Teen Titans: Gizmo's and Gadget's

Chapter Two – G.R.I.M

Robin and Cyborg then entered the infirmary and cared, as best they could, to the girls wound, and left her to rest. They found the others sitting in the living room in silence with worried faces

"Is she ok?" Beast Boy said quickly jumping up from the couch

Cyborg was still wiping her blood off his hands, "Her status is stable and she's breathing steadily "

"So she will recover? Yes?"

Robin looked at her and gave a comforting smile, "Yea Star, it'll just take her a while to recover but she'll be alright"

However Raven was obviously still preoccupied with something as she blurted out, "my question is, why didn't she let us help her? When we reached to take her to safety she pulled away. . . . She looked scared to the fact that we were there . . . "

Beast Boy started to agree, "Yea, she looked at us like we were the ones chasing her?"

Cyborg had walked over to the computer during the conversation and started to look up information, "Maybe she thought we were. . . " they all looked towards Cyborg as he continued, "I've been looking up the logo on the side of the van that was attacking her . . . and what I've found so far . . . it doesn't look good.

Beast Boy looked at him with curious eyes, "Why what did you find?"

"Well according to reports . . . the logo we saw was a symbol linked to an organization called GRIM and they hunt down and experiment on humans with super powers. . . .They seem to call them mutants which would explain the name... "

Starfire just looked at him still confused, "What is it about the name that explains it?"

Robin walked up and had started reading the small print on the screen when Cyborg was talking, "it means Genetic Research In Mutants and they sometimes recruit the mutants that they catch and keep alive."

Raven was shocked and curious, "What do you mean keep alive?"

Cyborg just turned and gave a grim look, "After they catch a mutant they do "live" experiments then eventually kill them and do an autopsy. . ."

Starfire gasped and Beast Boy just said, "Dude….."

Raven looked at the rest of her team, "No wonder she ran she thought that we worked for them . . . . and came to take her away. .."

There was a dead silence throughout the group, as everyone thought about what the poor woman had gone through . . . . . . Then someone broke the silence.

Beast Boy looked towards the door and sighed out, "I'm going to go check on her. .. . ." he left the others in the living room as he headed to the infirmary

They sat in the living room while they waited for Beast Boy to get back, when they heard a yelp out in the main hallway. They ran out to see their friend on the floor and their guest running for the exit. . . . .

She had woken up and looked around. . . . . She was in a hospital of some kind and realized that she was captured by GRIM. She painfully struggled and succeeded in getting up to look around for a door. She found one as soon as she got up and as she got close to it, it automatically opened. She quietly tiptoed past the door and looked around for anyone, but when she didn't see anyone she started looking for her way out of there. She saw a door at the end of a corridor, which she hoped was an exit, but before she even got close she ran into a boy appearing to be green. She had one automatic reaction, and gave the person a swift kick in the family jewels and even though it was extremely painful, ran as fast as she could. Right behind her the boy let out a yelp of pain and four other teens ran out of another room, just behind her, to see their college on the ground and their guest running as fast as she could toward the exit. Robin saw this and immediately yelled, "STOP!"

She spared no second thought about stopping and reached the door, and to her relief it was an exit . . . she saw that she was on an island in the middle of an ocean, but decided exactly what to do in an instant. She was running toward the shore when she heard the door behind her opened, she figured it was the GRIM agents come to take her back.

Starfire watched as she ran toward the water, "Wait friend! We only wish to help!"

But again she spared no second thought and jumped off the shore, turned into a fish, and began to swim away. . . . .

Cyborg stayed behind while the others ran after the woman; when they reached the door the saw her turn into a fish and fall into the ocean.

Starfire was worried in the 5 seconds that the girl left her sight, "Let us go get her!"

Robin obviously knew the extent of the situation but knew some other important factors, "We can't! The T-ships too big to search for just a small fish, Beast Boys been hurt, and we can't breathe underwater!"

Raven thought for a moment 'how are we supposed to search for her' but immediately a realization hit her hard and she replied, "But we know someone who can. . . . "

They headed in and called their friends the Titans East; Speedy was the one who answered

"Hey, Robin what's goin on!"

