Disclaimer: I don't own a thing in this story and have no money with which to pay for a lawsuit.
Author's Note: This story was inspired by the "Quest" episode on Cartoon Network. I thought, if Robin's skills and weapons allow him to face villains evenly despite his lack of powers, what would happen if the Titans, who have powers but no martial arts or utility belt, learned those skills? Wouldn't they then be so much more powerful…
Chapter 1: Revelation
It was a week since Robin had abruptly left Titans Tower to find the True Master. Robin had finally found the True Master's home, and she had agreed to train him. The Titans, meanwhile, had discovered Robin's costumes and equipment.
They were "Robining," as Starfire said, for the third day now. Raven was convinced to join, and the four Titans were enjoying themselves quite a bit, when…
The afternoon of the seventh day of Robin's absence, the alarm klaxons rang out at Titans Tower as Cinderblock was attacking a bank on the west side of the city. Moments later, a second alarm showed up—Plasmus had been sighted at the power plant!
"Alright, Robin and Robin, you take Cinderblock; Robin and I will take Plasmus," ordered Cyborg.
"Which two Robins?" asked Raven.
"Er…" None of the Titans had foreseen the difficulty that would come from pretending to be Robin.
"I suggest we just call each other by real names…" Raven said, solving the problem.
"Good idea," Cyborg nodded, "Beast Boy and Starfire get Cinderblock, Raven you're with me." Cyborg started running for the R-cycle.
"Wait a minute!" said Beast Boy excitedly, "We get to wear these costumes into battle?"
"We've got no time to change out of them, so let's hurry!" Cyborg shouted back.
"Cool!" was all Beast Boy could say.
Cyborg rode the R-cycle to the power plant while Raven flew. Within minutes they arrived at the plant.
Plasmus stopped his attack and stared, taken aback by the two Robins that had appeared before him. As far as he knew, there had always been one Robin. He looked from one to the other, slightly confused.
"Titans, go!" shouted Cyborg, drawing his bowstaff and twirling it around menacingly, managing only to hit himself in the head with the end of the staff. Raven wasted no time trying to impersonate Robin any further and simply attacked Plasmus with dark energy. Plasmus stumbled back and tried to retaliate by spitting out acid. Raven produced a black energy shield and the acid bounced off harmlessly.
Cinderblock was equally flummoxed to see the two people in Robin costumes before him. Beast Boy started to try out the various disks in his utility belt, finding that one kind of disk created smoke, another kind created ice, a third kind of disk caused electric shocks, and a fourth made an explosion. He threw a batarang as hard as he could and watched it miss Cinderblock, circle back around, and clip him in the hand. "Ow!" he said, shaking the hand that had been hit by his own projectile. Cinderblock saw this and started to laugh at "Robin's" ineptitude.
Cyborg realized that he didn't know how to handle Robin's equipment, so he started using his sonic cannon instead. He fired constantly at Plasmus, while Raven used any projectiles she could find to throw at Plasmus. Soon Plasmus was retreating into a building, and the Titans pursued.
Beast Boy tried the last Robin weapon he had—his bowstaff. He tried to twirl it around but struck himself in the head instead. Knowing better than to try again, he just ran at Cinderblock, raising his staff over his head for a big swing. Cinderblock punched low, effortlessly tossing Beast Boy down the street. Starfire was studying the bowstaff carefully—the only weapon that had any resemblance to anything she had seen on Tamaran—holding it in various positions, balancing it on her hand, experimentally twirling it a few times, even adjusting the length. She found a length that felt comfortable and charged Cinderblock, managing to twirl it around without hitting herself. Cinderblock punched again; she jumped over the concrete fist and slammed the bowstaff down at Cinderblock's shoulder. The staff broke from her great strength but it left a small mark on Cinderblock's shoulder. Discarding the staff, she fired starbolts at Cinderblock.
Plasmus stumbled back again after being hit by a wooden crate. He grabbed a piece of his body and lobbed it forward. The piece formed into a sludge crab and scuttled forward by itself, tackling Cyborg to the ground. Raven looked around and realized she was out of projectiles to throw. Everything that remained appeared to be important machinery that couldn't be just picked up. At last she thought of the disks in Robin's utility belt. Yes, those would be something to use as projectiles! She drew out several disks and threw them. One of the disks just happened to cross Cyborg's sonic cannon. As it had been an explosive disk, it was detonated by the sonic cannon in a massive Sonic Boom™ explosion. When it was over, the sludge was gone, replaced by an unconscious teenage boy in shorts.
Cyborg realized immediately what had happened. "Now there's an idea!" he said excitedly, "Why didn't I think of that!"
So it went for the next few days. The city became used to the sight of four Robins. Each day the Titans responded to the alarms as necessary, their innate powers making up for their shocking incompetence with Robin's weapons. If all else failed, Cyborg could perform the Sonic Boom in Robin's absence using the explosive disks on his utility belt and his own cannon.
Four days later, the Titans rushed to answer an alarm that had been caused by Overload's attempt to rob an electronics store. Once again the Titans, in Robin uniforms, got into the T-car and Cyborg drove at top speed to the store.
"If we're going to pretend to be Robin," Raven said on the way, "we might as well learn to use these weapons. Some of these gadgets seem like they'd be really useful if we knew how to use them…"
"Good idea!" Cyborg complimented, "Robin doesn't have superpowers, but his weapons allow him to fight enemies that do have powers. We do have powers, so if we add weapons and our powers together, we'll be invincible!"
End Chapter