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Mumbo's Mischief: Part 3

As Mumbo vanished without a trace his laughs continued to echo threw out the empty streets. Starfire was not only sadden by this, but angered, her betrothed had been through enough, he didn't need this.

"No, Nightwing" Starfire said to herself as she sobbed. "I will get you back... I WILL" She yelled into the sky, and then smashed her fist into the ground, eyes glowing green.

"Uh, Starfire, not to interrupt your little tantrum, but COULD YOU POSSIBLE GET ME OUT OF THIS FUCKING COTTON CANDY" Cyborg yelled. Starfire gave him a cold glare and walked over to him.

"Get out yourself... it's nothing but a fluffy confection, and you can get out by yourself" She stated firmly as she looked into Cyborg's now feared eyes.

"Uh... sure, okay" He stuttered as she walked away from him. "Um, let's see... I could probably cut threw it... wait, she right, it is only a candy, which means..." Cyborg stated with a slight grin.

Starfire walked to the car Raven and Electro had smashed into. "Are you alright" She asked as Electro rubbed his head.

"Yeah... I think we are" He said as he got up and helped Raven off of him. "So, what happened?" Electro asked. Starfire looked at him with tears in her eyes. The kind of eyes that would want to make you run up to her and give her a comforting hug.

"The Mumbo..." Starfire started, but paused to sniff, she was straining not to cry. "He, he... he, has taken Nightwing, and, and, I just, I don't know what to do" She said as she began to sob. Starfire dropped to her knees and placed her hands over her face. Electro and Raven exchanged looks.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine" Electro said trying to comfort Starfire. He kneeled down and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I mean, come on, Mumbo may be a criminal, but he's a lousy one." He said trying to comfort her... it didn't work. She was snow sobbing uncontrollably.

"Let me handle this, you help the others" Raven said. Electro nodded, stood and walked over to Reese, who was pounding on the sides of the mailbox trying to get out (she couldn't see the sides of the box because it was pitch black inside the mailbox and therefore couldn't bust out).

"Let me out you blue bastard!" Reese exclaimed. "Come on, I'm not kidding" she yelled "When I get my hands on you, your gonna wish you were still in that prison".

"Hold on" Electro said trying not to laugh. "I got ya" He said.

"Electro?" She questioned. "Get me out of here" She yelled. Electro walked in circles around the mailbox.

"I don't know, I think I looks good on you" He said as he smiled to himself.

"LET ME OUT YOU OVER ELECTRICAL MONKEY!" Reese yelled. Electro sweat dropped.

"Okay, Okay, just stop yelling" He said as he lit one finger with an electrical charge and started cutting the mailbox's metallic exterior, Reese mumbled curse words under her breath inside.

Across the street Changeling was floating about 5 feet above the ground still in two pieces. As he floated, Cyborg tried in vain to put him back together. Cyborg was a little pudgier and had pink stuff around his lips.

"Okay, I think I got it... Alaka-putchangelingbacktogether" Cyborg said as he tried to put the two pieces back together, but to no avail. The pieces just floated back apart.

"Yeah, that really worked" Changeling said sarcastically. Cyborg gave him a cold look.

"You've really been hanging out with Raven too much" He said. Changeling rolled his eyes.

"You know, we could just wait until we catch Mumbo, then have him turn me and Nightwing back to normal." Changeling suggested. Now it was Cyborg's turn to roll his eyes.

"Yeah, and what makes you think he would do that." Cyborg asked rhetorically. "Oh, I know, maybe we can swipe his bow tie, or better yet, get some incriminating pictures of him, and blackmail him" Cyborg said sarcastically. Changeling glared at him.

"That's not funny" He said turning away. "How could you joke at a time like this" He asked

Cyborg gave Changeling a smile and said "I just like to make you laugh until you wet your pants, it's fun" He explained. "And, right now I'm on a sugar rush from all that cotton candy" He said. Changeling looked at the half robot and his hands were shaking, like he couldn't stop.

"Well, it's kinda hard to wet my pants, WHEN I DON"T HAVE A BOTTOM HALF!" Changeling yelled. Cyborg sweat dropped and got back to work.

Electro was almost done cutting a square hole in the mailbox. Reese had stopped yelling at him, and he was now removing the cover to the Mailbox. "Okay then, and you are..." Electro began, but stopped when he looked in the mailbox to reveal nothing but a tape recorder. "Not here". He said. He then heard Cyborg let out a girly shriek. He looked over and saw the second half of Changeling wiggling around.

"What the" Cyborg exclaimed. Electro ran over stood in an attack position.

"Move out of the way Cy" Electro said as he blasted the second half with an electrical shock. The box dropped to the ground and sizzled, then opened to show Reese laying in it with swirls in her eyes and sizzling. "Uh oh" Electro said as she got up, still fried. As Electro ran off with Reese chasing him, Cyborg put a hand on his chin as if in deep thought.

"If Reese was in that box, then" He said as he grabbed the box Changeling was in and tried to force it open. It wouldn't budge. "Um, we're gonna need some muscle" he said rubbing his bald head. "Raven, can you come over here" He yelled.