Robin was egar to get to his point, "We have a situation, where's Aqualad?"

Suddenly he walked into view, "Right here!"

"We need you to search the ocean for a young woman with changeling powers in the form of a fish, we'd search for her but the T-ship is too big." He continued

Aqualad was confused, "Sure, but how will I know which one is her?"

Robin had already anticipated his question, "She has a severe wound and she'll be the only fish with bandages around her middle. Also she's very (ahem) defensive so be careful because she won't talk, just run"

"You got it! "

Bumblebee had been listening to their conversation and appeared at the top of the screen flying above Aqualad, "the rest of the team will search on land …."

All the titans smiled gratefully and Robin was the one to express it, "Thanks guys, and if you find her please bring her back her immediately; she may be further damaging her injury"

Bumblebee smiled; she knew that she was helping them and they all didn't mind, "Sure thing! Titans East Out"

The call was ended there; the three titans all turned around and around to find Cyborg getting more ice but it appeared as if he was fighting back a laugh and shock. They found out almost at once as they saw Beast Boy with a huge icepack on his lap. Raven started to snicker while Starfire merely stood there, and the boys looked like they felt his pain but still laughed quietly . . . but apparently not quiet enough . . .

"DUDE! IT'S NOT FUNNY!"

Raven snickered still but looked at him, "Uh, Beast Boy what happened?"

He groaned, "All I know is when I walked around the corner, she kicked me!"

Starfire was perplexed at his immense pain, "May I ask where?"

They all looked at her with shock not knowing or wanting to say anything

Blushing profusely as Starfire was looking at him for answers Robin turned away, "Uh . . . . . Raven do you wanna take this one?"

She didn't really want to but she sighed and gave him a look that said 'I'm going to kill you later' before she answered, 'Um sure, I can take a stab at it"

Starfire was shocked and gasped, "Oh no! Please do not stab anything!" as if trying to talk her out of it

Her friend rolled her eyes and huffed, "Starfire can you meet me in the other room. . . .NOW" she emphasized the 'now' because everyone was looking at her.

"Of coarse friend raven…."

Raven and Starfire walked out of the living room and were gone for quite a while when they both returned with Raven a little shocked at what she had just said and had explained, and Starfire blushing fiercely. . . . She didn't say anything and neither did anyone else; until the communicator rang . . . . . .

The Titans East decided that Aqualad would search underwater, which was her last known position, Bumblebee would search the air, and Speedy and Mas y Menos would search the land. They left immediately and started searching

Aqualad dived into the ocean and looked around to see if there were any fish around, and found just normal fish, but thought it a good idea to ask them if they had seen her.

"Hey, did either of you see a small fish with bandages?"

The first fish looked at him like he was crazy, "Bandages? Why would a fish have bandages?"

Aqualad thought quickly trying to get the information he needed if they had it, "She's a changeling and was wearing bandages when she changed…"

The second fish that was there rolled his eyes, "oh, well that makes sense. . . ."

The fish that spoke first turned to him and scowled as much as a fish could, "Don't be so rude! You're always so rude to people . . . you know I should enter us in one of those classes. . . . . ."

He was getting kind of annoyed; they sounded like an old bickering couple, "Excuse me! I'm sorry but this woman is severely injured and I need to find her quick!"

The second fish stayed quite but the other spoke up for him, "Oh I'm sorry; no we haven't seen anyone with bandages"

"Hey guys what's up?" a third fish said as he swam up

The rude fish looked at the newcomer, "He's lookin' for some fish with bandages on um'?"

The new fish's eyes widened, "Oh really? I just saw one…"

"Where!" he said rather loudly but he was in a hurry

"I was headed towards Saltwater Cove just ahead, close to the forest" he said quickly thinking that this must be important

Aqualad shot off and yelled, "Thanks!" swimming off at top speed. He just swam this fast until he got close to the Cove and soon as he came up on the forest; he looked around carefully. Then there he spotted he spotted her; she was swimming at a controlled speed and looked as if she was in deep pain. He knew that her efforts must have reopened her wounds…if she didn't get help she'd die, so he swam up closely behind her so he could grab her and take her to land for her own safety. . . . . . .