Chapter 29 Directionless Dimensional Jumps

Reorienting himself to the change in scenery, Robin felt a couple of things. He wasn't scared necessarily; there was a very finite number of things that actually caused him to experience fright. However, he was confused. He also felt just a tad annoyed, taking in the scenery of the dimension that both teams of Titans found themselves in.

For one thing, the place's colors were inverted. Reds were greens, blues were orange, etc. It looked like a little kid had been tasked with coloring in the world on a day that they randomly assigned as opposite day. This applied to the people too; Starifire's red hair was now a forest green (with her double now sporting a minty green color scheme). Cyborg looked like an evil version of himself with how his trademark robot body had turned Raven black. And Robin didn't even want to get started on the two Beast Boy's; they looked more like Trigon than the goofy universe's Trigon did.

Robin shook his head, trying to reorient himself to this new change. The others examined themselves, wearing wide eyes with dropped jaws.

"Woah!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "Talk about trippy, yo!"

"Yeah," Cyborg said. He looked down at his arm while sporting a grin (he was the only Titan on either team that did). "It's weird, but man do I look cool!" He flexed. "I feel like a new cyborg!"

Robin, meanwhile, looked more than a little flustered and very very very annoyed. "Wow. A universe with inverted colors. What a creative place that I never could comprehend in my own mind."

"I don't know, Robin," Starfire piped up. "I do believe that yellow and green looks the good on me."

Robin sniffed, for these guys seemed to be completely missing the point. Heck, they seemed to be totally ignorant of the reason they had been teleported in the first place; they were too preoccupied with how they looked on a surface level to even spare the captured Ravens a second thought.

So, Robin cleared his throat, getting everyone to focus their attention on him. "As cool as this is, we need to find the Ravens immediately." He looked at Larry. "Can you take us to them, Larry?"

Larry didn't respond. He just looked down at his magic finger, frowning at it with a wrinkled brow. "This…this isn't right…"

Robin raised an eyebrow, as did pretty much everyone who was on his team. "What do you mean it's not right?" he asked.

"Yeah Larry," said Beast Boy. "Isn't this the place where the Ravens are being held captive?"

Larry shook his head, looking up at the Titans with a semi-embarrassed but mostly ashamed expression. "No, this isn't. I'm afraid I goofed again."

Robin didn't facepalm, despite every muscle and urge in his body telling him this situation warranted one. "Of course you did…" he grumbled.

Beast Boy stepped forward with a furrowed brow. "Wait, the Ravens aren't here?" He looked at Larry, his eyes wide as sweat formed on his face. "Well, then what are we doing here! We need to go to them! We need to get them back as soon as possible!"

"I know, I know, I know!" Larry said. He sighed as he looked back down at his magic finger. "It's just that…well, I'm not entirely used to teleporting more than one person…"

Robin, upon hearing that, snorted. "And I thought you were all powerful…"

Larry faced him, as stern an expression as possible on his face. "I am all powerful! I just don't use every single one of my powers everyday, so I tend to goof up when I use the ones I'm rusty on."

Robin took a step forward. His heart pumped, but he wasn't entirely sure why. He tried to ignore it and put a serious face on as he looked down at his interdimensional mini-me (well, one of his interdimensional mini-me's). "Larry, please try harder. We don't know what the Trigons are doing to the Ravens, so it is in everyone's best interest to find them and bring them back home as soon as possible."

Larry nodded. "Your right, Robin." He smiled. "You're always right; that's what makes you so great."

"Hey, I'm pretty great too!" Robin exclaimed. His shoulders slumped as he put on a pouty face. "Even though I'm not always right…"

Ignoring him, Larry took a deep breath and extended his finger once again. "Okay, okay. Well, hang onto your hats guys. I'm gonna see if I can teleport us to the Ravens."

With that, his finger began to glow. In a blink and you'll miss moment, the scenery faded to black, with the appearances of all the Titans reverting back to their normal color schemes. While Robin himself felt extremely grateful for this, he didn't have a lot of time to celebrate. The reason why was, as soon as he took a breath, water filled his mouth. It splashed into his nostrils. He flailed about as the scenery around the Titans morphed into an underwater world. He barely had enough time to get oxygen, and it looked like the other Titans were just as plumb out of luck as they tried their best to swim.

"Everyone!" Robin could barely speak, for he needed to keep his mouth closed to hold as much oxygen in as possible. It didn't help that the words he spoke came out in a muffled, gurgly mess of bubbles. "Everyone…we…need…" he could feel the oxygen draining out of him.

Thankfully, both of the Beast Boys took on the form of dolphins. As Beast Boy squeaked the dolphin's iconic call, Beast Boy looked at his drowning teammate with wide eyes.

"Dudes!" he said, much to Robin's surprise. "Hold onto me; we're going to the surface!"

Larry smiled. "Good idea!" Once again, the fact that someone was able to speak underwater was surprising to Robin. What surprised him even more was when Larry also took on the form of a dolphin and scooped up Robin and Starfire. "Come on, everyone!"

With the goofy team clinging onto goofy Beast Boy and Cyborg taking hold of his own version of the green shapeshifter, all of them swam to the surface. Robin felt extremely faint as they bolted upward; he internally prayed that this wouldn't be the end of him. Thankfully, right as he felt he couldn't hold his breath anymore, the Titans resurfaced. Both Beast Boys and Larry morphed back into humans, looking at everyone with proud looks as the Titans coughed and regained their breath.

