Chapter 4

Who Are We Fighting?

Everyone had their own way of travelling. Robin took the T-ship with Jericho, Pantha, Kole and Gnarrk; Cyborg took the T-car with Melvin, Timmy Tantrum, Teether, and Wildebeest – Melvin wanted Bobby to come with her, but instead, Cyborg said that Bobby could ride on the T-ship with Robin; Raven helped out by using her powers to carry Red Star, Speedy and Batgirl while Kid Flash carried Jinx. Everyone else swam, flew or ran. They talked by way of their communicators.

"So, what do you expect to find when we get there?" Herald asked.

"A town in ruins and overrun with crime," Batgirl said.

"You expect all that?" Kole asked.

"A lot can happen in a few weeks," Cyborg said.

"Cyborg's right. Whatever's happened there, we'd better be prepared for the worst," Raven said.

"Oh, I fear for what has happened to this Justice League whilst Batgirl has been away," Starfire said.

"Hey, I'm sure we can take them, right guys?" Argent asked.

"No doubt about it," Aqualad said.

"Totally," Lightning said. Beastboy shifted back into human form and landed on Raven's dark energy platform.

"As much as I agree, does anyone even know what we're up against?" he asked. The line was silent for a while.

"I can't say that I ever heard or saw whoever was commanding this united army, but whoever it was, they got every bad guy I've ever known or fought against and more," Batgirl said.

"Like who?" Hot Spot asked. Batgirl groaned as she started to spit out names.

"Joker, Killer Frost, Shade, Penguin, Bain, Grundy, Cheetah, Grodd, Giganta, and a whole league of others," she said.

"One happy reunion," Robin said, grimly.

"What do we do first when we get there?" Red Star asked.

"First we find the others that Superman sent away, then we need to figure out for sure what we're up against and then we can launch our attack," Batgirl said.

"Right, let's get to it then," Bee said. Within an hour and with the sun setting behind them, the Titans moved into an isolated area on the beach where two cliffs met. From there they fanned out to search quietly for any Justice League members in hiding. Robin and Batgirl knew the city best, but the others soon learned the basic layout like any other city. They decided it best to stay in pairs or in small groups just in case.

"Titans, report," Robin said over the communicator again. Beastboy shifted into human form after an aerial search of a forest.

"Nothing yet, I'm going hunting," he said before changing into a leopard and running off into the trees with Kid Flash and Jinx.

"Coast line is clear," Aqualad reported. Tramm made some odd noises to agree. Raven drifted through another part of the forest with Melvin, Timmy, Teether and Bobby. The three kids and "imaginary" friend stayed close. Rustling drew her attention and before she knew it a man resembling Robin Hood stood up and pointed an arrow at her.

"That's far enough," he said. The kids drew closer to Raven as a female magician appeared, another man grew to normal size, and a knight raised his sword. Raven pulled down her hood and placed her arms around Teether and Timmy.

"It's okay, my name is Raven. Batgirl came to us for help," she said.

"Do you expect us to believe you?" the knight asked.

"I expect you to let me prove it," Raven said, pulling out her communicator. The man dressed like Robin Hood nodded and Raven called in. "Robin, I think I've found them."

"Should we fall back to your position?" Robin asked.

"No, they're a little bit sceptical. Send Batgirl my way and I'll give you the 'okay' when we're ready," Raven said. There was a pause before Robin answered.

"Okay, she's on her way. We'll hold our position until you call in again," he said. Raven stood still while they waited. The other's weapons remained trained on her and caused Teether to start whimpering. She gently picked him up and rocked him.

"You don't look the type for children," the magician said.

"Normally I'm not, but someone had to watch them," Raven said. By this time Batgirl swung out into the small clearing.

"There you are. You were farther in than I thought. Hello Green Arrow," she said. Green Arrow lowered his bow and signalled for the others to do the same.

"We're glad to see you back. You appear to be successful," said the man who had grown from being smaller than a speck.

"I didn't get exactly who I wanted, but I did find help in numbers, Atom," Batgirl said.

"Go ahead and call the others. Let's see who you brought back," the magician said. Raven called in and it wasn't long before everyone had grouped together, and the Justice Leaguers got a little surprise. Titans East arrived first.

"There you are, you were harder to find than I thought," Bumblebee said. Green Arrow looked at Speedy and Speedy at Green Arrow.

"So, you did find another team to join," Arrow said.

"Arrow, it's been a while," Speedy said. No one needed to ask. Beastboy, Kid Flash and Jinx came next, Beastboy scaring the others half to death when he leapt in as a leopard and changed.

"We've arrived. I told you it was a left," he said. Kid Flash put Jinx down.

"Oh, well, you can't win them all," he said. Green Arrow slapped a hand to his forehead.

"You've got to be kidding me," he said. Slowly but surely, everyone came in, until Robin and Starfire reached the small clearing as the last people.

"Well, well, well, the boy wonder returns," Atom said.

"I'm not here to stay," Robin said.

"Arrow, is this everybody?" Batgirl asked.

"No, there are more of us, but most of us are still too injured to do anything," Arrow said. "This way." Following the green clad hero, the other Justice League members spread themselves out through the now rather large group.

"I can't believe you found Robin," said the magician girl.

"To tell you the truth, Zatana, neither can I. I haven't seen him in years. He's changed," Batgirl said.

"And you haven't?" Zatana asked. Batgirl gave her a look.

"Robin asked me the same thing," she said.

"In my opinion, you've grown up. You're more mature than you used to be and you make better decisions," Zatana explained.

"That may be, but Robin…to me he seems more like Batman now more than ever," Batgirl said. They both looked at where Robin and Starfire were laughing gently at something Atom had said. "Only he knows how to take a joke."

"Who's there?!" demanded a voice.

"Zatana, and the others. We've brought help," Zatana said. Out of the brush stepped a man in white and blue.

"It's good to see Batgirl succeeded. We feared the worst," he said.

"Unfortunately Dove, I didn't find who I exactly wanted," Batgirl said. They all headed inside the protected clearing to find six others, most lying down or nursing wounds. Dove explained to one of the girls standing up, she looked at them.

"Kids, that's our fighting force?" she asked.