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Episode 3: Break In

November 18th. On this particular cold November night the occupants of the city, Jump City, slept peacefully despite the cold chilling air and howling winds. The warm glow produced from the Titan's Tower made the citizens feel protected from the evil that was almost always lurking in the city.

Even the famed five young superheroes themselves slept soundlessly. Starfire, particularly, slept on despite her reputation of being a very light sleeper. Even the light mist that began to pour from the sky didn't make her stir, even though this would normally make her do so.

Her long auburn hair nearly touched the pink fluffy carpet of her room being that she slept with her head near the edge of her oddly shaped bed. She never slept on her side, but instead lay so that if she opened her eyes she would see the ceiling, and on this odd night was no exception.

Near her circle-shaped bed was a small table. On the table was a cup of who knows what, and the cup was completely drained from its contents. However, a small amount of purple goo was on the table, now hardened.

On the side of her bed was her beloved pet, Silkie. He slept on snoring loudly often gurgling in his sleep. He soon rolled over until he was practically under the bed, his figure unnoticeable.

The curtains, newly replaced due to issues and now a hot hot pink, blew furiously as the large window was slowly opening.

A figure quickly jumped in once the window was opened a reasonable size, and shut the window shut as fast as they jumped in.

This figure was Ezam. Ezam, ex-apprentice of the notorious Slade.

He took no bother in walking silently for he seemed fairly confident that Starfire would stay asleep. His boots trudged over the thick luscious pink carpet until he reached the closet.

He lifted his hand out to the closet's handle almost afraid in doing so. His hand quivered, and after taking a deep breath he creaked open the closet. He appeared to not notice that the edge of the closet door ripped off a bit of his uniform.

On the rack in the closet were several of Starfire's uniforms neatly put away and ironed to perfection.

Ezam reached into his biker's jacket pocket and pulled out the picture of Starfire that he had stashed that was formerly in Slade's folder for the plan to attack the Titans. He studied the photo carefully before gently placing it back in his pocket.

He figured that since Starfire in that particular photo looked a bit younger than what she looked like now that she was posing in this picture in her first outfit. It made sense that the Jewel of Tamaran would be on her first outfit considering that there was only one, and that she had numerous others. Also, the other jewels were most likely cheap plastic replicas that can be bought in Tamaran itself.

Looking through the rows, as he expected, he found only replicas. He had a hunch that Starfire would keep her first outfit somewhere special, perhaps in one of these boxes?

Above the rack of clothing was a top shelf that had different colors of boxes neatly stacked away. The boxes were even placed from the smallest to largest order, and each box had its own bow neatly tied around out it.

Ezam studied the clothing and figured that a box almost medium size would perfectly fit the original uniform. The box his eyes were set on was a hot pink box covered in pink glitter. A purple bow with speckles of white tied the box together.

Using his staff he carefully and gently pushed the box down.

However he heard a large snort coming from Starfire, and he was driven out of his concertation and the box came crashing down.

Glitter. And lot's of it. Once the box came down its contents spilled releasing several jars and tubes of glitter. Any color you can imanage was there. There were different shades, different kinds, different sizes, it was unimaginable.

He felt like he wanted to puke. Slowly he craned his head so he could see Starfire. She was still asleep.

Ezam breathed a sigh of relief and began to pick up a jar. Unexpectedly he realized the jar's lid was loose, and all the glitter fell and poured onto the floor.

He adjusted his eyes, being in a dark room, and he noticed all of the jar's and tube's lids were loose and that there was glitter everywhere.

It was almost as if a unicorn flew in her room and barfed. Wait, he was pretty sure that Starfire was some kind of newly evolved unicorn at this particularly disturbing development.

Cautiously he tried to wipe away the glitter with his hand. He sighed when the glitter, just as he expected, was left stuck to his hand.

He looked once more on the sleeping form of Starfire. Sure that he was safe, for now at least, he started to think of a solution for this problem of his.

Ezam studied his staff as if it could tell him the answer to his complex problem. However he would never be able to clean up the glitter.

"Starfire, is that you?" A drowsy voice called out.

Ezam turned around and noticed Robin standing in the doorway.

Immediately Robin sprung into action. Before Robin could react however, Ezam flipped into the air and jumped out of the window.

Not even seeming surprised Robin quickly and effectively took his communicator and pressed the emergency button.

The Tower flashed red triggering the emergency signal. Robin ran to the window and looked down below. Nothing. Whoever it was had escaped.

