A saga of how the Titans learn to accept and fight side by side with their latest recruits through some of their toughest challenges. Lighthearted sweet-hearting mentioned as well.

Disclaimer: I do not own them. That Sam-I-Am! I do not like them, Sam-I-Am! I do not like Green Eggs and Ham. Nor do I like eating mass quantities of tofu and soymilk. So blame Beast Boy for the mass outbreak of diarrhea.

Chapter One: London Bridge is Falling Down

The whole scene had unfolded before the stranger's keen eyes early in the dewy morning…

A few thugs armed with magnums stole away behind the Dumpster at the rear of the Graeco-Roman edifice. The bank was located all on its own block, surrounded by four major streets. There were no caliginous alleys where thieves could connive. And definitely no liquor stores or bars that attracted miscreants like flies. The white marble "safe" stood palatial in the open, so, disappointingly, no ambuscades here.

But one clear evening, a trio of thugs attempted to pull off a little pilfering.

In the dead of night, they hustled to their destination, the runt of the group shoving to the front and rushing over to the janitor's exit by the Dumpster. He whipped out a gadget that looked like a complex hybrid of a Swiss-Army knife and a toolbox, stuck the contraption into the feeble lock, and toyed with the mechanism…his attempt at breaking in was futile.

"Crud! This trashy lock isn't opening!"

"Move your stupid piece of junk out of my face so I can work, you little creep!" This was a rather harsh, preppy, female's voice. Without waiting for a response, a hand shot out and shoved the boy aside. A streak of lavender energy streamed from her gloved finger, and a tinny "Click!" was heard.

"Show off!" yelled the midget.

"Shut-up you little nerd, or security's going to bust us!"

The colossal robber spoke up, "I could've broken the door down ya know…" Clueless as to the stupidity of this remark, he scratched his head. They filed inside, stopping short of a laser-labyrinth.

The "Nerd" activated a few buttons on a small black box, punched in the bank's security code, and placed the device on the floor. Instantly, the lasers dimmed, then flashed, and finally dissolved completely.

"There, that disabled all the alarms, including the sound activated sensors and pressure-pads surrounding the main safe. My lil' sweetums just sent out the radio waves that cancelled out the activation modes on these babies!" He grinned smugly and strutted across the hallway.

"What an idiot!" the girl complained.

"Excuse me Miss Crudface? Who's the idiot?"

"Yeah, ya twerp, you heard what I said! I-di-ot!" They bickered back and forth, until a strident explosion wrenched them back to reality.

Their ears were still ringing from—ONE OF ROBIN'S SOLAR DISCS?!!?

"Crud! What are they doing here?"

The female sighed and the mound of muscle flexed his biceps. "Oh, great! Here come our friends the Titans, just looking to get their butts kicked!" the black-clad female whipped off her disguise, revealing…JINX!!! And, her accomplices were none other than the notorious Mammoth and Gizmo. They aimed their weapons at the heroes, and…

"Oh! Robin! They are happy to see us! What a surprise! They are using peace-making tactics by dubbing us friends!" Starfire was floating in the air in front of Robin, her hands clasped, and a blithe look on her face.

"Starfire, they are not here to make peace, they are here to commit a crime." Raven said, partially clearing up matters.

"Yeah, Jinx was only being sarcastic, just like our FRIEND," Beast Boy put extra innocent emphasis on this word, "Raven is sometimes."

At this Raven levitated a roll of duct tape from Mammoth's belt and used her powers to swiftly smack a piece over Beast Boy's abnormally large mouth, intending not to leave very much space for his nostrils.

Jinx just shrugged, and instead of using her magnum, surprised everyone by dropping the weapon, and clapping her hands, sending a wave of violet magic straight at the group, making them fly off their feet and land on their bottoms.

"TITANS! GO!!!" Robin flashed his retractable BO staff and twirled it, then flung it like a boomerang aimed straight for Gizmo. He recoiled but was slammed against the wall.

Mammoth walloped the waxed marble floor and watched, satisfied as it split in two, while the Titans had to dodge the flying wreckage. Unfortunately for the crooks, the debris also crushed the forlorn magnums strewn on the floor.

"Crud! You klutz! We could've used them on the cops, instead of wasting our powers!" Gizmo started to frantically retrieve the fragments of his precious magnums.

