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Chapter 6
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"Where the hell are we supposed to be heading!?" Cyborg yelled, taking the T-car up to over 100 mi/hour.
Beside him, Raven was checking the city night. "The spell showed a disturbance around the Jump City museum. There's a lot of scattered magic."
"And that's not something to be happy about, right?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven just stared at him, critically.
"But why has not the alarm blared at such a disturbance?" Starfire asked, voicing the same concern of Cyborg's.
"It means either something is wrong with our systems, which there is not! Or that no one triggered an alarm to alert us!"
Raven nodded. "Or this could be the man who attacked Robin."
Starfire felt the thick distress swell in her chest. "Cyborg, please tell me, why has not Robin respond!? Where is he!?"
Cyborg didn't know how to answer the girl. This was just like the cases before, Robin was either plotting something they didn't know, or he was being targeted by a dangerous villain.
"I couldn't pick up any signal from Robin's communicator. That means either it's taken from him..."
"Or he turned it off himself." Raven finished. Cyborg grimaced.
"Why would he do that!? That's just plain stupid!!" Beast Boy yelled.
"I agree." Raven said dryly.
"Why!? Why does Robin wish to act alone!? There must be a reason!"
Raven remained silent. Beast Boy and Cyborg were about to say something encouraging when they suddenly saw a massive group of people up ahead.
"What the!!!??" Cyborg stepped on the breaks just in time before he ran over twenty eighteen wheelers.
REEEEEEEEK!!
The people were all passively standing, like statues. But when the Titans exited the vehicle to inspect, they started moving.
Beast Boy was more freaked than any of the others. "Oh no!!!! It's just like the third issue of Zombies from the Graves!!! We're all gonna be undead meat!!!"
Cyborg immediately checked his scanners. "Okay, now I'm freaked. Their bio metrics show that there's nothing wrong with them, except they're all somnambulists."
"What?"
Cyborg sighed. "They're sleep walkers."
Starfire flew into the air. "I do not understand. Why are these civilians out of their homes and in the city at such a time of sleep?"
"I told you! They're zombies! Ack! They're coming!!!"
The mob of sleep walkers began their advance on the Titans.
Cyborg transformed his arm then frowned. "Dammit! We can't hurt them, they're just normal citizens! I'm up for suggestions!"
Starfire shouted her foremost concern. "We must find Robin! He will know what to do!!!"
Raven, during the whole time, was concentrating her empathic abilities to evaluate the situation.
"No. We can't waste time, especially if we don't know where he is."
She levitated into the air. "These people are just under simple control, nothing is wrong with them. They're just distractions. The real culprit is at the museum."
Cyborg growled. "That would explain why there was no alarm. All the people are walking in the city in their pajamas!"
The people suddenly became more aggressive and began running towards the Titans.
Starfire reacted immediately and hoisted Cyborg into the air to avoid the crowd. Raven was already in the air and Beast Boy transformed into a bird. The mob was just below them, but didn't make any sounds.
"So, what are we going to do?" Raven asked Cyborg.
Before Cyborg could speak, Starfire interjected. "The originator of the mind control must be defeated! We must proceed to the facility of historical artifacts instantly!"
The quicker they solved the magic problem the faster they can go look for Robin.
Cyborg pointed to Starfire. "What she said!"
Raven nodded. "All right, but we need to be careful. The enemy apparently knows we're around."
Beast Boy squawked, and flapped his wings.
"Wait! Can't forget about my baby!" Cyborg pressed a button on his arm and the T-car began shielding itself with metal plating, just before the mob could damage it.
"Booya! That's right! Precautions have been made! Gotta thank Fixit for that later."
"Let's just go." Raven took off towards the museum, with the others closely behind.
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The street was damaged beyond recognition. Holes and cracks were in buildings and most of the street lights were broken.
