Somewhere I Belong: A Teen Titans Story

Machinery. That's all I could hear. I opened my eyes to find myself in a dark machine factory. All of the machinery was working. Inside the factory was a man sitting on a throne, atop a raised platform. He was wearing full body armor and a mask that only showed his left eye. The aura this man gave off gave me the shivers down my spine.

A large man, made of stone, entered a spotlight in front of the man, carrying a large canister of liquid and a sleeping man inside.

"Cinderblock. I see that your mission was a success. Good." The man on the throne praised in a deep and sinister calm voice, "We will proceed with phase two. Wake him."

The man of stone, Cinderblock, strained to twist the knob, at the top of the canister. He successfully released the knob and pressure was released in a cloud of frozen smoke.

Once the smoke cleared, the man began to stir, "I'm...awake?" Then he started to panic, "I should never be awake! I'm only human when I'm sleeping!"

"For what I had in mind, your human form is useless. I need Plasmus." The man on the throne answered calmly.

On cue, the man's form began swell and distort within the tank, causing the glass to bulge, crack, and finally shatter. What came of what was left of the container was a mass of purplish plasma, or substance, that overwhelmed Cinderblock, accompanied by more fumes from the liquid inside.

When the view cleared, the overhead light went out. The ooze formed itself into a large, roughly-shaped humanoid form with an extremely wide mouth and small yellowish glowing eyes. The beast roared, and everything went black.

I woke up with a start, gasping for air and wiping the sweat from my brow. I looked out the window and noticed it was still nightfall. I caught my breath and rested my head upon my pillow, trying to go back to sleep. But to no avail.

*The Next Morning...*
~Eleanor May Carter's POV~

It was morning and I sat up with a yawn and a stretch. I got out of bed and performed my morning routine; Grabbing my glasses, brushing my teeth and getting dressed in my casual attire. My casual attire consisted of a white collared shirt under a black hoodie and a pair of dark olive green cargo pants.

It's been a few weeks since the invasion of the Gordanians and Starfire's arrival to Earth. But now, the Teen Titans have been formed and Titans Tower was built as their base of operations. I'm relieved that my family haven't caught wind of that I've been hanging out with the team of superheroes yet. I'm tired of hiding from the public eye. I'm tired of moving because of my family's hatred of superheroes. And I'm tired of not having any friends!

Once I got dressed and ready for the day, I checked my schedule. Turns out I was free for the day. Must be a weekend.

I can go hang out with the Titans today! Yay!

Maybe learn how to control my powers with Raven. Train with Robin. Maybe help Cyborg in the garage. Or help Starfire understand Earth customs. Oooh! That will be fun.

I made my way downstairs to meet my family. My foster father was in the living room, drinking coffee. My mother and younger sister were in the kitchen, eating breakfast.

"Morning, Ellie." My foster mother greeted with a smile, as I entered the kitchen, "Did you sleep well?"

I shook my head and took a seat next to my foster sister, "No. Not really. I had a bad nightmare last night."

"Really? What was it about?" My foster mother asked me, as she placed a plate of toast and strawberry jam in front of me.

"I'd rather not say." I answered, as I took a bite.

After fifteen minutes of eating, I decided it was time to head to Titans Tower.

"I'm off. Don't wait for me." I called, as I made my way to the doorway and exit the apartment.

I ran down the street and swam across the harbor to Titan Island. The security systems recognized me and allowed access inside the main foyer. I took the elevator to the main living room.

Once inside, I found Starfire in the kitchen. Beast Boy on the floor, gagging and on all-fours making funny faces. Raven was looking over a bank of monitors and Robin was staring over the city, out of the window. But Cyborg was nowhere to be seen.

"Uh... Hey guys." I greeted with uncertainty, "Did I miss something?"

Starfire turned to me and smiled, "Friend Eleanor! Greetings." She flew over to me, carrying a mixing bowl of a creamy substance, and asked me, "What has bring you over to our home?"

I shrugged and smiled back, "I thought I could hang out with you guys." Then I looked around the place, "What happened? I've never sensed so much trouble in one place."

Starfire sulked, "Cyborg... He and Robin got into a fight and Cyborg quit the Titans last night."

"Oh..." I sulked, "That's terrible."

Starfire nodded, then smiled, "Here. Try."

She handed me a spoonful of the creamy substance. I ate the pudding and struggled to swallow. I managed to swallow and keep it down, but the taste of the pudding threw me into a fit of funny faces. It made Starfire giggle.

Once I was able to calm down, I looked at the Tamaranean girl, "What was that, Star? It tasted like it was supposed to come out of me, not go into me."

"Pudding of Sadness." Starfire answered, "It is what the people, from my planet, eat when bad things happen."

Starfire took a spoonful herself and ate it. She struggled to keep it down, and eventually swallowed. However the aftertaste made her throw a fit of funny faces an shook her head viciously.

Once she calmed down, Starfire flew over to Raven, "Try. The displeasing taste will ease your trouble of mind."

"My mind is never troubled. People come, people go." Raven answered, "It's pointless to be upset about Cyborg."

