"Uhhh, Freeze?"
Beast Boy shut the door immediately after hearing Bumble Bee's uncertain order. He turned back around and faced his two fellow law-breakers.
"Titans East?!" Beast Boy practically yelled, "What are they even doing here?!"
"I do not know, but we must find another exit; they are five strong, and we are only two." Starfire said quickly, trying to figure out what they should do.
"Five on the three!" Control Freak angrily corrected as the they all took off the opposite way down the hall.
Outside, Titan's East looked at each other in confusion. They had been called down to a different city to hunt down two of their friends. Once arriving those same friends just opened the door to them. They had the right to be confused as they were at the moment. They just blinked at the now closed door and stood in silence.
Speedy was the first to speak. "Okay, you guys saw that too, right?" he asked his teammates.
Aqualad answered, "Yah, but aren't they supposed to be hiding out somewhere in the city?"
They all took their eyes off the door and looked at each other in confusion. Bumble Bee nodded saying, "That's what they told me, but I have no idea what that was about."
She decided that they needed an answer from a Jump city Titan, and she took out her communicator and dialed up Cyborg. He picked up almost immediately saying, "Hey Bee, you guys here?"
Bumble Bee nodded, "Yah, but…" she paused, puzzled about how to move forward, "Have you guys, uh, already caught BB and Star?"
Cyborg replied, "Of course not, that's why we called you guys." In a perplexed tone, wondering why she even had to ask.
"Well you see, they're kinda in the tower right now." Bumble Bee said scratching her head.
"WHAT?!" Cyborg yelled back in surprise. "I need to put the tower on lock down ASAP! Get your team in here now!"
He ended the call before he heard Bumble Bee yell back, "Wait! You need to let us in!"
She sighed and look at the speedsters. "Mas y Menos run around front, open window, or really anything and open the door for us."
They replied with a, "Si Señorita!" and took off around the tower. Two seconds later, the door opened, and the Titans East entered the tower. They looked around for the three they had just seen, but found the hallway completely desolate. Seconds after entering, the door slammed shut and sirens began blaring throughout the tower.
In the living room, Cyborg had just jumped off the couch, after sitting still momentarily in shock, and punched in the code to go into lock down. Blast shields shot down over the giant windows of the living room, cutting out all natural light. All other lights were shut off, so the only source of light were the pulsating, red, emergency lights. Robin and Raven didn't catch much of his conversation with Bumble Bee, so they were rather confused by Cyborg's antics and what in the world he just did to the tower. He had just shouted at his communicator, crossed the entire living room to the control pad, and entered in the lockdown protocol (which was seventeen characters long) in under five seconds.
As a burst of sirens echoed over the living room, Robin attempted yelling over them to his mechanical teammate. "What are you doing Cyborg?"
Cyborg turned around and frantically yelled back, "They're already in the tower! BB, Star, and Control Freak, they're here now!"
Raven and Robin stared back with wide eyes for a moment, before Robin shouted, "We have to find them. Titans go!" All three left the room as fast as they could, to find the trespassers.
The three trespassers huddled in one of the unused rooms in the tower. After running around, having absolutely no idea where they would go, they opted to settle in an extra room to come up with a plan and catch their breath. Once gathering in the room, they too heard the alarm going off and knew that things were going to get a lot more complicated.
Once the alarms finished blaring, Beast Boy uncovered his ears and said to his two companions, "Well I think they know we're here now."
Starfire grabbed the two boys with her by the shoulders and brought them close to her so she could look them in the face. "We are in procession of what we came here for; all that is left for us to achieve is leaving. Stay close to me and we will make it out." She said fiercely to them.
Starfire's sudden energy and determination focused both of them and they both nodded. The group left the spare room in a tightly packed formation, watching all sides for any other Titans looking for them. As they started moving Control Freak whispered, "Emergency phase five."
