Hola! Foamy here with another chapter! I know you guys and gals have been waiting for this chapter! Things are starting to heat up! Now for my reviewers!
Allen Blaster- This chapter is where things get intense, bro. Hope ya like it.
Latisha McPeanuts- Thank you, I hope you enjoy this chapter! :D
RPGPersona- If you watch Young Justice, you might realize why I used him. He's not a bad filler villain IMO, which is why he got a little limelight in this chapter. Sort of. *snicker*
Bluedog197- As Billy Mays used to say...BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
Sweet Cyric, there's a lot more lol.
Stormhawk fan SHhype- The first question is 'somewhat' answered in this chapter. If you know enough about a certain villain in this chapter, you'll know that it is possible to interrupt their connection via what he can make. As for the second question, no, Slade did not directly mention Jinx, Kid Flash, or Seemore. He had something special planned for them. You'll find out what.
Now, I'd like to take a moment to address the single negative review I got.
I would like to point out that, in the show, cut away scenes to villains weren't very common. Heck, from what I remember, only Slade/Trigon and The Brother Hood of Evil got any real cut scenes. As such, I don't feel inclined in the least bit to do a cut away scene. If I happen to do one, it's to pester you guys. :P
With that being said, I would like to ONCE AGAIN point out that I dropped several hints throughout the story that there was something going on behind the scenes. If you couldn't connect the dots...well...too bad. The last chapter and the following chapters have been set in stone since the first letter of the first chapter. This is happening.
You lot are going to hate me.
EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! CALLING ALL TITANS! EMERGENCY!
Robin was at the computer instantly, Starfire, Jinx, and Seemore right on his heels. As the caped crusaders' fingers flew across the keyboard, he pulled up multiple camera feeds originating from the area where the call came from. Within seconds, he found a live feed of the food court in the mall.
Cyborg was valiantly dodging a bizarre barrage of ballistic missiles that consisted of streams of ice, bullets, and what appeared to be exploding sports balls. Robin panned the camera around and found his assailants.
"Sportsmaster and Captain Cold?" His mouth gaped open, the turned into a savage sneer. "Harley Quinn!"
He whipped around. "Starfire, there's no time. Take me to Cyborg, Jinx, Seemore, take my R-cycle and catch up to us! TITANS, GO!"
Immediately, Starfire backhanded the nearest window and flew out. Before the glass had hit the floor, Robin had leapt out the window into his girlfriends' arms. Starfire wasted no time in hitting the fastest speed she could without harming her boyfriend. In the tower, Jinx and Seemore hauled ass down to the garage as quick as they could.
"Who the heck are those people? I mean, I know Harley Quinn, but not the other two." Seemore panted.
"Captain Cold is like, one of The Flash's main enemies. He's bad enough that Mr. Freeze, one of Batmans' top villians, respects him. Sportsmaster is a C-rank villain, like we used to be, but he was probably cheaper to hire than most C-ranks. He's crafty with his explosive weapons and he's good at hand to hand, but that's all he's got going for him." Jinx shouted as they ran through the halls. "One on one, only Captain Cold would give Cyborg problems. But all three at the same time? He's in trouble. These are veterans of the villain world and they can probably work well enough together to keep him too off balance to fight back."
They reached the garage moments later and Jinx jumped on, grabbing the handlebars.
"Get on!" She shouted. Seemore didn't hesitate, wrapping his arms around her waist as they rocketed out into the underwater tunnel.
"And keep your hands to yourself, Seymour!" The pink haired sorceress shouted. "I have a boyfriend!"
"And if you didn't?" He shouted back.
She was quiet for a moment, then glanced back at him with a small smirk and she shouted back. "I'd think about it!"
Seemore grinned to himself.
Meanwhile, Robin and Starfire had just arrived at the mall.
"Drop me through the skylight, Star!" Robin commanded. She didn't hesitate and he plummeted through the glass, startling the villains. The caped crusader swept his cape out around him, using as a sort of parachute as he flew down like a living thunderbolt.
"Shit, it's Batman!" Sportsmaster shouted. Harley whipped her head around in fear before she saw who it was.
