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Abashed Enchanters, Part 3

The 2nd Teen Titans Fanscript – Fanfic Adaptation

By RavenStar

Author's Note: The plot for Abashed Enchanters is as follows: Jinx defects to the Titans, quickly quelling thoughts that she's trying to subvert them, and soon becomes a powerful new addition and friend to the group. But when an unexpected attraction starts forming between her and Raven, both girls find themselves confused over their feelings and emotions - and Cyborg finds himself needing a more efficient circuit breaker for his jealousy fuse.


ACT TWO

Raven watched, horrified, as Slade was taken into her mirror!

"NO!"

"Oh, he did NOT just do that!" said Cyborg.

Beast Boy took that too literally. "Well, he, um, just, uh...did."

"Did what?" asked Jinx, confused. Raven turned to her. "That mirror is a portal into my mind!" "What?" Jinx was still lost. "Slade is INSIDE MY HEAD right now!" Raven shouted. "We have to get to that mirror, and stop him before he lets anything loose!"

"Wait –" Jinx said, still trying to comprehend, "-you mean he's LITERALLY inside your head?

"YES!" cried all the other Titans at once.

Jinx shook her head. "He's taking his methods WAY too seriously..."

BRANK! BRANK! The newly repaired alarm system flurried to life. Lightning flashed.

They all instinctively rushed to the monitor. Robin sighed. "Just like Slade said - Cinderblock, Overload, and Plasmus."

Thunder crashed.

"Where they havin' their party?" Cyborg asked.

"The Old Downtown District." Robin turned to the others. "Alright - Starfire, Beast Boy - we're going downtown. Raven, you, Cyborg, and Jinx stop Slade."

"Wait –" argued Beast Boy, "Cyborg and I have been in Raven's mind before, yet I go with you?"

Jinx was a little startled. "Cyborg and Beast Boy were in your mind?" Her voice barely conveyed it, but Raven caught that Jinx seemed more concerned that Cyborg had been in there than Beast Boy. Raven sighed. "Long story..."

Meanwhile, Robin set Beast Boy straight. "It's Raven's mind, Cyborg and Jinx know the HIVE better than all of us – and Slade's expecting me to follow him."

That was satisfactory enough for Beast Boy.

"So where's the mirror?" inquired Cyborg. Robin typed furiously, and coordinates popped up on the monitor.

"On the other side of town..." Raven noted what was on the screen.

"Well, he learned one thing from the HIVE," Jinx said.

"Effective misdirection?" guessed Cyborg.

"Actually, the HIVE got that from him."

Robin snorted. "What a surprise. TITANS! GO! " He, Starfire, and Beast Boy took off, Robin's cape billowing as he turned.


Inside the Limbo in Raven's mind, a portal opened, and Slade rocketed down headfirst, slamming into the floating ground like a nail hammered into wood. He got up groggily, then looked around. "Interesting," he muttered, looking at the odd place which resembled more something in outer space than something in someone's mind. He took a step off the floating ground, and watched the path form right before his very eyes. "Most interesting."

He walked down the path. Almost instantly, he heard high pitched voices, which spoke in a very singsong state. "Turn back...turn back…" This was repeated many times before Slade noticed where they were coming from. He looked down at some happy-looking birds. "Turn back...turn back..." They kept at it.

"How cute." Slade snorted.

Then the birds suddenly changed – becoming no longer cute – and attacked him. "Hey! AH! Shoo! Shoo!" was all Slade could utter as he backed up the path shielding his head. Overwhelmed by the sudden mass of birds, he somehow got his bo staff out. He whipped it in a circle, scattering the birds.


In Slade's new underground base, Mammoth was quite bored and annoyed - so bored, in fact, he took out a file and started filing his nails. "C'mon, shortshrimp!" the teenage beast called. How long's it gonna take?"

"Aw, put a socket wrench in it, monkeybrain!" Gizmo spat back from somewhere nearby. "I'm almost done!"

Mammoth blew on his filed nails and examined them.


Slade, losing to the pure swarm of birds, tripped and fell - hard. His impact with the ground made the birds scatter - again. About to get up, he heard a sudden ecstatic laugh. Looking up, Slade was utterly surprised to see a Titan. Not that he didn't expect Raven to follow him – he just wasn't prepared to see her wearing pink and laughing her head off like an utter maniac. Matter of fact, the sheer fact that was she cheerful was a surprise unto itself. Was this-?

"Hey Mister. What are you doing here?" the pink-clad Titan asked.

"Looking for someone." Slade's voice never wavered.

"You're a bad man. You're not supposed to be here. So," she said, giggling like a laugh track, "I'm not gonna help you!" She proceeded to laugh hysterically right after this.

"Perhaps after I use force," Slade said. The girl only giggled some more.

"That's funny. You're funny, Mister!"

Slade lunged at her, but she dodged him, laughing and giggling the whole time. He attacked her over and over again - but she calmly dodged everything, moving way too fast for him to keep up. He kept attacking, however. "Tee hee hee hee!" she said, dodging another blow. "This is fun!" She ducked a punch. "But you'll never catch me, mister!"

She turned around and ran down the path, arms outstretched, buzzing her lips like a helicopter. Slade chased after her - and ran through a gate on the path.

Slade stopped. Suddenly everything looked like an air freshener ad.

He looked around the path, then looked behind him at the gate he just went through, confused.

A strawberry floated by in midair while his back was turned.


A hising sound notified Mammoth of a door opening. Gizmo slowly backed out of the open door into the cavern. "Hah! Let's see the Titans get by my ULTIMATE Defence System!"

The path in the tunnel that was the entrance to the base was laden with trip-laser triggered explosives and gadgets. All the laser beams shining made it look like a literal patchwork of lasers.

Mammoth peered in and whistled, actually impressed. "Nice job, Giz."

"Yeah, it's a little overblown, but no one's ever gonna get past this puppy!"

As if mocking him, all the trip lasers harmlessly shut down as a sudden black aura raced down the tunnel.

"WHAT?" Gizmo couldn't believe it.

The cavern was engulfed in a black aura, which retreated into a dark energy bird that rose out of the ground, depositing Jinx, Raven, and Cyborg into the base.

Jinx sneered. "You always were boringly predictable, Gizzy..."

Raven raised an eyebrow. ""Gizzy"?"

"Her nickname for him," Cyborg informed. "She used it all the time at HAEYP, but usually when they were all alone studying together. He hates it. Prefers "Giz" instead.

Gizmo sneered back at Jinx. "And you always liked to talk too much, witch!"

Jinx threw out her right hand and sent purple energy lightning streaking at Gizmo, who jumped backwards.

END ACT TWO