Invader

Trembling legs shivered inside those black and purple leg stockings. Large, thick, black shoes clopping together in nervous fear as the girl found herself shaking from head to toe. Jinx was eye to eye with 2 of her most hated, despised, and evilest of rivals, Pinball and Scarab. And with Gizmo out cold, Jinx was left to battle both of them all by herself. "You can do this, you can do this, you can do this……I hope" Jinx gulped, silently talking to herself.

Pinball cackled "It looks like you're out of dancing partners there love, but don't fret none, old PB here would love to shackle up for one last tango, wouldn't you agree Scarab?". The insect girl smirked and nodded. Jinx bit her lip, her body stiff as a board and tensed up in every muscle. "Here comes the pain" Pinball shouted as he whirled into a spinning, super speeding ball of death. The armor clad boy shot into the air and soared right towards Jinx.

"AH" Jinx screamed and panicked, firing one of her trademark bad luck charm waves. The pink energy shattered Pinball's mechanical systems and shot the boy off course. The flying student screamed as he slammed into a wall at incredible speeds, "Ugh that smarts something fierce" Pinball groaned. Jinx smiled with shock as she watched Pinball painfully slump to the ground. The young sorceress couldn't believe she did it, she beat him.

Jinx turned to Scarab, grinning "You're next bug butt, and I've got plenty more bad luck where that came from". Scarab replied "Not bad pinky, but don't forget that I've got fireworks too". The armored warrior raised her 2 arms up and fired twin energy beams directly at Jinx, emanating from the gems on her wrists. Jinx gasped as the beams struck her and knocked her to the ground. However, Jinx stood right back up with seemingly no damage.

Scarab secretly smirked at her opponent's confusion. Jinx laughed "Well that was completely useless, now it's you're turn". But when Jinx tried to fire her bad luck waves, she was shocked to notice they weren't working. Jinx waved her arms again, and again, and again, and no matter how many times she did it, her waves refused to emerge. "HIYA" Scarab shouted as she painfully smashed her left boot heel into Jinx's face with a drop kick.

Jinx grunted as she collapsed to the ground, rubbing her bruised pink cheek. "HA, HA, HA, and it's no wonder you're test scores are so low" Scarab cackled, Jinx was still totally confused on what had happened to her powers. Scarab grinned "Those so called useless beams of mine are actually disruptor rays. They disrupt and dissipate any and all energy based attacks. Now here's the real fun part, they also affect you if you're struck directly.

Anyone with super powers who gets hit by my beams will temporarily lose their powers, like you Jinx. Because you got a double dose, you're powers should return in about 20 minutes". Before Jinx could respond, Scarab leapt into the air and soared on her insect wings. The bug girl crashed her heavily armored cranium into Jinx's skull. "But this match will be LONG over before that happens" Scarab said, Jinx's eyes widened in absolute panic.

Meanwhile……above the arena……

Brother Blood smiled a wicked, twisted smile as he heard a rustling noise behind him. Julius, Billy Numerous, Seemore, and the other students turned to see a boy clad in yellow, HIVE styled armor. The armored student was dragging in some kind of monstrous bat creature. The beast had black fur like skin, gigantic jaws, and a large, slobbering dog like tongue. The bat had a large, dark green Mohawk hairstyle, and a ripped, brown leather jacket.

Inhuman, gnarled bat legs were wearing what looked like half shredded purple pants. The monster growled savagely under its captive collar. The armored boy raised his hand to salute Blood, he announced loudly "Private HIVE reporting for duty sir! I am pleased to announce my mission has been accomplished, sir". Brother Blood approached the monstrous bat creature; he examined the deformed beast with much pleasure and even greater delight.

"Marvelous work my dear student; you have made Brother Blood quite happy, this creature will certainly be put to good use" Blood said. The wicked teacher howled with maniacal laughter. By good use, Brother Blood of course meant using the creature to destroy the Teen Titans. Private HIVE nodded "Yes sir, the Teen Titans will never suspect us to have a secret weapon like this, sir". Blood smirked "Now, what shall we call this thing?

Every good villain needs a name, one that really strikes terror into the hearts of heroes. Ah yes, I know exactly what to call him". The bat monster snarled and savagely snapped his slobbering jaws, wildly thrashing against HIVE's choke collar chain. Blood smirked "Hence forth, you shall be known as……Ghoulock. Now take Ghoulock down to the containment chambers at once. Numerous, assist Private HIVE", the red duplicator nodded eagerly.

But the enraged bat monster seemed completely against going along with this. Ghoulock growled and snarled, his fangs snapping hatefully at everyone around him. Billy Numerous squeaked and 6 petrified Billy's jumped back in fear of the bat beast. Private HIVE "Numerous, get here on the double, I can't hold him for LOOOAAAAAHH". Ghoulock roared and charged towards the arena done, dragging Private HIVE along for the ride.

Brother Blood shouted "Stop him this instant, we can't let that creature escape". Ghoulock shattered the arena dome with his powerful wings and soared into the arena. Private HIVE screamed as he crashed into the dome wall, dragged right into the section of the wall Ghoulock didn't break. Scarab smirked as Jinx's throat was being viciously crushed in the girl's insect hands. Suddenly a towering bat shadow was cast down upon them.

