Chapter Nine: Changeling

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Jinx was lying across a chair blowing pink gum into large bubbles then popping them with her tongue. Gizmo was playing a video game with Mammoth on the large plasma screen TV.

The cloaked figure was sitting in a chair next to Jinx looking out the tiny window. The pink haired sorceress cast a glance at him but said nothing.

Gizmo and Mammoth soon grew tired of their game and joined their companions on the chairs

"Why does Cameron want us to attack the Titans anyway? I mean we got Changeling now, we can break into any place we want."

"That is for me to know and for you to find out." a voice rumbled from behind them. All three of the former HIVE members jumped to their feet as the man entered the room. Only Changeling remained seated obviously not afraid of Cameron

"Changeling?" he asked

"What?" the cloaked teenager responded dully. Cameron walked around in front of him and stared at him

"You're awful quiet. Why do you think I want you to attack the Titans?" Changeling was silent for a long time as he thought about his answer

"Because of what they did to Beast Boy. They ruined him. They made him think about what he had been doing. They made him good." he spat out the last word in disgust. Cameron grinned in satisfaction and patted his shoulder

"That's right. But now you have that weakling's powers." Changeling smiled and lowered the hood carefully.

The teenager's features were pale green, not the rich olive color that Beast Boy's were. His eyes were not green; they were an eerie black color. And no fang stuck over his upper lip. This was not Beast Boy. He was Cameron's pawn. This was Changeling. A ruthless fighter and merciless hunter. Once he had been a street kid. But Cameron had taught to hate everything that was good. Now he possessed Beast Boy's abilities. He felt nothing; he cared for no one save his master. No one could stop him. No one.

Gar groaned as he opened his eyes slowly. The room he was in was dark, dark and damp. A metal chain was clamped around both of his wrists and attached to the wall. His hair was stringy and hung in his eyes. A tiny beam of light come from a grime covered window but it only made the room look drearier. Gar reached up and brushed his blonde hair out of his eyes. Hold on, he had green hair. And green skin. What in the world?

He looked at his hand carefully. There were no rings on his fingers and yet they were tanned and normal. Gar took a deep breath and looked at his hair again. It was a sandy blonde color

"What is going on?" he wondered aloud. Across the room the door opened and someone walked into. They were female but other than that Gar was at a loss

"Beast Boy? Are you okay?" a voice whispered. Pink cat eyes flashed in the dim light and Gar realized who it was

"Jinx? What are you doing here? Where am I? What happened to me?" Gar demanded. The girl hurried over and hushed him

"No time. Listen to me carefully. Cameron took your powers and transferred them into this other kid who calls himself Changeling. The Titans think it's you."

"How did he take my powers? I got them because I was sick." Jinx shrugged helplessly and knelt down beside him

"It doesn't matter. Changeling is going to lead an attack on the Tower. I'm going to find a way to send the Titans a message. I need you to tell me something that only one of them would know." somewhere in his mind Gar knew that Jinx could be lying but he needed his friend's help. He racked his brain. What was something only one of the Titans would know?

"Raven… she visited me in the caves and spent the night one time. Tell her that." Jinx nodded and looked at him carefully

"Try to regain your strength. Gizmo is going to help me hack into the Titans communicator frequency. I still have to think of an excuse though."

"I can save you the trouble. It's 678902345." Jinx nodded and smiled at him

"I'll come back as soon as I can." Gar nodded

"Tell Raven hi for me." Jinx nodded and watched as the former Titan slipped into a deep sleep and curled into a ball. She sighed and walked back up to her room chanting the frequency in her head. She wrote it down on a slip of paper and sat down to start programming it into her communicator but her door slid open. Cameron was standing outside

"It's time Jinx. Time for the attack."

Raven breathed in the salty air deeply as she hovered on top of the roof of Titans Tower. She had no idea who that cloaked person had been but he knew where Beast Boy was and that was all she needed to know. His soul was twisted and it was obvious that he had been trained to hate and care for nothing.

