Slumping further into my seat, I folded my arms and stared at the hanging yellow sign on a strip of red curtain labeled, "Beast Boy's All Star Prop Comedy Revue".

"Now, I know what's you're all thinking..." Beast Boy said as he sat in a bathtub. I glanced down the table at the others. Robin had already passed out and snored up a storm, Cyborg was fighting for consciousness, Raven read her book with an agitated expression, and Starfire- bless her heart- watched with great intrigue. "Nothing is more annoying than when you can't play your tuba in the bathtub."

"I can think of a few other things..." Raven mumbled.

"Shh!" Starfire hissed. "Go on!"

"Introducing the new Tuborkle!" Beast Boy slapped on some swimming goggles and hefted a large tuba into the air. The mouthpipe was a few inches longer than normal, wrapping around the outside of the instrument and to the other side of Beast Boy. "What do you think?"

"Maybe we should turn on a movie instead..." Cyborg yawned.

"How about a comedy?" I said. I pushed Robin's arm, which he used to prop up his chin, and he slammed his face into the table. He shot up and clutched his forehead, groaning in pain. Cyborg and Starfire burst into laughter; even Raven cracked a smile.

The window-sized TV turned on, with "INTRUDER ALERT" in large, red letters. A second later, a small, gray, locator pod plowed through the doors, leaving a big hole. Beast Boy's jaw dropped, and he took off his goggles to see clearly.

"What the heck is that?" Cyborg said, pointing his sonic cannon at the pod.

Beast Boy climbed out of the bathtub. "It's a message... for me."

My friends gaped at Beast Boy as he turned to the pod. A scanner opened, shining blue light on him for a few seconds. The screen lit up, projecting a man wearing the same uniform as Beast Boy, save a yellow zigzag on his chest.

"Mento..." Beast Boy said.

"Beast Boy, if this locator pod has found you, then you know what it means- the Doom Patrol is in trouble." Mento said.

"The Doom Patrol?" Raven said.

"Shh!" Beast Boy hissed.

"Our last location was in the Amazon Jungle; begin your search there. You know what must be done. I'm counting on you, Beast Boy."

The screen shut off, and the locator pod fell to the ground, having completed its mission. Beast Boy turned back to us.

"What could have happened to them?" Robin said.

"I don't know. It's been a long time since I've fought alongside the Doom Patrol, but I bet all my money the Brotherhood of Evil has something to do with it. They disappeared a few years back, but Mento must have found them." Beast Boy said.

"Then we'd better go and help them." I said. Beast Boy smiled and nodded.


I peered through my window and below at the Amazon Jungle. For hundreds of mile, all I could see was green and brown from the millions, even billions, of trees standing tall. No way would I want to get lost here.

"The radar's picking up something." Cyborg said. I pulled away from the window and looked at the single red dot flashing on the radar.

We landed the T-Ship and climbed out. All around me, I heard the tweets and chirps of different birds and bugs. A monkey swung from tree branch to tree branch above, startled from our arrival. We shoved through a large wall of bushes and gasped at the large, decaying ship wedged into the dirt.

"This is the Doom Patrol's ship." Beast Boy said. "Or... what's left of it."

"Nobody's home." Cyborg said as he held up his scanners.

"How are we going to find anyone? This place is ginormous." Raven said.

"We will find them." Beast Boy said. "Even if we have to search the entire jungle."

Beast Boy ran ahead, jumping over the large hole the ship's crash caused, and disappeared into the trees. We followed after him.

"Tell me, Beast Boy, why have you never mentioned this Patrol of Doom in the past?" Starfire said.

"It was something I did in the past, but I'm a Teen Titan now; it wasn't something that needed to be talked about." Beast Boy glanced over his shoulder as he walked a few paces ahead. "Come on, we need to hurry!"

Beast Boy switched into a run, distancing from us even more.

"This is unusual behavior, even for Beast Boy." Raven said.

"No doubt he's worried about them. The Doom Patrol raised him." Robin said.

We heard a scream- Beast Boy's scream- from up ahead. We sprinted through the trees and saw him standing before Robot Man, a large, orange, humanoid robot. His body was entangled in vines and restrained to a tree. A sign rested on his chest, saying, "TRESPASSERS BEWARE!"

"Cyborg, do something! Fix him!" Beast Boy said.

Cyborg stepped forward. "I'll do everything I can."

We chopped the vines off and laid Robot Man against the tree. Cyborg tapped a purple, shield-shaped object on his chest. It opened, revealing the red cybernetic software. He spent a few minutes tinkering with the software.

