In the main room of the Titans Tower, four of the Titans were with Penny to try to get some answers for what exactly happened to Ben while Cyborg went over his x-rays. Penny seemed to be uneasy as she sat on the farther end of the circular couch.

"Penny, let's start with how you found Ben." Robin said, "Care to explain?"

"That's easier to explain." Penny said, "You see, I was assigned this case that had to do with an Anodite named Jezebel. She was kidnapping children of Anodite decent but had shown no signs of having the spark of having any actual Anodite powers. So, you can see why the Plumbers were so interested in what she was planning."

"Very much so." Starfire stated, "I myself do not have a lot of knowledge of the Anodite species, but I know that if the offspring do not show signs of their decent then they will not have the ability to posse the powers of their ancestry."

"Exactly, so why take kids that don't have the powers? After a bit of research, I discovered that Jezebel is trying to start a war between Earth and Anodine. But that still didn't explain why she was kidnapping these children." Penny then started to play with her hair, "So, I contacted my Grandma Verdona to see if I could get any clue as to why she would be doing this. That's when I made a breakthrough. Verdona told me that even if you don't have the spark, you still have the blood. And that blood will contain a small spark. But that spark still has to be brought out somehow."

"What would bring it out?" Raven said.

Penny shrugged, "Mainly traumatic shock. But there are lots of other things that could bring it up."

"That still doesn't explain a lot." Robin said.

"Yeah, why bring out the spark instead of taking those that already have the spark?" Beast Boy asked.

"That's a good question; I asked her the exact same thing. She basically told me that those who have the spark are more powerful because those that do have it still have to learn to use their powers at a slow pace, which takes years. When it's forced out, it comes all at once." Penny explained.

"So, why Ben?" Raven said.

Penny leaned back on the couch, "Not long ago her kidnapping suddenly stopped, that was around the time Ben discovered the omnitrix. I'm thinking that the omnitrix somehow brought out more of a spark in Ben's Anodite genes, but it's just a guess."

Then Cyborg walked in with Ben's x-ray's, "Doesn't look like he has any serious bone damage. But, I did run a tox-screen, and boy you won't believe what was in his blood!"

He handed the clipboard that had the results of Ben's tox-screen and was shocked, "These are all drugs that paralyze the body's movement."

Raven looked over at Penny, who was looking away from the conversation. Raven felt her emotions, it was anger with a bit of pain and sadness. She then walked up to Penny who didn't take notice of Raven until she was right in front of her.

"What are you not telling us?" Raven asked her.

Penny managed to not look like she knew what Raven was asking her, "I beg your pardon?"

"Don't play dumb, you know exactly what I'm talking about." Raven told her causing the others to listen in, "You said that in order for the spark to awaken Ben's inner Anodite that he has to go through some traumatic experience. Well, with all the information you provided and the results of his blood test, I think I have a pretty good idea what that alien did to him. So, say what did happen before I blurt out my theory of what happened."

Penny let out a low sigh and stood up, "Well, since you brought it up, I might as well tell you. But, truth be told, I'm still having trouble believing that she even went that far."

"How far?" Robin said.

"Jezebel is not working alone. She has a partner, or servant, named Apep. He is a Tetramand, well half-Tetramand and half-human. He's smaller than regular Tetramands, for he's only 7 feet tall."

"Only 7 feet? He's still pretty tall." Beast Boy said.

"Anyway, he's her muscles. Does all of Jezebel's dirty work." Penny said.

"What does he have to do with what happened to Ben?" Robin asked.

"Everything. You have to understand that Jezebel will go to great lengths to get what she wants. And if that means stealing a young boy's innocence, she will do it." Penny told them.

Raven immediately got what Penny was saying, "Wait, you mean she—"

"She had Apep sexually assault Ben."

To be continued…..


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