It was a breezy day. The sun, a bit embarrassed by the fact that he was severely outnumbered by fat grey clouds, decided that he would conceal his shame by hiding behind the dangerous-looking clouds before they ate him. The sun consciously told himself to take revenge on those brats when their forces were reduced.

Of course, Raven didn't have time to appreciate the breeze because she was flying at top speed right behind Starfire so that she wouldn't lose her. Her cloak billowed behind her, and she had to pull up her hood to prevent it from whipping into her cheek. Looking down, she caught a glimpse of the blue-white car zipping down the street - matching the two's speed - before a group of trees blocked her view. Man, it was fast. And here she was thinking that she was flying at the speed of an arrow.

The communicator kept slotted in her belt started to beep loudly. Momentarily distracted, she grabbed the device and fumbled with the buttons on it. Damn it, which one should I press? Thankfully, the screen changed and a voice suddenly erupted from the communicator, nearly causing Raven to drop it in alarm.

It was Cyborg's voice. "Ah, ah, testing Raven's communicator, 1, 2, 3. Can you hear me, Raven? Say something so we can test the mic on yours."

"Um, yeah. Hi?"

"HI RAVEN! I CAN SEE YOU ABOVE US!" BB's voice rang, loud and resonant. Raven winced as her eardrums complained from the sudden burst of noise.

"Hm, sounds good. Okay Raven, seems like you figured out how to handle the communicator, so if you need any help, just press the yellow button alright?"

Raven scrutinised the communicator. All the buttons were yellow.

"Er, all the buttons are yel – "

"Star, I need you to bring Raven to the back of the building. Seems like someone is stirring up something there. We'll surround them." Robin's voice cut her off.

Starfire's response was muffled by BB. "Dude, we are like, a million years away from the building? We should have a bonding session with our newest team member or something."

"BB, I think it's time to switch off Friendster mode."

"Aww come on, you guys are no fun." Raven could picture BB sticking his tongue out and pouting.

It was Cyborg's voice again. "You do realise 3 of us are in the same car right? We don't exactly need to use the communicator."

There was a moment of silence. "You do have a point," BB admitted. "But where's the fun if we can't converse with the two beautiful ladies up there?"

Raven thought it would be a good time to interrupt. "Oh, that's alright, we don't exactly need anyone to talk to us right no – "

"Shut up, BB. You are annoying." Robin cut in curtly. Apparently, he had forgotten to switch off his communicator.

"Ah, you jealous Robbie-poo? I can always talk with you y'know, though we should keep it a little private…"

"Eeesh, gerroff me. Stop salivating on my shoulder."

"Wanna share my blankie? I brought one."

"Hmm, let me think…" There was a prolonged pause. "No."

"What about my pillow?"

"Oh, gee, thanks. How did you know I actually wanted to share your pillow and not your blanket?"

"I just know, Robbie-poo." Robin didn't bother to reply. However, there was a swoosh sound from the communicator and BB immediately started yelling, accompanied by Cyborg's maniacal cackling.

"AWW COME ON ROB YOU DIDN'T NEED TO THROW THEM OUT OF THE WINDOW! YOU SUCK ROB YOU SUCK SO BAD – "

"I told you to stop touching me, you shithead."

For the first time, BB kept silent.

Although the silence didn't last very long.

"Fine. NINETY-NINE ARMIES OF DUCKS ON THE WALL! NINETY-NINE ARMIES OF DUCKS! TAKE ONE DOWN, PASS IT AROUND…"

"Oh for the love of – " Robin muttered.

" - NINETY EIGHT ARMIES OF DUCKS!"

"We are a few miles from the building – WILL YOU SHUT UP ALREADY?" Cyborg boomed.

"Blame Robin! He took my blankie and pillow away from me! NINETY EIGHT ARMIES OF DUCKS ON THE WALL, NINETY EIGHT ARMIES OF – "

Raven groaned inwardly. If BB was going to keep up with his song, she was going to lose control of her emotions soon. She had to think of something to preoccupy the green changeling.

"Er. Realistically, it isn't possible for duck armies to be on the wall." She said slowly into her communicator. "Unless you want to defy gravitational laws."

BB immediately shut up as he considered Raven's reasoning.

"Thank god," Cyborg breathed.


