So I'm kind of disappointed that only two of you guys are reviewing, but I DID say that it would be about two weeks, and it was only a wait of, like, three days or something. Still, I hope you guys do start reviewing soon! (Maybe in two weeks you'll start R&Ring, lol.) This chapter has the three criminals I talked about in my summary, and they sort of fight the Titans and stuff. (I'm only good when I actually write the chapters, not in my author's notes.) This chapter is also about X and Robin and Philip all wanting Starfire. Philip? Did I say Philip? Ooh, now you must read on!

Now, on with the story. A lot is going to happen in this fic, and I'm expecting it to be way better than the last one. I mean, maybe not, but I always have high expectations. The pairings will be RobStar (still), BBRae (still), and Cy and a certain OC (can't you guess?) There will be some fights between them (especially RobStar), but it'll turn out okay. But yikes, I'm giving away too much information! Must move on! Oh, wait, also I'm going to have a Robin POV where you find out what happened the day he met Star. Fluff!

Dedication: To warprince2000. I already dedicated one to Pookey, so this time you get the dedication!

Disclaimer: IDOTT, but I am beginning to make so many OC's that I'm starting to think if they were in the show, I'd own half of it. If that makes any sense…

Chapter Three: Return of Philip

The Tower:

"They have taken Melanie," Starfire cried, trying to ignore the way Red X had just spoken with her. Robin had taken such a long time to admit his love for her, and now X was just staring at her, telling her what was on his mind, so easily…

Robin, who was thinking of X as well, nodded. "Yeah. I don't know where they went. They just sort of disappeared." He was scowling at the ground.

"We should go find her," Starfire agreed, not moving at all.

Cyborg stared at the two with an amused expression. "Sure," he said with a grin. "They went that way." He pointed to the back door. "And once Starfire stops blushing over Red X and Robin stops feeling jealous, then maybe we can go follow them."

Blushing harder, Starfire nodded. "Yes, let us commence in our searching for our newfound friend," she agreed, turning to go.

As they left to go, Blazefire shrugged. "So," she said with an amused grin. "You don't want to take back your offer now, do you?"

Cyborg rolled his eyes. "Come on, Lana," he agreed.

"Yeah, Blaze," Beastboy said with a grin. "I bet you can kill Slade in one little blasty-thing. Man, were you all that out there!"

"Yes, Blazefire, please join us," Starfire begged.

Silently, Blazefire noticed that Cyborg had called her Lana. She wasn't sure how this made her feel. She liked fitting in so much, and it made her feel at home. But how could he know that? None of them were calling him his real name, no doubt.

As she followed them, Robin grabbed Starfire's arm and pulled her back for a moment. "Star, listen," he said nervously, looking timidly into her gorgeous eyes. "Um, you do realize that Red X was flirting with you back there, right?"

"Please, Robin," she said, a soft look on her face. "Do not worry. Red X is evil, and he has captured my friend. I would never consider even speaking to him."

Robin nodded. "Well, I mean, yeah. Sure. But…" he winced. "I don't know. It's just, what would you do if he, er, asked you out?"

She snorted. "Robin," she said quickly. "I do not like Red X. In fact, I believe it could be said that I hate him. Of course I would turn him down."

Noticing the unsure look on his face, she said, "You know me, Robin. Am I the kind of girl who would choose him over you, even if he was good?" she asked, her eyes brimming with truth. "I am not, I assure you." She smiled encouragingly, and then kissed him sweetly on the cheek before turning to go. "Come," she said brightly. "We must not let them bring back any other evil villains."

He nodded, trusting her completely. But then something snapped. He just wouldn't be able to stand it if she chose anyone over him. "Um, just promise me one thing. If you do decide you have feelings for him or anyone else, just tell me. I'd rather you tell me than keep it a secret, if you can understand that."

She nodded. "Of course. But that will not happen."

He smiled. "I know," he said, relaxing more. "You're right. Let's go kick some bad-guy butt," he suggested. (A/N: Lame, I know, but they have some corny catch phrases in that show, you know.)

They both left to rescue the frightened Melanie.

The Batcave:

"Are you sure they won't find us here?" Red X asked Slade nervously, carrying the whimpering Melanie around his shoulders. "They did fight you here, after all."

