Meanwhile, Raven's friends were still searching for her, but with no success.
"I fear we may never find her" Starfire told Robin as she flew overhead.
"Don't talk like that" Robin replied "she has to be in the city somewhere. Maybe Cyborg and the others have had more luck."
But the group in the T-Car had been no more successful. "Man, I'd give anything to see Raven's smirking face right now" Beast Boy replied.
Just then, something started beeping on the car's radar.
"Hey, it's Raven's communicator" Cyborg said, "wonder why we couldn't pick it up before?"
"Maybe she lost it?" Jinx suggested.
"Well whatever the reason, it's working now, so we can find her" Cyborg said "hey Robin, you there? We got a lock on Raven."
From over the radio, Robin's voice came back "I just picked it up too. Kind of strange that her communicator would work all of a sudden."
"You think it's a trap?" Cyborg's voice asked over his communicator.
"Maybe" Robin replied "but it could also give us an idea where Raven is. I say we follow it."
"You got it" Cyborg replied, then turned to his passengers "hang on to your hats" he said as the T-Car rolled off.
Over at the site of Trigon's destruction, Hannibal Bean gripped Raven's communicator in his vine-like hand.
"I suspect that your teammates have picked up the signal from yer communicator" he said "they should be here momentarily."
"Good" Raven replied "I look forward to destroying them."
A few minutes later, the two groups of Titans arrived at the source of the communicator.
"This place looks familiar for some reason" Beast Boy said, "have we ever been here before?"
"It's where I destroyed Trigon" came a voice they all knew "fitting, since it'll now be the place where you will be destroyed."
"Raven?" the Titans asked, seeing their teammate floating nearby.
"Hey Raven, where've you been, and what's with the whole 'you will be destroyed' thing?" Beast Boy asked.
"Have you forgotten that we are your friends?" Starfire added.
"I don't have any friends" Raven replied "especially not you!"
"What's wrong with you?" Robin asked, "don't you recognize us?"
"I'm afraid your little friend has experienced a little change of heart" Hannibal explained, walking into view "namely, she no longer has one."
"Bean guy?" Beast Boy asked, confused, "but he's one of Control Freak's minions."
Hannibal chuckled "Control Freak's a good villain, but do ya really think he has what it takes ta lead a team? I mean, come on, you know him better than I do."
"Dude's got a point" Cyborg added.
"So Control Freak's not in charge, big deal" Robin said "that still doesn't explain what happened to Raven."
"I gave your friend a little makeover" Hannibal explained "and in exchange, she's gonna help me by resurrecting her pappy Trigon."
"If you do that, you'll destroy the world!" Robin exclaimed.
"Maybe" Hannibal said, "but maybe I know of a way to control him."
"If you do, you won't be able to use it" Robin said, "Titans, go!"
"Bean Brigade, take care of these fools!" Hannibal ordered "keep them busy long enough fer Raven to finish what she's doing."
And so the Titans found themselves facing the full roster of the Bean Brigade. Cyborg singled out Gearhead for attack, only to find out he wasn't alone.
"Dude, who are you supposed to be, '80's guy?'" he asked upon seeing Motor Ed.
"Are you saying my hairstyle's out of style bro?" Ed asked "cause lots of dudes wear the mullet, seriously. And if I were an '80's guy', I'd have on a Member's Club jacket, and one of those wide ties, seriously."
"You're a weirdo" Cyborg replied.
"And you're scrap, seriously" Ed replied, "bust him up!"
Meanwhile, Beast Boy had tackled the Herring, knowing that he was the easiest villain to take out.
"Seriously, a dude in a fish costume?" he asked, "could I maybe get some tougher competition?" He got his wish when a Jack Bot plowed into him.
"Jack Bots, get the green guy!" Jack ordered.
"Now this is my kind of fight" Beast Boy said, transforming into a rhino.
In other fights, Robin again found himself battling Control Freak, with the Ottoman adding additional assistance. Weather Vane and Slipstream teamed up to take on Starfire. Kid Flash found his super speed difficult to use thanks to the tremors of Temblor.
That left Jinx vs. Ember.
"So what are you, that demon lady's sister or something?" Ember asked as she floated over her foe.
"Ew, no!" Jinx replied "we're just teammates. The name's Jinx, remember it, cause it's going to be the person who takes you down!"
"Pretty cocky, I like that" Ember said "your outfit's not bad either. Almost makes me sorry I have to destroy you."
As she strummed her guitar, Jinx used her powers and the blast missed its' mark, instead landing mere feet from where Jack was hovering.
"What the?"
"Oh did I forget to mention" Jinx asked, a big grin on her face "my powers are to cause bad luck for people. Let me show you" and she pointed towards the patch of ground Temblor was standing on.
Suddenly, his gauntlets began to act up.
"What's wrong with these things?" he asked, "I just checked 'em out today!"
No longer bombarded by tremors, Kid Flash took the opportunity to deliver a couple of superspeed punches to the mercenary.
"You should always check your equipment before going into battle" he said, "you never know when it'll fail on you."
Then he delivered one more punch to the jaw that knocked the villain out cold. He looked at Jinx and she blew him a kiss; he barely had time to receive it before a tornado from Slipstream blasted him from behind.
"Let's see you outrun this tornado" he cackled.
Jinx prepared to help her boyfriend, but was taken out by a blast from Ember's guitar. Before she could recover, Ember floated down and quickly lashed her hands behind her back with a spare guitar string.
