Teen Titans: Gizmo's and Gadget's

Chapter Three – The Chase

She swam for what seemed like an hour when in reality it was only 15 minutes, but the pain from her wound was so severe that time seemed twice as long. As far as she could tell from the reflection on the water, she was next to a forest and not to far from it either. In the middle of wondering where to hide out, a young man with black hair and wearing blue spandex swam out of nowhere to grab her. She wittingly turned into a dolphin and slapped him across the face with her tailfin to stun him. She hadn't planned on it but she decided to swim towards the shore and hideout in the forest until it was safe to continue her journey. As she reached the show, she briefly collapsed to catch her breath, when she heard the sound of splashing water and looked back to see the boys head pop out of the ocean to look for her.

"Wait! Hey guys she's over here next to the shore!" she heard him yell; she realized there must be other people on the shore looking for her

She got up quickly and started to run to the left when she saw a swift glimpse of a blur of red and white. All of a sudden two boys, one with a plus sign on his chest and the other with a minus sign, were in front of her; they were on each others shoulders, looking at her.

Mas y Menos: (unison) ¿Usted es bien? (are you alright)

She tried to run to the in the opposite direction but gave out a startled cry because before she knew what happened the two people, behind her, were now in front of her and the other young man in blue behind her. Her attackers were next joined by a boy in red carrying arrows and a bow coming out of the forest and a girl in yellow and black stripes coming from the sky. She saw she was surrounded and ran toward the two math-marked boys and turned into a kangaroo and jumped over them and ran like hell, frightened for her life. They ran after her but as soon as she got not but 10 feet away the two boys were in front of her once again, she assumed she could move at supersonic speeds and thought her only chance was to fly. She turned into a monkey and jumped into a tree, climbed as fast as she could, with the orange headed boy right behind her, but as soon as she got to the highest branch she turned into an eagle and started to fly away. She was flying as fast as she could but the girl was catching up to her; she swerved and swayed through many branches and got the best of the girl on one, as the girl slammed stomach first into it. With her supersonic hearing she heard the others following of foot just behind her, but reached a cliff so high, she realized that she'd never be able to fly that high before the caught her. . . . .

As bumblebee took off he and the others set off on foot, following as fast as they could. They were headed toward Birdwatchers cliff and reached it soon after the chase started. Up about 100 ft the woman stopped and took sanctuary on a ledge. Speedy started to climb up, leaving the others on the ground, to help bumblebee talk to the woman and about ½ ways up when bumblebee landed on the side of the cliff next to her. He quickly made it to the same ledge and stood up to see the young woman. . . . . .

She knew she couldn't out run them . . . it was inevitable . . . . her energy ran out as she reached an edge and turned back to human form. She saw the girl flying down to her and the red clothed boy swiftly climbing the rock side, so she just gave up, backing up into the cliff and retreating into a sitting up fetal position with her head in her knees giving a dry sob, very frightened. One of the individuals gently put her hand on her shoulder and she jumped and recoiled. She was surprised at their act of kindness; thinking that they would forcefully take her away.

A girls voice softly spoke out to her, "Were not here to hurt you, were here to help."

She still stayed in her mentally comforting position as she was still slightly frightened, and from somewhere to her left she heard a boy's voice and looked up to see the orange headed boy talking into a walkie

"Guy's we got her."

"Good, bring her back as soon as you can" another male voice answered

"You got it" he closed the transmission and put the communicator back on his belt

Against her better judgment she decided to trust them; either way it all ended up with her going with them. She looked around to see a hand outstretched to help her up; she took it. As she got up, she realized the pain in her side; through all the excitement she had put all her focus on getting away. She collapsed on the ground, against the cliff side, and held her side. The two people came forward to look at her bandages, she too looked down, and her bandages were soaked in blood. From all the running that she did, the wound was able to open back up and bleed freely.

The girl looked to the orange haired boy in worry, "We have to get her back now."

"Right"

So the boy picked her up and started to carry her down the cliff side, talking to her along the way

"Hello there"

She was gasping from pain and trouble breathing; she replied with an outburst of air, "Hi"

"My name is Speedy"

"Gadget, nice to meet you" she stopped taking an intake of breath and gave a slight, tired, soft giggle, "considering the circumstances"

They landed on the ground and she saw three more people there, along with the girl she saw just a few seconds before. Speedy started to introduce them one by one pointing them out.

"This is bumblebee, Aqualad, and Mas y Menos, guys this is Gadget"

Bumblebee and Aqualad talked almost in "Hello" "Hey"

The two small boys looked peppy happy as the held out there arms above their head in excitement, "¡Hola senorita gadget! ¡Agradable encontrarle!" (Hello, Gadget, nice to meet you!)

Gadget looked at the two, "Hi" then she turned to the brothers, "And hola, agradable encontrarle también" (hello, nice to meet you too)

They all looked shocked but Speedy gave a chuckle, "Hey finally someone who can understand them. . . ."

Bumblebee was looking at her bandages which had become even more red, "I hate to break this up but we have to get her back to the titans"

Speed nodded in recognition and they walked off through the forest. They walked for a short time until they reached the shore. She watched as Aqualad just looked out into the ocean, when two dolphins appeared. She was astounded by these two noble dolphins, and how they knew exactly what to do and how to help them.

Aqualad turned to Speedy and Gadget, "You two can ride these guys, they say that their happy to help"

Gadget looked at Aqualad and chuckled, "Neat trick…"

Speedy walked over and placed her on one of the dolphins while he got next to the other. She held on as the two dolphins took off and Aqualad followed, while Bumblebee flew overhead, but the Mas y Menos were so fast that they were already on the shore of the tower that she earlier ran away from. She was starting to feel tired and weak; her grip was slipping from the dolphin's fin. Just then a gentle hand helped her back onto the dolphin, and when she looked around she saw Aqualad

Aqualad smiled at her to give her some comfort, "wouldn't want you to slip off. . . . ."

"Thank you. . . . ."

He helped her all the way to the shore, where Speedy again picked her up and started to carry her toward the tower, but on their way inside she slipped into a comforting sleep. ...