Suddenly, her hair flew wildly about her face and all the monitors cracked. Starfire gasped and took a step back.

"What?" Raven asked Starfire, not noticing what just happened.

Starfire turned and flew over to Robin, who hasn't moved from the window, "Here Robin. You must need this most of all. Since... Well..." She sulked, unable to finish her sentence.

Robin didn't even look at her, "I'm fine." Then he turned and walked off, "Who knows. Maybe we're better off without him."

Starfire lowered her head as Robin left. I hung my head as well. Then Starfire turned to me and smiled, "Friend, I wish to show you something."

She took hold of my hand and flew us through a few corridors, until we reached the front of a closed door. I felt a little dizzy from the speed, but I was able to recover and looked at the door.

"Should I knock first?" I asked.

Starfire giggled and shook her head, "No. This is gonna be your room. Robin said that his offer of becoming one of us is still open. So we made you a room, in case you say yes."

I smiled and raised my hand. The door opened to reveal a room of the exact replica of my room at home. Bookshelf on the left side wall. A double-sized bed against the back wall. Drawers on the right side wall. Desk and computer against the window and a wardrobe on the right side of the bed. Wall decorations and colors of cool and dark tones.

I smiled, "Starfire, this is unbelievable. I love it!"

I threw my arms around Starfire. Starfire hugged me back and giggled, "We knew you would like it. It took Robin days to make it look like your bedroom at your home as much as possible."

I released the hug and raised a brow, "Wait... You were spying on me?"

Suddenly, the alarm went off. I grabbed Starfire's hand and we dashed out of my room, to the Lounge, were Beast Boy and Raven were looking over the location of the alert. It was coming from the chemical plant.

Robin quickly joined, "Cinderblock strikes again?"

"You wish." Beast Boy answered.

"Plasmus..." I hissed.

*Later that Evening, at the Chemical Plant...*
~Third Person View~

Plasmus was in the plant, drinking large cans of green plasma, getting bigger with each drink. As he reached half-way into his third can of plasma, an emerald green starbolt blasted a hole in the other end. The plasma fell. Plasmus looked through the hole and saw the Titans looking at him.

"That stuff can't be good for you." Robin stated. Plasmus threw the can away and burped loudly.

"Nice one." Beast Boy commented.

Plasmus roared and shot his own plasma at the Titans. They jumped out of the way and reached for higher ground.

"Star. Let him have it!" Robin shouted.

Starfire fired a powerful starbolt blast at Plasmus' mid-section, creating a large hole.

"Did I let him have too much?" Starfire asked.

Plasmus looked at his hole, and inhaled a huge amount of air. The hole healed itself in seconds.

"I'm thinking not enough." Beast Boy stated.

Plasmus stretched his arm to Starfire, but Raven pushed her out of the way.

"Maybe, he just needs to chill." Robin said, as he threw one of his freeze-disks at Plasmus' arm, freezing it solid.

Plasmus noticed and roar in anger. He smashed his frozen arm into a strong pipe, breaking the ice. Robin jumped for higher ground, whilst Beast Boy transformed into his pterodactyl form and took off in flight. Starfire threw a number of starbolts, and most missed. Beast Boy dove in and used his feet to attack, but Plasmus blocked with his right arm. Plasmus shot his left arm towards Starfire and Beast Boy. Starfire used her starbolts to fight it off, whilst Beast Boy flew away.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven chanted as she used her telekinesis to pick up, and threw a few plasma cans at Plasmus. Eleanor followed with blades of psychokinetic energy. All direct hits in the chest. Plasmus shot the cans back at Raven, but Eleanor projected a shield around Raven, protecting her.

Robin dove in and tried hand-to-hand combat, but ended up stuck.

"Come on! Let me go, you giant zit!" Robin exclaimed.

"That's gotta burn..." Eleanor flinched, as Plasmus looked at Robin, offended by his words.

Plasmus shot Robin away from himself, along with splashing him with plasma and splashing Beast Boy too. Robin groaned in disgust, as Starfire went over to check on him.

"Robin!" she yelled in concerned.

"I'm okay. Sort of." Robin answered, spitting out some plasma that was in his mouth.

"And I thought Starfire's pudding tasted bad." Beast Boy stated.

Plasmus roared in an argument, since the Titans were not paying attention. The group went in to attack Plasmus again, but were splashed again by plasma.

"I feel like the underside of a Zornian muck beetle." Starfire commented in disgust.

"Tell me about it./Ditto." Raven and Eleanor answered in unison.

Plasmus chased Beast Boy, as he avoided getting splashed, "Dude! I am not on the menu!"

Robin threw his bird-a-rang at Plasmus, and began to tie him up.

"Maybe the best way to take you down... is to tie you up!" Robin stated, as he finished tying Plasmus to no movement. Beast Boy transformed into his rhino form and charged into Plasmus, making him fall on his back. Using starbolts and telekinesis, Starfire and Raven used the pillars around Plasmus to bind him more.

"We did it!" Starfire cheered.