"That…" Starfire shivered, pushing her damp hair out of her eyes. "That was awful! Terrible, even!"

Robin swam up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay, Star." He hugged her, all while paddling in the water. "We're out now. We're breathing again." He stroked her back. "It's all going to be okay…"

Robin watched this exchange with an intrigued expression. He looked over at his own Starfire, sporting a grin as he swam up to her. "Say, Star, are you in need of comfort too?"

Starfire pulled away a split second before Robin got the chance to hug her. "No." She smiled. "I actually thought that was quite exciting."

"Oh." Robin pulled his arm away, hanging his head as he did. "Well, good for you then…"

Larry rose into the air, studying their surroundings. Robin did the same thing, noticing that it was sea as far as the eye could see (no pun intended). This once again made his heart pump, especially when he noticed Cyborg and Beast Boy looking around with furrowed brows.

"Man," Beast Boy said. "I've heard of Sea World, but this is ridiculous!"

"It's bigger than Sea World BB; it's a Sea Dimension!" Cyborg trembled, trying his best to keep his arms above water. "Oh man, we need to find land soon before I get waterlogged and sink!"

For once, Cyborg wore an expression that was giddy. "I hear you, man. That would not be a fun way for anyone to go out."

Robin looked back up at Larry, pushing his wet hair out of his masked eyes. "Larry, we need to teleport to another again!" He sharpened his expression into a glare. "Really try hard this time. We need to get to the Ravens as soon as possible!"

Larry nodded. "I'll try, Robin." He waved his sparkling magic finger, once again causing the scenery to fade. Robin initially felt thankful for this, but much like last teleport, his thankfulness didn't last long. An gunshot occurred, one that caused the Boy Wonder's ears to ring. Right as the ringing stopped, another gunshot pierced through the air. Then another, then another. BANG, BANG, BANG, everytime without fail.

"WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Beast Boy yelled at the top of his lungs. "What dimension would this be!"

The scenery shifted. Now, the Titans stood on a battlefield draped in a sepia color scheme. Soldiers on opposite sides fired at each other, the sounds combing with smell of smoke an nearly causing Robin to throw up. What made it even worse was when he noticed a person a few yards away getting ready to fire a gun in the exact same direction they now stood.

"QUICK!" Cyborg yelled. "Cyborg, cover them with me!"

Cyborg nodded. Without missing a beat, both Cyborgs used their bodies to form a protective metal shield around their fleshy teammates. A good thing to, as the soldier fired their gun pretty much immediately. A horrific pang resounded through the air when the bullet made contact with Cyborg's back. The most he did was wince (being made of metal did have at least a few advantages), but that didn't stop Robin from feeling any less pity for him.

"Thanks, Cyborgs," he said.

Another bullet whizzed forward, this time hitting the Serious Cyborg in the back. He sucked some air through his teeth. "Man, I'm gonna be feeling that tomorrow…"

"Larry!" Beast Boy said. "We nee to get out of here!"

"I know! You don't have to tell me twice!" He raised his finger just mere seconds after an explosion occurred. Smoke filled the Titans' noses and dirt rained down on all of them right before the scenery faded to black again. When color returned, Robin found that they all stood on the roof of the Goofy Titans' tower again.

"Oh!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "Home sweet home!" He bent down and kissed the ground. After spitting out some dust, he looked at Larry with a worried expression. "Wait, this ain't be sweet at all! We aren't where the Ravens are hiding at!"

"I know…" Larry floated down to the ground, his shoulders drooping and his face sagging. "I'm sorry guys; I just can't teleport a large group of people…"

"It's okay, Larry." Starfire approached and put her hand on his back, stroking him with the same gentleness that a mother would. "At least you tried."

"Yeah, but trying isn't good enough!" Larry rose back into the air, a desperate and despondent expression claiming the territory of his face. "I need to help you guys! The Ravens are in trouble, and if I can't help you get to them…" once again, his shoulders drooped. His voice trailed off, and he didn't even bother to finish his sentence as it did.

Thankfully, Robin got the message. He felt a pang just looking at Larry; even though he was still grappling with a very extreme bout of disappointment, he still had to commend Larry's commitment and eager-to-help nature. Robin immediately realized that this poor little alternate version of him needed to find some way to do something useful for them, not only for the sake of the Ravens but also for his own sake too.

So, Robin took some time to think. After about a minute, he had a definite plan. "Larry, you do know where the Ravens are, right?"

Larry sniffled. "Yes, Robin. They're being held in a cage in a completely different dimension. They can't escape from it because the cage's materials cancel out their powers."

Robin smiled. "Well, here's what you can do. Why don't you go over to their dimension all by yourself and free them? That would really be a big help."

Larry's eyes grew wide. "It would?"

"Yes, it would. Can you do that?"

In less than a millisecond, all negativity in Larry's expression and body language cleared away, and he jumped into the air with a whoop. "Yes! I can definitely do that!" He grinned at Robin, the expression reeking a newfound confidence. "Give me a second Robin; I promise I won't let you down!"

With that, he raised his finger and teleported away.