Teen Titans:-

Dazed, Beautiful And Bruised

OK --- Here's the beginning of my next fic. I've posted two chapters already, but tell me if you like and I'll keep typing the stuff up. Enjoy! And please review! It makes me feel special……

DISCLAIMER: Don't own Teen Titans or any other foolish references to other products made in this story. In fact, I own very little. I own any characters I made… But they don't appear in this fic. So you have nothing to worry about.

SUMMARY: After an unexpected accident involving the Puppet King, Raven starts to act very differently, but only at night… Not a very good summary. I don't want to give it away… Please R&R!

RATING: This is rated T for a reason. The first chapter is pretty laid back, but it gets more intense later on. There's no cursing or anything, but the action speaks for itself. You have been warned.

Chapter 1: Accident

Silence loomed over the museum room in Titans Tower; everything was quiet and somber as the light reflected off the various objects in the room. Control Freak's remote, Trident's trident, Punk Rocket's guitar, and Malchior's book all rested silently in their place; that is until Cyborg yelled in pain and flew through the wall.

Sparks flew from Cyborg's back as he grinded along the floor and into a glass case containing Mumbo's hat.

A deep laugh came from the massive hole in the wall and Mammoth, the H.I.V.E.'s teenage powerhouse walked in.

"Told ya I could trash the tin man…" said Mammoth as Gizmo skittered in on his mechanical spider legs.

"Shut up," said Gizmo crudely. "I left the witch girl mute in the living room, where's the green one?"

"I threw him to Timbuktu man. Let's just get outta here."

"Fine. Where the heck is Jinx?"

Jinx emerged from the shadows. "Sorry. That orange girl packs a punch sometimes."

"Just find what we're looking for," said Gizmo impatiently.

Jinx lifted her hand and let pink magic flow through it. With a painful look at Cyborg, she walked past all of the artifacts in the room, sensing the power within each object. Her eyes blazed and she stopped in front of Puppet King's lifeless form. "Here."

"Good," said Gizmo grabbing the puppet with a mechanical limb. "Let's go."

A red object flew from across the room, severing Gizmo's mechanical limb and causing the Puppet King to fall to the ground. The entire H.I.V.E. team looked towards the hole they had made to see Robin, Bo Staff in hand and three discs between the fingers in his other hand. "Get out of my house," he said viciously.

"Get him!" yelled Gizmo.

Mammoth charged brutishly, shoulder outwards, but Robin gracefully flipped over him and attached a disc to his back.

"Huh?" said the hairy super-villain, before the hypersonics in the disc kicked in and sent him to his knees, clutching his ears in pain.

Gizmo came next slicing at Robin with his spider legs and firing missiles at every opportunity. Robin evaded every blow, deflecting some with his staff, and then leaped, bounced off the wall and tackled Gizmo, shoving him out the window.

Robin turned, looking towards Jinx, who was clutching the Puppet King in her hands. "Hand over the puppet," he said.

"Not gonna happen bird-boy."

"Fine," said Robin, his eyes narrowing.

Then, the floor shook, and with a slash of pink magic running through it, the floor below the Boy Wonder collapsed, and Robin fell hurtling downwards in a pile of rubble.

Jinx ran to Mammoth and ripped off the hypersonic device. "Let's get out of here!" she yelled impatiently.

Mammoth nodded and grabbed her, then leaped out the broken window.

Cyborg groaned and slowly regained consciousness; he looked around, saw the empty space in the room and groaned. "No…"

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Robin stood in front of the computer screen, which displayed three large pictures of the H.I.V.E. team. "All right Titans. This is urgent. The H.I.V.E. has managed to escape with the Puppet King."

"But the Puppet King is only a puppet, correct?" asked Starfire innocently.

"Yes. But if Gizmo or Jinx figures out how to activate him again, we'll be in serious trouble. During my fight with Gizmo, I planted a tracking device on him. They're heading south, and I want everyone to be on full alert. Everyone change their communicator frequency every ten minutes so Gizmo can't find it. Cyborg? How's it going?"

Cyborg desperately drilled and fiddled with a device on Raven's neck. "Almost there…"

Beast Boy prodded Raven constantly in a desperate attempt to annoy the living snot out of her. The gothic Titan spun around and yelled at the shape shifter, but no sound came out her mouth. Beast Boy laughed loudly.

