Inside Her Mind

Rated T

First Chapter: The Battle

"Titans, GO!" I shouted to my teammates. We rushed forward at Cinderblock as he rushed at us. I leaped into the air, pushing with my strong legs so that I rose high into the air, almost to his eye-level.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" I heard a voice say in an annoyed-but-calm voice. Over my shoulder, a black tree trunk shot out at Cinderblock and slammed into his face, pieces of wood splintering toward us.

A stream of blue came at Cinderblock's middle, chipping away bits and pieces of stone as I landed a kick to his head. Cinderblock roared and swung his arms at me.

"Robin!" I heard a shout. I looked up and saw a hand reaching for me. I grabbed onto it and felt myself being pulled away, and then lowered to the ground.

"Thanks, Starfire," I said somewhat short of breath. She nodded and flew back up to battle.

A swarm of starbolts flung from her hands landed promptly on Cinderblock's head and ricocheted off, knocking him back. Another tree trunk slammed into him, this time accompanied by a green tyrannosaurus rex. He fell over as the tyrannosaur switched to a pterodactyl and flew away hastily to avoid flailing, rock arms.

I cracked my knuckles. Time for me to attack.

I focused my vision on Cinderblock and threw as many smoke discs as I could with one hand. They landed around him, and white smoke clouded the area. There was another roar, and I leaped into the air at the smoky cloud.

My leg extended, and I felt my foot make contact with something hard. I rebounded, landed on the ground, and got back on my feet.

"Cyborg, blast him!" I yelled, attacking again, trying to see through the haze.

A stream of blue light came again and smacked Cinderblock squarely in the head. Yet another roar of pain erupted from him.

I turned to jump away from him ever-swinging arms but something stopped me. Time seemed to slow as I turned around. The smoke cleared, a scream rang out, and I saw a single, limp, purple form flying through the air. Red hair streamed after it like the tail of a shooting star. A shooting star…!

"Starfire!" I gasped. I scrambled out of the mist and then something hit my head. Hard.

Time sped up again, and I felt my knees buckle under me. I landed on my back in the dirt, but oddly, it didn't hurt. Why?

I heard voices shouting around me, crashes and bangs, more shouting, and finally everything was silent, and my world turned black.