Chapter 5
Things were not going well for the Titans. Whatever Dr. Light had stuck into his suit this time had made him powerful enough to deflect even Starfire's attacks. Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg were still out due to their injuries, leaving only the outmatched alien and a human acrobat to face a madman with an overpowered laser.
As it is, Dr. Light was having a field day. The blue crystals that were still powering his right laser not as powerful as the green ones he was going after, but they were still powerful enough to penetrate even Cyborg's armor.
Speaking of which.
"Get back tin-man!"
Cyborg cursed under his breath as he ducked back behind the garbage truck. Contrary to what Dr. Light believed, Cyborg was not after him. Rather he wanted to rescue whoever was under the rubble as he was too damaged to fight anyways.
After waking up, he had received a backlash of all recent communications, including the children that were stuck under the rubble. Shortly after, he had tried to put out an eyeball which was apparently supposed to be on fire.
He was definitely getting an explanation for that later.
At this point, they were just getting their rear ends handed to them. Things were going so well for Dr. Light that he was completely unprepared for the explosion that blew out from the rubble.
From the ruins of the arcade emerged a massive creature with a derelict doll's head, massive spider-like legs, and a seat set between the two wheels on its rear with a third wheel of the same size as a backboard.
"Is that-?" started Mato.
The spider crawled forward revealing several unconscious children and a few adults on its back which Starfire flew in to collect.
She turned to thank their benefactor when she noticed who was piloting their carriage.
Adorning the seat was one of the strangest cyborgs that any of them had ever seen. Considering the unusually long list that the Titans had to pick from, this was saying something.
A yellow and white Victorian dress adorned her body while a black crown sat on top of her head and a sword sat strapped to her back. A set of deadly-looking claws cradled a larger girl delicately, while two wheels took the place of her calves and feet.
"Chariot!?"finished Saya.
Robin turned to see two girls, an older woman in her twenties with short hair and bright red eyes, and a wet teenager with black hair drawn into pigtails and beautiful blue eyes with a blue flame erupting from the left one.
"Wh-you know this girl!?"
Chariot gently placed the older girl in Starfire's arms, before grasping the sword and the massive wheel behind her to use as a shield. Starfire decided to first take the girl back to the ground.
"Yomi!" called Mato.
"She is the friend that you spoke of?"
Mato merely nodded with tears overflowing. Starfire marveled for a second at the sight of the blue flame that emanated from her left eye before she noticed that the older woman had not joined them. Instead she was transfixed on the sight of the blonde girl.
"Kagari?" she whispered.
The silence lasted for a second more.
Drawing the sword from her back, Chariot lunged with a leap from her carriage. Blade singing in the air, it found purchase on the Doctor's left gauntlet, destroying it. Dr. Light cried in pain, silently grateful for the triple Kevlar layer that protected his arm.
"You-!" he fired off a beam to her head, only to have it be deflected by the shield that rammed into him with the force of a freight train.
"She's good." Complimented Cyborg as he took down the last arcade worker, "but where'd she come from?"
"Well?" said Robin to his latest find.
"We can explain later," said Saya, "right now you need to save that man."
"Save him?" asked Starfire, "is he still in danger?"
"See for yourself," she replied as she pointed towards Chariot, who was approaching the unconscious Dr. Light with a raised sword.
"Titans, GO!"
The battle cry alerted the blonde Otherself in time for her to deflect Cyborg's beam with her blade. A green glow from above alerted her to Starfire, allowing her to block the starbolt with her shield. Between the two, she was left helpless against a kick in the gut from Robin.
She flew into a nearby window with a grimace on her face. Instead of pausing to get into a battle stance like most would have, she simply straightened herself back up and rolled back into the battle.
Eyes on her victim, she did not see Cyborg coming in from the right until it was almost too late. With a quick slash of her blade, she deflected the beam towards Starfire, who barely dodged the assault. Robin swung at her with his bo staff from the left, only to have it shatter when she moved her shield into its path.
Starfire was about to take advantage of the sudden opening, when she was blindsided by something sweet and creamy.
Mary had decided to join the battle. Firing giant macarons at the airborne alien, it eventually managed to stick her to the wall with the tasty, mulberry treat.
"Starfire!" cried the two remaining members before they too were pummeled by flying pastries, mint and chocolate in this case.
"Of all the things that a giant robot spider can use as a weapon, it shoots candy!?" complained Cyborg as he struggled to remove himself from the sticky filling.
"Kagari-chan! Don't!" cried Saya.
Chariot did not listen. She only ambled forward towards her target.
Forgoing the sword, she lifted her right leg above Dr. Light's neck and began spinning the wheel with a sound like a buzz saw.
Cyborg finally freed himself with a sonic blast and ran to stop bloody murder from occurring in front of them. He primed a shot, only to be tackled by the surprisingly stealthy spider.
Robin followed suit, noting Starfire's immobile form under the creamy filling before running to save the life of the madman that had plagued them all day.
The two gave their best fight to the massive machine, but Cyborg was too damaged and Robin was near the point of collapse. They could only watch helplessly as the girl brought her foot down.
"Kagari!?"
The wheel landed.
Author's Notes: First attempt at a fight scene. Tell me what you think!