10- Intellect
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The green downloading window pops up on the computer screen as Gizmo waits patiently while next to him was his superior. Psimon stood with his hands placed back as he watches the screen to download.
"Three years and we're almost done with the project." Psimon said with a tone of glee.
"Yeah, I can't believe that Dr. Quenton experimented on this project for his conquest of knowledge." Gizmo states. The two smartest members of the HIVE wait patiently as Project: INSTIGATOR is going to be fully operational. They stood watching a bulky figure about to be operational.
This large figure is about ten feet tall as his metallic large body is gray. The large round sphere is mostly the body as the base on top has the HIVE logo on. The face of the thing is more of a giant face with shut eyes with dark circles around, a snout, and black lips as its face is wrinkly. It's robotic clawed arms is on each side of the head where the ears are supposed to be, as black stream lines are on the top and chin parts of its body. A black extension for the body to connect to its gray metal waist as on the sides are gray spheres with black legs, and gray metal boots as the robotic being is connected to wires. On the back of its head is labeled I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R. which is the name of the techno-organic being.
Percentage, one-hundred percent…systems online.
Opening its eyes the android unleashed an unnatural roar as Gizmo and Psimon look at each other as they smile at their success. The robotic I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R. pulls out the wires as it stares at the two science prodigies.
"Dr. Simon and Gizmo, what a pleasant surprise." it spoke with a mix of human and robotic voice.
"Indeed, Dr. Quinton." Psimon said as he floats towards his old colleague. Dr. Emil Quinton was once a promising student at Metropolis University as one of the most brilliant minds of history. Quinton used to work for LexCorp and then STAR Labs as he tries to experiment on creating a super intelligent techno-organic computer.
"Man, that was a great risk in experimentations, doc." Gizmo points out as he walks up to the human-machine. "How do you feel?" he asked. "I feel…Instigated!" INSTIGATOR spoke as he raise his mechanical arms up in triumph.
"Good, now lets use that new body of yours for a field run." Psimon said as he starts giving INSTIGATOR his first mission.
TTTT
"Alright, Titans. This is going to be out toughest challenge, yet." Wonder Girl said as she sweat drops.
"Oh man, I thought I'd never see the day." Beast Boy gulped.
"This is going to be our toughest hour yet." Kid Flash said as he shivers.
"I won't allow it!" Robin shouts as he bangs his fist on the wall "We can't let this happen, Cyborg-"
"Is the only one who is capable of doing this, so he's going to be fine." Raven said as she floats.
"I hope things turns out good for his benefit." Jericho said through his sigh language.
"I hope he's going to be okay." Terra said as they hear a noise.
"They're here." Robin said as the Titans stood up as they wait for the upcoming object heading down towards them.
It was the sound of something revving up as smoke appears from the moving object. The Titans stirred clear as the object makes its way towards the empty lot. The Titans prepare themselves as they saw something opened in the moving vehicle. Popping up was a certain tall silhouette from the smoke as she emerges from the smoke.
"How did I do, Friend Cyborg?" Star asked as popping out of the door was a dazed Cyborg who has swirls around his eyes meaning that he's dizzy.
"Ground, sweet ground." Cyborg said as he's glad that he's out of the T-Car.
"Looks like she still needs some more lessons." Raven said as she saw the mangled and scratched up T-Car.
Apparently Starfire wanted to learn how to drive since she's been thinking of requiring one of the "license of drivers" that are required to be eligible to drive. Cyborg volunteers since he's the only one of the Titans that has a drivers license so he can teach her how to drive. Of course the result was that Star turns out to be an incredibly bad driver, going through parks, lakes, and destroying the streets. Luckily no one got hurt, but Cyborg will receive horrible nightmares after Star's crazy driving skills.
"We're going to have to work on your stirring, Star." Cyborg said as he is helped up by Kid Flash and Beast Boy.
"Dude, are you okay?" BB asked.
"Just lost today's breakfast." Cyborg said.
"Don't worry, Friend Cyborg, I shall be better next time!" Star said as she huffs her chest.
"If there's going to be a next time." Raven whispered.
