Fan Fiction ❯ Releasing Her Demons ❯ Chapter 24 ( Chapter 24 )

Releasing Her Demons

By: Jedi_Zea

 

goth_chick: Well here's the update, sorry it wasn't soon, but it got there eventually.

 

soul_stealer_25: Thanks, I appreciate the compliment. Again not soon, but here it is.

 

dragon_slayer: Here's an update, and thank you I'm glad you like the story.

 

gothic_raven: More is added to it, not soon, but it's eventually. Hopefully I'll start up writing the story again, more then just a chapter every few months.

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, Dungeons and Dragons, any of the places I got my music from, or any other real things I may make reference to while writing this story. Also the only characters I own are Vincent, Rurik, Ivellos, T'klora, Sapphire, Arachne, Naryldor, and a few others so don't steal any of the characters, especially the ones people let me use but aren't mine.

 

AN: No excuses for not putting the chapter up sooner, I just haven't been interested in my story that much.

 

Chapter 24

 

(Downtown Jump City)

 

Chaos was everywhere. People were running in all directions to escape the hordes of robots that were swarming the streets. No one could tell where the machines were coming from, and more people ended up getting cut down than getting to safety. The only people that seemed to be fighting back were the police, and their guns didn't have any effect against the masses of metal invaders.

 

Back in one alley one person was managing to hold his own, a tall African-American male who was holding a strange glowing two-handed sword, pulsing with psionic energy, was warding off the few bots in the alley. He pivoted skillfully after slicing through the steel of the first robot, and dodged the burst of energy. He swung his energy blade around and sliced the legs cleanly off the second bot causing it to crash down to the ground. He dove to his left and rolled behind the nearest garbage bin for cover. `Where the hell did these things come from,' he thought. He took a second to focus and let out a burst of psyonic energy as a third robot reached the trash bin and raised its weapon. He stood and looked out the alley only to see a sea of robots filling the streets. “Well ain't that great,” he muttered.

 

(Titan's Tower)

 

Robin walked into the communications room. He didn't like the idea of asking Batman for a favor, especially after their last conversation, but since he was invited to a ball Batman was throwing he hoped their little argument had blown over. He hit the button to activate the satellite link and typed in his password. “Batman, this is Robin do you read?” he said. “Come in Batman.”

 

“Master Dick, I'm afraid Master Bruce is away at the moment,” came the reply. A regal looking elderly man dressed in a butler uniform stepped into view. “What can I do for you Master Dick?”

 

“Alfred, I need a favor. I need to find out about a demon named Trigon. Could you have Batman contact the Watchtower and find out what he can?”

 

“I'll see what I can do Master Dick. Do you have a date for the ball Master Bruce invited you to, or should I let Keira know you'll be back in town?” Alfred asked with a disapproving grimace at the name.

 

“No that's ok, I've got a date. Thanks though Alfred.” Robin replied with an uncomfortable smile. He shifted a little at the mention of his Ex's name. Suddenly he regretted that they parted ways on good terms, and that they had left the possibility of a rekindled relationship if he ever returned to Gotham for good.

 

“Yes Master Dick. She is invited though. Master Bruce wanted her there incase you didn't have a date, and it's too late to retract the invitation. It is also requested that you and your date arrive a few days early so you can help with the decorations, and so you can finish the room you were painting.” Alfred said with a glare. “I dislike having one of the rooms in the mansion shut off, and the unfinished mural is not very attractive.”

 

Robin sighed quietly, but Alfred obviously noticed and stiffened his glare. “We'll be there in enough time for me to finish Alfred I promise.”

 

“Very good Master Dick. I'll make sure Master Bruce gets your message. And I'm sure everyone will be thrilled to see you.”

 

“Yeah, thanks Alfred. Robin out.” He said as he pressed the end transmission button and terminated the satellite link. They had stopped their constant Internet connection since Beast Boy's little `incident' with Mega Monkeys 3. Now they all had personal computers with access, but the Titans mainframe was offline, and only Robin and Cyborg had the password to access the T3 line and communications array.

 

Robin walked out of the control room, and started heading to the med bay. He wanted to make sure Jinx was doing ok. While walking through the living room he saw Raven glaring at Beast Boy and Terra who were talking rather loudly while she was trying to read.

 

“Hey Robin,” Terra called from across the room. Raven winced at the yelling, but didn't say any thing.

 

Robin walked across the room, giving Raven a sympathetic glance as he walked by. “What's up?” he asked.

 

“Terra and I were wondering, is there any chance you knew a Keira when you lived in Gotham? She doesn't use her last name, at least not on her website,” Beast Boy said sheepishly.

 

“Yes I knew her,” Robin replied

 

“See I told you he would know some important people,” the green Titan said to Terra. “I knew you weren't just a nobody in Gotham.”

 

Robin chuckled; thinking back to all the balls Bruce had him go to. “Well I wouldn't say that,” he lied. Raven eyed him skeptically and smiled idly. She knew he was really Bruce Wayne's adopted son, and that he probably had an in with ever important figure in Gotham, sleazy reputation or no.

 

“And besides just because she's a name in the adult film industry doesn't mean she's one of the `important people' in Gotham.” Robin said quietly. He tried to look over to Raven, and caught her slipping out of the room. `I guess I should have left that part out,' he thought sullenly.