"I'm picking up brain waves. He's alive in there... somewhere." Cyborg said. "Cross your fingers."

Cyborg pressed the button on Robot Man's chest, closing the software. Light ignited from his eye sockets, and he shot up in his seat.

"Mento! I'm coming!" Robot Man leaped to his feet and took off down the forest path.

"Robot Man, wait!" Beast Boy cried.

We chased after him as he left a path of desolation, uprooting and knocking down every tree and plant in his path. We arrived at an opening and watched Robot Man step on a trip wire trap. Many laser guns popped out of the dirt and showered Robot Man with red. Thanks to his damage resistance, he ran straight past, letting the lasers destroy each other. He slammed his body into the last three lasers perched in front of a metal bunker. He ripped the doors off, and we followed him inside.

"Cliff, what's going on?" Beast Boy said as Robot Man frantically searched the abandoned area.

"We... We were ambushed. They came out of nowhere!" Robot Man panted. "They couldn't have gotten far. We'd better search the perimeter for any tracks."

"Settle down, Robot Man. I had to reset your internal chronometer when I repaired you. You've been offline."

"How long?" Robot Man said, marching up to Beast Boy.

Beast Boy bowed his head. "Five months."

"What?!" Robot Man growled and punched a wall, leaving a large hole. "I can't believe it. We should've been able to handle it; we always do!" Once he calmed down, Robot Man walked up to us. "So, this is your new group? You're just a bunch of kids."

"Nice to see you, too." Beast Boy mumbled.

"Sorry, I'm just... We should have taken care of things, but they were too much."

"It's not too late. We can still find them."

"You're darn right we will."

Nearby, a cluster of trees fell. The ground softly rumbled.

"Looks like we've got trouble." Robin said, but Robot Man was already gone.

A large, black robot, using his saw blades for hands, sliced through several trees with one swing. The trees fell into a cart that trailed close behind. By the time we had already gathered, ready to fight the machine, Robot Man had already crawled inside and destroyed it from the inside out.

"I guess we were... not needed." Starfire mumbled. Robot Man walked away from the smoldering chunks of metal and over to us.

"Robot Man, I get you want to find the Doom Patrol, but unless we work together, we're not going to get anything accomplished." Robin said.

Robot Man folded his arms and scowled. Beast Boy approached him.

"Until we find Mento, we're going to be calling the shots." he said.

"Do you think you can handle it? This is some serious adult stuff we're dealing with."

"You must be seriously out of the loop. We're the Teen Titans; you have no idea what we're capable of." Beast Boy turned to me. "Ciela, what can you tell us about those machines?"

I perked up and nodded. I felt more faint rumblings, and I gestured for everyone to follow me. We came to a cliff and watched another of the machines chop through trees.

"They're gathering materials for the Brotherhood of Evil. There are many of them positioned throughout the forest." I said, pointing to the machine. "If we follow that machine, it'll lead us to where the Brotherhood is."

"What a brainiac. I could have told you that." Robot Man said with his arms folded. I suppressed a sigh.

As the machine traveled further into the forest, hacking down every tree in its path, we climbed down the side of the cliff and followed it. We were careful to keep our distance, but because of the deep tracks it left in the dirt, it was easy to follow. It led us to a tall, dam-like wall built in the valley. Towers were perched on either side, and I could see the tiny ant silhouettes of patrolling guards.

We remained in our hidden position until nightfall, a time when sneaking in would be a lot easier to do. Robin studied the wall through binoculars.

"All right, Team, here's the plan. Robot Man, Ciela, you're with me. Cyborg, you'll take the front. Starfire and Raven, take out the guard towers. Beast Boy, get the security door open."

A crash rang from the trees, and we turned and saw several of the tree-hacking machines race toward us, their metal claws snapping.

"Can I smash them now?" Robot Man said.

"Let's test how strong you really are, Robot Man." I said. "We need to lure one of them over to the wall. Once everyone's carried out their plans, we'll breach it."

Robot Man smirked. "How strong am I? Don't make me laugh."

"Titans, go!"

Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Raven left the group to carry out their tasks. The machines lunged at us.

"Hang on!" Robot Man's hand clamped down around mine and Robin's waists, and he leaped backwards off the cliffside. The machines followed after us. Robot Man landed on the ground below, the impact creating a large crater. We back away as nearly all of the machines crashed into the ground and exploded. One was smart enough to scale down the side of the cliff, and it sped toward us. We sprinted to the wall. Above, I could see flashes of black, green, and blue energy. "Get ready for this!"