It was then Cyborg hears something beeping in his arm. He was receiving a call as he raise his arm up to tap in who's calling.
"Looks like you got a call, Vic." Kid Flash said.
"Wonder who it is?" Cyborg wondered as he answers the call as it shows a large holographic projection as his face shows of shock. "No way."
"Long time no see, Victor." spoke a man who looks like an older Victor Stone, as he wears a white lab coat, blue button shirt and beige church pants as he looks at the robotic Titan.
"D-Dad?" Cyborg said as he is met with the holographic projection of his father, Professor Silas Stone. The Titans were as shocked as well as they've never expect a call from Cyborg's father.
"Seen that you're doing well, Victor. And you've got quite a team doing the good of the city." Silas states.
"Why'd you call, dad?" Cyborg said as he wasn't expected a call from his father.
"Well since you've never received my calls, I've decided to contact you through you." Silas said with a straight face that Cyborg hates "I became nominated for the STAR Awards and I want you to come. You can bring your friends and the award ceremony takes place at the Jump City Ball tomorrow night. I hope you all can come." he said as the hologram projection disappeared as Cyborg gave a neutral look on his face.
"Whoa, the STAR Awards?" Kid Flash said in awe.
"That's an interesting award ceremony." Donna states.
"What's the STAR Awards?" Beast Boy asked as Star, Terra, Jericho and Raven wants to know as well since BB isn't familiar with most award ceremonies unless they're from the entertainment awards like Oscars, Emmys, Annies, etc. Jericho isn't mostly familiar with it since he travels a lot and never had time to hear stuff like that, as for the three girls well they're foreigners.
"The STAR awards is an award ceremony for those who have achieved work at STAR Labs or any other self-businesses." Robin states.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure if I'm going." Cyborg said with a muttering tone.
"But your dad invited you, dude." BB said.
"Yeah, why would you refuse to go?" Terra asked the robotic Titan.
"I just don't, okay?" Cyborg said as he walks out of the garage leaving the Titans wonder about what goes on in his mind.
Flashback
12-years-old Victor Stone was just riding his bike down to his father's workplace. He was wearing his football uniform for his junior football team as he went to the large compound where his father works.
After parking and locking his bike, little Victor Stone head down to the compound as he is met with the desk clerk.
"Ah, if it isn't little Victor." spoke the female clerk familiar with the young boy.
"Hey, Mrs. Grid, I'm here to tell my dad that I did a touchdown! Coach said that it was flawless!" Victor said excitedly.
"Your dad should be out of the meeting right about now." Mrs. Grid told him as opening the door reveals Dr. Silas Stone talking to other scientists of Dr. William Magnus for his nanite research and Dr. Hamilton who's from Metropolis.
"Dad!" Victor calls out to his father to get his attention.
"Victor, when did you get here?" Silas asked his son.
"Just now, I got my first touch down!" Victor told his father.
"Good for you, Vic. Now go tell your mother about it." Silas said as he continues with his talk with his colleagues leaving a sadden Victor.
"Are you okay, Vic?" Mrs. Grid asked him in concern.
"I am, Mrs. G. I'll just ride my bike home. Mom's making some chicken curry." Victor said as he heads out of the compound as he head for his bike.
TTTT
"Come on Cyborg lets go to the ceremony." BB begged.
"No."
"Friend Cyborg is it nice for you to be at his award giving?" said Star.
"No."
"Why No?" Terra dared.
"Because I said so." said Cyborg with a straight face, "Rookie."
"Alright, chill." said Terra.
"Is it daddy issues if it is I could hel-" RFobin sentence was broken off by Cyborg.
"I don't need your help." Cyborg retorted.
"Look, Cyborg no matter if you like him or not he's still your father and he's been with you since the day you were born." said Kid Flash. "You know your father for seventeen years, I wish I get to see my dad when I was little and you still have a living relative, your father so be there at the ceremony for him."
Cyborg was reconsidering about his previous answer but then he decides to change it. "Thanks, KF."
"Don't mention bud."
"We're family, dudes." said Beast Boy. "We all have our losses but it keeps us together as a group, a unit, a team and a family." said Beast Boy.
"He's right because you know why because we are the teen titans." said Wonder Girl.
