A cold wind rustled the trees alongside the road as three black motorcycles whirred quietly as they drove down the road in an upside down V pattern. They passed a small sign that said, "Jump City: 17 miles".
The teenagers on the bikes continued to hurtle down the road towards their destination.
"Good morning, friends! What a glorious day it is!" Starfire exclaimed as she walked, well as she floated, into the room.
Robin sat on the couch, laughing as he watched Cyborg and Beast Boy play their racing game.
Cyborg and Beast Boy shoved each other back and forth, hoping to distract the other enough to gain the lead.
"Quit it!" Cyborg said, shoving Beast Boy back "You can't beat me!"
"We'll see about that!" Beast Boy said, shoving him again.
Cyborg stood up and started laughing. "HA! I told you BB, that's the finish line up ahead! You can't beat me! You can't beat me!"
Cyborg crossed the finish line and won the game, "BOOYAH!"
A pillow encased in a black aura slammed into both Beast Boy and Cyborg. "You interrupted my meditation. Twice." Raven entered the room, holding a book in her hands.
"Sorry, Raven." Robin said, "I guess they just got carried away."
Robin stood and elbowed Cyborg, who stepped on Beast Boy's foot, "Sorry." They chorused.
"You'd better be."
"Friends! I shall make us all the breakfast!" Starfire said, floating towards the kitchen area.
The alarm went off, replacing the video game on the screen with the image of the chief of Jump City's police.
"Titans! You're going to wanna get down here, quick! The banks being robbed! We're outgunned and outnumbered!"
"We'll be there as quick as we can, chief!" Robin said, and cut the comm. "Titans! Move out!"
The Teen Titans arrived at the bank to late.
"What happened here?" Cyborg said, looking at the ten unconscious, and quiet possibly dead, robbers inside the bank.
Robin bent over one of the robbers, who had a blood red colored arrow through his right shoulder, and a slight burn on his left cheek. "Whoever did this, I don't know who they are. Or whether to hunt them down or thank them."
"Why would we thank them?" Beast Boy asked, dropping from the ceiling.
"Do you know who this is? He's a wanted criminal. Alex Deck, wanted in Gotham for over thirty robberies. And here he is, unconscious, in Jump City."
"With an arrow through his shoulder! They could've killed him!"
Raven walked over and placed her hand on the unconscious criminal's shoulder. "Whoever did this knew what they were doing, and are very accurate with a bow. The arrow passed clean through his shoulder. Barely touched the muscle, and didn't even scrape the bone. He'll live."
"What about the burn on his face? I'm pretty sure that that's pretty new, and no arrow I've ever seen Speedy use could do that!"
"Seems like he got shocked a little bit. Just enough to knock him unconscious." She answered.
"Friends! Look what I have found!" Starfire exclaimed, holding up a tattered piece of cloth that matched the arrow.
"Well, whoever did this, we'll find him." Robin said, standing up and looking at the other unconscious robbers, being dragged outside by the police.
"Cyborg, get the security camera tapes from today and meet us back at the Tower."
Cyborg nodded and walked towards the security door.
The Titans sat on the couch, having just watched the security tape, Robin was thinking aloud to the team.
"I just don't get it! Ten minutes of nothing but black, white, and dark red blurs!"
Cyborg nodded. "And the tape seemed to just freeze for about ten seconds. Which means someone tampered with it."
Robin shook his head. "They couldn't have tampered with it. They wouldn't have time. The police had the entire street surrounded. And the officers watching the doors said that no one got in or out. It doesn't make sense!"
Robin slammed his fist down on the table, cracking it.
"Robin! We'll figure it out! Just please friend, calm down." Starfire pleaded, placing her hand on his shoulder.
"It's late, man. We should all get some rest and wait and see if anything turns up." Beast Boy said, patting Robin's other shoulder.
"Yeah. Guess we'll wait and see." Robin said, yawning.