"Nah, Sportsy, it's just Bird Boy!" She shouted, firing off a couple of rounds at the air-born Titan. He pulled one side of the cape, making his flight bank left and away from the bullets. Moments later, he crashed down on top of Sportsmaster, who threw the boy off of himself. Harley turned her sights back on Robin and squeezed the trigger.
Only for Starfire's hand to wrap around her gun and crush it. Harley stared at the pistol, then looked up to meet the back of Starfire's hand.
On impact, the clown girl felt several teeth get knocked out as she bounced away across the floor. Spitting them out, she looked up furiously at the emerald eyed alien girl.
"If you insist on pointing your projectile weapons at boyfriend Robin, I will harm you!" Starfire growled. Harley laughed.
"You sure you got time to worry about lil ol' me, sugar? What about your friends?"
Starfire looked around, spotting Cyborg trading shots with Captain Cold. The alien princess lifted her arm and slung a starbolt at the unsuspecting villain, who caught it square in the side. With a cry of pain, he was blown to the side.
"Thanks Star!" Cyborg shouted.
"You are most welcome! Tell me, where are friends Beast Boy and Raven?"
"These guys are working for Slade!" Cyborg hopped over the table he was using for cover and ran up to Starfire, who was eyeballing the downed Harley. "Killer Croc and Cheetah hit them by surprise with knockout gas and took them!"
Robin, who was still locked in hand to hand with Sportsmaster, feinted left then drove his right fist up into the older man's gut when he fell for it. As the man doubled over gasping, Robin grabbed him by the shirt.
"Where are they?!" He shouted. "What are you doing with my friends?!"
Harley tittered with laughter. "Now Bird Boy, we ain't gonna tell ya!"
Starfire's eyes began to glow as she hoisted Harley up by her hair. "You will tell me where my friends are! Raven is with child!"
"Oh, I know that, Red!" Harley grinned sadistically. "Mista' J loves kids!"
Robin slammed his fist into Sportsmasters' face once more, dropped his defeated foe, and slowly turned to them, his face pale. "He's…he's here?"
"Yup! I'd say he's meetin' yer friend Raven right about now!"
Cyborg turned to Starfire. "Star, grab Rob and go to the carnie grounds. That's where he's at!"
"But what of friend Beast Boy?" Starfire cried out.
"After I wrap these idiots up, I'll go after them. BB still has his communicator on so I can track him!"
"Wait for Jinx and Seemore, then go after them!" Robin shouted as he ran out the door. "Star, come on!"
The red headed princess bolted out after her boyfriend. Cyborg turned his arm into his signature cannon once more and pointed it at Harley.
"Get up and get over there with Sportsmaster." He ordered.
Sticking her tongue out, the blonde woman got up. Halfway to the downed man, she paused and turned around. She grinned at Cyborg. "Ya know, robot boy, the funny thing about all this is…"
Cyborg shoved his cannon right into her face and he looked at her coldly. "Unless you can move faster than my cannon can discharge, there's nothing funny about this. You took my friends. I am a very angry robot man right now."
"B-b-but you're a good guy!" She sputtered.
"Accidents can happen." He snarled.
"Aww, come one. Aint ya at least gonna say what cops say? What was it again?"
Cyborg raised an eyebrow. "What? Freeze?"
"Good idea." A voice said behind him. Before Cyborg could react, his body was encased in a heavy layer of ice, which only grew in size as Captain Cold kept a steady stream of his freeze ray on him.
Within moments, Cyborg was a block of ice.
Captain Cold held a hand on his side, covering a burn. "Damn, that stings. You should have warned me, Harley!"
"Could'a, would'a, should'a." Harley tittered in laughter again. "Doesn't matter, Ice Pop, we got our target."
Captain Cold glanced at the downed Sportsmaster. "And what about him?"
Grinning madly, Harley sauntered up to the downed man and slid a baseball bat out of his bag. She gave it a few twirls before raising it above her head.
"More money for us!" She giggled.
Elsewhere, at the same time…
"Robin! I am worried about Raven and Beast Boy!" Starfire shouted over the wind as she flew them over the city towards the old carnival grounds.