Robin and Kahn stood in a face off situation. Both sides stood tall and unwavering. They stood under a flickering street light
Robin was now passive and emotionless. He didn't seem the least fazed by what happened just a few minutes ago. His face showed some forming bruises, and his uniform was in tatters. His staff was broken in half, the broken half laid on the ground.
Kahn had blood dripping from his chin and some parts of his face. His red eye sparkled dimly.
Robin exhaled a small breath.
"............?" Kahn breathed.
Robin tilted his head slightly to the side.
"Now I'm really curious about what you saw......hehehehehehe..."
Robin raised a hand, and looked at his palm.
Kahn turned around, inspecting the area, as a mob showed up.
"Hehehehehahahahaha......! Time for me to go. That woman is sure starting the show." He cranked his head back to look at the Boy Wonder.
".........professor Markowitz. You'll find answers from that name. Hahahahahaha..."
Kahn disappeared into the darkness, leaving Robin under the flickering lights.
The crowd got closer.
Robin inhaled.
The sounds of footsteps were very, very loud.
Whatever it takes......yes?
He exhaled.
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The Titans arrived at the museum, but saw no one, not even some mind controlled people.
Beast Boy landed on the rooftop, and swiftly changed back into human.
"Guess no one's home."
Cyborg and Starfire landed next to the changeling. The titanium Titan used his mechanical optic to scan the edifice.
"There's someone in there, scanner is picking up some heat."
"Could it be Robin?" Starfire asked, rather apparent with her thoughts.
"No, it isn't." Raven answered.
Cyborg turned to them.
"Let's go in, but be careful. Who knows what these freaks can do."
They entered via Raven's teleportation ability, and found themselves in the halls where they fought Warp.
The clock of time was seen standing, surrounded by glass, with a spotlight shining on it.
Cyborg switched on his optic flash light, and tried to see in the dark. Raven was on full alert, ready to shield the Titans when necessary. Beast Boy had immediately changed into a tiger, for preemptive move and for scent. Starfire would have powered up her starbolts, if it were not too obvious in this particular situation. But her eyes glowed bright emerald and were ready to fire.
Foot steps.
They all reacted, spinning to the sound.
A man slowly came out of the shadows, an old man with a monocle.
"Greetings, Titans. I say, it is a pleasure to finally meet you all. I have heard so many stories of your team."
Cyborg raised his now prepared sonic cannon. Raven floated into the air, powers tingling fiercely. Starfire still had her eye lasers prepped. Beast Boy shifted into a gorilla instead.
"Careful, Jeeves. This thing can blow your head clean off, so don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"I wouldn't dream of it. An old man like me has no chance against such young and powerful spirits. I am here merely at the request of my mistress. She has very high regards for each and every one of you."
Starfire moved forward sternly. "What have you done to Robin?" She asked in a soft but threatening voice.
The old man took a better look of the group. "The young chap from Gotham? Heavens, we have done nothing to your leader. In fact, I am rather curious to his whereabouts as well, I was looking forward to meeting him. I have heard much about his deeds and heroic escapades."
Raven was glancing hard at every direction.
"Oh! How rude of me, I have yet to introduce myself." He bowed. "I am Albert Dunstan, a retired soldier from the old days."
"All right, Mr. Dunstan. What do you or this mistress of yours want? You people went about controlling the people of this city, didn't you?" Cyborg asked, eye and optic furrowed deeply.
Starfire was fidgeting.
"Why, only to greet you all, of course. It is customary to greet the protectors of the light before ones such as us go blatantly on the streets."
"Careful." Raven suddenly warned.
Shadows begin shifting and morphing from the corners.
"Ah, an empath AND a sorcerer. It is no wonder you all have found here this quickly."
The shadows took forms and red, demonic eyes began to form. They appeared to be huge rat like shadow fiends with no tail but many, many sharp teeth.
Beast Boy shifted back into human form from slight fright.
"Raven? Please tell me you're going out of control and doing all this." He said, backing up against Cyborg's gigantic form.
