Author's Note: Hey guess what? That's right it's a rare double update, I've been looking forward to doing this storyarc for a while so I hope you guys like it. I couldnt get it out soon enough it seemed like. Anyway enjoy.

Chapter 12

Deconstructing A Hero

In Washington, DC a man sat in his office going over the surveillance video of the battle involving the Titans and the Religion of Crime and watched the moment when the Titans defeated Bruno Mannheim with a combined energy blast and took him out.

“Looks like our benefactor has come a long way.” He said focusing and freezing the image on Cyborg.

“I’ll have to thank him one of these days for allowing us to borrow his technology.” He said. Behind him was a sign that read United States Department of Defense along with government seal right beneath it.

Back in San Francisco, Beast Boy looked in the mailbox and pulled out a small card that was addressed to Victor Stone.

“Hey Vic, this came in the mail.” Beast Boy said as he handed it over to his partner.

“It’s an invitation to Sarah Charles’ wedding.” He said opening it.

“Who’s Sarah Charles?” Starfire asked.

Vic hesitated a bit before answering.

“She was a woman I use to date, she helped me through physical therapy when I was turned into this.” he said putting his hand against his chest.

“Oh I’m sorry.” She said.

“No it’s cool, kind of surprised she’d send me one.” He said looking at it.

“So are you going to go?” Dick asked.

“I don’t know.” He replied.

The guys took their cue and turned their attention back to the TV. Vic threw the invite in the trash and left the room. And stood on the rooftop a few minutes looking out over the ocean reflecting on the past. After his transformation into Cyborg it was hard for him to adjust to everything, until she came along. Sarah was a soothing voice in his torrent of despair, when he wanted to die she gave him a reason to live. Through her kindness he became acclimated to what he was and slowly began to accept himself as half man, half machine.

Ooooooohhh ohhh.
So that's the way it is.
You can just go find someone else and let me go
Like you don't know owe me a thing
But I can handle this, I've been through it all before
And you get yours and im gonna bounce back again

It wasn’t long before he started to develop feelings for her and she began to love the man he’d become. In those days she was the only one that ever understood him and made him feel like something more than a science project gone awry.

You can tell someone, that you'll be there
And then walk away, like you don't care
I'm not saying this cause im mad
I just want you to understand,
One day, its gonna catch up with you

And now here she was getting married to another man. Sitting in front of a mirror in her wedding dress, Sarah was a young black woman in her mid 20s, with a small Afro hairstyle and looked to be around 25. A sad look came across her face as she looked at herself in the mirror.

What goes around comes around
Baby I thought you knew
Do somebody wrong for too long,
its gonna get done to you
And you did me bad and got away
Play me like a fool
Thought you knew, 360 is coming right back to you

Sarah came at a crucial time in Vic’s life, if it wasn’t for her love and kindness he might not be around today. She was the reason for his survival not the machines, only she could strengthen his spirit and give him a sense of purpose. And convinced him to use his new body and new abilities for good. In a way she was indirectly responsible for making him into a hero.

You must be sitting on top of the world
Feeling like you're finally free and you will see that it won't be too long
Taking what you deserve, then you're the one that somebody leaves
Then you'll think of me and wish you never did me wrong baby

Like any relationship theirs began to drift apart, until there was nothing left to mend. Though they cared about each other deeply they decided to end the relationship. Vic relocated to Jump City not long after that when he met up with the Titans. In time they would help him take his mind away from Sarah. Although she regretted the decision she knew that it was for the best for him to branch out and grow up on his own.

You can tell someone, that you'll be there
And then walk away, like you don't care
You might decide you want me back but it'll be too late for that
That's all I have to say

What goes around comes around
Baby I thought you knew
Do somebody wrong for too long
Its gonna get done to you
And you did me bad and got away
Play me like a fool
Thought you knew, 360 is coming right back to you
Thought you knew, 360 is coming right back to you

In time he’d let go of her and evolved into the fun loving Cyborg we know and love today. Joining the Titans was great for Vic and instilled him with the sense of purpose he once felt. Now as the team’s second in command he was able to do great things, he knew she’d be proud of him if she could see him today.

Just like the way that this world turns
Play the game that way and you'll get burned
Thought you know, ohhh
What goes around comes around
Baby I thought you knew

And would find many new loves during his time with the Titans in the form of Jinx, Sarasim, Bumblebee and even nursed a crush on Kole. Hell he even hooked up with a soap opera woman once. All in all he didn’t think he’d have a lot of chances at love given his condition, happy to say he was proven wrong time and again.