A sigh came from the shadow in front of the set of computer monitors, on which the security tapes from the bank were playing. One eye peered at the screens, analyzing every detail. A gloved hand reached out quickly, pausing the tape at the moment he was looking for.
A tanned face, wearing a blood red colored cloth mask that covered the head, hair, and from the nose up of the teenager's face. A smile was on his face as he was reaching to the quiver on his back.
A sound of triumph came from the shadow as a masked face appeared and leaned towards the picture. A two colored mask. One side bronze, the other black.
"Lucky bastard!" The teen exclaimed, holding a washcloth to his arm.
"It's just a scratch, bro. You'll be fine, Spektor." Another said.
"A scratch my ass! See that?" The teen said, moving the washcloth away from his arm.
His arm was well tanned and muscular. In the middle of his bicep was a large gash from which blood trickled, and small portion of bone could be seen.
Another teen walked into the room. "Ha! That's a battle scar right there!"
Robin sat in the surveillance room, reviewing the tapes from the bank again.
"I just don't get it. Nothing. Just a blur. I don't get it!"
The door opened behind him. "Robin, come on. Cyborg has something to show us."
Beast Boy was pointing behind him with his thumb, and smiling.
Robin sighed and got up.
"What'd you wanna show us?" Beast Boy asked.
"This" Cyborg pulled up a screenshot from what looked like a security camera in a jewelry store "This was recorded at three in the morning. About five guys tried to steal from the shop, but were followed. This was ten minutes before the robbers got there."
"So?" Robin asked.
Cyborg pressed a button on his computer screen, changing the image. "This was taken at three fifteen."
Robin's eyes were glued to the screen. Standing in the middle of the screen were three teenagers surrounded by five dead robbers. The one in the middle was wearing a blood red facemask covering from his nose up, and a matching long sleeve shirt that had red painted stainless steel plates covering his chest and abdomen. He had matching fingerless gloves ,a matching belt, matching sprinting shoes, and pants. On his back was a quiver filled with arrows, and a bow. In his hand was a large knife sharpened along a curve that ended in a point.
The one to his left wore the same exact outfit. He had black gear, with two axes, a knife that matched the first teen's, a black utility belt, but no gloves. The one on the right had bright blonde hair and wore a white facemask that covered from his nose down, and black snowboarding goggles. He had on black fingerless gloves, and a chest piece that looked like a jacket that had been zipped up to his neck, a plain belt with a buckle that had a gold "A" on it. He had a knife like the other two, and white sprinting shoes. In his left hand was what looked like a baton, but was crackling with electricity.
"Who are they?" Beast Boy asked.
"I don't know. But whoever they are, they're trouble." Robin said.
The day passed quietly. Beast Boy and Cyborg played video games, Robin watched and thought about the teens from the screenshot, Raven meditated, and Starfire played with Silky.
"BOOYAH!"
"You cheated! You had to!"
"How?" Said Cyborg with a smirk.
Beast Boy was about to answer when the alarm went off. Robin jumped to his feet as the screen changed to the security camera pointed at the front of the island. A boat was docked in the water, and standing near the door were the three teens from the screenshot.
"What are they doing here!" Beast Boy yelled.
"I don't know, but they mean trouble." Robin walked to the door, and pressed the intercom button.
"What'd you want?" Robin asked.
"We're friends! We stopped a robbery at the bank, and early this morning." A voice came back.
"I know that. But how'd you get into the bank? The police had the place surrounded." Robin said.
"The front door, duh." Another voice retorted.
Beast Boy chuckled. "Ah, another person with a sense of humor."
Cyborg shoved him, and walked to the front door. "Why did ya nearly kill some of those robbers?"
"Let us in and we'll explain!" A third voice answered.
"I don't think so." Robin turned on the camera at the top of the door, and they're image appeared on the screen next to the door. "How do we know that you're not here to assassinate us?"
The teen in the white walked up and pulled his facemask down, and slid his goggles up onto his head to reveal a slightly familiar face. "Because I'm Terra's brother!"
