Trust Me

Three weeks have passed since the Titans teamed up with the Doom Patrol to "defeat" the Brotherhood of Evil. Their defeat a few weeks ago only delayed them. Now, they have the help of many villains from Jump city and plan to conquer the world and destroy the world's superheroes. To stop that from happening, the Titans have to now expand all around the world to combat the evil threat of The Brain. We start in India where a petty thief is being chased by a fiery hero.

"Stop!" exclaimed the fiery hero.

The petty thief doesn't listen and grabs the large vase. He then hops out of the building through a window and lands on the marble road. He starts to run as the hero chases him. The fiery hero hops out of the building as well and starts to chase the thief. He runs past a tall woman in a trenchcoat but doesn't notice her. He should be more observant.

"He is so close. I can feel the heat coming from his body," said Madame Rouge.

"Don't be hasty, Rouge. Get him when he can't be saved by anyone. Don't let anyone distract you or prevent you from capturing his communicator," said The Brain.

"Understood, but I still don't understand why we go after their communicators and not them," said Madame Rouge.

"Good players always learn everything about their opponents. We will learn everything about these Titans and then we will strike," said The Brain.

"Wouldn't it be smarter to take down the big guys instead of their sidekicks?" asked Madame Rouge.

"Madame Rouge, I don't remember asking for your input. You shall not go after the Titans until I say so. Do you understand?" said The Brain.

"Fine. I will leave them alone. For now," said Madame Rouge.

As Madame Rogue walks towards the hero, the thief runs at top speed away from the person who wishes to bring him to a jail cell. He turns a corner and thinks that he has escaped, but the fiery hero lands in front of him and then launches a fireball at him. It hits him and knocks him out. The fiery hero also grabs the vase before it hits the ground.

"You like to fight criminals, no?" asked Madame Rouge.

"Who said that?" asked the fiery hero.

"Me," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge walks out of the shadows and steps to the fiery hero. She may be a lady, but she is taller than the boy and somewhat menacing.

"What do you want?" asked the fiery hero.

"You wouldn't mind fighting me," said Madame Rouge.

"Why would I fight a lady like you? You are a villain or anything," said the fiery hero.

"Oh really?" asked Madame Rouge.

This lady was surely a villain. She extends her left arm and tries to smash the fiery hero with it, but he easily jumps back and dodges the attack.

"What was that for, lady?" asked the fiery hero.

"You should call your friends for backup," said Madame Rouge.

"What friends?" asked the fiery hero.

"The Teen Titans," said Madame Rouge.

"I work alone," said the fiery hero.

"Then, this should be easy," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge tries to stretch to get the fiery hero, but he throws a fireball at her and creates a large explosion. Thinking that he has defeated the villain, he smiles, but Madame Rouge is ok.

"Whoa," said the fiery hero.

"You can defeat petty thieves, but can you defeat a real villain?" asked Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge extends her fists and tries to punch the fiery hero, but she hits the objects in the background instead. She then extends her leg and tries to kick the fiery hero, but he dodges and she hits the cart behind him. He runs away and Madame Rouge tries to hit him with her extended fists, but he throws three fireballs behind him. She easily dodges them, but the hero continues to run.

"You should understand something, kid. No one escapes the grasp of Madame Rouge," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rogue starts to chase her target as he picks up speed. Her target turns the corner and reaches a large gate. He uses his fire to launch himself over the gate. The gate now divides him from Madame Rouge.

"Look, I don't want to hurt you. Just go and I will forget that this even happened," said the fiery hero.

"You shouldn't be worried about me. You should worry about yourself," said Madame Rouge as she slid through the gate like cheese.

"What are you?" asked the fiery hero.

"Whatever I wish to be," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge extends her arm and tries to grab the fiery hero, but he dodges and runs away. Madame Rouge follows her prey as he runs away. Madame Rouge grabs a few boxes and throws them at her target, but he destroys them with his fireballs, creating small explosions. The fiery hero then runs behind a wall, but he has not escaped the hunter.

"Looking for me," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge tries to smash the fiery hero with one of her giant fists, but she only hits the wall as the fiery hero runs out of the alley. The fiery hero launches another fireball, but she dodges once again.

"You can't touch me," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge stretches out her arms and grabs the fiery hero, but her arms burn. He's too hot to be grabbed.

"You can't touch me either," said the fiery hero.

"Foolish boy," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge extends her arm and tries to punch the fiery boy, but she hits the building instead, knocking it over. The fiery hero escapes before the building falls on him, but the chase is still on. She just has to take a different form. The fiery hero runs into an old abandoned building and continues to run, but he stops once he runs into Jordan?

"Jordan, man I'm glad to see you. Why are you here?" said the fiery hero.

"Wildebeast has been taken by the Brotherhood. We need to get going now," said Jordan.

