The New TEEN TITANS! (IC)

The large block of ice took on a small crack and stopped. Snows mind was screaming outwards as she tried to free herself. More cracks began to go through the block and finally it turned to dust and fell from top to bottom until Snow was there, her arms around Fang, and released him. She took a few staggered steps back and fells backwards. The Ice Dust swirled about as if on its own and caught her, lowering her slowly to the ground. She seemed to be unconcious from Fatigue. She was breathing normally and she seemed fine.

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It was dark. No light. No sound. Just.. memories. Her head perked up when she heard the familiar hissing sound and her eyes narrowed as the cylinder she was trapped inside of began to rise and there stood an older man in a Military General Uniform. Around him were ten... make that 12 heavily armed military men. Her red eyes cast downwards to the floor she sat upon. Plastic. Useful in certain situations but against gun fire? Not so much. Katherine sat there in silence, arms around her knees that were to her chest. The only thing she wore at the moment was a very flimsy patient gown. The General began speaking, but not to her. Patient Zero. How is she holding up? The younger man, the one the General spoke to, replied. Well enough. She is eatting normally and she has not had any episodes. She has continually requested our session be out of her room and- Absolutley not. The General retorted. Close the hatch. He waved a hand to Katherine showing he was done here. He turned away and as the hatch closed she heard him say one last thing. I have enough issues with her sister Ashley. I do not need Kristen out and- The hatch sealed and she was cute off. Her eyes went wide. Her Sister?! She had a sister! Did the General lock this.. Ashley up as she was? Katherine had to get out. She had to leave. She closed her eyes and counted the moments. It would be tomorrow when they checked on her again to ask how she felt. She was pissed. Her hand went out and touched the thick plastic that Lined the Tank she was in. Her finger then changed to a plastic finger and with a twitch of her mind that finger turned sharp like a knife. It had taken a few weeks but she had been whittling away at the thick layer of plastic. Her finger made slow easy strokes as to not make any unneeded sound outside of her prison. Plastic on Plastic. The sound was put into her mind and it made her want to get out even more. It drove her crazier then she already felt. Plastic on Plastic. Plastic on Plastic.. Plastic on... She stopped. A new sound. She put her plastic knife of a finger forward and she could feel it... She gave a wide evil grin as the clear plastic of her finger slowly took on a metalic sheen. What a wonderful material her cage was made of. Titanium? Her body was suddenly a walking moving statue of Titanium and she slowly sat up and banged against the Tank. Alarms went off. She knew she was not allowed to bang the tank. But she knew what would happen. After a moment she felt the hissing of the Tank being released and the sound of the mans voice that she heard every day. Now Now Kristen. There is no need to be.. What the?! GUARDS! SECURITY! PATIENT ZERO HAS-GEH The mans neck had a very thin metal rod through his neck. It came from the other side of the window that looked upon Kristens Prison... and from there it can from Kristens arm, made thinner in order to reach the man she so grew tired of speaking to. A dozen armed guards rushed inside her room and raised their guns. Meanwhile outside a nurse was huddled under her desk in fear as she heard gunfire.. and men screaming before thier lives were chocked off. She watched in horror as bare bloody feet walked to her desk and a head of white hair leaned down. Katherine put her finger to her lips.. Shhhh.. Was all she said before she stood up and walked away. The nurse cried as she heard fading gun fire and more men screaming for their loves.

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A report crosses the Generals desk. Kristen had escaped. What the hell?! Why am I just NOW getting this?! He read over the file. Every single male on the base had been slaughtered. Even the Janitors hiding in closests. Women however.. All lived. Besides one. According to the report of one of the female officers at the base Kristen just ignored them even as they fired upon her metalic body. The only Female to die had gotten infront of Kristen and told her to go back to her room. Kristen had actually stopped. She was recorded as replying to get out of her way and when the Female said no Kristen backhanded the woman so hard it snapped her neck. The General dropped the report on his desk and leaned back in his chair. He raised a hand to wipe at his forehead. Where are you going Kristen? What brought this on? He began to think back to what he had said and then he knew. He grabbed the phone and punched in a number. Get my helicopter ready... Dont ask questions, Son, just do it! He slammed the phone down and grabbed his coat. It was time he went to see his eldest Daughter, Ashley.

Nova swung her arms and released her manipulation of the flames. They fell back to simple ashes across the ground around her. Nova took off, running up behind Snow. As Snow stumbled back from the block of ice, Nova caught her and held her up while she caught her breath. "Are you okay..?" -- Nova was spoke in more of a questioned way, seeming not only to be questioning if Snow was okay but why she cared. The thought wasn't very familiar to her. People caring about her or her caring about people never happened. Regardless, she wanted to ensure her teammate wasn't about to keel over.

