TheUbu (I'd be Ubu but someone took it!)

I'm a crazy Canadian and some of my writing may reflect that. Don't be alarmed and run for the hills, I'm sure it won't hurt too badly.

Ok, so this story has been a little dry on the action end of the spectrum but this chapter will remedy that! I thought I'd go with an enemy that hasn't been used to death in other fics but then again, he isn't uber original so don't hold your breath.

I'd also like to make an apology to whoever took offense to my calling Mumbo a lame enemy; call me old fashioned but I like the classic villains who shroud themselves in shadow and mystery. Slade is my personal favorite because he's just so evil but he also has this kind of traditional class to him. He also has desires and goals set in his mind, I have no idea what motives drive Mumbo. It's his unpredictability that just throws me.

Having said that, here's the stander 'Please don't sue me'.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans; any characters contained within are not mine and belong to their respective owners with whom I have no affiliation.

Chapter Seven

Both Beast Boy and Raven arrived in the common room in a hurry. The others were already there and Robin was talking to a man in uniform on the main screen. The man's breathing was ragged and it looked like he'd taken shelter by crouching beside a car. Screaming and blaster fire could be heard in the background and the man holding the communicator leaned over the car he was crouched behind to fire a few shots from his handgun.

"We need your help!" Came his hurried voice over the speakers. "We were transporting Plasmus to a pharmaceutical facility to try an experimental medication for his condition. Something happened though and he woke up, the sedatives did nothing and now he's broken free!"

"Where are you and what's the situation with civilians?" Robin asked.

Another scream that was accompanied by a loud smashing noise was heard and the man paused to fire another few shots.

"We're in the middle of the Jump River Bridge. Civilians are running but there are still a lot of them, I'd say at least a hundred. Plasmus has smashed a lot of vehicles around and some of them have been trapped." He paused to fire again and ducked as a blob of sludge hit the car he took refuge behind. "My men are doing their best to evacuate everyone but most of the squad has been wiped out."

"Don't worry, we're on our way."

"Please Hurry." Said the man as he shut off his communicator.

Robin turned to the others. "Titans Go!"

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Beast Boy rode in the front passenger seat of the T-Car while Raven sat in the back. Cyborg, was of course, driving and Starfire had taken to flight. Robin was on his R-Cycle but had been talking to both Beast Boy and Raven.

"Do you think you guys are ready for this? I know you haven't had very long to train so if you have any doubts, just say so now."

"We're not ready to fight Plasmus with you right now." Said Beast Boy. "We can help get people to safety though. There are too many for you guys to deal with along with fighting."

Robin took a few seconds to respond but he sighed when he did. "Alright, but I want both of you to be careful."

Beast Boy turned in his seat to look at Raven. She was slumped down in her seat a little and was looking at her hands that were folded in her lap. There was some kind of emotion that was coming off of her that he couldn't quite identify. It felt a little cold and a kind of bitter, pressing feeling. What was it supposed to mean? Judging by her demeanor, it could be a sort of foreboding dread.

'She doesn't look so good. Is she worried about what's coming up?' He thought.

"Don't worry Rae, we may not be able to do much but I'm sure we'll help them some how." He said and gave her a small smile.

Raven looked up at him but said nothing. They were fast approaching their objective and would be there shortly. They could see that traffic ahead had stopped, and some people were even getting out of their cars to get away on foot.

"If you need to transform into anything just remember, you are the one in control, not the animal."

Raven still said nothing but nodded.

"Ok team, we're almost there. Our main objective is the keep the people safe. That means we'll either have to occupy or subdue Plasmus. Our secondary objective is to stop Plasmus but this doesn't take precedence over everyone's safety. I want Beast Boy and Raven only to help evacuate people. Stay as far away from Plasmus as possible." Said Robin as he got to the beginning of the bridge.

"Ok." They both replied simultaneously in an eerily similar monotone.

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"Where are the trapped people?" Robin asked as he crouched next to the guard who'd contacted them.

"Past that overturned semi. One of the support cables was knocked out when he threw a car into it and a lot of the bridge decking was pulled off when it fell away." He said. "There's a big mess of vehicles past the semi so I doubt many people were able to get out that way."

"Where are the rest of the guards?"