10 minutes later

"NINETY SEVEN ARMIES OF DUCKS IN THE POND, NINETY SEVEN ARMIES OF DUCKS! TAKE ONE DOWN, PASS IT AROUND…"

Raven could hear Robin ramming his head against the car window in frustration. "Ask him another rhetorical question, please," he said desperately into his communicator.

Raven found herself desperately trying to find another question. Her flying was distracting her from all reasoning and she found, much to her dismay, that she didn't know what to ask BB.

"Perhaps you could throw him out of the window too, Rob," Cyborg suggested hopefully.

BB stopped singing. Cyborg sighed in relief and Robin stopped ramming his head against the window.

There was a momentary pause. "We're here," Robin said firmly. Raven looked down at the scene before her. It was a mess. She could distantly make out a figure throwing pink bolts at people running around randomly near a building, and she thought she saw a car fly and crash into a tree. What in the name of Azarath…

"Jinx," Robin snarled.

"Oh great, what a surprise. I was hoping it would be someone hotter." BB muttered.

Starfire motioned for Raven to follow her. Both of them glided through the air behind the partially destroyed building as the other 3 Titans advanced towards the pink haired villain.

Robin pushed his way past frantic people as they scrambled to get out of harm's way. Jinx laughed maniacally as she cartwheeled around and leisurely shot pink bolts from her fingers. The smile never left her face even as she caught sight of the Titans.

"Ah, what a surprise. Hi, Robin," she waggled her fingers affectionately, then continued dismissively. "… and the rest."

"Hey…" BB started indignantly, but Robin signalled for him to shut up.

"What do you want now, Jinx? Or more like, what does Slade want now?"

Jinx rolled her eyes. "Oh, dear Robin. Spare me the clichéd hero questions please."

"I don't have time to be entertaining you and your small talk."

"Ah, I see. I guess I should be saying my evil lines now, shouldn't I? Something along the lines of… hold on I've got it… ah, oh no it's the Teen Titans who have come to ruin my evil plan of torturing people! Prepare to die at my hands! Did you want to hear something like that, Robin?"

"Oh, how did you know?" Robin replied sarcastically.

"I just know," Jinx waved a hand dismissively, then proceeded to scrutinise it. "I would have been doing my nails at a time like this, if Slade hadn't told me to come over and rile you guys up a bit."

The mention of Slade's name piqued Robin's curiosity. "Slade?" he asked irritably. "What now?"

"Whoops, have I let on too much?" Jinx giggled. "Keep the Slade part a secret, kay?"

BB moaned, slapping a hand to his forehead. "Spare me the mindfuck games, seriously."

Robin sighed. "Let's get on with it then. Titans, go!"

Cyborg and BB charged forward, Cyborg aiming his gun at the villain and BB transforming into a rhinoceros. Both attacks missed as Jinx made a perfect somersault in the air and landed behind them, fingers aimed at their backs.

"Duck!" Robin yelled, brandishing his staff and swiping it towards Jinx. It only managed to land a scratch as Jinx quickly moved out of the way. Unfortunately, both Cyborg and BB were still hit squarely in the backs by her curses, and both flew a considerable distance away to crash into the building, creating two distinct holes, one considerably larger than the other.

"Dammit, I hate those pink thingies she keeps throwing at us," BB complained, emerging from the hole in his human form and rubbing his bruised shoulder. Cyborg emerged soon after, and his face was a thundercloud. "Wait until I get my hands on that pink haired bitc - "

"Star, about time?" Robin shouted, charging towards the smiling villain again and attempting to land a punch on her cheek. She blocked it with an arm, and the two immediately started to engage in hand-to-hand combat. While Robin's main strength lay in his agility and physical combat, he knew after many previous encounters with Jinx that the girl was a force to be reckoned with.

And her face kind of creeped him out. Though he wasn't going to admit it to anyone.

Robin cursed as she managed to land a punch on his arm, nearly causing him to drop his staff. Taking advantage of his distraction, she started to produce a bolt with her other hand.

Luckily for him, Starfire appeared at the right time and managed to shoot a well-aimed starbolt at Jinx's shoulder. Jinx grunted from the force of the shot, and she shifted her attention towards the pretty alien. Uh oh, Robin thought, as Jinx's eyes glowed pink in anger. Starfire hurled a few more bolts at her, but Robin knew that if Jinx unleashed that curse, Starfire was as good as screwed.

