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It stormed like no tomorrow. The rain bounded hard, while the wind whipped it around so nothing was dry outside. Yet despite the weather the titans worked. Through rain, sleet, and shine, they did their duty. Though they'd rather be in titan's tower where it was dry and warm, they were off the minute the alarm rang. At Jump City's Information storage center, the newest addition to their long list of villains, Mr. Magnet, was busy smacking magnets on the machines. Laughing madly as he did, or at least that's what he was doing when the titans got there.
"Ah, the titans. You're late." Mr. Magnet smiled as if he was a teacher speaking to his students. The titans moved into battle formation, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. "Oh, I see. No time for pleasantries. Business first. But let's not fight here, in this crowded room filled with such delicate equipment. Let's take this fight to the room!"
Then he threw a couple of silver discs at the ceiling. They exploded on impact, causing the titans to scatter to avoid the debris, leaving a hole in the ceiling that Mr. Magnet jumped through.
"Talk about your low ceilings" Beast boy said as Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg jumped after Mr. Magnet. Raven gave him a dry glare. "Or not." BB said before both he and Raven jumped through the hole as well.
The weather didn't get any better. If anything it got worst. Mr. Magnet smiled up at the lightening filled sky.
"My, what weather we're having today. Better hold the small children down so they don't blow away." Was all the warning he gave them before he stricken. He threw a variety of silver discs at them. One landed on Cyborg's stomach, while the other landed on Robin's cape. The others landed on Raven's belt and on the back of Starfire's hand. When she tried to pull it off the back of her other hand stuck to it as well. To Beast boy he threw a wire with a magnet on each end that wrapped around him till he couldn't move in his human form. At first the discs did nothing but stick. They were normal magnets, harmless really. The titans looked at the mad man in surprise.
"Is that supposed to stop us?" BB said, testing the wire.
Mr. Magnet's smile widened as he pulled a little circular dial out of his pocket.
"No. This is." He said, twisting the knob on the dial. The magnets were activated and the titans could feel the effects immediately. The magnets were pulling them down to stick to the roof of the building. The titans fought against the pull, not yet touching the ground.
"Now that won't do." Mr. Magnet said throwing more magnets at them, then twisting the dial even more.
Many of the magnets stuck to Starfire and Robin's metal equipment and laid them out flat on the roof until they didn't have the strength fight the magnet's pull. The magnets on Beast boy's wire tightened it so that no matter what form he took it still held him trapped. Cyborg felt the worst of it. The magnets screwed with his systems until his moving functions were rendered useless and he succumbed to the magnet's pull. He stuck to the roof just like Robin and Starfire, with only his ability to talk still functioning. He cried out when he short-circuited. Raven, who was only hit by on magnet, could still move and would have gone to Cyborg's aid but there was something in the way that Robin looked at her that made her stop. Reading his intentions, Raven laid low too as if being held down by the magnets and waited for Robin's signal.
Mr. Magnet hopped up and down and giggled with glee, thinking he had won.
"Foolish children, you can't hope to defeat a genius like me."
"Is that right…Dr. Elmer Van Zan? Expert in magnetic field's technology, or better known by his colleges as 'Mr. Magnet'. Unemployed for three month now right?" Robin said. Mr. Magnet was clearly upset by Robin out burst.
"You've done your homework, haven't you? Those simpletons wouldn't know a genius when they see one. Those power hungry chairmen of the science foundation. They care nothing for the art of discovery. HA! They couldn't even tell the difference between cosmic and gamma waves." Mr. Magnet said almost to himself.
"Dude, most people can't" Beast boy interrupted.
"Quite true my dear boy, quite true. But these men were supposed to be the very pillar of knowledge. The very foundation of inspiration to scientist everywhere but they deceived us all. They only pretended to listen to our ideas. They were only in it for the money. Holding back true potential because it could make them look bad. How dare they? Fire me will they? My work's too dangerous uh?" Mr. Magnet started to turn red but then he took a deep breath and visibly calmed down. His smile returned as he held up his dial.
