Hey, readers of fanfiction! I just really LOVE this pairing so I just had to post this! I've been working on this for a while now…. And it's my first fanfiction, so please give me opinions!

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing (sadly). If I did, Teen Titans would never have been canceled when it was and Roy and Garth would have been a couple for several seasons.

If you had asked me just six months ago where I'd be now, no way would I have told you I'd be where I am. Not even close. When I walked out on Green Arrow, I didn't know where I was going and I didn't care. I just wanted to get away from that green-clad rich bastard. Treating me like a newbie anytime we'd take down even a mugger! Like I was some kid who hadn't been training with him since I was ten… And the way he'd yell at me if I made even a little mistake, as if he was some angel sent from the heavens. That's a laugh. Oliver Queen, playboy extraordinaire, an angel.

It wasn't easy though. Going solo. Money was tight. I saw the pavement up close a couple times too. It was different without someone to help me out. Someone… Looking out for me. So maybe I was hoping for the offer. From Bumblebee. To join Titans East, a new team she was starting up in Steel City. Though I tried to tell myself I was reluctant to leave the solo hero business when I was doing so well (yeah, right), I told Bee I'd meet her and the rest of the new team in Steel as soon as I could.

Things at the beginning were rough, to say the least. Bee turned out to be a bit of a queen, with the temper and attitude to match. And of course there were those two annoying twins, Mas and Menos. And perhaps worst of all was Aqualad, or as I liked to call him in my head "pretentious little prince of the sea who has no sense of humor or life". A little lengthy, I know, but I wasn't gonna spend time or effort on someone I disliked! The first few days of setup were absolute torture. The tower was in complete disarray. Supercomputer parts were lying everywhere, ceiling tiles were stacked on the floor, wires were hanging from the ceiling…and there was one annoying teen who wouldn't quit whining about fish tacos! I mean, he told me to get lunch, so I got lunch! What was he expecting, a five-star meal served with his wine of choice?

Cyborg was the piece that brought us all together, I think. With him around, the tower was set up in days, we took down our first piece of criminal scum as a team, and, well, the guy is just awesome! The disco ball he set up…come on! You just gotta admit that's cool.

Of course, Brother Blood did kinda hypnotize us into attacking him…. But it's all a blur. I can barely remember any of what happened until Cyborg took Blood down. And then he left, but not before reminding us that we already had a leader in Bee. Things slowly improved. Bee cooled down a little, Mas and Menos turned out to actually be pretty funny, and Aqualad wasn't quite as boring as I thought he was. Our teamwork improved, as did our relationships. Before long I started to think of them as my family. Bumblebee, Mas, Menos, Aqualad, and me, Speedy. One big, really weird family.

Flashing red lights and an excruciatingly loud siren interrupted my thoughts abruptly. "Speedy," said a panting Aqualad at my door. "Trouble."

I jumped off my bed and grabbed my quiver and bow hanging on the wall. I dashed out the room behind Aqualad. Bee was standing at the main computer, Mas and Menos on either side of her. I ran up behind her and quickly scanned the computer for clues of what we were up against. There were a few pictures of a man dressed like a mime in what looked like the city's largest bank. "What's going on?" I asked Bee.

"Some crackpot just broke into Steel Bank. I don't know how, and the live feed from the security camera is being blocked. I don't know what kinda powers this guys has…" at this, Bee wrapped her hands around the stingers on her belt, and continued, "But whatever he can dish out, he's no match for the Titans East."

It was times like these that Bee really shined as a leader. It was hard not be confident that we would win with her leading the charge.

We all piled into the car that Cyborg had helped us build all those months ago, and, with me at the wheel, sped towards downtown Steel City. When we arrived at Steel Bank, we saw that the two main glass doors, which were always closed on Saturdays, had been knocked completely off of their hinges and lay smashed on the floor of the lobby. Bee flew quickly into the room, stingers out, quickly followed by the rest of us. We looked around, ready for an attack, but there was no one there. The main vault, however, was wide open. We slowly crept towards the door, hoping to sneak up on whoever was in there.

We peeked around the door, and saw a mime shoveling jewels into a space above his other hand, which was curved around the air like he was holding a bag. The weird thing was, the jewels were floating right above his hand, like there was a bag there! After the "bag" was full, he threw it into a pile of similar "bags", which were floating above the ground in a pile. The mime then proceeded to get behind the floating pile and wrapped his fingers around what looked like invisible sticks. He then walked, pushing the pile of jewels in front of him like they were inside a wheelbarrow.

"Not so fast!" Bee said, stingers pointing at the man. I pulled out an arrow and quickly aimed at the mime to emphasize the fact that he wasn't getting past us. The mime looked shocked for a moment, and then he smiled.

"Put your hands up! The police are on their way!" Bee shouted at the mime. He shook his head. "We gave you a chance!" I said, and shot my arrow. It would have delivered a completely non-lethal electric current though its target. If it had made contact, that is. But the Mime quickly moved his hands around him as if he was in a box. The arrow hit the air around him and ricocheted to the floor, useless. He then put down his hands and mimed a wall in front of him, which absorbed the stings that Bee sent his way. Aqualad ran towards him fist out, but he ran right into the invisible wall, and slumped to the ground from the force of the impact. If we hadn't been in the middle of fight, I would have laughed. I mean, how can you not see that's not going to work? Aqualad is some genius.

