The Hybrid

Two Paths Merging

"Raven, portal! Now!" Beast Boy shouted. In a few short moments, a black tunneling portal opened up and all the teammates jumped through.

A frightening metallic machine "watched" as the super armor highly specialized tanks of destruction rolled into the city streets, smashing cars and trucks in its path. He was enjoying a very intriguing game with his almost equally intelligent primate, Monsieur Mallah. Standing in front of the balcony of the front moving tank, looking at the towering and tumbling buildings as they forced their way to the museum, was the talented and cold-hearted Madame Rouge. "Will you join us, Madame Rouge? We will be approaching the museum in only a few moments," Monsieur Mallah invited, moving his pawn into position. The stretchable villain looked at her ape comrade with impatience and slight disgust.

"You know my dislike for mere games, Mallah."

"Patience is a virtue, Madame Rouge," Vocalized the Brain, "We will be able to attain the valuable power hidden within the gem."

"I must ask, Brain, why the tactlessness?" Rouge questioned, "Would it not be better to simply sneak in and take the gem."

"While it would be advantageous, the likelihood of attaining the device in a stealth mission without the Titans knowing would be low," The Brain explained.

"Thus a very violent attack would distract the Titans while one of us," Monsieur Mallah emphasized, turning his glance to an old worn soldier commanding the metal tanks and robots, "Steals the gem without them knowing. General Immortus, could you please stop the tanks?" The aged soldier nodded as the massive tanks stopped in front of the museum. "We have arrived at our destination."

"And now you leave." An exploding boomerang and sonic cannon destroyed one of the tanks. "You're not getting in that museum, Brain," Robin declared with Starfire, Pura, Cyborg, and Beast Boy behind him.

"Ah, the Teen Titans. Your time is impressive. Unfortunately, progress cannot be-" Before he could finish, Pura quickly forced one of the other tanks back, dismantling it. The rest of the team looked back at her.

"What? He was just talking and talking. He left himself open," Pura defensively replied. Garfield sighed with a shake of his head. Turning his face towards the league of villains and a sinister grin formed on the green teen's face.

"Well, Brain. Why don't we play a little game of keep away?" Beast Boy grinned in a new kind of scary manner. His eyes pierced down and squinted at the Brotherhood while his cheeky grin shown through.

"Very well," Brain replied robotically. The large gorilla unstrapped a missile launcher on his back and fired at the Titans. The team jumped out of the way as the missile exploded behind them.

"TEEN TITANS GO!" With command, the team launched into their pursuit. Cyborg threw Pura into the air. The girl fired a devastating rain of orange light daggers, piercing through the machines. Starfire and Beast Boy took on Madame Rouge while Robin fought with Monsieur Mallah.

"The time has come to play your part, General Immortus," The Brain said to the slowly aging soldier. General Immortus snuck around the battleground and into the museum with his private set of walking armed robots. The Gem of North-a-Gath was still in its container. Immortus quietly yet confidently strode over to the gem, not noticing the silence of his machines disappearing under an unknown phantom. He carefully took off the glass, long ago disabling the alarm, and was about to grab the gem when a fist clobbered him backward, landing on his tush. Raven tossed and caught the gem in her hand as she looked down at the old soldier.

"You may be immortal in a sense, but you still be bruised," Raven told him as she opened up a portal, sending the soldier out of the museum and onto the main tank balcony.