Final chapter! I really don't know how this turned out, so if you don't like it, I'll rewrite it.
Again with the Batman-Joker-Harley thing, if I got their personalities wrong, I'm sorry. Again, I'll rewrite if necessary.
Umm. So...Enjoy!
"I suggest you would not do that," Starfire said. Her voice was cold and angry, and her glowing green eyes were enough for the thug, who was barely afraid of anything, to run in fear. She watched him go in silence and began to advance towards the Joker.
She walked silently. She opened her clenched fists and two balls of green light flickered around her hands. Joker slipped a hand behind his back and snapped his fingers, his eyes wide and his mouth open, as though wanting to say something.
Starfire didn't see his hand gesture, but Robin did.
"Starfire! Look out!" He yelled as he saw three thugs coming straight towards Starfire from behind. She turned around to see the brutish men charging at her.
One carried a metal bat, pounding it into his palm as he walked. The next had no weapon, but his hands could probably be considered one. They were large and strong, and he continuously cracked his knuckles. The last carried what looked like a gun. It was longer and rounder and it didn't have a hole for bullets to come out. It instead had two antennas with circles around them.
The first thug broke out in a run and charged at Starfire with the bat. He tried to break it over her head but it only bent and fell the floor with a clank.
Starfire's eyes narrowed and she grabbed the man by the cuff of his collar and threw him across the room. She turned her head slowly towards the large-handed man and just looked at him smugly. She began to raise her arms but the man's expression grew fearful and he ran after his thrown teammate.
The last man's face wavered, but he held up trembling arms and aimed the gun at Starfire. She began to laugh, but it turned into a scream. The gun the man had was not really a gun. Her body crackled with electrical energy and she vibrated as it went through her. When the man lowered his arms, Starfire's eyes died and fell to her knees.
"STARFIRE!" Robin screamed, trying to push his chair towards her.
She smiled faintly at Robin and collapsed on the ground.
Robin yelled for her again, but there was no reply.
When she awoke, she was in the same dark room as before, only Robin was sitting directly before her, his eyes heavy and weary. His face was bloody and scarred, and he appeared to be on the verge of sleep. His wrists and arms were cut, his uniform ripped open. The two plugs were still implanted in his chest, with blood drying below them.
"Robin?" She whispered, and tried to move towards him. But she couldn't. Being so used to flying, she hadn't noticed her feet dangling off the ground below her. She looked up and saw her arms in chains against the dark wall. Normally, she would've been able to break free from these chains with ease, but she was still tired from being shocked, and barely had enough strength to keep breathing. She struggled with all the strength she had left, but it wasn't enough.
Suddenly, the chains were enveloped in a black light that was nearly invisible because of the darkness in the room. A pulsing sound surrounded them, and then they shattered. Starfire fell to the ground and rubbed her arms.
How long had I been there? She wondered, looking up to see her savior.
Standing before her were three smiling faces. Err, two actually. One's face was solemn, but her eyes were gleaming with joy.
"Friends!" Starfire exclaimed. She pushed herself off the ground with a grunt and gathered them in a hug, which felt surprisingly normal to the other three. The only other girl backed out of the hug and pulled her hood up. She was wearing a black leotard with arms and a blue cloak that covered most of her body. The room had a slight breeze and the cloak swayed to the right, showing some of the girl's legs. The other two were boys; one tall, the other short.
The taller of the two was mostly covered in a blue metal material, with brown skin only visible on parts of his arm and half of his face. The shorter boy was green, with eyes and hair to match. He wore a purple and black jumpsuit, big boots, and gloves. His grin was the widest, but he was also the thinnest. She frowned at his frame; it was unhealthy. He wouldn't be able to keep much energy with so little meat on his bones.
She quickly wiped the frown off her face and clapped. "It is glorious to see you! I fear for the friend Robin, he seems to be having a long slumber," She said, glancing over at the sleeping Boy Wonder.
The green boy rushed over and shook him. "Robin! Robin? Are you alright?" He asked before turning into a rat and chewing off his shackles.
He slowly fluttered his eyes open. He rotated his wrists and stretched, checking over his cuts and bruises. Robin looked down to his chest and ripped out the cords, groaning painfully as he did so.
"Where are we?" Robin asked, shaking out his limbs.
"You're in an abandoned warehouse by the wharf," the dark girl explained.
"Phew! That would explain the stink," the green boy said with a chuckle.
"Strangely enough, Beast Boy, I don't think you're helping the situation," she contradicted.
Beast Boy narrowed his eyes and folded his arms. A growling noise came from his stomach. He blushed and blinked hard, trying to keep from falling over. Robin noticed this.
"Beast Boy? Are you alright? You look…You look…kind of pale. And that's really saying something with you," Robin asked.
The green-skinned boy gave a nervous laugh and stood up tall. "Of course I am. I've just skipped a few meals, that's all," He said, smiling best he could.