"Yeah, Cyborg your the only one with a living parent while we are just either orphans or adopted." said Beast Boy. Both Robin and Beast Boy were adopted by multi-millionaires, Kid Flash was adopted by Barry and Iris West, Starfire's parents sadly died and her living relative's whereabouts with Ravager and the gang were currently unknown on Earth, Terra was looked after by a high-ranking doctor and Donna was adopted by Wonder Woman while Jericho lives with his mother and his father was MIA for years and was presumed to be dead and Raven prefers not to say or mention.
TTTT
The Titans all go to the STAR awards by the T-Plane, a vehicle constructed by the half-man titan himself. "Woohoo, STAR Awards!" said Beast Boy but the rest of the titan didn't respond because of the situation.
"Just trying to lighten up the mood man." said Beast Boy while Terra placed her hand on his left shoulder. All the titans were wearing formal dress and not allowed to wear their superhero outfits, the boys were wearing black suit rousers with different coloured ties respectively with Robin tie as red also wearing dark sunglasses, BB as green, Jericho as purple with sunglasses as well and Cyborg as navy blue while the girls wear strapless dress with Star wearing purple, Donna as red and Terra as yellow except for Raven who wore a black blazer, black shirt and black trousers because she's not into her feminine side.
They are now outside of the Jump City Theater Hall, the bouncer ask them their pass and Cyborg show him his VIP which he let him and his teammates in.
"Wow! were inside the Jump City Theater Hall." said KF.
"Yeah I know." said BB.
Cyborg meets his father talking to two scientists, Raymond "Ray" Palmer, Ph.D., is a physicist working at Queen Technologies in the city of Ivy Town, specializing in matter compression as a means to fight overpopulation, famine and other world problems and the second scientist is Kimoyshi Hoshi, a brilliant astronomer from Japan.
"Son, come here." said Silas.
"Um..hi dad." said Cyborg awkwardly.
"Victor good to see you, son." said Silas.
"I would like you to meet fellow scientists Dr. Ray Palmer and Dr. Kimoyshi Hoshi." said Silas.
"Please to meet you Cyborg." said Ray Palmer.
"You too, I heard about your research of changing molecular structures." said Victor.
"Yep, and it work perfectly." Palmer smiled.
"Please to meet you Ms. Hoshi." said Victor.
"That's Dr. Hoshi, Cyborg." said Hoshi.
Cyborg rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry Ms, I mean Madam no Dr. Hoshi." said Victor.
"And you Cyborg." said Hoshi while she shake his hand with a firm grip.
The ceremony stars and everyone were on their seats. Coming up was the madame mayor of Jump City Mayor Woodsman "Alright, Ladies and Gents welcome to the STAR Awards, the origin of the name was dedicated to Harrison Wells who founded STAR Labs in Central City. He's a scientific genius responsible for numerous achievements in the scientific field and had a large sense of respect from the scientific community, as was the very genius behind the particle accelerator's existence which unfortunately due to problems causes some castraphopic events but he ended up recovering from the effects."
The crowd cheered except for Wally as he was told by his mentor about the truth of Harrison Wells. "This Wells of Harrison must be a remarkable human." Starfire said as she claps.
"I won't say that he's remarkable." KF said dully.
"He created free energy for the citizen of Central City you should be happy." said Robin as he spots Dr. Hamilton, scientist of the STAR Labs branch of Metropolis coming up to the podium as the mayor left.
"Now, let's introduce our first award, this achievement is for-What the sh*t!?" Hamilton was taken out by table-sized flying bee-shaped drones and soldiers with guns, some parts of the ceiling collapsed on some members inside the hall.
Beast Boy approaches to a mildly injured scientist. "Dude, are you okay?" said the changeling to the lying man he place his hand on his shoulder but he pushes him off and just left from him. BB didn't saw it but his badge shown to be 'Register'.
"Hello I'm here to instigate, May I crash this party?" said the leader of the attack with a sarcastic tone.
"Those suits and that symbol, they're the HIVE!" Robin shouts.
"Yeah but who's that guy? Some kind of…big headed robot." Terra asked.