Cyborg stepped in, activated his Sonic Cannon Arm, and shot a stream of blue-tinged infrared (A.N. Yeah, yeah, I know infrared rays are supposed to be red, but what the heck.) rays straight at Jinx. She countered them with a powerful string of purple bombs of magic…And, yes, the reaction sent both teams through the previously blown-up walls and into the streets.

The morning air was uncannily refreshing. Starfire "Oooed" and "Aaahed" all through a mellow sunrise, but the entrancing pastels of light were barely enough to keep her from participating in the brawl. She held her arms above her head and created a ball of neon energy, spreading her arms and forming a circle, she aimed it for Mammoth and let a rip.

It sped faster than the lubber could run, and collided with his massive form, which also slammed into the unwary Jinx and Gizmo, who happened to be standing right in front of the Panther-version Beast Boy and Robin. —In other words the force of Starfire's emerald lightning sent them soaring towards the crowded overpass and then to the foot of the bridge, a memorial dedicated to the Teen Titans' endeavors to protect the city. "How ironic it would be if we lost to these losers here." Raven mused. She summoned three abandoned cars—an SUV, some celebrity's Rolls Royce, and a Mazda RX-7—as her projectiles and hurled them at the unsuspecting villains. Each flew in different directions. Raven brushed off her hands while the guys bound the villains up.

Starfire resumed her staring at the sunburst in the sky. "Friends, why does the sky possess the colors of the strange liquid pooking?"

"It's because Beast Boy fed it an extra helping of his tofu surprise, Star." Whispered Cyborg. "And it's puking, not pooking." And then, something terrible happened…

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Raven was the one to feel it first. It was only a tremor, a low moan erupting from the ground, but then the trembling grew to such a magnitude that the whole construction site seemed to be on the verge of plunging. Morning traffic was at its worst and the few cars and bystanders on the bridge were either in shock, or were in a frenzy, panicking for their lives.

The eerie glowing encasing Raven evanesced, and the girl silently descended as she analyzed the situation.

"The bridge!" Beast Boy shouted, springing back from the side of the neoteric monument.

Raven's eyes narrowed forebodingly, "It's collapsing." Her dead pan voice seemed to be predicting the Titans' doom.

Robin shivered. Tentatively, he glanced back and forth between the villains and his friends, wondering whether not to let them escape or call the attack off.

"Forget about these guys, Robin!" Cyborg's voice was barely audible over the rumble and splash of falling rubble from the viaduct.

"Yes! Let us retreat, friend Robin! We shall give these thieves a severe posterior-flogging when we return!" Starfire flew over to him and tugged his arm, a slight hint of anxiety in her fiery verdant eyes.

"Guys! Come on! I seriously don't think that we need to debate this!" Even as he spoke, tiny, but visible cracks started to branch out from the center of the bridge and rapidly crawl toward Beast Boy's feet…

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About 60 yards away, perched perfectly upon the edge of a pier, stood a shadowed figure, the person's identity arcane, it had been following the course of the larceny at the Jump City Bank downtown. Those inferior idiots…never could manage to do their jobs properly. I suppose H.I.V.E. members aren't exactly the best of the best after all… "London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down." A sober, desolate, yet mysteriously childish voice droned from the fog that shrouded the pier. The figure stressed the words, and with each syllable, lifted and dropped its hands, a strange glow emanating from its gloved digits…

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Raven began to sense another presence's sinister control as the bridge became possessed and started to wave violently up and down, like a carpet being shaken of dust. Spellbound by the motions of the bridge, no one ran. Everyone had been sucked into the trance.

But the water loomed cold and dark below; its depth was over 213 ft. at its shallowest point. The shores were far off, little slivers of earthen ribbon lining the horizon. Well, they had established the threat of drowning…

Hitting the smooth, flat, surface at very high speeds would create an impact equal to that of smacking into concrete. Wow. Talk about your bellyflops…But the liability of perishing was even greater than drowning or hitting the water at break-neck speed.

It was mid-winter, and the water was barely 33 degrees, cold enough to put a small person into cardiac arrest. Raven knew their best-case scenario was to contract hypothermia, and that was only their best chance. She went rigid and tried to calm her nerves.