"By the looks of it, you've missed more than a couple," the hooded girl said, her voice carrying worry.
"Raven's right, BB. Have you been eating?" The cyborg asked, advancing towards his friend.
"Look, I just haven't had the time. I've been…busy."
Raven gave him worried glance, but quickly dropped her gaze when she saw Beast Boy catching it.
"All I'm saying, Beast Boy, should this come to a fight, you might not have enough energy to last very long," Robin said.
"Don't worry about it, I'll be fine!"
Beast Boy made a motion to flex his arm muscles, which was really all that was left on his arms, but was interrupted by a bored voice from above:
"I know that you're all very busy with your reunion, but if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to be let out of this."
All five of them shifted their eyes upwards and saw a muscular man sitting on what looked like an oversized bird cage.
Beast Boy looked as though he would faint (Not out of hunger!), Cyborg's jaw dropped, Raven stood silent as usual, and Robin's eyes filled with a mix of happiness and sadness. Starfire, who had no idea who this man was, just stood there, unsure how to react.
Robin stepped forward and reached for his utility belt, but stopped when he realized there was nothing around his waist. Beast Boy seized the opportunity and morphed into a hummingbird, quickly darting up towards the cage. He tried to pick the lock with his beak, but an electrical force crackled and threw him to the ground. An alarm followed.
Cyborg groaned. Wonderful, he thought.
Raven rushed towards the unconscious Beast Boy and placed her hands on his stomach. A blue aura appeared around her hands and Beast Boy coughed up some blood, sitting upright. He smiled at Raven and for the first time in her life, she smiled back. The smile quickly vanished.
"Don't get used to it. That's twice I've had to do that for you," the empath said softly, almost playfully.
The moment was interrupted by a familiar-looking long face, laughing and clapping as he entered from the shadows.
"I see you've made some friends, Robin. I certainly hope they're stronger then you are, or you could be in some big trouble," He said mockingly. He snapped his fingers and slipped back into the darkness.
At least a dozen men appeared, almost magically. They all had a weapon of some sort, whether it was a base ball bat or just their body parts. Some were even dressed in clown-like costumes, but most wore street clothes.
The unformed Titans exchanged glances, but nothing was said. Nothing needed to be said. They would fight till the end; even if it was their end.
"GO!" Robin shouted, running straight into the crowd. The other four followed and began their attacks. These thugs weren't completely stupid; they studied the titans for the first five minutes of the battle, and found their weakness. Each other.
Seeing Beast Boy's wheezing and quickly deflating energy, they grabbed Cyborg, twirled him in a circle, and threw him into Beast Boy. The half-man immediately got up and offered the changeling a hand up. His eyes were heavy and tired, but he grabbed it and pulled himself up.
They took advantage of Robin's worry for Starfire, and repeatedly attacked her. He, of course, was distracted by Starfire's attackers and did not see Harley approaching behind him.
The female-version of the Joker raised a bat above Robin's head, her face maniacal and grinning. Before she could bring the bat down on him, however, she fell to the knees. She held up a finger and swayed, mumbling something inaudible before collapsing on the ground completely.
Standing behind Harley, her clenched fist directly above where Harley's head had been, stood Starfire. Robin smiled at her and bit his lip, thinking.
Raven brought up a force field to hold back the thugs, but it was obvious she could not hold it for long.
"This isn't working!" She yelled, bringing up another hand to strengthen the wall.
"Raven's right. If we want to win, we need to work as a team!" Robin agreed.
And for a split second, there was silence. Not a word was spoken, nor did it need to be. They all looked at each other and knew what they must do.
Raven released the force field and chanted. Her eyes glowed whiteas shefloated above the thug's heads.
"Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" She screamed spreading out her arms.
Four of the men dropped to the ground, for a black light had hid them dead on.
Beast Boy morphed into a pterodactyl and grabbed Cyborg's shoulders. Cyborg rearranged his gears like he had done before and fired his sonic cannon.
"BOOOOOOYYYYAAAAHHHHH!" He yelled during every shot.
Starfire grabbed Robin by the hands and flew up the ceiling, where she released him. He plummeted down and landed on his feet, one hand on the ground to steady him. He had landed directly in front of the largest man, who was startled for a moment, but grinned as he realized who it was.
Robin looked up at him, not moving his head. It gave him an evil appearance, and the man's grin immediately was wiped off his face. Robin kicked him right-where-it-hurts and moved on to the next man.
Starfire, during this, had flown behind the men and rounded them up in a circle. Raven chanted the three words again, and they were surrounded in black light. Because the room was already so darkly light, it looked as though nothing was surrounding them. So, they continued to charge straight at the walls and were obviously stupefied when they were stopped and their heads began to thrash.
Raven repeated the words one last time, and the black bubble disappeared; men included.
The titans smiled at themselves and began to laugh. Even Raven, who'd been brought up knowing showing emotion was a bad thing, laughed uncontrollably. The big white light shattered and they were enclosed in darkness.
