CHAPTER

1

Wee-o! Wee-o! The burglar alarm at the Jump City Bank sounded as the members of the H.I.V.E. Five worked together to rob the bank of all its cash.

Billy Numerous had the ability to clone himself—which was great for creating a human chain to pass heavy money bags to the getaway truck. Gizmo used his technological genius to build a flying contraption. With it, he was able to transfer loads of gold coins to the truck.

From the driver’s seat, See-More used his eye helmet to spot trouble. Namely: the arrival of the Teen Titans. He banged on the side of the truck to let the others know.

Up on top of the truck was Jinx, her magenta hair shaped like two horns. She looked into the distance and sneered, “Titans.” She didn’t want them messing up the bank heist, so she gathered energy into a ball and flung it at her enemies. It sent out a shock wave right toward the Teen Titans’ car. BOOM! The ball hit its target, and the passengers went flying out of the vehicle. They were safe, but the car… not so much. It blew up into a spectacular fire. But the Teen Titans didn’t care about that.

“Time to teach H.I.V.E. how to play nice,” Robin said. The Teen Titans got in position.

Robin and his friends stood across from all the members of H.I.V.E., each side ready to attack. Robin motioned at the largest enemy—a villain of superhuman strength called Mammoth. Robin then said to the others, “Since Mammoth is the biggest and baddest, he’s all mine! TITANS, GO!”

Both groups charged forward, and the one-on-one battles began. Robin pointed his staff toward Mammoth and unleashed an impressive onslaught of punches and jabs on the giant. “Hi-yah! Yah! Yah!”

Starfire flew over to Billy Numerous, who split into several copies of himself. But that was no problem for Starfire. She easily blasted every single one of them with her laser-beam eyes. Since that only took a few seconds, she turned to Robin.

“May I assist you with an eye blast?” she asked.

“No way, Star,” replied Robin as he continued to fight. “Mammoth’s all mine.” He smacked Mammoth on the head over and over.

Nearby, Beast Boy faced off against Jinx. Before the villain could do anything, Beast Boy turned into a T. rex. With one big CHOMP, he captured Jinx in his mouth as if it were a cage. With Jinx still in his mouth, Beast Boy called to Robin. “Sure you don’t need a hand, bro? I’ve got two very small ones to lend.” He wiggled his ridiculously tiny T. rex hands in the air.

Mammoth was finally slowing down a bit. The only trouble was that Robin was starting to slow down, too. “I want to make this last,” Robin said, breathing heavily. “You know, to teach him a lesson.”

Meanwhile, See-More spotted Raven. He tried to blast her, but she reflected it back at him, smashing the criminal into a brick wall. Cyborg flew into the air to face off against Gizmo. The small but smart crook brought out every weapon he had, but he was no match for Cyborg. The Teen Titan turned his arm into a cannon and blasted Gizmo, sending him crashing into a parked car on the street.

Having taken care of their respective opponents, Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire sat on the sidewalk and enjoyed a post-battle snack.

Cyborg slowly descended and landed next to the others. “Let me guess, we’re waiting on Robin again,” he said with a sigh.

The others nodded, and they all turned to see Robin still fighting Mammoth. Cyborg sat on the curb with the others and enjoyed a hot dog while he watched Robin exhaust himself.

Finally, Robin shot out a grappling hook, which wrapped around Mammoth’s legs, and pulled him down. Victory!

“Yes!” shouted Robin. Then he promptly fell over from exhaustion.

“So who’s carrying him home this time?” Cyborg asked.