Adventures of the Titans (IC)

[The Jeffinator]

"Uhhh..." Dick Grayson moaned as his alarm went off, his face stuffed in his pillow. He reached out an arm from under his blanket and hit the off button. Pulling back the covers, he forced himself up to a sitting position. Wearing only the boxers he'd slept in, Dick made his way to his bathroom. As he looked himself in the mirror, he noticed the various bruises and healed cuts on his body, a result of years of fighting thugs and criminals. Shrugging, he ditched his boxers and hopped in the shower.

As he was drying his hair afterwards, Dick walked over and looked out the window -- almost sundown. He had been taking the night patrol for quite some time now, while some of the other heroes like Cyborg took day patrol. Though, they all had communicators so if there was an emergency, the entire team could be summoned.

After pulling on his suit and fixing his mask in place with spirit gum, Nightwing walked to the elevators, taking one down to the first floor, just long enough to get a quite bite to eat. Then it was down to the basement, where they hid their various vehicles. He hopped on his bike, slipped on the helmet, rode it over to the platform, raised it to the first level, opened one of the garage doors with a button, and then revved the engine and he took off into the night. The garage door closed on its own after a minute, just as Nightwing pulled out of the alley onto the main road.

Turning on the police scanner inside his helmet, he listened for any disturbances, making occasional appearances to thwart a burglary or some other crime. At about two in the morning, he noticed a black van cut off a semi truck. The back doors of the van opened, and suddenly three people dressed like Ninjas jumped onto the hood of the semi -- They were hijacking the truck.

Nightwing sped up to them, then threw a few discs at them, forcing them to hop off the truck. The van made a sharp u-turn and came around, a fourth Ninja jumped out of the driver's seat as the semi sped away.

"You made us lose our payday..." one said in a Japanese accent. "You are a fool. Attack!" Nightwing redied himself as the Ninjas moved in. He pulled out a rod from his belt, extended it to a staff, and began swinging it and hopping around. Unfortunately, the four Ninjas clearly outmatched him, as they too began hopping around.

"Dammit," cursed Nightwing, realizing he could not fight them alone. He pressed a button on his communicator to send out a red alert, letting the others know he was in trouble and giving his exact location via GPS. He couldn't take his eyes of the Ninjas long enough to make a call, so he was forced to use the automatic alert.

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"Oh, damn," said Vic as he awoke to the siren of the communicator. He flipped it open and saw the flashing red light, that the alert was triggered by Nightwing, and his exact location. He ran to the lab, connected to his suit wirelessly, and suddenly all the pieces came flying to him, connecting in place as if by their own free will. He ran to an open window and flew out into the night, shortly joined by Superboy.

Some Titans would be asleep and others may be on their own night patrol, but no matter where they were or what they were doing, they would hear the red alert from their communicators.

[Mephistophelily]

Night patrol was divided rather well between the members of the team; after all, the city was large, and trouble never seemed to linger in one particular area. Raven herself was already starting her own patrol of the assigned sector given to her, though to the unfamiliar eye it would seem the young woman was simply settled atop the roof of one of the the city's largest buildings, her closed eyes almost implying a state of sleep.

Anything but.

Her mind was let to wander, exploring far more of the city in less time than her own abilities of flight would have allowed. Corners shrouded in darkness, areas known only to those with less than admirable qualities, places known to harbor trouble... She searched them all, hunting for signs of danger that needed the help of the Titans.

Though her mind was at full alert with the dangers that may have been in the city, the sound of her own comm going off managed to spook her. Her eyes cracked open quickly, snatching the yellow disc from her belt and frowning at the flashing red light. Trouble had been found by someone else of the team; Nightwing, it seemed. Getting to her feet, she took a breath, trying to clean her mind of the other aspects she had been focusing on before taking to the skies.

From the location shown, he was on nearly the opposite side of the city, but that wasn't too much trouble for her as she flew upward. What exactly the trouble was, she wasn't sure... but if he was calling for back up, it must have been something pretty serious.