The lockdown had dimmed all but the emergency lights, making the hallways much darker than usual. They had to make it to any window, so Starfire could rip the blast shielding off the wall, and they could all make their escape. They started off almost at the heart of the tower, but things were going well; they hadn't stumbled across another Titan the entire time since the back door incident. They kept moving forward until came across a blind corner, and Starfire slowed down to peaked around it, but Beast Boy kept walking, confident that there wasn't anyone around. She quickly grabbed Beast Boy by his collar and pulled him back beside her. Before he could protest, she put a finger over her lips and pointed. Beast Boy turned around to see that Aqualad was standing at the other end of the hall. After Beast Boy silently mouthed an apology, they backtracked and headed in another direction. Things went quiet again for a few more minutes, without any problems coming up. They approached another corner, and this time, Beast Boy paused first to look around. Seeing the hallway clear he signaled his team forward. Once stepping out into the open, Bumble Bee and Speedy walked around the corner at the other end of the hallway, and the two instantly drew their weapons.
"Okay. We don't want to fight you guys, just give up and nobody gets hurt." Speedy said with an arrow drawn. Both had no intention of causing lasting damage, so Bumble Bee's stingers were set to stun, and Speedy used non lethal arrows used to stun as well.
Beast Boy and Starfire looked at each other and then took off dragging Control Freak with them. Both Titans East members fired, but both shots landed high. The projectiles hit just right on a support beam of the ventilation system, bringing it crashing down towards the three fugitives. The explosion above Starfire, caused her to let go of Control Freak. Once the dust settled, she found herself separated from the other two. Knowing that the other two were closing in fast, she made a quick change of plan.
She knew she didn't have enough time to make a way through for the other two, so she instead lunged toward the mess of vents before her and yelled through, "Meet in the room of living!" Not pausing to wait for a reply, she took off in the direction of the living room.
On the other side of the vents, Bumble Bee and Speedy were closing in on the other two ready to fire again. Beast Boy leaned close to Control Freak and whispered, "You heard her."
He simultaneously transformed into a horse and slid under Control Freak in one fluid motion, and the two took off with Control Freak riding on Beast Boy's back. He zigzagged as he ran down another hallway dodging both Speedy's arrows and Bumble Bee's static bolts. The two were excellent shots, and Beast Boy was having a difficult time dodging shots with such a heavy passenger, but was just managing to do so. He knew he wouldn't last long, so he turned a few corners, successfully cutting the line of sight fro his pursuers.
Just when he thought he got away, a flash of white and red zoomed past him from behind. It turned around around and then came straight for him, and Beast Boy braced for impact. It never came. He went to speed up again, but noticed he was already running faster due to a decrease in weight. He jammed his hooves into the ground, and spun around to see the two speedsters holding Control Freak to the ground. Control Freak yanked an arm loose and reached inside his jacket. He pulled out his remote and threw it to Beast Boy yelling, "Get to Starfire!"
Beast Boy caught the remote in his teeth and took off again with a silent apology to Control Freak for leaving him behind. He ran at full speed until he reached the living room, but he entered to find it completely empty. He reverted back into his human form and spat the remote out into his hand. He looked around the vacant room, wondering where his other teammate was. In between breathes he spoke to himself saying, "Come on Star. Where are you?"
Out from behind him, a figure appeared out of the shadows with a pale hand outstretched. Beast Boy suddenly felt constricted and tried to move to escape, but found he could not. He looked down and saw his entire body covered in black energy. Seeing the dark energy, he knew there was no escape and gave no attempt.
Knowing that Beast Boy couldn't turn to look at her, she stepped into his field of vision with her hand still stretched out, now glowing with dark energy. "Hello Beast Boy." She said to him.
Beast Boy didn't like the position he was now in, "Uh, hey, Raven." He looked back down at his trapped body and finished, "Could ya' let me go? I kinda need to escape when Starfire gets here."
Raven responded with a slap across the face. Hard enough to get his attention, but not enough to leave a hand print or lasting pain.
