Chapter 8: The Plan Goes Awry
As Robin, Starfire and Beast Boy made their way to the bridge, J.T. and Terra set off to find Brother Blood.
"Hey, J.T., why did you choose me to go with you," Terra asked, panting the whole time.
"Because out of all the Titans I trust, I trust you the most," J.T. replied, also panting.
Terra was stunned. Even though she had once worked for Slade, J.T. didn't care about that in the least. "Wow, I don't believe it," she said to herself quietly. "Even though he knows I had worked for Slade, he's taking it like I did the world a service."
Just then, a hand holding a handkerchief came over her mouth and nose, and she passed out. J.T. looked behind him and noticed that Terra was gone! Elsewhere, Robin, Starfire and Beast Boy were just about to the bridge.
"Please, why must we go to a paved footpath," Starfire pondered.
"It's not a footpath, it's the command center of the ship," Robin responded.
"Let's just get up there and shut this thing down," Beast Boy replied, being as serious as he could muster.
Elsewhere, Cyborg and Bumblebee were having just a smidge of trouble finding the ship's main cannon. OK, they were having a lot of trouble.
"Man, where the hell is that thing," Cyborg shouted.
"Ease up, Sparky. We'll find it," Bumblebee replied encouragingly.
"How many times have I told you?! DON'T F$#&G CALL ME 'SPARKY'!!"
"I know. I'm just tryin' to get your goat, Cy. You gotta ease up."
"How can I ease up?! A damn maniac is gonna blow up the city!"
"Simple! Just relax! If you get all riled up, the only thing that'll get stopped is us! Now calm down and let's search!"
Cyborg calmed down somewhat. "I see what you're saying. I'm just getting upset. My bad."
"It's cool."
Elsewhere still, Raven, Aqualad and Speedy ran into some problems with Blood's guards. The three were managing to hold the guards off, but just barely.
"Where are all these guys coming from," Speedy shouted.
"Who cares where they're coming from, just stop 'em! We need to give the others the time they need, no matter how long it takes," Aqualad retorted.
Raven took control of the pipe and tried to break it, but failed. So, thinking quickly, she slammed the hangar door shut, locking the guards out.
"I'll keep the door closed. You guys break the pipe," Raven commanded. Speedy and Aqualad couldn't think of a way to break the cord.
"Ah, nothing works," Speedy exclaimed.
"Wait a minute. I've got an idea," Aqualad responded.
Aqualad took an old cropduster plane and started it up. He then drove the plane into the pipe and cut the pipe enough for the oil to start leaking out.
"Clever. Very clever," Speedy commented.
"I believe some old comedians did that once. I think they called themselves The Three Stooges."
"I don't know which is weirder: how you know about them or that they did that," Raven replied.
"All right, enough of that. Let's go help the others," Speedy replied.
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Back in Brother Blood's control room, Blood was getting madder and madder at his underlings' failures. Suddenly, something explodes behind him!
"DAMMIT, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT," Blood yelled fuming.
"Uhh, something happened with the fueling lines?" his assistant replied in fear.
"YAAAHHHH! INCOMPETENCE! I'M SURROUNDED BY INCOMETENCE!"
"Sir, we have captured one of the two intruders you wanted."
"Well, that's a LITTLE better! I'll go find the other one by myself. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." Brother Blood continued to grumble until he left the bridge. No sooner did Brother Blood leave then Robin, Starfire and Beast Boy showed up in the bridge! The guards hopped up and the heroic threesome was outnumbered ten-to-one.
"Thirty against three. Not good odds," Beast Boy stated. "I mean there's only thirty of them."
"Now's not the time for jokes Beast Boy," Robin replied. "Titans, go!"
Robin, Starfire and Beast Boy attacked the guards in full force. However, flaws were abundant. During the fight, Starfire missed with one of her starbolts and accidentally KO'd Beast Boy! Also, Robin tossed one of his electric disks and, of course, missed and accidentally knocked Starfire out and out of the bridge! The guards quickly overpowered the singled-out superhero. The guards stole Robin's electric disks and bird-a-rangs, and waited out any other intruders. About five minutes later, Speedy, Aqualad and Raven barreled in. The guards quickly overpowered them with Robin's stolen weaponry.
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Cyborg and Bumblebee were continuing to make their way to Brother Blood's secret weapon.
"What the hell are we even supposed to look for?" Cyborg asked.
"Let's put it this way: it looks like your sonic cannon, except a lot smoother in texture," Bumblebee replied.
"Is that son of a bitch still using my tech?! I'll kill him!"
"Uh, Cy, we've got company."
Almost instantly, Bumblebee and Cyborg were surrounded by fifty guards! Bumblebee shrunk in size and started attacking random guards and Cy started blasting away with his sonic cannon. However, the guards' superior numbers eventually got to them. The Titans had fallen. The only one who was still conscious was J.T. Blade.