"I know, Star, I am too!" Robin shouted back. "But Cyborg can handle those lightweights and then he's going after Beast Boy! We have to stop the Joker before he harms Raven!"
"This Joker, is he really that awful?"
"Star…I'd rather face Trigon and Slade at the same time than deal with that madman."
Starfire's eyes grew wide and she opened her mouth to say ask him why when something caught her eye. It was a bright purple light.
And coming right at them!
With a yelp, Star dropped her startled boyfriend onto the roof they were above. Fortunately, Robin's reflexes were as sharp as ever and he skillfully tumbled to a stop. Starfire ducked behind a chimney and called out to him.
"Robin, are you all right?"
"Yeah Star, I'm fine. What the heck was that about?" He called back to her, peeking over the roofline into the street below. His mouth dropped in shock when he saw the heavily armored man with a green flaming skull for a head.
"I am not sure. That blast was from no one we have fought before."
"That's because it came from Atomic Skull." Robin ground his teeth in frustration. He turned and looked to Starfire. "Star, he's a Superman-class villain. I don't have anything to use against him."
The princess paused. "What powers does he have?"
"Superman-like strength, endurance, and stamina. Purple atomic blasts. Additional atomic powered super strength." The boy wonder rattled them off instantly. He knew damn near all the known supervillains powers.
"Come, girl. Fight me." A deep voice shouted out from below them. Robin's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to tell her to stay put, but Starfire was already floating out from behind the chimney.
"Star! What the heck are you doing?! You can't fight him!" He shouted.
"I can fight him far better than you or the others can." She stared hard at the glowing man. "My people are resilient to radiation. I may not be able to defeat him, but I will hold him here as long as I can. Go, save Raven and return to assist me."
Robin faltered. "Starfire, you can't…"
She turned to him and smiled. "Go, Richard. I love you."
"I love you too, Koriand'r." He said softly before leaping off the roof onto another. Starfire turned back to her land bound foe, her hands and eyes lit with power.
"I know not why you have chosen to attack my friends and I, but I will have you know that putting friend Raven and Beast Boy in deathly danger was a very bad decision."
"Oh, I'm so scared." Atomic Skull laughed, his voice booming in the streets. "What are you gonna do, girlie?"
Starfire glared at the man. "Laugh as much as you like, for I will be the one doing the laughing when I do the kicking of your butt!"
He was roaring in laughter now. "That's hilarious! You talk like an idiot!"
"Are those your last words?" Starfire flew down, now on even ground with the supervillain.
The heavily armored man stopped laughing and glared at her. "You threatenin' me, kid? Just who do you think you are?"
Neon green power pulsating in her eyes, Starfire roared at the man. "I am Koriand'r of Tamaran, Warrior Queen of my people! In the name of the goddess X'Hal, I will crush you!"
Atomic Skull only sneered at her. "I've never killed a queen before."
Several blocks away…
The sound of a building collapsing in the distance made Robin paused. He turned and looked back at the growing dust cloud in the distance as another building toppled. Starfire was brawling with Atomic Skull, this was for sure. For a moment, he was both proud of and terrified for his lover. He ground his teeth in frustration. First Joker, then Atomic Skull, then Slade.
He could only pray that Cyborg, Jinx, and Seemore would get there in time to save Beast Boy.
Snarling to himself, he leapt across an alley to another roof and sprinted across it. There was a two lane street between this building and the next, so he whipped out his grappling hook. When he reached the edge, he didn't hesitate to leap off. Dropping down into the traffic below, the caped crusader fired device and caught it perfectly in the next building. His momentum swung him perfectly up onto another roof, where he tucked and rolled as he landed. As he disengaged the cable and replaced the hook, he looked around. There were only a few more rooftops before there was a massive open lot. The buildings he had been traversing continued on the other side a ways before reaching the old carnival grounds. He wasn't far now.
The boy wonder dropped down onto the fire escape of his perch, then ran down the steps and flipped off. He landed with a crunch on the gravel of the lot. Looking around, he noted that it had recently been cleared for construction, but they had yet to do more than lay the foundation for whatever was going to be built here. That left it a huge open lot with little cover. Despite knowing that it was obviously a trap, Robin started sprinting across the open grounds.