"I am INSTIGATOR, and I am here to steal all of your intelligence!" INSTIGATOR declares "My drones shall bring the scientists to me for the HIVE!"
"First the Furious Five, and now this guy?" Kid Flash complained.
"They're like wasps, they won't leave you alone for a minute." Beast Boy states as he forms his hands into giant bear claws.
"Titans, GO!" Wonder Girl shouts "Robin, Starfire, Terra, and Cyborg, we're dealing with this mechanical monstrosity. Beast Boy, Kid Flash, Jericho, and Raven, keep the people safe and out of the building."
"On it." they all said except for Jericho as they do their jobs in keeping the scientists and the mayor safe from harm.
"Foolish, children! I, INSTIGATOR am no push over!" INSTIGATOR shouts as he brings out two missiles from his head as it launches towards the Titans but luckily Starfire fired her star bolts at the miniature missiles. "HIVE Drones, attack and capture!"
The bee modeled drones followed INSTIGATOR's command as they flew towards the scientists as one manage to grab a scientist and instantly teleports into a different location.
"These drones are taking the scientists!" Kid Flash shouts.
"Oh no, dad!" Cyborg said as he turns to find his father, but the drones emits an EMP wave at him causing the robotic titan to slow down his movements as his systems are shut down.
"No…What's…happening…to me…?" Cyborg said as his body shuts down.
"Cyborg!" Beast Boy shouts as he claws out one drone.
"These drones are really a bother." Raven states as she leads the people out of the Theater Hall.
There are many scientists being taken away from the flying drones as they are teleported into somewhere. The Titans makes their attempt to save the other scientist as one drone was about to grab Dr. Palmer but it was hit by a stoned fist made from Terra.
"Quick as a bird, sting like a bee." Terra said quoting Mohammed Ali.
"You okay, Dr. Palmer?" Kid Flash asked the doctor.
"I'm good, isn't the first time I've been into a convention with a super villain attack." Dr. Palmer quipped. Truthfully Kid Flash knows who is Dr. Ray Palmer is from his uncle the Flash as Ray Palmer is secretly the shrinking hero of Ivy Town, The Atom.
As Raven search for more scientists who aren't abducted by the drones, she spots Dr. Hoshi as she brings out some kind of device as she uses it to blast light beams the drones and soldiers away from her.
"Whoa, are those…?" Raven asked looking at Dr. Hoshi's devices that seems familiar to her.
"My own design, I've studied and build solar powered molecular beams. Took me ten minutes to build them out of a paperclip, lightbulb, and some materials from the janitor's closet." Dr. Hoshi said as she is known for her high IQ in engineering, astronomy, and equation.
Dr. Silas Stone hide behind the table as he watch his fellow scientists being taken away from the drones as he looks at INSTIGATOR carefully. The android looks familiar to him but then he spots his son down on the floor. Before he can do anything one of the drones grab him from behind as he flew off with it.
"No, let me go!" Dr. Stone shouts.
"My, Silas, it has been a long time hasn't it?" INSTIGATOR said looking at the scientist.
"Who are you?" Silas asked.
"You'll find out! HIVE soldiers and drones, let us retreat!" INSTIGATOR orders as Silas disappears along with the other captured scientists as they all teleport to somewhere else but not after Robin threw a tracker onto INSTIGATOR's arm as they disappeared, leaving the Theater Hall a mess with a few people hurt and most escaped. The mayor is seen being helped by her bodyguards.
"Are you alright, Mayor Woodsman?" Robin asked.
"Fine, but more importantly what just happened?" Woodsman said.
"HIVE. The criminal organization that recruits young villains and now they've kidnapped the scientists for who knows what." Wonder Girl said as she looks at the down Cyborg who is just activated and rebooted back into his system.
"Oh, what happened?" Cyborg asked as he rubs his head.
"Dude, are you alright?" Beast Boy asked.
"Just a minor shut down. Where's my dad!?" Cyborg asked realizing about his father.
"They took him, Cyborg." Raven said as she looks down. "The drones took him and they just teleported."
"No…" Cyborg said as he looks solemn of the fact that his father got kidnapped by the HIVE.