Scarab gasped "No way, it can't be HIM". Jinx and Scarab looked to the top of the arena, and realized it wasn't who they originally thought it was. They discovered that it was something much, much worse. "ROWWWRR" Ghoulock howled into the air. Scarab dropped Jinx and screamed, both girls backed away in horror at sight of the creature. "Jinx, get away from him NOW" Julius tried to shout out to his friend. Ghoulock turned to Julius.

The bat beast smacked Julius and everyone else around him back with his powerful, and massive wings. Ghoulock soared down into the arena and confronted the terrified girls. Blood growled "Bring Stone here at once, we've got to capture that mutant immediately". As the students frightfully ran from the arena entrance, Scarab and Jinx remained trapped inside. The insect armored Scarab gulped as Ghoulock had his dark eyes locked on her.

"Feels like my skull's splitting stitches or something" a groggy voice said. Ghoulock's ears flared up, turning towards the staggering student, Pinball. The gravity genius had apparently just awakened from his little nap. Pinball blinked "Hey, who the snot sucking succotash are you supposed to be?". Growling an inhuman response to Pinball, Ghoulock fired out his colossal, slobbering tongue. The slimy appendage extended out like a fire hose.

Pinball gasped as the tongue wrapped around his gold battle suit, and hurled him across the room like a base ball. Gizmo groaned "Ugh, what's the big, pit sniffing idea?". The bald little villain blinked wide eyed as he saw a shape rapidly approaching. BAM! Pinball crashed into Gizmo and the 2 mechanical, midget sized geniuses were once again knocked unconscious. Jinx gulped in fear and turned to Scarab, only to find her far, far away.

Scarab was running towards the other side of the arena, hoping to escape that way. Ghoulock flew into the air and clamped his jaws over Scarab's head. "AIEEEEEEEEE, let go of me" a muffled Scarab managed to scream out. The mutant bat grumbled grumpily at the taste of her armored flesh, Ghoulock spat Scarab out in utter disgust. Apparently, Scarab's armored skin proved too distasteful to the likings of the colossal vampire bat.

"But then that means (gulp) I'm dessert" Jinx squeaked. The young girl knew with no one else left in the arena, Jinx became the only available snack food on Ghoulock's predatory mind. The pink haired witch ran to the broken entrance to the arena and screamed "Someone, get me out of here!". Suddenly Stone appeared, rushing through the crowds. The Titan spy looked down and gasped, Ghoulock was quickly advancing on Jinx's frantic trail.

Stone shouted "I'm coming for ya Jinx, here, give me your hand". The black boy extended his hand down to Jinx, to which she eagerly accepted and grabbed as tightly as she could. Ghoulock unhinged his colossal jaws like a snake, and unleashed a devastating super sonic bat howl. Stone, Jinx, Julius, and all the other students screamed as the sonic wave sliced into their ears. Jinx screamed as the force of the howl dropped her back into the arena.

Recoiling his hand, Stone cried out in pain as he held his hand. Sparks started to surge from Stone's damaged hand. The young Titan gasped.

Stone's Thoughts

Oh no! My holo-ring, that bat freak must have scrambled its circuitry. If I don't get this fixed then everyone is going to find out who I really am. Sorry Jinx, but I can't stay……I just can't!

Stone turned and bolted from the gathering, clutching his damaged ring and returning to his room. Jinx's eyes started to fill up with tears of terror. The demonic Ghoulock cackled, the bat beast fired his stretchy tongue at Jinx, like a frog snatching up a fly. The tongue wrapped around Jinx's leg and started to pull her in. Jinx screamed, her gray fingers finding little to grab on the steel floor. Ghoulock was dragging Jinx right towards his hungry jaws.

The girl tried to use her bad luck waves, but gasped as she had already forgotten. Jinx whimpered "Stupid Scarab, her disruptor beams still haven't worn off, I'm bat chow for sure". Now there seemed that no one could stop Ghoulock from feasting on young Jinx. "Hey, bat freak" a voice called out. Curiously perplexed, Ghoulock turned his green haired head around. ZAP! A powerful energy beam violently slammed into the back of Ghoulock.

Incredible energies surged into the mutant's body, Ghoulock's wings and jaws flapped about frantically and painfully. The raw power of the beam seemed to be driving the monster mad with pain. Jinx gasped as Ghoulock released her leg, the mutant bat then flapped it's wings and began to fly. The gathered group of students watched in awe as Ghoulock used another sonic howl. Ghoulock punched a hole in the ceiling, and quickly flew through it.

Blood growled "Fools, after that creature. Don't let it escape the confinement of the HIVE academy, we can't afford to lose him". Private HIVE, Billy Numerous, Mammoth and all the other available students quickly chased after Ghoulock, alongside Brother Blood. Meanwhile, Jinx slowly stumbled back onto her wobbly legs and feet. The girl weakly smiled as she turned to her rescuer, "Man I don't know how to thank you, but I".

But Jinx's words of kindness stopped half way, the face of her savior had been revealed. And despite the fact she had hated them so passionately, at this very moment, Jinx was hoping Scarab or Pinball had woken up. Even her annoying little friend Gizmo. Perhaps then, Jinx could avoid this disturbingly awkward moment. For it was not Stone who was standing there. No, it was young Julius, holding a smoking scatter blaster in his 2 hands.

Julius shyly replied "You're welcome?".

To be continued……