"Yes, but this is a new floor that they haven't found yet," Slade explained. He smirked at the painful girl. "Now, let her go. But fry her if she moves."

X did as he was told. Melanie fell hopelessly onto the floor. As she did so, Red X grimaced. "Why do the good guys get all the hot girls?" he moaned. "First Starfire – she's still too much to bear. But then that silver-eyed girl, and now this cute blonde girl…"

Slade cocked an eyebrow at this. "Yet you failed to mention the psychic one."

"She's not exactly hot," X replied rudely. "The girl is a Goth, after all. And she's so grumpy all the time. I don't know how that green boy puts up with her."

Glaring at him and Slade, Melanie choked, "Wh… what do you want with me?"

"Well, obviously, we want your powers, pretty lady," X replied easily. "We need to bring someone back." He grinned. "But I want a little more than that. I think I know what your answer will be," he said teasingly, "but what about a date on Friday? You and me?"

She spat in his face. "I don't want to date you or help you."

Slade grinned, as well. "My dear girl," he said with a shake of his head, "you and I both know that your powers do not help you fight. You would need something more to fight with. Things that we can give you."

"As if I'd fall for that."

"But you will still help us with this certain person."

"You can't make me bring someone back to life," Melanie declared, struggling for all she was worth to find a way to get away from them.

"Yes, we can. If you don't let us, then you can say good-bye to your dear little friends, the Teen Titans. With a single phone call, I can convince them that you're on our side now," Slade explained. "Now, I'd like you to bring back a young man by the name of Philip…"

"PHILIP?" Melanie screamed. "AS IN FOUL-MINDED, WANNABE-A-FLIRT, MANIPULATIVE SCUMBAG LOSER DORK PHILIP? THE ONE WHO TRIED AND FAILED TO WIN OVER ONE OF MY BEST FRIEND'S HEART? I DO NOT THINK SO, YOU PERVERT! NOT TODAY, AND NOT EVER!"

Slade chuckled, but Red X was interested. "Really?" he asked with a grin. "So this guy is joining me in my quest to win the redhead's heart?"

"Leave Starfire OUT OF THIS!" she shrieked. She knew Starfire had been through enough because of her, and she didn't want enough to turn into way too much.

"Well, I might have gone for her silver-eyed sister. She looked cuter, anyway. But something told me she wouldn't be as easy to win over."

"You're joking, right? Blazefire would be harder than Starfire?" Melanie rolled her eyes at that. "Blaze would date any guy with an inch of muscle if he was taller than her and at least mildly hot. She might dump you in two days, but Star would never consider you."

"Blazefire isn't pure," Slade said. "Neither are you. Only Starfire and Raven are pure."

"Pure?" Melanie inquired, trying to lose her spark of interest.

"Pure of heart," he explained quickly. "You and Blazefire… you have a lot to learn in life. The other two… they have things figured out."

"Raven does?" X asked, rolling his eyes.

"I find the psychic rather intriguing, actually. Far more than that pathetic, speech-impaired alien girl you love so much."

"Someone has a crush," X teased.

"Avoiding that laughable topic," Slade said seriously, "we are moving on to the life I wish to bring back." He smiled at Melanie. "Would you like to bring him back now?"

"Never," she spat, turning on her heel to leave –

- and showing a sword that was strapped to her waist as she did so.

Slade smirked. "I suppose this is the famous sword that Philip had before he died," he chirped. "I could never be more happy, my dear. Now come here, before you get seriously hurt," he instructed calmly.

She did so, but slowly and unsurely. "What do you want with this sword?" she demanded. She had forgotten about it, but Robin had suggested that she keep it to protect it. He had kept it after the battle, and when she was on their side for sure, he had turned it over to her for protection. "And why should I give it to you?"

But it was too late. The job was done. Slade grabbed the sword, hit Melanie in the face, and took her powers with the sword. He smiled murderously and chanted Philip's name. He glared at Melanie. "Why isn't it working?"

"Hamano Chrinstato Luranintas Currinatitkas!" she blurted out. She didn't know why. Apparently, Philip's handy old sword had more powers than either of them expected.

Slade repeated the chant. Unfortunately, Philip was reborn.

"Welcome, Philip, to our new trio. We're called the Three Lovers. And you're the third Lover. You're my ally, but also my enemy. I'm going to get Star." X grinned as he said this.