The ensuring battle has left much of the mall battered and damaged. Rubble covered the ground. The locals have abandoned the area. It finally seemed the fighting was over for now. From within one of the stores hid Jacen. He witnessed the entire fray before his eyes. Not since the Teen Titans has he seen anything like this. Jacen emerged from the store being cautious to ensure no wolves were lingering and ready to attack. Most of the heroes seem to have gathered near the block of ice. Best avoid them. No point getting caught up in all of this.

Snows eyes fluttered open as she felt the warm embrace of Nova. She gave a slow gentle smile as she reached up and placed her hand upon Novas neck before leaning up and kissing her chin. I am fine now, Nova.. Snow held onto Nova as she got to her feet, using the girl for support.

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Hey, Manny! Do me a favor would ya? Check to see if we got any of those new sneakers in storage still. A man in his mid 30s spoke to a younger boy, perhaps 16. Sure thing boss! The young boy rushed to the back storage area and began to look through the boxs of new clothes, shoes, and a bit of tech. As he opened a box he stopped and looked around hearing a noise. Hello? Claymore walked around the corner, completly naked, holding up a pair of pants against her form to see if they fit. Holy cow... The boys eyes went wide as he watched the naked girl. Claymore set the pants down and took a shirt from a rack and began to put it on. Hey! You cant just take that! Boss! We got a - ck... The boy fell to the ground as Claymores left hand was upon the metal clothes rack and her right hand, metal, was pulling back from the boys chest. She slowly got dressed in a tight white sleevless shirt and blue jeans, leaving her feet bare. The older man ran in at that time. He looked to his employee on the ground and was about to yell out when his words were cut off. Replaced by a gurgle. Claymore began to walk out of the store, a female employee at the register watching her walk by with bloody hands. She said nothing out of fear as Claymore ignored her and left. The female then hit the panic button under her register and grabbed the phone. Hello?! Police?! Some girl just killed my boss and a coworker! Oh my god.. Manny.. Please! Come quick!

It did not take Claymore very long to hitch hick the miles towards her destination. The female driver beside her not saying a word as Claymore sat in complete silence. Soon she saw what she was seeking. The Titans Tower off in the distance, and the city it was sworn to protect.

Nova let go of Snow and stepped back from her. While Snow was recovering, Nova looked down at her hands. They were cold. Why... She shook her hands once, as if to throw off the cold. She found it both calling and irritating, something that tried to stir her up but at the same time drive her crazy. With a flare of her anger and her flames, she struck the ground with a roaring flamethrower that sent her into the sky. Her body lit up with flames as she tore through the ceiling of the mall, causing a small avalanche from the ceiling. Nova turned mid-air and flew toward the tower -- she was angry. Flames spurred from her body that lit through the air. The flames were very intense. Why, Why, Why now!? She cried out in her mind. The thought of it all drew Nova into insanity. She closed her eyes and let her flame flourish.

Nova spiraled through the air over the water near the tower. Flames spurred out from around her, thrashing through the air and across the water. She fell into her memories.

Master, the word popped into her head. She brought her hands up to her face and let the fire draw back to her. The fire user dropped.

The sound echoes into the air... Splash!

After a few minutes of waiting under water, another loud splash bursts from it as Nova throws herself out of the surface of the water. She floats on the surface, gasping quickly for oxygen. Her nostrils flared and sent out flames, causing the water to turn to steam. She looked up at the tower with a blank look, thinking about everything that just happened to her. ... I'm going crazy.

Originally posted by starryknight
Matt was standing in the middle of the living room looking around the house, it was nice and normal feeling of the decor made him feel out of place and nervous, he made a mental note not to touch anything. Suddenly from nowhere Oliver was behind them, Matthew gasped then dropped the bags of snacks he was holding then spun around expecting a fire breathing Nova dragon lady, his hands sparked with electricity and his nano bots began to cover his body. Seeing that it was only Ollie he relaxed his body and the bots crawled back into his clothes, "Damn dude you you might be even a better stalker then Snow, I didn't hear you sneak up on us at all." He said patting his chest.

Matt picked up his bags and set it down on a coffee table in the middle of the room. "Nice place you have here, your pops must make the big bucks at Star, huh?" Matt didn't wait for Ollie to say anything, instead he took off his back pack and took out a large cd case filled with games some not even released yet "Hey you have the Game Station Inferno?" He asked if he didn't he had the extra Game Station parts to make one out of a toaster if he had to.

