Chapter 5: The New Teen Titans
"Titans, GO!" A new villain was jumping around the warehouse. "Try this!" he yelled, placing a palm on Robin's chest. Several thousand volts of electricity spread through his teenage frame, and he crumpled to the ground, writhing. "Robin!" cried Starfire. She flew at the villain, but missed. One of his fingers touched Starfire's head, and it sent her reeling off-course. She hit the ground, falling on her stomach. She felt a hand touch her back, then blacked out. "I, Whiplash, now possess ultimate power!" Cyborg tackled him. "Not quite," he said, holding his hand/cannon above Whiplash's head. It was now charging. Whiplash pulled out an electronic bug, and placed it on Cyborg's back. He then absorbed energy, just as he had done to Robin and Starfire. Apart from absorbing normal energy, he absorbed almost countless electrical power. Raven and Beast Boy were the next to attack, Raven flinging a transformed Beast Boy with psychic power. Beast Boy suddenly went from mouse to elephant, squashing the enemy. "Beast Boy, get up," Raven said. However, Beast Boy was unconscious. "I'll help," said a voice. A purple-clad girl landed near Raven, and closed her eyes. A purple light enveloped Beast Boy, and she lifted him up. She tossed him aside. "My tribal power is succeeding. Now, I must defeat this lone enemy!" The girl leapt at the giant spider, and kicked it- it soon became Whiplash. "My secret's out," he muttered.
At the precise time Whiplash said "My secret's out,", a grenade went off in the roof of the warehouse, sending debris crashing down. Raven summoned a black shield to protect her and her fallen comrades, while the girl flung objects out of the way with her psychic power. Finally, the onslaught stopped. The girl sighed with relief. "I am Taopuma. I have been trained in many martial arts disciplines, and I am also a mind-reader and psychic. I am to be a saviour of free warriors." Raven wa not sure where this Taopuma was from- but she was weird, even by her standards.
"Terra, you're a perfect evil genius! You're evil, intelligent, and- and..." Jack walked towards her. There was a touch of pink on his cheeks. "Hands off," she muttered. "I have a boyfriend. And, I have a life... unlike you..." Jack's eyes had practically turned into love hearts. "I can't see why we don't just ditch Dorky McRobogeek here and take over the world anyway," Terra told Wuya. "I'd rather work with you than this freak." Wuya nodded, but Jack was too lost in thought to notice. "Let's go then, Terra," Wuya said. "Just one last thing," Terra said. Jack had come out of dreamland. "Where are you going?" asked Jack. "And why are you using the OrganizeBot?" Terra shrugged. "No reason." She pulled out the Wushan Geyser. "You know, Jack," she said quietly, holding the Geyser behind her back. "There's something I've wanted to do ever since I met you..." Jack leant forward, as did Terra. Wuya watched wide-eyed. "Wushan Geyser!" cried Terra, aiming it at Jack. Jack crashed to the floor as years of memories were forgotten. "Sayonara, Spicer," said Terra, walking away and laughing.
"This is most unfortunate," Master Fung said. "All of our Shen-Gong-Wu are gone." Kimiko corrected him. "Not all of them. We've still got the Mind-Reader Conch." Kimiko got the Conch out from under her pillow. "Why do you have the Mind-Reader Conch?" asked Raimundo. "No reason," she said, blushing slightly.
"So Taopuma helped save us?" Robin asked, rubbing his head. When he had fallen, he hit his head on a wooden crate. "Yes, I did. I am most helpful!" Starfire and Robin glanced at each other, eyebrows raised- Beast Boy and Cyborg supressed laughter. "Any involvement from our Dragon friends?" Cyborg looked up. "I've been meaning to tell you- someone robbed their Shen-Gong-Wu vault." It was clear from Cyborg's tone that he thought that 'someone' was Jack Spicer. "Okay, we'll check out Spicer's place," said Robin in a resigned tone. "Though, I don't really expect we'll find anything..."
Jack was counting the amount of people on posters in his room. "Twenty-seven!" yelled Jack, laughing. Suddenly, the door burst open- Robin stood there. "Talk, Spicer," he said, grabbing him by the collar. "Where are the Wu?" Jack shrugged. "I dunno what you're talking about, but it sounds cool." Cyborg came in. "What happened?" he said. Robin looked up. "Wushan Geyser," he said. "It's the only Wu left here... maybe Wuya wiped his mind, and left?" Cyborg shook his head. "Wuya has no hands," he reminded him. Starfire came into the room. "Your search has yielded success!" cried Starfire, overjoyed. However, Robin and Cyborg's sombre faces removed the smile from Starfire's face. "Something's happened here," Robin said. "Someone teamed up with Spicer, and now they've betrayed him. I suppose he better take him along." Robin, Starfire and Cyborg left, with a giggling Jack following them.