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Chapter 2

"That's just it." Herald said. He looked down forlornly. "They took him. They took Gnarrk."

The Titans stood in stunned silence for a moment. Then Robin shook himself out of it. He narrowed his eyes at Herald. "What do you mean they took Gnarrk? Who took him? What happened?" He demanded.

Herald took a surprised step back at Robin's outburst.

Starfire placed a hand on Robin's shoulder. "Robin, please." She said soothingly.

Robin turned to look at her and seemed to calm down. He turned back to Herald. "Sorry." He said. "Maybe we should start from the beginning."

Herald nodded his head. "No problem." He gestured to the table. "Let's have a seat."

They all took a seat at the large table. Kole had stopped crying and was staring at the table, her eyes bloodshot. Jericho sat next to her, giving her worried glances. Herald sat on her other side, waiting for the others to take a seat.

Once they were all seated, Herald started. "I was with Jericho when you called Robin. He was worried so he asked if he could come with." Jericho nodded his head in confirmation. "When we got here it was already too late. You saw the jungle right? The place is a mess. Whoever it was, they put up a fight." He gestured to Kole. "We found Kole here after we searched around the jungle a bit. Luckily none of the fighting seemed to reach here. We asked Kole what happened, but all she told us was that they took Gnarrk before she broke into hysterics." He shook his head. "Jericho's been trying to calm her down ever since."

Robin looked at Kole, who was still staring at the table. "Kole, do you think you can tell us what happened?" he asked.

Kole looked up and glanced at Jericho. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder and smiled reassuringly. She gave him a small smile in return. She looked at Robin and sniffed. "Okay." She said.

She took a deep breath before starting. "Everything was normal until around noon. We were going to gather some fruit for lunch when these men came out of nowhere." Robin raised an eyebrow but decided to let her continue. "They told us to come quietly and we wouldn't get hurt." She smiled sadly. "We wouldn't go. We fought them for a while. They were actually pretty easy, but there were a lot of them." She scowled. "We pretty much had them beat. But then Dr. Light showed up."

At this Cyborg cut in. "Wait a minute. Dr. Light? The same Dr. Light who tried to kidnap you before the whole Brotherhood of Evil thing? What's it matter if he shows up?"

Kole nodded her head. "Yeah, him. Normally when he shows up we beat him easily. But something was off this time. He was acting strange. Whenever we knocked him down, he would get back up. And his movements were all jerky, kind of like a robot. Also his eyes were glowing this weird blue color." Robin nodded his head, making a mental note to look into that later. "He was harder to beat than usual. We were getting overwhelmed and they had us cornered. We were tired and I wasn't sure how much longer Gnarrk could keep swinging me around." Kole wrapped her arms around herself as she continued. "Dr. Light shot a beam and Gnarrk wasn't able to block it in time. He got hit. Hard. He looked like he was about to pass out. Dr. Light and the men started closing in on us. Gnarrk got up and threw me as hard as he could. The last thing I heard was Gnarrk telling me to hide and to call for help. I landed not far from one of Gnarrk's hiding spots so I decided to hide out there for a while." She brought her knees up and rested her chin on them. "I could hear them looking for me but after a while they gave up. I left the hiding spot and tried looking for Gnarrk, but I couldn't find him or the men. I eventually came back here and sent out a distress signal." She shrugged. "Then Herald and Jericho showed up."

There was silence in the air as Kole finished. Robin thought for a moment before looking up at the others. "Kole I want you to come back with us to Titans Tower. It's too dangerous for you to stay here alone." Kole nodded her head. Robin stood up. "Okay everyone let's head back to the Tower. Herald. Jericho. Thanks for the help. You can go back now."

Everyone got up to leave. Robin was heading to the door when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to find Jericho standing behind him. "What's up Jericho?"

Jericho put a worried look on his face. I'm worried about Kole. Do you mind if I come with you to the Tower? He signed.

Robin looked surprised at this. "Sure Jericho. That's actually a good idea." Robin gestured for him to follow him and they went outside with the others. "Hey Herald. Do you mind taking a few people to Titans Tower? Jericho's going to come with us and we can't take both him and Kole."

Herald raised his trumpet. "No problem."

"Thanks." Robin turned to Raven and Beast Boy. "I want you two to go with them. Show them around and let them get comfortable. We'll meet up at the Tower later."

Beast Boy smiled. "No problem dude."

Herald opened a portal and as they were about to walk through, Cyborg smirked. "Now remember you two. You're supposed to show them around, not leave them in the living room and then go make out somewhere."

Raven and Beast Boy both blushed a deep shade of red as they went through the portal.

Back in Jump City, the Hive Five were sitting in their base. And they were absolutely bored.

"Man isn't there anything to do?" Mammoth asked while flicking through channels on the T.V.

"No way." Billy said while playing a game with another Billy. "After that escape we pulled, we should lay low for a while, ya hear?"

See-More looked up from his magazine. "Plus, didn't you hear? Some of the villains have been disappearing lately. Why, I heard the Puppet King disappeared almost right after the escape."

Gizmo was tinkering with an invention at the table. Without looking up he added, "Yeah, I heard that scuzbutt Control Freak disappeared to."

Kyd Wykkyd put down his book. Dr. Light vanished to and it's not like him to fall under the radar like that. He signed.

Mammoth looked skeptical. "Can't they just be laying low like us?" he asked.

See-More shook his head. "Naw. Puppet King, maybe. But Control Freak and Dr. Light? Those two idiots are always trying to do something." He thought for a moment. "I'm not sure what it is but its better if we just stay here like this."

The others mumbled agreements and went back to mindlessly killing time.

In an unknown location, a man stood in front of a glass case. In the case stood a prehistoric man wearing a loincloth. He pounded against the walls of the case.

"Gnarrk! Gnarrk!" he yelled at the man.

The man watched in fascination as Gnarrk continued to struggle. "Ah, a living caveman. A priceless addition to my collection." He smiled in satisfaction at the thought. Turning around, he scowled. "I would have the crystal girl as well but those idiots let her escape."

He snapped his fingers and a fat man with red hair and a man wearing a suit with a light bulb walked into view. Both of their eyes were glowing a strange blue. "Go!" he ordered. "Bring me the next target. And don't fail me like you did with the crystal girl." The two men turned around and left the room.

The man turned to the two guards that stood next to Gnarrk's case. "Take my new collectible to his cell." He ordered. The guards bowed and rolled the case over to a cell in the far wall of the large room. All along the wall were similar cells. Gnarrk was released in one cell and he immediately started pounding on the walls, trying to escape.

The man walked over to an armchair in the center of the room and sat down. From the spot in his chair, he commanded a full view of all the cells along the far wall. Next to the chair stood a little, wooden puppet. The man leaned down to speak to it. "You're doing well my puppet. I now have complete control over those two buffoons. Now go and prepare the ritual. It will soon be time to initiate the plan."

The Puppet King looked at the man and bowed. "Yes, Master Collector."

Sorry if Kole seemed a little out of character. I needed her to be a little sad over the fact that Gnarrk was taken away:( Don't worry, she will be back to normal soon:)

The Collector has finally been revealed! But what is his plan? Why is he kidnapping both heroes and villains? And what does he intend to do with his 'ritual'? Next time in Chapter 3!

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