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Chapter 3: A whole new world

Finally, you get out of the bathroom, and just in time, too! The show's starting up again, and you're concerned for what the Titans will be going through.

Something very odd catches your eye very instantly: the end of the ads is immediately followed by something that looks very much like…LIVE ACTION!

Some kind of explosion rocked an alleyway, and a massive purple energy started flowing from a strange tear in the middle of the air. Through it, you see the Teen Titans and their foe, Control Freak, in their familiar animated forms. And as soon as they exited the rift, their forms suddenly changed…into what can only be described as what happened when you and your buddies cosplayed the Titans at the most recent Comic-Con!

With their new looks, the Teens found it a little hard to find their equilibrium…but Control Freak, who was in his car (it now looks like Tim Burton's interpretation of the Batmobile) the whole time, just used his remote and got his perception fixed in no time at all!

"HAHAHA! How do you like crashing through the Fourth Wall, Titans?" he cackled as the rift closed.

Robin, still dizzy and still feeling like his skin is on fire, tried to lunge at Control Freak…and failed miserably, as he tripped over an overturned shopping-cart.

Laughing again, the chubby convict said "I'd do us both a favor and just stay there for a little while. Then, once I've gained what I need, I can take us all back to our home dimension, where I can defeat you one and for all!" He promptly drove out of the alley, and left the heroes in the dusty gutters, looking all ratty and unclean (their clothes had been torn from going through the rift, and they were sprawled in unclean rainwater).

Someone passed by, looked at them, and said to his friend "Whoa, check out the fanboys! They got kicked out of their mom's basement!"

Robin tried to get up again, supporting himself with the wall, and slurred "Uggghhh…"

Beast Boy, still dizzy, shouted "Why not wait till the world stops spinning, and THEN go after the bad guy?"

"Man," said the other onlooker (apparently, he has a conscience), "these guys look out of it! Maybe we should call the hospital-"

Robin interrupted, trying to say "No! We need to get to the police station so they can help us get Control Freak!" but all that came out was: "No…police…Control…uhhhh." just before he passed out.

The two buddies were shocked. And so are you. You hadn't seen Robin this pathetic since you last watched 'Haunted!'

The scene changed to a hospital, where Robin woke up in a bed. He heard "He's waking up! Don't shock him-he's still in a delicate condition." from a voice he never heard before. It belonged to, he quickly found out, the nurse that was looking over him. Just behind her, he saw Starfire.

"Robin! It is a rapturous sight to see you well! Are you feeling better?"

"I'm fine." he responded, a slight urgency in his tone. "How're the others?"

The nurse answered: "Your friends are all ok. Except for the fact that one of them has permanent green skin for some reason…"

"He has, ever since I've met him. He says it makes him even more attractive."

"Right…so, he doesn't have any life-threatening genetic disorders? The doctors would really like to know."

"It's nothing. Just a skin color, nothing more. Do you have any police here?"

In no time at all, a police officer was sent to visit him. He asked why Robin wanted a policeman, and Robin proceeded to ask him a rather unusual question…

"What planet am I on?" This was the cop's answer: "Uh, Earth?"

After a second, Robin exclaimed "Of course! I'm on a parallel Earth! Which one?"

"There's only one Earth, son."

"Correction. I'm on a parallel Earth with no knowledge of the Multiverse." Robin mumbled to himself, earning a raised eyebrow from the cop, just before he started explaining things to the cop:

"Look, this may seem hard to believe, but trust me on this one. Me and my friends are from an alternate universe; One that has another Earth. We've pursued a criminal from our universe into yours, and we're gonna need your help to get him back into our universe."

"Riiight…nurse, is he under the influence of something that causes hallucinations, by any chance?"

"No,sir. If he was, I would've told you." said the nurse, as Robin said "I said it would seem hard to believe. Don't say you weren't warned."

After a short bit of clarification, the policeman called headquarters as Robin proceeded to describe Control Freak's car: "A black, open-topped stock car with a rocket booster in the back, wing-like extensions on top of the rear wheels, and a red devil-face on the front grill."