The crack of a rifle sent him rolling across the ground, barely missing the bullet as it flashed over his head. He ducked behind a pile of steel fence posts and peeked around. Somewhere to the far left from where he entered, there was a sniper.
And there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it. It was just too great of a distance.
"Damnit!" He cursed to himself.
"Kids like you shouldn't use such language."
Robin looked around, now even more on guard. The pile of posts next to him shifted and he barely rolled away in time a huge form burst out from underneath them. It roared and pounded its fists down at him, making him roll away once more. As he regained his feet, Robin looked up into the much larger form, knowing who his reptilian foe was at once.
"Killer Croc." He spat.
"Dat's right, boy. No Batman to save you now." Croc laughed darkly and licked his lips.
"I don't need Batman to deal with you." Robin spat again at him. He dashed forward. As he ran, he pulled out one of his telescopic bo staffs and extended it fully. He would have to be faster than Croc and make sure he didn't get caught. Killer Crocs vastly superior strength would probably kill the caped crusader if he got too many hits in.
With a battle cry, Robin ducked in low beneath Croc's extending arms and slammed the butt of the staff into his stomach. Croc grunted and slammed his arms down once more, only to find that Robin had slipped around behind the monstrous man. Quicker than Croc could react, Robin slammed his staff into the back of the knees of the villain, bending the weapon but sending his foe to the ground with a grunt. He took the damaged weapon in a firm, sword-like two handed grip and brought it up over his head, intending to knock Croc out right then and there.
Another shot and the staff was jolted out of his hands.
Croc rolled to his side, sending Robin tumbling to the ground. Thinking quickly, Robin pulled out several smoke bombs and threw them around the area. Without the sniper's cover, this should be easier.
A deep sniffing sound filled his ears, followed by Killer Croc's deep laughter.
"You tink a lil' smoke is gonna save you from me eatin' you, boy?" The Cajun killer laughed again.
Robin snuck through the smoke until he saw the dark form of his form of his opponent. As quietly as he could, the caped crusader pulled out two explosive discs and a flashbang-type disc. He had to overwhelm his foe's other senses if he was gonna knock him out. He dashed forward when he saw Croc turn around.
A fist came flying out of the smoke and crashed into Robins' head.
Robin bounced twice across the ground before he caught himself and rolled up into a fighting stance. The smoke was beginning to clear away, leaving Killer Croc and…
"Cheetah." Robin said through clenched teeth. This is getting better and better by the minute. At least the sniper can't see me through them.
"Do us a favor, kid, and die quietly." Cheetah purred.
Robin palmed several birdarangs and growled at them. "Never."
On the other side of town, two blocks from Cyborg…
"Rob is gonna be so pissed!" Seemore yelled. "We got his bike blown up!"
Jinx rolled her eyes at her companion as they huddled behind a dumpster to avoid the incoming blaster fire.
"I don't think he's gonna care at this point!" She shouted back as she darted around the makeshift shelter long enough to send a pink shockwave of hex magic at their assailants. Several toppled to the ground in pieces, but were immediately replaced. Jinx barely had the time to duck back behind the dumpster before the air filled with more death.
"Who the heck are these guys?" Seemore asked her before he popped up and swept his own laser across a half dozen of their opponents. He paused only a moment to inspect the odd orangish-gold robots that looked suspiciously like Cyborg. He ducked back down just in time to avoid having his head blown off.
"I'm not entirely sure, but the only person I know of with an obsession with robots and Cyborg is Brother Blood." Jinx shook her head. "This whole city has gone to shit in a matter of minutes."
"Call KF!"
Jinx shook her head once more. "Can't, jamming signal. I could probably rewire the communicator and bolster the signal, but we're under too much fire."
A crunching sound drew their attention as more Blood-bots dropped from the rooftops around them. With a growl, Jinx dashed forward and blasted each one with hex magic. The robots fell apart before her, but more continued to drop around them. Seemore switched to a concentrated laser and cut straight through several bots like a hot knife through butter. An explosion from the rear decimated their cover, sending both teens tumbling into the piles of spare parts. Coughing up smoke, Jinx and Seemore looked up to find even more Blood-bots lining the rooftops, their sonic cannons preparing to fire. Both ends of the alley were filled with the damned things as well.