Remembering Starfire, Robin went to check on his girlfriend. The alien girl seemed to have not been disrupted.

Something caught his eye. He picked up the cup from Starfire's side table, and sniffed inside. He immediately drew his nose away, realizing his suspicions were confirmed.

Under Starfire's bed Robin paid no heed to Silkie who had crawled back into his sleeping spot, chewing something. After all, Silkie at the moment was the least of his worries.

"What's the problem?" Raven asked as she soon entered the room ready for battle.

Noticing her presence Robin gently put down the cup, and shook his head. "Whoever it was was able to jump out the window before I could see their face."

Raven nodded. Soon Cyborg appeared behind her.

"Where's the intruder?" He asked with his sonic cannon ready.

When he saw Raven and Robin's faces he realized that the intruder was gone and he slowly put down his cannon.

After a few minutes, Beast Boy dragged himself in the room. He rubbed his eyes furiously, and he was tipping over. He felt Raven's shoulder and he slumped on it snoring loudly.

Despite Raven blushing more than a regular human could do she let Beast Boy be supported on her shoulder.

Cyborg smiled and nudged Raven while whistling. "Ah, the new lovebirds in the tower!"

All Raven needed to do was growl, causing Cyborg to shrink anime style and sweat drop.

Robin shook his head noticing Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy and went to wake up Starfire. "Starfire, time to wake up."

Now normally this would be all it would take to wake up the joyful alien girl. However on this particular night Starfire did not wake up. She didn't stir or even let out a mere groan.

Nearby Robin, Cyborg was inspecting the cup like Robin had. He lifted up his scanners and the scanners beeped and showed a blue light over the blob leftover on the table.

Cyborg gasped and shook his head. "It seems like she was drugged. The intruder must have put it in her cup while she wasn't looking."

Robin nodded. "Just as I thought."

"Wait a minute." Raven whispered.

Robin cocked his head. "What is it?"

"That figure, I've seen it tonight. It visited by room and realizing that it was mistaken it left my room and must have went to Starfire's. So, if the intruder drugged Starfire when she wasn't looking the intruder must have had a good layout of the Tower. But, that doesn't make sense if the intruder went to my room first."

Robin processed this information for a moment before responding. "That is curious. That must mean that the intruder either doesn't know much about us, or the intruder has a terrible memory. If Starfire had the cup in the main room, then it would have been fairly easy to put the drugs in it while she was gone. And since the main room is the biggest and easiest room to locate in the Tower the intruder must have known at least that much. However, we have no proof that Starfire made the cup in the main room."

"Wait!" Beast Boy said in a faint whisper, his voice croaking. "I saw Starfire in the kitchen and she was making some sort of drink. She told me that the drink takes, like a lot of time to cool down so she would be her room cleaning while it was cooling down."

"But wouldn't that mean that you saw the intruder? Or at the very least wouldn't you have heard the intruder?" Raven asked.

Beast Boy shook his head. "Once she left I decided to get some grub since she was making something it made me hungry." Beast Boy stopped for a moment before adding, "also the stench of her drink was driving me crazy. However, there was nothing suitable in the fridge, so I went to Cyborg's room to convince him to go shopping."

"How long did that take?" Robin asked.

"Well," Beast Boy pondered, "it was hard to convince Cyborg and it felt like an hour until he gave in."

Raven turned to face Beast Boy. "But we don't need an estimate, but the real amount of time it took. Cyborg can you tell us the time Beast Boy was convincing you to go shopping?"

"Of course I can! I just need to press a few buttons," he said while he pressed what he said was a few but in reality was twenty buttons, "and I'll know!"

The machine on Cyborg's left hand buzzed signaling that it was done analyzing. "It was 38 minutes. No wonder I wasn't able to finish that upgrade on the T car!"

"But that doesn't tell us how long it took the drink to cool down. In that 38 minutes we don't know when Starfire went back to get her drink, and how long the intruder had time to drug the drink." Robin stated.

"We'll just have to ask Starfire, then we can find out." Raven replied calmly.

"We'll have to find out though later, Starfire is out pretty out cold." Robin said looking longingly at his girlfriend.

"Before then we can figure out what the intruder was after." Cyborg said.

Raven pointed at the glitter. "Whatever the intruder was after it's most likely in the closet. It looks though that the closet put up a fight."

"Geez! How much glitter does Starfire have!" Beast Boy yelled before snoring again.

