Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans; they are copy written by…somebody else.
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The Freeway. West of the city.
An eight lane wide road way that cuts through the dessert connecting Jump City to the rest of the state. It was early morning with the sun barely up yet so few cars darted back and forth on the normally busy road.
This morning, however, there is a peculiar convoy trucking its way down the Freeway. A huge black truck pulling along an unusual looking trailer, unusual in a sense that the bodywork is designed differently with a kind of glossy alloy acting as armor of sorts. The whole trailer completely featureless, except from an inconspicuous door at the rear.
Two black luxury sedans escort the truck, one leading the convoy the other taking up the rear. Inside the leading car the driver and his one passenger sit in black business and dark tinted glasses suits ever vigilant. Well almost.
"Zzzzzzzzzzzz"
The driver looks to his passenger whom he hadn't noticed already dosed off due to the sunglasses. He frees one hand from the wheel to give his partner a little wake-up nudge.
wham!
"Ooof, Hey, that hurt!"
"Well wake up already ya moron," the driver retorted, "we got a job to do."
"Jeeez," the passenger clutched his stomach "I was only restin' my eyes."
"Look we gotta stay on post, this package is real important!"
"What is this were carrying anyway?"
"Hell if I know," said the driver "but if STAR Labs wants it on a rush order it better be a helluva valuable."
"Yeah I guess…"
The two sit back and try to relax. But upon looking back on the road ahead they both find it impossible to relax.
"Ummm…what does that look like to you?" the passenger inquires.
"It looks like…" he stares harder "a bike…" he stares even harder "heading…right for us!"
On the road ahead about a quarter of a mile away was a sports bike heading westward going at about a hundred or so miles per hour on the eastbound lane. The same lane the convoy is heading east.
The rider is cloaked in an overcoat with a hood on. He looks ahead and sees the convoy coming and grins under his hood. He lets go of the handlebars letting the bike drive itself and stands up on the seat. His body is fully erect as the bike comes closer and closer to the convoy.
The leading escort didn't have enough time to react as the bike slams head-on; both persons in the car are knocked unconscious by the sheer force of the impact. The sedan, with bike stuck to the hood, swerves and grinds to a halt against the guardrails on the side of the road. Meanwhile the rider of the bike, who was standing on the seat, is propelled forward by inertia; he performs a forward somersault over the sedan…and breaks through feet first through the windshield of the truck, which shatters into pieces.
The truck driver is taken by complete surprise by the intrusion. He is knocked-out by the impact of the intruder's feet to his stomach. The intruder turns around and sits on the lap of the now unconscious truck driver to take hold of the steering wheel. He slams his foot on the brake and pulls hard on the emergency brake at the same time.
The whole truck screeches with tires smoking on the asphalt. The sudden deceleration of the truck catches the rear escort sedan off-guard and the sedan unceremoniously crashes into the rear bumper of the trailer flattening the nose of the car.
Once the two remaining vehicles have come to a full stop the intruder kicks open the driver side door to get out. More accurate it is to say that he didn't just kick the door open but rather he kicked it clear off its hinges and onto the asphalt.
The intruder jumps down into the road were thick smog has formed due to the smoke caused by the tire in the sudden brakeage. He starts walking to the rear of the trailer when out of the smoke emerge two men in business attire, presumably from the rear escort, aiming pistols.
"You! Freeze!"
"Hands to the sky! Now!"
The figure stops, then he grins at the two. The two take a nervous step back.
In the time it took the two guards to process the move in their heads, the intruder has closed the gap between them, grabs one pistol barrel in each hand, tear them off from the guards' grasp, and use them as hammers to knock both guards upside their respective noggins effectively knocking the out.
He drops the guns to the asphalt and proceeds to the back of the trailer. He reaches it and sees that the crashed sedan is blocking his way. He moves to the side of the sedan and throws a jab; the sedan is pushed sideways over a dozen feet and hits the guardrail. The figure stands seemingly unaffected and searches for the handle to the door. He finds it and pulls it.
Meanwhile in side the trailer.
"You guys ready?"