They were trapped.
Roughly twenty minutes before…
"Uggghhhh…." Beast Boy groaned, his sense aching from whatever hit him. He groggily opened one eye and found that he wasn't in the mall anymore. Opening his other eye, he looked around. He was in an abandoned warehouse, tied to a chair. He scoffed.
"Yeah, like this will hold me."
"Oh, I think it will." A voice echoed out of the dark.
Beast Boy jerked his head up towards the sound and saw a man in black body armor standing before him, his one eyed black and orange mask staring dead at him.
"Slade." The changeling growled.
"Astute as always, Beast Boy." Slade said coldy.
"What the heck do you want with us now?!"
"It's nothing personal, child. It's just business now." Slade paced around the green teen in front of him, watching the boy struggle. "You won't escape. The outside of that looks like rope, but underneath it is a cable that only those with strength like Superman could break. I brought them along just for you, boy."
"Why the heck aren't my powers working?" Beast Boy licked his lips nervously.
"Because of this interesting little drug I found that suppresses metagenes. You're as human as my companions are."
As Beast Boy's face screwed up in confusion, he noticed two people step out into the light. One of them was an older man with bright red hair, a ruby tipped cane, and big glasses. The other one was younger, probably early twenties, with a liberty-spike-ish hairdo and what appeared to be a convicts uniform on.
"Mad Mod? Punk Rocket?"
"That's right, my duckie." Mad Mod twirled his cane in his hand. "Me and the boy here were invited along to assist Slade should anything happen."
Beast Boy raised an eyebrow at the assassin. "C-ranks, Slade? Are you desperate for help?"
"Good help is hard to find." Slade glared at him. "You would know, you've been a thorn in my side for years now. I don't know why I kept overlooking you."
"Probably because I'm too awesome to get rid of."
Slade stared at him for a long and quiet moment before letting out a little laugh. "I suppose in a way, you are correct."
Beast Boy's eyes bugged out. "I am?"
"Of course, boy. You are awesome at ruining plans."
The changeling falter and Mad Mod laughed. "Lookit, he actually did something funny! He was quiet!"
Slade looked at the older British man for a moment, then nodded. "His silence is indeed amusing. Mostly because he knows I'm right."
Beast Boy found his voice after that comment. "If I'm so good at ruining plans, then what makes you think I won't ruin this one?"
Slade backhanded him. "Easy, boy. Because I have already won."
Spitting out a tooth, Beast Boy glared up at him. "Yeah right. The other Titans will come. You and I both know it."
Slade's voice held much humor as he backhanded the changeling again. "Oh, I doubt that. I sent some more associates of mine to deal with them. Each of them has a lovely assortment of villains to keep them company while they die."
He watched Beast Boys' head rise up and decided to drop the next bomb. "Especially Raven."
Beast Boy stared hard at the assassin now as he growled viciously. "Don't you dare touch Raven! I'll kill you!"
"Oh, my dear boy, I am not going to touch Raven." Slade shook his head. "But I'm quite sure the clown keeping her company will."
"Clown?" Beast Boy's face scrunched up then dropped in fear as he screeched at Slade. "Clown?! You sent the Joker after her?!"
Again with the humorous tone. "Yes. Along with Scarecrow and Doctor Light."
Beast Boy stared at him. "You're really out to kill us this time."
"Of course, you annoying boy." Slade growled. "First you hero's rob me of my apprentice Robin. Then you talk Terra into betraying me and killing me. The whole Trigon business made me decide to leave you alone for a time, but my employer wants you gone. So I sent in my first apprentice and you DAMN NEAR KILLED HER! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH TIME AND MONEY I SPENT IN TRAINING HER?"
Slade had shouted this last bit in Beast Boy's face, making the changeling recoil. "Dude, it's not my fault you're crazy enough to do that to your daughter!"
The assassin pulled back, his good eye wide as he hissed at his captive. "How did you know that?!"
"Screw you Slade."