"Nice work, team." Robin praised. Eleanor walked up to Plasmus' head, removed her hood, revealing her face, and put her hands over Plasmus' forehead. She was using her empathic abilities to try and get Plasmus to return to his human form, since he's made of plasma.

"Yeah. Didn't think we could pull it off without- Ow!" Beast Boy got cut off by Raven, elbowing his arm.

Robin checked his Titan communicator, "We've finished just in time. Cinderblock's just been spotted downtown. Come on!"

"Uh, guys? We have a problem!" Eleanor called, as Plasmus began to melt and separate his body, absorbing Eleanor into his head. His limbs took different forms, whilst his head stayed the same.

"Uh... heads up." Beast Boy said, as Plasmus charged toward them.

The Titans ran into the next room, closing and sealing the door behind them. Plasmus was trying to burst the door open.

"Four against five. Not good odds." Beast Boy informed.

"Forget the odds. We need a plan." Robin stated. However, Plasmus was beginning to hit the door harder, able to get an opening. Starfire screamed in panic. Plasmus smiled.

"Titans, separate!" Robin ordered, as the group ran in different directions. Plasmus broke through the door and his limbs followed each Titan.

The snake-shaped limb went after Starfire. Starfire threw starbolts at the limb, but it narrowly dodged. It coiled around and caught Starfire.

Beast Boy, in his jaguar form, was chased by the crustacean-like limb. It launched its tongue and caught Beast Boy. Beast Boy transformed into his gorilla form and got free. The limb jumped on to Beast Boy, attacking him head on.

The squid-like limb of Plasmus went after Raven. Using her powers, Raven made the entire isle fall on to the limb. The limb dodged with ease and appeared in front of Raven, catching and binding her.

Robin was chased by another crustacean-like limb. Robin ran into the acid deposit room, landing on the conveyor. The limb joined him, ready to attack. Robin used his bo-staff, but the limb broke both ends.

Back with Starfire, the snake-like limb coiled Starfire, covering her. Starfire unleashed her energy, creating an explosion and the limb to scatter. Starfire saw Plasmus, but he did nothing. The snake limb regenerated itself and the other limbs joined in, already caught the Titans they were chasing.

Back with Robin, he was trying to stay away from the limb. The limb tried to grab Robin, with its claws, but Robin held it back. They reached to end of the conveyor, leading to a large container of acid. Robin smiled and flipped the limb into the acid, and caught the edge of the belt before he fell, but the limb caught his foot, not wanting to fall.

Robin tried to lift himself up, but the belt gave out, causing him to let go and fall. Suddenly, a large, mechanical hand caught Robin's arm, saving him. The limb fell into the acid and melted away. The hand belonged to Cyborg.

"I still got the 'Sonic', if you still got the 'Boom'." Cyborg smiled. Robin looked at him and returned the smile.

Plasmus laughed evilly, happy that he has most of the Titans in his grasp.

"Teen Titans GO!" Robin and Cyborg called, repeating the move from before, but they threw the bomb, and fired the cannon at the right time, and it connected with Plasmus, knocking him out and returning him to his human form. Eleanor was sleeping with him. The plasma melted away, freeing the others. A little later, the police arrived and sealed Plasmus back into a new canister.

*Later...*

Plasmus was getting loaded into the police van, as the Titans watched, with Raven carrying the sleeping Eponian girl on her back.

"Look, uh... Sorry about..." Robin started, but couldn't finish.

"Yeah." Cyborg answered.

"So, are we cool?" Robin asked.

Cyborg smiled and put up his fist, "Frosty."

Robin smiled and joined the 'bro fist.'

"You made up! Glorious! I wish to initiate a group hug." Starfire cheered, happy that the team was back together.

"Pass." Raven answered.

"Yeah yeah. Warm fuzzies all around. But, we've still gotta stop Cinderblock!" Beast Boy reminded.

"And our friend is out-cold." Raven added.

Cyborg was still smiling, "No, we don't. Thought I'd bring a present. In case, you're still mad."

Behind Cyborg was Cinderblock, tied up in his own weapon.

"Thanks. But, there's one thing that's still bothering me." Robin stated. The other Titans got stiff.

"Breaking into jail, using Plasmus to distract us. The whole plan seems to be a little too smart for Cinderblock."

"I've been thinking the same thing." Cyborg said.

"Someone must've been pulling the strings. But, who?" Robin said with a smile.

"Whoever they are, They're no match for the Teen Titans." Cyborg answered.

"I heard that." Robin said, high-fiving Cyborg.

~Eleanor May Carter's POV~
*Dream*

I was back in the lair with the tall masked man. I saw the masked, in his chair, slamming his fist on to the arm, causing a cup of tea to fall and smash on the arm. The butler cleaned up the pieces and gave the masked man another cup.

"This time, my plans will succeed. And the Titans will pay!" The masked man spoke calmly, but angry for the failed plan. I could've sworn that he looked at me, as I woke up.

*Dream End*

I sat up, taking deep breathes, realizing that I was back in my room. I looked out the window, scared for what will happen next.