"There were twelve of us in all, I'm the captain of the squad. Last I saw, the ones who weren't distracting Plasmus were trying to move people away from the hole in the decking. The others didn't last long against him…" He finished with anguish in his voice.

"We'll stop him." Robin reassured him. "Cyborg, Starfire, I want you to hit Plasmus with everything you've got. Try and draw him this way if you can but do whatever it takes to keep him on this side of the semi."

Cyborg and Starfire set off immediately to distracting the hulking mass of sludge. Starfire flew circles around him and continually threw starbolts while Cyborg fired a quick series of shots from his sonic cannon.

Robin turned to both Raven and Beast Boy. "We'll do our best to keep him away from you but you'll have to slip by him quickly. Try and clear an exit through on other side."

They both nodded and Robin leapt over the hood of the car to join his friends in stopping their enemy.

"Ok Rae, when I give the signal, we're going to have to bolt." Said Beast Boy.

Raven gulped.

'How can he be so confident? We barely have use of our powers and he's still ready to run out and defend the city. Well, I barely have use of my powers, he's actually doing pretty well. I just hope we don't screw this up…' Raven thought.

Plasmus was fighting very violently. He seemed to be confused and angry and it was as if that fueled his strength. He was smashing cars all around and threw them at the Titans. All of their attacks were doing very little, but they did have his attention.

Robin hurled some freezing discs at the gigantic monstrosity's feet and froze it in place. That was it, the second they needed to run by.

"Now!" Shouted Beast Boy as he ran around the car.

Raven hesitantly followed but did her best to keep up with Beast Boy. It looked like they were going to make it, they were only twenty feet from the end of the flipped semi truck. Plasmus let out a shriek and broke out of his frozen bindings to knock Robin to the ground with a blast of sludge. Starfire quickly rushed to aid him but continued to throw starbolts as Cyborg hit him from the other side.

Raven breathed a sigh of relief as the past the end of the truck and looked over to the literal pile of cars on the other side of it. It looked as though the semi had been knocked over and pushed for a distance, piling cars up the whole way. There was a group of around fifteen people huddled near the edge of a gaping hole that must have been the result of a support cable tearing away. The pile of cars trapped them, but if they could clear some of them away, it would be easy to get them away without passing Plasmus.

They got to the group of people and Beast Boy began to reassure them.

"We're going to get you out of here, we just need you to stay calm. Where is everyone else?"

A man with a facemask and guard uniform stood up. Part of his suit was torn and his arm was bleeding pretty badly but he spoke.

"We were part of a large group, about sixty or so but they got away. There were two guards with them so I'm sure they made it to the other side of the bridge by now." He said. "Then that damn thing knocked the truck over here and cut us off."

Beast Boy looked around for an escape route but found nothing.

"What's the plan Raven?"

'How am I supposed to know? Crap. We need to clear a path in those cars… Maybe he can do it.'

"Do you think you can try and move some of those cars out of the way? That's really all I can see right now…" She said.

"I'll try."

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'How are we supposed to get these people out of here?' Beast Boy thought as he looked around for an exit.

"What's the plan Raven?" He asked.

Raven looked at him for a moment then back past the group of people.

"Do you think you can try and move some of those cars out of the way?" She said, pointing to the mass of vehicles that spanned across the width of the bridge. "That's really all I can see right now…"

'Moving a bunch of cars? Sliding a dish is one thing, but these things are huge! What other option do we have though?'

"I'll try." He said.

Beast Boy thought of what he wanted the cars to do. He imagined all of them gently lifting off of the ground and moving out of the way to the far side of the bridge. There would be a clear path wide enough for a truck to drive through if this worked.

"Stand clear." Raven told the group.

The people who were close to the pile of cars squeezed over. Some who were already precariously close to the hole in the bridge were moved even closer.

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos." Said Beast Boy as he directed his arms towards the wall of vehicles.

Beast Boy opened his eyes and saw six cars slowly floating over to the other side of the bridge. He felt a little weird though, like there was a vibration or a sort of buzz coming from inside him. It wasn't really painful but he was sure he'd feel a little sore later on. The cars were almost where he'd planned to deposit them and he allowed himself a slight smile in triumph.

