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...Anyway, here's chapter 2, I hope you enjoy it! Please read, review and share! (I don't own any of the NFL teams mentioned, yadda yadda yadda)

Hurried footsteps echoed through the halls of Titans Tower as Beast Boy sprinted to his room. He skidded to a stop outside his door, removed his glove from his right hand, and placed the green appendage on the scanner beside the door. There was a small beep, followed by a whoosh as the door swiftly slid open.

Beast Boy entered his room and darted to his closet. He opened the door and began digging around, looking for the proper attire for his upcoming afternoon activity.

"Where is it?" the shape-shifter queried aloud, still frantically searching through the clutter. He realized how messy he had allowed his room to get in the past few weeks. Fortunately for him, though, Raven didn't seem to mind. They'd spent the vast majority of their time together in her room, anyway.

"WHERE THE FUCK IS IT?!" he bellowed, spastically throwing stray shirts, pants and socks all over creation. His breathing accelerated, and his heart rate sped up more than it probably should have.

"Ah-ha, finally!" he screamed victoriously after thirty seconds of panicked rummaging. He quickly threw on the mesh uniform and nimbly made his way to the Titans' living room.

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Cyborg reached across the coffee table to the bowl of sour-cream-and-onion-flavored chips and grabbed a handful with his enormous metallic fingers. He returned his hand to his mouth and stuffed his face with the chips, chomping greedily at them.

"I can't believe BB's missing the game," Cyborg said, his mouth still full. A few crumbs spewed from his mouth and landed on the coffee table as he spoke.

"Yeah, I hope he's okay," Robin replied, staring at the crumbs Cyborg had just spat onto the coffee table. He slowly brought his gaze back to the giant screen before them. "Should we go find him?" he asked, sounding completely disinterested.

"Nah," the eldest Titan answered. "He's probably in Raven's room or something. Besides, it's quieter watching the game without him and his constant yelling at the TV."

Robin began nodding his head in agreement when suddenly, as if on cue, the doors of the living room opened and Beast Boy dashed across the room toward the TV. He leaped over the back of the couch and plopped down on the cushions beside his teammates.

"What'd I miss?" Beast Boy asked hurriedly.

"The whole first quarter," Robin responded, keeping his eyes focused on the screen, though he wasn't really paying attention to the game.

"What's the score?" Beast Boy asked, still panting.

"Still no score," Cyborg said, mindlessly examining the dark-purple Ravens jersey that Beast Boy was wearing. The mechanized Titan took another sip from the can of Miller Lite he was holding and looked back up at the TV. "Not much happened."

"Ah, so a defensive match-up?" Beast Boy wondered out loud. Cyborg belched loudly as a response, evoking a half-hearted snicker from the green Titan.

Robin had begun to doze off when the Titans' alarm went off. The Boy Wonder jolted awake at the sudden obnoxious siren and sprang to his feet. He ran over to the computer and began locating the source of the distress call.

"Aw, man!" Beast Boy whined. "Who's committing a crime during a goddamn playoff game?"

"BB, I bet you're the only person in Jump City who gives a rat's ass about a game that's being played in Baltimore, three thousand miles away from here," Cyborg replied condescendingly.

"That's not true!" Beast Boy barked. "Besides, you're a Patriots fan, and New England is just as far away from here as Baltimore, yet you still insist that we watch the Patriots play!"

"Yeah," Cyborg remarked, "but the Patriots are actually good, and people actually care about them!"

"That's bullshit!" Beast Boy complained. "I bet you the Ravens are gonna win the Super Bowl this year!"

"Ha, 'win the Super Bowl' my ass," Cyborg said, stifling a chuckle. "There's no way they'll get past the Broncos and my Patriots."

Beast Boy opened his mouth to retaliate when the living room door opened and Starfire and Raven flew in. They landed beside the rest of the team and peeked over Robin's shoulder at the computer screen as Robin was furiously typing away.

"What is the situation?" Starfire inquired.

