boy said as he turned into a monkey, then a kangaroo, and then finally a mongoose.
"I don't think a green animal will fit in well in a supervillain base," Sora said.
"Sorry, Beast Boy. I was thinking of someone with a slightly better disguise," Robin revealed. Beast Boy turns back into human as he scoffs in disbelief.
"What are you gonna do? Have Sora turn into an animal or dress Cyborg up like a washing machine?" Beast Boy stated as he bumped Cyborg's shoulder, making him suddenly fall to the ground on his back, making Beast Boy and Sora back away, freaked out.
"That isn't me," Cyborg said as the others looked up to see Cyborg walking towards them with a controller in his hands. He fiddles around with it, making the double stand back up. "That's my fully robotic replacement. Not nearly as charming, but he can bench-press a bus," Cyborg said. Sora and the others looked at it in shock and confusion.
"It's so real looking. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference," Sora said as he tapped the head a little bit.
"Boo-yah!" The replacement yelled before popping loose on a spring, scaring the others, while Cyborg looked at it in shock.
"He still has a few bugs to work out though," he replied.
"No fair! I may be all green but he's half metal! How come he gets to go?" Beast Boy retorted.
"Well one, there's not that many green animals around the area, so that would make you easily recognizable," Sora listed.
"And two, because I have a new toy," Cyborg said. He clenched his fists revealing two rings with a large blue stone on the ring fingers. He suddenly slams his fists together, knuckle to knuckle as a big flash emerges from the rings, making the others shield their eyes. When it finally dimmed down, they looked up only to have their jaws dropped. Standing there was Cyborg, only all of his cybernetic components were gone and he was now wearing a white muscle shirt and blue shorts.
"Woah! Cyborg, your back to human!" Sora stated.
"Not exactly, it's just a projection of my human self," Cyborg said.
"What?" Sora asked confused.
"The rings are a holographic generator, Sora. They let him look like this!" Starfire explained.
"Dude! You look-" Beast Boy said.
"-Unplugged," Raven finished.
"Nice work. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were just normal," Robin said.
"Uh…thanks," Cyborg as he stared at his hands.
(Later)
Sora was on his way to the training floor when he saw that Cyborg's door was open and he decided to go and wish him good luck. He walked over to see Cyborg flexing in front of a mirror in his human form. He cleared his throat to get his attention as Cyborg stopped flexing as he looked around nervously.
"Whoa! Hey, Sora! I didn't…how long have you been standing there?" Cyborg said.
"Sorry, your door was open," Sora said.
"Ah, it's cool. Just checking out the old unimproved me. I'd forgotten what it was like to have real hands. Well, almost real," Cyborg said.
"They're certainly going to fool the H.I.V.E. But I'm just so use to the old you, that it'll take some getting use to," Sora said.
"Heh, this is the old me," Cyborg said as he turned back to the mirror. Sora was about to say something when Robin popped into the doorway.
"Cyborg! It's time," he said. Sora nodded as he pat Cyborg's shoulder.
"Just be careful in there. Call if anything happens alright?" Sora said. Cyborg smiled in response as he headed out.
"You got it Sora. You take care too," Cyborg said as he left the room. Sora smiled in response as he followed suite and headed towards the training room.
"Hey Stitch!" Sora yelled as the little blue alien came crawling on the ground towards him.
"Hi Sora," Stitch said.
"Hey Stitch? Can you help me out here?" Sora asked.
"With what?" Stitch asked.
"Well, when we were fighting the H.I.V.E, my keyblade transformed into a sword and shield. I want to see if I can get it to transform again. That's why I need you to shoot at me with everything we got," Sora requested.
"Everything?" Stitch asked.
"Yep, everything," Sora said as he summoned his keyblade and walked into the center of the training room.
"Ok," Stitch said as he shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the control panel. He cracked his fingers as he activated all the turrets and lasers and aimed them at Sora, who readied himself for the coming barrage. All the guns fired at once as Sora managed to block the first array but was eventually forced to dodge the rest. He shook his keyblade, trying to get it to transform but nothing happened.