"We're not called the Three Lovers, you're not his enemy, and you are our ally," Slade explained. He turned to Melanie. "Go back to your home now. Tell them everything you have experienced. Tell them that we will be invincible." He smiled. "And tell your friend Blackfire that if she has any sense, she should come here with us. It'll do her good." He grinned again. "And I think I'll dispose of this sword. Thanks to it, Philip has that power in him now."

And he did. That was his greatest wish. His second was to get revenge on the Teen Titans. And his third was to get revenge on Starfire… either that or marry her. (A/N: He hasn't quite made up his mind yet, lol.)

The sword was disposed of.

And Melanie ran.

Heading to the Batcave:

"You're all right," Robin said in surprise when they reached the poor strawberry blond. She had puffy eyes, a beat red face, and her knees were shaking in fear and pain. "It's Slade," she said in a shocked, paralyzed voice. "And Red X." She looked at them nervously and then glumly continued, "And one other. Well… and, um, Philip."

Robin's eyes bulged in disbelief. Cyborg slapped his head in exaggeration. Melanie shrugged hopelessly. Blazefire's eyes widened; obviously she was interested. Beastboy almost laughed, and Raven gave him a playful punch for doing so. Starfire's eyes became hollow with fear and hatred.

"Oh my gosh," Blazefire said excitedly, grabbing Starfire's wrist excitedly. "So," she pried. "Who is this guy? Is he hot? Or evil? Or, like, what?"

"He's hot, evil, and a major threat. Especially if he's teamed with the other two psychos." Raven shook her head. "And I think all three of them like Star, apparently."

"No, not Slade," Melanie said, drying her tears. "He likes you, Raven."

Raven looked like she wanted to puke, but Beastboy just looked murderous. "Slade?" he asked in disbelief. "Likes Raven? When did this happen?"

"It's so cute," Blazefire said perkily with a grin. "I mean, Raven's not evil, but she totally appreciates the genius of silence and stuff. Beastboy doesn't."

Glaring at her, Raven said, "Slade is a moron."

"Yeah," Beastboy agreed angrily.

"Oh," she said, her silver eyes still bulging. She put a tanned hand on her hip. "Sure. I see how it is." She giggled. "But it's still cute, you know."

Melanie faintly smiled. "It sort of is, you know."

"You two are turning Teen Titans into Valley-Girl Titans," Robin said, trying to be insulting. It wasn't working out for him.

"Oh, my gosh," Blazefire said again. "That would so work, you know?" Then she glared at him. "Wait, that was an insult. What the fu-"

"From valley-girl to prep to rebel to flat out cussin'. That's great. The sign of a proper woman exactly," Cyborg said sarcastically. He didn't exactly know how to flirt.

She rolled her beautiful eyes. "Who needs this proper woman crap?" she asked, her arms crossing. "I'm not in the mood to have this conversation, anyway. I was just trying to have some fun." She glared at him. "But there's no such thing with the Titans Leader, I guess," she said grumpily. "Whatever. Let's go beat up these losers."

Cyborg didn't realize that he was spoiling her fun. "Oh," he said, blushing slightly (at least, the human half of his face). "I didn't mean to, um…"

"No hard feelings," she interrupted. She shrugged him off easily, but he could tell he was on her give the cold shoulder to list as of now. He could only assume she had one.

"Great," he lied. "Um, well, let's go find them. You said they were in the Batcave, right?" he asked Melanie easily. Or, at least, he hoped so.

"Yeah, in a special place. I'll show you where it is," she promised.

"Great," he said again. He didn't have much more of a vocabulary at the moment. "Then, um, Titans Go?" he tried to state, but it turned out as more of a question.

Raising her eyebrows at him, Blazefire lightly hit him on the head. He still didn't do anything, so she said loud and clear, "TITANS GO!"

And he loved that voice.

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"Do you know what the Three Stooges were planning?" Beastboy asked Melanie before they went inside. (A/N: I don't own the Three Stooges! And if you're a lawyer trying to sue, I didn't, like, bring them in as OC's or anything. It's called a JOKE.)

