Chapter 25
The attack stopped as suddenly as it had begun, the 3 massive airships hung in the sky over the city, for 10 minutes there was an eerie silence, and then TV and radio signals were hijacked and a message was broadcast,
“People of earth, The Citadel is here on behalf of the Tamaranian people, it has come to our attention that your planet harbors a fugitive named Koriand’r, neither The Citadel or Tamaran wishes to wage war on earths people, however, we are prepared to should you refuse to turn over, or cooperate in the capture of this dangerous war criminal, make your decision.”
The Titans rushed back to the tower, they made it into the lobby when they noticed the broadcast on 1 of the Tvs, after it had run was when the argument started,
“We’re not gonna hand you over to them” Barbara said,
“This is my problem, it’s not fair to ask anybody else to suffer for me, whatever punishment they have for me I will take” Kori argued, Dick shook his head,
“No, they’re not taking you, you were granted asylum on earth, that means you stay here, we’ll figure something out but we won’t give you up, is that understood?” He asked, holding Kori’s eyes, the question had been intended for her, but the rest of the team nodded in agreement before she reluctantly did so,
“Everyone suit up, briefing in 3” Barbara called, the team rushed into the stairwell, but Dick held Donna back,
“You’re not a Titan, you don’t have to do this” He said, she gave him a cocky smirk,
“I’m not high tailing it, you know me better than that, it hasn’t been that long” Dick smiled and nodded.
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A couple minutes later they were all in the briefing room, Kara, Kori, and Garfield all wearing their grey Titans uniforms, Rachel had the same jumpsuit with a hood and her red sunglasses to protect her eyes from the sun, Donna had the same shorts as earlier but without the belt, instead she had her golden lasso strung through the right belt loop resting against her hip, she had traded her cropped top for a tight, red, sleeveless shirt with silver stars running up either side on the front, she had also added pink converse, Dick and Barbara stood at the front of the room wearing their suits.
“We’ll be splitting into 2 teams, team A will be Starfire, Supergirl, Robin, and me, we’ll be going to an airport just off the west bridge, we’ll be setting up a meeting there, put them on our turf, we’ll stall them until we can get an advantage, then we’ll work our way up” Barbara began,
“Wondergirl, Beast Boy, you’re team B, you 2 will coordinate with fire and rescue throughout the city to start immediate rescue efforts, Rachel, you’ll stay here and coordinate between the teams from the tower” Dick said,
“What? Why?” Rachel asked, incredulously, Dick glanced at Barbara,
“We just think it would be best” He answered,
“That’s bullshit, you don’t sideline your most powerful player” Rachel shouted, she looked to Barbara, “Tell him this is bullshit” She demanded, her voice cracking,
“Rachel, this was my call, Dick’s not happy about it either, but it’s for your own good” Barbara explained, keeping her voice level,
“This is fucking ridiculous, outside of maybe Kara, my powers are the strongest on the team, this is fucking stupid” Kara wanted to calm Rachel down, but wasn’t sure how to do so in front of the team, Barbara’s face was turning red, she glanced at the rest of the team,
“That ‘s exactly why you’re not on either team today, you don’t have control of those powers, that puts you and everyone else in danger, now are you ready to get to work, or would you prefer to continue throwing your fit?” Barbara had unintentionally raised her voice,
“Fine” Rachel spat, through clenched teeth.
Garfield and Donna used her car, while Kori and Kara flew behind Dick and Barbara, who were on their motorcycles, Rachel tested their comms by calling out their call signs in alphabetical order, once everyone had confirmed, she began consulting the screens in front of her,
“Garfield, Donna, looks like the fire station in downtown Metropolis was hit in the first wave, they can’t get their trucks out, if you can, make that your first stop” She said,
“Got it, on our way” Donna responded,
“The military has dispatched 3 choppers to the city, 1 will be landing just off Slanders bridge, they just made radio contact and are asking for someone on the ground to meet them when they arrive” Rachel said, Barbara and Dick slid to a stop at the base of the west bridge,
“You go, we’ll be fine on our own” Barbara suggested, Dick nodded,
“Ok” He agreed, before saying into his helmet mic, “Let them know I’ll be there as soon as I can”
“Ok, will do” Rachel said, before switching off the main channel.