Three other figures inside the dimly lit compartment nod their heads. Four guards in business attire stand/kneel a few feet behind the door aiming pistols at the door. Behind them is another compartment separated by a wall and a small door.
"Blast em' as soon as that door opens."
The four figures tense up as clicking is heard from the door. The door springs open and the four guards open fire.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The guns eventually click to signal their emptiness. The four guards lower their weapons and crane their necks to see outside. When the smoke (from the tires outside) clears the guards see… an empty road.
They all blink in curiosity.
Suddenly from the top part of the door swings in the cloaked figure, his feet knocking the foremost guard to the back wall, knocked out. He lands on his feet as the guards try to reload their weapons in vein.
The intruder quickly palms a guard upside his chin then also kicks him off to the back wall. He then turns to another guard coming at him and pins him on the side wall with his foot to the guard's neck. The guard chokes for a bit. The intruder releases his foot and follows up with a quick but powerful jab to the stomach knocking the wind out of the guard.
The last guard, who actually manages to reload his pistol, aims at the back of the intruder and fires…missing. His eyes grow wide in surprise. The figure then appears behind him and stuns hi through the back of his neck.
All guards were now on the floor, unconscious. The intruder pulls back down his hood.
Riya now walks towards the back wall and the small door. He opens it to reveal a small, closet-like space with just a single pedestal standing four feet off the floor. On the pedestal was a glass cylinder surrounded by a metal cage. The letter 'M' emblazed on the top of the metallic casing. The liquid inside the cylinder glows an eerie purple color.
Riya smiles and grabs the item.
"One down," he says, pocketing the item away, "three more to go…"
He walks out of the trailer and into the light of the rising sun. Everything is going well in his mind. They come ever closer to their goal though still have a ways to go. But all in good time, all things will fall in their proper places. All in good time they will all meet.
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Titan's Tower. Sitting on an island a mile or so offshore.
The central headquarters for the guardians of Jump City, the Teen Titans. A marvelous engineering and technological feet. Its sturdy construction houses the most advance in technologies, mechanical engineering, and innovations developed by man. All of which are protected by the most rugged defense systems both physical and digital.
A towering fortress standing an ever vigilant sentry over the fair city
"Dude, I'm gonna getcha this time!"
"Oh no you ain't!"
"I gotcha, I gotcha!"
"Not gonna happen!"
In the living room, Beast boy and Cyborg compete with each other in their tow thousand seven hundred and eighty-fifth session Super Ninja Fury on the Game Station. Two animated ninjas battle each on the on the giant screen the Titans have always used for general purposes. Eventually the one of the ninjas fall to the floor and the screen reads "Player 2 wins!"
"YEESSSSS!" Beast Boy cries out in jubilation
"Oh man…" groans Cyborg
The door to the room opens revealing the remaining teens. They enter in time to see Beast Boy dancing with sparkles in his eye and a sorrowful Cyborg sitting on the couch with a small thunder cloud over his head.
"Whoa, there you two are," inquires Robin, "what's the occasion?"
"Dude, I finally beat Cy in Super Ninja Fury!" exclaims the green changeling
"You two are part of one of the most respected superhero teams on the planet and the first thing you do every morning is play video games…?" Raven drones in one single tone.
"You got any better suggestions Rea?"
"How about breakfast."
"HA! Gotcha there Rea, this has everything to do with breakfast!"
"Ummm…huh?"
"Cy made a bet with me that whoever won this game would be the guy to make breakfast today." Beast Boy said matter-of-factly. "Tofu waffles for everyone!"
Robin makes a face expressing distaste while Raven bares her teeth.
"Whaaaaat…?" asked Raven.
"Hey, don't look at me," Beast Boy raises his palms out in defense then points to the mopping Cyborg on the couch, "the bet was his idea."
Raven glares at Cyborg from behind. Cyborg shivers uncontrollably for a few seconds.
"Oh does friend Beast Boy mean his recipe of white square pastries with a taste akin to that of my home world's flaberk-jaggs?" Starfire inquires.
"You bet Star!"
"Oh Glorious!"
"Cyborg, you are so deceased." Ravens eyes stare daggers into the back of Cyborg's neck.
Cyborg sinks lower in his seat.
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The Roscher Bank.