[NiteCrowe]

The cat sniffed around the alley looking for food. It had been chasing a rat which had into a pile of rubbish, and was now searching for it. It paused suddenly as a noise came from behind, and turned suddenly to find the rat, laid on the floor dead, pierced by an arrow.

On the top of the next building, Red Arrow put away his bow and smiled. Tonight for him was quiet and he had done little in the way of patrol, for not much crimes had been commited.

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted as an alarm began to go off. He quickly looked at it.

'Dick, what have you gotten yourself into?' He asked himself, as he climbed down the fire escape and onto his bike.

[Remec]

Lounging around in pjs and watching the Kim Possible marathon had been the plan for the evening, but Gar had first stopped online to check his email and what some of his friends' walls had newly written on them.

Mistake.

Man...what does the clock over there say? Dude...This site has the wrong name. Should've named it TimeSink....and what's that?

Gar chimped off the computer chair and sparrowed over to check out what was the red flashing thing on the communication console.

"Hooyah! Someone's got an emergency!" he shouted as he came back to himself and began collecting the information on the alert. Gar got his wrist unit and a earjack to speak to the others with, then headed to a window. A quick string of numbers on the keypad would have the base close up behind him and secure itself against anyone except other Titans.

A quick squirrel dash along the building and then off into the air, Gar soared as an albatross to gain altitude quickly. Once established at a height he liked, he switched to being an owl and began watching for Nightwing with the increased night vision of the new form.

"Hmm...I wonder what's going on, anyways?" Gar mentioned to himself as he flew.
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[Shukaku]

Blue-violet eyes watched the scene playing before her intensely.

One of the Teen Titans, what was his name...? Darkwing? Nightfeathers? Anyway, the so-called "leader" of that do-good group was currently surrounded. There really wasn't much else that she could or wanted to do at this point. She'd never hear the end of it if she interfered in their 'fun', but her boss had clearly instructed her to watch over the scene and step in when and if necessary.

She sighed, running a hand through her unusual silver-colored hair. Honestly, was this all that life had to offer?

"What a drag..." she mumbled to herself, continuing to watch. It looked as if the Teen Titan was calling for backup. Oh good. Perhaps she'd see some action after all.

[The Jeffinator]

There was a clash of metal as Nightwing's staff spun around and knocked the numerous shuriken (ninja stars) headed his way off course. Though, with the four Ninjas spread out, it made it difficult to go for one, because the other three would come in from behind. A dozen or so bruises later, there was a bright flash from the sky, and one of the Ninjas went flying into a building on the opposite end of an energy blast.

"Booyah!" cheered Cyborg, coming down hard from the sky in a swooping kick to another Ninja. His voice sounded slightly computerized through his helmet. As the wall-eating Ninja climbed out, Cyborg ran over and started throwing punches, but the masked master was very swift in blocking the metal-clad warrior's attacks. They battled furiously, but Cyborg soon realized he simply wasn't fast enough. The damn grasshopper kept bouncing around and avoiding his hits.

As one of the Ninjas jumped on top of Nightwing and prepared to sink a dagger into his throat, the raised hand suddenly burst into flames, and he screamed, throwing the dagger down. Superboy had used his heat vision. Smiling his cocky little smile that Nightwing hated, Kon-El swooped down and uppercutted the Ninja, being careful not to decapitate him.

[TearsoftheWorld]

Kara Zor-El had a date that night. Or rather... Claire Connors had a date. The young Kryptonian had finally gotten used to the high school social scene, and Thomas Bradley had invited her out for dinner and a movie. She was supposed to be spending the evening getting ready, making sure that everything was in order. Over her natural blond hair she had put on a brunette wig, and borrowing a page from her cousin Kal-El, Kara had put on a pair of glasses. On her bed she had set out a variety of outfits, mixing and matching until she had finally come to a decision.

And then... and then her communicator began sounding off.

"Ugh!" Kara groaned, her eyes glowing red.

She wanted so much to blast the damned thing with her heat vision. Instead she calmed her nerves and picked up the device. The alarm was coming from Nightwing, which was rather unexpected. He wouldn't have sounded the alarm unless something was up, and he needed backup. According to Kara's comm, Nightwing was a good ways away from her upscale apartment, but that meant little to the Kryptonian.

