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Chapter Ten: Flashes
"I'll bet you're wondering what my next deliciously devious plan is, what new and difficult challenge I'm going to set before you, or what dangers you're about to face!" Control Freak said leering into the camera. "I'll bet you even want to know how I knew you were going to be watching this movie!"
"Sparky really needs to upgrade his security package," Bee said leaning over to the other girls.
Jinx shushed her. "Hey, he's on a roll."
"Simple!" Control Freak exclaimed. "It was a simple feat to realize that you Titans like adventure movies and even simpler to know which video stores you haunt! I secretly added a protocol to this DVD that triggered a signal along your cable line. It alerted me, and now I have you in my clutches!"
He threw his head back and laughed.
Argent munched on a handful of popcorn, "Is this idiot for real?"
"He believes he is," Raven droned.
"He's just a perverse fanboy," Bee snapped. "It'll be cake."
"And now Titans, what will it be?" Control Freak snarled.
"Friends, wait," Star said, her eyes narrowing, "usually the Control Freak has the ability to see and communicate with us via the television. He has not done so, yet."
Donna caught on, "So, could this be a recording?"
"It could be," a gravelly voice said from behind them. "Because it is."
The six girls looked over the back of the couch to see Control Freak standing smugly in the center of the common room. He brandished his remote control like a fencing foil and pointed it at the couch. Behind him, the zombie pirates of the movie shambled into view.
"Yeah, Cyborg definitely needs to upgrade the security systems," Bee repeated flatly as the girls prepared to fight. Jinx and Raven both summoned eldritch energies, Star's eyes blazed green, and red spheres of plasma surrounded Argent's hands.
"And now Teen Titans, get ready for your ultimate…" The squatty villain's voice trailed off, his eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open. "It's just the… you're all in…" he mumbled as if he were living a secret fantasy. Control Freak shook his head and produced a grey fedora with a large tag labeled "Press" stuck in the hatband seemingly from nowhere. He quickly pulled out a large, bulky camera with a flashbulb from the ether.
"Bonus!" he announced. "Say 'Cheese!'"
And to the girls' horror, he took their picture.
…..
The shot was perfect. The target, the large green Tyrannosaur, had no idea was about to hit him. The last gunman said to himself as he continued to squeeze the trigger, "It's always the one you don't hear."
Nothing.
It took a split second for him to realize that he no longer held his rifle, but instead a broomstick with a red flag that read "BANG!" tied to the end. He heard a low roar approaching and turned, only to meet a wall of wind that slammed him against the steel container and dragged him in the wash of air.
Speedy and Beast Boy spun around only to see the last assailant pulled into the road by a mysterious force. The crimson clad archer rushed over and covered the last gunman, only to discover he was unconscious.
…..
Robin ran through every possible scenario as he fell. Another half-second and he was ninety-nine percent certain that he would be seriously injured. His acrobatic training could lessen the impact, but concrete awaited his landing, not piles of cardboard boxes or a stunt man's air bag.
Stupid, he scolded himself and closed his eyes.
Suddenly a powerful updraft broke his fall. Robin's eyes shot open as he flipped over and landed gracefully next to a gold and scarlet blur.
The blur quickly came into focus, and Kid Flash stood proudly next to the Teen Wonder. "That's another one you owe me," Wally said with a wide, toothy grin.
"Damn, am I glad to see you!" Robin exclaimed. "I was sure I was street pizza. What are you doing over here?"
"I… uh…" Kid Flash started but fumbled at the words. "I was in the neighborhood and I heard the radio chatter over here."
Robin arched an eyebrow. Wally West was a worse liar than Starfire. "Well, thanks for the assist."
"Always glad to help out."
Robin filled his friend in on the situation. "There's a weapons cache somewhere in this docks. The others busted the pick up guys, but I want to know who they were working for. There's a merc up on the top of that stack with a shattered kneecap, so he should be able to go far. He's decent."
Kid Flash nodded. "So you want me to search them all?"
"No need, we just need to ask them a few questions."
"Right."
Cyborg appeared with his two captives in tow. "Yo, KF! What's up?"
"Cy!" Kid Flash exclaimed. "Good to see you!"
"Okay," Robin said sharply. "One of these goons has a clip board with the information we need. The sooner we find it, the sooner we find the cache."
"Well these two didn't have it," Cyborg said. "It still must be by their cars."
"On it," Wally said and vanished.