Red X turned around to look at Oliver, sliding his left hand into a pocket on the suit, the right hand raising up, palm at the boy. "Pretty impressive, kid, to get the drop on us," he says, the greeting hand dropping. He then proceeded to watch Tech make himself at home, folding his arms across his chest. "Guess he wasn't kidding about just chilling out here," X muttered to himself, looking back over at Oliver while Tech unloaded and watching the boy.

Snow frowned as Nova blasted away and through the roof. She didnt even flinch or move as rubble fell around her from the hole Nova left above. Was it something she did? Why is Nova upset? She turned and walked back up to Athena. Return to the Tower? It was a question seeking orders.

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Claymore stepped out of the car and looked to the female driver. She gave a rather frightening smile that made the woman flinch. Thank you.. She walked away from the car and began walking to the Titans Tower. Here I come, Big Sister. Claymore came up to the Towers main door and put her hand upon it. She didnt bother to see how it opened. Her hand absorbed the metalic material of the door until her entire body was metal. She pulled back a balled up fist and punched the door once, twice, three times and it fell down the hall, alarms blaring inside the tower. Automated defensed popped up and opened fire upon Claymore but the munitions bounced off her metalic body. She lifted up an arm, the limb changing to a blade, and sliced foward. Her bladed arm going thinner but longer as she sliced down Turrets and Cameras. It took her only a moment to walk through the Tower to the main room that held the main computer. After destroying the defenses here she walked to the computer console and placed her hand upon the keys. Sparks flew from her hand as her fingers seem to take on electrical properties. The Screen flashed 'ACCESS DENIED' a few times before it stopped and Data files began to flip over the screen. First the Original Titans... then the newer ones. Athena, A Telepath. Matthew, a Technopath. Nova, A Flame Elemental. Snow, an Ice Elemental... Her sister. She stood there and took in Snow image. We do look alike... Claymore looked to the side of the screen as she pulled up a news program. The Titans were just arresting a young man and the flame girl had shot off. Claymores brow furrowed. Time to go. She did not want to mess with the Titans just yet. She wanted to make contact with Snow. Her bare feet took in the material of the floor and she began to merge with the floor until she was out of sight, appearing out of the ceiling of the floor below. She landed on her feet with a clank and silently made her way out. She would take time to go through the information of the Titans before she made her next move. Meanwhile the Titans would return to see the defenses demolished through the hallway leading to the main chamber and the computer glitching as it randomly shifted from File to File. Her infiltration had taken only a few minutes. She was powerful. Unstopable. The Titans were in for a battle.

Athena sighed at Nova's actions and wondered what she was thinking, collateral damage was some times unavoidable but blowing a hole in the middle of the mall to quickly exit was unacceptable and she would need to has a talk with the hot head. Athena looked at Snow and saw her concern for Nova, "sure I'll finish here." Athena always tried to be the first on scene and the last to leave, she felt it was part of her responsibly as leader.

Athena held the criminal none simply as Fang in place until the police arrived to take him in their custody, he struggled and almost got away from the cops and left Athena no choice but to knock him out until they could get proper restraints for the teen wolf.

After dealing with JCPD she headed out to pick up some Chinese food for the team but was interrupted by her com with a loud annoying beep, she fished the device out of her pocket and flipped it open to see a tiny model of the tower and it pinging red. Athena sighed, "What's going on now?" She says to herself annoyed, Athena lifted from the ground and made a straight line for the tower.

Olli smiled at the reaction he got from the two Titans. Maybe they'd think twice about not knocking the next they visited. "Not the Inferno," Olli shamefully replied to Matt's question about the game system. "I was thinking about buying it but it costs $600. I don't have that kind of money."

He looked to Red X, who was just standing there. "You can have seat, man. I'm pretty sure you two are going to be here a while," he said, glancing back at the thick folder of games Matt had on his mom's coffee table.

He hobbled to the couch with his crutch and splashed down, inwardly relieved to be off his leg. Then it hit him. Two Titans were in his house. Two people who actually help others by beating up bad guys were in his living room. JUST to visit. As hard as he tried to prevent it, a goofy, mile-wide grin spread across his face.

"So, did you guys have nothing to do but visit boring ol' me," Olli asked looking between Red X and Matthew. "I'm not complaining in the least because having two superheroes in my house is beyond cool. I'm just wondering what brought you guys here?"

Matt looked disappointed at the fact that Ollie didn't have the Inferno, more because he was missing out on some awesome games. Matt opened his back pack and took out a few parts and a toaster, "I can up grade your old game station with these parts and soft ware I 'found' on the net.." He says with a mischievous smile. Tech looks at the toaster and blinks, "umm never mind the toaster...I actually don't know how that got there."