"Seriously... this had better be important," Kara said grumpily, stripping out of her clothes and throwing on her uniform. Her red cape, trimmed with gold and emblazoned on the back with the crest of the House of El, fell down to her ankles, and she finished buckling her belt around her rather short skirt before heading towards the open window.

'Sorry Tom... maybe next time,' she said to herself before flying out the window, becoming little more than a red streak across New York's skyline. She arrived just as Kon-El, also known as Superboy, punched a Ninja underneath his jaw, and she flew down to catch the masked fiend.

"Please tell me you didn't call in the cavalry over a couple of Karate Kid wannabes."

[The Jeffinator]

As Nightwing dodged another attacked from a Ninja, he backflipped a few times and then glared up at Supergirl. "These Ninjas are highly trained -- maybe even moreso than myself -- and there are four of them. If I wanted to escape them, I could have, but they were attempting to hijack a semi. I want to know what they know, and I couldn't very well apprehend all four of them on my own. Next time I -- " he cut himself short as he ducked and rolled back to avoid a punch. He counterattacked by rolling to the side, and then back forward at an angle, swiping the Ninja's feet out from under him with his own.

"I didn't want them to escape either, so I called for back up," he added, then cursed himself for getting distracted as a foot nearly made contact with his head. He leaned to the side to avoid the high kick, put his hand on the ground to balance himself, and then threw a kick at the Ninja's knee. Before the masked villain could recover, Nightwing flipped into a handstand and swung both his legs around, connecting with the Ninja's head with a loud smack.

As he rolled out of the handstand and stood to a defensive crouch, the Ninja plopped to the ground.

[Remec]

Beast Boy practically floated among the updrafts of the cities tall buildings and narrow alleyways. A sudden flash of blue-and-red topped by luxurious blonde hair drew his attention, and Gar could make out Nightwing on the ground just ahead of him.

"Ninjas? Dude..."

Gar shifted to a speedier bird of prey and dropped like lightning towards the assailant Nightwing had unfooted. Just above the ninja, he swapped out eagledom for being a hippo and landed astride the figure.

"Hey man...need a hand? Or paw, or talon...even a tentacle if you want...", Gar said with a broad smile.
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[The Jeffinator]

The ninja Cyborg was fighting looked up, spotted the other heroes arriving, and then back flipped a few times. He pulled out a radio, shouted something in Japanese, and then ran forward to continue fighting Cyborg.

"He just called for backup..." growled Nightwing. He was about to suggest they regroup, when all of a sudden a giant robot crab came running around a corner at breakneck speed. It stopped as it neared them, snapping its huge metal claws.

"Need some help, boys?" it said in a high pitched voice. Nightwing looked up and saw there was a tiny man sitting in a cockpit behind the face, looking out through a window and talking through a microphone. Things got even worse as a large hairy man come smashing through a building from the next street over, growling and looking around hungrily. A purple haired woman came flying down from the sky, her eyes and hands crackling with energy the same color of her hair.

Up where Terra was overlooking the battle, someone suddenly appeared behind her. He was dressed in black armor with glowing red eyes inside the helmet. He sat atop a hovering motorcycle, and spoke to Terra in a dark, computerized voice. "Go to them... Become their friend, learn their powers and their weaknesses. Discover their true identities, and then help me destroy them."

Without waiting for her response, Slade flew his bike down to hover over the battle. "Jinx! Gizmo! Mammoth! What are you standing around for? Destroy them!" he yelled over the scene, causing everyone to look up at him. Gizmo reached down and grabbed the green hippo in his metal claws. Jinx looked up at Supergirl and began flinging purple energy bolts at her. Mammoth roared and ran at Cyborg, ramming into his back and running him into a wall. The ninja just barely flipped out of the way.

"Argh!" yelled Cyborg as the Mammoth kept going, running him through several walls. When he finally came to a stop and fell to the floor, he was several blocks away, inside a mall. "God damn, what the--" before Vic could finish, his head was throbbing, having been punched by a strong fist. Several more fists came to add to the throbbing, and his helmet was becoming rather dented. Then the big man grabbed Cyborg in a bear hug, trying to snap his spine.