"Let's see how tough you are when you can't use your powers" Ember said, delivering a punch to the girl's face. She followed with a kick to the gut; it made Jinx feel like her organs had been rearranged.
The ghost rocker sent another punch to Jinx's face, knocking the girl on her posterior.
"This is too fun!" Ember exclaimed "there's nothing I love better than an opponent who can't fight back. Maybe when I'm done, I'll take care of your little boyfriend as well."
That remark made Jinx angry and she rushed at her tormentor, but was met with an elbow to the gut.
"Enough playing around" Ember said, readying one of her ecto blasts, "time to finish you. Then when you're a ghost, I'll give you the pleasure of shining my boots."
"Arrow sparrow!"
Several flaming bird-like projectiles slammed into Ember, knocking her off her feet.
"Not you dipsticks again!" she shouted.
Jinx turned her head to see whom Ember was referring to; they were a quartet of monks, all clad in red robes, save for one, who wore black.
"Maybe if you guys didn't steal Wu from us, we wouldn't have to fight ya" Raimundo said "now give back the Yin yo-yo."
"Get bent" Ember responded, blasting with her guitar.
"She never learns, does she?" Kimiko said.
"Wudai Orion formation!" Joining together, the monks emitted a blast of power that hurt even a ghost like Ember, blasting her into a nearby tree, and extinguishing her ponytail.
"While she was out, Clay untied Jinx; "ya all right ma'am?" he asked.
"I am now" Jinx explained "thanks for the help, but who are you?"
"All you need to know is that we're on your side" Rai explained "okay dragons, let's get these guys!"
Naturally, the arrival of the four monks did not go unnoticed.
"Hey, who are the guys in pajamas?" Beast Boy asked.
"Who cares, they're obviously helping us" Cyborg said.
He avoided a punch from Ed, then noticed Gearhead trying to take control of him again. "Not this time" he responded, hitting the evil cyborg with a near point blank blast from his sonic cannon.
"Titans, we need to stop Raven" Robin said, "so let's hurry through these guys."
"No problem" Beast Boy responded; turning into a gorilla, he smashed the last Jack Bot, then tossed the remains at Jack himself.
Since Slipstream was dealing with Kid Flash, Starfire contended with Weather Vane alone.
"Another arctic cold should take care of…oof!" she shouted, sustaining a starbolt.
"You talk too much" Starfire replied, before letting loose with her eye beams.
Meanwhile, Robin continued to battle CF and his lightsaber, until one of the new arrivals showed up and helped to block the weapon with a sword. With both of his blades being blocked, CF soon fell prey to a kick to the chest.
"Thanks for the help" Robin said "who are you anyway?"
"Let's just say we're no friends of Hannibal Bean" Rai explained "it's because of him that your friend is evil, but we can help. Bean dude stole something from us; you help us get it back, and we can use it to turn her back to normal."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Robin said.
Meanwhile, Hannibal was watching all of the chaos and he was not amused.
"I can't believe those miserable monks showed up ta ruin my plans" he said "but it won't matter. In a few more minutes, Trigon will be back and they'll all cease to exist!"
"Guess again" Robin replied, his quarterstaff at the ready.
"Ah, the Titans fearless leader" Hannibal said, "you think you can defeat me?"
"For Raven's sake, I'll try" Robin replied, and launched an attack. Hannibal proved to be better than the boy anticipated, blocking his every move.
"Excuse me while I slip into a body with a bit more mobility, Moby Morpher!"
Within minutes, Hannibal had again transformed into a ninja, and with his advanced fighting skills, kept Robin at bay. Rai noticed the fight and decided to help as only he could.
"Blade of the Nebula, wind!" he said, directing his weapon right towards Hannibal. The impact knocked the bean turned ninja for a loop, and Rai quickly jumped atop him, relieving him of the Yin yo-yo.
"You really shouldn't carry this around with you" he said mockingly "somebody might steal it."
"Get that boy!" Hannibal bellowed "don't let him use the yo-yo!"
Motor Ed tried to grab Rai, but the young monk slipped from his grasp and felled him with a chop to the gut.
"I got him!" Herring replied, but Rai slipped under his legs.
"Omi, go long" he shouted, tossing the yo-yo to his bald teammate. Hannibal, meanwhile, knocked Robin off of him, but soon noticed that all the remaining Titans were gathered around him.
"Game over bean" Cyborg said "give up now and we won't feed you to Beast Boy."
"And I love beans" BB added.
Hannibal simply chuckled "ya'll think you've won? In case you forgot, Raven is still evil and still gonna bring her pappy back to life. Even if ya have the Yin yo-yo, you'll never stop her in time."
"That's what you think" Robin said "Titans, attack Raven. Don't let her finish her incantation."
As Raven readied the dark powers she needed, she felt herself being blasted from behind. She turned around and saw Starfire floating nearby.
"I apologize for this Raven, but you are not yourself" she said.
"Azarath, metrion zinthos!" Raven responded, ripping up a huge chunk of ground and using it to cocoon her teammate.
However, she was instantly blasted by Cyborg's sonic cannon. "Boo-ya!" he exclaimed happily.
"I'm getting really tired of you" Raven said, using her powers to control the cannon and divert its' blasts.
"Typhoon Boom, Earth!"
"Judolette Flip, Fire!"
The two elemental attacks were enough to break Raven's concentration, releasing her hold on Cyborg's cannon.
"Thanks for the help" Cyborg said "now maybe you can help us bring her back to her senses."
"Already on it" Rai replied.
What does Raimundo have in store, and will it work? Find out in the conclusion of the story.