"Titans Go!" Robin's voice yelled out.
The 5 Titans were attacking Cinderblock. He had been spotted at a construction site. Apparently him drinking liquid cement made him bigger, so he was going to town. The Titans were not sure what he was after in the long term, Cinderblock seemed to act for the moment, and at this moment he was large and in charge.
Robin yelled while running toward Cinderblock's legs. He had no fear of being stepped on, he was much faster than the behemoth. Cyborg was firing his arm cannon at the monster. Testing how ultrasound worked on the hard surface, manipulating the frequencies trying to find one the concrete monster would be weak against. Starfire and Raven flew overhead, about at the monster's shoulder level (which was about 30 feet at the moment) and keeping his attention. The monster had grabbed a steel beam and was trying to swat at them with it.
The fight went on for about 20 minutes and then Cinderblock started getting desperate. He started throwing things at the bystanders and nearby buildings. First grabbing the cement truck and flinging it. Raven landed and focused all her attention on stopping the truck before it hit the civilians a mere hundred yards away. Cinderblock used this moment to snatch up his steel beam and swung down at the now immobile Raven. Robin and Beastboy screamed her name, but she heard nothing. The truck and the lives of those people was her entire world right now. The swing was vicious and Raven couldn't move else those people die. Cinderblock finished his swing and a surprised grunt came from his mouth. His downward swing had been stopped. Starfire stood beside Raven holding the other end of the beam in her hands. She had saw Raven's danger and the adrenaline along with her love of her friends gave her strength. Her eyes glowing brightly, she ripped the beam out of his hands and dropped dropped it as Beastboy charged. He had taken the form of a triceratops and hit Cinderblock dead center with those huge horns. The beast yelled and swung but Beastboy had changed to a bird and easily avoided the blows. Cyborg yelled that Beastboy had left a crack on his smooth surface. Robin threw his explosive discs while Cyborg fired his beam cannon at it, Raven had set down the truck and turned to face Cinderblock, but was too exhausted to attack yet. Starfire threw her starbolts at the point where Cyborg hit. The crack grew bigger but Cinderblock still continued fighting. It was then that Beastboy hit the beast with another similar attack as before when it split in half and crumbled. The fighting stopped a minute while they readied themselves for an attack which didn't come. Cinderblock was finished and upon inspection seemed to be nothing more than concrete. Nothing resembling life at all, until they found the hollowed out inside which looked like a smaller version of Cinderblock which was nowhere to be found.
Afterward, of course, came the reporters. There had been very little damage done, even to the building under construction and the truck which had been thrown. This is the reason the Titans were so popular, they usually handled the bad guys while costing the city very little. Robin told the reporters how, once again, teamwork saved the day and the other Titans took this moment, as usual, to disappear.
Back at Titan Tower the young heroes relaxed. Robin and Beastboy were playing a video game. Beastboy had just finished defeating Cyborg, who was in turn being consoled by Starfire. There was a lot of yelling, back slapping and good spirit.
Even Raven, who was reading a book, was joining in by reading her book in the same room. She seldom shut herself into her room anymore and her presence with the others meant a lot, so they left her read in peace. Raven smiled as she read. (she had read every book in the tower, and had to hit the different libraries weekly) flinching only once when Starfire offered to make Cyborg some Glugbort Pie, which was known to cheer up people on her planet. Cyborg replied kicking Beastboy's butt would make him happier but alas that was not to be. Robin had beaten Beastboy so Cyborg's challenge would be at him instead.
"Oh yeah" Cyborg said, jumping over the couch and grabbing the controller.
Starfire was now consoling Beastboy who was saying that Starfire's mention of food had distracted him. Starfire offered to make the pie for him, which he replied "is there any meat in it?"
About a dozen ordered pizza's, a glugbort pie and maybe a little mustard later the Titans went their separate ways. Robin stood on the roof of the tower overlooking the city. It was at these moments he felt at peace. His communicator would alert him if any emergencies happened in the city. He looked at the view of the city and the water as if watching for something to happen. He heard the wind whisper for a moment and turned around. It was Starfire. She had a habit of staying up late also. Robin guessed Tamaranians needed less sleep than humans, because she always seemed to be up late and was usually one of the first ones awake.
Starfire "the city is so pretty at night" she had said this before, she caught him up here many times and usually started with a similar statement. He usually just agreed.
"yeah, it is Star" he said "I feel like when I stand out here nothing bad will happen to the city, or I will be able to see it before it comes."
Starfire was silent for a few minutes, looking out over the city with Robin. Without breaking the silence again she left. He didn't have to ask where she went.
Starfire flew down to the garage. Cyborg was working on the T-Car. He was intently upgrading some portion of the engine and waved happily as he worked. Cyborg was at peace when he built, so Starfire simply watched him work.
When Cyborg's welding became boring, Starfire went silently to the main room. Beastboy was there like usual watching the late movies. His sense of hearing was not as trained as Robin's so he didn't hear the girl float up behind the couch. So she stood there behind him and smiled, watching the movie. Right when the moment was right she made her presence known by tapping Beastboy on the shoulder. He jumped off the couch, turned around and saw Starfire smiling. She acted innocent, but he could swear that she did that on purpose.
"Is this another of your scary movies?" she asked with an innocent voice
"Yeah Star, its one of the best. In this one the swamp monster is taking revenge on the swamp for making it a monster. It's almost over if you want to finish it with me" And so she joined him on the couch. They watched the last 10 minutes of the movie and when the credits started to roll Beastboy started to clean up the small mess he had created. Starfire helped him a minute and then disappeared. Raven was reading when she felt the presence on the other side of the door.
"Come in, Star" Raven said
Starfire came into the room with a smile "amazing, friend Raven. You knew it was me without even a knock"
Raven almost smiled, she knew Starfire was kidding around. She looked up from her reading and saw that Starfire was holding a book toward her.
Starfire: "I got this from long distance transmission this morning from the Tamaranian main library, I printed it out because I know how much you like to read words on paper"
Raven glanced at the page she was on before putting the book down and took the book from Starfire. It was very large and printed double sided. The job was very professional looking, with even a solid cover which, even though it was just white cardboard, had some very well drawn pictures which Starfire must have drawn herself. IT also had choreographed wording. The title "Tamaranian ancient superstitions and mysticism" caught her attention. The drawing and text on the covers matched the theme of the title. Raven decided she would read the Asian folklore book for the fourth time some other day.
Raven: "thanks, Starfire, but what's the occasion?"
Starfire: "As an ambassador of Tamaran I am always happy to share my culture with my friends" she stayed with Raven for a bit, laughing at some of the more childish folklore that the book held, and pointing out some of the more serious things she had been taught as she grew up. By the time Starfire left Raven was ready for sleep.
And Titans Tower slept, until breakfast the next day.