Chapter 2: Resolution
The T-car pulled up to the electronics store. The doors flew open and the four Titans jumped out and ran towards the store. Overload had knocked out the store employees and a few customers and was just then making off with several pieces of equipment.
"Titans, go!" called Cyborg. Raven shielded the Titans from Overload's electricity, but Overload escaped the store before they could activate the sprinkler system. They looked around frantically for water sources, but there were, unfortunately, no fire hydrants or sewers in sight.
"That's it! Robin's freeze disks!" shouted Cyborg excitedly. He pulled out a few freeze disks from his utility belt and threw them at Overload. The ice formed all around Overload, soon melting to water under the heat and sparks of Overload's electric body. The other Titans followed suit with their own freeze disks. Overload cried out in pain as he shrank away in the water.
The next morning, the Titans (still dressed as Robin) were preparing for breakfast. Starfire moved into the kitchen and started opening cupboards looking for the ingredients for her Tamaranian recipe. Every single cupboard was completely devoid of food. With a sinking feeling she opened the refrigerator, finding only a massive, frightening blue mold inside. The mold did not move at all. Becoming less frightened with time, she shut the door of the refrigerator and tried the freezer instead. The freezer was empty as well.
Cyborg strode into the kitchen. Seeing her expression, he guessed what had happened.
"Are we all out of food again?" he asked, hoping against hope that they weren't.
Starfire nodded.
A hissing sound started emanating from the refrigerator. Instantly alert, Cyborg carefully approached the refrigerator, ready for battle. The door suddenly burst open, knocking Starfire out of the kitchen. The blue mold, which had burst the door, re-aggregated into a somewhat elliptical blob and sprang at Cyborg. Cyborg hurriedly pointed his sonic cannon at the attacking mold and fired. In a moment the mold had splattered all over the place.
"I think we should go out for pizza," Raven suggested. The others assented immediately.
About an hour later, the Titans had changed into spare Robin uniforms and were finally eating breakfast on the couch.
Robin entered the Tower and stealthily climbed up the stairs to the living room. As he approached the open door he overheard Raven saying: "The mask actually makes me feel…cool…"
Mask? Robin thought, puzzled.
When he stepped into the room, the context of that comment became known to him. His teammates were dressed in his uniforms, apparently sharing a large pizza.
"Hey, pizza!" Robin said, sitting down alongside his teammates, who started slinking away.
"You know, the mask makes me feel cool too," he confided. It took several moments for the Titans to recover from their shock.
Robin finished the only piece that had been left.
"Anyway, what brought you into my room, without my permission, and made you go through my closet?" Robin asked nonchalantly, pretending that it wasn't an interrogation.
Three fingers—one metallic, one gray, and one orange—centered around Beast Boy like crosshairs.
Robin nodded. "Well Beast Boy, it seems like you might know a bit," he said. "Why did you go into my room?"
"Uh…" Beast Boy stuttered nervously, "I-I was curious about-those cool gadgets on your uniform…"
"Oh, and we realized something else," Cyborg covered, "We've seen you take on all those villains out there without any superpowers. It stands to reason that your weapons and skills must be really great. If we could only learn how to use them, we'd be invincible!"
"You're right!" Robin said, briefly excited about the idea. "But it'll take a lot of training. You'll work harder than we've ever done before. Are you up to the challenge?"
"Of course!" responded everyone in unison.
"Alright then, I'll teach you. Everyone be at the obstacle course 7:00 in the morning tomorrow!"
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