"Over here, bitch!" Robin shouted, hurling a birdarang at Jinx. She managed to dodge it, though it did land a small scratch on her cheek. Her sudden improvement in speed over the past few months shocked him. What had Slade been feeding her?

Whoops, bad choice to injure her face. Jinx's anger at her scratched face just made her aim her curse at him now. He groaned inwardly. At this rate, he was not going to be able to dodge that attack and he was definitely going to transform into a pile of ash or something, depending on what Jinx wanted to do with him.

Just as Jinx released the curse right at him, Robin felt an odd sensation. Wait. This feels like… Instantly, he was lifted off the ground and the curse shot below him harmlessly at the place he used to be standing.

I'm floating? Robin looked below him incredulously. Starfire wasn't carrying him, so it could only be… He froze. In the heat of the fight, he had nearly forgotten the last Titan he had entrusted to Starfire.

Raven stood in mid-air, frowning in concentration, her outstretched hands encased in a familiar black aura. It came back to him now. He had this weird feeling when she… she teleported him. His whole body was covered by a strange tingling sensation, and he resisted the urge to sweep off the feeling.


Ever so carefully, Raven set the leader back down on the ground far away from the crazy pink haired girl. Or that was what she viewed this villain as. She had never seen anybody with such a ridiculous hairdo which reminded Raven vaguely of a horseshoe. And seriously, did she actually colour-code her hair with her attacks? How was it possible that everything was pink?

Jinx diverted her attention towards Raven and lifted an eyebrow suspiciously. "And who are you?"

"None of your business," Raven retorted without thinking. Then she realised how everyone was staring at her questioningly, including the suspended leader.

BB whistled. "You go girl," he chortled.

Jinx shot Raven a glare. "Some new team member, eh? What a pity. She totally wasted her talents on such a group of losers."

Cyborg bristled. "Group of losers? I'll show you loser – "

"Quit it, Cy. Don't get agitated by her," Robin said calmly. "You can put me down now, Raven."

Raven sheepishly let him down. And here she was fantasizing about turning him upside down…

"LOOK OUT!" A pink curse shot towards the unsuspecting demoness, and she quickly put up a shield in the nick of time. For the first time, she wanted to thank Robin for his warning.

Jinx laughed again, although this time it sounded a bit unsure. "You know all of you are not actually capable of – "

"Losing to you? Yeah, sure. We have loads of evidence," BB piped up. Jinx glared at him.

Producing a watch from out of nowhere (or possibly an invisible pocket Raven didn't manage to see), Jinx sighed exaggeratedly as she checked the time. "Ah, look at the time!" she said loudly. "Hate to break it to you guys, but today's just not the day."

"Day to what?" Robin asked angrily. He was growing tired of her remarks.

"Hmm, let's put it in that crude way of yours. Ah, yes. Kick your ass, of course." Jinx smiled widely. "Oh well, I guess we were just not fated to be, Robin dear."

It was Robin's turn to bristle. "Don't you think of going anywhere – " he started before Jinx cut him off with a new peal of laughter and cartwheeled towards a car that had suddenly appeared from nowhere. Raven wondered whether the girl ever felt dizzy with her mad acrobatics.

The Titans hurled a large number of attacks towards the escaping villain, but most of them missed. Raven concluded wryly that it was high time someone got them glasses. As the car sped off, she watched as Robin attempted to chase it, throwing a last birdarang which bounced harmlessly off the boot.

And then he let loose a whole string of curse words Raven never believed existed. She winced slightly.

The Titans stood in silence as they watched their leader. Raven reached forward to heal his arm, but he shrugged her off, muttering, "I don't need it. Heal the others first." She raised an eyebrow, but complied. The last thing she wanted to do was annoy the already riled leader. Those birdarangs did look kind of vicious.

BB broke the silence. "So, who's up for some pizza?" Cyborg raised his hand immediately, followed by Starfire. Robin shrugged his shoulders resignedly. In the Titan system, the majority usually won.

