Chapter 2

"Cyborg!" cried Robin as his cybernetic friend was blasted into an electronic shop.

The titan cursed under his breath. Dr. Light had spotted Starfire following him and had since been fighting much more viciously than usual. Beast Boy was already out for the count thanks to a lucky shot that had rammed him head-first into a gym, Starfire was covered in scorch marks from the madman's lasers, Raven was constantly being kept at bay by his frantic attacks, and Robin himself was beginning to tire.

"Starfire! Evacuate the area! I don't know what crawled into Dr. Light's suit, but this is gonna take longer than expected."

"But most are already fleeing."

"I meant those idiots!"

He pointed towards the multiple reporters that were recording the event and a girl that had suddenly dashed across the street.

"Oh, right!" she muttered, "Um, everybody! Please exit the area! The Doctor of Light is too dangerous for you to approach!"

"Miss Starfire, are you having difficulties with Dr. Light?"

"Is it true that there is a romantic relationship between you and Raven? What would you like to say to those that would reject such a union?"

"Have there been any breakthroughs in the hunt for the remaining members of the Brotherhood?"

"Who designs your costumes and why are they so vividly colored?"

"Is it true that you need to perform intercourse to learn new languages?"

"What do you have to say to those that claim that you are an illegal alien?"

"Um, yes. No and nothing. None that I can mention. We do but I don't know. Of course not! And I was made a citizen when I first arrived."

The alien could only sigh in defeat as she resisted the urge to send them skywards. The reporters had been quick to figure out that she was the only one that ever answered any of their questions before the official press conference and often hounded her for information that had nothing to do with the situation. She decided that the direct approach would be best in this case.

Meaning that she stuffed them back into their vans and carried them to a raised parking lot.

Once the reporters were gone, she went to look for the girl who was undoubtedly trying to take pictures with her phone.

Back at the battle, Dr. Light was panicking. SHE had arrived.

The bane of his existence, his greatest fear, the very reason that he had taken to sleeping with a night light was hounding him. Lasers, beams, flash grenades. It was everything he could do to keep the demon away.

Normally, he would have cut his losses and let himself be carried back to jail, but this was far too important. The crystals he had stolen had been extracted from an Egyptian ruin, but he could care less about that.

Their true value laid in their destructive capabilities. A single shard of those crystals would power a beam strong enough to vaporize Titans Tower with all of their inhabitants inside. In fact…

"I didn't want to use these here, but I have no choice!" he muttered as he ran into a nearby arcade to take cover.

As expected, the likely presence of children kept the Titans from attacking for a few moments, though he was certain that he saw a black shadow sneak in after him.

Hiding behind a basketball machine, he opened the core access on his left laser. Switching out the cores, he couldn't help but grin at his find. One blast and the Titans would be history.

So long as he put in the right crystal.

"Wait please! It is dangerous!" called Starfire to the smaller girl. It wasn't too difficult for her to catch up and rapidly lifted the girl into the air.

"Wait! My friends are in there!" Starfire was surprised to hear Japanese.

"Your friends?"

"Yes! They were waiting for us to come back with drinks when that weirdo attacked!"

"I see," she said, and she did. Their group knew all too well how it felt to be helpless, "but you cannot help much right now. Please wait there while I retrieve your friends."

"Eh, you?" the girl paused for a moment before recognition flashed in her eyes, "Oh! Starflame!"

"Starfire," she corrected, "and don't worry! We have the situation under control."

With a sound like thunder, the arcade burst in a sea of light and smoke.

Author's Note: Really churning these out quickly. Lot faster than usual anyways. If anyones sees any issues with the character personalities, please let me know. I hate OOC characters..