A Super Thief and a Teen Titan Can Never Be Together

Chap. 1

"Where is he?" Morgan sighed, looking at her watch. The wind blew her long red hair from her face and her green eyes scanned the street outside the pizza parlor. She still couldn't believe she was doing this, she was on a date with her enemy! "I must be completely insane," she muttered, hiding her face in her hands, "I shoulda chucked him as soon as he told me who he was, that 'I've met someone else' excuse would've been perfect." Who was she kidding, she didn't want to stop talking to him, he made her feel special he cared what she thought, even if it was edited. She was in love with a Teen Titan!

The Teen Titans protected the city from evil doers, and that included big time thieves like the Black Rose. The thing is she is the Black Rose, and so by day shes flirting with him via Internet or phone and by night she's fighting him off and escaping with precious gems or misc. items. One thing worried her, she knew her string of luck would by cut short but what would happen when he found out who she was. Would that just be another reason to throw her in a cell and throw away the key?

As you may have read in the papers the Black Rose is an incredible thief, she can slip into any vault or... well anywhere really and take even the heaviest guarded artifact and get out before anyone's even noticed it's missing, the only sign of her being there would be a single black rose left in the item's place. Lately the Titans have discovered a way to get the jump on her but she's managed to slip from their grip every time, so far. Black Rose could very well be an excellent hero, but instead she's gone and done the "Poison Ivy" thing.

What would Slade do if he found out she was dating a- she shivered, that was a scary thought. Slade was pure evil and the Teen Titan's greatest enemy. Normally she'd avoid potential employers, but he pulled her in he was the Venus Flytrap and she was, well that stupid fly that eventually dies in it's clutches. So far she's figured if she sits nicely off to the side, he won't threaten her with destruction, but sooner or later everything will be set up and she will finally break free. Maybe she could leave Jump City! Shed started in New York, maybe she could revisit them?

Immediately Slades threatening, masked gaze popped into her mind and she quickly pushed it back. "Just think about nicer things," she reminded herself. She ran her fingers through her hair, how did normal people make it without masks?

"Morgan?" a familiar voice questioned. She looked over her shoulder, oh God, OK. Deep breaths, there, keep cool.

"Cyborg?" she asked, she gave him a surprised face as if she would never have dreamed that he would look like this. It was a mask, of sorts, she knew exactly what he looked like and even knew how hard his punches were, ouch.

"It's so great to finally meet you in person."

"I know! I was afraid you had forgotten about me when you didn't get on last night," she quickly made up. She had set her e-mail to send him a message when she knew he would normally be on but he would be out chasing her, just another way of covering up her tracks.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. It was a rough night," he apologized. He actually was genuinely apologetic!

"Oh, what happened? Nothing you couldn't handle I'm sure," she gave him a reassuring smile.

"It's the Black Rose, that super thief that's been all over the papers. We're beginning to suspect that she's working for Slade, which is never good."

"Oh, yeah. He's- he sounds pretty bad." Close one, she'll have to watch her words a little more carefully.

"Once we finally get the Black Rose off the streets everything'll be easier, Slade won't have a puppet for a while."

A puppet! she thought, angrily, I can't believe he thinks I'm a puppet of that madman!!

Morgan felt torn now, she had to steal things for Slade... (oh God, she was a puppet!) but what if Cyborg found out! She couldnt just quit, Slade wouldn't allow it maybe she should just push Cyborg away now, that way he wont be as vulnerable to that evil, egocentric-

"What?" she suddenly asked, realizing Cyborg had been talking to her.

"Pizza, what toppings?" he repeated, giving her a concerned look.

"Oh, I'm not very picky. Whatever you want."

"The usual," Cyborg ordered, then turned back to her, "I'll take the rest back to the others." The waitress set his soda down and her water before disappearing. Rose tried to avoid sugary drinks waters better for her body, especially with the plant life coursing through her veins.

"So, back to where we were. Work, where do you work?" Cyborg asked.

"M-My work I'm not really working a...," she paused trying to think of what to say.

"You're not working right now?" he questioned.

"Yeah, that's right."

"What kind of work do you like to do, then?"

"Well, I'm not really sure. My last job was pretty bad. Pay was okay, but my boss was a villain," she complained; Cyborg laughed at what she said about her boss.

"He can't be that bad," Cyborg smiled, unaware of the villain term she meant.

"Well what about you?" she asked him, "How do you like being a Teen Titan?"

"Well, it's really cool, I have great friends and-" Cyborg started, thinking about the positive things.

"You talking about us, Cyborg?" a voice asked from behind Morgan. She stiffened, more Titans?