"Alright who's Instagram?" said BB.
"Instigator." Raven corrected.
"And where he took my dad and the other scientists?" said Cyborg.
A scientist dress in formal wear came up to the titan. "You're Dr.-" Cyborg was interrupted gently by the man.
"Hamilton." said the doctor. "And I will tell you about Instigator."
"Project Instigator was designed by Dr. Emil Quenton he used to work for Jump City STAR Labs a decade ago, it was suppose to be greenlit due to the nature of expanding the human mind with cybernetics."
"Sort of like our big tin guy here." said Kid Flash.
"Yes but this former project was more darker than you think; Dr. Quenton secretly use his project on prisoners as Guinea pigs for his experiments to see the cybernetics can enhance their minds to turn them into better human beings."
"Better human beings? So he's good?" said Terra.
"No. He want to use his project to enhancer the human mind into a supercomputer able to absorb and process information at an extraordinary level but just like any supercomputer they have viruses where there are no firewalls for the organic brain so he slowly change his mind to create obedient slaves, Dr. Stone was almost a part of the project until he saw his research and quits the project since then Quenton disappeared for ten years even the police couldn't find him anywhere in the US, it's like he disappeared since INSTIGATOR arrive he maybe alive." said Dr. Hamilton.
Cyborg's flashback
"And there goes linebacker, Victor Stone of the Metropolis Spartans he scored another for the team. Look at young Victor he's sure going to have a sure bright future." said the commentator. "He has brawns and brains, I tell ya the kid is a perfect mix he's a hero to the city."
Victor sees everyone cheering for his team his head was shaking to many direction to find his dad but once again he didn't came because he was too 'busy'. Victor knows the reason why his father not there because he thinks sports is obsolete in the age of heroes who could leap at a single bound, lift cars with ease and defy the laws of physics by running at incalculable speeds. He tries not to cry and stay strong but his presence of not being their hurt him deeply.
TTTT
At an unknown location, the scientists that were abducted look frighten inside of the hexagon filled room, as they are bound in steel ropes around them as they can't escape. It was then Instigator marches towards them along with two others: Psimon and Gizmo.
"What is going on?" Dr. Silas Stone demands.
"What are you!?" one scientist, Dr. Langstrom asked.
"I am INSTIGATOR, I am the combine of human intelligence and computerize tech!" Instigator proclaims.
"Yeah, you bunch of brain scratchers, show some respect for Dr. Quenton's work." Gizmo said with his tongue sticking out.
"Dr. Quenton? You mean…" Silas look horrified by the large headed mechanical menace.
"Nice to meet you again after all of these years, Silas!" Instigator spat. "This could've been a great achievement if you worked with the project with me, but I'm lucky to have HIVE to greenlit my project, and I've enhanced my mind into a supercomputer! Of course there were side effects which thanks to Psimon and Gizmo installing this metal body, I am now my own creation!" INSTIGATOR laughs maniacally.
"What do you want from us, you creep!" shout Dr. Hoshi.
"Simple if you cooperate. I just want each of your scientific expertise. Dr. Langstrom's vampirism research. Dr. Stone's robotics and engineering. Dr. Hoshi's astronomy research, and the rest of you scientist's knowledge in my hands!"
"And what if we don't?" Langstrom demands as Psimon inserts a syringe into his neck, containing some kind of mutagen.
"Then you'll be subject into Psimon's experiments." INSTIGATOR said with a sick grin as he and the scientists watches Dr. Langstrom moving and shifting his body as if he has a seizure but then hears his bones cracking as he grew wings and transform into the Man-Bat.
"It seems the mutagen activated Langstrom's DNA." Psimon said as he stuns the Man-Bat's mind to sleep. He plans to use him in his lab.
TTTT
Meanwhile, the Titans try to find the missing scientists as Cyborg sits on the floor looking self doubt in finding his father and defeating INSTIGATOR.
"Have you found anything from your tracker, Robin?" Wonder Girl asked.
"Trying to pin point the location. Hopefully where ever they took the scientists, doesn't have any jammers." Robin said trying to pin point the location of INSTIGATOR and the HIVE soldiers.