As Vic yelled out, Superboy came flying through the series of holes Mammoth had made and jabbed him in the side. The big hairy man roared, threw Cyborg aside, and turned to Kon-El. Before he could attack, however, Mammoth was hit with a massive energy blast from Cyborg and he went flying through the glass doors of the mall, out into the parking lot, and met face to face with a lightpole.

"Nice save," Vic panted to Conner.

"Nice blast," he responded. They both laughed, but then Mammoth roared and came running back in, crashing through another glass door. "Why didn't he just come through the hole he went out? Oh well, time for round two!"

"Booyah."

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With the other heroes preoccupied with the supervillains, two ninjas (Supergirl still has one, and the other is out cold from a mixture of Dick's kick and Gar's hippo body slam) came running at Nightwing. He swung his staff around and fought them both for a few minutes, but one managed to drop down and sweep his feet. The ground rushed up to meet the back of his head, and he looked up to see the two ninjas looking down at him. One pulled out a Katana and prepared to end his life.

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"Who are you?" Raven asked Terra as she flew towards the battle. It seemed odd for this girl to be up here watching instead of fighting. "Well, if you're not going to help us or attack us, then you should get out of here." She shook her head and dove down to the fight, grabbing a bar from a fire escape railing along the way and flinging it at the ninja who was about to stab Nightwing. The two turned and looked up at Raven, then threw several shuriken at her. She reached out with her Soul-Self and caught them, throwing them back towards the ninjas. They dodged, but before they could mount another attack, Raven caught them in her Soul-Self and cracked their skulls together three times. They were outcold.

Grabbing various things with her Soul-Self (trashcans, loose bricks, pieces of broken glass), Raven began flinging them at giant robot crab holding Beast Boy.

[NiteCrowe]

The crab machine shook as it was hit by 3 arrows in rapid succession. Suddenly Red Arrow appeared, leaping off his motorcycle and firing off another arrow at the large robot crab.

Grinning he quickly stood next to Nightwing, and let off another arrow in the crabs direction.

'You okay man? I've never known anyone to get the upper hand when fighting you. Well apart from the obvious...' He paused and shot of a boxing glove arrow at one of the ninja's who had been hit by the bike.

'What the hell is going on here?'

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In the TT Lab the atom looked on at the battle in earnest, using local traffic camera's to keep track of the battle. With the appearance of the robot and the flying bike, he decided it was time to join his team-mates and help out.

He flicked on the team communicator, 'Atom to Teen Titans, i'm inbound, someone answer that payphone for me.'

He cut off the comm, and dialed the payphone. As he did so, he began shrinking, the world gradually getting larger and larger around him as he did so.

And then he entered the phone line.

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Near the Titans, a payphone began to ring.

[The Jeffinator]

"Four ninjas were hijacking a truck, and then suddenly all this happened. They must all be part of some villain group or something," said Nightwing, and then he ran to the crab, climbed up one of the legs, sprinted towards the head, set down a small explosive, and ran to the other end of the robot. The bomb exploded, tearing open a hole in the roof of the crab. Nightwing ran back forward reached inside.

Gizmo started panicking as he heard and felt the explosion. Pressing a button, he called for more of his creations. Nightwing reached in and ripped him out of the cockpit, holding the small man up by the front of his shirt. He was about to throw a punch, but then Gizmo just smiled and a huge metal bird swooped down.

"Haha!" said Gizmo as he caught the leg of the bird. He climbed up and in the cockpit and began flying the bird like a fighter jet, firing lasers down at the heroes. The crab was still moving -- he had activated the AI. Nightwing turned to hop in the cockpit of the crab to disengage the AI, but then suddenly he was lifted into the air by a metal tail that had grabbed him. He looked back to see a huge robot cat with a very long tail. The cat flung him into a wall with his tail and then ran at him like a cheetah.

Meanwhile, Raven used her Soul-Self to reach over and answer the phone so Atom could join the fight.