Robin walked over to the glitter and noticed it was previously in a box. "The intruder must have wanted something in a box. However, it looks like they picked the wrong one."

"So what did they want if that wasn't it?" Raven asked.

Robin shrugged. "It could be any one of these boxes. Obviously, it isn't this one."

"I think I may know," Raven said before continuing, "when Starfire invites me to her room we sometimes take down some of these boxes. Almost all of them are just glitter, clothes from the store, or things for Silkie. However, the one in the middle, the one that is pink and with a gray bow, is the one that contains Starfire's original uniform."

"Maybe it was just a fan then." Cyborg said.

Robin shook his head. "No, not even a crazy fan would go to drugging someone."

Suddenly, the Titans heard a hacking noise. They turned to see Silkie who was hacking and who soon coughed up a piece of black clothing.

"Where did that come from?" Beast Boy asked, dumbfounded.

"Mickey mouse." Raven replied sarcastically.

Beast Boy's face brightened. "Really?!"

"No Beast Boy it's from the intruder. A piece of clothing must have came off on accident, and then Silkie must have attempted to eat it." Robin said causing Beast Boy to frown.

Beast Boy snapped his fingers. "Darn."

"Right...Anyways, Cyborg do you think that there is a DNA fingerprint on there?" Raven asked.

"Why would there be a fingerprint on a piece of clothing?" Beast Boy asked dumbfoundedly.

Cyborg shook his head. "They just call it that. A DNA fingerprint is either a piece of hair, blood, skin, or something of the sort. These items have DNA, so we'll be able to tell who the intruder was."

"Well that's stupid! Then why don't they call it DNA hairskinbloodprinting?" Beast Boy retorted.

"I wonder why." Raven replied monotonously.

Cyborg grabbed the piece of clothing before Silkie could get at it again, and he started walking to Medical Bay without a word. The other Titans, expect for Robin who was watching Starfire, followed him into Medical Bay, and Cyborg opened a door to find tweezers.

Once he obtained them he also grabbed a magnifying glass and inspected the clothing. Using the tweezers he carefully lifted up a piece of silk black hair and placed it on the slid. He began the process while the other Titans, minus Robin and Starfire, watched in awe.

While he worked he told Beast Boy and Raven that it would take a few hours for the DNA fingerprinting process to be complete, so the two Titans left to eat breakfast.

Beast Boy who had finally snapped out of his drowsy state eagerly turned on the burner, and began cooking his tofu eggs. Raven's nose cringed in disgust as she opened her tea cupboard, scanning all of her options. She settled on her regular herbal tea, and began to fill the tea kettle with filtered water.

Raven grabbed a tea cup, and filled the tea cup up to the brim with boiling water. While she continued to prepare, Beast Boy watched her move with awe. Soon she was finished, and she took a seat in her regular chair. Before she could even take a sip Beast Boy interrupted.

"Do you mind if I have some?" Beast Boy asked nervously as he scooped up his tofu eggs and placed them on a plate. He sat down near her, watching her with anticipated eyes.

Raven raised an eyebrow. "Since when have you liked tea?"

"Well, I thought that it wouldn't hurt to try."

Raven watched her boyfriend with curiosity before infusing again.

Soon, after all the steps were complete Raven handed Beast Boy a cup of herbal tea. She went back to her own cup, and took a sip.

Beast Boy figured that following Raven's steps was the best way to go so he followed her motion and also took a sip. He soon realized his fatal mistaken.

He dropped the tea cup, and if it wasn't for Raven's powers it would have broken. Beast Boy waved his hands gasping for breath and ran to the sink. He frantically grabbed a cup from the cupboard, filled it, and drank it fast. Some of the water dripped onto his uniform, but he didn't seem notice or care at the particular moment. He let out a sigh of relief when the burning stopped.

Raven shook her head. "You have to wait for the tea to cool. Since I was making a second cup for you mine was okay to drink. Yours, however, was not."

Beast Boy grinned sheepishly. "Yea..."

Raven handed him back his cup. "Just wait a minute or so, then it'll be fine."

Beast Boy nodded, and took the cup from Raven's hands. For a moment or so as their hands touched they both blushed. Beast Boy pulled his hand away, luckily not spilling the tea. Raven went back to her tea, trying to ignore what had happened. She lifted up her hood, concealing her blushing.

Beast Boy watched her for a moment before deciding that it was best to focus on his tea. He looked at the beverage for a minute until deciding that it should be cool by now.