"Man, those HIVE jerks are very keen on their bee theme. I don't get that." Kid Flash said.
"Bees work in a hive-like environment. They work for the queen who basically controls all of the bees in self-organized systems." Beast Boy states as all look at him. "What? I know my entomology."
"These earth bees sounds like the parasite aliens of Korll that work in a hive-like manner." Starfire states as she refers to the hiveworld Korll that was destroyed in the farthest reach of the galaxy.
"We need to find this INSTIGATOR and save the scientists soon." Raven said as she looks over at Cyborg as well as the other Titans.
"Come on, Cyborg, we need you in on the conversation." Wonder Girl told him.
"How can I save my dad when that INSTIGATOR guy can jam my systems in a second." Cyborg said. "Maybe I'm not as tough as I thought I am."
"Don't beat yourself up, Cyborg." Robin said.
"Yes, you are just as strong as all of us." Starfire said.
"Yeah, so what if you got your butt kicked, happens to all of us." Terra states as Cyborg gave her a deadpan look from that statement.
"Gee, thanks." Cyborg said.
"Come on, Cy. If you can beat all of us in video games, outwit Gizmo and go head to head against Mammoth, Adonis, and Cinderblock, what makes you think you can't take down some human computer nerd?" Beast Boy said to him hoping that Cyborg gets all of the confident boost.
"Yeah, think what will happen to your dad." Kid Flash said as Cyborg thought about what they say and after some thinking he stands up and walks up towards to Dr. Hamilton.
"Yo, doc. Are there any weakness for that INSTIGATOR guy?" Cyborg asked.
"There should be some weakness in the INSTIGATOR. If you can try to jam his systems, then there's a good chance that he'll be shut down." Hamilton advised as Cyborg gave a determined look. He's going to save his father or die trying.
TTTT
Cyborg and the gang enters the secret base. "Wow, this is like a sci-fi horor movie!" shouted BB in awe.
"Shhh." Cyborg hushed the green titan.
"Sorry." BB said quietly.
"We need to rescue the scientists before INSTIGATOR lay his metal hands on them." said Robin.
"Raven can you sense them nearby?" said WG.
Raven uses her telepathic ability to scan the scientists, "They are nearby."
"Good. We need to take him out quick and fast." said WG.
"Quick and fast, that's me." said Kid Flash proudly putting his hand on his chest.
"Wait! Did you hear that?" said Starfire, her alien ears picked up something close towards them also BB picked up that sound as well due to his abnormal ears and WG too.
"What the!?" said KF, a small mechanical worm crept on his back but Starfire uses her solar abilities to heat up the small drone.
Starfire lit up her solar power and their were a hoard of robots, "Friends, there are more of them." said Star.
"Aw, nuts. What should we do?" said Terra.
"Lets destroy the robots first and then-" KF was interrupted by Cyborg.
"My father is in trouble and he's stuck with a maniac." said Cyborg. He and father may not have the best father-son relationship but he is still his father.
"Cyborg, you rescue your dad also Robin, Raven and Kid Flash are going with ya while the rest of us deal with the robots."
"Understood, Raven can you teleport us near to the hideout." said Cyborg.
Raven nodded her head. She conjured her mystical energy as shadow surrounds the three boys and herself and they engulf in darkness. Team Alpha (Cyborg's Team) made it to the nearest location but there was a secret code to enter the room but Cyborg just use his subsonic frequencer to activate the mechanical door.
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Team Alpha were heading down to save the hostages as they find a path to where they could be. Robin looks at his tracker to pin point their location.
"We're close." Robin said looking at his tracker.
"Man, the HIVE has a large base." Kid Flash states.
"Wonder how an evil layer like this gets passed under our noses." Raven comments as she sense a presence of fear.
The Alpha team then makes it to a large door as Raven teleports them to the location. They appeared in a large room where INSTIGATOR is as he has already got the scientists hooked up in helmets with his along with hazmat suited HIVE scientists.
"Ah, I knew you Titans were coming here." INSTIGATOR said as he creeps his eyes towards them.
"Instigator, release the scientists!" Robin demands as he held his bo staff.