"I can't believe you did this Beast Boy. I told you not to do anything stupid and you end up doing the most idiotic thing you've ever done in your life, and that's saying something. You do know that you're probably going to go to prison for a while for aiding and abetting, right?" Raven said with little emotion in her voice but fire in her eyes.
Beast Boy just looked back into her eyes and said, "Some things are worth risking prison for, Raven." In a quiet voice.
That made her anger fade. Her eyes relaxed, and she opened her mouth to speak, but Titans East entered toting Control Freak in handcuffs behind them. In one motion, she turned to face the incoming Titans and removed the remote out of Beast Boy's hand.
Aqualad was the first to notice the two occupants and called out, "Hey, good job Raven! You got him one on one, took those four to catch Control Freak."
Bumblee Bee bent an eyebrow at Aqualad and sassily responded, "At least we did something! You haven't done anything since we got here, Mr. Fish-Whisperer!"
The Titans East team snickered as Aqualad ducked his head with a tinge of red on his cheeks, but the others remained silent.
After finishing their short laugh, the twins looked around and asked, "Donde esta Starfire?"
In another part of the tower Starfire stood across from Cyborg. They both stood with a hand raised, one glowing green and one glowing blue. Neither wanted to make first move. They stared at each other, waiting for the other to attack. They were both completely tense like a spring ready to fire out at any moment. Cyborg knew things wouldn't go to well for him in a one on one with the alien princess. He knew he was strong, but saw that he was greatly outmatched. He also knew that he couldn't just let Starfire walk out and leave without resistance. He thought that maybe another alternative might be more suitable than an all out brawl with Starfire.
Cyborg sought for a peaceful ending and called out, "I know neither of us want to go at it, so lets just talk this out."
"There is nothing to talk about. I seek to free us from the tower, and you seek to stop me." She replied with an intense look.
Cyborg sighed. "Don't make me do this, Star." He said with his cannon still raised.
Starfire took a different approach. She lowered her hand and began to walk forward, keeping eye contact with her friend as she moved. "I am not making you do anything, friend Cyborg. I am leaving, and that is all I will do."
Cyborg took a step forward and yelled, "Stop!"
Starfire kept walking and said, "I will not."
She refused to raise her arms in a defensive position. She walked with her arms at her sides at a slow pace. Cyborg kept his aim trained right onto her chest, but the Tamaranean kept walking.
He tried calling out again, "Starfire, stop, or I will shoot!"
She didn't even respond this time; she just held his gaze and kept moving forward. She had now moved up next to Cyborg and was now walking past him. Sweat beaded on his forehead with her feet away from him. The whole time he kept his cannon trained on her, but he could not fire. She was his friend, and he couldn't willingly hurt her without her fighting back. She was now yards away and still moving farther way with each step. He cursed himself as she disappeared down the dimmed hallway. She kept walking in the direction of the living room, and had almost reached her destination when she came across her last obstacle. Robin stood in front of her with his arms crossed.
His eyes were narrowed as he spoke, "I know Cyborg let you walk by, but I can't let you go in there."
Starfire didn't even falter in her walk towards the living room. She walked up to him with the same intensity with her eyes and said, "Stop me."
She turned away from him and took a step past her formal leader, and he grabbed her arm.
She whirled around on him with her hand clenched into a fist and threw it at Robin. Starfire din't hold back with her punch she threw, and with that power, it could very well kill Robin. Her hand less than an inch away from his nose. She couldn't do it. She let him make the first move so that her strike was justified, but she still couldn't bring herself to do it. He was still Robin, and she would never be able to hurt him. They stood still with Robin holding onto Starfire's arm, and her fist centimeters from his face. Eventually, Starfire slowly dropped her arm away from his face, but Robin still held onto her arm.
She finally understood. Robin would not let her go without a fight, and she could not fight him. There was only one way this could end. She brought her hands together in front of her with her wrists touching and said, "Do what you must."