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The small, childish voice was continuing its song, getting closer to the end… "Lonnndon Bridge is falllllling down—"

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Robin tried to yell for his comrades to bolt, but his voice was rasping against the back of his throat and the sound would not escape. What about Starfire? He looked longingly at the Tamaranian foreigner. Her eyes were dimming in fear. He could sense her hand rest lightly upon his cold skin, but could not feel her warmth. He was numb all over. I have to warn her. Tell her to go! But all that came out from his grinding larynx was a pained moan.

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"—falllling down—"

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Beast Boy was groping for an answer inside his insecure mind. There had to be a reasonable explanation for this! Dude, since when do you look for reasonable explanations? Dude! Since when do bridges move!?! DUDE! Is THIS how the chicken died while trying to cross the road? Wait, this is a bridge! Whoa, what am I thinking? Okay, Beast Boy, don't go all corny, especially not around Miss Moody here. He glanced at a solemn Raven and they met eyes for a moment. But her gaze burned with a cold fire, and Beast Boy looked away, embarrassed. Yo, what is her deal, man? We're all about to die, and she gives me the death glare?

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"—falllling down—"

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Starfire was extremely anxious about the situation. Do Earth bridges usually behave in this manner? It moves like it is participating in a hopping hip performance. And poor Robin! He is unable to communicate with us! Perhaps he needs medical attention! Oh! Everyone else seems immobile as well! Once we return home, I will administer some Tamaranian vocal serum in the flavor of the Gordanian Cappatleglor fruit! She turned to Robin with a sensitive, reassuring look.

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"—myyy—"

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Cyborg groaned. His emotional readings chip was malfunctioning. Thoughts swarmed in his head: Depressed, Cheery, Hyperactive, Angry, Surprised, and a whole lot of others that he DIDN'T want spoken out loud. We're all gonna die…No one cares about me, that's why I'm dying…Oh well! S'all cool! I still have the high score on Resident Evil…Yo! Must have authentic steak! Must have authentic steak! With Sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar, and MORE sugar!…Damn! But Beast still has the high score on Luigi's Mansion, that tofu-obsessed monkey! *Gasp* What the fuck is up with the bridge?! Whoa, that broad over there is ssssmokin'! Mostly, he just concentrated on keeping his android feet anchored to the ground and his over-reactive hormones under control.

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"—Fairrr Lay-dy…"

And the bridge came tumbling d

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As the innocent citizens of Jump City are about to plummet, one of them springs over the edge and dives into the rippling waters below, seemingly unaffected by the cold, the impact, or the pressure, swiftly doing backstrokes until this unknown person has a view of the catastrophe.

Then the bridge seems to melt away, the masonry crumbling like a soggy coffeecake, and everyone tumbles. Starfire dives for Robin as do Raven and Beast Boy attempt to retrieve Cyborg. But the descending slabs of concrete are a lot harder than their heads…

The waterproof stranger takes a deep breath, lifts a dripping hand and aims it at the waters below the falling people, mumbles a few subtle words, and watches as the sea level drops, and the soft sand beds at the bottom rise to meet the victims halfway. There are several cushioned landings on the wisely placed alluvium, and spurts of water fire away remaining debris that continue to collapse from the structure.

Dumbfounded, Beast Boys turns to an equally astonished Raven and asks, "Did you do that?"

******

On the banks opposite the bridge, a fallen form struggles to drag itself upon the shore, haggardly limping up to Titans' Tower. The frail figure gives a final gasping shudder and collapses on the doorstep.

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At the pier the first figure sits down on the edge, letting its toes drift and ripple the water. Suddenly, it raises two menacing eyes to the sky and breaks into a devilish cackle…

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A.N.: Hey guys! Hope that you enjoyed it so far! It might seem a little bit dull at the beginning, but trust me, it gets better! This is my very FIRST fanfiction ever, and I am begging all you experienced authors out there NOT to give me nasty wasty fwamies…*sniff* Anyhow, if you enjoyed my style, I would be obliged to reply to any reviews.

This first chapter might seem a tad bit confusing, but I'd like to clarify something before you read on. A few people were confused about the mysterious figure.

Well, the beginning sentence sez that one stranger saw the whole scene happen. This is that weird person singing London Bridge on the pier 60 km away and is complaining about the ineffectiveness of the H.I.V.E.

The second figure who was already on the bridge and saved the people involved was a totally different character. I hope that makes more sense.

The title's application to this fanfiction will be explained in later chapters. More updates will be coming soon to a theatre near you! Stay tuned for more flicks produced exclusively by moi!

Peace out ppl.

God Bless America!!!