Now with fully reconstructed front entrance. Business is as usual prior to the incident with Adonis just yesterday. Fortunately for the owners of the bank only the entrance itself need to be repaired. Adonis wasn't able to gain entry or simply didn't bother with the Bank's vault, which contained the two most important chambers and that was the cash vault, a must have for all banks in general, and the Deposit safe room.
The Deposit safe room was on of the more famous services offered by the Roscher Bank. Simply put, it was a vault to store things other than money, things clients of the bank consider too important or precious to even trust themselves with, often valuable jewelry or precious gems. The bank allows for anyone to store there absolutely anything without question as long as the client can pay the deposit charge.
It was this Deposit safe room that was the focal point of interest to a bunch of not-so-average visitors of the Bank this morning.
Bellow ground on the second basement level, inside a storage room, on the concrete floor, the floor starts to bubble. At first only in a small spot, then that spot begins to smoke and grow. Eventually, a ten foot section of the floor starts to smoke and bubble. Then from the center, corrodes away and falls downward to an oblivion. Some moments later the floor has a fresh new hole in it. From that hole leaps out an over coated figure like a bat out of hell.
The figure lands on one knee and surveys the area. The figure seems satisfied and calls out to the hole.
"It's clear."
A top portion of a ladder appears and leans on the edge of the hole. Three men, dressed as spooks (the typical combat attire of military Special Forces which covers the entire body, designed for covert ops.), climb up, some carrying empty duffel bags. One of them spoke up
"Woooofff, damn that smell, ugh…" he coughs a bit
"Hyper concentrated sulphuric acid would do that," responds the hooded figure, in a female voice, "now get to work and unlock that door." she points to the double doors on the far wall.
the spooks nods, one walks over to the door and takes out a lock picking kit. He professionally picks the lock and moments later a 'click' is heard from the door
"Its open." The spook at the door says
"Alright!" exclaims the spook who spoke earlier, but not too loud as to be louder than a whisper.
"Good," said the coated figure "now all of you back down."
"Huh? Aren't we to break in the vault, why are we going back down there?" inquired the last spook who had yet to talk.
The figure stares at the spook "Didn't you pay attention to the briefing?"
"Um…not much. Just on the 'take all the money you can' part."
The figure glares under her hood.
The spook simpers nervously "Um, but I think I remember the plan now, break in through the front entrance, right?
The figure comes closer to him, "Yes, that's right."
"But why? We'll have less of a hassle breaking in from here."
"I gave you the reason already for that." She inches ever closer to him "but if you think you have a better plan, I'd love to hear it now."
"Um…no I'm good," he simpers very nervously.
"That's good. Now all of you, move!"
The three went down the hole again without arguing leaving the hooded figure alone for a few moments in thought.
She knew the plan was a fine plan. 1) break into the basement storage to make an escape route to the sewers. 2) break in the front entrance then hold up the place. 3) escape down the basement, and into the sewers. The plan was efficient. Making the escape route first guaranteed a quick retreat, as it is also completely unexpected. Making the whole thing look like a normal bank robbery also diverted attention from the true target.
The figure scowls at the thought. She would have preferred very much to work alone and take the target by herself or, at the least, with her brother. But the Doctor's logic was flawless. Making this look like an average robbery would divert suspicions and buy time for them. Hiring thugs off the street who didn't know better only heightened the illusion She had no choice in the matter. She would just have to wait a little longer. Wait to meet her.
Her eyes start to tear up.
She stops her train of thought and shakes off the feeling to follow her henchmen down the sewers. Everything would go as planned, even if they show up it would be of little obstacle to her. She will succeed, no matter what.
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Back at Titan's Tower
"What a most scrumptious morning feast it was that Beast Boy has prepared," Starfire, cheerful as ever, walks along side Robin in one of the many halls that make up the tower's innards. "I cannot fathom why you did not desire for the second helpings."
"Star, you should try to remember not all of us can drink molten rock and survive like you can." The Boy Wonder responds looking sick, his face carrying a hint of purple.
"But Robin, today's breakfast was neither heated to a liquid state nor did it have terran mineral properties."
"Um…never mind Star."
