This is the actual beginning of the story. The story is mostly in a third person perspective; but I might do POVs in future chapters if I feel it is appropriate for the scene. While Robin, Bumblebee, and the other Titans are (and most likely will continue to be) mentioned multiple times throughout the story, the main focus character is Speedy. Once again, I don't not own Teen Titans or anything related to the DC Comics universe. Please R&R, enjoy.

Chapter 1: Day Off

It was mid-August, almost the end of summer. It was the last couple of days of the county fair, because in a few weeks the local schools for typical kids would be back in session. Of course the Titans didn't need to worry about school like most teenagers. But The Crime Watches have been going off a lot lately and were mostly spot on with the predictions, which helped them to stay alert and vigilant.

Of course it got in the way of planning a combined team activity. When one team was able to relax or have a day off the other was busy fighting crime. Since the days they did have off where out of sync, the teams did their separate group activities whenever they had the chance. The Crime Watches usually had a low medium (yellow) to high (red) setting for the possibility of illegal activity and the threat level was always slightly high (orange) to high (red). These were too high levels of danger for them to ignore and leave to the police.

Robin woke up one Friday morning, always a few hours before his other teammates, he noticed that the probability forecast for the day was the same stagnant yellow that meant the probability was medium, but that the threat level was very low (white). This meant that if criminal activity were going to happen today it would be a low profile criminal, most likely a typical human, such as a minor robbery or even a mild traffic violation; nothing their local PD's couldn't handle by themselves. Though it did bug Robin not to try to help fight crime, no matter how small and trivial, he figured that his team could use a day off after a long stream of missions. Robin figured maybe they can try to set up a group activity with the Titans East, if their forecast was similar.

Robin was outside watching the sunrise with the morning newspaper and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. He was going to read the paper, like he does every morning, before checking in with the Titans East leader to see what her forecast for the day was, when she called him on his T-communicator, or what Bee liked to call the "T-cell" much to Robin's chagrin.

"Hello?" Robin answered his Titan communicator

"Good you're up," responded Bumblebee. "I tell you, this time difference is really annoying sometimes; I've been up for hours waiting to check in but wasn't sure when you wake up. So anyway, what's your crime forecast like today?"

"The activity level is about the same as always- a low medium. But the threat level is very low. I figured we should just call it in to sheriff's department to give them the heads up and take the day off," Robin admitted, somewhat embarrassed about the thought of not acting on his instincts to stop any sort of danger, no matter how mild. Though, he knew that his team really could use a break.

"Same here. This might be a perfect time to finally get the teams together. Got any plans?" Bumblebee asked.

"Well, no one else here is up yet. It's only 6:30 in the morning here. I know Star and Beast Boy were excited about the county fair. It's been going on for a couple of months but we were always too busy or exhausted to go. This is the last week it's open until next summer. Do you think your team would be up for it?" Robin questioned the Titans East leader.

"Well, Mas Y Menos requested that the next day off they go to visit friends and family in Guatemala. At least I think they did. My Spanish is improving but I'm nowhere near fluent enough to keep up with how fast those two can talk" Bumblebee admitted, rolling her eyes in mock frustration. "But there is nothing going on around here, so I think Speedy and Aqualad would be up for it. That is, if those two knuckleheads ever wake up," Bee said, staring in an annoyed fashion in the direction of their rooms.

"My teammates won't be up for a while anyway. Raven and Starfire will probably wake up in the next hour or so. But Beast Boy and Cyborg can sometimes sleep in until noon… if I let them" Robin retorted with a slight smirk on his face, secretly envying their ability to relax and sleep in late when there wasn't trouble.

"Well, I'm going to give those lazy bones about one more hour of rest before I dump a bucket of cold water over their heads… Though the last time I tried that on Aqualad, he was still sleeping like a baby afterwards. Go figure," Bumblebee chuckled while shrugging one shoulder. "Anyway, we can be there by 10 AM your time, so make sure Sparky and Beast Boy are bright eyed and bushy tailed by the time we get there," she finished.

"Will do. See you then." Robin responded before ending the call.

Mas y Menos woke up about a half after the call ended and drowsily headed towards the kitchen in their matching pajamas to make breakfast, preparing for another monotonous day of crime fighting.

While Mas y Menos only spoke Spanish they seemed to understand English quite well, so the other Titans mostly spoke to them in English. Bumblebee was trying to learn Spanish mostly for the purpose of trying understand what they are saying, rather than to talk to them in Spanish.

"Great news, guys! The Crime Watch says that it's a low threat level day. So we're taking the day… off…" Bee trailed off as the quick twins rushed to their room with wide grins on their faces and exchanging Spanish reminders of what to bring as they packed for their long awaited day off. They were completely packed and dressed under a minute and ready to go when Bumblebee blocked the front door.

