The Honorary Titans didn't get that much love in the series. So I decided to make 100 drabbles based on the 100 Themes.

Honoraries to be included: Thunder, Lightning, Tramm, Bushido, Red Star, Pantha, Kid Flash, Jinx, Kole, Gnarrk, Argent, Jericho, Herald, Kilowatt, Wonder Girl, Tyke Titans, Hot Spot, and Wildebeest.

3/5/2020 edit: hi, everyone. chapters 1-36 were written between july, 2010, to march, 2013. newer updates started from december, 2017, to present day, so the previous collection of chapters might be written in a less than satisfactory manner. this series has been going on for a decade with a few years of no updates. updates will be slow and sporadic, and i am not taking requests for this series. i may end it before i hit 100 stories because of personal stuff. also, you might notice that there are a few chapters missing. i've deleted those chapters because they contained material which do not reflect my current values. thanks for understanding!

#69: Shattered

He stood there, hovering over his opponent. As a youth, Lightning was always told to allow the fallen victim time to recover, but he never believed in that rule. Thunder did, but that was because he was a gullible fool. If the opponent was down, then kick him until he admitted defeat or begged for mercy. Lightning opted for the later usually as it made him fell superior.

Then he met the Titans, and everything changed for the young elemental. He learned what was immoral in battling from their standards, but Lightning was confused instantly. Why should he bother allowing a villain a chance to recover? Why let the bad guy get away with only minor injuries when the same amount of damage should be done to him or her?

"Because, brother, it is the right thing to do," Thunder reasoned as his younger brother rolled his eyes.

"Foolish!" Lightning snapped, turning away. "Simply foolish."

Thunder frowned, crossing his arms as they stood on their darkening cloud. "How so?"

Lightning whirled around, jabbing his finger into Thunder's face as the blue elemental winced. "Villains get what they deserve. Remember that." With those parting words, Lightning transmuted his lower half into electricity and dashed off.

Thunder gazed in terror after Lightning. He gaped before his lips were strewn shut, looking down at his sandals. He knew that Lightning was temperamental, always the one to start and finish the battle. Shaking his head, he looked up to the sky and found his brother. Summoning his cloud, he followed him until he was standing right behind him.

"What?" Lightning hissed, glaring at nothing.

"I am sorry, brother, if you do not agree with their ways, but this is not how a Titan would act," Thunder scolded gently, touching his shoulder.

Lightning sighed, looking back to Thunder sadly. "I am sorry, too, but I just wonder if I will be able to follow their rules. We have been alone for so long that we forgot what restrictions were. Well, I have." He shrugged, smirking as Thunder sighed through his nose in relief. "I suppose I will attempt to follow their rules."

Yet it was hard for him. Lightning had been so used to being free, scouring the skies with his brother for years since their youth. Whenever they were stopping crime, Lightning went too far sometimes, ending with severe injuries. The crowds that watched them would whisper in fear, much like before when the brothers did whatever they wanted. Glares were cast at the uncontrollable Titan who would meekly glance to his feet as authorities spoke to him to be more careful each and every time.

Robin found Lightning to be an egotistical hedonist. While he was brave and confident, Robin noticed that he was becoming, in his words, "unstable". Lightning disagreed, vehemently defending himself by saying that Robin was a fool and stormed out. Thunder apologized for his behavior, but found Lightning to be missing when he left to search for his beloved brother.

Lightning was gone for weeks. Thunder panicked for days, desperately asking other Titans for help. The main Titans searched with him, but could find no trace of Lightning. Titans East was posted, but they could not find him, nor could anyone else. It was as if Lightning never existed.

Then he arrived back and destroyed Titans Tower wearing the uniform that Robin once donned.

It was Slade's apprentice outfit.

When Thunder heard of Lightning's betrayal, he refused to believe Beast Boy. He covered his ears and begged him to say he was lying, but Beast Boy grabbed Thunder's hands off his ears.

"Thunder, buddy, listen to me! Lightning's with Slade! We need your help!" Beast Boy entreated, taking the elemental's hands. "We never gave up on Robin or Terra when they were with Slade, and we aren't giving up on Lightning!"

Thunder hesitated. He wanted everything to be a lie, but this was the honorable green one, the one who taught the brothers responsibility. He was their informant, the Titan they trusted the most. He never deceived them before, and wiping his tears, Thunder followed Beast Boy to Slade's newest hideout.

Yet, among Robin, Terra and Lightning, the latter was the most compliant. Slade noticed that Lightning had an immense control over his powers, but he lacked the attitude to wield it as he became a Titan. Slade retrained Lightning with his own ideals: domination, ascension, and only listen to him. Lightning agreed eagerly, finding everything to be so amusing that he just lost himself. He forgot his brother, the Titans, his friends, everything. He was Slade's apprentice now, and when the Titans came, Lightning struck.

The master and apprentice duo annihilated the Titans. They were groaning, some unconscious like Cyborg and Beast Boy. Slade finished off Robin, Raven and Starfire, leaving Lightning to tend with his brother.