He slowly took a sip, and his face brightened. "This is really good." He mumbled to himself not expecting Raven to hear him.

She nodded. "Sometimes it's okay to try new things." She said before covering up her mouth.

Beast Boy grinned catching her mistake. He swapped Raven's tea with his plate of tofu eggs. "You'll get your tea back if you at least eat only one bite." He said as he handed her a different fork.

"Beast Boy-"

Beast Boy shushed her. "Sometimes it's okay to try new things."

Raven shook her head, and warily scooped up a glob of the substance. She brought to her nose and took a whiff of it while Beast Boy laughed.

"Come on, it's not like it is poison!"

"I'm not so sure about that." Raven mumbled as she closed her eyes while she brought the tofu eggs into her mouth. She began chewing it slowly while Beast Boy watched her nervously.

"Well..." Beast Boy began.

As soon as Raven was finished swallowing Beast Boy was nearly on the edge of his chair, literally.

"I guess that it was actually pretty good." Raven said knowing what was going to come next.

Beast Boy slipped out of his seat, and stood up proudly. He began to dance and turn into various animals while out of nowhere disco music appeared and flashing lights were produced focusing on him.

Raven shook her head, and grabbed her tea by Beast Boy's spot, and she began to drink it slowly. She stared at the tofu for a moment, and grabbing the fork, she took another bite.

Honestly, she had never expected herself to ever try tofu. After all if Beast Boy liked it there was about a 99% chance that she would hate it. However, the tofu actually tasted, good. It actually tasted GOOD. A word that was never met to be in the same sentence with tofu unless of course the sentence is, tofu is not good.

Out of the corner of his eye Beast Boy spotted Raven eating the majority of his breakfast. Normally, if someone was eating your food without your permission you wouldn't be grinning like an idiot, but instead would be scolding them for it.

Beast Boy swiped the plate from Raven's spot. "I wouldn't want you eating all of it, now would I?" He said while wagging his finger in her face.

She rolled her eyes. "Even I wonder how I can possibly enjoy a substance that replaces meat. Me, daughter of Trigon the Terrible, meat is supposed to my life. And yet, here I am eating tofu. And even worse, wanting more."

Beast Boy smiled and fished a chef's hat from nowhere. "Do not worry madam. I shall cook more of the lovely tofu, wee." He said while turning the burner on, preparing a fresh batch of tofu eggs.

In a flash, Beast Boy was already back at the table and he slid a plate of steaming tofu eggs by Raven. "I hope you're satisfied, madam."

"Um...Thanks?" Raven replied. She waited for Beast Boy to sit down before consuming her own share of tofu eggs, and washing it down with her herbal tea.

Beast Boy did the same, and together they ate, exchanging a word or two.

"I got the DNA fingerprinting scanning done." Cyborg said, standing in the doorway. At first he saw nothing wrong with the scene. Then his eyes widened.

"Beast Boy is that TEA? And-Raven-is that TTTOOOFFFUUU!" Cyborg screamed and he ran into the Med Bay as fast as he could.

Raven snorted. "Boys." She mumbled. Before Beast Boy could respond adding that he indeed was also a boy, Raven had already left to follow Cyborg into the Med Bay. Shrugging he followed in after her.

When he entered Med Bay everything seemed to be normal. He noticed that Starfire had woken up, Robin beside her.

The screen on the wall showed a clear picture of a scrap of DNA.

Cyborg appeared to have recovered from the incident, but he was still trembling inside. He shook the feeling off knowing that it wasn't their major concern and pointed at the picture of DNA. "To most people this scrap of DNA would seem relatively normally. However, this is not human DNA. In fact, I've searched through almost all of the organisms on Earth and none of their DNA even is close to resembling this one. So, I guess that the DNA must be from an alien. Starfire can you tell us about this DNA?"

Starfire jumped at hearing her named called. She was quite drained. She had been knocked out only two days ago, during their fight with Mumbo, and just recently she was drugged. "Yes?" She feebly whispered.

Robin patted her back assuring her. "Does that picture of DNA look familiar to you?"

Starfire thought for a moment. Then she gasped. "That, that, is a picture of a Lang's DNA from the planet Langston."

"Langston? Langs?" Robin asked his girlfriend curiously.

Starfire thought for a moment before replying. "It is strange. Langston is a relatively peaceful planet. They help us, Tamaran, once in a while. We even trade together despite Langston being quite far away."

"Then how come one of them drugged you?" Beast Boy asked.

"I do not know."