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Chapter 2: Encounter
The Titans hurried to 31st street, determined to stop their enemy. Starfire flew as fast as a jet and Beast Boy had morphed into an eagle while Terra rode on a boulder. They felt the wind rustle their hair and heard cars were driving beneath them. The sounds of people talking and laughing filled the air and cars honked their horns. While Robin's revved on his R-Cycle and Cyborg drove the T-Car. The sounds of their engines filled their ears, and streetlights, people and buildings all looked like fuzzy blurs.
When they arrived, they were shocked at the scene: money littered the ground; people lay unconscious on the pavement and road. Water spewed out of fire hydrants like geysers while fires threatened to burn down the already destroyed bank, its' door was completely broken off it's hinges. People ran away screaming and emergency alarms blared. Mumbo stood in the center, firing spells and laughing like a maniac. He turned his attention to the Titans.
"You can't stop the Great Mumbo!"
"Titans, move!"
Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at Mumbo, but he snaked out of the way.
"Mumbo Gumbo!" Mumbo said and shot a yellow beam at Cyborg. Cyborg fell to the ground, covered in yellow daises.
"What the-? Aw man!" Cyborg groaned as he struggled.
Mumbo laughed hysterically until he was barraged by star-bolts. Starfire was up in the air firing star bolts, one after another. When the dust cleared, Mumbo was gone which left Starfire dumbfounded. Her lime green eyes searched the ground until she heard a voice behind her say, "Now you see me, now you don't!" Starfire looked at the ground behind her and saw Mumbo. As the Tameranean princess was readied herself, Mumbo said, "Isn't this a wrap?"
Then a long, red, tentacle-like cloth shot out from Mumbo's wand and wrapped around Starfire.
"Eep!" Starfire squealed as she fell to the ground with a loud THUD!
As she struggled, Robin charged at Mumbo, with his bo-staff. Mumbo fired jets of magic at Robin, but he agilely dodged all the spells. Robin sent a flurry of jabs and thrusts at Mumbo, but Mumbo dodged them all.
"Face it kid! None of you can me without-Whoop!"
Mumbo fell backwards as he tripped over a rock. As Mumbo fell backwards, Robin leaped in the air and swung his bo-staff as fast and strong as he could.
"Eep!" Mumbo squealed.
Robin's bo-staff was a foot or two away from impact when Mumbo lifted his wand and said "Hocus Pocus!" Robin was sent flying into the hood of a red car.
Next was Terra's turn. She threw boulder after boulder at him.
"OW!" The villain cried.
Terra lifted her hand and caused a small tremor that knocked Mumbo off his feet. A large piece of granite was lifted into the air and flung at Mumbo. He jumped out of the way and made faces at the young geomancer. Terra halted the granite and separate before it u-turned back at the villain. It formed circle to crush Mumbo. He let out a loud yelp, pulled off his hat and disappeared. Her sky blue eyes searched around but didn't see Mumbo.
'Where did he-?' Terra was cut off when a swarm of white doves began pecking her.
Beast Boy morphed into a bull and charged at Mumbo, who popped out of the hat. A fire hydrant exploded and a blast of water shot towards the green changeling. Before it could make contact, the therianthropist morphed into a crane and flew out of the way. He quickly changed into a T-Rex and charged at Mumbo again. Mumbo lifted his wand in the air to attack but was struck in the back with a sonic blast. He turned his attention to Cyborg, who was running at Mumbo, with his sonic cannon raised. Mumbo's attention was focused on the metallic Titan, so he failed to notice Beast Boy, which gave him a chance to ram Mumbo. Mumbo went flying and crashed into a building. He rose to his feet and pointed his wand at the two Titans, but was pelted by star-bolts. He looked into the air and saw an angry Starfire. Mumbo was about to escape when Robin blocked his last exit.
"Eerk..." Mumbo backed up into a wall he was completely cornered.
"I've got one last trick up my sleeve!" He laughed. "Why don't we all go for a spin? A spin inside my hat!" He pulled off his hat and pointed it at the Titans.
"No way, dude! I'm not going back in there! Take cover!" Beast Boy yelped and dived out of the way, covering his ears.
"Huh? BB? What's that supposed-?"
Terra was cut off when she suddenly felt herself being pulled towards the hat. She took a look and saw a swirling, whirling vortex in the hat. The geomancer was then lifted off her feet and began to fly towards the hat.
"YAAAHHHH!"
"EEEEEPPPPPP!"
"Terra!"
"Starfire!"
She and Starfire were being sucked into the vortex inside the hat. The three Titans watched in horror as their friends were being sucked into the hat and Mumbo started laughing maniacally thinking he had won.
"Looks like I won, kiddies! Thank you, I am the-Waah!"
His eyes bulged at the city bus flying towards him. He let go of Starfire and Terra and they dropped down to the ground. The bus crashed into Mumbo and pinned him against the wall. Robin shot a look behind him and looked at Cyborg. The metallic Titan quickly shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.
"Who-?"
Robin was interrupted when he saw an uprooted streetlight floating in the air. The bus rolled off the unconscious Mumbo and the streetlight began to bend. Finally, it wrapped itself around the blue villain.
"Oookay. That was seriously creepy" Beast Boy said.
"Uhhh..."
"Ohhh..."
"Starfire!"
"Terra!"
"Are you all right?" the Titan Boys asked.
"Yea, I'm fine" Terra replied.
"Fear not! I am unharmed!" Starfire said triumphantly.
"But who did that?" Robin asked his team.