Robin walked into the living room with Starfire in very heavy duty handcuffs and Cyborg shuffling in behind them. Both the Titans and Titans East watched in silence. No one saw dents in Cyborg or cuts and bruises on Robin, so they all knew the Tamaranean submitted willing. As the Titans East approached the new arrivals, Cyborg moved away from the two he entered with, and saw Beast Boy held captive by the empath. He decided he wanted to talk to his best friend, but he no idea what he could possibly say. His best friend had denounced the team, and they were now on opposite sides of the playing field. He knew it could be awkward, but he didn't care. He just wanted to talk to his friend.
"Hey there BB." Was all he started with.
Beast Boy saw his best friend and smiled weakly. "Hey Cy. How's life been without me?"
Cyborg sighed and responded slowly, "Pretty bad. Everyone's on edge, and it's been pretty boring, without you here, little man."
Raven, who had to be nearby to keep the shape shifter restrained, chimed in, adding, "I've been enjoying the quiet."
Beast Boy deflated, until he saw that she said it with a very slight smile. Cyborg added on to the teasing saying, "It has been nice not smelling that garbage you call 'tofu' everyday."
Beast Boy still managed to smile and replied, "It's okay dudes, I know you guys missed me."
Cyborg laughed and said, "You know it." Remembering that Beast Boy was now headed off to jail, his smile disappeared. He added, "Don't worry man. We'll make sure that you and Star aren't gonna be locked away for a long time. The city loves you guys, and we'll all speak for you. You might even just be put on parole. We won't let anything bad happen to you two."
Beast Boy was thankful for his best friend still watching out for him and loved him for doing that. He also remembered that it wasn't just two of them. "What about Control Freak?" he asked.
Cyborg could only drop his gaze. Beast Boy knew that he hadn't been able to save Control Freak, so he knew he wouldn't stop fighting until he did.
In all the rush that had happened, the Titans never turned the t.v. off before putting the tower on lock down. It was mostly ignored by everyone now that they were gathered in the living room. Avoiding Beast Boy's gaze, Cyborg noticed that the t.v. just cut to a shot of the mayor and knew that he was just delivering his speech. He grabbed a nearby remote and turned the volume up. Every one quieted down as the mayor began speaking
"Hello my fellow residents of Jump City. I'm sure by now that you have heard that Control Freak has escaped form jail before his trial could be held. Do not fear, my fellow citizens. We are working around the clock to recapture the villain in order to have him face justice."
Applause filled the speakers as the Titans East asked about who was speaking. Answers were quietly given as the mayor continued.
"I have good news to tell you. The Teen Titans have moved the villain's remote to their tower for safe keeping, so that he cannot use the device to cause more harm to our city. They have also contacted fellow superheroes, and they are on their way right now, to help keep our city safe." More applause. "Now I must caution you to still be vigilant about the perpetrators that have released Control Freak are very dangerous, and are still out there. We must stand together as a city, and show them that we are not afraid. As an act of defiance to these villains, the courts have called for hearings for villains we already have in our custody. They were held earlier today and they have found Otto Van Furth, known as Plasmus, Sebastian Blood, known as Brother Blood, and Arthur Light, known as Dr. Light, guilty and sentenced to death."
As the crowd applauded, the Titans began to erupt, but they were cut off by the mayor.
"But! These new villains will try to release these villains back onto the streets of Jump city."
Beast Boy shouted, "Damn right!" The mayor, who was across town, couldn't hear Beast Boy, so he continued.
"With the threat these new villains pose, the courts have now passed my new Bill in which the verdict of these trials will be carried out immediately in order to avoid having these already sentenced villains freed."
He let the silence sit as the crowd processed what he had now said.
He continued proudly, "My people of Jump City, Plasmus, Brother Blood, and Dr. Light are no longer among us, but have passed on into the afterlife."
As the crowd met the mayor with thunderous applause, all hell broke loose in Titan's Tower.
