Chapter Three: Rowan vs. Plasmus

If Rowan was overwhelmed by the sight of Plasmus, she didn't show it. She took him in with a serious and aggressive glare that reminded Terra of Raven. The little child looked reassuringly at Robin and he ruffled her hair.

"You sure you can handle this one, Squirt?"

"The question is, bird boy…" She said with a grin, levitating a few feet off the ground, "Can you handle me?" The team scattered. Terra jerked a chunk of rock out of the ground and leaped on it so she could stay close to Rowan, like Robin had said, but Rowan had other plans. She spent the better part of twenty minutes trying to out fly her and Starfire, who was trying to follow her as well. Terra gave up following and decided to pay more attention to the battle. She looked at Raven and felt a stab of annoyance that she wasn't even worried about her sister.

"Azerath, Metrione, Zinthoes!" Raven cried. She picked up a truck and slammed it into Plasmus's eye. He yelled in rage and swatted her away, but she dodged.

"Azerath, Metrione, Zinthoes!" Rowan cried, imitating her sister, and she burst the water pipe underneath him, causing him to get soaked. Rowan giggled.

"Good move kid!" Beast Boy said as he turned into a T-Rex and bit a hole into Plasmus's side. Plasmus yelled in rage as Beast Boy flew out of his reach as a crow. Rowan giggled. Cyborg blasted him with his cannon, and goo went everywhere, soaking the entire team including Rowan. She wrung her hair out, and, after fishing a rubber band out of her pocket, she swept it up in a pony tail.

"Are you all right Rowan?" Terra asked her.

"I'm fine mother!" Rowan snapped, and Robin laughed.

"Maybe you should sit the rest of this out squirt." he said. Rowan responded by creating a force field to protect them from flying goo produced by Raven's attack.

"You two should really pay attention to what's going on around you." Starfire and Terra giggled.

"Watch it half-pint!" Raven snapped, brandishing a finger at her, "Don't get cocky." Rowan crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.

More goo hit them and she shook it out of her face. Beast Boy was lifted up on a rock by Terra so he didn't get hit by Plasmus' next strike. Starfire came around the back, pummeling him with her starbolts while Rowan and Raven, working with perfect synchronization, struck him from both sides with their dark energy. Goo flew everywhere and Plasmus' human form lay crumpled in the ditch unconscious. Rowan sighed and collapsed to the ground next to Terra.

"Whew!" she panted, "That was fun. Let's do it again next weekend." She giggled and Terra saw Raven smile only briefly. She almost missed it. Starfire clapped her hands and hugged Rowan roughly.

"Good job little bumgorf! We are so proud of you."

"Hey…Star…Bumgorf can't breath!" She gasped, and Starfire released her. "Whoa! There is a such thing as too much love."

"That was good Rowan." Robin said ruffling her hair. "I can't wait to get you out on the obstacle course and see what you can really do.