"Hey guys. Morgan, here's the rest of the team," Cyborg sighed. Morgan turned in her chair studying their faces, she had never seen them like this. They actually looked nice, when they weren't chasing after you with intentions of throwing you in prison; a knot of laughter started to edge up her throat at that thought, but she forced herself to smile and not laugh. OK, how should she act? Really out-going, no shy, girl-next-door attitude would be perfect with these neighborhood heroes.

"Its cool to finally meet you guys," she smiled, shyly.

"You guys wouldn't mind if we joined you?" Robin questioned. That was definitely him, all formal hardly any fun. Morgan took a drink from her water.

"Well I don't-" Cyborg started.

"Great, thats a yes," the green guy grinned sitting between Cyborg and Morgan, she looked over to Cyborg and couldn't help but laugh at his irritated look.

"Morgan, this is Beast Boy, I told you about him, remember?" Cyborg sighed.

"Oh yeah, you're um the green animals guy?" she asked, she honestly hadn't seen much of him except for when he was a giant green, roaring dinosaur trying to catch her in his teeth or a big, scary-looking gorilla; he was definitely one of the reasons she now avoided zoos.

"That's me," Beast Boy smiled, "So, Cyborg's been telling you about me, whats he been sayin?"

"Um" she thought back, random facts okay, "You're crazy about Tofu, um... oh, and Cy said something about a really good practical joke to get you back for something." Morgan pretended to think hard, and Beast Boy zipped over by Robin and Starfire; she knew thatd keep him from getting between her and Cyborg for the day. Cyborg gave her a smile and Morgan mouthed, "You can thank me later." He nodded, but still looked annoyed that the others had shown up.

"So, how did you two meet?" Robin asked, noticing the looks they gave each other.

"Via e-mail," Morgan and Cyborg answered together.

"Yeah," he sighed, "You guys know that site you told me about?"

"That one for computer nerds and car junkies?" Raven asked drearily.

"Pretty much, we kinda started talking about supped up cars and bikes..."

"Then, it was computers... the best hardware, how to fix the software, stuff like that," Morgan added.

"You know, I would've never expected someone like you to enjoy cars or computers," Robin said, intrigued.

"Oh, cars are okay, don't get me wrong. I'm more of a bike person; that midnight blue one down there, did you see it?"

"That's yours?!" Robin asked, surprised.

"Robin spent about half an hour gawking," Raven added, rolling her eyes.

"Tell me, friend, what purpose does the dark rose hold?" Starfire asked, obviously Robin hadn't seen it because he actually looked at her as if he was trying to place her with someone.

"Well, I saw one and thought it looked cool so I just wanted that design on my bike," she explained. Okay, so she bent the truth a little, but who hasn't?

"Did you do that yourself?" Robin asked, immediately moving on. He bought her excuse! This was too easy!

"Of course, you can only get the best detail if you do it yourself," Morgan answered, why was she opening up to these people?! They were her enemies! She noticed the sun was beginning to set, crap. She looked at her watch, oh shoot, she was late!! "Cy, I really hate to go I have a job interview, I'm sorry," Morgan said standing up. She put on her leather jacket and picked up her black book bag, almost spilling it in her hurry. She was relieved it hadn't, if they had seen her Black Rose clothes she wasn't sure if she could come up with an excuse.

"I'll walk you down," Cyborg said, getting up and following her from the patio down to the street. He stopped by her bike, "So, I was wondering if you'd like to do this another time, minus my friends, of course."

"With or without your friends I really would like that," Morgan smiled, she turned and put the kick stand up and straddled the bike. "Should we try again tomorrow afternoon?"

"Yeah, then you can tell me how the interview went." Cyborg was excited, he actually liked her?

"It's date," she smiled, she adjusted something on her bike and looked up. Their eyes locked and they felt themselves leaning towards each other. Her eyes squeezed tight when their lips touched, she could just melt in his arms, it was simply marvelous! She brought her hands up and touched his face as they kissed, just then someone cleared their throat. Both Cyborg and Morgan pulled back, surprised. It was just Beast Boy, and Morgan couldnt help but blush.

"Pizza?" Beast Boy asked, he really felt awkward standing here. Cyborg gave him the meanest glare possible and Morgan laughed.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Cy call me and we can decide where," Morgan smiled, slipping on her leather gloves and she started the bike. It purred beautifully, you could tell that this thing could reach top speed in less than 60 seconds.

"Yeah, I'll call you tonight," Cyborg said, turning back to her. She gave him a wave before shooting off into the road, to face her employer.