"Friends, I am feeling the 'willies' again." Starfire ascended slightly more into the air, getting away from the shadow fiends.
"Hsssssss!" A small fiend moved forward.
"I'm afraid, though, that my mistress wishes for you to bid this world farewell, for you might become nuisances to her further plans."
"Were you the ones who hired the H.I.V.E.?" Raven asked, still darting her glances side to side.
"Why, yes. How did you ever discover such information?"
Cyborg's cannon began flickering slightly. "Ask my cannon. Who's Loki, jeeves?"
Albert scrutinized the teen, and chuckled. He snapped his fingers.
"Heeeeeeeeeyssss!!!" Three fiends darted forward.
ZOOOON!!! Cyborg blasted one down instantly.
ZIIIIIN!! Starfire shot the second with a strong laser.
Beast Boy morphed into a lion and prowled the other one to the ground, trying to crush its neck. It disappeared. The same with the other two.
Albert clapped. "Very impressive. Swift and precise with your attacks. You are trained well, I am even more curious as to what your leader can perform."
He rubbed his chin in an anticipating manner.
"Although, I'm afraid I cannot provide any information to my mistress's plans."
Raven was still looking for something. Starfire noticed.
"Raven, what are you searching for?" She whispered.
"Conjurer stones. These things should be summoned by magical items, but I don't see any."
Albert glanced at a watch on his wrist.
"My, my. The time has arrived, I must depart. I do hope these fiends will keep you company."
He turned around, and walked back into the darkness. "Until we meet again, though the point is to make that impossible."
He was gone.
"Hsssssssssssss!!!!" The shadows created more demonic creatures.
"I...do...not...like...this...!!!" Starfire cried, powering her starbolts.
"Stand your ground, guys. We're going to rally with a bunch of monsters."
"Man, they have sharper teeth than anything I can be."
"Feel like bailing?" Raven asked.
"Hell, yeah." Cyborg replied.
The two groups faced off. The fiends evaluated their preys as their preys examined them.
At least five fiends began moving and instantly charged at the four teens.
"Aaahh!!!!" Cyborg yelled and shot a pulse to disintegrate the five fiends.
ZOOOOOON!
That started the whole thing.
"Heeeeeesaaaaaa!!!" All the red eyes began jumping and prowling at the Titans.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!!!!" Raven used her powers to created sharp blades and swiped through the fiends.
Starfire flew into the air and began a starbolt barrage.
"Ha! Hya! Ya! Ra! Ha!" ZIN! ZAP! ZIN! ZAP! ZAP!
The fiends couldn't fly, and took the hit. But they could always climb and jump.
One had moved up the pillars and leaped towards the distracted Tamaranian.
It bit right into her right shoulder.
"Aaaahhh!!!!" Starfire cried, and spun the fiend into a wall, with some of her blood.
"Starfire!!!" Raven screamed, and fended off several more fiends with her powers.
Beast Boy changed into a pterodactyl and flew to Starfire's aid, providing cover.
"Raah!" Cyborg resorted to punching as some got too close. He noted how weird it felt to be hitting solid shadows.
A couple had a lucky chance and pounced on him, and as with Starfire, bit into his titanium shell. Their teeth weren't that sharp.
"Haha!!! Titanium, baby!" He swatted it away, only to have another grab onto him.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven blew away several more only to have more converge.
"This is endless!" Raven shouted, while still worried about Starfire.
Starfire was managing herself by shooting starbolts with one hand. "We must gain more grounds! We must retreat to the outside of the facility!"
Beast Boy had turned into a T-rex and stomped on a group of fiends, but the sheer number of them overwhelmed him, and he felt many bites into his reptile skin.
"FROOOOOOO!!!" He roared as he spun around to shake off the pests. He morphed into a hawk and flew to avoid anymore surprises.
ZOOOOOOON!
Cyborg shot a sonic blast upwards, causing all the fiends on him to fly off.
"All right Titans! We gotta run!!!" Everyone eagerly obeyed, and looked for an exit.