"C'mon," Sora said to himself when he was suddenly blasted by one of the lasers. He continued to dodge the lasers when he put up a reflect spell, sending the projectiles right back at the turrets, destroying them.
"Hhm, no luck. Why don't we try the holograms, Stitch?" Sora suggested.
"Okay," Stitch said as he worked on the panel.
"What are you guys doing?" Raven said as she walked into the room.
"Oh, I'm trying to get my keyblade to transform again," Sora explained.
"Transform? Your keyblade transformed?" Raven asked.
"Yeah, it turned into a sword and shield while I was fighting Jinx. So, I'm trying to make it turn again," Sora said before ducking down as a bolt of energy whizzed past his head. "A little close there, Stitch!" Sora said.
"Sorry," Stitch said as he laughed to himself.
"And how's that working out?" Raven asked as she cocked an eyebrow.
"No luck," Sora remarked.
"Hhm, that book about Kingdom Hearts said something about that. I'll be right back," Raven said as she flew up to her room. Sora nodded as he got back to training with the holograms when Raven came back with the book.
"It says here that at some point during their lives, keyblade wielders will reach another stage called keyblade transformations, where their keyblades will turn into other unique weapons, giving them new skills and abilities," Raven read.
"Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate to what happened. Does it say anywhere about how to reactivate it?" Sora asked.
"It says that the transformations were activated after long amounts of training and/or in stressful situations," She said.
"Well, I train a lot and I do tend to find myself in stressful situations so that definitely makes sense. What else does it say?" Sora stated. Raven flipped through the pages until she found something interesting.
"It says here that the keyblade can also transform into a form of transportation called a Glider to help them traverse worlds," Raven said as she showed a picture of the keyblade transforming into a bike-like vehicle.
"Wow! That's incredible. Whoever wrote this really knew a lot about keyblades, huh? Maybe we can talk to them if we ever get the chance," Sora said as he stared at the pictures in awe.
"Good luck with that. Their name isn't in the book anywhere," Raven said.
"Wait, really?!" Sora said as he checked the front and back of the book and saw that she was right, the author's name was nowhere to be found. "Then where did this book come from?" Sora said as he went through the pages.
"I don't know. I've been wondering about that myself," Raven said. Sora continued to go through the book, finding that there was more to it than he thought.
"You mind if I go through it?" Sora asked.
"Sure. I finished it awhile ago," Raven said.
"Thanks Raven," Sora said with a smile. Raven smiled back as Sora continued to read through the book when the two heard footsteps echoing across the room. The two looked up to see Rose walking in, wearing her outfit except the mask.
"Hey guys," Rose said.
"Hi Rose. How was your patrol?" Sora asked as he marked the page he was on and closed the book.
"Well, it was going good, until I came upon a weird crime scene," Rose said.
"Weird how?" Raven asked.
"Well, I came upon a bunch of small time criminals. It looked like they just robbed a jewelry store and I was on my way to stop them but when I got there, it looked like someone beat me too it. There were sword slashes all over the walls, smoke coming from the ground and black feathers all over the place," Rose said.
"Black feathers?" Sora asked, as he looked down in thought.
"Yeah, at first I thought it was Raven," Rose said.
"Wasn't me. We were too busy dealing with the H.I.V.E," Raven said.
"Don't worry, Raven. I knew it wasn't you when I got a better look at the feathers and you don't use a sword either," Rose said. Sora continued to think about it when the realization hit him, making his eyes widened in surprise. The girls seemed to take notice as they both turned to him
"Sora? Are you okay?" Rose asked.
"Y-yeah. It's just I fought someone who fits that description a while ago but it's impossible," Sora said.
"How so?" Raven asked.