"Dr. Light's robbing the bank downtown," Robin answered the Tamaranian, relieved slightly that he now had something to do besides watch the game. "Titans, move out!"

The game disappeared from the giant screen and the enormous window overlooking the city opened.

Still grumbling, Beast Boy carefully removed his jersey, revealing his normal uniform, and he placed the jersey on the back of the couch. He walked over to the window and joined his team, standing next to Raven and grasping her hand in his. She looked at his loving eyes and beamed, and he sheepishly flashed his goofy grin in return.

Though she hadn't really thought about it, she now had to look up slightly at Beast Boy. In the past few months, he'd been getting considerably taller, but it wasn't until just a couple weeks ago that he'd actually surpassed Raven in height.

Compared with her 5'6" frame, Beast Boy now stood at about 5'7", which was perfectly fine with Raven.

She was now the shortest Titan, though she was rarely on her feet in battle anyway.

"You ready?" Raven asked her grass-colored boyfriend.

"You bet, Rae," he replied with a playful smirk.

She chuckled softly, then leaned over to him and gave him a peck on the cheek. His heart fluttered in his chest as he grinned at her.

Then the pair turned to face the horizon, and all five Titans jumped out the window. Raven provided a large disc made of her dark energy for Robin and Cyborg to ride on while the others flew toward downtown.

The water beneath them glistened a translucent blue. The sunlight bounced off the slightly rippling surface of the bay and into the eyes of the soaring Titans, who shielded their eyes as they made their way downtown.

Raven closed her eyes and channeled her focus into Beast Boy's mind as she telepathically spoke to him.

"How much longer can we keep this up, Beast Boy?"

"Not much longer," he replied mentally, followed by an audible sigh. "We'll have to tell them soon. Even now, you joining us on this mission is putting the baby at risk."

"I know," Raven thought sullenly. "I think we should tell them when we get back to the Tower."

"Okay," Beast Boy agreed with a reluctant smile, "but after the game."

Raven scoffed at him, then shook her head softly and smiled.

"What?" he said in mock-defensiveness. "I gotta watch my Ravens play!"

She simply shook her head and smiled again, this one even wider than the previous one.

"Just remember, stay as far away from Dr. Light as you can," Beast Boy reminded her. "Only use your telekinesis from a distance, and be extra alert for Dr. Light's energy beams, and any projectiles that might come your way."

"I know, BB," she acknowledged. "I will."

The Titans descended to the city street and stood in front of the bank.

A scrawny villain in a black armored suit ran out the doors of the bank, clutching a giant bag full of cash that was slung over his shoulder. He laughed maniacally as he exited the building, looking over his shoulder at the security guards he'd just gotten past.

As soon as he turned around to see where he was going, he collided with Cyborg and fell backward onto the pavement. Cyborg didn't even budge.

A look of pure horror came across Dr. Light's face as he looked up at the cybernetic Titan towering over him.

Cyborg smirked as he reached down and grabbed the criminal by the collar. He lifted Dr. Light up to his eye level and laughed.

"You're pretty dull, Light," Cyborg quipped. "Seriously, you – AAAGH!"

Before Cyborg could react, Dr. Light's energy beam hit him right in the chest and sent him flying backward, narrowly missing Raven, which caused Beast Boy to momentarily seize up in a state of panic. Cyborg landed on the asphalt and skidded a few feet before coming to rest at the feet of a by-standing citizen.

"Okay, time to get serious," he said as he picked himself up. Then he dusted himself off and rejoined his team. The villain took his fighting stance as he prepared to attack.

"It's time for 'lights out', Dr. Light," Robin said firmly.

"Fools!" Dr. Light responded. "You think you can pull the plug on Dr. Light? Think again!" He grunted and sent a massive beam of yellowish-white energy toward the heroes.

"Titans, go!" Robin shouted. The heroes scattered in every direction to avoid the energy beam. Raven floated backward a bit, following Beast Boy's instructions, and observed the fight from a decent distance to determine how she could help her teammates.

