due to personal responsibilities, neither conner nor bart return to the teen titans, though wonder girl still continues to lead. however, following the demise of kid devil, cassie begins questioning her leadership and begins to make mistakes. during a massive battle with cinderblock in downtown san francisco, wonder girl refuses to let her team attack the villain directly, causing massive destruction to the area. the heroes continue in their fruitless stalemate until beast boy arrives and takes command of the team, leading to their victory. in the aftermath of the battle, beast boy tells cassie that she has to stop dwelling on devil's death or else more innocent people are going to get hurt, something she does not take kindly.