'We're going to get them out of here!' He thought.

His thoughts were cut short though as he heard a shrill cry from Plasmus and watched as Cyborg sailed overhead to the far end of the bridge. Beast Boy could hear Starfire throw a barrage of starbolts and felt the bridge shake as Plasmus drew closer.

"Incoming!" Shouted Robin in warning but was drowned out as Plasmus brought one of his massive arms down and knocked the semi clear off the bridge.

The semi hurtled through the remaining pile of cars and broke two support cables on the other side of the bridge. The bridge decking shook violently and some people in the group screamed in fear. There was an exit for them now though; they had to start moving if they expected to get away alive.

"Get moving!" Raven ordered.

Many of the people did as they were told but some seemed to be frozen with fear. The injured guard was trying to move some of these people but they wouldn't budge. The green Titan moved to assist him and managed to get one person moving.

Plasmus took several steps in the remainder of the groups direction but Starfire let out a loud yell and knocked the sludgy beast down by flying into him. This didn't make him happy in the least and he pulled Starfire from his chest with his two massive hands. He slammed her to the ground hard and pulled back to do it again but was momentarily stopped.

Robin threw another of his explosive discs into Plasmus' back. It managed to stop him for a second but he then continued to hammer Starfire into the pavement of the bridge. After having enough of smashing Starfire to the ground, Plasmus threw her back into the car where they had met the guard captain.

"Starfire!" Robin cried out.

'Damn! There's got to be something I can do to help!' Beast Boy franticly thought.

He focused on one of the smashed cars and thrust his arms forward.

"Azerath Metrion ZINTHOS!" He shouted, throwing the car into Plasmus.

The sludgy monster ripped the car from its back and let out a terrifying scream. It threw the car down to the surface of the bridge shaking everyone on it. One of the people who had been too scared to move, a little girl, had been shaken enough to fall from her perch on the ground close to the hole. She let out a scream as she fell.

Plasmus charged at Starfire's unconscious from and Robin hesitated for a fraction of a second. Starfire was in danger, so was a citizen of Jump City though. Who was he supposed to save? He loved Starfire but he couldn't just let a little girl fall to her death because he valued Starfire's life over hers.

Beast Boy saw what Robin was about to do and knew that he couldn't let him.

"Get Star!" He shouted loudly. "I've got the girl!"

With that, Beast Boy leapt headfirst through the gaping hole in the bridge after the screaming little girl.

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Plasmus advanced on the few people who were too terrified to move and Raven pulled another person up with the help of the guard. There were still five people who weren't moving and it seemed that Plasmus would be on top of them in seconds.

Starfire let out a mighty yell and slammed into the slimy menace before it made it to the terrified people. Though she managed to knock it to the ground, it quickly recovered and was angrier than before. He retaliated by bashing the Tameranian into the ground repeatedly.

'She'll be killed!' Raven cried internally.

Robin threw a number of explosive discs at the enemy that was so brutally hurting his teammate but they did little, if anything. After bringing Starfire hard to the ground a few more times, Plasmus hurled her into a car.

"Starfire!" Their masked leader screamed.

"Azerath Metrion ZINTHOS!" Raven heard come from behind her.

A wrecked car shot over her head and roughly embedded itself into Plasmus. The creature let out a deafening howl and tore the car out of it's back and slammed it to the ground. Raven fell along with the guard and the person they were trying to move. She then heard a shrill cry of fear and had just enough time to see a little girl fall over the edge of the hole.

Plasmus charged toward Starfire and Robin looked between the hole and his auburn haired crush.

"Get Star! I've got the girl!" Shouted Beast Boy as he ran for the opening in the bridge surface.

Robin didn't hesitate for a second longer and thrust himself into the path of Plasmus as Beast Boy dove through the hole.

"Beast Boy!" Raven cried.

'The fall will kill him!'

Robin hurled a hand full of freezing discs at the charging attacker but Plasmus stopped them with one of his arms. He continued straight on and knocked Robin out of the way with his now frozen arm and moved further down his path to the unconscious Titan.

Robin grunted as he hit the ground and looked on in despair as this normally easily dealt with opponent headed directly for Starfire. He tried to get up but all his breath had been knocked out of him when he hit the ground.