Robin grabbed some electric discs from his utility belt and flung them at the villain, who conjured a bright yellow force field to absorb the explosion from the discs.

The force field disappeared after a couple seconds, and Beast Boy and Cyborg simultaneously converged on Dr. Light from opposite sides. Beast Boy morphed into a Sasquatch and swung a giant, hairy fist at the luminescent villain. Cyborg also cocked his arm back to unleash a metallic knuckle sandwich across the villain's jaw.

Dr. Light saw them both in his peripheral vision and quickly stepped backward. The two converging fists missed Dr. Light, and struck each other's faces instead. Both Cyborg and Beast Boy were thrown backward onto the pavement. Neither of them could get up, and Dr. Light couldn't help but laugh.

"And you called me dull?" he taunted as an evil smile crept across his face.

Starfire cried out, her eyes and hands illuminated with green light, and she flew full speed toward the villain. She threw several starbolts, but each one hit Dr. Light's force field. The force field disappeared and a bright white light appeared on the light bulb logo on the villain's chest. The light turned into a powerful beam that struck Starfire in her chest and knocked her to the ground.

"Star!" Robin yelled, as he ran over to help her. But Dr. Light launched another beam of energy at Robin, and it hit him before he could reach Starfire and he was knocked away from his alien lover.

Cyborg groaned as he slowly stood up, keeping his hand on his head as he tried to combat the pain. Beast Boy's punch had really done a number on Cyborg's left jaw.

Dr. Light didn't let Cyborg have a full moment to recover, however. The villain flung an electric disc at the Titan and it landed at Cyborg's feet. Cyborg dove out the way of the explosion, and performed a perfect tuck-and-roll. He came to rest on one knee and fired his sonic cannon at Dr. Light, who lifted his hand to create a reflective force field. The sonic blast hit the force field, bounced off of it and went right back at Cyborg.

"What the -?" Cyborg managed to say before the sonic blast struck him in the gut and sent him flying backward into the second floor of the office building across the street. He tried to get up from the mass of cubicles, broken walls and computer equipment, but couldn't gather the strength. He fainted and fell back down on the rubble.

Dr. Light laughed victoriously for a moment, and then looked around for the missing Titan.

"Huh," the villain pondered. "Where's the dark one? Was the brilliance of Dr. Light finally too much for her?"

He didn't notice the 18-wheeler hovering above him, encased in black energy. The black energy suddenly vanished, and gravity brought the massive vehicle down upon the villain. An enormous thud and a scream radiated through air, followed by a loud groan from the subdued criminal.

"Nope," Raven answered his question plainly as she touched down in front of the 18-wheeler that now rested upon the unconscious villain.

Robin slowly got up and walked over to Starfire and helped her to her feet.

"Great work, Raven," the Boy Wonder said appreciatively, now walking toward the mysterious Titan. "Now let's take him to jail."

Raven nodded, and she waved her hand. The big rig became surrounded with black energy and levitated off the ground, floating away from the crime scene and landing in a nearby parking lot.

Robin walked over to Dr. Light, who still lay unconscious on his stomach with his arms stretched out in front of him on the ground. He brought the villain's hands behind his back and hand-cuffed him.

Cyborg appeared next to Raven and groaned, placing a hand on his face and rubbing his jaw.

"That was a hell of a right hook earlier, BB," he congratulated the green Titan on his misfired assault. "BB?"

Beast Boy lay unconscious on the ground in his human form, his face bloody and swollen.

"Oh shit," Cyborg whispered softly. He bent down and placed his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and shook him softly. "Beast Boy, can you hear me?"

The changeling twitched and groaned quietly for a moment, and then was silent again.

"He's pretty seriously hurt," Robin observed. "Raven, take him back to the Tower. We'll take Dr. Light to jail."

Raven nodded solemnly, and her eyes glimmered with her dark energy as a disc of black energy appeared beneath the injured Titan. She stepped onto the disc, and the two of them floated off upon it toward the Tower.

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