>In Titan Tower, the Titans were enjoying a respite in the recent spree of criminal activity. Robin sat on the couch in the main
room, enjoying the spring sunshine pouring through the large windows. As he was drifting off to sleep, the giant TV screen
beeped, and said "ATTENTION! INCOMING CALL!"
>Robin sat up, muttering to himself, "I knew it was too good to last."
>The TV screen showed a large picture of the police chief, Captain Robert Samuel. "Robin, last night there was a break-in at
>HAL Electronics. We were hoping you could give us a hand."
>Robin replied, "Sure, any leads yet?"
>"No, but we have reason to believe it may have been the kind of criminals you deal with."
>"Some one will come over right away, while the crime scene is still fresh."
>"Much appreciated." The TV screen went dark.
>Cyborg walked into the room wiping his hands on an oily rag. "Who was that, anything important?"
>Robin nodded, "Yeah, feel up for checking out a crime scene at an electronics company?"
>Cyborg grinned, "Whatever electronics they got, they can't be as good as mine, lets go."
>At the offices and production center of HAL Electronics, police had roped off the main entrance and most of the building. An
officer led Robin and Cyborg to a small inner room where the police chief and another man in a suit were studying a bank of
computer monitors. The police chief introduced the other man as Mark Cruz, a company representative. Mr. Cruz described
the situation as it stood. "Last night, at 11:32, some one broke into our high security vault and stole several experimental
computer chips." He typed in a command on the control panel, bringing up displays on two of the screens. "The
first screen, here on the left, shows the only hall leading into the vault, and this other screen shows the vault itself. The computer
chips are kept in the box on the central pedestal." The clock in the bottom corner of the screen counted down to 11:32, and
then the screens cut out in a pattern of snowy fuzz for several seconds. When they returned to normal clarity, the box was
missing.
>"What just happened?" asked Cyborg.
>Mr. Cruz began to speak, but the police chief cut him off. "That corridor is over 60 meters in length, and the cameras were
only out for 8 seconds. So you'd either have to be inhumanly fast-"
>"-or you could fly," finished Robin.
>The chief nodded his head and asked, "Know anyone who could do it?"
>"Yeah, several. Fortunately, most of them are in jail at the moment."
>Cyborg was reexamining the security tapes when he looked at Mr. Cruz and inquired, "Can I get the specifications on your
security system? If I could go over the programming I might be able to figure out how some one messed with your system."
>Mr. Cruz suddenly looked nervous, as he replied "To be honest, we don't have the information on the security system, we
hired an outside contractor to install and run everything."
>Both Robin and Cyborg were incredulous, but Cyborg spoke first. "You're an electronics company that doesn't manage its
own security?"
>Mr. Cruz suddenly looked quite offended. He took a deep breath and spoke rapidly, "We design and manufacture military
grade electronic weapons and defense systems. We left the security of our building to another company that works in that
department. If you need the security codes, you'll have to get them from the company's main headquarters. The name is
Morgen Lyn Inc. and the building is downtown, in the business district. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." With a
curt nod, he stormed out of the room.
>"I think you hurt his feelings, Cyborg" Robin chuckled.
>The police chief added his own thoughts as he casually lit a cigarette. "Damn corporate bloodsucker." Turning to Robin, he
continued, "Good luck getting anything from the security company, we've already had several officers turned away when we
asked for their cooperation. Anyway, if you need anything else let me know." He then left the room.
>"What now?" asked Cyborg.
>"We're going to see the security company, but first we're going to swing by Titan Tower and pick up the rest of the team."