"You can't still believe this guy is still good." Beast Boy yelled as loudly as he could.
"He's still following the justice system; he's going through the courts and passing Bills! Of course he's still good!" Robin countered.
Starfire answered back, "He has killed three people in one day! Is this not evil?"
Raven responded at a quieter level, "Plasmus and Brother Blood are two of the most dangerous people that we have ever faced."
An outraged Beast Boy yelled back, "And Dr. Light?!"
No one responded.
They all knew he was one of the most petty villains they had ever faced, but now he wasn't even alive.
Bumble Bee finally spoke up, "Beast Boy has a solid point."
Still, no one would talk, and the Titans East members felt uncomfortable with all they had just witnessed. They knew that there was a division in the ranks, but seeing it for themselves was still a complete shock.
Aqualad spoke this time trying to change the subject, "We need to get these three back to the police station, but I don't think you guys should deliver them. We should take them."
Bumble Bee added, "Just Me and Speedy will take 'em. You three keep the others from fallin' apart." She shifted her gaze to Cyborg and finished, "We'll borrow the T-Car."
Cyborg only numbly nodded his head back and handed over the keys. He was usually adamant about not letting anyone drive his baby but him, but he was too confused and worn out to care at the moment. They all began to prepare the three for their transfer into police custody. Robin was still thinking back to Starfire holding back her punch and submitting without a fight. Cyborg tried as hard as he could to avoid thinking about how he was sending two of his friends into the hands of people who just killed three villains in an instant. Raven focused purely on the task of keeping Beast Boy restrained, but without him fighting back, there was much to do. She realized that they needed to find a different way to keep Beast Boy restrained, because she would not be joining him on his trip to the police station.
"Beast Boy needs a pair of handcuffs while he's taken to the station." she announced to no one in particular.
Beast Boy's restraints were switched to handcuffs that also disrupted his ability to shape shift. When they were put on him, and he tested his ability to shape shift, he questioned their origin.
"Why do we even have handcuffs that can hold me and Starfire?" he asked the crowd of Titans around him.
Robin obliged, saying, "I have handcuffs that can restrain all of us Beast Boy. It's a precaution incase we need them."
Beast Boy shook his head, "You really were trained by Batman."
Before they left, Bumble Bee turned to Raven and asked. "You guys want to keep the remote?"
Raven looked down to the remote in her hand from when she first took it off Beast Boy when she first captured him. She shoved it towards Bumble Bee and said, "I don't want that thing in the tower."
Bumble Bee accepted it, and her and Speedy led the three in handcuffs from the tower and into the T-Car. It was highly uncomfortable fitting the three handcuffed people into the back, even more so with their hands restrained. After several minutes of pushing and pulling by the two Titans escorting, they were finaly able to get all three inside the T-Car. They drove in silence for most of the way. None of the parties present wanted to bring up how much this would affect the Titans. Starfire was becoming more and more unsettled the farther they drove. It got to a point that she couldn't keep quiet anymore.
"Do you truly believe you are right in what you are doing?" She blurted out to the two in the front seat.
Speedy looked back at her and said, "Honestly, I think all these baddies had their chance to walk away so many times, I think this is the only way to actually get results."
Starfire shook her head. "You may be correct that it may deter those who are evil, but it cannot be done in this way."
Speedy shrugged, "It gets the job done."
Silence again reigned in the car for a time until Beast Boy spoke up this time.
"What about you Bumble Bee?" he asked in a quiet voice.
"I think the guy's a whack job and shouldn't be in office. No one should just have power like that to kill. Doesn't matter if he goes the the court system; It's still messed up." Bumble Bee angrily replied.
"Careful there, boss, you're sounding awfully traitorous." Speedy said with a laugh.
Bumble Bee nodded and pulled the car over, announcing, "We're here."
Speedy turned and looked out the window. He didn't see the police station anywhere in sight. In fact, he had no idea why they were on this particular side street. It was very secluded and from what he could tell, not that close to the police station.
