Chapter 4:

The four Titans ran out of the tower and into their vehicles.

They arrived at the location of the fighting; outside a dance club that had been closed for months. It was beside a part of town that was slowly falling apart, there were pieces of metal railing sticking out and poles that had fallen. The Hive members and the Spotted Panthers were fighting near the front, where the less damage was.

Robin yelled out toward Gavin. "Stop it Gavin. There's no reason to fight them. They didn't hurt you."

Gavin grabbed Wildebeast in an effective joint lock and threw him into the wall of the club. He looked over at Robin. "Don't give me that crap Robin. We have a reason."

Vypra ducked Jinx's magic spell and it headed toward Gavin and he barely ducked under it. It hit the ground in the parking lot causing a large crater.

Robin yelled at Gavin again. "Whatever that reason is… It's not worth it."

Vypra used her magic to wrap up Wildebeast as Jinx was distracted by several kunai flying her way.

Gavin took the opportunity and ran up to Robin, surprising the younger boy. "Well then I'd suggest you shut up and walk away, or do your best to stop us."

Robin furrowed his brow. "Is that a challenge?"

Gavin nodded. "I'd imagine it will be, for the both of us."

Robin was about to accept when Gizmo's backpack went flying wildly and slammed into Gavin, sending him across the parking lot. He tumbled and kicked the backpack away. It went flying and exploded into a light pole. The pole fell toward the highway when it was enveloped with a black magical aura.

Gavin recovered and glared at Robin. The visor of his helmet glowed yellow as a growl was emitted from his voice synthesizer.

Raven flew beside Robin and looked at him. "Robin! We need to deal with making sure Jinx and her friends are restrained before starting anything with them." She disposed of the light pole safely on the ground nearby.

Robin glared back at Gavin and ran to deal with the ex-Hive students.

After a hard fight the five hive kids were tied up by Robin and hung from a flag pole.

The Titans had also had to deal with the simultaneous attacks of the Spotted Panthers as they were restraining the others.

Raven was able to gracefully duck and weave Vypra's kicks and puches and to throw out a few clumsy ones herself. She so hated close quarters combat, range was way more convenient.

Beast boy was changing rapidly to different animals, from a hawk to a rat, as Hamberg and Freyha assaulted him from two sides; he was barely able to fend off the attacks. He ducked as one of Freyha's shurikens flew at his head. "What on earth. What's with the sharp objects all of the sudden?" He said surprised.

Freyha threw a punch at him hitting him square in the jaw that sent him flying like a top toward the ground. He hit the ground and turned into a cobra and lashed out at Freyha to get her off him.

Freyha had few fears; but snakes, especially highly venomous ones, were top on her list. She let out a blood curdling scream and rapidly stepped backwards. She was going so fast she tripped and landed on her rear. She was about to have a nervous breakdown when Hamberg caused Beastboy to change again to something less intimidating.

He yelled at Garfield. "You bastard how dare you scare her half to death like that." He pulled out a large knife and went after Garfield with fiery rage.

Garfield changed back to his human from and gasped as he ducked desperately to avoid the knife. "Whoa, dude calm down, I didn't know, I swear. Just put the knife away."

Hamberg wouldn't let up. He threw in a few punches and low kicks to extenuate his anger. "Lack of knowledge is no excuse!"

Vin and Cyborg looked like two wrestlers in a ring, though, Cyborg had an advantage in his sonic cannon. Vin had trained in the art of Krav Maga, The Israeli self defense art.

The Titans were knocked back several times only to drive forward again.

Finally Gavin and Robin would have a chance to battle it out.

Gavin stood in his battle stance. He was upright with a slight bend in his lead leg. His back leg was also bent slightly. He brought his fists up in front of him.

Robin pulled out his bo staff and twisted them apart forming two escrima sticks. He attacked Gavin and went for the joints.

Gavin's armor wasn't enough by itself to avoid damage. His knees buckled as Robin smacked them hard. Robin went for a head blow but Gavin ducked under it and delivered an elbow strike to Robin's gut.

Robin staggered backwards and grunted.

Gavin quickly got up and while Robin still recovered made up the distance quickly and struck Robin several times rapidly in different points of his body. His fists appeared like a blur against Robin's chest, akin to hail hitting a tin roof.

Robin tried his best to block most of them but Gavin was quite skilled. He saw a small opening and kicked Gavin in the head.

Gavin flew upwards and backwards hitting the ground very hard.

Raven and Vypra were busy casting spells and throwing anything they could at each other. Vypra waved her hands in the air forming a visible Yin Yang symbol in the air.

Raven tried to block but her powers disappeared into the air as a wisp of smoke.