The armored man stared at the boy for a while longer before he spoke quietly. "Tell me, Beast Boy, how was Raven's family reunion?"
"How…how did you know about that?" Beast Boy asked.
"My dear boy, who do you think sent them there?" Slade sneered.
"How could you have…"
The assassin interrupted him. "I shouldn't tell you, but you aren't leaving here alive. It turns out that the males in Raven's family tend to be a bit vindictive. The fellows you met were Trigon's primary agents up until Raven's birthday, where he cast them aside like the tools they are. Needless to say, they were quite upset. So after Trigon betrayed me, they released me from my prison in hell, gave me the directions to the remnants of Raven's soul, and gave me the ring of Azar they picked up while razing Azarath. In return, I would provide them with an ample opportunity in the future to 'revive' Trigon, by which I mean they would drain him of his remaining power and use it to fuel their own strength."
Slade paused then shook his head. "And then you, of all people, killed three of them."
"That's the bugga' lad." Mad Mod shook his head. "'Ere we went and spent months running around the globe knockin' off super heroes and you killed three demons that weren't even there for you. Damned wanker."
"Hold on…you planned all this from the start? Letting all our villains out to keep the Titans busy, killing Green Arrow and Vixen, sending the demons, and now this?"
"Precisely."
Beast Boy gaped at him. "Why?"
Slade shook his head slowly. "I think that's enough for you. My employer didn't hire me to tell secrets to dead children."
Beast Boy gulped as Slade pulled out his signature pistol and tossed it to Mad Mod. The British man looked at the gun in his hands, then at his employer.
"'Ere now, wot's this for?" He asked.
"Kill him."
Mad Mod immediately shook his head. "I don't kill kids. It ain't right."
Slade slowly turned his head towards the older villain and stared at him hard. "Mod. Kill Beast Boy."
"I ain't doin' it."
Slade took the gun from Mad Mod and stared at it for a moment.
Then he promptly shot his former employee in the chest three times. As Mad Mod toppled over, Punk Rocket started yelling.
"Granda'! Slade, you damned wanker! I'll kill you with the sounds of chaos!" The boy ripped his guitar from his back and immediately belted out a shockwave. Slade rolled to the side, but the shockwave hit Beast Boy head on and sent his chair catapulting across the room. The poor changeling hit his head twice on the way over, but remained conscious enough for what happened next.
Punk Rocket whirled around to blast at Slade again, but the assassin was standing calmly in front of him, both hands behind his back. Snarling, Rocket started wailing on his guitar.
Only for nothing to happen.
He looked down at his instrument in confusion, then back at his opponent. Slade held up a little box with a switch. Punk Rocket looked at in disbelief, realized it was messing with his guitar. He only had time for a since word before Slade shot him in the head.
"Bugger."
Beast Boy could only watch in horror as Slade approached him. Wordlessly, the assassin pulled the chair back up into a sitting position.
Slade placed the gun barrel to the green teens' head. "Your turn."
During the same time as Beast Boys' scene…
A sharp pain from her head jolted Raven awake. With a yelp, the sorceress opened her eyes and looked around. When she came face to face with a man that had white facepaint on, she recoiled. She tried to blast him backwards, but nothing happened.
She scrunched her face and forced herself to concentrate. When nothing happened again, she opened her eyes. "My powers…."
"Hmm…looks like Slade was right. It does work on her." A voice spoke up from her left. Raven glanced that way and found her old foe Doctor Light casually leaning against the wall. She turned her head back to the man who was staring at her intently.
"What are you looking at, clown?" She spat.
A sadistic smile split across his face. "I was just thinking, girlie. I hate goth kids. They're always so gloomy, so dark and depressing…"
He whipped out a knife and held it to her cheek. "Maybe this will make you smile, eh?"
Raven glanced at the knife against her face, then turned her gaze back to the man in front of her. Looking at him closer, realization dawned on her when she noted the purple suit and green hair.
"You're the Joker…" She choked out.
"Ding ding ding! We haaave a winner!" Joker jumped back and started clapping. "Congratulations, you've won a new car!"
"Huh?"
"Mr. Joker, I do believe we're on a schedule." A voice spoke from the right. Raven looked over and found a man in brown and tan clothes with what appeared to be a cloth sack on his head.
