Thieves
Sure enough, Mynde was there, warping and twisting himself into odd shapes to thrust himself away from the jewelry store he had robbed. Glistening, priceless gems hung from his neck and wrists as he cackled maniacally.
Only the Titans knew that he was possibly one of the most dangerous foes they had ever faced. Unlike Killer Moth or Control freak, underestimating him meant losing your life - or your mind.
As Mynde escaped, the helpless city behind him, a starbolt shrieked across his face and knocked him to the ground. His body continued to twist and bubble, odd shapes formed by his gelatinous limbs.
"You know, Mynde, that's just disturbing," Robin claimed as his three teammates gathered around him, prepared for attack.
Cyborg prepared his cannon and Beast Boy morphed into a jaguar. They stood fast as the evil mime began to get up again.
Starfire swooped in and lifted Cyborg up into the clear blue sky. His cannon whirred and fired the powerful sonic blast it was created to fire, but Mynde cackled and swirled around it.
Without any warning, the mime crossed his hands over his neck and fanned his fingers out. They all gasped as they knew he was about to use his most powerful ability. His contortionist-like abilities were nothing on this.
He cried in a menacing tone, "Seep mind!" His voice was strident and grating, almost impossible to listen to.
"Titans, close your eyes!" Robin commanded, but it was too late.
As he spoke, a spiral of light that was all colors and no color at the same time shot forth and flashed in their faces. It was like a transparent rainbow, fizzing around them and making their fingers tingle.
They flopped to the ground and Mynde sped off again.
Raven saw the commotion from inside the car and knew that she had to do something. After the attack, her friends were merely writhing worms - with no sense of who they were and how to use their powers. And Mynde now had control over their minds, memories, and secrets.
She knew she had to do something. She opened the door and cried a fearful command that she had only used once before, and it was the only thing she knew that may have been able to defeat Mynde.
"STOP!"
She wanted to will it all away. She just wanted everything to stop, freezing the villain and the city, halting anything that moved or breathed.
So she did. A black wave washed over the area, radiating from the chakra on her forehead and tipped with a ghostly blue. The lights from all buildings in the city dimmed slowly, children were stopped amidst laughing, anyone on the move froze, and all activity stopped.
Just like last time, Raven was cold in this new setting she created. Her breathing and footsteps echoed on and on into the sparkling indigo silence.
Yet again she had stopped time. She had no clue how, nor did she a few months ago when the power seemed to come out of nowhere to protect her and her friends from that breaking-down factory. She still had no clue how to control this power; it just happened when she wanted everything to stop.
Mynde was frozen in mid-air, and the Titans below him. She huddled over to them, one by one, putting her grey hand to their foreheads and emanating an azure wave from her palm to heal them. Starfire was first, and Raven was quick to make sure her mind was brought back too.
"Starfire? Are you alright?"
"Raven?"
"Yeah."
"I am fine. Though I do believe I am a bit... 'dizzy', yes?"
Raven smiled. "Yeah, that may be it." She was relieved that he friends would be okay.
The rest staggered to their feet when she revived them.
But soon after she gasped and coughed violently. And before the Titans could help her, the marks Slade had triggered flashed a sinister scarlet, and Raven fell to the ground unconscious.