As Terra was getting to her feet, she noticed a hooded figure cloaked in black standing in the middle of the road.
"Look! There's another one!" she pointed her finger in its direction. The figure began to retreat when it was noticed.
"Is it a good guy or a bad guy?" Cyborg asked
.
"I dunno. But it's going down!" Robin said. "Titans, go!"
Robin lunged at the figure but it back-flipped out of the way. He narrowed his eyes and in a second, he closed in on the figure. Robin sent punch after punch but none hit. He sent a flurry of kicks but it kept dodging. Robin almost punched the figure but it ducked and counterattacked with an uppercut. It's speed and flexibility was incredible; it was giving even the Batman's son a run for his money. Robin failed to block the Butterfly kick colliding with his head. He stammered and glared at the figure. The Boy Wonder threw two Birdarangs but it side stepped to the right and dodged the first one and side stepped to the left and dodged the second. It dashed toward the Boy Wonder with its incredible speed and the next second, Robin found himself in the way of the figure's heel-drop. As he back-flipped out of the way, the figure had swept his arms while he was back flipping, and his back hit the ground. The figure axe-kicked at the leader but Robin rolled out of the way. A small crater was a foot away from his face used to be. Robin jumped up and threw a fist at the figure. It caught his fist, but Robin swung his other arm to attack. The figure grabbed his other wrist, spun him around and tossed him at Starfire, who was floating in the air.
She put him on the ground and flew up into the air and began firing her star-bolts. The figure zoomed past all her attacks but Starfire continued firing. She looked in shock as the figure caught one of her star-bolts and volleyed it back to her. The Tameranean princess flew to the side, only to see the figure jump into the air, and knee Starfire in the face. Starfire crashed to the ground, stunned.
Cyborg charged at the figure, firing his sonic cannon. The figure stood there dead-on, staring at Cyborg. Strangely, Cyborg's attacks had no effect; it was as though an invisible force was absorbing the blasts.
"HYAAH!" Terra flung stalactites at the figure.
The figure turned toward Terra, and small blue sonic blasts shot out from the air. The blue blasts obliterated Terra's rocks.
"No way!" Cyborg said in disbelief. "Is that my sonic cannon?"
The figure leaped toward the shocked Cyborg.
"Cyborg! Watch out!" Terra warned, but it was too late. Cyborg was swept off his feet. The figure disappeared and reappeared behind the falling Cyborg, and kicked him back to his feet. The dazed Cyborg swung his right arm, but the figure moved with demon-like speed and glided out of the way. It slipped under Cyborg's arm and forced its palm to Cyborg's face. It halted its hand in front of Cyborg's face, instead it jabbed its two fingers in the middle of Cyborg's chest, which hit a critical part in his circuitry and stunned him.
"How-?" he asked.
It sent him a high kick and he skidded into a streetlight. It turned toward Terra and Beast Boy.
"Okay! I'm sick of this!" Terra yelled and the ground began to quake again.
Terra fired a volley of spires at the figure, but it jumped up and rebounded of each piece before it landed on the ground. It's black cloak fluttered and blended with the road. It stared at the two Titans. Beast Boy felt a wave of familiarity. This presence was so familiar, but he couldn't remember. As it trotted closer, Terra clenched her hands tightly, her eyes locked on the cloaked figure.
'What's with this thing? It's like everyone's attacks were useless! Including mine!'
Terra to glowered at the figure. Suddenly, it was hit with Cyborg's sonic blast.
"Ugh!"
'Looks like it's not totally invincible after all!' Terra thought.
The figure skidded across the ground and used its' hand to slow the momentum. Beast Boy snapped out his daze and lunged at the figure. He morphed into a tiger and tried to pounce on the figure. The figure lifted its arms instinctively and raised a black shield. This left Beast Boy was floating in the air, snarling and clawing at the shield. Starfire shot beams from her eyes and destroyed the shield, releasing Beast Boy. The figure was caught off-guard, and Cyborg took advantage so he fired another sonic blast at the figure, and knocked to the ground. Seeing the figure caught off guard, Beast Boy bounded back to his team and reverted to his human form. The Titans surrounded the figure.
"Careful team, you've seen what this guy is capable of!" Robin warned.
"Dudes! This thing is tough!" Beast Boy piped.
Robin held up four explosives/freeze bombs in each hand, and prepared to throw them. Starfire was poised, star-bolts ready to blast, Cyborg had his sonic cannon raised and pointed at the figure, Terra held up spikes floating above the figure and Beast Boy kept his eyes locked on the figure, his animal instincts on over-drive, ready to turn any animal. The Titans kept their eyes on the figure and the dust began to clear.
It was crouched and its' back faced the Titans. But it's guard stayed up, hands began to glow, but an unusual shade, black. Its' black cloak coalesced with the asphalt, and the figure's hood slipped off, revealing dark hair. Dark, violet hair. It almost looked like black, plum. The figure whirled around; the Titan's faces were shocked and surprised. Starfire gasped and put her hands to her mouth, Cyborg lowered his sonic cannon, his mouth agape, Robin's eyes widened with shock, and Terra took a step back. And Beast Boy stood there, the most shocked.
Beast Boy's heart pounded in his ears, his breath became short, his eyes wide. He stared into her amethyst eyes and she stared into his emerald ones. Oh, those eyes, those beautiful eyes. The eyes he missed, the person he had been thinking about the last five years. Her stoic expression met their shocked looks, her pallid skin, amethyst eyes, and dark violet hair. The team continued to stare until Beast Boy finally broke the long silence.
"Raven?"
End.
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