The sun was setting over Jump City nearly reaching the horizon. The city's buildings began to slowly illuminate with light anticipating the coming darkness. The darkness that encouraged the worst in people now that they had more freedom to whatever they wanted without fear of the Titans showing up to stop them.
The Titans continued their mission to regain the cities trust. Robin had alerted authorities about the mugger he had tied up and left restrained on the street for police to pick up. But after hearing the woman he saved talk about what was being spread around the city he returned to his R-Cycle and sped away before they came to arrest the mugger. He didn't want to know what the police might do if this was what the people were saying about them. He began to worry that their time in the city might be making things worse.
"Titans, report!" Robin relayed through his communicator, "what's your status?"
"Oh you know," Cyborg replied instantly with sarcasm, "it's been quiet, fun, and... oh yeah... SOME OLD LADY BEAT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH HER CANE!" His voice nearly jumped out of the communicator into Robins ear. He was furious.
"I too have encountered the unpleasant behavior of the people," Starfire said heartbroken, "they believed I wished to steal a small child."
"Hey, yeah!" Cyborg said sympathizing with her, "granny thought we were all kidnappers!"
"Be careful," Robin said nervously, "something happened recently that has the city on edge and all eyes are on us," he started to think that it might be a good idea to abort the mission and regroup to figure out what was going on. This upset him. All he wanted was to be seen in public trying to help people. To get his honor back as a hero. But with the way things are at the moment it didn't seem possible, "Titans, we might need to regroup and figure out what's going on before we can continue our mission."
"Don't have to tell me twice," Cyborg said eager to get out of the city and go home.
"I do not wish to continue as well," Starfire said. She sounded as if she meant she didn't want to be a hero anymore.
"Uh..." Raven said feeling the timing couldn't be worse, "you guys might want to rethink that."
Raven was staring at Dr. Light in his usual suit of armor. He stood in front of a bank that had just recently closed; however, the doors along with the front face of the building were in a smoldering heap from him blasting his way in.
"Titans move!" Robin said already understanding what has happening, "regroup on Raven's position!"
Robin hit the break hard and put a single foot down to pivot on as his back tire spun out from under the bike throwing him into a drifting U-turn. Once he faced the direction he wanted, he floored the accelerator and took off in a wheelie before landing it perfectly at full speed.
Cyborg took a hard left turn and also put the pedal to the metal on the T-Car to get to Raven as fast as possible. Starfire flew over the city to get there quickly and found Cyborg in the T-Car on her way. She met up with him and flew above him. Cyborg looked up and they made eye contact feeling better that they had real trouble to deal with and not these trivial errands.
"With the Titans gone, no one would dare face Dr. Light!" Dr. Light said confidently.
Raven flew down behind him and raised her hands towards him, "you sure about that?" She said in her dark tone. Dr. Light turned around to see Raven, "remember me?"
Fear over took his body and he had a moment of panic. He looked around to see she was alone and his fear fade away.
"How could I forget?" He asked Rehtorically, "you would dare face Dr. Light alone?" He said regaining his confidence, "this time my light will erase your darkness!"
He raised his hands and fired a powerful stream of light from his hands. Raven reacted quickly and formed a shield of dark energy in front of her blocking the powerful beam of light. She then streched out her right hand covering a near by abandoned taxi in her dark energy. She began to lift it but then rembered what robin said.
No damage to the city or people.
She looked at Dr. Light then back at the taxi and gently set the car down. Dr. Light took advantage of her distraction and shot again.
This time Raven took the blast directly with a cry of pain and was sent through air across the street tumbling across the ground. She strained as she began to pull herself up from the ground. She looked up to see Dr. Light standing over her with a sinister smile.
"What's the matter?" Dr. Light mocked, "afraid to get your hands dirty?" He raised his hands again ready to strike her where she lay.
A bright flash of light scorched Ravens sight but to her surprise she wasnt hurt. She looked up to see Dr. Light was no longer standing in front of her. He was blindsided and thrown through air hitting the ground in the distance.
"Booyah!" Cyborg yelled lowering his sonic cannon. He stood next to Raven as Starfire helped her to her feet.
"Raven, are you injured?" Starfire asked.
"I'm fine," Raven replied rubbing the elbow she landed on.
The three turned their focus to Dr. Light and stood ready to fight. Starfire hovered above the ground behind Cyborg and Raven. Her eyes glowed green and starbolts glowed around her hands. Cyborg raised his sonic cannon back to Dr. Light focused with determination. They were both in need to relieve some stress from their day.
Raven put her hood up covering her face. From the darkness under her hood her eyes glowed white ready to unleash her power.
Dr. Light got nervous seeing the Titans numbers growing in force. He got back to his feet and leaned forward at the them with his chest out. His armor surged with power and shot a massive blast of energy from the center piece of his armor in the center of his chest letting out a fierce yell.
Starfire flew straight up to avoid the strike and Raven threw her cloak over Cyborg. Her entire body went black and she vanished into the ground with Cyborg before the blast could hit them.
Starfire let out a quick flurry of starbolts from the air above Dr. Light crying out in anger with each shot. She made sure her blasts couldn't hit anything but her target or the ground near him.
Even though they were in the heat of battle they still had their mission in the back of their minds. No damage. To city or the people.
Dr. Light anticipated the starbolts coming at him and surrounded himself in an orb of light shielding him from any damage.
"You're gonna need to fire something brighter than that to stop the power of Dr. Light!" He laughed. He felt a strange presence behind him as his shield went down. A prepresence he remembered well.
A large dark figure emerged from the ground and had glowing white eyes in the shape of a raven. The dark energy of this figure expanded like a cloak being thrown open and Cyborg emerged from the darkness and the dark energy faded leaving Raven in her natural form.
