Opening shot: an open area of the factory floor. A gush of Plasmus' muck splatters down from above, and Starfire stands up within it and groans disgustedly.
Starfire: I feel like the underside of a Zornian muck beetle.
Raven gets up next to her.
Raven: Tell me about it.
Beast Boy runs for his life as Plasmus pursues.
Beast Boy: Dude, I am not on the menu!
y/n: Hey Robin! You ever see that really old movie, Empire Strikes back?
Robin stares at y/n who is looking at his grapple.
Robin: Oh! Taskmaster you genius!
Robin's birdarang sails into view trailing a long line behind it. This grappling hook flies around Plasmus' legs to wrap them up; Robin and Taskmaster are quick to arrive as well. They grab the free ends of the line and takes a few more turns around the giant.
Robin: Maybe the best way to take you down...
y/n: ...Is to tie you up!
Beast Boy, now a rhinoceros, charges and scores a direct hit that sends Plasmus toppling backward to fall among a group of support columns. Starfire bends one over to pin him, and Raven does likewise with others. He struggles against these bonds as the four inspect the handiwork; Beast Boy is back in human form.
Starfire: We did it!
Robin: Nice work, team.
Beast Boy: Yeah. Didn't think we'd pull it off without-
Raven angrily socks him in the shoulder to cut him off. He lets off a surprised little sheep-like bleat, then laughs and sweats nervously. Robin checks a locator device briefly before tucking it away in his belt.
Robin: We finished just in time. Cinderblock's been spotted downtown. Come on!
y/n: Oh, it never ends.
The five Titans turn to leave, but a loud gurgling noise from Plasmus' direction stops Beast Boy. He turns back.
Beast Boy: Huh?
Cut to an overhead view of the trapped creature, panning slowly along his length, as he starts to ooze a bit under those girders. Back to a head-on view; his entire body flows together and free of the restraints, then shapes itself into a gigantic crab-like thing with one claw, an octopus-like appendage, and a snaky rear limb.
Beast Boy: Uh... heads up.
Now having formed a second crab claw, Plasmus rushes at the five; they burst out through a set of double doors. Cut to just outside as they make it through and slam the doors shut just in time, leaning against them with all their weight. Plasmus' snarling and pounding can be heard through the metal.
Beast Boy: Five against five. Even with y/n it's not good odds.
y/n: Yeah and something tells me this isn't gonna hold.
Beast Boy is referring to the claws/beetles, octopus, snake, and body together-five battering rams to employ against the doors.
Robin: Forget the odds. We need a plan.
The doors tremble even more violently under Plasmus' assault, and he finally forces them partway open and pushes a tendril out, then another. Starfire screams as the opening grows wider and the head appears.
Robin: Titans! Separate!
The doors are finally smashed open. Robin, Taskmaster, Starfire, and Beast Boy go in four different directions among the machinery; the latter turns into a cheetah as he runs. Plasmus' snake, separated from the rest of the body, chases Starfire; she turns in midair and bombards it with starbolts, but it lunges and catches her to drag her from the air. Beast Boy sprints along the floor, with one of the crab claws in hot pursuit. It opens wide and lashes out a long tongue that snares him. He breaks loose by turning into a gorilla, but is knocked off his feet by a flying tackle. Raven, meanwhile, flies along as the octopus chases on the ground. She exerts her powers over all the machinery here, causing the bolts and screws to fall out, and the loosened vessels topple into the aisle one after another. The octopus swerves and slides to miss several of them, but is finally hit broadside. She looks back smugly only to find that it has recovered and placed itself directly in front of her; there is only time for one shocked gasp before it rears up to strike. y/n is being chased by the beetle. From what he'd seen on documentaries, he had a good idea on how to combat it. He backflipped over it- however he didn't account for Plasmus' abilities as tendrils shot out the beetle's back and tied him up. The only one left is Robin, who keeps going full steam among the other process equipment; the other crab claw is after him and not letting up. He reaches a set of double doors, and the screen snaps to black-the darkened area on the other side, which is illuminated as he hurls himself through and into space. Lurid green light rises from the direction of the floor. Something breaks his fall, and he finds himself carried along in midair as he rubs his head; pull back to show him standing on a moving conveyor belt above several large vats of glowing chemicals. The crab claw lands behind him and pulls back to strike. Robin has his staff out in a snap and delivers several blows that merely splatter through the purple goo. The end is caught and broken off, but he simply extends the other end to make up for the lost length and swings again. This time, his weapon is not only blocked but dashed from his hands to go spiralling over the vats. Going