Raven fidgeted uncomfortably. "Well then, I guess I should be going back to wash the –"

"Not in a chance, buddy," BB interrupted, slinging an arm over her shoulder. "You have to participate in the sacred ritual of the pizza-eating after a long and strenuous fight."

"Er, I didn't really do anyth – "

"No excuses, girl," BB said cheerfully and started to steer her towards the car. "We can all squeeze into the car since it's just a short drive away. Vegetarian pizzas, here we come!"

Cyborg started to quarrel with BB over which pizzas to order. Raven hesitated before following the rest of the Titans towards the car. She had a very bad feeling that all this was just the beginning of her horrible nightmare.


"AWWW COME ON, IT'S A WEDNESDAY! WHY IS IT CLOSED?"

Raven watched as Cyborg and BB started to pound the locked glass doors of the pizza place desperately, wailing. BB looked as if the apocalypse had just occurred. Raven wondered why none of them seemed to notice the large sign on the doors which explained the current situation well enough.

She hesitated. "The sign says the restaurant is closed on Wednesdays. It's pretty obvious," she pointed out. Cyborg and BB stopped their ranting for a moment, looking at the sign, before restarting their tirade. Cyborg began to pull springs out of his head frustratedly, a sight Raven found a lot more disturbing than BB's transformations. BB, on the other hand, resorted to squatting in a corner to complain about how all-knowing sex gods were constantly being cheated by the evil pizza people.

Starfire seemed to be the only one who didn't mind the closure. "That is alright, friends! I can always make all of you a delicious Tamaranian snack to cheer everybody up!"

Her suggestion was met with silence. If BB's face could turn any greener, it just did.

"Thanks for the offer, Star, but we are really fine." Robin said hurriedly. Raven had never seen the leader so flustered before. She started to doubt the credibility of Starfire's cooking.

Cyborg stopped complaining and started to rub his chin thoughtfully. "Well, y'know, we do have a few cans of beer back home..."

"No drinking on weekdays, Cy," Robin said firmly. "I thought we did set some ground rules."

Cyborg sagged in disappointment. "Aww man, it's just one - "

"No, Cy."

BB chose the perfect time to cut in. "Oh wells,we poor things have nothing to look forward to! Where is the justice in that? And you dare to call yourself a leader, Robin? What shall I do now? Oh, I have an idea. Maybe I should lighten our sorrows by singing the tragic melody of the ducks."

Robin raised an eyebrow. "Tragic melody of the ducks?"

"You got that right. Now," BB cleared his throat and sang in a melancholy voice, "Ninetyyy nineeee armieees of duuucks oooon the waaaalllll, ninetyyyy nineee - "

"Oh my god, please don't start that again."

"- armieeees ooof duuuuckks!"

Cyborg glared at BB. "That's the same fucking son - "

Raven watched helplessly as a full blown fight commenced with both Cyborg and Robin trying to silence the small green Titan who resolutely refused to shut his mouth. To her astonishment, Starfire seemed to be moved to tears by BB's rendition of the duck song, her large green eyes brimming with tears.

This was unbelievable.

"OKAY, OKAY! YOU GUYS CAN DRINK, ALRIGHT?" Robin yelled over BB's loud singing. The horrible tune finally stopped, and BB flashed a large grin. "I knew it would work!" he said triumphantly, punching a victorious fist into the air. Even Cyborg stopped pummelling him.

"I'm warning you, no more than 2 cans a person, you hear me? I'm not having drunk idiots roaming around the Tower and I'm certainly not going to bring piss-drunk people to fight."

"Yes, mother." Cyborg and BB said together. They proceeded to glare at one another for having said the same sentence, as if whoever owned the sentence was really that important.

"Would you buy me a new blankie too, mother?" BB asked hopefully, eyes shining.

"Don't push your luck."

"Ah, at least it was worth a try."

Raven resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She realised, much to her discomfort, that Robin had now shifted his gaze onto her. She attempted to change her position such that she was conveniently not facing him.

Luckily for her, Robin's studious gaze left her face after a few minutes. "Let's go then," he sighed. "I need to take a shower."

Raven followed the rest of the Titans as they packed into the T-car. While there was little space, they still managed to fit, although with loads of complaints from the males. As Cyborg started the car, she looked out of the window, staring at the azure sky above.

What in the name of Azarath have I gotten myself into?