"Because one of my friends took over the fight and the two disappeared. I…don't know what happened to them but I hope my friend won that fight," Sora said as he clutched his chest. Rose walked up to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, why don't we go check out the store again? See if we can find anything," Rose suggested. Sora smiled in response and nodded in agreement.
"Sure, let's go!" Sora said. The two began to walk to the door when Sora stopped and turned to Raven. "Hey Rae, wanna come with us?" Sora offered.
"Sure, don't really have anything better to do," Raven said as she followed them out with Stitch turning off the training room and crawling after them.
(A day later)
The Titans were all standing in the Ops Room awaiting for Cyborg's call from the H.I.V.E base: Robin was pacing back and forth, Sora, Raven, Rose, and Starfire were standing around, Beast Boy was playing around with the Cyborg replacement, and Stitch was resting on the couch. They tried to contact him earlier but he didn't respond.
"His communication relay has been turned off," Sora said.
"Could just be interference. Let's just give him a minute," Robin said.
"Besides, who needs him? This other Cyborg is way more fun!" Beast Boy said as he shows off Cyborg 2, which was now stuck in a strange dance pose with a yellow feather boa around its neck and a white hat on its head.
"Boo-yah!" The double yelled as Beast Boy laughed in response. Everyone else though, just glared and scowled at the changeling.
"Any chance we could replace Beast Boy with a robot, too?" Raven asked.
"I'm down with that idea," Rose agreed.
"Cut it out. I don't think Cyborg would appreciate-" Robin said but was interrupted by the screen turning on, showing Cyborg.
"Appreciate what? The fact that he's already the top butt-kicker in his class?" Cyborg joked. Beast Boy freaked out as he took off the boa and hat and threw them onto Stitch, who woke up from the impact.
"Your infiltration is successful, yes?" Starfire asked.
"You bet. Had a few close calls, though," Cyborg whispered.
"Have you figured anything out?" Sora asked.
"They're working on some kinda class project. Sounds heavy but no details yet," Cyborg reported.
"Well, find out and get out. The longer you're there, the more dangerous it gets," Robin said.
"Believe me, I don't plan on sticking around," Cyborg said, when suddenly he moves the screen behind his back.
"Well, what do you know. It's the headmaster's scrum-buffing pet. Get him!" the Titans hear Gizmo say as the communications cut out.
"Cyborg? Cyborg!" Robin said, typing away on the panel frantically until Sora placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Robin. He'll be alright," Sora said.
"Besides, it sounds like they didn't suspect him yet," Rose said.
"Well, I'm gonna get back to work on my Cyborg," Beast Boy said.
"What are you even doing with him, anyway?" Raven asked.
"Teaching him to be more relaxed. He used to be so uptight like an actual robot but he's getting the hang of it. C'mon Cybro," Beast Boy said as he walked away.
"Boo-yah!" Cybot said as it followed Beast Boy. Raven narrowed her eyes as Rose walked up to her.
"Ya know, when I was with Slade, I was taught advanced robotics. I could make a Beast Boy dummy for ya to beat up," Rose said. Raven stared at her as she considered the proposal.
"I'll think about it," Raven said.
"Alright, I'm just offering it to ya," Rose said.
"Well, I shall return to my room and continue my study of human motion pictures," Starfire said as she flew away.
"Study of what?" Sora asked himself.
"I think she's just watching movies, Sora," Rose said.
"Oh," Sora responded.
"Anyway, how are you guys doing on this whole mystery investigation?" Robin asked.
"Not well, we just have all that's left behind at the scene. We couldn't find any clues or anything to help us out," Sora said.
"Do we have any idea on who's behind this?" Robin asked.
"Sora said that the description sounds like someone he fought a while ago," Raven said.
"He was one of the strongest guys I ever fought in my life but I managed to beat him and then my friend, Cloud stepped in and continued the fight somewhere else," Sora said.
"And what was his name?" Robin asked.
"His name was Sephiroth," Sora said.
"That's quite a name," Raven said.