[TearsoftheWorld]

"Four Ninjas? What ever will we do?" Supergirl said as she dropped the Ninja hard on the ground. Beast Boy arrived seconds later, humorously changing into a giant green hippopotamus and landing his fat butt on one of their fallen adversaries. The young Kryptonian heard something approaching from the distance, and sure enough a giant robotic creature in the shape of a crab came bounding out through a row of buildings, its pilot offering assistance to the assailants.

"You've got to be kidding," Kara said, noticing the arrival of two more villains. They were soon joined by a fourth, this one apparently in command as he shouted commands to the other while hovering on his bike. As much as Supergirl wanted to just fly up and dismount him from his ride, she had her own problems to deal with. The girl with purple hair began firing bolts of mystical energy, and Kara Zor-El managed to dodge the first couple of bolts, though the blasts managed to strike some of the buildings, causing debris to fall down on top of her.

The fight was now much more interesting.

Pushing a giant slab off her body, Kara stood onto her feet just as Jinx began firing more purple bolts at her. From behind one of the buildings, however, came a radiant blast of green energy, and it collided with Jinx's attack, causing a giant explosion.

Starfire appeared moments later.

"Nice one," the young Kryptonian said with a smile as the Tamaranean appeared at her side, long, fiery-red hair flowing down past her gorgeous backside.

"She was trying to hurt you," Starfire noted, her green eyes glowing brightly.

"Yes. You're very observant," Kara said, one hand resting on her hip.

[Remec]

Gar smiled at Nightwing and glanced up at Supergirl. Speaking of lending a tentacle... A light chuckle escaped from his throat and he shook his head to dispel the image he'd jut conjured. While distracted, again, Gar was suddenly grabbed by a giant crab machine and lifted from the the ninja he'd landed on.

"Heyheyhey...whachathinkyerdoin...watch the claw, dude!"

He spun his head towards the glass dome of a cockpit and his body spun from hippo to python. He slithered along the arm of the claw, curling his body as the machine was rocked by explosive arrows.

"Heyheyhey...whoseteamisdatguyon...watch the fireworks, man!"

Gar flashed Red Arrow his trademark grin--strangely evident even in snakeform--and watched as Nightwing dragged the machine's operator from the device.

"Haha!" said Gizmo as he caught the leg of the bird. He climbed up and in the cockpit and began flying the bird like a fighter jet, firing lasers down at the heroes. The crab was still moving -- he had activated the AI.

"Haha, yourself, dude!" Beast Boy replied as he bent his head to the arm of the crab. He opened his mouth wide and dropped his body off the machine to become a tyrannosaurus as his jaw closed on the crab. With a fold of his body at the waist and a quick snap upwards, Gar flung the crab into the air towards Gizmo and his new machine.

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[The Jeffinator]

"What the -- aaieee!!!" screamed Gizmo as the crab came flying up at him. He dodged it, but then fell into a spin and crashed into a building before he could pull out of it. Windows shattered on his way down, but he managed to land in one piece. "Damn it, flight mode is out of the question now..."

Raven started to fly towards him, but then Gizmo's bird began to transform. Its wings shifted and folded into arms, it legs extended and plates of armor slid down over them. The head folded back and changed to resemble a helmet, and the torso folded in on itself and then back out to give the robot a bulky appearance. Gizmo laughed from inside the helmet as the beak of the bird appeared over the top of his hands -- the top beak on one, and the bottom beak on the other. He had turned them into punching daggers.

Raven was about to throw something at him, but suddenly the robot warrior jumped into the air and came flying back down toward her with his fist out. She backflipped out of the way and Gizmo's punching dagger cracked the asphalt. It bent pretty good, so he ripped it off and threw it to the side and then ran towards Raven with the other one. She ducked and rolled between his legs and before he could turn around, she grabbed the discarded punching dagger with her Soul-Self and flung it at the robot.

"Hey, what the!" Gizmo cried out as he turned around just in time to get a giant dagger through the glass of the cockpit. He had just managed to avoid it, throwing himself under his seat. "Whoa, that was close." Suddenly the dagger was covered with a black energy and Raven pulled it out, preparing to throw it again. Panicked, Gizmo jumped up and slammed his hand on a large red button, and suddenly the robot's chest opened up and fired a huge blast at Raven. The thrust sent Gizmo and his robot flying back several blocks, sent Raven through a row of buildings, and shattered all the windows on the street.

