"You told her?" Speedy asked Aqualad as they got ready for combat practice. Aqualad nodded. "Well, what did she say?" he had to know.
"She said she liked me…as a friend."
Speedy scoffed, "Well that sucks. Too bad for you."
"Maybe."
"What do you mean maybe?" and they walked out of the back of the tower.
"She said it didn't mean that we couldn't be more than friends."
"Oh, so you might get the rebound, huh? Sounds good!"
"I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable though."
"So don't stare at her."
"It's not just that, talking to her is going to be weird. I've never felt this way about someone before."
"I'm happy for you. Now we just have to find someone for me."
"How about Bumblebee?"
"No way man! I can't stand her! Besides, the whole city thought that you two were an item up until that interview. That would be stupid."
"I guess." The Spanish twins ran by.
"Hora de practicar." Mas said.
"Vayamos." Menos replied. And they both cheered and sped outside. Bumblebee was already out there and she was waiting for them.
"Where's Sapphire?" she asked.
"Right here." Sapphire said as she walked out, looking just as beautiful as ever. Aqualad and her exchanged glances, and everything that had been said the night before came back to them. They just smiled and Sapphire winked at him. "Sorry I can't practice today. I'm going back down to Atlantis. I want to help them clean up after what happened yesterday."
"Okay, see you later." Bee said. Sapphire looked at Aqualad, knowing he wasn't about to follow her. She just walked up to the water's edge and dove it. Aqualad watched as her legs changed to a fin and her hair changed colors as she swam off. She was so beautiful in both forms. "Okay, combat practice. Mas y Menos, you're up." Bee said, but then their communicators went off. Bumblebee tool out hers and looked at it. "Control Freak! Let's go!" and they all ran off into the city.
Control Freak stood under the bridge, waiting for the titans. He stood with his arms crossed. When the titans appeared, he smiled and chuckled to himself. He looked at them and counted, only counting five. He snickered and grumbled.
"What're you up to Control Freak?" Bumblebee asked, aggravated.
"I was hoping to meet the newest member of the titans, but I guess she's a no show. Oh well, I'll just simply have to bring her up here." And with that he whipped out his remote and pressed the button. From the remote shot four individual boxes that captured the titans one by one! They all struggled to get out! Bumblebee shot her stingers, Aqualad pounded on it, Speedy tried his arrows but they were no good, and Mas y Menos just stood still, scared to death. Control Freak cracked up at the sight. "Don't even bother Titans East! This glass is the strongest ever made, there is no way out of it! The only way to get free is to be saved by your new friend, Sapphire!" and then he cracked up some more. "Oh, this is brilliant!"
Sapphire was picking through the wreckage with the other depressed people of Atlantis. Their home was practically ruined. Sapphire picked up a small stuffed seahorse toy and held it close. So many lives…all because of one psycho who wanted domination. It wasn't fair that so many people had to suffer. If only Aqualad…but then her communicator went off. She looked down at her hip and saw the blinking red light.
"Aqualad needs me." She said to herself.
"Aqualad?" an elderly man spoke up with a hand on his back. "That traitor!"
"No, he didn't mean to betray us." Sapphire offered.
"Whenever Atlantis needed help he was no where to be found!" another man said.
"He turned his back on us!" one lady yelled over.
"No, listen to me! He means good, and he wants to help! But right now he may be in trouble. I have to go." And she went to swim off, but a little girl grabbed her wrist. She looked back down at the infant.
"Please don't go, Sapphire. We need you here." The adorable voice said.
"But my friend needs me."
"Don't help him!" one voice yelled out.
"Yeah, he doesn't deserve it!" another one bellowed. Sapphire grimaced and looked up at the surface. She hated to admit it but they were right.
"It looks like she isn't coming. Oh well, I might as well begin." And Control Freak pressed his button again, making the boxes begin to fill up with water! "The Titans east will simply drown at the carelessness of their new friend."