"Well, let me know if you guys find anything else and let me know if I can help out alright? I'm gonna go get some training done," Robin said as he walked out of the room.
"Well, what do you guys wanna do to pass the time?" Sora asked.
"I need to get some meditation into my system," Raven said.
"I was gonna go see what's going on in the city besides patrolling. Do you wanna come with me, Sora?" Rose asked.
"Oh, uh sure," Sora said. Rose smiled as she grabbed him by the hand and ran out of the Tower with him. Raven watched them leave as she went to her room and began to meditate.
"Hey Raven," a voice said to her and she opened her eyes to see Sad Raven standing in front of her.
"What do you want, Sad?" Raven asked.
"I saw your reaction to Sora and Rose and I wanted to see how you were doing," Sad said.
"I'm fine. I don't see how Sora and Rose effect my feelings," Raven said.
"Well, we all know how you feel about Sora so…" Sad said.
"I'm fine! I just need to get some meditation done. My feelings for Sora have nothing to do with my mood," Raven said when suddenly some of her books go flying off the shelfs.
"Right…," Sad said. Raven held her head in frustration at the mess she made.
(Four days later)
The Titans were all standing in the Ops room again, awaiting Cyborg's next call. He hasn't made contact for some time and the team was starting to worry a little. Robin and Starfire were standing next to the computer, Sora and Rose were sitting on the couch talking, Raven was at the kitchen counter reading a book, and Beast Boy was once again messing around with Cyborg's replacement.
"So the plumber says 'Just because I'm a talking aardvark doesn't mean I can drive!'" Beast Boy joked as he messed around with the controller.
"Boo-yah! Booyah! Boo-yah!" The Cyborg replacement yelled as Starfire giggled in response but everyone else practically shared an eye roll.
"I'm going to dismantle that thing if Beast Boy keeps messing with it," Rose whispered to Sora as he laughed in response.
"No word in four days. That's it. I'm calling him," Robin said about to turn the computer on but Starfire stopped him.
"Robin, please. We may endanger his mission," Starfire said.
"Or we may save his life. Something's not right here," Raven said.
"Tell me about it. I can't figure out how to make this thing burp," Beast Boy said as he fiddled around with the controller until the replacement suddenly burped right into the changelings ear, making him laugh until he noticed everyone else scowling at him.
"What? I'm trying to make him more realistic," Beast Boy defended himself.
"Besides, if Cyborg was found out, wouldn't we already know about it?" Sora asked.
"Still, we need to see what's going on with him," Rose said. Robin nodded as he turned on the console.
"Cyborg! Do you copy? Cyborg, come in!" Robin said. The computer screen starts off as static until it clears up to Cyborg's face.
"This isn't a good time, guys. We've got a Theory of Mayhem test tomorrow, and I'm totally gonna bomb," Cyborg said, sitting at a desk surrounded by books and the only source of light in the room was a desk lamp.
"Your joking right?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, um…look, sorry I haven't checked in. I've been learning their combat techniques, weapons, armor, and we had a dance-" Cyborg said as he listed all the things he's been doing.
"A dance?! Cyborg, you're there to find out what the H.I.V.E. is planning, not learn to tango!" Robin yelled in confusion.
"I know. This hasn't exactly been a tea party, okay? I just need a little more time," Cyborg defended.
"Or maybe its time we did a little bit more looking around. Cyborg, can you get to a computer?" Rose suggested.
"Sure, just give me a sec," Cyborg said as he hid his arm panel and made his way to the nearest computer.
"What's your plan?" Sora asked.
"If he can access the mainframe, he should be able to find the class project they're working on," Rose said. Cyborg opened up his panel as he sat down at the computer.
"I'm in," Cyborg said.
"Good. Just make it quick," Robin whispered as Cyborg typed away at the computer.
"Okay. I've found the mainframe. Whoa!" Cyborg said.
"What is it?" Raven asked.
"Think I just found the class project. They're building something called…" Cyborg said when someone finished for him.