"Then how about we turn up the volume?!" Cyborg said with his cannon pointed at Dr. Lights face.
Dr. Light reacted in time thanks to feeling the dark presence earlier and fired his right arms light cannon back at Cyborg.
The two blasts struck each other in mid air causing a chain reaction that detonated a massive explosion sending all of them flying. Raven landed against a near by building knocking the air out her. She wailed in pain while Cyborg cried out as he hit the taxi she was planning on tossing earlier, caving in the driver side door.
Of course... She thought to herself annoyed.
Starfire was sent tumbling higher into the air over the battlefield as the blast sent her soaring. After spinning head over heels a few times she regained control over her flight pattern and looked down to see what happened. Starfire flew over to her friends to help them with their injuries but by the time she got to them they were already getting to their feet ready for another round. They started walking towards Dr. Light cautiously. Expecting anything from their opponent on the ground.
Dr. Light hit ground in the opposite direction of the Titans bouncing three times before sliding to a stop. He rose to his feet with anger, "I'm not going down that easy!" He exclaimed, "Dr. Light will-"
He was interrupted by the high pitched roar of an engine flying over his head. Robin used a large piece of the destroyed banks rubble as a ramp to get airborne and spring into action. The R-Cycle came crashing down without a rider and Dr. Light looked up to where the bike was just above him too see Robin coming straight down at him.
Dr. Light react quickly and fired a short blast from his chest piece. straight at Robin. Robin yelled as he took the blast head on since he couldn't dodge in mid air. As he was sent back up into the air he threw a circular disc at his enemy. It detonated on the ground directly beneath him knocking him to his knees.
Robin did an acrobatic flip through the air and landed on his feet on the other side of Dr. Light from his friends who drew closer to the fight ready to back up their leader. They had Dr. Light surrounded.
"It's over Light," Robin said with confidence, "just give it up."
Dr. Light stood back up and looked at the four Titans. He had taken all five of them once before at the North pole. He thought he could take four no problem.
"Never underestimate the power of light!" He yelled as he threw down his hands at the ground. A huge blast of blinding light explode out in every direction. This took the Titans by surprise. They were unable to see for a moment.
Taking advantage of this moment Dr. Light stepped up into Cyborg within the blink of an eye and sent a fist backed with power from his suit into Cyborg's jaw. Cyborg let out a quick cry of pain as he was sent sliding on his heels slamming against the building Raven had hit earlier.
He turned to Raven who was just starting to regain her sight. He moved in quickly yet again but before his strike landed on Raven, Dr. Light was knocked of his feet with a powerful amount of force and went tumbling across the ground slinding to a stop at Robins feet.
Beastboy had taken the form of a green mountain ram and had been sprinting full speed for a while before he found his teammates in the middle of battling a familiar villain. He intended to hit Dr. Light before Cyborg was hit but he only managed to get there in time to save Raven from the follow up strike.
Dr. Light strained as he looked up to see the fierce masked teenager staring down at him.
"Lights out," Robin said with a smirk. He let out a war cry and sent a final fist down at Dr. Light, knocking him out.
Beastboy returned to his normal form and turned towards Cyborg who was on his knees after hitting the building. Beastboy ran over to check on him.
"Cy, are you ok?!" He asked with concern.
Cyborg let out a painful grunt as he got to his feet, "it'll take more than a little light bulb to hurt me," he said with a chuckle.
Raven's sight had fully returned to her just in time to see Beastboy save her from a vicious attack from the villain they faced. She blushed as she watched Beastboy run over to help pick Cyborg up off his knees. She blinked the blush away and walked over to Robin to keep her mind on the task at hand. Trying to not to get distracted.
Starfire also flew over to Robin to help detain the unconcious villain for police to arrest. She jumped up and down clapping her hands, "success!" She cried with joy, "we are victorious!"
Robin smiled at his team. Aside from a pretty damaged car and a half destroyed bank they had saved the city from some seriously fatal damage and kept the people safe. They felt good about themselves. Like things were getting back to normal. But their victory was short lived as police sirens screamed and tires screeched as they pulled up surrounding them. There were at least 10 patrol cars around them blocking there escape in any direction.
"Get your hands in the air, all of you!" One of the officers screamed.
"Dude relax!" Beastboy said in a horrified panic shooting his hands to the sky, "we're on your side!"
"On the ground!," The officer commanded. The Titans all looked to Robin desperate for instructions, "I said on the ground now!"
Robin was frozen in a confused panic as well. They had just stopped a bank robbery from a powerful villain and now they were being arrested? Why? What for?
The sound of guns cocking signaling they were ready to be fired snapped him out of his daze. He nod to the Titans and slowly went to his knees with his hands raised. The others followes his lead.
"You've got to be kidding me," Cyborg muttered under his breath as he lowered his head with his hands up.
"Titans!" The officer in charge shouted loudly and clearly, "you are all under arrest for the attempted murder and kidnapping of Terra Kane," he continued reading them their rights but to the Titans all sound had fade away and the world stood still as they looked at each other in horror. Had they been betrayed again? Was this her plan the whole time? Was she part of this mystery villain's plan like Mad Mod was?
Raven looked at Beastboy. He looked like his soul left him. In that moment he lost the light that Raven had cherished so much in him. Her eyes never left Beastboy's face. But as the police put each of her friends hands into handcuffs Raven's rage started to burn within her once again.
Far above where the battle just took place a figure stood on top of a nearby building looking down on the entire scene. They held a phone to their ear...
"Thank you for the tip on the Titans location. We appreciate your help in keeping our city safe," a dispatch officer said over the phone.
"Please... I'm just doing my part," Melissa said in a dark but convincing voice. She closed her flip phone and looked down once more on the Titans being arrested. She cracked an evil smile before turning her back on them and taking her leave.