Suddenly Tech started beeping and vibrating, he turned his hand over and a 3D projection of Titan's Tower popped out of his palm From a small device and there were multiple red pings on the tower. "W-what the hell, the tower has been breached...and the super computer was hacked!" Matt said in disbelief. "X we have to go, meet me there no time for the car," he said starting for the door, "sorry Ollie, I'll be back...hopefully."

Fail post...move along nothing to see here. >.>

"You can have seat, man. I'm pretty sure you two are going to be here a while."

Red X gave a shrug to the comment, looking around to the couch and making his way over. He waited until Oliver had taken his own seat before looking back at Tech, taking a seat not on the couch exactly, but on the arm. "If all this junk Tech's pulling out is any indication, you're probably right."

"So, did you guys have nothing to do but visit boring ol' me? I'm not complaining in the least because having two superheroes in my house is beyond cool. I'm just wondering what brought you guys here?"

"Not every day's gonna be as exciting as day one, kid," X started to say, only to be interrupted by Tech going off like an alarm and affirming the sound with the map of the Tower. "Then again..."

"W-what the hell, the tower has been breached...and the super computer was hacked! X we have to go, meet me there no time for the car. Sorry Ollie, I'll be back...hopefully."

X pushed off the arm of the couch and stared at Tech for a moment. "Got it," he says, giving a nod to Oliver as he teleported out. "Later, kid."

Olli sat on the couch as Matt and Red X rushed away back to the Tower. He was surprised that someone was able to break into the Titan's Tower and hack Matt's computer. I wonder what they got, Olli thought to himself.

He heffed himself off of the couch and siffed through the game folder Matt left on the table. There were some pretty sophisticated games that he never heard of in the folder. Then again, he wasn't surprised seeing as Matt was the tech expert, apparently. So it made sense that he would have some un-released games.

He huffed and flopped back down on the couch. Red X was saying that not every day as a Titan is exciting, but apparently, the previous two were. A bank robber and a break-in kept the Titan's pretty busy. What information do the new Titan's have that would cause someone to break into their home?

He sighed and told himself to stop trying to be a detective. That wasn't his job. And he wasn't a Titan. There was nothing he could do beside sit back and try to play some of Matt's games and hope everything turned out all right. Then he rememebered, he didn't have GameStation Inferno to play any of these games.

"Well, this sucks," he said to himself.

Snow nodded and turned to run off after Nova but came to a stop as the alarm went off over the comm. She looked back to Athena as she flew off and Snow quickly followed suit with her Ice steps. Once there she jumped in through the window to see turrets on the ground. Sliced up. And the Computer flickering around different files on the titans. I wonder what happened..

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Claymore broke into an abandonded Dock at the edge of the city. She had to bunker down for a bit and go through the information in her head. She absorbed a bit of metal into her finger and began to write in the floor what she knew. Each persons powers. And the best way to combat them. She was not going to go into this without making a plan. She was crazy.. not stupid.

Originally posted by ESB -1138
The ensuring battle has left much of the mall battered and damaged. Rubble covered the ground. The locals have abandoned the area. It finally seemed the fighting was over for now. From within one of the stores hid Jacen. He witnessed the entire fray before his eyes. Not since the Teen Titans has he seen anything like this. Jacen emerged from the store being cautious to ensure no wolves were lingering and ready to attack. Most of the heroes seem to have gathered near the block of ice. Best avoid them. No point getting caught up in all of this.

Red X shifts into view of the Tower, and immediately knew this latest break-in was sloppier than his own entrance. It had taken him a few jumps to make it across the city, but it seemed enough as he observed the damage to the security system. "Tech's gonna hate this," he thinks aloud as he takes the elevator up to the common room. His eyes widen at the state of the computer, and he keeps his guard up in case their uninvited guest were still around.

Athena reaches the tower and is sicken by the destruction of her home but she would have to remain on guard in case the person who caused this was still in the tower. Athena swept the tower with her powers and found no one, still she checked the titans rooms in case some one was hiding, the rooms were clear and she made her way to the common room.

Athena floated to the console passed Red X, "looks as if we need to up the security around here, seems like anyone can just waltz in here and do as they please..." she says with a bit of anger in her voice. The psychic looked at the smashed computer and signed, "Matt isn't going to be happy about this.