"We can take her down. You have dealt with way bigger threats than her," said the fiery hero.

"Hotspot, listen. You are her target. I'm going to get you out of here. Then, I'll take her down," said Jordan.

"Fine. Where's your ride?" said Hotspot.

"Other side of town. We need to move now. We don't want her on our tail," said Jordan.

"Yeah. Let's move," said Hotspot suspiciously.

Thirty minutes pass. The two heroes have been slowly walking through the town without any threat or distractions. Did Jordan take care of Madame Rouge already or is there a snake in the grass? Nonetheless, Jordan and Hotspot reach a ship next to an oil pumping site. Before Hotspot can enter the vehicle, Jordan sticks out his arm.

"What's wrong?" asked Hotspot.

"You have to turn off the heat. The ship is suited to transport people who are thousands of degrees Fahrenheit," said Jordan.

"I can't do that," said Hotspot.

"Why?" asked Jordan.

"She's still out there," said Hotspot.

"She is not a danger to you or me right now. Turning off the heat shouldn't be an issue," said Jordan.

"I said no, man. Respect my decision," said Hotspot.

"Then, you can't get on my ship," said Jordan.

"Fine by me. We just have to find another way out then," said Hotspot.

"Can you fly?" asked Jordan.

"No. I can on;y generate fireballs," said Hotspot.

"Bummer," said Jordan.

"We could just walk," said Hotspot.

"Too dangerous with her out there," said Jordan.

"You're giving her too much credit. You're usually too full of yourself to give your opponents compliments," said Hotspot.

"She's different," said Jordan.

"She's just an assassin who can extend her limbs. No big deal," said Hotspot.

"I'm just worked up is all. Just give me a second," said Jordan.

"Worked up about some bootleg, Mr. Fantastic. That's not you. I could destroy her with ease," said Hotspot.

"Could you really? Let's test out that theory," said Madame Rouge.

Jordan transforms into Madame Rouge and smacks Hotspot away. Hotspot quickly gets up and prepares to fight off the assassin.

"It was you," said Hotspot.

"Of course it was me. You're not very smart are you?" said Madame Rouge.

"This ends right now," said Hotspot.

"I doubt that you will get what you're wishing for," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge tries to extend her arms to punch the flame hero, but three Claws fall in front of her. They explode and send her flying into one of the machines. Jordan lands in front of Hotspot and gets into a fighting stance. The real Jordan has arrived.

"Jordan?" asked Hotspot.

"Yes, it's me," said Jordan.

"Glad to see you. I can't believe that I fell for her impersonation," said Hotspot.

"It was an obvious ruse," said Jordan.

"Wait. You were here the whole time?" said Hotspot.

"Of course. One of our honorary members was taken by the Brotherhood early yesterday morning. I had to come here to make sure that you weren't taken," said Jordan.

"Wanna double team her?" asked Hotspot.

"No. You will just get in my way," said Jordan.

"It really is you," said Hotspot.

"Get to the ship. I'll take her down," said Jordan.

"Already on it," said Hotspot.

As Hotspot runs away, Madame Rouge gets up and walks towards Jordan with an angry expression on her face.

"You shouldn't have gotten in my way," said Madame Rouge.

"Mrs. Fantastic, you should know that fighting me is a bad idea. You will just end up on your ass like a few weeks ago," said Jordan.

"Foolish child," said Madame Rouge.

Madame Rouge extends her arms and tries to touch Jordan, but he easily jumps over her long arms and throws a Claw at her. She moves her head to dodge the gadget. She brings her arms back and tries to smash Jordan, but he ducks and dashes towards her. He then throws a smoke bomb down and hides in the smoke.

"You can't hide from the grasps of Madame Rouge, hero," said Madame Rouge.

"I'm not hiding. Just waiting for an opening," said Jordan.

"For what?" asked Madame Rouge.

"This," said Jordan.

Jordan leaps out of the smoke and grabs Madame Rouge's head. He then pulls out his two escrima sticks, activates their taser mode by pressing a button, and electrocutes Madame Rouge's head. She screams in pain, but Jordan doesn't care. He continues to electrocute her until she's dazed. He then hops off her and lands in front of her. He grabs an ice grenade and freezes the villain. Madame Rouge is now Frozen Rouge. Jordan pulls out his communicator and gets in contact with Hotspot.

"Is she down?" asked Hotspot.

"Madame Rouge won't be hunting you anymore," said Jordan.

"Nice, man. Good work," said Hotspot.

"She wasn't a threat. This feels like a waste of my time. Should have sent Gar or someone weak," said Jordan.

"What are you going to do with her?" asked Hotspot.

"I could send her to Interpol, but she could be very useful for our crusade against the Brotherhood. We can use her to be our inside man. We can use a villain to defeat the villains," said Jordan.

"Cool plan," said Hotspot.

"I know," said Jordan.