"By the way Robin, have you seen dear Raven around?"
"Not since breakfast, Why?
"She has seemed…preoccupied as of late. When I asked her of what ills her she simple responds that 'she needs to look up something'."
"Hmmm…" Robin ponders for a second "It must be something that has to do with what she felt at the incident with Adonis yesterday."
"What do you mean Robin." Starfire now looks inquisitively into Robin.
"I'm not so sure," he says returning her stare with his own "but I did tell her to notify me if she found out anything new."
"And I have."
Robin and Star simultaneously screech and jump back with bug eyes in shock at the sudden dialog of Raven who was simply, stoically, standing in the middle of the hall in front of the two aforementioned teens.
"Aaaahh… good morning friend Raven," Starfire blurts out nervously "what presents you before us this fine hour"
"Well, like Robin said, if I felt anything new like I did yesterday…"
"And have you?" asks Robin
Raven nods "I felt the same presence again while I was meditating this morning after breakfast, only a bit weaker than before and a bit more distant."
"Can you identify exactly who this presence is Raven."
Raven shakes her head "My emphatic powers can only detect emotion and feelings around a person's aura. I can't identify people that way."
"Tell me friend Raven," speaks up Starfire. "What is it about this presence that you have been sensing that would be a subject of concern?"
"Star, I pass by people on an everyday basis. I get a constant input of human emotion to my system but this has gotten so trivial that it no longer bears any significance to me. But what I felt yesterday and this morning was disturbing to me 'cause…"
"Because of what…?" Starfire inquires, her hands clasped together in front of her chest, a look of worry on her face. Beside her, Robin's mask narrows.
"These emotions were stronger than normal," The dark girl continues "not just in a sense that they are more intense, but also they are…amplified."
"Amplified? By what?" Robin speaks up again
"Whoever owns this presence has a very powerful aura. Which is probably why I could feel it so intensely even from a distance with my powers."
"The problem only being that since we don't know who or where this person is, we can't trust him or whatever powers he posses and for me, that's a good reason, if any, to be a little worried." Robin places his hand on his chin, deep in thought.
A silence passes by.
"Well you need not be too worried Robin," Starfire speaks in a lighter tone trying lift the gloomy mood, "for all we can infer this person may be that of the heroic ilk as we are if he or she truly posses such prowess."
Robin and Raven look at her. Robin was the first to speak up again.
"Well…I guess I can afford to be a little optimistic 'eh Star." His lips curve.
Starfire smiles, glad she got to do the same to Robin. But Raven on the other hand stares blankly into space as if in deep thought.
The three are interrupted suddenly as loud alarms were buzzing and bright red lights began flashing all over the hall the were in.
"An alarm!" Robin declared "c'mon, to the main room!" He runs off. The two girls follow suit.
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The main room of Titan's Tower. Generally used as a living room, a computer room, and a rec room for most times of the day. But with alarms buzzing and flashing this room is, for all intensive purposes, a briefing and control room. Used to manage whatever crisis is at hand.
Beast Boy and Cyborg were already present in the room when Robin, Starfire, and Raven showed up.
"Report!" blurted out Robin.
"Dude, its déjà vu'" responded Beast Boy.
"You'd think the place was tunin' into a fad or somthin'" concurs Cyborg.
Robin raises an eyebrow. He looks at the giant monitor which showed a digital map of a section of the city where one particular block was blinking red. The Roscher Bank.
"Is that not the same facility we have liberated just the previous day?" asked Starfire
"It would appear so Starfire," answers Raven.
"Such is an odd coincidence as it would seem."
"Coincidence or not we've got work to do," declares Robin in his ever heroic tone of voice.
The rest of the team looks at him smiling slightly as if they knew (and they did ) what he was about to say next.
"TITANS, GO!"
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"This is the last time I ever listen to my mom for job reccomendations." A teller mumbles from under her desk where she was hiding. While behind her in the main lobby…
"All right, none of you people move or I blow you a new one!" Three men dressed up as spooks hold up submachine in the air for all to see and fear. Some of the people who were in the bank earlier had already manage to escape. Those that remained hid behind random furniture for cover.