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As Mammoth came running back at Superboy and Cyborg, they ran seperate directions to make him choose one. He growled and then ran towards Vic. Conner smiled to himself and fired off his heat vision at the back of the brute's head, just for a second. He roared and turned around, running back towards the Kryptonian. Just as he was about to reach him, Cyborg fired a blast at his back. Superboy leapt out of the way as Mammoth crashed into a McDonald's.

"I bet he's not lovin' it," Cyborg said with a smile as he walked into the store and looked down on the apparently unconscious Mammoth. "Would you like fries with that? And how about... What the hell, I sound like Beast Boy," Cyborg said with a sigh and a shake of his head. "Booyah."

Superboy grabbed Mammoth and flung him over one shoulder, and they walked out to the parking lot. Suddenly they looked up and their faces turned in unison as a giant robot crab went flying through the air.

"What was that?" asked Cyborg.

"That giant crab, I think," responded Superboy. "Looks like it had tooth marks on it... Beast Boy?"

"Most likely. I can't think of anyone else that would put something like a big giant robot crab in his mouth."

They both watched where the crab had vanished behind a building for a few moments, and then they heard a few explosions and glass shattering back towards the others. They were about to go help when they heard more noise coming from the other direction. They turned and saw the crab was running around wildly, apparently malfunctioning. It kept smashing random things, and then ran back towards the battle.

"Seems like it's out of control," commented Superboy.

"Shit, I'd go crazy too if Beast Boy bit me. Probably gave it rabies."

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Nightwing did a series of backflips and managed to avoid the robot cat's charge. He did this several times, and when he saw the giant robot warrior flying his direction, he tricked the cat into running right into the path of it and they collided. He flipped out of the way, then ran up the leg of Gizmo's robot, flung himself from the knee and landed in the cockpit. He grabbed the little freak and punched him out cold before he could hit another button. He threw Gizmo over his shoulder and hopped down to the street, when suddenly Slade jumped down off his bike. They stared at each other, and then everyone looked up to see the giant crab, out of control, running at them, smashing random things in its path.

"Watch out!" yelled Cyborg as he and Superboy flew down from the sky. Vic powered up his suit and then blasted energy out in every direction, not enough to hurt anyone, but enough to push everyone out of the way of the crab. Oh shit! he thought to himself as he realized he used up all his power. His eyes grew droopy and he shut down just as the crab was upon him. Superboy tried to make it to him in time but it was too late -- Vic was picked up by a claw and smashed and dragged along the street. Random pieces of his armor ripped off, and then the crab flung him through a row of buildings.

"Cyborg!" yelled Nightwing, and he ran to go see if he was okay. Before he could get very far, a foot came out of nowhere and smacked into his jaw. He looked up to see Slade standing there.

"Your concern is me now, boy," he said in his dark computer voice. Nightwing was forced to stay and fight Slade, but Superboy managed to make it to the building Cyborg was buried under, and he began digging and pulling rubble away to see if his friend was still alive underneath. Raven flew over and started helping Kon-El dig out Vic.

The crab circled around and began running back towards them. Jinx, having recovered from the last attack, flew up and inside the cockpit of the robot warrior. She activated the AI, and it rose to its feet, also freeing the cat underneath it. The purple haired sorceress flew back out and smiled as the two robots ran towards the heroes again. She then flew over to the alley where the unconscious Gizmo and Mammoth were, and putting one hand on each, she enveloped them in a purple light and they rose to their feet, healed. Mammoth ran out of the alley and towards the first hero he saw, and then Jinx flew Gizmo towards the crab and dropped him into the cockpit so he could stop it from destroying them all.

[NiteCrowe]

Atom sureveyed the battle as he left the pay-phone. At first glance there didn't seem much he could do, but then he saw the robot.

He quickly directed his chair towards it, and as he pulled up to it, released the nanites into it's system. That done he soared up to the cockpit. Inside he found a weird guy, frantically trying to stop the nanites from taking over the crab.