She sighed and opened her eyes. She saw a wave of pink energy and then Jinx appeared on the roof. Instantly the sorceress was pinned up against a wall surrounded by a cloud of black magic

"Jinx, so nice to see you again." Raven hissed. The girl coughed slightly and Raven loosened her tight hold on Jinx's chest so she could breathe easier

"I know you don't trust me but I have info on Beast Boy."

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"Beast Boy told me to tell or remind you about when you visited him in the caves. And that you spent the night once."

Raven's magic faded from Jinx's body and she quickly grabbed her shoulders. Her purple eyes locked onto Jinx's pink ones and the pink haired girl felt slightly dizzy. Raven let go of her shoulders and nodded

"Okay, I trust you. And I saw what you said about Changeling."

"How?"

"Doesn't matter. Is Changeling here?" Jinx nodded and pointed over the edge of the roof. Three figures were hidden behind a large boulder. Raven thought for a moment then looked at Jinx

"I've got an idea. But I don't think you're going to like it much."

Changeling looked at his watch and then up at the roof. Jinx was taking too long. She should've handled the demon by now and opened the doors. What was taking her?

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" a voice screamed. Jinx hurtled from the sky screaming. Mammoth caught her easily and set her down looking for injuries. She pushed him away

"I'm fine, that stupid demon sensed me before I could attack her. But I managed to hex the security system." Changeling nodded and pulled his hood over his face

"Alright, let's go."

Gizmo set off an explosive by the door blowing it totally off its frame. Before the smoke cleared Robin jumped out of the gray fog and landed a blow to Mammoth. The giant teen grunted in pain and staggered backwards slightly. Gizmo and Starfire were once again locked in an exchange of rocket, lasers and starbolts. Jinx ran at Cyborg and Raven could tell as they were fighting she was talking to him. Changeling stared at her then grinned beneath his hood. He would subdue this girl and bring her to his master

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven yelled. Changeling leapt out of the way just barely avoiding the black magic that reached out to consume him

"Is that all you got?" he yelled. Raven grit her teeth and motioned towards several boulders. They rose out of the ground and she threw them at the cloaked figure. He looked as if he was trying to transform but all he managed was to make his arms into tiger limbs. He rolled and ducked out of the way of the boulders at the last moment

"Looks like you haven't fully mastered your abilities." Raven mocked. The teenager's hollow black eyes glared at her from under the hood

"Maybe not, but I know your weaknesses. And that will suffice for my lack of training." he threw something at Raven but it was quickly contained in a black aurora and thrown back at him. He slashed through it with his tiger claws and glanced at his team.

Mammoth was fighting through a rain of attacks from Robin. Gizmo was cackling as Starfire fell into the bay. Jinx and Cyborg were still engaged in tight hand to hand combat

"Ha!" Raven grunted. Several pipes flew out of the ground and wrapped themselves around Changeling. She made a gesture with her hands and he flew through the air and hit the water about seven hundred yards away. Starfire had broken Gizmo's wings and had also thrown him into the bay but he landed about two hundreds miles further away then Changeling. Mammoth was knocked out and lying face down in the dirt.

Raven drug Jinx and Cyborg away from each other and stopped both Starfire and Robin from attacking her again

"She knows where Gar is." she hissed. Robin's hand finally relaxed on his bo staff but he didn't collapse it

"He's in our hide out. He told me the frequency to your guy's communicators."

"How is he?" Starfire asked quickly

"Surviving. He's pretty weak but he should be okay in about three days. Once he's better I'll help him escape and we'll come here." before anyone could agree Mammoth started to awaken. Raven's magic quickly surrounded both the giant teenager and the small pink eyed girl

"Sorry." she muttered before throwing them both out as far as she could into the bay. Then she surrounded the whole island with a black force field. Changeling soon approached and tried to hammer his way through but to no avail. After half an hour he left with the rest of the HIVE behind him. Raven collapsed her shield and fell backwards into Cyborg's chest

"You okay?" he asked kindly. Raven nodded touching her forehead lightly

"I'm alright." she stood a little shakily then looked at Robin pleadingly

"We'll rescue him. He's still our friend."