Aside from the three gun totting men, a coated figure makes her way to a large circular, solid steel door with multiple dials. The vault door. In her hand is a strange looking device one can only describe as a water gun. She aims the device at the door and pulls the trigger. A liquid that looks like water gushes out and lands on the vault door, right on the dials.
At first the water seems to do nothing. Then it is soon revealed that the liquid is the farthest thing from water. The area of the dials starts to melt slowly then quickly. A fresh hole is created the figure aims her water gun again and launches what's left of the liquid into the inner working of the door, melting them.
Clicks and clanks are heard as the vault door disintegrates from the inside. The figure tosses aside her 'weapon' and walks up to the door, grabs the handle, and effortlessly pulls it open. The very large safe room is revealed with its rows of deposit boxes on the parallel side walls and shelves of freshly printed cash on the center and back wall of the room.
She signals to her compatriots with a hand and they eagerly comply, dragging along a bunch of empty duffel bags. The covered figure stand stoically guarding the entrance to the safe, so far so good.
"All of you freeze!"
The four from the vault look to the entrance to see the Teen Titans in their usual super heroic pose: Robin front and center, Beast Boy and Cyborg on ether side just behind him, Raven and Starfire floating behind them. Many civilians hiding take a peek and their faces light up immediately.
The three men looting the vault freeze and shake nervously but the hooded figure remained so ever unaffected as Robin continued.
"Criminals like you have no shame huh," Robin glares at the bunch of robbers "you rob from a place that just got robbed yesterday, you are low beyond compare."
Robin strikes a pose, his teammates follow suite.
"Well we're the Teen Titans here to put and end to your little charade and bring all of you at the mercy of jus --- !"
"Shut up."
Robin freezes in mid speech his face dumbfounded. His teammates have a similar expression. All eyes focus on the hooded figure.
"Huh…?" Robin unconsciously blurts out
"I said shut up," said the hooded figure "you're annoying the hell out of me."
Robin starts again. "Who do you thin --- ?"
"Stay out of this hero boy," she interrupts Robin yet again "this is none of your business." She slowly turns back to the vault ignoring the teens altogether.
Robin makes a last attempt "Look here yo--- !"
"I gave you my warning," the figure says over her shoulder back at the boy wonder. Her back to the Titans.
Robin is now fuming, his ego completely struck down. "I don't know who people are but you guys are criminals. And you're going down one way or another!" He strike a fighting pose
"Yeah, you can't talk to us like that," said Beast Boy bearing fangs
"You shall pay for your mockery of justice!" concurs Starfire preparing starbolts
"Y'all are goin' down!" joins in Cyborg trans forming an arm to his sonic cannon.
Raven says nothing but visibly tenses up, her dark aura increasing.
The figure looks over her shoulder. She turn back to her henchmen and simply orders: "Stick to the plan, no matter what." She then makes a one-eighty and looks at the Titans dead on. And slowly walks towards them.
"Fine, then
As she walks, she unbuckles her over coat and sheds it completely to reveal herself.
She was a model of young teen beauty and from her slender legs to her curvaceous body up to her petite chest and slender arms to her smooth neck, face and her short chestnut hair. Typical 'girl-next-door' features.
Her attire only complemented yet somehow also contrasted this. She wore thick combat shoes for her feet. For her legs, shoe wore black, tight fitting, low-waist, bell bottom pants with laces on the outside ankles. Over that was a free hanging fabric attached to her utility belt that was knee length and covered the side of her thighs and her behind acting more or less like a long skirt without a front. On her thick leather, utility belt were two holsters on ether side both carried combat knives. For her top she wore a small, black, tight fitting, sleeveless, turtle-neck shirt that exposed her naval. Her arms were bear except for two thick, black, leather gloves.
One could easily take note that her eyes were of different colors. Each. Her left blue, the other green. The Titans stare curiously at her not recognizing her from memory.
"Lets do this your way hero boy…"
She is about twenty feet from the Titans when she stops. She cracks her knuckles and stretches her neck and stands still for a moment. The air stays tense. The Titans keep their stances, ready for anything. Though not nearly everything.