After taking in his surrounds he said, "Uh, no we aren't. It's still like five streets down." while still looking out the window.
Bumble Bee responded with throwing a punch straight into Speedy's exposed temple, knocking him out cold with one punch.
After shaking out her stinging hand she said to the now unconscious Speedy, "This is your stop."
The other three in the back sat in silence. They were caught off guard by the sudden right hook that she just through into her teammates head. They all just looked at Bumble Bee with eyes wide and mouths hanging open. She looked back at them and said, "What? You guys are right, the mayor's a huge dick. Now, let me get those cuffs off you guys."
She first turned to Starfire and placed one of her golden stingers right on the key hole of her handcuffs. After setting in just the right position, she sent a small bolt of electricity down into it, blowing the lock open. She repeated the same process with Beast Boy's restraints and then Control Freak's. Once she freed the all three, she pulled out the remote and handed it back to Control Freak, saying, "I believe this is yours."
She got out of the driver's seat, but the others stayed seated in the back. Things had turned around so quickly for them, that they couldn't wrap their minds around it. They had been spending the past hour contemplating what prison would be like or hoping that the jury would find them not guilty, and now they were free once again. Bumble Bee tapped on the window to snap them out of the state of shock they were all currently in. Slowly, Starfire exited out one side and Beast Boy the other. Starfire noticed that Beast Boy left his handcuffs in the car and said, "Friend Beast Boy, take your cuffs of hand with you, so that it may not be used against you again."
Beast Boy nodded and returned to grab them. Control Freak exited out the other side without his, there really wasn't a point in keeping them. He joined the Titan's outside the T-Car and asked, "What now?"
She confidently replied, "Remember that I was in this city too before we all went to Steel City. I know a friend that will let us crash with her for a while. Now let's get going before Speedy wakes up."
Starfire looked back at the unconscious Titan and asked, "He will be okay, yes?"
Bumble Bee nodded and replied, "Yah, he'll be fine. I didn't hit him hard enough to do any permanent damage, and he'll call back to the Titans as soon as he wakes up. They'll come get him, and we should be as far away from this car as we can when they do.
The group of three followed Bumble Bee in the direction of her friend's house, happy to be free and still able to make a difference. Not being crammed so close to Control Freak was also a big plus.
Back at Titan's Tower, everyone was still gathered in the living room, and there was very little talking that was going on. Robin decided to sit and watch his fellow Titans in the room. Cyborg sat on the couch, not talking to any one else. He sat hunched over with his elbows resting on his knees and head resting in his hands. Robin knew he was thinking about a lot complicated things right now. He just sent his best friend to jail in a city that now readily kills villains in costumes, and Beast Boy fit in one of those two categories. He had been unable to stop Starfire and watched Robin's very tense confrontation with her as well. Now, she too was on her way to jail. His face might have been concealed by his hands, but Robin knew he wasn't looking well right now.
He looked at Raven who was reading a book at the other end of the couch. She seemed to be acting normal to anyone, but Robin could see her tenseness. She gripped the book in her hands with more strength and turned each page forcefully. He also watched her eyes move across the page at a much faster pace than what she normally read at. Robin could see that she was trying to give the appearance of being calm, but was anything but calm on the inside.
He looked at the other Titans in the room, and they were fairing much better. They were close, but they weren't on the same team. Seeing the Titans of Jump City fall apart had affected them, but not anywhere close to as much as if it were their team that fell apart. Aqualad was looking through their kitchen for something to eat, and the only difference Robin could pick up on was an increased amount of times Aqualad ran his hand through his hair. Robin thought that it might be a nervous habit of his. The twins were the only two talking, and Robin was only picking up one of every six words they said. He believed it was something about how crazy white people were.
