The HIVE

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They immediately spring into action while the bus keeps bearing down on the crosswalk. Starfire pushes the carriage out of the way, and Cyborg and Raven plant themselves in the vehicle's path. When the bus reaches him, he pushes back against the front fender to slow it down. Close-up of his feet grinding against the pavement, then of Raven as she casts a spell, then of the bus' gearshift lever. It is in neutral, but under her influence it slides into park. From here, cut to a close-up of one tire, which stops spinning and goes into a tearing skid, then pull back. Cyborg has finally brought the thing to a stop with only a foot or two to spare between him and Raven. The doors have come open, revealing an empty driver's seat. He straightens himself up.

Cyborg: Um...don't buses normally have drivers?

Pull back. Beast Boy, Taskmaster (who had donned his helmet) and Starfire look on, while Robin is peering into the carriage, whose back is to the camera. He too straightens up.

Robin: And don't baby carriages normally have babies?

The three Titans near him look in as well. His perspective: he is holding a teddy bear that had been taking the place of the typical occupant. Its eyes are green-the same color as the lenses of Gizmo's goggles-and his voice is heard next. This was the source of the crying as well.

y/n: We need to go.

Robin: Why? What's wrong?

y/n: It's a set up!

Gizmo: Are you pit-sniffers normally this stupid?

The bear's head swivels slightly toward the camera on the end of this, and the eyes suddenly glow and fire laser beams. Pull back; Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire are projected screaming through the air as a result of the hit, with smoke trailing behind them. y/n manages to dodge them. Tilt down to Raven and Cyborg, still standing in front of the bus, which suddenly seems to tilt back onto its rear wheels of its own volition. They look up, completely flabbergasted as the shadow falls over them, and the camera pulls back to show the reason for the spontaneous wheelie. Mammoth has seized the rear bumper and levered the mode of mass transit into the air, and he brings it down on top of the two. As the dust clears, he walks forward and brushes dust from his hands, and Gizmo's nasty laughter is heard. He and Jinx step into view just in front of the camera, which has backed up to ground level. The three stand before Taskmaster.

y/n: Bring it Baby Genius.

Gizmo: Kill that guy.

Mammoth engages y/n. From what he'd seen on Bane, he summarised Mammoth would be no trouble. He records him as he fights. As predicted, y/n downs Mammoth.

Gizmo: Oh.

y/n: Anyone else?

Jinx: I'll go.

Jinx shoots y/n with her bad luck powers or whatever they are and he goes flying, hitting a lamppost.

Gizmo: That was too easy. What a buncha cludge-heads. You guys want to get pizza?

Quick pan to Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire, who have ended up in an alley, on the next line. Beast Boy is in a trash can, with a banana peel on his head.

Robin: This isn't over!

He dusts himself off a bit. Back to Mammoth and the bus-which, without warning, gets blasted to one side. Cyborg's sonic cannon, protruding from a hole in the ground, is revealed as the driving force.

Cyborg:  We're just getting started!

A bird-shaped shadow looms up behind him. It resolves into Raven as she brings her arms back in and wraps her cloak around herself.

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