She had been hit by one of the other girls disarming spells and was unable to chant for a moment. During that time Vypra blasted her into the building adjacent to the club. The wall caved inward as smoke rose. Raven angrily freed herself and flew forward to attack.

Back at the tower Starfire was listening to some music and dancing. She had found some cool CDs in a cabinet to listen too with a lot of different bands she hadn't heard before, and some she had. She danced whole heartedly while being careful with her arm. The CD she was listening to had all of her favorite songs on it.

She sang along with a lot of the songs, and for an alien, she had a really good singing voice. 'I'm really good, I might be a pop artist when I get older.' she thought to herself.

She was so lost in the music that she didn't sense the black clad figure sneaking up behind her. It grabbed her around the waist and mouth, silencing her and leaned toward her left ear. "Though you have a very nice voice I can't let you use it to call out to anyone."

Starfire could tell it was a young male voice.

The black clad figure had no idea who he was dealing with.

Starfire grabbed his arm, lifted him up and threw him across the room into the wall.

He grunted as his back hit the wall and knocked a hole into it. He slid down onto a table laying on it for a moment as he recovered from the pain. After a moment he got up and looked at her. "So not so weak after all, good I can have some fun."

He pulled a sword from his back scabbard and readied it.

Star, who was at a disadvantage as her right arm was broken, brought her left arm up. Her eyes turned an evil green as power coalesced in her palm and poured out to surround her entire fist. "You may try Mr. whatever you are, but I cannot guarantee your safety."

The Ninja smiled. "I wouldn't want it any other way girl. Life without danger isn't fulfilling."

He rushed at her and swung at her midsection. His sword cut through thin air. He looked up and saw her foot headed for his head.

The impact knocked him back against the wall. As he was staggering back up a green orb of energy hit him square in the chest, coursing over his body.

Starfire used the opportunity to get in a few punches and low kicks like Robin had taught her.

The Ninja stumbled backwards into the wall again. The ninja noticed that the wall and he were getting well acquainted. "This is ridicules." He grumbled under his breath.

Starfire flew backwards and readied herself.

The ninja picked up his sword and ran toward her again. He faked a swing to her midsection and Starfire flew up again.

But the Ninja was ready and grabbed her ankle and pulled her back to the ground.

Starfire barely dodged out of the way of the pommel coming at her head. She kicked him as she flipped backwards and floated in the air.

The ninja flew into the air and hit the ground hard, his sword flying out of his hand and hitting the ground with a soft clang.

He flipped up in the classic front handspring and forgot about his sword; taking up instead an unarmed stance.

Starfire fired a few bolts out of her eyes that the Ninja was able to flip and weave away from. What she failed to notice was that he was using her bolts against her to close the gap.

Suddenly she felt a sharp prick in her ankle. The pain went up her leg and her eyes felt very heavy. Overcome with the knockout serum, she passed out.

The Ninja caught her, slung her over his shoulder unrefined and recovered his sword.

He left the tower behind and headed toward an unknown location.

Raven was having the hardest time she experienced while she fought Vypra. All her magic was being either countered or redirected by this armored girl.

She cursed under her breath and tried to fling a piece of a left over tire at the other girl and again it was redirected elsewhere.

Raven sighed in frustration.

Gavin and Robin continued to trade blow after furious blow. Their hands flew in a blur of blocks, counters and strikes.

Raven spared a look toward them but couldn't tell if any of the strikes were connecting, they moved too quickly.

The tire came flying back at her head barely missing it. She quickly turned her attention back to Vypra's attacks.

Starfire groaned as she woke up. The first thing she saw was a table below her. In front of that was a video screen and a control console. The rest of the room was too dark to see anything clearly. As she regained consciousness she could feel her hands were sore; she could feel that rope was tightly wound and tied around her wrists.

She pulled at them with all her might but couldn't free herself.

A man walked in and looked up at her. "I'm afraid your struggles to free yourself are futile my dear. That is a knot not even poor Robin could escape."

Starfire looked at him and glared. "How do you know Robin?"

The man smiled. "Oh, we've had our encounters before."

Behind him another man walked up. This one she recognized all to well. "Slade, what are you doing here?"

Slade looked up at her. "So your agents aren't as useless as I had thought, Ghul."

Ra's Al Ghul looked at Slade unpleased. "You should not have doubted my loyal followers. They were trained by me personally, no one else can compare."

Slade looked back at Starfire. "I'm sure your friends will come, in fact I'm planning on it."

Ra's hummed to himself and walked out of the room.

Slade sat down at the table. "Now child, we shall wait on your friends." He pressed a button on the table causing a light to start flashing.