"Aw yeah!" Cyborg roared as the T-Car drove down the smooth asphalt road. "I am so psyched for this vacation!" His two mechanical hands gripped the steering wheel in excitement almost breaking the leather-coated plastic.
"I am excited as well!" Starfire cried from the backseat. "Soon we will be doing the surfing of the body and barbing of the Q! But please tell me, friends, why are we barbing a letter of the alphabet?" Raven gave a sigh from the other passenger seat. She nudged Robin who sat between them in the middle seat.
"Want to field this one, Wonder Boy?" She turned back to the window and stared at the scenery rolling by.
"A barbeque is just cooking food over the grill, remember, Starfire?" Robin said tiredly and lay back against the seat.
"Oh yes! Earth customs are so confusing…" Starfire said with a grin as she patted Robin on the head.
"Wait…" Raven spoke up once more. "I'm seeing an awful lot of hills here…and forests…aren't we going to the beach?"
"Hey! She's right! BB!" Cyborg roared at the green changeling sitting next to him.
"What?" Beast Boy asked angrily. "I've been following the map exactly!" He held up an unfolded piece of paper. Suddenly, it glowed black and levitated back to Raven. She took a look at it and rolled her eyes.
"Help Petey the Porcupine find his way through the maze to the Double Veggie Burger…" Raven read flatly. "I can understand you going to vegetarian restaurants…but ordering the kids menu?" Cyborg snickered as she said this.
"I collect the plastic cups…" Beast Boy said darkly as he slouched further in his chair.
"Well, we're obviously lost. Any idea where we are, Cyborg?" Robin said rubbing his temples, trying to alleviate the headache he got whenever his team acted in such a manner.
"No prob! This baby has a GPS system…" Cyborg said stroking the dashboard. He pressed a button, and a small screen popped out.
"Well? How far away from the beach are we?" Raven asked peering over Beast Boy's seat. Cyborg shook his head and pulled over to the side of the road.
"We might as well turn around and head back to the tower." Cyborg said with a sigh. "We wouldn't get to beach until tonight." With a screech of the wheels, he made a full 180-degree turn and headed back to Jump City.
Suddenly, a green streak appeared in front of the car and smashed into the windshield. The T-Car skidded to a halt causing all of the teen superheroes to lurch forward.
"What is going on!" Starfire cried.
"My windshield!" Cyborg yelled in dismay. He unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped out of the car. He stroked the edge of the spider-web shaped crack with a lachrymose stare. Robin got out after him and looked at the figure that lay on the ruined glass.
"That is one huge bug." Beast Boy said rubbing the back of his head. Robin pulled the figure off of the car and laid him on the road. Beast Boy was right; the teenage boy that lay before them had a pair of large bright red goggles and two pairs of small artificial canvas wings of the same color that protruded from a small aluminum square box on his back. The rest of his body consisted of a tight green suit with red gloves and boots. Blonde hair covered his ears and his forehead. He had a cut on his cheek that bled crimson blood onto the road.
Raven and Starfire stepped out of the T-Car as well. Raven held up a single hand that glowed black before disappearing and leaving just her pale hand. The gash healed, yet the blood still remained.
"He's in no immediate danger, but it would be a good idea to get him some medical attention." Raven raised her other hand. "Azarath…Metrion…Zinthos…"
Just as Raven was about to move the teen to the back of the T-Car, a sword flew out of the trees to their right, narrowly missing the mystical girl. Robin's head darted towards the woods like a hawk and gave the all-too familiar command.
"Titans, go!" All five titans dashed towards the shadowy forest. Suddenly, a blue streak flew out of the shade and soared over the titans, landing behind them, next to the incapacitated boy. When the blur stopped they could get a clear look at it.
A teenage girl stood over the body of the adolescent boy. She wore ornate azure-colored armor to match the color of her hair. Over the sapphire locks was a helmet with two ivory-colored flat horns protruding from the side of the helmet. In her left hand she held what seemed like a katana, which was identical to the blade that was thrown at Raven. Grabbing the thrown sword in her other hand, she crossed her blades to form an X.
"We mean him no harm." Raven said, being the first to understand that the warrior girl was trying to protect the boy. Robin glanced at Raven and put away his retractable Bo Staff.
"What did you do to him?" The girl said, but didn't lower her twin blades one inch.
"Nothing. He just crashed into our car." Robin motioned to the cracked windshield. She looked at the car and started to put down her swords.
"Our friend Raven has healed him, but it might be best to take him back to our home." Starfire clasped her hands together and gave a sad smile.
"Very well." The teen sheathed her weapons and sighed. "I am called Blade, but he is Dragonfly. However, I will go with you." She knelt down and picked Dragonfly off the ground. He gave a small groan as he lay in her arms.
"That's fine. Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire? Take to the skies. Blade will ride in the back with Dragonfly.
"Right." Beast Boy nodded, transformed into a bird, and the three titans flew off to Jump City. Robin grabbed a birdarang and started to cut the windshield out of the car.
"Hey!" Cyborg wailed, hugging the front of the car. "Be gentle! By baby's very delicate!" A small tear rolled down his cheek as he caressed the hood. Blade raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
They were all back in the tower just as the sun was setting. Dragonfly's condition was stable and was lying down hooked up to the machines in the Medical Lab. Blade stared out the window at the orange sunset. Robin walked up next to her.
"He'll be fine, there's no need to worry." Robin reassured her, but Blade said nothing. "Where are you two from?"
"We're from a town called Epsylon. Dragonfly and I are like you, we are part of law enforcement." Robin nodded.
"I hope we haven't stopped you from your job…where were you going?" However, before Blade could answer, warning sirens went off, and the giant wide-screen TV that Beast Boy and Cyborg used to play video games. The screen flashed white and red as the sirens wailed.
"What's going on?" Beast Boy yelled as he ran into the room, followed by the rest of the titans.
"Trouble." Robin stood in front of the screen and taking a small remote control device out of his pocket and the flashing stopped. At the top right corner of the screen, an address appeared.
"There's a police report about somebody at the bank-" Before Robin could say anything else, another address showed up, and then another. Soon there were six addresses on the screen.
"Six baddies at once!" Cyborg yelled.
"It looks like it. To deal with it, we have to split up." Raven said with no apparent emotion on her face.
"Yes, but even with all of us splitting up, we'll need some help. Blade?" Robin turned to the warrior girl. She gave a quick nod that was returned by the boy wonder.
"And Dragonfly?" She asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
"He'll be fine." Robin said quickly. "Titans, go!"