The girl takes a step. And, in the blink of an eye, closes the distance between her and Robin. A look of shock is plastered to Robins face and he is not able to react fast enough as the girl palms his chest and shoves him clear across the lobby and out the front door.
"Augh!"
The girl stands in Robin's place. She wastes no time as she crouches low and sweep kicks Beast Boy, hooking him to her feet, into Cyborg and throws them both out following Robin.
"Yargh!" "Oof!"
She resumes the crouching position and jumps up to Raven and Starfire's level. The to heroines are in too much surprise to make any form of reaction as the girl grabs each an arm and spins the two around her with great strength and tosses them out of the door as well.
"Aahh!" "Dah!"
She drops back to the ground unscathed. She looks behind her to see random people stare in shock and fear. She focuses on her three henchmen and gave them a stare that seem to repeat her last order. The three seem to confirm with their nervous eyes. She turns her head back and walks out the front door to face her foes.
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The street in front of the bank had been cleared by police some minutes ago. Police cars and barricades blocked both ends of the street leaving the general area in front of the bank bear except for a parked T-car just to the side. The police had decided, when the Titans arrived, that the quickest way to resolve this situation was to let the Titans handle it.
Imagine their surprise when the five teenage superheroes came crashing out the entrance unceremoniously sprawling all over the pavement.
The Titans lie in a small spread in the middle of the road rubbing soar spots. The girl responsible for their grief casually walks out.
"Had enough?" said the girl, smiling, more as a challenge rather than an inquiry.
Starfire was the first to act.
"Aaghh!" she takes flight dives for the girl. The girl jumps backwards avoiding Starfire as she collides with the ground shooting up dust. The dust settles as Starfire looks for her target…which she saw charging at her with a fist. The girl hooks Starfire in the face, quickly follows up with a jab to the stomach and a finishes with a round house kick to the chest. Starfire flies back to the pavement.
Beast Boy gets up just in time to catch the tamaranian in his arms and fall back down.
"Whoa --- oof!"
Cyborg gets up as well and retaliates with a blast from his sonic cannon. The girl effortlessly evades as Cyborg gets more shots out. The girl weaves in between every shot while getting closer to Cyborg's position eventually coming face-to-face. She quickly grabs his cannon arm and flips over her figure, showing incredible strength, and slams teen back down on the road.
Beast Boy, now recovered, charges at the girl in rhino form. The girl brings her arms up and, amazingly, stops the charging changeling in his hooves. She grabs his horn and lifts the huge rhino and tosses him back in the direction he came from. Beast Boy transforms back to elf form in mid air and flails his arms.
"Ya-aa-aa-aahh!"
Meanwhile, Raven stands up and chants her famous magic words
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos."
Bolts of black energy stem from Raven's body grabbing a lamppost, a mailbox, and a dumpster then hurls them at the girl. The girl smirks. The all three object meet in one spot and a cloud of dust, trash, and letter envelopes, explodes. The dust settle and all that Raven sees is a wreckage of twisted metal. Then from behind her…
"You missed."
Raven's eyes bulged. Her arms are grabbed then she is hurled to a recovering Cyborg and both fly onto the hood of the parked T-car knocking the two out and making a pretty huge dent in the hood at the same time.
The girl stands stoically. She hears a swishing sound in the air She raises her arm and, without looking, grabs three birdarangs in mid-flight. She looks in the direction of the projectiles to see Robin standing in a follow-through position.
"Back down," said the girl "you're not gonna win this."
"I'm not famous for my pension for quitting ya know," retorted Robin. He reaches behind him and takes out his bo staff fully extended and charges the girl.
The girl throws the birdarangs she grabbed earlier back at Robin. The boy wonder twirls his bo staff deflecting the incoming projectiles. He continues to charge, bo staff swinging down.
The girl takes her combat knives from their holsters, one in each hand. She blocks the down swing from Robin's staff. Robin takes a few more swings while she dodges and blocks all of them. Then the girl attacks with both knives swinging down. Robin raises his bo staff horizontally and blocks the attack. The two are locked with each other, the girl pushing down with Robin pushing up.