"…an Ion Amplifier," the person said. Cyborg hid his panel away as he cut his communications off.
"Cyborg! Who is-?" Robin tried to ask but the call cut off by that point.
"Ok, now that sounds like Cy is in trouble," Beast Boy said.
"Indeed, what must we do?" Starfire asked.
"It's time we went on the offensive. Titans Go!" Robin yelled as he and the others ran out but Beast Boy was having a problem with the Cyborg replacement.
"Wait guys, wait up! Help me out with this…thing!" Beast Boy said as he pulled on its arm.
(H.I.V.E. Base)
Raven teleported herself and Sora into a hallway as they checked to make sure the coast was clear.
"All clear," Sora whispered. A nearby door opened revealing the Titans hiding behind it as Robin, Starfire, and Rose walked in.
"Beast Boy! Hurry up!" Robin said to the fellow Titan, who was currently pushing the Cyborg double into the hall himself.
"Next time Cyborg builds a robot, he better leave instructions," Beast Boy said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"So, all this time, you never figured out how to make it move?" Sora asked.
"Boo-yah!" The double yelled all of a sudden. Everyone tried to shut it up and luckily Beast Boy was successful by turning into a starfish and clamping himself around the double's mouth, silencing it. Everyone released a held-in breath as they started down the hall, following Cyborg's location signal. They continued forward when Robin suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Sora asked.
"I'm picking up Cyborg's signal…directly below us," Robin said. Everyone looked down as the floor panel they were standing on suddenly pivoted, sending the group falling further down the base into a wide open arena with multiple columns surrounding them.
"Trap door. Why didn't we see this coming?" Rose said as everyone got up.
"The Teen Titans. So nice to make your acquaintance," a voice rang out across the arena. They turned around to see a figure standing on a descending platform. He was a tall figure wearing a long white robe trimmed with gold and on his chest was a triangular black field marked with a drawing of an animal head. He had well-grayed-hair, a prominent chin and a stern look in his eyes.
"Likewise, and just who are you?" Sora retorted.
"Blood. Brother Blood, the current headmaster of the H.I.V.E Academy. I would introduce you to my students…but I'm fairly certain you've already met," Brother Blood said. As a column rose up next to him, revealing Gizmo, Jinx, Mammoth, and Cyborg, disguised as Stone standing on it.
"Cyborg?" Robin asked confused.
"Attack Pattern Alpha!" Cyborg shouted as he and the H.I.V.E. students charged at them. Gizmo fired a salvo of rockets at the Titans, making them take cover, as Brother Blood watched from his platform.
"No mercy! NO MERCY!" Blood bellowed. Jinx launched several waves of energy towards them as Mammoth charged at them. Sora and Rose dodged blasts from Gizmo when Stone suddenly leaped in between them, separating the two. The undercover Titan pulled a piece of the floor off and hurled it at Sora but he quickly cut it in two as Stone continued his assault.
"Cyborg, stop. It's us," Sora whispered but he didn't respond as Stone knocked his feet out from under him, then grabbed him and hurled him into Rose, who was about to attack Stone from behind, knocking the two down.
"Sorry," Sora said.
"It's cool. It was bound to happen," Rose said when suddenly Mammoth came charging straight towards them. Rose quickly pulled out a grappling hook and shot it at the big teen's feet, stopping him right in front of her, allowing her to kick him away with a backflip. Sora followed up with a couple smacks with his keyblade to the face before shooting him away with a beam of light. Suddenly, Raven flies past them, blocking another hex from Jinx as more and more spells are hurled at them, forcing them to move out of the way. Sora got an idea as he fired a blast of Blizzard at the ground next to Jinx, causing her to slip and fall to the ground. Before she could get up, Raven grabbed her with her powers and threw her into a nearby wall with Rose coming in to kick Jinx away.
"Glad she's down. I was getting tired of her," Raven said when suddenly she was blasted away by Gizmo.