As the information was relayed to police headquarters, the officer's eyebrows suddenly shot up his face in surprise! (not literally, of course-this isn't the anime-esque setting you're used to.) He turned to Robin, angry, and said "What's your game, punk? No one drives a batmobile!"

Robin was surprised to hear that last word, and responded with: "...This universe has it's own Batman?"

"What are you talking about? Batman's a comic-book character!" the cop shot back, adding to Robin's surprise. Batman comics with no Batman?

Suddenly, the officer's walkie-talkie sounded off, and Robin heard it all: "We've been getting calls of traffic violations involving a vehicle exactly like the one you described. LAPD Officers are in pursuit, but it looks like it could get ugly soon."

Robin leapt out of his bed upon hearing that: "That's Control Freak! Nurse, where's my costume?"

He was directed, by a confused nurse, to a box under his bed. He promptly used a montage in order to quickly change into it, finalizing it with snapping his mask on his face.

"Star? Where's the rest of the Titans?"

"They are outside, waiting for you."

"Good, because every second counts." And without wasting any more of them, the Tamaranian grabbed him, blasted the window with a starbolt, and flew him outside.

Behind her, the nurse and cop quickly fainted.

"PRICELESS!" you exclaim. Your friends laugh uncontrollably.

The scene quickly changes to the highway on the outskirts of town, where Control Freak's Remote-mobile is being pursued by police cars. Over the police radios, they plan to lay spike-strips in his path, which would blow out his tires...but then they hear a nasally voice from their walkie talkies: "Just so you know, I, the guy you're chasing, have hacked your communications frequency, and I know all about those spike-strips!"

And they found out he wasn't kidding either! Using some kind of built-in springs, he propelled himself straight over the spikes! What's more, the officer handling the spikes was so surprised by the leaping car, he didn't pull the strip back in time; the cop cars behind Control Freak ran over them, making their tires blow out. In shock, they start to spin out, making the cops behind them panic...

Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!

…and all of a sudden, their cars were picked up by some unseen force, and carried over their disabled partners! They landed on the road, wheels still rolling, right back into the pursuit. As they wondered what happened, they saw someone fly right next to the lead vehicle: a distinctly feminine face, inside a blue body-covering cloak, and what seemed to be black flames pouring out of the bottom like a rocket! She turned towards the cop in the lead vehicle, and said in a gravelly, monotone voice:

"Don't panic. I'm on your side."

And then, she went right above them, and joined a group of equally-disturbing sights flying overhead: A green flying dinosaur (probably a pteranodon), and a cheerleader-dressed orange-skinned redhead (carrying a colorfully-costumed teenage boy by his...cape...).

The policeman shook his head, took a deep breath, and resumed focusing on the chase. As he did this, he mumbled "I need a Vacation" to himself.

Meanwhile, at the cop-car pileup, policemen were stepping out of their broken cars, and walking off the road to avoid getting hurt...but then they noticed that one of their partners was trapped in his car, which was pinned under another! Just as they started to panic and worry, something happened: some kind of humanoid robot ran up to the crushed car, pulled one off the other, ripped off the door of the other, and pulled out the unconscious officer!

The robot ran over to the group, and set down their friend. One of them looked at their mystery helper, and said "I don't know what you are, but you probably saved that guy's life. Thanks!"

"No prob." said the robot.

Suddenly, the officer noticed something about the robot: some of it's parts were human! It looked like it was half-african-american, half-robot! Without waiting for a response, the robot introduced itself: "Victor Stone. A.k.a., Cyborg."

after a rather awkward pause, Cyborg asked "What? Don't tell me you guys never seen a superhero before?"

Unknown to him, or his friends, a little kid had watched them all go by. He pointed to them when they passed by him earlier, and shouted "Mommy! Mommy! Look! Teen Titans!"

"Calm down. You know they're just cartoon characters."

"No they're not! Just look where he's pointing!" you shout at the screen.

Will the Teen Titans ever stop Control Freak? Will they figure out what universe they're in, and how to get out? Is there any hope that you can watch that episode in peace?

Tune in next time (hopefully much sooner) to find out!