Niobe was right. Brown, the former Agent, sat in the Oracle's kitchen eating one of her cookies. He stood up as they entered the room and put his Desert Eagle to Niobe's head.

"Not so long ago, I would kill you on the spot," he said sneeringly, but then his face brightened. "Instead, I will invite you to sit."

Niobe and Raven sat, while Ghost stood at the doorway.

"We need your help."

"Of course you do," Brown chuckled. "These 'upgrades' are too much like humans. They are actually based off of me.

"The Matrix is my home and has been my home for my entire life. This place is so beautiful, so serene... Johnson and the Agents wish for it to become a battleground. I recall Smith hated it that way. He changed it to suit his needs, but he was a malfunctioning program." Brown removed his glasses. "I am not."

He turned to Raven. "And you must be one of the so-called 'superlings.' I've heard much about you."

Raven shrugged. Her past was one of the things she had left behind in the Matrix, but she was easily forgetting about it.

The Oracle walked in slowly. "Ghost, Niobe, how nice of you to come see me. I apologize that your trip here was...troubled," she said warmly.

"Hello, Raven," she said to the girl, startling her. "I sense your mind is troubled as well. Our time is almost up, as I know how time is always against you, so I will tell you this: Your friends are still your friends, but the Twins are programs. Remember."

"What?" Raven asked, as Seraph silently stepped into the room. "You must go."

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As the three walked down the hall, Raven was trying to figure out what the Oracle had meant by those words: Your friends are still your friends...but the Twins are programs.

"Now then, we've still got some extra time," said the Captain. "Raven, do you know anyone who you think is ready to be freed?"

She slowly looked up.

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All was quiet at Titans East. Besides the disappearances of four West Titans, their week had been relatively uneventful. Speedy, the East version of Robin, sat at his computer, researching what had happened to his friends.

Karen, also known as Bumblebee, slowly crept up to the leader, then zapped him with her stun rods. "GOD!" he screamed as Karen laughed herself onto the couch.

Garth walked out of the double doors. "What the hell is going on out here?" he asked. "The twins are sleeping!"

Speedy was holding his left leg and wincing. "Karen stunned me AGAIN!"

A slow message began typing itself across the screen.

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Come to the docks. The twins stay behind. Don't stop for anything. Stay away from authorities.

-Raven

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Garth turned his head as he heard a helicopter coming towards the tower. "What the hell?" he whispered. The helicopter swooped down, to the windows. A man with a megaphone shouted at them.

"You are under arrest!"

Garth spun, and the helicopter opened fire. Speedy leapt out of the way as bullets destroyed his computer. Karen used her powers to become microscopic. Bullets whizzed by harmlessly as the girl flew towards the helicopter and put a massive hole in the gas tank.

"We're goin' down!" cried the gunner as he, the pilot, and the guy with the megaphone fell into the water.

"Go! I'll catch up with you guys!" she shouted as she flew towards the docks as fast as she could.

"We should probably go too," Speedy whispered, and the two friends leapt into the water and swam towards the mainland.

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"Turn around or face the consequences," said the tall man at the gate to the docks.

Speedy took a step forward. "Uh, sir? I think you don't know who we are. We're the..." He was interrupted by another man.

"It doesn't matter who you are."

"It matters WHAT you are."

"You are a potential threat and must be stopped."

"Do not attempt to resist us or you will die."

Speedy fired two arrows at two of them, sending them into the water. Aqualad summoned an orca whale, which flopped onto the road and swallowed Johnson. "Watch it, guys, or you'll be the ones who are dead."

Two bullets tore through Speedy like...like... two bullets tearing through Speedy coated with Teflon. Jackson had taken another host.

The Agent jumped at Garth, who ducked and kicked him into the ocean. Garth dived into the water as well, swimming in a trench leading to the docks. He noticed Jackson swimming after him.

He quickly summoned a squid. The massive animal devoured Jackson quickly. Garth felt an odd sense of pleasure, seeing the blood drain from the man. "NO!" he reminded himself. "That's what separates me from them."

He swam towards the dock as fast as he could.