Raven looked on in horror as one of her closest friends was about to be killed at the hands of an abomination she could have dispatched of herself a few short days ago.

'I'm so sorry Starfire…'

Raven's thoughts were disrupted as she heard blaster fire and someone shouting.

"Come over here you slimy bastard!" Shouted the guard captain as he fired another quick salvo of shots from his pistol into Plasmus' face.

The guard captain was running past Plasmus and was firing all the while. He had managed to get his attention and now Starfire was no longer his objective. He continued to run and fire past Plasmus and landed a few hits on his frozen arm, shattering it. A cry of pain escaped the monsters lips and he blindly thrust a blob of sludge toward the guard. It struck him and pinned him to the ground.

"Hit him now Rob!" Came Cyborg's booming voice from the top of the pile of cars.

Robin used the last of the freezing discs he had and since he was behind Plasmus, managed to hit him dead on with all of them. The ice quickly formed over all of the muck and sludge until he was completely frozen. Cyborg brought his sonic cannon to bear and fired.

"Booya!" He triumphantly called out as Plasmus shattered leaving behind the unconscious from of a small man.

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Beast Boy leapt through the hole in the bridge after the girl. She'd fallen before him so she was a few feet below him. He needed to catch up, needed to gain speed. He pulled his arms close to his sides and angled himself for less wind resistance. He was gaining but slowly.

The girl was still screaming and had her eyes tightly shut.

"Hang on!" Beast Boy called to her as he drew ever closer. "I've almost got you!"

Beast Boy finally wrapped his arms around her and her screaming ceased. He instinctively thought of a pterodactyl and focused on taking that form. Still he plummeted.

'Shit!' He thought. 'Right, focus on stopping, focus on stopping!"

He curled his body in such a way that his back faced the surface of the water, hoping to protect her if he couldn't stop them. He focused on the thought of coming to a gentle stop above the water, to then slowly rise up the edge of the bridge.

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos."

'It's gonna work!' He thought as he felt his descent slow.

Though their rapid descent was slowing, they were still approaching the water at an alarming speed. Beast Boy knew that he wouldn't be able to stop before they hit the water so he focused on using their momentum to swing outwards. He'd done it countless times as a bird, just diving straight down and using his speed to pull up and outward.

He did his best to focus on pushing himself outward but it was difficult to keep the thought in mind as he drew closer to the water below.

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos."

Beast Boy didn't feel anything change and he quickly called out the magic words again.

"Azerath Metrion ZINTHOS!"

A burst of dark energy thrust Beast Boy and the girl outward and the pale Titan's back hit the water hard only to bounce off. They quickly swung back into the air and began their ascent towards the bridge.

Cyborg's jubilant shout of triumph informed them that the battle was over and Beast Boy saw the aftermath of the fight. Robin was by Starfire's side and Cyborg was moving an unconscious man who Beast Boy recognized as the sleeping Plasmus. Raven and the injured guard were helping the guard captain out of a pile of ooze. It looked like the rest of the people had run but there was a blonde haired woman looking down the hole that Beast Boy had leapt down a short while ago.

As he set foot down on the bridge, the little girl ran from him toward the blonde woman.

"Mommy!" She cried.

The woman looked up and the pained look she wore left immediately.

"Stephanie!" She happily exclaimed. "You're alright!"

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Robin rushed to Starfire and gently slid his hand under her head. She was really banged up and was bleeding, but nothing looked broken.

"You're going to be ok Star, just hang on."

Raven and the guard who'd been helping her move people pulled his captain out of a pile of slime that had once been Plasmus. He was stunned and looked like he had a slight concussion, but was otherwise fine.

"Mommy!"

Raven turned to see the source of the sound and saw the little blonde girl who had fallen running toward her mother. Beast Boy stood by the edge of the bridge and watched emotionlessly as the girl ran.

A wave of relief washed over Raven as she saw him. She'd thought he'd leapt to his death when he went after the girl. She knew he was brave but she'd never expected him to do something like that when he was still learning to use his powers.

"Stephanie! You're alright!"

The woman hugged her daughter tightly and picked her up. She walked over to Beast Boy, placed her daughter on the ground, and stood before him.