"Hold on, fellas" she said. "We do have plans today. I made arrangements to hang out with the other Titans today," she continued as the smiles faded from Mas y Menos faces. "However, I supposed since you guys have been working hard lately I can let it slide just this once," she continued, as the smiles returned to their faces "… If you promise to report back to me by 7 AM tomorrow morning to check the crime forecast. If the threat level goes back up, your twin butts better get back her on the double, comprende?"

"¡Sí!" Mas agreed happily shaking her hand; "¡Muchas gracias, señorita Bumblebee!" Menos agreed kissing the back of her other hand right before they bolted out the door.

Bee figured those boys could use a mini vacation. Even though they were the youngest Titans on her team, they both listened to her better than the older boys on her team did. Plus, she figured she was also doing Robin a solid by allowing them to go; seeing as they both had a very obvious crush on Starfire. Even though Robin and Star have been dating exclusively since they came back from that trip to Tokyo, he always got a little flustered whenever they (or anyone for that matter) flirted with Starfire.

Roughly 25 minutes later, Aqualad had awakened and entered the common area, better known as the ops room, where Bumblebee was waiting on the couch for her remaining teammates to wake up.

"Finally…" Bee said in an exaggerated tone in response to Aqualad's delayed arrival.

"Good morning to you too," Aqualad countered sarcastically in a short pause before heading towards the refrigerator. "Let me guess, another high alert day?" he asked with a yawn, still irritable from his long repose.

"No, actually the threat level today is low. So we're taking the day off." She responded.

"Finally…" Aqualad mocked in the same annoyed tone Bee had used when he entered the room, as he was looking in the fridge. "So then what's the rush?" he added.

"Robin and I thought it would be a good idea to get the teams together today." Bee replied.

"Great, our first day off in a while and we have to spend it sparring?" He said with both disappointed and frustrated as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.

Bumblebee interrupted his pity party: "Actually, we're going to the county fair in Jump City."

Aqualad sighed, "Well, I guess it's better than the alternative. Can I at least invite Batgirl?" he asked with a slight grin while putting the carton of juice back in the fridge.

"Are you two still seeing each other?" Bee asked hoping he would dish more spicy details.

"Don't hurt yourself jumping to conclusions. I've told you before, we're just friends… for now…" Aqualad replied teasingly as he began to drink his juice.

"I suppose it would be alright; there is space in the T-ship since Mas y Menos won't be joining us today. Just let her know A.S.A.P. because I promised Robin we would be there by 10 AM their time and it takes a while to get there. Which reminds me, it's time to wake up Sir Snores-A-Lot." She said as she started to head towards Speedy's room.

"Go easy on him. He's been a little depressed lately," Aqualad called over his shoulder to Bee as she headed for Speedy's room. She did try to keep that in mind when walking to his room because Speedy has really been in a funk the last few weeks. Bee had a feeling it was about something more than just exhaustion from the missions, but of course he wouldn't tell her anything when she asked if something was bothering him. Lately, the only time the team did see him was on their missions. Recently, whenever the Titans East did have an occasional day off, Speedy spent his day moping about isolated in his room and coming up with excuses to avoid interacting with anyone. 'Well, not today' Bumblebee thought to herself as she opened the door to Speedy's room.

"Wake up, Sleepyhead!" The Titans East leader greeted Speedy, the only housemate still in bed, as she opened the curtains to welcome the sunshine into his dark room.

"Don't tell me were still on red alert…." A half-asleep Speedy complained trying to hide his head under his pillow to block the sunlight from penetrating his eye lids. 'I could kill Cy for creating that stupid watch' he thought to himself; knowing that Bee would tear him limb from limb if he ever threatened to harm Cyborg in front of her. Though her competitive and aloof nature may never allow her to admit it to herself, much less out loud, it was obvious that she had a thing for the metallic man she playfully called 'Sparky'.

"Total opposite, as a matter of fact." His leader said cheerfully as she lifted the pillow that was covering his face and placed it on top of the dresser in his room that was too far to reach from his bed.

"Good. Then let me rest!" Speedy said grumpily trying to pull the covers over his head as he shifted from his back on to his side to avoid the bright daylight entering his room through the window.

"Just because we aren't on patrol today, doesn't mean we don't have any plans." She said shaking the covers loose from over his head to see his face. "Now wake up, Sleeping Beauty. Report to the T-ship by 1100 hours, no excuses! And that's an order!" Bee shouted in a firm but not too angry voice as she closed his bedroom door behind her. Bee wondered if Robin ever had this problem with Raven, another Teen Titan who was known to have an unpredictable and moody disposition. Maybe she could ask him about that later.

"Ugh," Speedy sighed in annoyance looking at his alarm, which told him he only had about a half hour to wake up and get ready. "Better be worth it…" he muttered to himself as he rolled out of bed to start getting ready.