into classic kung fu mode, he backs up a few steps and lunges for a high kick. Cut to Starfire, still held fast by Plasmus' snake portion. As she struggles, it wraps a coil around her head and squeezes itself together into a large ball. She bursts out of it after a moment and sees the main body perched on top of an equipment cabinet, lying in wait. Beast Boy -back in human form- with y/n and Raven are carried into view, still held by their respective captor body parts, and the snake reforms at the feet of one very frightened Tamaranean teenager. She recoils at its strike. Back to the conveyor. Robin steadily backs up before the opponent's advance, and it soon throws itself on top of him to pin him to the belt's surface. The Boy Wonder struggles mightily as both are swept toward the free end, which hangs over a bubbling vat. He goes partway over, then smiles wickedly and flips the claw backward off the precipice; however; he miscalculates and has to grab the corner of the belt to keep from going down with it. Close-up of this: the housing starts to pull loose, and a camera shift reveals why-the claw has seized one boot and is pulling with all its strength. Robin strains with all the power he can put into his one-handed grip, but the conveyor has had all it can take. His fingers slide away from the ripping material to leave him plummeting toward the last bath he will ever take. Out of nowhere, a familiar bionic arm shoots into view and grabs his wrist. The camera turns down from him to the surface of the vat, where the sludgy apparition is dissolving harmlessly after having fallen in. On the conveyor, Robin has been hoisted up by Cyborg, who stands behind him, and tries desperately to catch his breath.
Cyborg: I still got the Sonic if you still got the Boom.
Robin returns the smile-the feud between the two has ended in a twinkling. On the factory floor, Plasmus' other four body parts have reassembled themselves and the other three are nowhere to be seen. He laughs nastily, but stops short when Robin and Cyborg square off against him.
Robin, Cyborg: Teen Titans! Go!
They go into the same sequence of moves they used while trying to pull off the Sonic Boom attack against Cinderblock inside the prison. This time, however, they do not get tangled up in midair, and Robin hurls an explosive disc while Cyborg fires his cannon. The combined effect of the two weapons is enough to blow Plasmus apart into small puddles of gunk; when the screen clears, we see 385901 dozing among the slop and snoring fitfully. Cut to Beast Boy, y/n and Raven, who sit up out of the remains of their captors, and pan to Starfire, who has already done likewise-they had been engulfed by the slime. Robin and Cyborg look down at the frail man who has just inflicted so much damage on the factory. Raven realises she is on top of y/n. She quickly gets off.
Raven: Sorry!
y/n: It's fine, it happens.
Raven helps y/n up and stands near him, never daring to look at him. Dissolve to them outside, watching as he is loaded onto a truck for the return trip to prison; he is contained in a new tank.
Robin: Look, uh... sorry about...
Cyborg: Yeah.
Robin: So... are we cool?
Cyborg smiles, holding out a fist.
Cyborg: Frosty.
Robin smiles back as they tap fists. Pan to the other four Titans in the background.
Starfire: You made up! Glorious! I wish to initiate a group hug.
Raven: Pass.
Beast Boy: Yeah, yeah, yeah, warm fuzzies all around. But we still gotta stop Cinderblock.
Cyborg: No, we don't. Thought I'd bring a present, 'case you were still mad.
He gestures behind himself, and in response Cinderblock is hoisted up on a winch-with the equipment he had been carrying in Slade's lair wrapped around his body to bind him. The stone villain grumbles angrily.
Robin: Thanks. But there is one thing that's still bothering me.
Taskmaster, Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire first react with surprise, then go wide-eyed in disbelief that anything could be bothering their leader at this point, given the events of the past few hours. Zoom in slowly on him.
Robin: Breaking into jail? Using Plasmus to distract us? The whole plan seems to be a little too smart for Cinderblock.
Cyborg: I've been thinking the same thing.
The other three are relieved; Beast Boy and Starfire sigh visibly.
Robin: Someone must have been pulling the strings. But who?
y/n: It was the old guy. I worked for Penguin until he handed me over. I don't know who he is- I don't even know his name.
Cyborg: Well, whoever they are, they're no match for the Teen Titans.
He and Robin trade a high five.
Robin: I heard that!
Elsewhere, A teacup and saucer are on a table or ledge. A fist is slammed down, breaking them, after which a pair of white-gloved hands reaches down with a small broom and dustpan to sweep up the pieces. Pull back; it is the elderly man previously seen with Slade- a butler. He has a fresh cup, which he sets on the arm of his employer's chair. Slade is once again seated and lit as before. Despite having just lashed out, his voice retains its control.
Slade: Next time my plans will succeed. And The Taskmaster will pay.