 

“Well I think you should hook me up if we ever end up in Gotham,” Beast Boy smirked. “Terra and I have a one mistake policy and I wouldn't mind making the `mistake' with one of the babes you probably know back in Gotham.”

 

Terra looked at BB with all the kindness of a mother dragon guarding her eggs. “One, I don't think he should know that, and two we agreed mistake. That means if you're drunk or something we'll forgive each other once, not having Robin `hook you up' with a porn star,” the blonde Titan growled. She reached out and grabbed the collar of Beast Boy's shirt, but then remembered the marks on her wrists, and tried to draw her hands back away from Robin's line of sight.

 

The masked Titan chuckled at her quick movements, and caught a glimpse the red marks on her wrists. “Don't worry Terra she knows me as,” he started but quickly caught himself. “As my alias in Gotham, not as Robin. Introducing a green shape-shifter as a friend would probably be suspicious, even with all the things they've done. And, judging by the rope burns, Terra would be more the style of most of her friends anyway,” Robin said with a wry grin. He quickly walked out of the room and continued to the med bay, leaving Terra blushing fiercely and BB in a dreamlike state.

 

He almost made it to the med bay, when the alarm sounded for the second time today. This time a report came in on his communicator. There were swarms of robots attacking downtown, the police were overrun and the mechanical menaces were quickly working their way through the rest of the city. Robin quickly hit his communicator and opened a channel to Cyborg. “Cy you take care of Jinx, and guard the tower incase we need to retreat. We can handle this.”

 

“Got it Robin, you guys be careful the report says there's tons of the things,' came Cyborg's reply.

 

(Downtown)

 

The Titans reached downtown just in time to see several of Slade's robots being sent into a store window. They crashed through and exploded, luckily the building didn't catch on fire though. They saw a tall black man surrounded by the robots, but despite being surrounded seemed to be doing very well. He was pivoting and spinning swiftly, leaving a trail of robotic shards behind him. The streets were littered with these fragments, and there seemed to be very few robots left.

 

“Titans, secure the area,” Robin commanded. The Titans nodded and fanned out in all directions, looking for any remaining robots in the area. Robin stayed though, he watched the sole survivor carefully, trying to determine if this person was a friend or a foe. After a second he decided since he was fighting off Slade's robots he was most likely an ally and rushed over to help take out the last robots. When he arrived, however, none of the robots were left. This lone person had destroyed all of them.

 

“Well looks like you guys are late,” quipped the unknown warrior with a glare to Robin. “But I guess it is the effort that matters.” He extended his hand to Robin with a friendly smile and said “I'm Psyon.” There was a noise from behind Psyon, and he turned just in time to knock the last of Slade's robots down with a firm elbow to the head. “So you mind telling me what's going on here?”

 

“I'm not sure how just how much I can say; the robots were controlled by a madman come back to life named Slade.” Robin started hesitantly. “I don't really think I can say too much else without the permission of another of the team members, kind of a personal thing.” Robin stated.

 

Psyon looked disappointed and more than a little angry. He wanted to know what he just stumbled into the middle of, and now. As he was considering how to do this the rest of the Titans came back from their clean up jobs. Raven went over to Robin, and said something quietly to him while Beast Boy and Terra conversed casually over this and that..

 

Starfire went over to the new person and cheerfully said, “Hello I'm Starfire, it's nice to meet you.”

 

Psion smirked and looked at the scantly clad, red-haired Titan. “I'm Psyon, it's a pleasure to meet you,” the man said, then he grabbed Star's right hand in his and kissed it gentely. Starfire giggles slightly, but her laughter was cut off by an alarm.

 

“Titans the tower's under attack,” Robin yelled. “Let's move!” The Titans ran off, but not before Starfire grabbed Psyon and took him with her.

 

(Titan's Tower: Med Bay)

 

Jinx was sitting on one of the medical beds, waiting for one of Cyborg's tests to finish. “I'm telling you there's no reason for all these tests,” she insisted. Jinx reached to her head to take off one of the brainwave monitors that were stuck to her forehead. Cyborg reached to her arm and grabbed it just in time to keep her from pulling the thing off.

 

“Don't worry, it's just a precaution.” Cyborg said with a smile. “I'm glad you decided to come over to our side Jinx. I enjoyed spending time with you back when I was a spy in the H.I.V.E.”

 

Jinx smirked and tried to hide a little bit of a blush. “Of course you did, who wouldn't like spending time with me?” the witch asked with a cocky smile. There was a noise, an alarm. A different alarm, the intruder alarm. “Will you shut off that damn racket?”

 

“Quiet,” Cy insisted. “That's the intruder alarm, someone's in the tower.” He walked over to the door and initiated the med-bay quarantine procedure. “We should be safe now,” the half-robotic Titan said with a little bit of an angry glare to Jinx. “Now whom did you let in?”

 

Jinx jumped back in protest, pulling all the monitors off of her body. “I didn't let anyone in, someone must have followed me.” She started to focus, to get ready to fight; just incase something managed to make it through the thick steel door.

 

“Who would have followed you?” Cy asked firmly.

 

“I don't know, Slade didn't hire anyone else and I, I don't think it would be hi.” Jinx said quietly. Suddenly the door blew open, a large shard of metal hitting Cyborg and knocking him to the ground. Just before he lost consciousness he heard Jinx scream and a shadow-cloaked figure pulling her out of the room.