Chapter 20
Slade watched the disciple of Scathe. He ran his school with an iron will. His will. Brother Blood controlled all his students. Slade had just finished viewing the obstacle course run of each of Blood's top students.
"What do you think?"
"An obstacle course can only prove so much."
"I agree."
"Then I propose one final exam. Destroy the Teen Titans."
Brother Blood smiled.
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The sun was shining, the day was wonderful, and the pizza smelled great.
"Dude, this cheese pizza is great."
"Mmm, mmm, meat pizza."
Beast Boy glared at Cyborg.
"What?"
"Man, you know I have been most of those animals!"
"So?"
"Easy Titans, combat practice is this afternoon."
"Its just a pizza, there is no need for confrontation."
As they argued, the Titans were being targeted.
In the distance a young boy cackled to himself as he hit the launch button.
Cyborg heard it first.
He stood up.
The others saw it.
A missile coming right them at the pizza place zeroed in on their position.
Raven created a shield protecting the citizens and them.
Kaboom.
Raven lowered the shield and the Titans looked for their attackers.
It did not take long.
Three young people were waiting for them.
"Who are you?"
The smallest of the three sneered at them.
"We are the HIVE."
The pink haired girl stepped forward.
"And this is attack pattern Alpha."
The kid with a G on his backpack fired over 10 mini missiles at the Titans.
The largest of the three ran toward Cyborg after he got out of the path of the rockets.
"Hey Tin man heads up."
Cyborg looked up to see a bus coming down on his head.
With a mighty swing of his arm he sent it right back.
The big guy was trapped under the bus and cried out for help.
"Jinx, Gizmo, get over here!"
Jinx sent a pink blast of energy at Nightwing, Terra, and Raven causing them to scramble out of the way.
"Man, are you a pansy or something, why do we call you Mammoth if you can't lift a little bus."
Mammoth took up the challenge and the bus seems to explode away from him.
The big man grinned.
"So, the HIVE, is that some sort of school?"
The kids from HIVE looked over at Nightwing.
"Yeah, so?"
"So you need to go back to school."
Terra had boulders floating over them, while Cyborg had his sonic cannon charged, aiming in their direction.
Gizmo whistled.
A blur of blinding speed hit Cyborg and Terra.
When it stopped, the red and yellow uniformed boy stood next to Jinx.
"Sorry I am late, slept in."
Nightwing was about to attack when arrows blocked his way, then exploded as Nightwing back-flipped way.
"Bad hair day."
An arrow was knocked in his bow; the black stylized s on his chest reflected the light from the power tipped weapon.
"Anybody else we are inviting to the party today?"
Beast Boy looked exasperated as he helped Terra up.
"As a matter of fact yeah."
A girl who looked like a giant bee and a boy bursting from the sewer on a fountain of water joined them.
Cyborg gave Beast Boy a look, who just shrugged.
"We are the HIVE and playtime is over."