Grinning slightly he proppelled himself into the man's ear. and began looking for a nerve to jump on that would render the driver unconscious. As he made his way through, a bleep on his chair informed him that the nanites had taken control, and he quickly ordered them to help out the titans.

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Roy paused for a second as he took note of what was going on, and grimaced as he saw the Robot crab rise again, though his dismay was rather short lived as he found himself been held in a headlock by a very pissed of Mammoth.

Grunting and kicking he slid his hand upto his quiver, but found himself unable to reach it.

[Shukaku]

Terra had almost decided to simply let the ninjas handle the situation, but she was stopped cold when a familiar presence appeared behind her.

"Go to them... Become their friend, learn their powers and their weaknesses. Discover their true identities, and then help me destroy them."

She grimaced slightly. It sounded like alot of work to her, but she couldn't exactly ignore the orders. "Fine, I'll gain their trust and then..." but as she turned around to face him, she realized that her 'boss' was already gone. 'Oh how like him,' she thought, shaking her head in resignation. "Alright Slade, I'll follow your orders... for now," she whispered, turning back around to face the battle.

More of the Teen Titans had appeared over the short amount of time that she'd been preoccupied and they seemed to be holding their own, a fact that slightly annoyed her. Pushing those thoughts aside, she sent a silent apology to Gizmo, Mammoth and Jinx for what she was about to do, hoping that Slade had already let them in on the plan.

"Time to make an appearance, it seems," she replied quietly, stepping out into the open. Her eyes began to glow a bright gold and the same light appeared around her hands. As she slowly began to raise up her arms, the earth beneath them began to quake and large chunks of it rose into the air. "Here we go!" she said to herself, sending the chunks of earth flying into Gizmo's direction.

(Lol. I had this window open for three days before actually posting. But I have a good excuse: swine flu. ;-; Wish me a quick 'get-well-soon' and lots of cookies, kay?)

[The Jeffinator]

"What the--" Gizmo felt something tickling inside his ear, and then suddenly his crab began to run towards the other two robots. It flung the cat a few streets over and then began exchanging blows with the bird warrior. Before he could try and regain control, he felt himself losing consciousness by whatever was in his ear, and then on top of that, the street began to crack and pull apart, and a large chunk came flying through the window at him. He was out cold.

Jinx looked up at Terra and winked, then started throwing energy bolts at her. However, quite suddenly, a black energy grabbed her and flung her into a building. "So you decided to help after all?" Raven said to Terra, then turned to face Jinx as she came flying back at them, pissed.

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Seeing the battle was worsening, Raven had left the digging to Superboy and had gone to help. Finally, Conner saw the severely damaged helmet of Cyborg, and managed to pull him out. Picking him up, Superboy flew as fast as he could back to the Tower to recharge his fallen friend. Little did he know that the robot cat had fallen nearby and was following his scent.

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Nightwing ducked down as Slade's foot came for his head again, then threw up a fist into the bottom of his calf. He cried out as his knuckle hit solid metal. Slade just laughed and punched him again. They hopped around in a flurry of punches and kicks, and Nightwing soon noticed that this man was not breathing heavy or fatigued in the slightest.

Nearby, Mammoth was choking the life out of Red Arrow. Nightwing ducked down under one of Slade's kicks and flung a disc at the big brute's head, providing a window for Roy. "Your fight is with me, boy!" snarled Slade.

[Shukaku]

The wink Jinx had sent in her direction hadn't gone unnoticed by Terra. 'Good,' she thought with a bit of relief. 'Slade must have alerted them of the plan ahead of time.' It was a good thing to know, since now she didn't have to worry about them thinking she really was a traitor and not just 'playing the part'.

"That means I don't have to hold back!" she whispered to herself, once again calling forth her powers to break more earth from the ground. "Ha!" she yelled, throwing the large chunks of rock at the pink-haired villainess, who looked rather pissed off at being flung around by the dark-haired Teen Titan female.

"It looked like fun," was the simple reply Terra gave the Titan before focusing solely on the incoming Jinx.