"There's no way I could ever thank you enough for what you've done. You could have died but you saved my daughters life. Thank you so much." She said then hugged him.

Beast Boy flinched for a moment but smiled a little and patted her on the back lightly.

"It's ok. I'm a Titan and that's what we do."

The woman thanked him again and left. Raven began to slowly walk toward him but found that her speed was steadily increasing as she neared him. When she got to him, she threw her arms around him and hugged him with all the strength she could muster. How could she have not noticed how she felt for Beast Boy before now? Did he really have to almost die before she could realize how important he was to her?

"Don't ever do that again…" Came her muffled voice from his shoulder.

Beast Boy gently wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm fine Raven, really."

Raven wasn't really listening to him, she was too enthralled with just holding him close. She just wanted to stay with him right now, just to know that she wouldn't loose him. After what seemed like a short time, through Raven was sure at least five minutes had past, Robin called them.

"Beast Boy, do you know how to heal yet? Star was injured pretty badly…"

Raven let go of Beast Boy and just looked at him for a moment.

'He wasn't able to get the healing powers working… He might be able to do it…' She thought.

Beast Boy looked right back at her and gave her and understanding nod.

"I'll see what I can do." He said as he knelt next to Starfire.

Raven saw the back of his jumpsuit was torn across the shoulders and most of his back was exposed. It was covered in a deep red rash and she could see bruising was starting. Had he hit the water?

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'Ok… Feel the energy inside me… Soft blue glow spreading to my hands…' Beast Boy thought.

He opened his eyes with surprise as he actually felt a tingling in his fingers. His hands were glowing softly so he placed them above Starfire. He imagined all of her wounds closing and all of her bruises vanishing. As his hands passed over her, the wounds did disappear but a pain in the core of his body began to become prevalent. He continued on though and before he knew it, Starfire was completely healed.

"So… That's it?" Robin asked.

Starfire moaned and brought her hand to her head.

"We were victorious, yes?"

"Yea." Stated Robin. "Beast Boy had to heal you though."

Starfire looked up at all her friends who were standing around her and looked to Beast Boy. She squealed something happily and hugged Beast Boy. He visibly flinched but closed his eyes and clenched his teeth. He was in a great deal of pain since he healed Starfire, and now she had him in one of her patented death grip hugs. It wasn't a good combination.

"Not a problem Star." He breathed through his clenched teeth.

Raven saw what was going on and quickly pried Starfire off of Beast Boy. Everyone but Beast Boy, who still had his eyes closed, gave her an odd look.

"It looks like he hurt his back." She said, happy to find an excuse that wasn't totally a lie.

Before anyone could respond to her odd behavior though, the guard captain tapped Robin on the shoulder.

"Three more detachments of guards have arrived to transport Plasmus to the pharmaceutical facility. Thank you for your help. I, the rest of my companions, and the city are again in your debt." He said.

"There's no need for thanks." Robin truthfully said. "Were it not for you and your men, a lot of people could have been hurt. A member of my team would have died were it not for your actions. Thank you."

Robin shook the man's hand and turned back to his team.

"So who's up for pizza?"

Phewph! How about that? Enough action? I was hopping for a situation for Beast Boy to get his hero on and I'm pretty happy with it. I also thought it would be cool to use some of Jump City's finest in this chapter. Come on, they're almost always there to fight the big bad when it comes around. The usually end up cannon fodder but I thought the guard captain could do something heroic.

I required three cans of Coca Cola to produce this chapter and I think they made for a good sacrifice. A computer speaker died vailiantly serving me though, I do have some spares so it wasn't a problem. I think the song that finished her off was Way Away by Yellowcard. (At least it wasn't a crappy song that did her in.)

Review time! I've just noticed the huge number of reviews this story has received… There's over one hundred! Hell, there's over a hundred and fifty! This calls for a celebratory can of Coke! You guys are the most awesome readers ever!

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SxStrngSamurai13: Thank you. I haven't seen "Nevermore" for a long time but I do remember that she only had a few emotions (only a couple joined with her to form white cloak Raven right?). I figured since Beast Boy is so emotional, he would have a greater number of them. Sorry about the fight in this chapter though, Raven didn't really get her moment in the spotlight. That will change in later chapters though! Thanks for your kind review.

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