Chapter 2
By this point all the Titans had noticed the police car following them. Cyborg pulled to the shoulder of the highway and the police car stopped just behind them. The front door of the police car swung out and a dark blue-uniformed man wearing a golden police badge stepped out and walked up to the T-car.
Cyborg rolled down the window and faced the policeman. "Sir," the policeman spoke brusquely, "do you know the speed limit on this highway?"
Cyborg shook his head as innocently as any teenager could.
"Sir, the speed limit was 55 miles per hour. I had you going 110 on my radar," the policeman declared. "Give me your driver's license, I'm going to give you a ticket!"
All the Titans, except Starfire, became instantly afraid. Starfire was baffled by the expressions of fright on her friends' faces. "Why are you afraid?" she asked. "Is a ticket not a piece of paper that enables one's entry into a theater?"
The policeman broke out in laughter. The Titans, uncertain of his intentions, became even more afraid. "She doesn't…know what a…ticket is…" he laughed over and over, as the Titans noticed that the time of the airline flight had passed and they dared not do anything about it. Finally the policeman calmed down. "One of you explain to her what a ticket is," he commanded, and then, facing Cyborg, "Your driver's license, sir?"
"Don't we get a warning the first time we speed?" asked Robin in desperation.
"We usually issue warnings if you're less than 10 miles per hour over the speed limit," the policeman retorted. "You, however, doubled the speed limit."
"I'm really sorry, officer. We had to catch a plane."
"That's no excuse to be fifty-five miles over the speed limit! Give me your driver's license!"
The Titans all knew that Cyborg didn't have a driver's license. They racked their brains, trying to think of some way out. The noises of the policeman tapping his foot on the pavement could be heard, since there was little traffic.
"Sir!" roared the policeman impatiently. "If you can't get me a driver's license in ten seconds, I'll have to arrest you for driving without a license!"
End chapter.