[Remec]

Gar stood among the debris and destruction caused by Gizmo's devices and the rampaging runs Mammoth had been making. There's just so much going on...wait...who's that now? He watched as two girls joined the fray. The purple-haired one seemed to be working with the two guys, while the slender blonde appeared to be coming to work with them.

He started to head that way, but saw that Raven was already there so he turned his direction towards Mammoth and Red Arrow.

Nightwing's disc spun through the air and impacted near or on Mammoth's shoulder. Gar couldn't tell which from this angle, but if it had hit him Nightwing will want to know so he can adjust the power levels next time. If he can do that with those...

Mammoth began to recover from the distraction, but Gar cheetahed over to him and then became a Mastodon and tapped Mammoth lightly on the shoulder. "Excuse me...can I cut in here?"

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[TearsoftheWorld]

Jinx had taken the opportunity to use the smoke from the blast to her own benefit, and she fired off a series of attacks at Terra who had joined the battle. Raven, however, intervened, and threw Jinx into one of the adjacent buildings. The sudden attack would not keep the villain down for long, and she came rushing back out with renewed vigor.

"Should we help them?" Starfire asked.

"Nah, I think they can handle it. There are much bigger fish to fry," Supergirl said, her blue eyes shifting over to the ongoing fight between Nightwing and Slade.

"What fish?" Starfire asked as Kara took off, a look of confusion washed over her face. She had only been on the planet a short while, so there was still quite a lot left for her to learn.

"Your fight is with me, boy!" snarled Slade.

"Wrong!" Kara corrected him as she flew over, her fist drawn back. "Your fight is with the Titans." Supergirl punched Slade in the face, holding back just enough strength to make sure the hit hurt without taking his head off. She was still learning how to control her powers, which continued to grow the longer she remained under the light of a yellow sun.

"We live in a world made out of cardboard," Kal-El once explained to her.

Starfire flew up moments later, her eyes and hands emitting a furious green glow as she landed on the ground next to Nightwing.

"Are you hurt?"

[The Jeffinator]

"No, I'm fine," replied Nightwing. "But thank--" he was cut off as Slade got up from Supergirl's attack. There were several cracks in his helmet, and then it crumbled and fell to the ground, revealing the skull of a robotic skeleton. Inside the eye sockets were glass eyes, one glowing red, the other slightly cracked with no light.

"You ruined one of my robot's eyes, hehe..." Slade said slowly. "Well, it's safe to say the illusion has been lost -- you know I am not actually there. I am controlling this robot from the safety of my headquarters. It is technology even you could appreciate, Nightwing. A suit to match my movements and make the robot mimic me, and a helmet to let me see and hear everything the robot does, even speak through it. It's quite fascinating."

"See, huh?" Nightwing whispered to himself. Then, in one quick motion, he grabbed a disk out of his belt, ran up to Slade, slammed it against the red eye and flicked a switch. Slade screamed as the disk sent a bright light through the robot's eye to his real eye. Nightwing backflipped a few times to get out of the way as the robot began thrashing around in anger, unable to see.

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About halfway back to the Tower, Superboy thought he heard something and stopped. Sure enough, the robot cat was following him. He set Cyborg down on a rooftop and backtracked to where the cat was. As soon as it saw him, it launched itself into the air at him, but he caught it and smiled as he ripped it in half. He then returned to Cyborg and continued to the Tower.

"There you go, buddy," said Conner gently as he put Vic in a chair and removed his helmet. He grabbed the power cord and plugged it into the datajack behind his ear. After a few seconds, Vic reactivated, looking around in confusion. Superboy explained the situation, then left him to rest and recharge. He flew back towards the battle.

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As Jinx came back at them, Raven grabbed a piece of rubble with her Soul-Self and sent it flying at the girl. She dodged and then brought both hands together to fire a large blast of purple energy at her. Raven brought forth her own black energy and the two blasts crashed together, both holding their own (picture a purple and black kamehameha colliding, lol).

They both pushed hard, but both were strong. With Jinx completely occupied by Raven's blast, the perfect window for Terra had opened up.