Chapter 1
An Unexpected Heroic Act
The team were tending to a bank robbery down town. Robin had just finished dealing out a beating to Gizmo's mechanical contraption when they were interrupted by someone they hadn't expected to see ever again, not since their major battle against Marla and The Brain.
Robin was the first to move, throwing a Birdarang. Starfire followed, shotting star bolts, Beast Boy changed into a tiger and pounced, Cyborg released his sonic cannon and Raven was muttering Azarath metrion zinthos unleashing her powers.
All their attempts in striking the intruder failed, he was protected by a force field, an obviously new improvement from their last encounter.
"Was that really necessary? I'm only here for Raven," with the mention of her name, Raven was suddenly being pushed to the back of the pack as everyone moved to protect her from the intruder. "Now do I really have to do this the hard way?" he asked, waving his hand throwing Robin and Starfire to the right and Cyborg and Beast boy to the left.
Raven muttered her spell again but it had no effect. She backed up, using other spells but they didn't do any damage. Once the intruder had gotten near enough she sent a swift kick into his stomach, catching him off guard.
"You're not having Raven!" Robin snapped, throwing a cluster of Birdarangs at the intruder, he managed to dodge all but one which hit his shoulder, knocking him onto his back.
Beast Boy had taken this opportunity to pounce on him as a killer whale in hopes to keep him down, but the intruder lifted him as easily as lifting paper. Beast Boy was thrown through the open doorway before a large silver door clicked shut, sealing him inside the vault.
Whilst the intruder was dealing with Beast Boy, Starfire hoped to catch him off guard but he managed to catch Starfire's star bolt and rebounded it, causing her to go crashing into a counting desk.
"You have to through me to get to Rae," Cyborg called, unleashing his sonic cannon again. The intruder was hit and sent back but was able to dodge the second attack and the third. He jumped high, landing behind Cyborg. Before Cyborg could turn, the intruder slapped something onto him back, causing him to freeze up and the red to fade from his mechanical eye.
Robin was the last line of defence, he pulled out his bo-staff and jumped at the intruder. They became locked in combat, Robin swinging his staff and the intruder dodging it at times and being knocked back others. After a few swings the intruder grasped the staff and wrenched it from Robin's gasp before swinging it down, the staff connected with Robin's skull and he crumpled to the ground.
"Now, that took longer than I expected," the intruder stated, dusting off his mechanical body. He approached Raven, easily blocking her attacks. He grabbed her by the wrist and lifted her off the ground.
"Brother Blood," she seethed, glaring at him. She used her free hand to punch him, but he caught it with his other hand and smirked, evilly.
"Now, we really should…" Raven was released, as Blood's eyes rolled closed and he crushed to the ground, unconscious. Much to Raven's surprise, Kyd Wykkyd was standing behind Blood's unconscious body holding a brick of gold.
"Uh… thanks," Raven was stunned, almost speechless. She couldn't wrap her mind around why Wykkyd had done what he had done. They never had before conversed on a friendly level except for once after the Hive Five had attempted to rob a museum and he had almost been flatten by a large statue of King Arthur.
Wykkyd was just as stunned as she was, it was clear that he hadn't thought before acting. After an awkward silence Wykkyd surprised Raven yet again, by replying with 'Just returning the favour,' with that he dropped the brick and vanished.
Raven watched as he firstly appeared beside Gizmo, untangled him from the mechanical spider legs, then to Jinx to free her from under a table, then to Mammoth to free him from the velvet curtains that Robin and Cyborg had used to tie him up, to Seemore who had been trying to free himself from under a large silver clock and finally to Billy who had been knocked out cold.
Then they vanished.