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Chapter 12

"Oh yeah!" See-More agreed. "Now let's tear this place apart!"

"Get me down from here so I can kick your sorry butts!"

Mammoth looked up from his spot on the couch and smirked. "I don't think so. I kind of like our new chandelier."

Cyborg glared down from where he was hanging from the ceiling. "Mammoth, the moment I get down from here I'm gonna make your regret this!"

"That's never going to happen, you bolt munching tin can." Mammoth and Cyborg turned (well Cyborg couldn't really turn but he looked anyway) to see Gizmo fly into the room on his jetpack, holding some gadgets he found in Cyborg's room. "I designed that cord myself. Nothing short of a diamond tipped buzz saw is cutting through it." He put on a pair of goggles and pulled out a blowtorch.

"Hey what to do you think you're doing with those?" Cyborg said wide eyed. "No don't do that!" He had to cringe away from the scene as sparks shot up towards him.

"Hey Mammoth!" See-More called, as he and Kyd Wykkyd ran into the room. "We need you to break down the door to Raven's room. We can't get it unlocked and Kyd Wykkyd can't teleport into it."

"No, no, no." Cyborg said frantically. "Nobody goes into Raven's room. She doesn't let anyone in there." Then he thought for a moment. "Well except for BB. But that's different."

Mammoth, See-More, and Kyd just looked at him for a moment. "So you in?" See-More asked.

Mammoth grinned. "Yeah I'm coming."

The two started for the door but they were stopped as Cyborg said, "Kyd Wykkyd, don't you remember what happened last time you ticked Raven off?" The teleporter froze in his place and even Gizmo stopped the project he was working on to shudder in fear at the memory. "How do you think she'll react when she finds out that you guys broke in to her room?" He asked with a smirk.

Kyd Wykkyd shuddered at the though and turned to See-More and Mammoth. 'Let's skip Raven's room.' He signed.

"Why, you scared?" Mammoth asked teasingly.

'Terrified.' Kyd signed back with a serious look on his face. 'I'll take her on in a fight anytime, but if she's angry I'm finding the nearest fortress to hide behind.'

See-More's eye turned into a question mark. "What happened while we were being held by that whack job Collector anyway?"

Kyd silently shook his head and didn't answer.

The tension in the room was suddenly broken as Billy ran into holding a stack of papers. "Hey fellas! Look what I found in Robin's room."

With a confused look on his face, Mammoth picked up one of the papers and read it. "What is this, a list of villains or something?"

See-More read another sheet. "I think that's exactly what it is Mammoth. And look, after each name is a suspected address." He scrolled down the list of names and laughed. "What the heck, if this things right then Punk Rocket lives in an old studio in one of the crappiest parts of town and Control Freak still lives in his mom's basement!"

Gizmo put down the gadget he was tinkering with and went over to join the others. "Seriously, can that scuzbutt get any lamer?" He scoffed. "Give me that!" He snapped, talking one of the papers. He scanned through it before laughing. "Hah. Figures these idiots wouldn't know where we live!"

Mammoth frowned up at Cyborg and asked, "Hey, if you guys know where all these villains live then why don't you go arresting them and stuff."

Cyborg scowled at him. "We don't just go around and arrest you guys if you're not doing anything." He smirked. "We just throw your sorry butts in jail whenever you get caught breaking the law."

Mammoth growled and was about to reach up and hit the cybernetic Titan when Billy said, "Hey fellas. I just had an idea."

"That's a first." Gizmo said under his breath.

After a minute, Billy decided not to super glue the tech genius to a wall and went on with what he was saying. "We got ourselves a list of almost every villain in Jump and their addresses." He gestured at the room around him. "Plus we find ourselves in possession of the giant tower that could hold each and every one of 'em." He grinned widely. "You guys thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?"

The five villains grinned at each other before shouting, "Party!"

Cyborg groaned and said, "Where are Herald and the others when I need them?"

Robin looked at Ebenezer suspiciously. "You're the one that wants to help us?"

"Yeah dude." Beast Boy said, before he could answer. "Aren't you, like, one of those 'Watcher' guys?"

Ebenezer chuckled and walked up to the Titans. "I can understand why you're suspicious. After all, we didn't exactly pull out the welcome wagon for you." He went to each Titan and shook their hand warmly. When he got to Raven he got a mischievous gleam in his eye. "But you can tell that I'm not like the others, can't you?"

Raven looked at him for a minute before her eyes widened. "You're like Cass and Alistor. I can feel emotions coming from you."

