If anyone's been reading this story and been bored, don't worry, this is where the action starts to pick up.

Chap. 4

The Fall

The Titans raced through the city, knowing that anything that could cause an explosion of that size would probably have injured several people. Robin had already used his communicator to speak with the police and get them to send some ambulances. Finally, they reached the corner where the explosion had hit. "Get ready team," said Robin, drawing his staff. "we don't know what caused this and it may not be easy to take it down." "Ah, what's to worry?" said Beast Boy, running into the area. Seconds later, he was flung out by a huge beam of energy that slammed him into a wall. "Never... mind.." moaned the shape shifter as more than a few bricks fell onto him. Suddenly, an all too familiar high pitched voice yelled out, "Enjoy that snot-muncher?!"

"It's the HIVE!" yelled Cyborg. "Not just them." replied Raven. She was right; standing beside the three villains were at least twenty large, extremely pissed off looking robots. "Well, now we know what they stole all that stuff for." said Starfire. "Check it out, dweebs; the HIVE Army!" sneered Gizmo, as he fiddle with a remote control. "Haven't you learned Gizmo?" Robin yelled back. "No matter how many toys you build, we'll always break 'em. Titans, go!" he yelled, as the group charged the robots. But before they could do anything, the druids shot several sharp blades at them. Raven quickly set up a shield to save them, but then Jinx caused a fuse to blow underneath it. Electricity shot through the Titans, and they fell to the ground. Sneering, Gizmo had his robots advance on them. The army hit the Titans with a huge wave of light energy, driving them back even further. "Oh man, this is too easy!" laughed Gizmo as the droids advanced further. Suddenly, there was a huge trumpeting sound, and a green elephant began to charge them. "Not today." said Jinx, who rerouted the electricity into her foe. The shock of the attack caused Beast Boy to revert back to human form and then fly back towards the wall.

But before he hit, Beast Boy felt a hand wrap around the neck of his shirt and bring him to halt. "Need some help?" a voice asked. The green Titan looked down and saw that he was hanging from a lamppost. Turning to his right he that clinging to it and holding him up was.. "Blaine!? How did you.." "Right place, right time." The boy answered. "This isn't going well for you is it?" he then asked, as he slid down the post and lowered the both of them to the ground. "Well, not at the moment." agreed Beast Boy, as the sound of fresh explosions ripped through the air. "Well, don't worry Greenie, I think things are about to change." Before Beast Boy could ask what that meant, he heard Mammoth yell, "Stand still you blasted kids!" The green shape-shifter turned and saw Mammoth attempting to smash Bart and Milhouse. The two of them were dodging the blows almost effortlessly. Meanwhile Robin and the others, just noticing the involvement of the two of them, while battling the robots and Jinx screamed for them to get out. "Don't worry," yelled Bart as he narrowly dodged the giant's fist. "we're experts at this."

"Dude, this is insane!" cried Beast Boy. "Not as much as you think." Said Blaine. "Take a look over at yon midget." Beats Boy looked at Gizmo and noticed Martin, Nelson, and Ralph creeping up on Gizmo. As the boy genius gloated, Martin suddenly grabbed his arms, while Nelson gave him the painful looking wedgie anyone had ever seen. Mindful of that pain, Gizmo released his grip on the remote for the robots, allowing Ralph to take and smash it to the ground. Without the device's signal, the robots shut off. "Huh?!" said Mammoth as he noticed what was going on. "You tricked me!!" he roared at Bart and Milhouse. He began to move towards them... and walked right into a park bench, thrown over by Raven. He flew back through the air, and landed on the ground out cold. "I don't know what's weirder," said Robin, as he stood up over the subdued form of Jinx. "the fact we won, or the fact that the ones who helped don't have any powers." "Indeed." agreed Starfire. "While you have acted recklessly, you have saved us all!" Blushing, the boys accepted her praise. Bart then spoke, saying, "Actually, about the whole powers thing.." But before he could finish, there was a snap of underwear and Gizmo's voice yelling out, "We're not done yet!" There was a whizzing sound in the air, and five circular pedants, suddenly attached themselves to the Titans' necks. Then masses of chains shot out, completely covering the group, who fell to the ground under their weight. The boys tried to help them, but the chains were on tight. "Greenie, now would be an excellent time to turn into something!" said Blaine as he struggled against the chains. Beast Boy's eyes narrowed in concentration, then widened in horror. "I can't!" he yelled. "What do you mean you can't?" asked Blaine. "I mean my powers are gone!" Beast Boy snapped back. "Mine too!" yelled Raven. "My systems shut down!" cried Cyborg. Starfire and Robin said the same thing. "Ha! When I build a trap, I build a trap!" sneered Gizmo.

Suddenly, before anyone could do anything, Gizmo activated his wings and grabbed Starfire. Flying over a hundred feet in the air, he hovered and called down, "You better surrender now, or else I'm gonna show you my recipe for Tammerain Pancakes!" "Starfire!" yelled Robin in horror as he struggled against his bonds with renewed vigor. Bart and the others looked on in equal horror. "Oh man, is he serious?" said Milhouse, who had already began to bite his nails. "We can't take the chance he isn't." said Martin. "Without her powers, she doesn't have anyway to save herself and she'd never survive a fall from that height." "Isn't there anything we can do?" asked Ralph. "There might be." said Blaine, who took a look at Bart. At first the boy's face paled, as if doing anything was a great horror. But than, Blaine said, "You can do it and you will!" Bart's eyes steeled up and he nodded. Turning his head towards Gizmo, Bart yelled, "You're right, and we will surrender, but first we have to understand the procedure." "Huh?" said Gizmo, clearly not understanding. "See there's different ways of surrendering for different villains. We gotta find the right one. Blaine, whadda you think?" "I don't know, Bart." Blaine answered. "How do you surrender to a Barnum and Bailey reject,( as he pointed at Jinx) the missing link, (Mammoth) and a 'genius' who can't even figure out how to grow hair?!"

The Titans looked at Bart in absolute shock. Jinx and Mammoth did the same. Gizmo however, reacted in pure rage. "Damn you to hell, I have a medical condition!" he screamed down at them. "Really?" asked Starfire. "What?!" "It's called sclapities... why the hell am I telling you?!" Screaming in rage, the boy genius hoisted Star up and threw her to the ground. As the air brushed past her face, Starfire's screams echoed in near perfect harmony.....

Bum bum BUM!! How's that for suspense? I'll try to get the next chap up soon, but I'm heading on vacation, so it could be a bit...