"You must have forgotten that I can breathe under water, huh, Control Freak?" Aqualad stated. Control Freak walked over to his box.
"Nope. That's why I'm freezing yours!" and water still poured into his box. "When the water reaches the top it will freeze, encasing you in a block of ice!" Aqualad's face dropped and he began to pound on the glass with the other titans!
"Help! Help!" they all cried! Control Freak laughed.
"Yes! I have rendered the Titans East helpless! Now when I am finished, they will be no more!"
"Guess again!" Sapphire yelled as she jumped out of the water and did a flip in the air! Her fin turned back into legs and her hair changed back to its usual colors as she landed swiftly on the ground! "You're time is up Control Freak!"
"Ah, the new titan. Welcome Sapphire! I've been waiting for you!" he said and she walked up to the boxes with her friends in them.
"Guys!" she cried and began to pound on the one with Aqualad in it! He just looked at her helplessly with worry in his eyes! She turned and looked at the other boxes with her other friends who struggled to get free before they drowned! Sapphire turned to Control Freak and glared. "Let them go!" she shouted at him.
"Uh…no!" and he laughed again, "How about this? You face my Ultimate Titans Challenge to save them! Either that or they drown!" Sapphire growled and formed aqua bolts in her hands and shot them at the boxes! Nothing happened. "It's a super strong glass that cannot be broken. You have no choice but to accept the challenge if you want to save them." She turned and walked up to him.
"Alright, I accept your challenge." She said, "What must I do to save my friends?" she asked.
"To save the Titans East and prove yourself to be a true titan, you must press the button I have hidden under the water." he stated. Sapphire walked over to the water edge and got ready to jump in.
"No problem." She said. But as she went to jump in she ricocheted off of some sort of force field! She fell back and rubbed her head. "What the…?"
"You have to press the button, without going in the water! You have only a few seconds, if you fail, your friends will be no more!" he told her. She growled again and stood up.
This wasn't good! She had to find the button and save her friends, but she couldn't even get in the water! If she didn't find a way, they would die. She turned back and looked at them all, they now had water up to their necks, and they pounded on the walls for help! She felt her heart speed up. She had to think of something and fast! For they could not breathe water! She looked over at Aqualad's whose tank was now starting to freeze; he was already up to his waist in ice! She looked back at the water. "Think!" she told herself. "Okay, if I cannot get into the water, I'll have to take the water out!" and then her eyes and her sapphire on her circlet began to glow white! Control Freak and the other watched in awe! A bright aura surrounded her body as she lifted her arms up into the air and suddenly, all the water began to lift out of the ground! It floated up into a big ball in the air that hovered overhead! Control Freak yelped in fear!
"How did she do that?" he asked himself. Sapphire looked back at her friends who were now completely surrounded by water, struggling to hold their breath! Aqualad was now completely frozen in ice!
"No…" she said. Then she guided some of the water down in the form of a stream and pressed the button after she spotted it sticking out of the ground. The water in the boxes began to drain and the titans gasped for air as their head broke the surface! Aqualad's ice chamber began to melt away and he opened his eyes to see what was going on. There was Sapphire with a whole lake of water over her head in the form of a giant ball!
"Alright Sapphire!" he cheered as his arms went free. "You got a new power!" The titans' boxes broke and they all stepped out, coughing and holding their throats.
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" Control Freak yelled as he jumped up and down! "THAT WAS INCREDIBLE! YOU JUST DEVELOPED A NEW POWER!" Sapphire set the water back into the ground and the lake filled again, joining the rest of the water that lead out to the ocean. Her eyes and sapphire went back to normal and she walked up to Control Freak with the rest of the titans.
"I guess I did." She said. "Say titans, what should we do with him?" Sapphire asked.
"Uh oh." Control Freak backed away from them.
"I have an idea." Bumblebee said as she clenched her fists, making them crack. The titans began to surround Control Freak in a circle.
"Aw man." He complained as they all jumped on him.