Beast Boy stumbled into the common room, blindfolded with a dark black piece of cloth. He felt his way toward the kitchen, and sat down beside a very amused Cyborg and Robin.

"What time is it?" Beast Boy asked hollowly. He turned to the clock hanging on the wall, but couldn't see through the cloth that was covering his eyes.

"A bit over one o'clock. Say BB, when are you going to take this off?" Cyborg grinned and tapped the blindfold lightly.

"After my 'problem' ends." The changeling answered, fumbling to pour himself a glass of water.

"But won't that take a long time? Animal mating seasons often take quite a while." Robin raised his eyebrows and looked at Beast Boy curiously. "And you're doing this just so you can't see Raven?"

The shapeshifter groaned. "You have no idea how much Raven effects me in this state. Jeez, I tried to do Timid yesterday night! I have to keep myself under control!"

"So you mean that you might wear this for a month or more?" Asked Cyborg.

"As long as it takes." Answered the green titan solemnly. "It's for Raven's sake as well as mine. Dude, I think that I'm mentally scarred for life after that fiasco yesterday night. Literally." Beast Boy shivered. "Raven nearly killed me before I told her about my situation. Though it would be a great excuse to do something…"

Cyborg laughed out loud. "Ah, c'mon BB, couldn't you try to 'relieve' yourself the way our lil' Boy Wonder here did? I'm sure Robin here would lend you some tips!"

Robin's masked eyes widened. "Beast Boy? You didn't…"

Beast Boy laughed nervously. "Uh… Cyborg hacked into my computer and got the clip from there?"

"I am going to kill you someday, Beast Boy. And don't even think about getting me to steal your little 'confession' video for you." Robin hissed through gritted teeth. "In fact, I'll help Cyborg spread it across the Internet."

"You won't, Robin. Dude, we totally have the best blackmail material of the other, and I don't think you're the one that's going to drop the bomb first." Beast Boy grinned smugly and finally succeeded in pouring out the water.

Robin looked tense for a moment, then sighed in defeat. "Damn. You're right. Though I don't like it, we won't get hurt in this Cold War scenario. We're both safe in a way. No one's willing to press the button first."

Beast Boy nodded in agreement. However, the two titans didn't notice a certain cybernetic teen stifling loud giggles.

Beast Boy smiled and leaned forward. "So Robin… have you had any luck on Star recently?"

Robin shrugged. "Possibly in a few weeks at least. I'm not very optimistic on my chances in what I'm trying to get her to do."

"Is that so? Well…" The changeling stiffened slightly and beckoned for the two other titans to lean in closer.

"What, BB?" Cyborg frowned and looked at Beast Boy with a questioning glance.

"There's an intruder in the Tower. Somewhere in the common room." Beast Boy was keeping his voice as low as possible, making it almost impossible to hear.

Robin narrowed his eyes. "You smell him?" he whispered back.

"Yes. And I hear him a little. He's very good at keeping quiet." Beast Boy was trying his best to act casual.

"I've got him…" Muttered Cyborg. His right arm disappeared under the table, slowly shifting into his trusty sonic cannon.

"Okay." Breathed the nervous changeling. "I'll tell you when he's right behind me. He's crossing behind me now…" Beast Boy slowly edged the blindfold off his eyes. "NOW!"

In a flash, Cyborg's sonic cannon was out and firing. There was a strangled cry behind Beast Boy, then nothing.

Robin hurried over to the unconscious trespasser and turned on the lights. What he saw surprised him beyond anything that happened today.

"Red X?"

Cyborg blinked his human eye, just as confused. "What the hell is he doing here?"

"Dude, I'd so like to know." Muttered Beast Boy, who was examining how much damage Cyborg's supercharged sonic cannon did to the thief.

Robin ran his hand through his spiky hair. "Tie him up, and take his weapons and equipment. We may need to ask some hard questions tonight."

Nodding, Beast Boy took some very thick rope out of the drawers and started tying them around the knocked out figure. Robin was fishing out various pieces of weaponry out of places barely visible on the suit; he designed it, after all, and he knew it best. Cyborg was doing a check on the Tower security to see if anything was out of place. So far, everything he checked was alright.

Half an hour later…

Red X groaned and tried to get up. To his surprise, he was tied up and in a chair, and his entire belt was gone. To make matters worse, three not-so-happy-looking titans were staring at him.

Beast Boy was the first to speak up. "Dude, should we get Raven and Starfire? This is kind of important."

Cyborg shook his head. "Nah, we can handle this ourselves. We'll give him to the girls in the morning. It's too late now.

"I agree. So speak up, X. Don't make things dirtier than they already are." Robin walked over to the thief and looked at him straight in the eye. "Why did you come here tonight?"

The thief sighed and looked back at Robin. "As if you don't know."

"Don't know about what?"Robin snapped.

"The fact that you still have a small reserve of xenothium in your basement? Ring any bells, Chuckles?"

Robin's mouth dropped open. "How the hell did you know? And…" The boy Wonder suddenly frowned. "What the hell happened to you, X?"

Red X's suit was ripped and stained in many places, and some of his pale skin was showing underneath the tears. In other areas, dried blood was still showing on the material. "It's none of your damn business." The thief snapped, trying unsuccessfully to free himself.

Robin inspected the belt, running his fingers along the metal. "Your xenothium supply is running extremely low. What have you been doing?"

"Whatever he's been doing, he wasn't very successful. My scanners pick up a broken rib on him, and a dozen other small injuries. Man, whoever did this to him is good." Cyborg tapped another command into his arm.

"You don't say." Mumbled Red X. Robin shook his head in disbelief. He couldn't believe it; one of the cockiest villains he had ever faced was now sighing in defeat, as though all the fight had gone out of him. Was he really the thief that mocked the Titans at every battle?

"Cyborg, give him a tranquilizer. We're all too tired to handle a situation like this. We'll force the things we want out of him tomorrow night, before we hand him over the police."

"Yeah, and we'll tell the girls about him as well." Beast Boy commented.

"You wouldn't. Remember that I've heard your little chat before. Do you really want the girls to know about what you said?" Red X cracked open one eye and chuckled, a bit of his old arrogance creeping back in.

"Eh, on second thought… I won't tell the girls 'till he's behind bars." Beast Boy quickly put his blindfold back on and walked back to his room.

Sorry if it seems a bit OOC to let Robin put off questioning Red X 'till tomorrow night. Well, I can say that he's loosened up, doesn't go on obsession sprees, and he thinks more logically now. At least in this story.

I thought that a villain in the boy talks would be a nice touch. I mean, hey, only that much stuff can happen between the original three male titans.