"Keep your pants on, Crane, the fun is just starting!" Joker waved his knife at the man. "Besides, I brought along some of my boys to keep out nosy kids that snuck in without a ticket."
"I noticed. How many did you bring? Fifty?"
Joker shrugged. "Eh, who knows? I just told them to get in the van."
As the two men spoke, Raven slowly began to inch herself backwards, intending to flee through a nearby door as soon as the opportunity rose. A strange whining noise filled the air to her left and she turned to find Doctor Light pointing his powered up glove at her.
"By all means, Raven, step into the light." He sneered.
A knife appeared under his throat and the villain reared back in surprise as the Joker pinned him to a wall.
"The kid is mine, Light." The clown prince spat. "Slade paid me to come here all the way from Gotham to kill a kid or two, and I'm going to do it."
He paused in thought before stepping away, knife tapping against his cheek. "Come to think about it, there wasn't any dental in my work contract. Sneaky bastard."
Doctor Light cast a bewildered look at the third man, who shook his head. The older villain turned back to the Joker, who was rambling about needing his benefits. He tentatively interrupted the madman. "Joker, we should get back to business."
The clown prince paused, then another smile split his face. "You're quite right, Doctor Light. I need some music though. Crane, make her sing."
Wordlessly, the Sack-man approached Raven, who backed against the wall and tried to stand. Chuckling to himself, he held up his hand at her. Something puffed from it and another realization struck Raven.
This was Scarecrow, one of Batman's villains. The man who used fear gas.
As the gas flooded through her system, she bit back a scream as the men in front of her began to twist horribly, their faces becoming screaming parodies of madness, black ichor oozing from their every orifice as their bodies twisted into gaunt, skeletal abominations with a corpse-like pallor. She screamed and ran.
"NoW nOw, GiRliE, dOn'T rUn! ThE fUn Is JuSt StArTiNg!" Joker laughed madly as he sprinted after her. Almost casually, Doctor Light and Scarecrow followed them out of the room and into a hallway, where they found the madman beating on a door, screaming obscenities.
Inside, Raven curled up behind a couch, whimpering to herself. The walls of the room were oozing ichor now, the faces of the dead pulsating from the black ooze, whispering to her.
You killed us, Raven! You killed the whole world! Join us! Come, embrace the darkness!
The couch sprouted a dozen legs and turned to her, its cushions opening to show her a gaping and slobbering maw of bloody teeth, armless hands dangling from the roof of its mouth reaching out for her. She screamed and crawled away from the monstrosity, only to come face to face with a wriggling mass as a table dissipated into hundreds of centipedes, all a luscious shade of bloody red. More black ichor flowed from their wake as they crawled onto her.
Screaming again, Raven flung them from her and backed into a corner. The sound of the door being blasted open only caught her attention because of the large object that slammed into the wall near her. Immediately after it hit the ground, dozens of glowing yellow eyes opened upon the fallen door and it split apart into dozens of insectile monstrosities that swarmed over her.
"GARFIELD!" She screamed, beating the monsters off of her.
A horrid, psychotic laughter filled the air and she tore her gaze up towards an enormous purple man that sprouted several heads all over his body, each one laughing madly as ichor oozed from their eyes and mouths. A gaping mouth with wickedly jagged teeth opened up in the center of the nightmarish creature, drool oozing down its body as it got closer. She screamed once more.
The Joker paused and inhaled deeply before turning to his comrades. "You know boys, I love this type of music. It really soothes the soul. It's so relaxing, it makes me think of a really good joke."
Scarecrow and Doctor Light looked at each other before shrugging. The Joker grinned sadistically once more and turned back to Raven. "Don't worry, girlie, you'll like this one too. It's a killer."
He pulled a crowbar from underneath his jacket and raised it in the air. His smile split his face as he laughed.
"Knock knock!"
I'll take this moment to clarify the timeline:
Beast Boy and Raven's scenes end after Cyborg gets frozen, during the time that Robin and Starfire split to fight with their villains and as Jinx and Seemore are assaulted.
As for that last scene...yeah, I'm a damned monster.