Robin looked back at his own two teammates and saw them in pain. He knew he was fairing better than them, but that was only due to the fact that he was ignoring most of what happened. Robin could just put everything behind him and focus on the task at hand, but that was only reachable by being Batman's sidekick for years. He knew that he needed to be there for his team, now more than ever, so he got up and approached Raven.
"Hey Raven. Are you doing okay?" he asked as tenderly as he could.
She glanced up from her book and said, "I'm a little busy here." And looked back down.
Robin knew she needed to have someone there for her and tried again. "Both of us know you're not enjoying that book right now." He said.
Raven looked up again, but this time, closed her book and set it on her lap. She held his gaze and responded, "Fine. So I'm feeling terrible, we all are. I just want to be alone right now."
She looked back down and went to reopen her book, but she couldn't find the strength to do it. Raven looked back up at Robin to find he was still looking at her. She set the book down and patted the seat next to her, inviting Robin to sit down. Robin sat down next to her and extended a hand to her. Raven eyed his extended hand for a moment, but eventually reached out and grabbed it and held on like it was a life line. Robin knew that Raven enjoyed her privacy, but something on this level couldn't be handled alone.
Cyborg was at the other end of the couch and happened to look up at that moment. He saw his other two teammates together, and knew he couldn't stay sitting where he was. He walked over to his friends and picked them both up in a hug that rivaled Starfire's. When he set them back down, he sat near them and they began to talk about everything they'd been avoiding the entire time.
"I know how hard it is for me to do anything against Starfire, so I don't even know how much it must kill ya' to put Star away like that, Robin." Cyborg spoke.
Robin nodded. "I've had to fight Batman while he'd been mind controlled, and it was hard enough to do that. This is a whole new level with Starfire. We're both fully conscious and know the full extent to what we are doing. Having to oppose her like that..." he trailed off not knowing words to describe it. "It hurt less when Slade's nanobots tore me apart from the inside, than having to do what I just did right now." Robin said back to his mechanical friend. "It must be terrible for you to see Beast Boy like that Cyborg." He added.
Cyborg replied, "You know it. He's my best friend, and has been my best friend for years. He was the first person that still saw me as a person after I was turned into half machine. Then again, I felt better cuz at least I didn't turn green."
He and Robin chuckled as Raven smiled. Cyborg looked at the empath and added, "I bet you had some fun catching Beast Boy."
Raven shrugged and replied, "Less than you think. I'd rather beat him over something he deserves."
Robin looked at her with a questioning look, so she added, "That doesn't mean I think think he did the right thing. It's just, he's actually thought about this and isn't acting on childish impulse."
Robin was still surprised by her answer and asked, "So you're not mad at him?"
"Oh no, I'm furious. In fact, once he gets out of prison, or whatever the verdict is, I'm locking him in another dimension for a few days so he really can think about what he's done."
The other two laughed and Cyborg asked, "Starfire too?"
She shook her head and responded, "No, I couldn't do that to Starfire. She's been my sister since I've come to earth." She paused as she realized something else about her alien friend. "I guess, we have that in common: not being born on earth."
Cyborg grabbed both of them again to bring them into a second hug, which they made it appear they liked it less than they actually did, and said, "It's okay. It's almost all done and behind us now."
Right then, Speedy called and his face came up on the giant t.v. screen. The side of his face was now forming a fairly large bruise. As the residents in the tower stared at him, he said, "Guys, we have a problem."
[End Chapter]
Another Chapter down! How'd I do? We have more Titans joining the fight, and they aren't all on the same side! Did that go how you think the Titan's might react with having to fight fellow Titans? Would the Titans really react like that after facing each other? I would like to know what you think. Don't worry if you're thinking that they really didn't fight during all of that; there will definitely be actual fights in the future, trust me.
Also, I want to give two shoutouts:
Big thanks to JP-Ryder for giving me the idea of the mayor's retaliation for Control Freak's escape, and overall brainstorming of ideas for the story down the line. You're awesome for helping me out, and you're reviews always help me think about how I'm gonna write my next chapter.
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