"Raven!" Sora yelled but he was shoulder checked by Mammoth, sending him sliding across the ground. Rose struck at Mammoth with her swords but he easily blocked them and knocked her away. The Titans began to pick themselves u[ when they looked up to see Stone standing over them. He raised his arms in the air, planning to finish this when suddenly, the Cyborg double came out of nowhere and tackled Stone into a nearby wall, creating a hole.
"BB! You finally got it figured out!" Sora said happily.
"Good timing huh?" Beast Boy said as he moved out of the way of another blast from Gizmo. Suddenly, the Cyborg double comes flying out from the wall at a balcony level but manages to land on a nearby column, with Stone standing in the new hole he made. The Titans were about to get back to fighting when Gizmo fired a device near them, before opening up to reveal an orange dome like force field. The Titans try to break free but find it useless, so there forced to watch Stone and the Cybot battle each other. Stone makes the first move as he punches Cybot in the face three times, the third sending the bot flying into a nearby column. Stone walks up to the double, looking to see if it was down for the count but the bot recovers and gets his revenge with an uppercut to the jaw.
"Boo-yah!" Cybot yells as Stone is driven all the way across the arena before crashing into another column, knocking it down in the process. The Titans watch the battle with eyes wide open as Stone comes running out of the dust cloud from the downed column.
"Boo-yah THIS!" Stone growls in anger. He charges towards Cybot as the double readies his arm cannon, about to fire at Stone. But he quite literally beats him to the punch as Stone's fist shatters the bot's entire arm, leaving only its crackling stump as it falls to the ground on its back. But Stone doesn't let up as he unleashes the mother of all pummelings onto the double, raining down punches over and over that he didn't even notice one of his holographic rings breaking apart, revealing Cyborg to the H.I.V.E. students. The Cybot is left broken and torn apart as Cyborg breathing in and out in anger.
"I knew it! The stinking gack-bag is one of them!" Gizmo accused but immediately silenced himself when Brother Blood came floating down on his platform.
"No. He's one of us now," Brother Blood said to Cyborg as his eyes glowed red.
"And I'm ready to prove it," Cyborg said as his human eye turned red as well. Sora's eyes widened before he aimed his keyblade at the shield and fired a beam of light at it, trying to free them. Raven decided to help as she fired a beam of magic at the shield as well.
"I had a feeling you'd say that," Blood said as he held up the Ion Amplifier, which looked like a bronze and red gauntlet with wires around it. "This will amplify your power by magnitudes unimagined," Blood continued as he clamped it around Cyborg's cannon. "Destroy them for me, and you'll have your reward," Blood finished as Cyborg turned around and aimed his cannon at the trapped Titans.
"Cyborg! No!" Robin yelled.
"Stop this please!" Rose said.
"Come on, buddy! We're your friends!" Beast Boy said.
"Sorry, but I have new friends," Cyborg said. Sora looked up at his friend in the eye.
"I don't believe that, Cy. And I know you don't either," Sora said. Cyborg smiled in response.
"Psych!" He yelled as he suddenly turned around and fired his cannon directly towards Brother Blood. The headmaster is surprised at first but he quickly creates a red shield in front of him, blocking the shot and making it ricochet up to the domed ceiling of the arena, causing it to start falling apart. The other young criminals in the academy see the destruction and start to run as Blood recovers.
"A foolish choice, my friend. Very foolish," Blood said as he and his students gather together. Jinx gives Cyborg one last look before joining her headmaster as the group disappears in a dark portal. Cyborg turns towards the Titans and destroys Gizmo's shield generator as he sends them a smile of relief.
"Raven. Let's get out of here," Sora said.
"Thought you'd never ask," Raven said as she creates a bubble around the group and flies them out of the collapsing base.
(Later, back at Titans Tower)
Sora was walking down the hallway of the Tower when he came upon Cyborg's room with the door opened. He walked in to see Cyborg in his human appearance standing in front of his mirror.