"Like I said, they just want to be really bad bad guys, I guess," Melanie replied. "And two of them want Star. Well, Philip might want to kill her, and he might want to have her. I don't think he decided yet. Anyway…"

After that, Robin's mind went cold. He just wanted Starfire to be left alone. He just wanted to be left alone. Why couldn't those stupid bad guys just do what they used to do and try to kill? Now they were getting crushes.

Now all they wanted was Starfire.

Besides Slade, who…

…Wanted Raven?

Impossible!

Or was it?

The Batcave:

"They are coming," Slade said calmly. "I don't mind. Let them come. They barely beat you alone, Philip. They never could beat Red X, and… well, they managed to beat me once. But I was weak back then, not yet reborn." He smiled evilly at the other three. "And back then I was alone. Now we will be invincible, and we will get whatever we want."

"Including Starfire," X said with a grin.

"Unless we want her dead," Philip reminded him.

X glared at him. "Even if you didn't want her dead and you wanted her to yourself, Starfire would be mine. Do you hear me?"

They both glared at each other, fuming. They were about to get into a fistfight when a green starbolt thrashed between them. Not even glancing her way, they both grinned. "Welcome, Starfire," Philip said without looking at her. "I've been wondering when I'd see you again." Then he turned to look at her.

She almost screamed, but then something overcame her. She was sick of letting him think he was in control. She had destroyed him once. She could do it again. "I was, as well," she responded calmly. Then she hurled some starbolts at his face.

He dodged them, but they still burned part of his tunic. "Where is the sword, Philip?" she demanded.

"I don't need a sword anymore," he said with a grin. "Ever since your dear little friend let us borrow her powers, that sword is a part of me now." With that, he sucked out her starbolt powers and struck her with a light blow.

"That was a very nice try, Philip," she said with another calm expression. "But I have on Glumberpork today!"

This brought a humorous silence. "Um, Star?" Robin finally asked, trying not to laugh. "Would you mind telling us what, um, this pork stuff is?"

"It consumes attacks," she said happily. "And then… well, it reflects them. With more force. Once I want it to." She then hurled her starbolts back at him with more force, knocking him over hard.

"Nice one, Flamey," Blazefire congratulated, stepping into the light. "Glumberpork – I've heard of this. Mom and Dad gave some to me before I left. It was the only gift I ever received from them. It's way expensive. How much do you have?"

"Barely any," she admitted. "It has diminished from Tamaran. But I found a small bottle of it when I was cleaning my room. It works very well," she added, smiling at Philip.

"I can tell," Blazefire said with a grin. She turned to the enemies. "Listen, you guys think you're all that. But I have news for you. Cyborg got a new sonic cannon installed. Robin had some… recent visits from his ex mentor, and now he's better at martial arts. Starfire has her Glumberpork, Melanie has a gun, and I have some pretty nice blasts for you."

Most of this was bluffing. Melanie had no gun, Robin was no better at martial arts, and Cyborg had no new cannon. Still, they were frightened. "So please stay away from my sister and my new Goth friend, okay?"

Me:

Phew, that was long. Really long. At least, on my computer. I know it seems weird that Slade has a crush, but I have this whole love triangle (more like hexagon) thing worked out. Slade likes Raven who likes Beastboy who likes Raven back. Then X likes Starfire who likes Robin who likes Starfire who's liked by Philip, too. X is sort of liking everyone, though. So if you want the biggest chain of all, here it comes:

X likes Blazefire who likes Rhustin who likes Alexandria who likes Rhustin who is liked by Blazefire who is liked by Dean who likes Blazefire who is liked by Cyborg. And, in addition to that, Blazefire might like Jake who is liked by Melanie who likes Jake (sort of). Isn't that just great? So the Blazefire chain is eight people. That's definitely not a love triangle. That's a love octagon.

That is SO like Blazefire.

So review anyway!

Pookey: I'm glad you like long chapters, because this is long, too. You're welcome for the dedication!

Warprince2000: Thanks!

Okay, where IS everyone who read Captive??? I'd like to know. But thanks, you guys, a ton!

Preview for Chapter Four:

The phone rang five times before the answering machine came on. When the button clicked, the message came on. "Blazefire? I think you are with the Titans now. It's your father. I found out the perfect way to get your attitude together without killing you. I'm going to have you marry someone. But don't worry, he lives on Earth. His name is Aqualad."

You excited? I am!