The obvious path was soon seen: the roof.
Raven and Starfire took off, with Raven defending Starfire with her shields. Beast Boy morphed into a pterodactyl and hoisted Cyborg's immense body into the air.
ZOOOOON!
Cyborg continued to shoot down the fiends during his ascend.
They arrived over the roof, and quickly descended onto the streets below. Raven immediately went about healing Starfire's shoulder.
"Now-" Beast Boy began when a tremor shook through the ground.
"-what?" he finished.
The four watched in awe as the museum exploded with shadows, pouring like a geyser.
"Move! Move! Move!"
The four darted to the side, avoiding the maelstrom of fiends. Some crawled over, which Cyborg and Beast Boy dispatched quickly.
Starfire watched her two friends worriedly, but could not enter the fight hastily due to her injury.
Raven herself was too distracted to fully concentrate on her healing.
Beast Boy was an elephant, and trying his best to plow through the shadows, but they moved too fast and many managed to gain meaty bites into him.
"Beast Boy!!!!" Starfire cried and rushed away from Raven, without her arm healed, and began blasting the fiends off him.
"Starfire!!" Raven cried, but also began attacking.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she moved two cars and dropped them.
BOOM!
"Hya! Ha! Ya!" ZIN! ZAP! ZAP!
After enough of the creatures vanished, Beast Boy morphed into a hawk and flew to the top of a building.
"Aaaaaaahhhh." He moaned slightly. Several spots of red showed on his green skin.
Once Beast Boy appeared to be out of immediate danger, Starfire relaxed slightly and remembered that her arm wasn't exactly in good condition.
She winced and descended next to the changeling, grasping at the bloody wound. The crimson fluid saturated her palm and flowed though her fingers. Raven wasn't able to stop the bleeding in time.
Raven continued to use her telekinesis to attack the creatures, determined to eliminate the offending hoard of devils that looked so much like.........
Hatred shall rule......!!!
"Those eyes......" she thought. The infinite number of red eyes peered at her and her friends, ready to rip them to pieces.
She felt a tug at her chest, and her powers flared slightly out of control.
A distinct shout caught her attention.
"Aaaahhh!! You're not gonna-gah!!" Cyborg was now almost submerged under a sea of shadows, struggling but to little effect.
"Cyborg!!!" Raven shouted as she tried to fly to him, but five more fiends leapt at her, and caught her cape.
She whirled and tried to use her powers to shake them, but they were too close for a strategic attack.
Her eyes caught sight of Cyborg flailing his arms as he tried to fire his cannon, but dozens of fiends latched on and he couldn't fire it properly.
Starfire attempted to fly to save her friend, but her wound kicked in and she grimaced as she kneeled on the roof.
Beast Boy was barely able to transform, and fell against the edge of the roof.
"Cyborg!!!" All three Titans yelled.
Is this it......? Cyborg thought, as he felt the numerous bites on his titanium shell, though ineffective, they would be lethal once his head was assaulted.
Silence.
SHRIIIIIIIINNN!!!
An upheaval of the ground streamed from within the fiends.
The street broke and propelled the fiends and Cyborg into the air.
The titanium android managed to get his bearings when he realized his airborne state and landed roughly on the pavement.
All the other three Titans felt their heart beating again as Cyborg emerged alive.
ZOOOOON!
Cyborg immediately went into combat mode again, and blasted away more of the advancing fiends.
Raven expanded her powers as a dome and eliminated the ones on her cape, and rushed to Cyborg's aid, and saw his savior.
"Jinx!?" Cyborg cried as the pink haired sorcerer flipped and leapt on top of the tips of the broken grounds.
"What the hell are you doing here!?" He yelled as he blasted a few fiends away from her feet.
"Why do you think!? I told you to get out of the city, and you blockheads decided to stay and fight an army!!!" She screamed as she released another stream of violet rays.
"Rah!!"
ZOOOOON!