"Goodbye, Stone," Cyborg said as he removed the ring, turning back to Cyborg.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Sora asked, getting Cyborg's attention.
"If that's your way of asking me if I'm okay, don't worry. I'm fine. I never got to finish high school because of this," Cyborg said as he looked at his robotic hand. "And when I was at the H.I.V.E, for a while there, I actually felt normal," Cyborg said. Sora walks up to him as he placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I never got the chance to know you before this happened to you. But it doesn't matter what you look like: whether your Cyborg or Victor Stone or just Stone, your still you in your heart and that person is what I consider to be the normal you," Sora said. Cyborg smiles at the response.
"Oh, Cyborg…" Beast Boy said from the doorway, the two turn to see the others crowding around.
"You left the Titans," Robin said with a smirk.
"That means you have to be initiated all over again," Raven said as the team held up a rubber chicken, a pink wig, and a tiny pink dress.
"Say what?" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Well, you did technically betray us, beat us and almost tried to kill us so…" Sora said as he moved out of the way as the others dragged Cyborg outside as he struggled to free himself. Sora laughed in response as Rose walked up to him.
"Is that really how you guys got in?" She asked as she wiped a tear from her eye.
"No, otherwise you would've gone through it too," Sora said as he held his stomach. Suddenly, Rose's communicator went off and as she opened it, her eyes widened.
"What? What is it?" Sora asked.
"Another bank was hit and that Sephiroth guy you talked about earlier. I think he struck again," Rose said.
(Meanwhile, in Jump City)
A criminal was running down the dark city streets, trying to escape the creature that was hunting him. It already got his other buddies, so now his only thought, was to get somewhere safe. He continued running when suddenly the ground in front of him burst into flames. He heard the sound of gigantic wings flapping above him so he quickly ducked into a nearby alley, looking for anyway to defend or hide himself. Suddenly, something struck his legs, making him yell in pain as he fell to the ground. He began to crawl away as he turned around to see a lone tall figure with long, flowing, sliver hair, a black coat, a single giant wing on his back, and green piercing eyes staring down at him.
"It is fruitless to run from fate's hand," the figure said.
"W-why a-are you d-doing this? I didn't do a-anything to you?!" the criminal said. The figure pulled out a mile long katana from his belt as he pointed it at the criminal's face.
"It's not about you did, it's about what you'll do for me. I know the keyblade wielder is here and you will serve as a message to him. I have returned and I will have the keyblade," the figure said.
"W-Who are you?!" the criminal stuttered. The figure didn't say anything as he lit the criminal on fire, making him scream in pain.
"Your despair," the figure said.
And that is it! First off, I just want to say Merry Christmas everyone and I'm sorry that this took so long but with my college semester over and done with and so much other stuff going on, I rarely got much time to work on this, so consider it a late Christmas present. I hope you guys enjoyed the beginning of Sora's involvement with Season 3 aka Cyborg's arc. Also, it sounds like Sephiroth has found Sora and is now planning on gaining the keyblade. Also, Sora's keyblade is now going through the transformation stage, how long will it take for him to master? Tune in next time to find out. Now onto the reviews:
Gundam-Knight-Chris: Sweet!
Althea Sirius: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Also yes, it will look like Ven's but with different colors and design.
QuntinFMA: It's cool, we're all weird in some way. Thank you so much for the love. I'm happy you enjoyed it.
Umbrans.w.a.t: I actually love those names. I really appreciate you working on this, so thank you very much.
Guest1: Here it is my friend. Hope you enjoy it.
Guest2: I was mostly going for Sora x Raven but maybe…
Guest3: Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
Guest4: I could but I would have to learn what Martin Mystery is first.
Bluzerker: I have a plan for the book, that I think you'll enjoy.
Imagination Heart: Thanks and I have idea for the next episodes.
Bluzerker: Sorry, my bad. I'll get on it.
Guest5: Oh, I plan to make an OC for Red X
Guest6: Merry Christmas!
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