Techno Shock
Matt blazed through the sky with blue pulse fire, his stomach was in knots, what could of happened he wondered. As Tech approached the tower the common room window opened and he flew in, the boy stood starring at his computer, everything was smashed and sparks were coming out of it. "****..." he said under his breath. Tech ignored Athena and Red X and placed his hands on the console, his hands and eyes began to glow blue, the nano bots that covered his body crawled off from him and into the computer. Matt was talking but it was to low for the other two to hear, the nano bots and Tech go to work trying to save the comp.

Athena
Athena frowned at Matt, she knew that he had spent a very long time restoring the super computer and he must feel responsible for securing the tower. "Well I guess we should start the clean up, Matt will hopefully get the security video up so we can see who's responsible for this," she says then picks up a ruin panel with her TK.

"Are you sure we have to do this? I don't feel right doing this Kat," Matthew says nervously. Three teens lay on their bellies on top of a convenience store, it was a late moonless night so the odds of them being seen was low. "We're only going to steal what we need to survive and besides no one will even know we were here, ain't that right Athena?" Katarina says rhetorically. Athena look over Matt to Kat, "Lets just get this over with," she says sounding a bit nervous as well. Kat nodded then held out her hand to Matt and says, "okay just as we planned." Matt put a crude looking device in the girls hand, "Alright lets go," Kat says then flips her body up ward showing off her gymnastic background, she creeps over to a closed window on top on the roof, she pushes the device through the window and lets it fall in mid air the device activates sending out blue pulse waves and the lights in the store go dark. Kat signaled to the two others to come, the three then joined hands and sunk through the roof. The trio fell quickly toward the ground but before they smashed into it Athena slowed their fall landing them safely on the store floor. The three crouched behind a fixture and prepared to move to phase two. "Okay goddess your up," Kat says with a smirk. Athena rolled her eyes but a smile escapes.

The psychic took a deep breath to steady her nerves then quickly pushes off the ground and finds her two targets stumbling around in the dark. Athena lifted the two and pinned them to the wall and they let out a scream. Athena swiftly floats over to the pair and presses her palms to their heads and the couple fall fast asleep, Athena could now see they were an old couple and through her telepathy she could see that they were married for a very long time. The psychic felt horrible for putting the elder couple through this but with her powers she could remove this moment from their memories. She puts a massive amount of effort into it but she's able to erase their memories, Athena breaths heavily and lowers the couple before sinking to her knees, "Alright, phase two complete."

Katarina stands up and laughs, "Ha! Nice job Athena, come on Matt start grabbing food and junk we need." They both begin to put things in bags.

Katarina is sitting at her usual spot in her favorite coffee place thinking about the past, she stirs her drink with a skinny red straw. "Those were the days, to bad they went good on me," she says to herself with a smirk.

"Comes with the territory," Red X replied to Athena, following her to the control panel and examining it, "though, this is the first real break-in." The console was pretty fried, but not obliterated. X's eyes narrowed as he looked up at the screen, flashing between files opening and closing rapidly. If whoever got in here was out to get them, it would've been better to just destroy the console outright. At least, that's what he would've done. X stepped away from the computer as he heard the window open, giving Tech a wide berth to work his skill. He glanced at Athena as she began fixing up the place.

"Looks like you'll be able to take care of that just fine," He says, and gives the girl a two-finger salute before turning around and walking back out of the common area. Whoever got into the tower was making a statement: a challenge. He rode the elevator down to the garage and walked through. Tech had that car, but they left it at Ollie's; besides, it wasn't his style. He pulled tarp off, revealing an motorcycle, done up in red, yellow, and black. "Now this is more like it,", X murmurs with a chuckle, hopping onto the bike and starting it up. He revs the engine a few times before turning it towards the wall, which opens up to reveal a tunnel, and taking off. "Challenge accepted."

Snow frowned as Tech fussed with his computer, Athena being.. well Pissed off, and X just walked away. She then made her way into the hallway where cameras and turrets were slashed. She picked up a peice and tilted her head. Metal, gears, wires. The whole assembly was sliced clan. Who ever it was must not of cared being shot at to get such a clean strike each and every time. The broken peice of turret suddenly frosted over and lifted from Snows hands, hovering around her. She walked down the hallway, touching broken peices. Each time the item froze and floated with her. Who ever it was... was very angry. As Snow walked the halls, dozens of frozen orbs around her she came to a stop and her head perked up. There was a chopping sound in the distance. VH-71. The frozen orbs around her crashed to the floor. A Military transport helicopter came into view of the Tower and landed just outside. Out stepped a half dozen heavily Armed soliders with Grade A Advanced Tech and one large, grey haired man, in a Generals uniform, a side arm on his hip. Do not fire unless threatened Gentlemen. I came to speak with my daughter. Not cause an incident.