"Remind me not to thank you later!!!"
"You won't have to if you died!"
"Then don't save me!!!'
"You're welcome!!"
Raven watched as the two fended off the fiends, and doing rather well.
Their teamwork training during the time in the H.I.V.E. sure seemed apparent as they fought.
Taking the chance, Raven flew to Starfire and resumed her healing, and also tried to help Beast Boy.
"Raven! The girl Jinx has come to aid us!?" Starfire questioned.
"Guess Cy has an admirer." Beast Boy joked tiredly, but feeling better as Raven healed him and Starfire simultaneously.
Raven growled slightly as she concentrated hard in the healing.
On the streets, Jinx flipped and balanced herself on Cyborg's shoulder to combine her attack with his sonic cannon pulse.
FROOOOOOON!!!
A huge light exploded as the beam of light blue merged with the pale violet, and the creatures shrilled as they were nuked. Smoke erupted.
"How's that!? You pack of rats!"
Jinx remained balanced on his shoulder.
The smoke cleared, and a huge crater was seen.
"Booya!!! That's what I call total annihilation!"
"Don't overexcite your circuits, tin man." Jinx commented slightly and leaped down.
Cyborg regarded her for a second, and frowned.
"You know, you didn't have to do this."
"Duh, you think I'm stupid? I just didn't want anyone else to kill you guys before I do."
Cyborg wanted to smile. "Then you are stupid. The H.I.V.E. won't be the end of us."
"Well, that's good."
Cyborg didn't know what to think of that.
"Cyborg!!!" Starfire cried and swooped down to envelope him in a tight hug.
"You are not devoured by little evil fiends from the center of the earth!!!"
Raven floated down, but was silent.
"Dude! That was totally awesome! Not as cool as our 'dino-combo'! But still pretty sweet!"
They high-fived each other.
"Sreeeeeeee!!!"
Within the smoke, red eyes appeared throughout the area.
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!!!" Beast Boy moaned as he backed up.
"There's just no end to these things!!" Cyborg cranked up his sonic cannon, and found his arm beeping.
"I really should have just left you people..."
"They are more persistent than a group of jorkils!!!"
"Guys, my battery is almost out, whatever we do, we better just run!"
Raven finally saw what she was looking for.
A pair of green eyes was amongst the red ones.
"There!" She pointed.
"The one with the green eyes! It's the conjurer! Get it!"
The other Titans and Jinx turned towards where Raven pointed, and spotted the culprit.
It seemed to have noticed their attention and began scurrying away.
"You shall not escape!!" Starfire cried and began her chase while blasting starbolts.
Cyborg and Jinx's previous attacks had destroyed enough number of the fiends to clear a path for Starfire's pursuit, and so she could begin her famous starbolt barrage.
ZIN! ZAP! ZIN! Each attack got closer to the scurrying field as it tried to dodge as many green bolts as it could.
One finally hit its leg and it fell to the ground. Feeling victory near, Starfire flung a powerful starbolt, and hoped for the battle to end.
Suddenly, it shrilled.
All of the red eyed fiends converged over it, some destroyed by Starfire's attack.
They all began mashing together, squishing with the green eyed fiend. The group watched in horror as it resulted in a humongous shadow worm.
"Ew." Was all Raven said.
The monster immediately extended its reach, and rammed Starfire into a wall.
"Star!" Beast Boy yelled and changed into a T-rex, headbutting the large demon into several buildings.
Raven used all of what is left of her energy and threw two buses at the monster.
The objects seemed to just straight through.
Cyborg was about to move as well when Jinx placed her hand on his cannon.
"Do you want to feel a black out!? You just said your power is almost out!"
"And let that thing just make a hole out of this hell!? I don't think so!" He charged in, ready to give his life.
Jinx groaned and ran after him.
Starfire flew around the creature and flung starbolts, causing small explosions to quake around the worm.
"Reeeeeee!!!" Suddenly, the worm screamed, and a green emerald appeared on its forehead.
