More than just an apprentice

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Target

"Titans, go!" Robin shouted as red lights and blaring alarms filled the Titan tower and rushed to the T-car, followed by Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and last but not least, Beast Boy.

"Who do you think is responsible for the blaring of the alarms, Robin?" Starfire inquired, seeing the pensive expression on his face from her backseat.

"I'm not sure. But since it's near a construction site I guess Cinderblock might be behind this."

"And exactly what is he behind at?" Raven asked curiously.

His brows furrowed in concentration before he answered: "He's after something from Wayne Enterprises so I guess it must be a software or computer chip."

A long silence hung in the air.

The last time he was at Wayne Enterprises, he was the titans' enemy – and Slade's apprentice.

But it seemed that Slade was no longer active because he hasn't been spotted since the incident with Trigon.

"Don't you think that maybe it was the creature we saw the other day? The creature that could transform into anything it touches?" Cyborg asked but received a headshake from their leader.

"I don't think so. Why didn't it steal anything from the company the day we fought him? And it didn't defeat us, remember?" Robin stated crossing his arms in front of his chest.

Beast Boy remembered clearly.

After he ran away from the Terra lookalike and arrived at the scene of the fight, the creature...just escaped before he could even transform into anything.

And that was strange.

"So what does he want with a computer chip? Play video games?" Beast Boy asked with a chuckle, trying to cheer everyone's mood.

"I don't know...but all we know is that we have to stop it from happening," Robin said with determination.

They finally arrived at the company of Robin's former mentor.

The security guards were tied up and apparently sleeping in front of the entrance and Robin ordered Starfire and Raven to take care of them.

Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy made their way inside the huge building and were faced with a reception hall.

No secretary.

But it wasn't closing time yet.

They made their way further inside through a long hallway until they came to a stop at another hall.

Glass and metal scraps were scattered around the floor, indicating that someone very reckless had arrived earlier and was apparently searching for something.

After Robin had inspected his surrounding, his eyes fell on the large figure at the very end of the hall, blocking the view of a glass container.

"Cinderblock!" the titan leader shouted.

The huge stone giant turned around and Robin smirked.

In his large hand he held a small yellow chip.

Robin sprang into action and charged at Cinderblock with smoke pellets, covering the whole hall. "Don't let him recover!" Robin shouted and when the smoke began to clear, Cinderblock was rammed by a T-Rex full force, causing him to fall.

"Let there be light," Cyborg shouted and aimed his sonic canon at the fallen giant only to have his attack intercepted by a pillar which sent him against the opposite wall.