Chapter 3

"Not really. On my world, chromium allergies are quite common." Starfire sniffing groaning a bit.

"No. The key component of a chronoton detonator is a metallic chromium core, which means-" Cyborg closes the panel; pull back to show Beast Boy next to him.

"-Starfire can track it!" Beastboy suggests.

Starfire sniffles.

The inside wall of a sewer tunnel. Starfire unloads another high-powered sneeze. Slogging through the water and wiping her nose with a groan.

"I believe it is this way." Starfire congested.

Who have thrown up their arms to protect themselves from the blast. After a moment, they move out with Robin bringing up the rear.

"Look, guys, uh-about earlier." Robin points as they stop.

"It'll have to wait." Raven points.

She points ahead, pan in that direction to show a small speedboat in the tunnel, with the detonator-back in its original compact form--loaded in the back. A commando guarding the rig catches sight of the group.

"Titans! Go!" Robin yells.

Beast Boy becomes a hawk as they charge. The robot moves to the instrument panel and hits the throttle, speeding off down the tunnel.

"Quick! We can't let him get away!" Robin rams off.

A section of the wall smashes out next to him, and a large stone hand reaches through and drags him away.

"Robin!" Starfire yells after him.

The other side of the hole, pointing in at the sewer. As the other four wade past, the sound of a fight is heard. They stop to watch; cut to their side. Robin is mixing it up with Cinderblock.

"Get the detonator! Go!" All but Starfire follow orders; cut to her, still watching.

"Star! You heard the man!" Cyborg looks back at her.

Reluctantly, she sets off after them. Robin leaps from one support column to another and stays just ahead of Cinderblock, who destroys each one with a single blow.

"Only fair to warn you-you caught me on a bad day!" Robin jumps.

The stone behemoth growls and charges. Robin moves in as well, close-up of each pair of pounding feet, then pull back as the Titan vaults high over Cinderblock and hurls a pair of bolas-weighted balls connected with a rope. These land on the head and tangle up around it, and Robin follows with a flying spin kick. Cut to the tunnel, the speedboat zooms ahead. Starfire, carrying Cyborg, flies after it, and Raven and Beast Boy are right behind her. The robot presses one of a row of buttons on the control panel.

"Defense mode activated." The computer says.

These words appear on a small screen above the buttons. Now two lasers on the stern open up with a barrage of shots that forces everyone to swerve back and forth. The chase moves around a junction, Starfire keeps dodging the shots.

"I will not be having attitude from a boat!" Starfire yells breaking out the cannon.

He keeps getting it, though, in the form of a new fusillade.Robin and Cinderblock, the former lands in a crouch, then pushes off from the ground for a flying roundhouse kick that staggers the latter. Another kick, a crushing left hook, and Robin touches down in front of the dazed enemy and seizes him. Cinderblock is thrown down onto his back, and Robin climbs atop his chest.

"Where is he?" Robin closes up. "Where's-huh?"

His attention is drawn by a beeping from the source-a small tracking device in Cinderblock's open hand. Robin climbs down and picks up the item, The screen shows a map of the area with two flashing dots. Zoom in, then. One dot is an arrow, and the camera follows it to the other-Slade's mark. Extreme Robin's wide, wondering eyes, then of the flashing S, then of him. A cold smile spreads across his face-now he knows exactly where to find his archenemy.