Ace of Diamonds

"Did they say who it was?" Beastboy said

"No, all he said was that he had a very memorable face" Robin said

The titans quickly made their way towards the bank. A group of men dressed in black were hauling money in duffle bags out to an armored van with a black skull imprinted on the side. All while being watched over by five figures.

"Stop!" Starfire yelled, her hands and eyes already glowing green.

A man in a cream tuxedo turned around and saw the teens. Everyone, excluding Robin, gasped at the sight of his face. His brown eyes were uncovered, but his face looked like a skull…. A black skull.

"Well, well, well" He said in a gristly voice, "If it isn't the Bats baby bird!"

"Black Mask!" Robin said. The crime lord had given plenty of trouble when Robin plenty of trouble when he worked in Gotham. He had even kidnapped him in his civilian identity. (Though some good came that day)

"Hey Rob, who is this guy?" Cyborg asked. Robin simply ignored the question.

"What do you want Sionis!" Robin yelled.

"Why, I simply needed to get the money for a little project I'm working on." said the "Masked" Robber. He smirked at the thought of battling teenagers; the smirk gave him an even more sinister look.

"Project?" Robin yelled. He knew that if Black Mask was happy about some work of his, it at least had to be checked out.

"Doesn't matter, this town will find out soon enough. Get 'em boys."

All too late, Robin realized that he didn't have just any bodyguards. He had the Terrible Trio and even worse; Deadshot!

Raven tried to grab Vulture with her shadows, but for a humanoid rat with wings… he was pretty agile. Always flipping over her attacks and charging her.

Beastboy had changed into a green tiger, trying to catch Shark with his claws. But Beastboy was having trouble doing that when he had to avoid Shark's gnashing teeth.

Starfire had taken Fox. He was even more agile than Vulture! Fox was jumping and twisting every way with a smile on his fuzzy orange lips. When Starfire stopped to think of another strategy, Fox jumped at her with fangs and claws bared. Starfire moved just in time and was able to blast him with the bolts from her eyes.

Cyborg was entering a shooting match with Deadshot. Though Cyborg wasn't quite as fast as Deadshot…. One thing evened it; Deadshot wasn't as technologically advanced. Eventually Cyborg was able to hit his target and left to help the others.

Robin was the only one who wasn't having trouble with his combatant. Black Mask was as good in combat as Robin. Fist-to-Fist, Kick-to-Kick, they matched each other. Mask then suddenly pulled out a flash bag. Robin was blinded and then felt a surprising amount of force on his chest as Mask kicked him back in the chest.

"Well, it's been fun kids but we got to go; Boys!" Mask called out to his men like dogs.

The Trio and Deadshot quickly disengaged, (Vulture was walking as he had lost several feathers and had to walk, Shark was gingerly walking forward with his still bleeding scratches, Fox's fur was scorched in several places and he was panting heavily and Deadshot's aiming mechanism was beeping hysterically and he grumbled at Mask that the guys had gotten away with the money.)

Then Vulture quickly used his wings to flap dust everywhere, especially in the Titans faces. When the dust and their eyes had cleared the group was gone.