I AM SOOOO SORRY THAT IT TOOK ME SOOO LONG TO UPDATE! THIS ONE'S EXTRA-LONG TO MAKE UP FOR IT!
Chapter Eight: Things That Shouldn't Be Happening
As the Titans rushed to the scene of the crime, they all expected to see Shadow and Nightmare again, probably being the ones who had caused the trouble.
"I always knew that those two were no good…" muttered Cyborg as sped along the road.
When they got there, they were a bit surprised. They didn't see who they had expected, but another old friend.
It was Lavender, the girl from MoonBucks.
Except, there were ten of her.
And she…erm, they were totaling the street.
And they all seemed to have some kind of super power.
"Is this some kind of optical illusion?" said Raven.
Her question was answered when one of them saw the Titans, and came over and picked Robin up as if he were a feather, and threw him into the window of the jewelry store. Apparently, they were all as real as them.
"GO!" he yelled as he came back out of the shattered window.
(AN: from this point on in this chapter, it will no longer be in chronological order. It will tell what happened to each Titan after Robin yelled "GO!" So, first I'll tell what happened to Robin, then Starfire, and so on and so forth. So… here goes.)
Each Titan took on two of the girls.
Robin kept battling with the super-strong one that had thrown him, as well as another who seemed to be able to run and throw punches at super-speed. He took out his bar and yelled, "Try and keep up!" He led them through the park until they came to a place where the road was being paved. There, Robin jumped over the road, but the others didn't seem to get it. They were stuck in the tar that glistened in the morning sun, and the more they struggled, the more imbedded in the tar they became.
His first instinct was to yell, 'Catch ya later!' and let the police take care of them. But the two girls looked like they were in immense pain… when suddenly he realized that there were still some things that he wanted to know about the girl…s.
Robin stood there awhile, puzzled by all of the unanswered questions, studying the two of them, looking for some answers in their faces.
How had she been able to multiply herself? Something told him that she didn't do this to herself. He was almost certain that she had had help.
But from who?
Suddenly, he got an idea. He was pretty sure that he was right.
I'm quite sorry to say that he was.
Cyborg had quite a "fun" time with the two that he was trying to subdue. One seemed to be able to create electric currents, and the other had control over water. They made quite the double duo. One would get something wet, the other would electrocute it to a crisp—they were coming for him! They were—
Cyborg was suddenly drenched, and then—
BOOM!
Lightning seemed to strike, and he fell over with a yell of agony, completely KO'd.
He would be out for a while.
Starfire was also having some trouble. The two that she was fighting were proving rather hard to fight… she hit them each a number of time with her starbolts, but it didn't seem to faze them. One of the girls she was fighting was able to shoot lasers out of her hands, the other seemed to be able to heal herself…
Starfire heard Cyborg's scream of pain, and turned to see what had happened.
"Friend Cyborg-" she started.
One of the lasers (somehow magnified with a mirror that the healer had pulled out) hit Starfire in the back.
She sank to the ground, unconscious.
In comparison to the other Titans, Raven was doing quite well. Except for the fact that one of her enemies had her in a headlock from her own magic, and but the other seemed to be under control. She was standing there apathetically, as if she didn't care what happened to the others.
The grip around her neck tightened- the one that wasn't under control seemed to have some form of telekinesis- she could mimic other peoples' powers.
She could feel the lack of air getting to her… she was losing consciousness… everything was going dark…until…a roar of rage that seemed almost inhuman echoed through the street, scaring the force that was holding her and bringing her back to her senses… almost. The lack of air for so long caused Raven to sink to the ground and faint.
Beast Boy had a different type of enemy. One of the girls was made of rubber- she could stretch and bend to diffuse his attacks no matter what form he took… the other had the ability to read minds and was yelling out his thoughts for the world to hear.
She was yelling all of his weaknesses, insults that his thoughts gave away, and stuff about his ex girlfriend. He just tuned out and focused on subduing her and her partner in crime.
Suddenly, something told him that something was wrong. Maybe it was his animal's instinct. Maybe it was the fact that there was a collective gasp from the crowd of people who had gathered to watch the fight. But for whatever reason that had made him do it, he turned around, and what he saw sent a ripple of anger through his mind.
Raven was being killed by her own powers!
He rushed over, completely abandoning the fight. That's when his anger got the better of him. The Beast emerged.
He roared, and the girl who was using Raven's powers against her lost her concentration in fear. Raven dropped to the ground, unconscious.
His rage subsided, and the Beast was gone, but BB didn't turn back into a human. He turned into a snake, and slithered toward the girl until—
The other one stepped on his head. He turned back into a human, completely knocked out.
(AN- at this point the whole non-sequential thing ends, and it will now be told in chronological order)
Robin stepped back into the street, where he was shocked to see that his team had been unable to subdue the girl. His team mates were all unconscious. Suddenly, he heard an angry noise. He turned around to see all ten of the girls (including the two who were now covered in tar) glaring at him. He felt the bottom of his stomach drop out as he backed up against the wall…
A yell echoed through the street.
Two figures landed unexpectedly in the middle of the street.
"WE'RE BACK!" yelled Shadow and Nightmare triumphantly.
The ten girls looked at each other, baffled.
Shadow and Nightmare jumped into action.
Shadow immediately took it up with the girl who had telepathy.
"Let's see what's inside of your mind!" yelled the telepath. Shadow countered by throwing what seemed to be a rope made of electric blue plasma at her. It wrapped around her, leaving her immobile.
Nightmare took it up with the tar-covered ones. Out of nowhere, she dropped a whole bunch of feathers on them- and they stuck.
"HA HA! CHICKENS!" she yelled.
And so it went in this way. The two of them teamed up to beat the one who could use other peoples' powers. Suddenly, there was something that made them stop…
A girl stumbled out of the crowd and sank to her knees, screaming in agony. It was just after Shadow had dealt a particularly nasty blow to the one who could borrow powers.
The two of them stared as the intensity of her screaming heightened. As her screaming reached its peak, all of the girls seemed to be sucked into her. Lavender stood to face Shadow and Nightmare when suddenly a hand from the crowd grabbed her and pulled her away. She seemed to melt into thin air, she had disappeared so quickly.
The entire time, Robin had been watching.
Shadow and Nightmare looked at him, perhaps waiting for directions.
"I could've taken those two down by myself!" he yelled, trying to keep some dignity to his name.
During the whole sucking-up-of-the-clones thing, the other Titans had been coming to. BB helped Raven up, and Cyborg and Starfire went over to Robin.
"What happened here?" Robin asked incredulously.
"We just did what we came to do," said Shadow.
"Jedi Master House will be wanting us- we have class," Nightmare said suddenly.
"You're right!" said Shadow. "We have to get there!"
A bolt of lightning came down and struck them, and they were gone