Ebenezer let out another chuckle and smiled. "Exactly. The three of us, Alistor, Cass, and I, are very much considered freaks by our peers. Emotions aren't a common thing among our kind after all." He went back to his position in front of the chair and his voice became more serious. "But you didn't come here just to discuss emotions did you?" He turned back to the Titans. "You're here for Alistor."

Robin nodded. "That's right. We want to take him back to Earth, back with the Titans. But he disappeared." He stopped for a minute to make up his mind and then he added, "And we know he's here."

The old Observer watched Robin for a moment before sighing and sitting back down in his chair. "You're right." He finally said. "You're right. The Observer's took him into custody around two weeks ago."

Robin narrowed his eyes. "Why?" He asked simply.

Ebenezer's face was pained. "It's…not that simple."

"Then explain." Raven growled.

Ebenezer smiled slightly. "Alistor…he committed a serious crime against the Observers. Even if you went before the court and pleaded for his release, they would deny you. His crime was that great."

"This is because of that spell isn't it?" Robin asked. "The one that he used to track down the others."

Ebenezer nodded. "Yes. It is forbidden under the penalty of law to use the 'Search' spell."

"But why?" Beast Boy asked. "I mean, it helped us so much and it didn't even hurt anyone. What's so wrong about using it?"

Ebenezer stared at Beast Boy, almost to the point of making him nervous. Then, as if making up his mind, he nodded. "Over ten years ago, an incident happened that shook the Observers at our very cores." He sighed. "The Observers went to war."

The Titans gasped while Cass cast his eyes to the ground in what looked like pain.

"Please," Starfire said, "war is something Tameranians know much about. But if the Observers are like the way I believe they are, then what people did you do battle against?"

It was barely above a whisper, but the Titans heard it clearly. "Not what people did we war against, but what person."

"Dude." Beast Boy said wide eyed. "Are you saying that every Observer went to war against one guy?"

Ebenezer nodded. "Correct. Over ten years ago, there was an Observer who was assigned to Earth. Like Alistor, he started growing emotions after observing the humans there. But unlike Alistor, he was exposed to the darker emotions. Anger, hatred, lust, greed. Through these emotions, he was exposed to the darker side of humanity." The old man sighed sadly and the normal cheer he had seemed to evaporate. "He started feeling restrained by the rules of the Observers." He looked at the Titans with sadness in his eyes. "And in the darkness that had consumed him, he decided to get rid of the rules."

Ebenezer closed his eyes and ran a hand through his beard. "Using the 'Search' spell he went from world to world, dimension to dimension, and hunted down the Observers."

Beast Boy's eyes widened and he gulped. "Hunted down? How?"

Cass was the one to answer him. He shook his head sadly and said, "We never heard from any of them again."

A heavy silence fell on the room as the Titans digested that fact. Then Ebenezer opened his eyes and said, "It took three years, but we finally managed to stop him. And ever since, it's been forbidden to so much as teach the 'Search' spell in hopes that the spell will be lost in history so that it can never be used in such a way ever again." He looked at the Titans. "That is why Alistor will never be freed. By using that spell, no matter the reasons, he has condemned himself to forever be held in the Observer prison. There is no legal way to set him free."

"But don't lose hope." Ebenezer said, his voice becoming slightly cheerful again. "Just because there is no legal way to save him, doesn't mean there's nothing you can do."

"What do you mean?" Robin asked.

Ebenezer smiled. "It means we'll have to be a bit more creative in getting him out."

Robin raised an eyebrow, but before he could say anything, Ebenezer held up his hand to silence him. "That's enough for tonight, Robin. I'm sure that you'll all want to get back to your beds and get some rest. I'll tell you more tomorrow." Walking over to the door, he opened it for them.

Robin stared at the old Observer. "Alright." He said nodding. "We could use some rest. Come on Titans."

One by one, the other Titans left the room until only Raven, Cass, and Ebenezer were left. "Your hiding something, aren't you?" Raven asked as she reached the door. She looked at Ebenezer and said, "The man who hunted down the Observers. Who was he?"

Ebenezer met her eyes sadly. "His name was Aldrick. Alistor's father."

Bwahahahahahahahahaha! (coughs) Ahem, sorry about that I couldn't resist myself.

A couple of people asked me if I could add the other villains into the story, so I couldn't really turn them down now could I?

And in truth, the party idea was from The Odd One95. So high fives to you! :)

The truth about the spell is out. Can the Titans save Alistor? And what's going to happen to the Tower? Next time in Chapter 13!

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