Renegade

Chapter 4

It was now about noon and still there was no trouble in the town. The town's people liked the change of plans; after all, would you like to be in danger every day? As I said before, the sun was shinning the birds were singing and.dingdingdingdingding what's that? A bank robbery it seems. The events will reach the Titans soon and they will make very short work of them.

The Titans were about to question the man that went by Force. Raven knew differently and asked Cyborg to do a search on an Ark Magnus. Robin was about to start the interrogation when then alarm went off. He rushed to the large supercomputer/T.V. and began tapping at the keyboard to locate the problem.

Robin spoke his famous catchphrase, "Titans Trouble!"

"What is wrong?" asked an inquisitive Starfire.

"Some thugs found a bank. The people need our help!"

"Well let's get going already!" Cyborg shouted.

"Right, Titans Go!" That was another of his famous words.

The Titans began running out to meat the problem; they all rushed out the door. Before Robin left the room he addressed Force, "You coming?"

"Me?" asked the Renegade.

"You're not staying here so come on!"

Robin began running knowing Force right behind him.

They went to their respective areas; Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire ran up to the roof to take to the skies while Cyborg and Robin went to their vehicles, Cyborg to the T-Car, Robin to his bike. Force decided to run up to the roof with Star, Rea and Beast Boy and took to the skies as well. The natural energy surrounded him as it lifted him up towards the clouds. Up in the air Beast Boy in eagle mode gave him a shocked stare. "You can fly?" He asked. The others kept to themselves and focused on the task at hand.

They all arrived at the same time and were right next to the door to the "First Bank of Jump City." Inside screams of panic could be heard, as well as a few gunshots, most likely to show that the robbers were serious about getting their money. They all rushed in trough the glass doors into the bank. The thieves were trying to get the bank tellers to cooperate.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you, CRIME DOESN'T PAY!" Robin exclaimed. Forced wondered how such a cool guy could say such corny lines.

"The Titans! Get 'em!" shouted the lead thug. They each had a big gun, and their leader carried an automatic; the rest carried modified rifles.

"Tatatatatatat." The leader fired his automatic rifle at Robin. He quickly pulled his titanium cape around him causing the bullets to ricochet off of him and all over the place.

Beast Boy became a ram and flung himself into one of the thugs. A hard hit, but the thug's body was harder.

Starfire fired a few blots at another of the bank robbers; he jumped from side to side evading many of them until finally, after causing much damage, one finally made contact. It definitely winded him but he was still up. They were tougher than they looked.

The same story happened to Raven. She picked up an ATM machine using her dark powers and hurled it at one of her enemies. It was spewing money out since it was dislodged, and the bystanders quickly turned to looters as they tried to get every dollar bill they could. The ATM didn't make contact tough the thug jumped forward before it hit him. He fired a few rounds at Raven, but it was no use; her powers constructed a force field around her.

Cy had a different story though, he rushed forward as a frightened thug fired rounds off randomly, shocked to sheer terror. He hit him with his mechanical arm and the man flew forward trough the teller's desk, knocking it down. He was left unconscious. Cyborg noted his weaker frame compared to the others.

Force quickly made a ball of energy and thrust it forward, hitting one square in the chest and knocking him out as well. Force knew the man didn't see him as a threat, as he wasn't one of the Titans. The other thugs, however, saw what happened and put him on their hit list. Here is the count for the first round of hits: Titans: 6 Thugs: 6; they started out with two more than the Titans.

Robin did a jump kick right and hit the leader square in the face with his steel-tipped boots. After the hit, he was waving from side to side, but he was still conscious. Robin knew the next one would take him out.

Beast boy turned into a tiger and quickly dodged the one shot his enemy was able to get on him before he was close enough. He quickly turned into a snake and bit the thug. The poison would only render him unconscious. He then turned to rush away the myriad of customers looking to get a quick buck, courtesy of Raven's ATM.

Starfire decided she had thrown enough bolts and decided to hit her enemy with three punches, two to the chest, and one to the head. He still wasn't down. That man had to be the toughest of the crew. Luckily, Cyborg quickly administered a low-grade stun blast to his torso, instantly knocking him out.

