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Scene Seven

The Titans arrived at Bayville High whilst classes were still in session. They were following a blinking light on one of Robin's pet gadgets. They even found the locker with the bomb in without much difficulty. It was then that their problems started.

Raven lifted off the locker door in a blanket of her black power by way of her usual magic words, "Aserath metrion synthos!" Cyborg had to squat down a little to peer into the locker and examine the device. He tinkered with it almost lovingly as he told the other four what he found.

"It's a standard hydrozantec power cell, coupled to a Powter-Tungsten detonator by a classic example of umbilical circuitry," he even sounded impressed.

"Hello?" Beast Boy was more confused, "Can we have that again in English?"

"There's no time!" Robin pointed to the digital timer. "Cyborg can you disarm it?"

"Short answer," Cyborg replied, "No, not really, not in a million years."

"We don't have a million years," Raven responded dryly, "We have about thirty seconds."

"Starfire, Beast Boy, we have to fly this bomb out of here, and quickly!" Robin ordered. His two teammates nodded succinctly and Beast Boy changed into a green condor. Cyborg used his cannon to blast a hole in the wall big enough for them to fly out. Raven guided the bomb out of the locker with her powers and held it hovering for a few months until Star and BB could get a grip on it.

In class down the hall, Rogue heard the noise when Cyborg blew out part of the fabric of the building. Everybody heard it, but in the confusion Rogue and the other X-Men were the ones to sneak away and go to investigate. With Kitty, Kurt, Iceman and Magma, Rogue converged on the hole in the wall and the strangers leaving the building through it.

"Stop right there!" Rogue challenged as Robin and Cyborg watched the other three Titans fly off. The plan was that Raven would do her best to insulate the explosion after Star and BB had flown it far enough into the air to make sure no one got hurt. Rogue and the other X-Men skidded to a halt on the hallway's polished floor, bristling for a fight. "What do ya think you're doing?"

"Trying to save you lives!" Robin hollered back, reluctant to turn his back on his team but wanting to face down this new threat. At that moment, the timer on the bomb suddenly flicked from having eight seconds to spare to zero. Star and BB barely had time to register the change, much less let go. Raven flung her black energy out to shield them as the bomb exploded. The blast was massive, causing a great grey mushroom cloud to rise and block out the sun.

"Eight seconds!" Beast Boy screeched, landing on his rear on the ground. Starfire and Raven followed him more gracefully. "There were eight seconds left! What happened?"

"Someone must have known we were trying to tamper with it," Robin decided as he and Cyborg jumped down to join their teammates.

"They're getting' away!" Rogue exclaimed indignantly.

"Not for long," Kurt took Iceman and Magma by the hand and bamfed down to where the Titans were. Kitty took Rogue's arm and slid them down to ground level through the wall and floor.

"Who are ya?" Rogue yelled at Robin as soon as her feet touched the solid ground and Kitty let go of her. "What was that bomb doing in our school?"

"We're the Teen Titans," explained Robin righteously. Besides him his team all drew themselves up, proud to bear that name. "That bomb was a device belonging to a villain named Slade. We don't know why he's in Bayville but we're going to find out. I suggest that you stay out of our way."

"Oh yeah?" Rogue scoffed," I got news for ya Teen Titans. We're the X-Men and Bayville is our patch. You want it, you'll have to fight us for it."

Bobby and Omara made themselves ice and flaming magma respectively, whilst Kurt's image inducer took the hint and went on the blink. He was blue and fuzzy instantly, making even Beast Boy take a second look at his oddness. Rogue took off her gloves, whilst she and Kitty got into fighting postures just as Logan had taught them.

"Please," interjected Starfire, "Please we have done you no harm. Let us not fight. We can work together to find where Slade is and why he wishes to blow up your…what is this place called again?"

"Its, like, our school," Kitty retorted, shifting on the spot uncomfortably.

"An' for all we know you planted the bomb," Rogue pointed out.

"Then why would we be trying to remove it?" griped Raven with her arms straight down her sides and her hood covering her face with shadow.

"Who knows, maybe you're insane," Nightcrawler challenged. His image inducer fizzed back again and he ceased being blue and furry. No one got chance to react to his accusation of insanity as suddenly Blaze's car careered around the corner and landed off to one side of the Titans and the X-Men. The redheaded fire elemental and the Cajun in the dark, billowing trench coat leapt out of the car energetically and charged towards the standoff…