"Why...Why are we laughing?" Cyborg said between giggles, tears of laughter streaming down one side of his face.
"I-I don't know," Robin returned, struggling to keep from falling over.
As their laughter died, another formed. It was a lone cackle, twisted and disturbed.
"Fair enough," the voice said. "Seeing as you've destroyed all my men, I'll destroy yours."
The laughter continued, and Batman, who they'd completely forgotten about, yelled out in pain. The same electrical force that had sent Beast Boy to the ground seized him and forced him to his knees.
Raven's eyes glowed white and she held out a hand in the direction of the cage, covering it in the black light (Which could not be seen at this time). She closed her hand and the cage fell apart. The metal bar holding it up broke and shattered, the bars fell to the ground, and the middle circle dropped to the ground with Batman on top of it.
The laughing voice abruptly stopped and fell silent. The dropping of a microphone could be heard and the sound of running feet echoed throughout the room.
Robin began to head after him, but Batman placed a strong arm on his shoulder.
"No, Robin. We'll get him eventually," He said, nodding at the other four.
The titans came to the island for the last time as an unformed team. Cyborg was giving them the grand tour, but Beast Boy had snuck off and was stuffing his face.
When the tour was finished, they had gathered in the living room to find Beast Boy bent over in the refrigerator door, his mouth full of food.
"Uhh…I can explain…" He began, but Cyborg put up a hand in protest.
"Don't worry about it. You can have as much as you can eat. Want me to whip you up a batch of bacon and eggs?" He asked, smiling.
Beast Boy's eye twitched and he nearly barfed up the food he had in his mouth.
"Ugh! How can you eat that! I've been those animals! How would you feel if someone tried to eat you?" He yelled, his mouth open and filled with food, so it really sounded more like:
"Ugh! Hwcn yu eat thnt! Innbn thns anminals! Hwwoul you feel if smnnne triyeau?"
"Uhh…" Raven said, holding up a finger. "You might want to try talking without your mouth full."
Beast Boy chewed, swallowed, and tried again. It developed a playful fight between Cyborg and Beast Boy, who argued about meat and vegan-ism.
After Raven, Starfire, and Robin had calmed the two, Cyborg offered to let them stay at his tower for a while.
"Y-you know…If you don't have anywhere to stay, you're all welcome to stay here for as long as you'd like," He offered nervously, glaring at Beast Boy, who was munching on a bag of chips.
"Snns grennt!" Beast Boy said his mouth full of food. (He really was saying 'Sounds great!') He gave his metal friend a thumbs up.
Starfire clapped and flew over to Cyborg, embracing him in a death-hug. "That would be glorious!" She said gleefully, flying around the room in delight.
Robin pondered this for a minute and rested his chin on his hand. "I could try that, see how it works," He said finally before being hugged tightly by Starfire.
"Wonderful!" She exclaimed, nearly crushing Robin in the hug. His face turned purple and bones could be heard cracking.
Everyone looked to Raven, who'd been sitting at the far end of the couch, her hood up and her gaze down. "I don't think so. A person like me doesn't deserve friends," She said before she could stop it.
"Everybody deserves a friend," Cyborg said.
"Aw, come on Rae. It'll be fun. Just for a little while! It's better then that dump you live in now," Beast Boy said, grinning.
In Raven's mind, a part of her melted at his smile. But she didn't show it. "Alright…But only for a while. Just until I can find a better place to live." The other four broke out in smiles, and Starfire headed towards Raven, planning on giving her a hug.
But Raven pulled out a hand and put up a force field around her, stopping Starfire from her hug. She held out three fingers. "On three conditions. One, no one comes into my room. Two, I'm entitled to strangle anyone who touches any of my things. Three," She paused, and looked at Beast Boy fondly for a split second, but it quickly turned into a scowl, "Do not. Call me Rae."
Beast Boy laughed at the second condition and was too busy laughing to catch Raven's gaze.
"It's settled then," Cyborg said merrily, happy to not feel so alone in the world anymore.
"What do you call this place?" Robin asked, glancing around the room.
"Titan's Tower," Cyborg said, and it was followed how the name came to be.
"Titan's Tower…Titan's Tower…Teens living in Titan's Tower…Teen Titans…" Robin said in a hushed tone to himself.
"What was that?" Cyborg asked.
"Huh? Oh, nothing."
The end of the beginning!
YAY! Okay, as I said above, I really don't know if I really captured Joker/Batman/Harley well. Harley didn't have a big part, so I won't rewrite it if I didn't do her's correctly.
But as far as Joker and Batman, I realllllyyy don't know. When Joker ran away, I don't know if that was something he would do or not...So please, tell me in your review!
If it turns out I've done it wrong, I'm gonna rewrite it.
I really hoped you like this story, and keep an eye out for my next story: Elements!
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