Mas and Menos clapped their hands together and began to run around the mime in circles, creating a small vortex that caused the mime to fly slowly into the air. I smiled, not seeing any way that he could get out of this. As he slowly rose higher, he began to move his hands as though he was holding a large ball. I cried, "Mas! Menos! Look out!" But the man (let's just call him The Mime, shall we?) launched the invisible ball from his hands too quickly for them to react to my words. The ground around the spot where the sphere should have landed shook and cracked violently. It was in the middle of Mas and Menos' path, so they were sent flying into a wall on the other side of the vault.

The Mime spread out like he was going to fall onto a mattress and, as you would expect after all of this, bounced more than a foot off the ground like he had. I shot one of my net-arrows at him, but he slashed at it with a sword-like motion, and it was ripped to shreds. Then, his stance changed, as if his weapon had grown bulkier, heavier.

I was through messing around. I ran up to him ready to throw a punch. He swung the invisible weapon like a sledgehammer, and held up my bow, hoping to block it. The force of the blow was incredible, but my bow is near-indestructible, so it was fine. My arms however, were almost numbed by the strength needed to block the strike, so I didn't notice that I was no longer being forced downwards by the invisible hammer-type thing. I did hear a whoosh of air, however, and quickly realized that The Mime was swinging to attack the other side. I dodged as best I could, judging by where I heard the sounds. I wasn't quite good enough; the end of the hammer hit my head. It wasn't a full on blow, but it hurt…a lot.

I reeled backwards, dazed. The world spun around me and I suddenly found myself on the ground. The dizziness subsided within a short while though, and I stood up to see Bee locked in combat with The Mime. She was continually firing stings at him, while he stood behind one of his invisible barriers and laughed at her silently. Why was she continuing to use such an ineffective tactic?

As Bee continued her barrage of stings, I heard a very loud noise that sounded like old metal bending. I looked around to see Aqualad, who had recovered from his face-meets-wall moment, standing at the back of the vault with his hands out and his face screwed up in concentration. He then let out a yell, and the floor was split by huge water pipes that rose into the room. Water erupted from them, a huge wave headed straight towards The Mime. He, for once, looked at a loss for what to do. He was washed away by the huge mass of water into the back of the vault.

Mime Guy slowly picked himself up off the floor. He then looked at his hands which, once covered in a fine layer of white mime makeup, were now a normal skin color. He screamed, his eyes nearly as wide as his mouth. "N-no….No! This can't be happening! My makeup! It's-it's washed off! No!"

He continued yelling about his makeup as Bee looked at me, eyebrows raised in confusion. I shrugged, as mystified as she was. The team walked nearer to Mime Guy as he began to cry. "So close…I was so close…To being so rich…." He sobbed, fat tears rolling down his cheeks. This was the guy that had given us so much trouble mere moments ago?

Mas and Menos cried together "Aha!" They then rushed over to Aqualad and began explaining something in rapid-fire Spanish to him. He was good with languages, so he had taken a few classes to improve team communications. Aqualad walked over with the twins to Bee and I, saying "The twins think that the makeup was some type of chemical that gave him his powers. That or something about gelatin taking over the city. I'm going with the first one."

"Who would just give him something that powerful?" I asked.

"Give me? GIVE ME? I paid a small fortune for that stuff! All my savings!" Mime Guy shouted in our direction.

I walked over to him and picked him up by his collar. I think I was pretty intimidating. "Where did you get something like that? Chemical supplier? Who?" I asked him, my voice low and threatening.

"Chemical? No chemical! It's mystical. There's a lady who sets up shop in big cities and sells mystical artifacts, and believe me, she's not cheap." Mime Guy said.

"You expect us to believe it was magic? Magic? You can't come up with anything better than that?" Aqualad said, hoping to provoke Mime Guy into giving us something a little more believable.

"You stupid kids! You messed everything up! I don't care if you believe me or not!" Mime Guy practically spat at us.

We all turned around at that moment at the sound of heavy boots running into the vault. The police had arrived.

"We'll take it from here. Thanks so much for all of your help, Titans," the officer in front said. That's how it always turned out didn't it? The cops always show up just in time…to congratulate us for doing all the work.

"Come on," I said, "You're gonna be able to spend the next twenty to thirty years miming. No one's gonna listen to a word you say, so you might as well be silent," I said to Mime Guy, dragging him towards the police.

"Oh, I'll go alright… But not without a little parting gift!" Mime Guy replied, a simile playing across his lips. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small purple orb. He threw it at me and it shattered against my chest,releasing violet gas that burned my whole body when I inhaled. I let go of Mime Guy and vaguely made out an image of the police apprehending him while he laughed. Things started going black, and I could hear Mime Guy's voice saying:

"You took everything from me

You took my right to wander free

All the words I say are true

Here's is my final "gift" to you

A curse, a blessing, all the same

You'll still have to play my game

So like hand fits into glove

The next you touch will be the next you love"

Everything was fading. I barely registered the fact that I had collapsed to the ground. Barely felt two strong arms lifting me up. Then everything was gone.

Don't forget to review! I'll put up another chapter that I want to edit based on feedback, though if no one reviews (though that would be sad indeed), I'll still put it up! I always hate it when people demand reviews for chappies! Thanks for reading!