"Have you gone mad?" Thunder shrieked, cut above his right eye. Blinking away the blood, he seethed inwardly as Lightning merely sneered. He observed his brother's new appearance: fallen hair on his face, covering his eyes that gave him an insane air, metal chains around his waist, and the same uniform that Robin wore. "Why have you done this, my brother?"

Lightning repeated Thunder's last word like it was a sweet tart and smirked. "Why have you not? You and I, we have wasted so much time with these fools! We once used our powers together for our own amusement! It was so much fun! Can you not remember all the beautiful storms we conjured? The rain pelting down on the world?"

Thunder gasped, noting the gruffer, more volatile tone his brother used. "B-but brother, we-"

"-are living forces of nature! I am Lightning, and you are Thunder! We have lowered ourselves to serve those who do not respect us," Lightning scoffed, cutting his stammering twin off. "Slade has shown me light, brother." He offered his hand, smiling genuinely. "He has said it is fine for you to join us, my dear brother. Come, you and I will always be together, yes?"

Thunder froze, gaping in horror at what Lightning became. This…this could not have been Lightning. The brother he knew was kind and arrogant, if moody at times and a jerk, but he was never cruel or demonic. The Lightning before him had to have been a clone, a copy created by Slade to fool him. However, his voice, his face, his eyes, everything was in perfect resonance of Lightning. Thunder clenched his fists, gritting his teeth and looked away.

"How could you do this?" Thunder questioned shakily. "They are our friends!"

Lightning drew back in shock, surprised at Thunder until Slade placed a hand on his hair. "Master?"

"He is nothing to us, Lightning. Destroy him," Slade simply commanded. "If Thunder isn't gracious enough to pick up on our offer, then he is no longer your brother."

Lightning looked up to Slade, cocking his head and merely shrugged. "Understood."

"Brother!" Thunder cried as Lightning suddenly shot out and slammed his fist across Thunder's maw. Thunder crashed down, gasping as Lightning slammed his boot onto his face, pressing him down against face. "L-Lightning, please!"

Lightning stared down at Thunder, pale orbs filled with malice. However, as he charged up his spark ball, he paused and glanced over to the other Titans. They all appeared broken, used like trash to be thrown away. Lightning's mouth dropped slightly as his gaze crossed Beast Boy's form. It was clear that his arm was broken in the horrid way it was twisted backwards. He recalled that Terra, Slade's previous apprentice, ripped out Beast Boy's heart. Now he destroyed his friendship. Could he suffer through any more heartbreak?

"Brother, brother, can you no longer see me?" Thunder weakly crooned, reaching up to him.

Lightning breathed uneasily, looking down to Thunder. He almost grasped his hand, but Slade's shout broke through when he barked his name. Lightning's head snapped like his namesake over to Slade, and even though his lone facial feature was one eye, Lightning felt the tangible annoyance emanating off of him.

"Finish it!" Slade ordered.

Lightning slowly glanced over to him and then to Thunder with a blank, calm expression. Thunder gazed up to Lightning's dull eyes, trying to break Slade's control. Whatever he did, it couldn't have been stronger than their bond. Thunder managed to grasp Lightning's chains, but his hand was swatted away.

"Lightning! Brother!" Thunder cried as Lightning sneered.

"Thunder, my dear brother…" Lightning knelt down on his chest, placing a soothing, but freezing hand to Thunder's cheek, and the pale blue elemental took in a sharp breath from the touch. He smiled, filled with mirth and arrogance before baring his teeth and snatched Thunder's throat. "…sometimes, you are so foolish."

There was an immense electrical discharge, and Thunder received no time to scream. The last thing he saw before falling to the blackness was his imagination as it conjured the innocent Lightning when they were only children with no knowledge of what the future held.

"Excellent work, apprentice," Slade commented, stepping up to Lightning as he stood up. "Go to your room. I'll have my robots clean up this mess."

Lightning stared at his brother's form. Thunder's mouth was opened slightly, and his eyes were shut. He wondered if he was dead, but the slow movement of his chest. Lightning's eyes widened, realizing what he had done. Horror crossed his face, covering his mouth and suddenly dropped to his knees. Grasping Thunder's arm, he screamed for him to wake up, to look at him and begged for forgiveness.

Suddenly, Slade ripped Lightning away from Thunder, punching his straight in the stomach. Lightning weakly grunted, falling to his knees. Slade snatched Lightning's neck, bringing him dangerously close to his face.

"You have chosen this life. You can never go back!" Slade roared, throwing Lightning to the ground.

Lightning yelped, brushing his hair back and instantly desired his old "headguard" as Thunder called his orange forehead armor. Slowly, Lightning forced himself to his feet and walked out of the room, clutching his shoulders and only felt cold metal pressing against him. His mind was muddled, and his heart was shattered like ice breaking on cement. Once he was out of Slade's sight, Lightning sobbed for the first time in years.

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