"There!" yelled Cyborg and suddenly sound returned to Raven's mouth as she yelled dozens of harsh insults at Beast Boy. The shape shifter shrunk down to a mouse in fear.

Robin rolled his eyes under his mask. "Beast Boy. Be serious."

Beast Boy stood and saluted. "Yes, sir!"

"Titans! Go!"

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Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth ran through the mountain paths near Jump City Jail.

"That was almost too easy," said Mammoth.

"What did you expect from those losers?" asked Gizmo. "Got any motion in that chunk of wood Jinx?"

"He's in here alright. If we can unlock his secrets, just imagine what we could do… We could control the entire city!"

"Awesome…" said Mammoth as a spot of bird poop fell from the sky and landed on his head. "Urggh," he groaned as another hit his shoulder and one landed on Jinx's arm.

"Eww!" screamed Jinx.

Gizmo looked up to see a green seagull bombarding them. He felt himself down, and felt the tiny circular object on his shoulder blade. "Crud!" he yelled as green star-bolts rained from the sky and rocks, with black auras surrounding them, started to throw themselves at the teenage super-villains. "Run!"

The H.I.V.E. ran for it, the Titans hot on their tails. Gizmo spread his wings, but a blue blast slammed into his backpack, disabling it and forcing him to crash land in the entrance of a cave.

"Quickly! Inside!" yelled Jinx as she scurried into the cave. Mammoth grabbed Gizmo and ran inside.

The Titans met outside the cave entrance. "Good job team," said Robin, trying to be leader-like.

"Nice trick, B…" complimented Cyborg as his green friend shifted back to his human form.

"Do you know what cave that is?" said Beast Boy, ignoring Cyborg.

"It doesn't matter," said Raven.

"She's right. We have to get Puppet King back," said Robin as he ran through the cave entrance with Starfire and Raven behind him.

"You can do it B," said Cyborg rushing in after the team.

Beast Boy reluctantly followed.

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The Titans rushed in and saw the H.I.V.E. gathered under Terra's stone form. Jinx and Mammoth turned and grunted as the super-heroes arrived.

"Give it back," said Robin.

"No way man!" yelled Mammoth.

"Don't let them harm the statue…" Robin whispered to the team before yelling "Titans! Go!"

The Titans burst into action, Robin leaping high with his Bo Staff, but was thrown backwards into the cave wall by Jinx's magic. Raven chanted her magic words, and black magic clashed with pink magic, kindling little colored fires throughout the area.

Cyborg and Starfire clashed with Mammoth, Cyborg going into brawl as Starfire flung her star-bolts, as Beast Boy descended on a powerless Gizmo, who was clutching Puppet King, in the form of a velociraptor.

The raptor snapped, and Gizmo smiled as he shoved a grenade into the dinosaur's mouth. The dinosaur's eyes widened and the explosion sent Beast Boy crashing into the cave wall, Gizmo ran to the exit as fast as his tiny legs could carry him.

Cyborg slammed Mammoth to the ground and pinned him to the ground. "Star!" he yelled.

Starfire spun around, and her eyes glowed green. She unleashed her eye beams, directly at Gizmo.

"Star! No!" yelled Robin, as Jinx's magic flung Raven through the air. The teen witch crashed into Gizmo, and Puppet King went flying through the air.

Starfire shut off her eye beams, but too late. The ultra hot jets of energy collided with the Puppet King, and it exploded in a flash of blue light which radiated out through all the Titans, and beyond the cave walls, along with a high piercing sound. Everyone grabbed their ears and covered their eyes until it subsided.

"Is everyone alright?" asked Robin.

Cyborg nodded grimly as did Starfire. Beast Boy staggered to his feet, spat out a piece of grenade and nodded too. Raven groaned, clutching her head before saying in her usual monotone: "I'm fine…"

The H.I.V.E. gulped and ran for the exit in unison. Cyborg fired a cable from his wrist and it wrapped around them all. "Let's take these guys to jail."

Robin smiled as he picked up the Puppet King's lifeless, rather burnt form. "Yeah, let's."