"Who are you?" Robin asked, struggling
"I don't have a name to give you," she smiles slightly "but for the sake of courtesy, you can call me… Lithium…"
In a move too fast for Robin to see, Lithium sweep kicks Robin from under his feet. The moment the boy wonder is airborne she delivers another kick to his chest sending him a few feet away.
Though he lands on his back, Robin recovers quickly. He gets up again, bo staff ready Lithium grins and readies herself.
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Meanwhile in the bank vault.
One of the spooks stand guard at the door while the others continue looting. One of the looters is simple stuffing duffel bags with cash and assorted jewelry and precious stones, while the other seems to be looking for something in particular.
"Man what a haul!" commented the one stuffing "You sure we can have all this to ourselves?"
"You really didn't listen to the plan did you?" said the one "The boss said we can take whatever we want from here. All she wants is…"
He opens a deposit box. Inside, he found what he was looking for. He grabs it and holds it up.
"…this!"
The one stuffing pauses for a moment to look at what his partner was holding up. It looked like nothing more than an oversized thermos bottle. The letter 'M' emblazed on the bottom part.
"What, that's all she wants?"
"Yup."
"What is it?"
"No clue…"
"You think it's worth a lot."
"Probably."
"…You think we should look inside?"
"The boss wants this thing as is, and I, for one, ain't gonna argue with her after seeing what she can do!"
"Uhhh…right."
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Outside again.
Starfire Flies head-on at Lithium with Cyborg right behind her. Lithium jumps over Starfire landing a foot on her back forcing her to the ground. Lithium jumps off Starfire, and punches the charging Cyborg in the face driving him back.
"Agh!" "oof!"
Beast Boy comes running up and transforms into a bull charging at the girl. Lithium sees this then hops into the air, flips around, and lands saddled to Beast Boy's bovine shoulder. She grabs his horns and pulls like crazy, The enraged animorph bucks and kicks wildly. Lithium stands on his neck and drives Beast Boy to the ground with her feet and flips off of him. Beast Boy turns back into an elf rubbing his temple
"Ooooh… my head!"
Raven floats up and blasts streams of black energy at Lithium who flips every which way in evasion. She is seemingly Oblivious to a Robin dashing at her from behind with his bo staff. But she does know, ducking real low as Robin swings his staff horizontally at where her torso would have been.
Lithium makes a one-eighty and stands up. She grabs Robin's shoulders and rolls backwards forcing Robin to go up over her and, with her feet, kicks robin off of her into the Floating Raven. Both teens land on the ground hard.
"Aaugh!" "Aaahkk!"
Lithium stands up. Her foes attempt to do the same. The all get into fighting stances. Then suddenly a ringing is heard from Lithium's person. She puts a hand in one of the pocket of her utility belt and produces a cellphone that's been ringing. She answers the caller.
"Yeah?"
"…"
"Yeah, I'm here."
"…"
"You got it?" her face lights up a bit
"…"
"Alright."
She hangs up and places a call of her own to the Titans' ever increasing curiosity
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Inside the vault, one of the spooks answers a ringing cellphone.
"Hello?"
"…"
"Yes, we've got it."
"…"
"Yes ma'am" He pockets away his phone and calls the attention of his colleges.
"Yo, the boss says we bail , now!"
The two others nod in affirmation. The two in the vault grab about three heavily loaded duffel bags each and follow the one who was guarding the door to the back of the lobby were a maintenance door leading to the basement levels reside.
"Once were down there, were home free."
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Lithium hangs up her call and pockets away her phone. And faces the Titans who are still in their tense stances.
"Pardon me, but my time is up. I have to get going now." Lithium takes a more relaxed stance.
"No way!" objects Robin "we're not done here!"
"Sorry…" she reaches to her utility belt, "Maybe another time, hero boy"
Lithium throws something into the air. It looked like a small black canister the size of a lighter. Everyone's sight naturally follows it while Lithium ducks down low.
Suddenly the canister explodes in an extremely bright flash that blind everyone momentarily. The Titans rub their eyes and blink repeatedly. But by the time they could see properly again, Lithium was gone.
Authors note: I didn't get any reviews for the last chapter but it's cool. I've decided to finish this story anyways so wait for the next update in a few days or so.