Before anyone can decipher the occurrence, the emerald flashed and a beam of magical powers shot towards them.
BRRRIIIIINN!!! Apparently, it can melt anything in its path.
Starfire managed to fly away and Beast Boy changed into a mouse to avoid the beam.
Raven summoned her shield and blocked the beam. It passed her went straight to the two running teens.
"Ah!" Cyborg and Jinx jumped out of the way.
The worm began charging up another beam when two discs flew right into its face.
BOOM! BOOM!
Starfire immediately knew who it was. "Robin!!!"
The Boy Wonder seemed to have glided down from the dark sky, giving off an aura of imposing nature.
Robin had used his grappler hook to bring himself straight to the worm's face, and gammed his broken staff into the emerald.
FLASH!! The worm convulsed and screamed horribly as its power source was destroyed.
The Titans watched in amazement as the gigantic worm creature just began fading away, until nothing of it was left.
Robin landed, and remained in a crouched position.
"Robin! You are safe!" Starfire went beeline for the arrived teen, wishing beyond anything to touch him and make sure he was all right.
Robin stood up and was immediately enveloped in a tender embrace from the Tamaranian girl.
"I...was...s-so...worried!!" Starfire chocked as she rested her head on his shoulder.
Robin didn't respond, but Starfire was too relieved to notice.
"Rob! Glad you crashed this party!!! Best timing, ever!!!" Beast Boy cried and as he ran in a limping way to the embracing couple.
"Yo!! Dawg!!! Where were you!? We had to kick demon butt all by ourselves, man!!" Cyborg walked over, with Raven and Jinx on both sides.
"How'd you know where to hit it?" Raven asked.
Robin cocked his head to the side, as if he didn't understand. "It was obvious." Was all he said.
Raven halted in her path. "Robin.........?" she whispered.
Jinx hadn't said anything since Robin arrived, simply because she didn't want to attract too much attention now that the danger was gone. But what she soon discovered, was that Robin was the real danger.
Robin placed a hand on Starfire's shoulder, and lightly pushed her away.
She blinked her tears away as she watched Robin take out an explosive disc and flung it against Jinx.
No one had expected that and only managed to gape in horror as the disc exploded in front of Jinx and she was propelled for many feet before she landed roughly on the street.
"What was that for, man!?" Cyborg cried as he turned to his leader.
Robin just cocked his head. "She's a villain. She needs to be destroyed."
Beast Boy felt his skin crawl. "Dude, she may be a bad guy, er, girl, but she helped us out! She saved Cy..."
"Robin, Jinx is not responsible for these attacks! Please-"
"Are you guys defending her? A villain?" Robin asked, and cocked his head to the other side.
Raven immediately moved forward. "Robin, listen to me. You're not yourself, you have to-"
"She'll just end up fighting us or committing crime again. Better to finish the job here." Robin droned.
"No! Robin, please do not say such things!" Starfire pleaded and grasped his shoulders. He violently shook her hold off.
"I've had enough......these cycles......they must end." He took out a fresh bo-staff, extended it and walked towards the pink haired girl who was struggling to get up.
Cyborg immediately blocked his path. "Rob... something's not right with you, calm down and we'll help you. Jinx is not to blame for anything right now-"
"Get out of the way, Cyborg. Or are you betraying us?"
"Yo! I ain't betraying anyone. You're acting freaky, man. Just-"
WHAM!!! Cyborg flew to the side, and too weak to get straight back up.
"No!!!" Starfire yelled, and ran to the boy's side, trying to make him listen.
Robin just ignored her and charged at the girl on the ground.
Jinx gasped as Robin leapt into the air, staff over his head, ready to make a smashed pumpkin out of her head.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!!!" Raven used the very last bit of her powers to restrain Robin by manipulating his clothes, however reluctant.
Beast Boy was shocked, he didn't know what was going on and he didn't know what to do.