"Their intelligence shall be most useful as I've already downloaded the ones from around the world. Now these shall be a part of my collection of intelligence!" INSTIGATOR crackles as Silas, Ray Palmer, Kimiyo Hoshi, and Patty Spivot struggle from getting their intelligence taken from the mad super computer-human being.
"Dad!" Cyborg shouts in worry.
"Attack them!" INSTIGATOR orders as the hazmat suited scientists held their tasers to shoot beams towards them.
"Titans, GO!" Cyborg shouts as he shoots a sonic blast towards the villain. Kid Flash uses his speed to unhook the helmets and save the scientists from the abomination of science.
"Thank you, speedster." Dr. Palmer told the speedster.
"Welcome, Ray." Kid Flash replied as he brings Dr. Palmer out of the base using his super speed and bring him to a safe place. He then continued on with the other scientists from Kimiyo Hoshi to Patty Spivot as the last one is Dr. Silas Stone to be rescued.
"I've gotten all of the information I need to seek out ultimate knowledge!" INSTIGATOR declares as he calls forth all of the robots to come to him as they transform and connects into his body. The Titans watch as they witness INSTIGATOR to become the amalgam of man, machine, and intelligence.
"No one can stand a chance against INSTIGATOR!" he said as his voice echos throughout the halls.
"Instigator? That's a terrible name for a supervillan." said Raven.
"Silence!" Instigator shouted as he summons a swarm of microbots to attack the titans.
Cyborg blasts the microbots, "You three save the scientists and my dad." Cyborg ordered while the titans agreed.
"Nice tech, You don't mind that I steal it." said the villain
"Sorry, this tech is not free." said the young hero.
Instigator activate his cannons and begins to aim at Cyborg but Cyborg change the battle by bringing his white noise cannon to disperse Instigator's energy blasts.
"You are formidable, Cyborg. Join with me and we could rule all the world with our tech."
"No, I use my tech for good that's why I'm here alive standing."
"Well, you won't be alive very long. I'm going to dissect you and take your tech and improve it to enhance myself."
"You villains are all talk and so full of yourselves, so that's why I built a contingent incase I'm in a difficult situation." said Cyborg. Cyborg's left shoulder release a small spherical tech and landed on his chest which increase his systems up to 110%.
"What!?" Instigator was shocked, he saw Cyborg's tech which placed into his chest by itself like it is a sentient being, he was unfamiliar with his tech.
"Where did you tech comes from!?" shouted Instigator in fear as Cyborg shoot an immense wave of energy right at the villain.
"The tech comes from me and not stolen from others." said Cyborg while staring down at the fallen villain.
Meanwhile the Titans save the scientists and the other group of titans come to the room, WG mention that the swarms just turned off which means that they know that the villain has been incapacitated.
"Son." said Silas.
"Dad." said Cyborg.
"Thank you for saving us." said Silas. "You saved us with your brilliant resources and the tech you had when you beat that big headed freak what was it?"
"Dad, I just beaten the bad guy and now you want to know more of my tech why can't you think about me as your son." said Victor.
"Victor, I do care about you I know that my obsession with technology was uneasy with you and there were causes and effects but you did good with your curse it is sort of a blessing that you have it."
"A blessing?"
"What I meant is that you could do so much with your technology, not only you could save people but you could invent to help others like people in africa or asia for example they need it to survive and be warm, or create amputees for the disabled which makes you a saint. You don't know how this tech helps you turn out what you truly need to be?"
Cyborg was both in a mix of awe and confusion. "A hero." said Silas. The father and son stop for a brief moment until the son gave his father a warm hug and the father hugged him back.
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After the titans finish with their rescue mission, another scene takes place in an unknown location. The room is filled with computers and advance hardware.
"Well Instigator did his job by distracting for us." said Psimon.
"It's funny that he wants to be the ruler but there is only one that can command a HIVE." said a mysterious individual, the screen only shows her silhouette with the HIVE symbol painted on the back of the wall.
"Indeed, my lady." said Psimon "Our agent provide us with intel so we know some info on those meddling kids."
"Yes." said the mysterious lady while she play with her hands. "Soon the titans will fall one by one." she ends with an invisible but exotic and sinister smile.