Do somebody wrong for too long,
its gonna get done to you
And you did me bad and got away
Play me like a fool
Thought you knew, 360

What goes around, comes around ohhh (360)
What goes around comes around 360 (360)
What goes around, comes around 360 ohh (360)
What goes around, comes around 360 (360) is coming around

She had provided him with a lot of things, maybe it couldn’t hurt going to this wedding, as a gesture of friendship. But first he’ll have to find something to wear. Vic made his way downstairs and picked the wedding invite out of the trash.

Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na

As Sarah pulled on her veil she stood up from her chair and turned to face her bridesmaids signaling that she was ready. With the rest of the wedding party waiting in an outdoor ceremony a man waited in the shadows wearing only a hooded sweatshirt, his face a skewed underneath the hood. As Sarah made her way out the Wedding March started up, bouquet in hand and walked down the center aisle that was made of a thin white paper as her groom waited. It was then the villain struck, jumping through the hedges and opened fire. An explosion rocked the area as Vic drove to the wedding and could see the visible smoke and fire from over of wall and sped into the right lane tearing through the grass to the wedding. Cyborg jumped over the brick wall and took him out with his Sonic Cannon. The assassin skidded across the grass, his hoodie reduced to shreds. When the man looked him in the eye Cyborg was dumbstruck.

“Ron?” he said.

“Miss me brother?” he said tearing off the remainder of his shirt revealing black polished armor underneath.

“What are you doing man?” he said.

“Carrying out my revenge!” he said firing a blast at Cyborg.

The beam got him in the chest and shoulder and knocked him on his back and slid across the wet grass.

The armor he wore seemed to be a variant of Cyborg’s own armor; black muscle molded steel covered his chest, forearms and legs. With gold light up portions on his outer forearms and seemed to be wearing black pants under his armor, with a slimmer build and had a bald head with some sort of tentacles wrapped around the back of his head.

“What the hell happened to you?” he asked.

“Their what happened to me!” he yelled pointing at Dr. Charles and her fiancé.

“What are you talking about?” he said getting up.

“They performed experiments on me and turned me into this, a cyborg just like you!” he said thumbing his chest.

“What?” he said.

“Vic it’s not what you think.” She explained.

“Shut up!” he yelled firing his cannon at them.

Cyborg bum rushed and tackled Ron to the ground as Sarah and her husband got down evading the blast as it hit the archway behind them. Sarah’s husband quickly led her off while the two duked it out.

“They turned us into monsters, all of us! Now they’re all going to pay, starting with you!” Ron said punching his face.

Vic held out his hand as Ron aimed his cannon at his best friend.

“Come on Ron, don’t do this. We’re best friends!” he said.

“Were best friends, now you’re just an obstacle!” he said pointing his cannon at his face.

“I know Dr. Charles she wouldn’t do this to people.” Vic said.

“You can thank the f#cking government for that!” he said.

“What are you talking about?” Vic asked still holding off his cannon as best he could.

“The Defense Department took a bunch of Iraq War vets and turned them into cyborgs. They’ve gone too far I’m telling you!” he said struggling with his own cannon.

“Your not making any sense man, why would they do that?”

“A bunch of veterans that got their arms and legs blown off were outfitted with your technology to save their lives, but now are being used as living weapons for the government under a thing called Project: M.” he told him.

Vic managed to throw him off and got some distance. Ron yelled as he started to change involuntarily. His biceps were encased in steel with gold light up shoulderpads similar to Vic’s. Finally a gold helmet with a red visor encased the top of his head completing the transformation and fired a red sonic cannon blast at him. Cyborg ducked as the beam went past his head and activated his own cannon.

“They made me kill a bunch of people overseas just to test my power. Called me Homicide.” He said as he stood there.

“I have no real control over my body, not as long as he’s in charge.” He told him.

“He who? Tell me Ron, I can help you.” He pleaded.

“No it’s too late for me, but maybe you can save the soldiers. There’s still a chance for them Vic I know you can do It.” He said before collapsing to the ground.

“Ron!” he rushed over to him.

At the same time Sarah made her way over to the fallen cyborg. Vic looked up at her.

“What happened?” he asked.

“He’s been shut down.” She said.

“How could you do this?” he said getting up.

“Vic, I’m sorry I had no choice. If I didn’t…”

But Vic blew her off and stormed off.

“Vic! Victor!” she said.

“Someone messed with my best friend, I don’t who this person is but it’s on.” He said.

Author's Note: All right so what did you think of that? Incase you havent figured it out, Ron and Vic are not actually brothers. This is based off the new Cyborg miniseries DC Comics is publishing. Hopefully this will make a great story arc from my perspective. The song that was playing earlier is a brand new one by Josh Hedge called 360. I actually thought about doing little songfics in here before but since it was mostly action oriented. But I decided this was appropriate in a Cyborg centric story. Anyway I hope you guys liked it, let me know what you think.

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