"They said it wouldn't work. That it couldn't be done but I showed them." He giggled. "This little device can control the magnetic fields. It can even bring any metal object to me or push it away if I like. But I have better plans for it than just simple child's play. Did you know that this entire building is lined with steel? If I wanted to I could crush you all under my might force with a twist of a knob and you couldn't do a thing about it! I could bring buildings to their knees with out breaking a sweat! To heck with the buildings, the very city it self will bow before me!" He laughed loudly as the lightening flashed behind him. Soon lost his breathe and was forced to stop.
Rants like this were nothing new to the titans. Every now and again some hotshot villain would come around and boast about his greatness right before they got their butts kicked and, this time was no different. Except for the fact that the titans were smacked to the roof of a metal building in the middle of a lightening storm.
"But of course I have things to do before my conquest can begin." Mr. Magnet said, finally calming down again. " Showing those chairmen what for is first." He added with a snarl.
"And how will you do that?" Robin asked as if it was an innocent question.
"Please tell me there's a plan under all this chit-chat, Robin. This fool's already on my list and now he's beginning to annoy me." Cyborg said under his breath where Mr. Magnet couldn't hear. It was the only thing he could still do.
"I second that" Raven said dryly.
"This man is how you would say…not in his right mind, yes?" Starfire asked, still trying to pull herself free but to no avail.
"Definitely in crazyville." Beast boy said changing into different animals. Some as big as a hippo, other as small as a mouse but was still trapped in the wire. He gave up with a sigh.
Mr. Magnet answered Robin's question, not noticing the other titan's communication.
"As you know, sometimes power is everything and knowledge is power. I downloaded all of jump city's data on these discs." He said, patting his pants pocket. "And then deleted everything so only I would still have the knowledge and no one else." He laughed his maniacal laugh as if it was the evilest thing in the world.
Robin put a stop to it when he said, " That's all we needed to know and you're not getting away with this."
"And what will you do to stop me?" Mr. Magnet laughed.
" You forgot one important detail, Mr. Magnet. Some of us don't have to move to use their powers. NOW!" Robin yelled.
Finally! That's what Raven was waiting for. She concentrated on a stone block that was left on the roof and hurled it at Mr. Magnet. While caught off guard by the block, Starfire lifted her head and shot green lasers from her eyes at Mr. Magnet, knocking the dial out of his hand and turning it off in the process. Then the titans were free, all except Cyborg who was still mouth functioning and waiting to reboot.
Robin swiped off the magnets and threw a bird-a-rang to knock the dial farther away from Mr. Magnet who stumbled to regain his precious device. Beast boy shifted into a bird to release himself from the now useless wire and attacked Mr. Magnet to keep him off balanced. Raven helped remove the magnet off of Starfire before going to help Cyborg remove his so they could do no further damage. Starfire took to the air in time for the mad man to get his hands back on the device.
"You think you've won? Well think again! I can call all my magnets back to me! I can call any magnet to me!" He raged, twisted the knob all the way around but hadn't turned it on yet.
"Enough already! We get it." Raven said before sending her magic slicing through the air straight at him.
Mr. Magnet leaped to avoid it but the railing of the building stopped him from going over the edge, catching him off guard again. Robin threw another rang at him and knocked the dial into the air. Mr. Magnet juggled it around to keep it from going over the edge but Beast boy flew over and knocked it even higher into the air because he was unable to grab it due to the rain. Mr. Magnet jumped for it. Starfire threw a starbolt at it and hurled it over the edge, away from Mr. Magnet. He tried to jump after it but the team held him back. That jump could have killed him if the raging waters of the sewer entrance at the bottom of the building didn't. The device smacked against the side of the building on it's way down and accidentally turned on.
It was then that Raven realized something. She didn't have enough time to remove the magnet still attached to her belt. All of Mr. Magnet's magnets followed in the device's pursuit, including Raven's. Seconds before Raven tried to remove it before it was too late.
"Oh Sh..!" was all she got before the magnet's pull hurled her over the edge and towards the raging waters below. No one had anytime to react as Raven plummeted though space. She couldn't find enough power to levitate against the magnet's pull before she hit the water. She heard her team cry out her name right before current dragged her under. The water's impact was hard enough to knock the air right out of her lungs, giving her no breath to hold. She started to fight the current, to get the magnet off of her but all too soon the darkness took her. And she began to sink deeper into the water.