Robin and I jumped out of the way as Robot Man crackled his artificial knuckles, reached out, and grabbed the machine. With a grunt, he began to spin around, twirling the machine in his arms. He released the machine, sailing it straight into the wall. It punctured a hole in the cement, and we regrouped and climbed through. At the ground level, multiple guards surrounded The Brain, who was exactly what his name implies, and Monsieur Mallah, a very intelligent gorilla. Off to the side, the other Doom Patrol members were trapped inside containers, save Mento, who hung from a contraption meant to block his mind reading powers.

"Oh, look! The little green one and the 'Tin Soldier' have returned. What a nice family reunion." The Brain said, his speech pattern monotonous and clunky.

We leaped into the building. The guards aimed their guns at us, shooting a shower of blue lasers at us. While everyone advanced head on, I ducked behind pieces of debris and used my bazooka rifle to try and dwindle the numbers from afar. Every time the coast was clear, I hurried over to the next cover. During the fight, my friends freed the other Doom Patrol members. Beast Boy, as a stegosaurus, swung his spiny tail into the contraption holding Mento, freeing him, too.

Monsieur Mallah pulled out a laser machine gun and powered it up. He aimed it at Beast Boy. The energy slammed into his stomach, and he flew back and into the wall. The gun warmed up again, ready to fire once more.

Jumping out from behind my cover, I fired a thick laser at Mallah. He saw it in his peripheral and twisted out of the way, aiming his gun at me. I leaped back behind the large chunk of cement, curling into a ball as the red hot energy disintegrated the top half of it. I climbed back to my feet. Mallah, pausing to look at me, grinned.

"Look, Brain. The girl finally showed up." Mallah said in his thick French accent. "I was beginning to doubt the crazy girl's abilities."

The Brain twisted its body in my direction and rode over to Mallah's side, past the unconscious guards littering the ground. "Ah, yes. Welcome, Ciela Brunson. We have been expecting you."

Lasers emerged from hatches in the walls, and they conjoined together and created a light purple barrier over the other Titans and the Doom Patrol. They beat against the barrier, but it didn't budge.

In the center of the room, the quantum generator The Brain and Mallah had been working on sparked and sputtered from sustaining damage during the commotion.

"A thermogenic chain reaction. Thank you, Mento, you have outdone yourself. What better way to end your pathetic life?" The Brain said. Mallah picked up a cylindrical power core filled with orange energy and stepped next to The Brain. A large hatch opened behind them, and a rocket emerged. With a gasp, I search the room and saw Beast Boy climbing to his feet.

"Beast Boy!" I called, hurrying over to his side. Pebbles and small chunks of the ceiling rained down and pelted my head and shoulders. "We've got to do something!"

Beast Boy glanced nervously between our friends, desperately trying to break free, and our enemies as they climbed into the rocket. I gripped his shoulder, and we looked at each other and nodded. Beast Boy jumped into the air and transformed into an armadillo. He balled up, and I caught him in my hands. I reeled back my arm and threw him as hard as I could, causing my arm to ache. Beast Boy sailed in the air, smashing through one wall of lasers, while I destroyed the other wall with my rifle. The purple energy dissipated around our friends.

"Let's get moving!" Beast Boy cried. The ceiling exploded, and nearly the entirety of it started to fall towards us.

We hurried out of the building through the gaping hole in the wall. The ceiling came down, crushing everything still left inside. We climbed back up the cliffside and turned in time to see the building explode from the inside out. Thick plumes of smoke rose into the air.

"You did it, guys." Robin said. Beast Boy and I turned to our friends. "Thanks."

"We are most grateful for what you have done!" Starfire said.

"Grateful?" Mento scoffed, his arms tightly folded. "The Brain got away. There's nothing to celebrate."

"What are you talking about? If it weren't for Beast Boy, you would have been dead a long time ago! You should be on your knees thanking him!" I said.

"You don't get it, girl. You didn't save us, you only delayed our deaths." Mento said. "I read The Brain's mind. I know exactly what was going on inside that devious contraption."

I stepped in front of my friends. "So do I. That power core he and Monsieur Mallah escaped with will be used to fuel a new quantum generator that they created." I folded my arms. "What a throwback to old times, huh?"

Mento's eyes widened in bewilderment. "You think this is a joke? The entire planet is in danger, and it's all your fault!"

"Then we'll make things right." Beast Boy said. Mento's eyes darted between us as they steadily filled with rage.

"Fine. You want to right your wrongs? Come with us. You need to learn about who you're up against."