Author Notes:

So, here's the second chapter! I'll probably post the third one tomorrow, since I'm on vacation and have time to write ;)

I wanted to give Cyborg a girlfriend (who happened to be Bumble Bee) but I don't know if I'm actually gonna write a scene with them together. It's just that, for the story, it'd be great if they were a couple. Yeah... I'll think of something, anyway. XD

Hope you enjoy it ;)


Cyborg had held the slice of pizza above his head just before opening his mouth to eat it, as if it was made of jelly, all at once.

"A boo yah!"

The restaurant was not so full of people, as usual. And within a few minutes, what used to be the sunset, turned into the dark night.

Starfire put her hand on Robin's, and smiled at him; while he smiled back at her.

"Dude, you guys are not gonna, like, kiss right now, right?" Beast Boy asked, with one of his eyes half closed.

Starfire laughed and, still giggling, she spoke in her kind tone of voice. "Friend Beast Boy… I could not stop myself from noticing your strange behavior."

"What?!"

"Are you sad because Robin and I share a romantic relationship, as well as friend Cyborg and Bumblebee; and you have no such companion?"

He glared at her.

"As sweet as it sounds" Raven said. "I admit that it was actually cruel."

"And a punch to BB's stomach…"

"Yeah, THANKS, cyb."

"Oh, C'mon! There's nobody you could be into? It's been more than a year, man…"

"I know. But I'm not in the mood." He shook his head. "And since when do you care about my love life?!"

"We don't." Raven replied. "We care about the extra time you spend annoying us."

Beast Boy's head fell on the table.

"Hey Beast Boy… We're just kidding." Robin said, while Cyborg poked him. "We're concerned about you, that's all."

"Yes, friend Beast Boy. There is no need to be ashamed."

Robin made a visual sign to Raven, looking quickly at the green boy and then at her. When she got the message, she glared at Robin, but he insisted. So she rested her hand on her friend's shoulder, quite uncomfortably, and looked at the opposite direction. "Yes. Concerned."

"Besides," Robin continued. "if you don't want a girlfriend, that's fine."

Raven took her hand off his shoulder. "Or maybe a boyfriend…"

With that, the green one raised his angry head at her, while Cyborg laughed a little.

"Dude, I'm not gay!"

"That was not an offense- if you were-"

"I'm not!"

"Okay, okay. You're not gay; but if you were, we wouldn't mind."

"People are different." Starfire said. "But we're friends and we do not judge each other thus."

Beast Boy tried to say something, but Cyborg raised his hand to make his point. "Plus, the world is open to this kind of relationship."

"And we are too." Robin said, finally.

The four friends smiled closing their eyes; while Beast Boy narrowed his eyes at a fixed point in the air, clearly annoyed.

"I see you rehearsed that. But for the last time: I'M NOT GAY!" He shouted the last part moving his arms up and down frenetically.

"Okay." Raven said; but he noticed the sarcasm on her voice, and glared at her for God-Knows-th time that day.

"Why do you always have to say mean things?"

There was a long silence. Everyone looked at each other and at the duo.

"Why do you always want to call attention so badly?" That was her response. And it didn't make things better. Beast Boy got up from the table, making her regret a little what she had said. She was about to apologize, but he turned around and said, angry, close to her pale face.

"You know what? Sometimes I wish we could just reset you, so that you couldn't remember the things that annoy you or clever words to talk about them!"

In the next silence, Raven thought she would explode. The last time he talked to her like that, he was affected by a chemical substance. But at that moment, he was fine; which meant that those words were true. Had she really bothered him so? But at the same time she was feeling blame, she was also really mad at him for being rude.

Suddenly, the Titans' alarm sounded. Their communicators became bright with red light.

"Titans, problem!" Robin stated the obvious. "Dr. Light. C'mon!"


They arrived at the dark abandoned place. It was so quiet that they could hear their own footsteps. Starfire used her light balls to offer some light while the titans looked around, carefully; although they all knew the villain was going to show up at any moment.

"I don't understand…" Cyborg said. "Why would he choose this place, anyway?"

"Do you want me to clear things up?"

They turned around to where the sixth voice came from, and happened to face Dr. Light, dressed in rubber and carrying his weapon on his back.

"Hey Lamp Freak!" Beast Boy shouted. "We missed you!"

"Save your emotions for later, little green thing." The villain aimed at the mutant and fired his lightning bolts at him; but Beast Boy managed to run away from them.

While the shooting and the running kept going, Robin decided to ask the question. "What do you want, Light?!"

"Not you, if you were wondering, so if I could just take what I wish to and go, I'd be pleased."

"Dream of it." Raven muttered, but it was loud enough for him to listen. With the words of her spell, she attacked him, making him fall backwards. Robin threw his weapons at the villain as well. His boomerangs happened to cut the man's suit, showing off some of his bare skin.

Angry, he fired at the roof. A big piece of it fell on Cyborg and Beast Boy, getting them stuck underneath it.

The light of Dr. Light's weapon reflected on their scared faces. The lighting bolt was about to hit them; but Raven was faster.

She flew to their direction and built a black force field around them. The bolt hit the field; but it came back towards her. The thing was able to reach its target, making Raven's body turn aside and convulse in a sick way, shining bright as electricity covered her. She stayed like this for longer then she should have.

"RAVEN!" Beast Boy shouted and everyone stopped what they were doing. After some seconds, the half-demon finally stopped shaking and fell towards the hard ground; but Cyborg was able to run and catch his friend, who was unconscious.

"We have to take her to the medical wing!"

"We can't let Dr. light simply escape!" Robin shouted back. The villain wasn't even listening; the noise his weapon did was too loud, as he threw his bolts at multiple directions at the same time. "Okay. Cyborg, take her back to the tower! We'll take care of him."

"That's fine by me." He said, carrying Raven and running off home.

Beast Boy stared at the entrance, to where his friend had run, almost without reaction. A battle cry that came from Starfire woke him up. You're gonna pay, he told the villain mentally, and ran towards him, turning himself into a rhino.

Dr. Light had merely seen the horn when it hit him. The blow was strong, making him fly and hit a wall; then the boy turned into an electric eel and wrapped himself around the doctor, successfully touching his piece of bare skin and giving the villain a taste of his own poison, as the man's body shook violently for a while. Even though he knew that was enough to knock him out, Beast Boy didn't let go of him, angry and thirsty for revenge. And when he was done, he returned to his original form.

"Do you like it, huh?!"

Beast Boy's voice echoed around the place. The atmosphere was tense and quiet, as Starfire and Robin stared at their teammate, who was standing in front of the still-shaking villain. Robin walked carefully to him.

"Hey, man, that was… Pretty good, but it's enough, don't you think? I mean… He is already weakened."

The green boy changed his expression, in realization of what he had done and in memory of what happened a while ago. I can't let that monster take control of me again…

Starfire looked concerned at them. "I'm going to take him to prison. Go back to the tower, I will meet you there."

"But, Star-"

"Robin, I will be fine. He's knocked out."

With those words, she kissed Robin's cheek, rubbed her hand against Beast Boy's hair and flew carrying the villain, while the boys raced to the Titans' Tower.