"Robin, please! Listen to us!!!" Starfire cried, tears once again cascading down her face.
"I see......" Robin mumbled. "You don't agree with me......" He took out a disc.
"Then I'll end this all myself." He flung it to the ground.
FLASH!!! A light of high magnitude flared. Everyone's eyes pained by the immense light, and they had to shut them hard as the light continued to flash.
Raven had long lost her grip on Robin, and felt the fatigue from overusing her powers overcome her.
"R-Robin.........!" Starfire cried as the light continued to invade her retinas.
The lights had finally died down, and everyone opened their eyes slowly.
Starfire glanced at every direction, trying to find the Boy Wonder. He was gone.
"Uuuughhhh..." Cyborg groaned and got up, shakily. Raven knelt down and collapsed.
"Rae!!" He cried and cradled her.
"Rae!! Are you okay!? Rae!!" She moaned and writhed slightly. Jinx got up after her eyes stopped showing spot and treaded to the group, holding her left arm, which she fell on.
"What.........happened?" She asked, as if nothing made sense.
Beast Boy was still in shock, but kept his bearings and looked for Robin, though as an enemy.
"W-where did he go?" he asked through chattering teeth.
"Robin......" Starfire breathed, distressed. Suddenly, a realization hit her and she took off straight into the air.
"Star!" Beast Boy yelled, as she flew away. "Where are you going!!!"
"Rae!!! Can you hear me!? Rae!!!"
Raven gave no response.
"Dammit!!! Robin!!! What the hell has gotten into him!!!?"
Jinx still felt shaken up from the incident, but tried not to show it much.
"Guess he doesn't like me much..."
"He still wouldn't have attacked someone out of the blue!!! What-just what is going on here!!!???"
The fight had persisted through the entire night, and the sunrise had begun. Natural sunlight had finally graced the land, and Beast Boy felt his heart stop beating from what he saw.
"G-guys......oh, man......guys......" He pointed shakily.
Jinx looked around and saw what the changeling was pointing at. She gasped.
"What is it B.B.? What other kind of shit do we.........no..."
Cyborg finally knew why the mob of people hadn't showed around to attack them with the fiends, or was used as a distraction.
There, piled on the streets, laid all the civilians that were under mind control, or whatever it was. They were all laying across the roads and he couldn't tell if they were either dead or just unconscious.
Robin had attacked everyone who was in his way, even the innocents of Jump City. Cyborg and Beast Boy could not believe what they were seeing, and both just gaped, in complete and utter frustration.
Jinx lost her stamina and sat on the ground, holding her arm.
Raven groaned in Cyborg's arms, and moaned again. "The eye........."
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Starfire sped across the sky as fast as her tired Tamaranian body could.
No! No! No! NO! She mentally screamed. Robin had finally gone beyond their world and was out of their reach. He was worse than ever. Worse than his obsession with Slade. Worse than his attitude under the effect of the reagent. He was evil, and much insane as it seemed.
His grip on reality seemed to have broken, and now he was what she had feared he would become in the many previous days.
"Robin would never...never-he would never-he-he..." She sobbed as she sped off towards where she thought Robin would be. The tower.
She entered through the roof, and felt her heart rate increase when she noticed the door had been opened.
Her adrenaline pumped and her anxiety grew as she dashed straight for his room. Hoping beyond hope that he was still in the tower, she opened the door, and stepped inside the dark den.
She desperately searched for a light, and managed to turn on his lamp.
Click.
Starfire felt her heart wrench tightly, and it felt more painful than anything she had ever needed to endure.
The Sil'nar hung on the wall, as it did before. But now it was shredded and torn apart.
Parts of it fell to the floor, and Starfire felt faint as she watched the pieces descend to the floor.
She felt weaker than ever before, and dropped on her knees.
The only thing she could register in her mind was the salty taste of her own tears.
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Closing notes: Well, I wonder how that is. Give me some feedback. Need more stuff and reviews to get this woven with my ideas.