Raven was irritated; she picked up a tile and thrust it at him. She hit, but it wasn't enough. She was glad to see Force's fist, super-charged with his energy, hit that stupid, fast thug right in the chin. He was knocked out.

The leader began firing rounds like a madman, trying to even scratch Robin. He was too fast, though. Robin threw himself side to side and took out from his utility belt his extend-o-poll. Robin jumped, and thwacked his foe horizontally with his staff. His enemy fell to the ground. With a hit that hard, he'll be out cold for a while.

Beast Boy shoed all the customers away and joined the others. The entire fight took maybe three minutes. They stayed with the villains until the proper authorities arrived to place them in jail (If the police are the proper authorities then why is it all they do is take the big bad guys to jail?). The cops eventually arrived after about ten minutes to relieve the Titans of their job, and they headed back to the Tower. Robin and Cyborg took their vehicles; the rest took to the skies again.

Back at the Tower, the interrogation would officially begin, but first, Robin had a few words to say. "Nice work. You fight fairly well."

Ark thought he'd be polite and pay him a compliment. "You too."

"Now, before I allow you to stay I would like to ask you a few questions."

"If you don't mind Robin, I have one of my own. How do you guys know me?"

"I believe I can answer that one," said Raven. She went into detail about the vision, the two energies, and Robin's dark figure. She told him that she also probed the thugs' minds that were hunting him the night before. The only relevant information she could find was that his name was Ark Magnus.

Ark/Force confirmed that Robin's dark figure was indeed the first energy. "That sounds like Vincent alright, powerful, mysterious, and more cryptic than a Star Wars Jedi."

"Now, we need answers. What is this organization, and what do they want with you?"

"I can't tell you much, but I'll reveal what I can." Said Ark. "The organization has many things going on, the only thing I can tell you about is the school. It's a place to train the psyonicly gifted. I was raised there. How I ended up there is something I'd like to keep to myself, but I can tell you of the natural energy that Raven told you about. It's an energy that emanates from a person's mind. Everyone is born with it, but some have it more than others; it's like a talent. Anyway, I left that place for a reason that I'd also like keep to myself. Vincent is a field agent there; he hunts down those that leave the organization. The name for them is, you guessed it, Renegade. That's all I can tell you for now, I don't want you to become too much of a target to them."

Robin was satisfied with his answers said, "That's good enough for now. You can stay the night here as long as you need."

"Thank you." Ark was sure he was safe for the night, and since he was safe, the adrenaline stopped flowing trough him, and since there was no adrenaline was running through him, he began to realize how fatigued his body really was. "I didn't get any sleep last night, so if you'll excuse me, I cold use some rest."

It was getting late and the others didn't get to sleep until late that night so one by one they excused themselves to their beds. Robin and Cyborg were the last ones up that night and before Robin was going to retire to his bed, Cyborg approached him.

"Robin, Raven had me do a background check on this guy. I think you should see this."

"What is it?"

"Well I searched trough birth certificates, social security numbers, and anything else I could think of. They all came up negative. The only file I could find was encrypted and it took forever to decipher. Whoever this guy is, someone doesn't want us to know about him."

"Can I see?"

"Sure man."

"Let's see here." Robin inspected it paying attention to every detail.

Organization Profiles:

Name: Ark Magnus

Field Name: Force

Age: 16

Blood Type: AB

Height: 5' 5"

Weight: 108lbs.

Occupation: Specter

Status: Renegade

"What could this mean?" asked Robin.

"I asked myself the same question," replied a confused Cyborg. "I think we should sleep on this. So, good night, man."

"Good night Cy." They both went to bed. Robin thought a bit on it, but he decided that he should get some sleep before he accidentally pulls an all-nighter.

It was a restful night. Every one of the Titans got a full night's sleep that night and slept peacefully that entire night. But unfortunately, Force wasn't a Titan. Though he did sleep trough the night, his rest was far from peaceful. That night he dreamed a dream that had haunted him for two years, the dream of his first and only official mission for the organization.