"Sure" Raven stated as she calmed Starfire down. "It's okay, shush" Raven soothed. Starfire looked at Raven with her tear soaked eyes.

"What are we going to do?" She asked. Raven was about to shrug her shoulders, or better yet, tell her 'how the fuck should I know'. But she was Starfire's best friend, they told everything to eachother, and so, she could only say "We'll find Nightwing, and make Mumbo pay". Starfire smiled and stood up. Both the lady Titans walked over to Cyborg and the boxed Changeling. Reese had caught up with Electro and had him in a head lock.

"Raven, we need you to get this box off of..." Cyborg started, but Raven interrupted.

"I know, I know, I'll get it off him" She said. "Changeling, can you transform?" Raven asked. Changeling shook his head no. Raven thought a moment.

"Okay, hold still" Raven said, placing her fingers to her temples. "Azerath, Metrion Zinthos" She Chanted. The box Changeling was in was incased in black energy as the last word rolled off her lips.

"Ah... Raven, are you sure you know what your..." Changeling began. Raven shushed him, concentrating was hard when he was yapping. The box began to crack, then the cracks became bigger, and bigger.

Cyborg was currently trying to guard Reese from Electro. He had Reese's arm's behind her back and was lifting her off the ground as she struggled and kicked her legs.

"LET ME GO" She yelled as she glared daggers at Electro. "All I'm gonna do is kick him in the nuts from frying me" She yelled. Cyborg shook his head.

"I'm not letting you go, not until you calm dow..." CONK. Cyborg stopped in mid sentence as Reese used her powers to conk him on the head with a stop sign. Cyborg dropped her and grabbed hold of his head. Reese smiled evilly at Electro. "Ow, what the fuck was that for" Cyborg yelled. But Reese wasn't there, she was jumping as high as she could trying to get Electro, who was flying high above her.

"Come back down here" She yelled. Reese stomped her foot and pointed down for emphases.

"Let's name off some reasons why that is not gonna happen" He said. "Reason one: you said you were going to kick me in the nuts, and Reason two: you scare me" He said back to her holding up two fingers.

"Just wait till I..." Reese started.

"QUITE" Raven yelled. She had almost broke Changeling out. (The reason she is going so slow is because, if she used her powers to rip the box apart in a second, it could hurt Changeling, remember, he can't transform in it). As the cracks got bigger and bigger, Raven felt closer to her goal. Then there was a loud crack, and the box broke into little pieces, and Changeling was free.

"Sweet" He yelled as he raised his fist into the air. "Thanks sweety" He yelled and wrapped his arms around her.

"One moment of freedom and your all over me" She said to him, and he started laughing. The Rest of the Titans walked over and Starfire walked into the middle of them.

"Okay, so any idea what we are going to do about Mumbo... and Nightwing" Electro asked.

"I figure we should get back to the tower, and do a search for Mumbo" Cyborg suggested.

"Yeah, that's a good Idea" Reese said, she then snuck up behind Electro and grabbed him around the head into a head lock again.

"What about Nightwing, what if the Mumbo does something horrible to him, or worse yet, turns him into another little animal" Starfire asked, her eyes again watering up again. Raven and Cyborg put their hands on her shoulders.

"Don't worry, Nightwing is resourceful" Raven said with one of her rarely seen smiled.

"Yeah, I'm sure he's giving Mumbo a hell of a time" He said smiling. "Probably throwing his own feces or something" Changeling laughed.

"Let's go" Reese said, still with Electro's head in her arms.

"Air... need oxygen" Electro said weakly, his face now blue, Reese looked down and looked surprised.

"Whoops, sorry, forgot" She said letting go of his head, and his facing turning back to it's original color as he breathed deeply. She smiled sweetly and sweat dropped.

"Come on" Raven said, and she encased everyone into a black energy raven, and flew them back tot he tower.

Downtown, in a run down old theater, a puff of blue smoke blew up on the middle of the stage. As the smoke cleared, Mumbo walked out and looked out into the absent seats of the audience, most of which were covered in shadow because of the lack of functional lights.

"Okay, I got the kid back" Mumbo yelled into the seats.

"Good" A voice talked back to him. "And I trust, he is still a monkey"

"Just like you wanted" Mumbo jumped from the stage to the floor. "Now what do we do with him" He said.

"Well, now that we have bird boy.." The voice said as footsteps came closer. "We can draw the other Titans to us". Out of the shadows came a man in a purple tuxedo, and green tie. With a yellow corsage and white face, with a nose almost as big as Mumbo's. His hair was green and he had a sadistic smile on his face.

"And, what do you have planned for the others... Joker" Mumbo asked as the Joker walked over to Mumbo and placed an arm around his shoulders.

"All in due time, my friend, all in due time." He said giggling. "But for now, we must put Bird boy here where the Titans can easily find him. Then, we will enact, the "Final Act". Joker said with another giggle."heheh... hahahahahhhaaaaa"