Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. Or any of you guys. Except that guy in the glasses. Yeah, you I own.

Oh yes. Last chapter, the song Trevor sings is a real song I learned when I was a wee tot. It's called "Mrs. Murphy's Chowder". At the end of the chorus (which is what Trevor sung) you're supposed to say "chowder" instead of "grunthmek". I also do not own the lyrics. Or any grunthmek. Starfire can keep as much as she wants of that.

Breaking through the surface of the water, Raven gasped for much needed air and grabbed into a nearby floating kickboard. Unlike a certain changeling, she wasn't able to turn into water-breathing animals and thus required oxygen to fill her lungs. Said changeling was happily swimming in circles around Raven as a dolphin. Stopping, Beast Boy raised his fishy head out of the water to chomp onto Raven's kickboard and give her a good thwack on the head with it before tossing it several meters away with one flick of his head. She glared at him, now treading water once more until she got to the shallow end of the pool.

"Oh, you think you're so funny." Her only reply was a dolphin squeal. Getting up on his tailfin, Beast Boy was able to do a dolphin version of a moon-walk on top of the water for a moment before diving back under. A second later he jumped up through a floating ring in the water and dove through another one. Raven watched as he continued his little trick, jumping through every ring-toy floating in the pool. His grand finale was jumping over Raven and landing behind her.

"Showoff." Raven commented as Beast Boy resumed human form.

"Hey, I can't help it if I'm so talented. Bet you wish you could do that." Beast Boy boasted as he stretched and flexed.

"Yes, I've always wanted to learn how to jump through plastic hoops while squealing like an idiotic fish."

"First of all, dolphins aren't fish. They're mammals. Second, they're not stupid neither. For your information, they're the third smartest animal." He crossed his arms before suddenly smiling widely. "Ravens, on the other hand, are the eighth smartest animal."

Raven glared at him. He, Beast Boy, was taking a shot at her intelligence. Now that was not something she could stand for. If it's one thing Raven was proud of it was her big brain.

"Don't you dare make fun of my intelligence when you lack any of your own." she said, pointing a slender dripping-wet finger at Beast Boy threateningly.

"Ooh, that sounded like an insult."

"How perceptive of you. For that, you get one gold star. Keep it up and you may get another by the time today's over." Pulling herself out of the pool and sitting on the edge, Raven rung out her hair and water-logged cape the best she could.

"Keep up your insults and you may get another hat by the time this conversation's over." Beast Boy replied, also hopping out of the pool onto the edge, sitting a few feet away from the dark teen. He shook himself dry, much like a dog would, spraying Raven with the water he shed. A drip of water ran down her nose and fell into the pool as she glared fiercely at the changeling. He struck up a thinking pose.

"I wonder if I should go with the cat ears or the pink headband with the antennae that light up and bounce when you move?" He held both of them before him, trying to decide.

"It's your choice." Raven replied, half-heartedly as she gave her hair a final squeeze to get whatever water was left in it out. "At this point I don't really care about you and your fetish for me in silly hats." She was going to make sure Beast Boy realized that the hats were no longer getting to her so putting her in one would be pointless and give up the whole thing. Fortunately for her, it did work and Beast Boy got the point. But what she hadn't counted on was that he was the type of person who could bounce back with a whole new type of idea for a punishment. Well, once he thought of one, of course.

'Shoot. I gotta think up something new to make Raven squirm.' Beast Boy thought, putting away the headgear. He watched as Raven twisted the end of her cloak to squeeze out the water. 'She's easier to control and be obedient when she's outta her norms 'cause she doesn't always have the right answer or know what to do.' He studied her a bit more as she poured out the water in her boots, watching her frown when a goldfish spilled out as well. 'But she's totally in a new environment so why isn't it working?' It was then he spotted the problem. 'Duh! Her uniform! It's like her room on the go with that cloak of hers! Well, something like that…

'It's all gotta go.' he decided. Opening his mouth, he said,"Hey Raven, take off your clothes."

Smooth. Real smooth, Garfield.

"EXCUSE ME?!" Raven shouted, nearly falling into the pool again.

"Ack! No! I mean—I didn't—Oh man…" Beast Boy covered his now extremely red face with his hands and who could blame him? Poor guy really has to learn to think about what he wants to say before he says it. "It wasn't supposed to come out like that…"

"And what was it supposed to come out as?" Raven asked, sending a very dirty look at the changeling. Not only was what he said embarrassing, perverted, out of character for Beast Boy, and shocking, but it made the dark teen actually wonder what was going on inside of that green haired head of his.

"I…Err…Wanted you to go p-put on a bathing suit." Beast Boy replied, removing one hand from his face to point at the changing room at the other side of the room. "I wanna go swimming…" Well, it was half-true. Beast Boy did want to go swimming but the main reason was to get Raven to change into something that wasn't her uniform and a bathing suit was the first thing that had come to Beast Boy's mind.

"Why can't I swim in my uniform?" Raven questioned. "I've already been swimming in it as it is."

Pointing to a sign that was shabbily nailed up to a wall, Beast Boy said, "You can't. It's a rule. 'Swimmers must not wear uniforms in the pool, please. Facial masks are the only exception'."

"That has to be one of the stupidest rules Robin ever came up with!" Raven fumed, glaring holes at the sign.

"Actually," said Beast Boy, finally looking at Raven again, the red almost gone from his cheeks, "Star made the rule. (But Robin did add the mask thing.) She wanted an excuse to buy us all bathing suits and actually get some use out of them. She said it was 'unacceptable that my friends do the swimming without the proper swimwear attire! I shall go to the mall of shopping and retrieve the swimming suits of many colors and designs! Please, friends, what sizes do you require?'"

"Wait, is that the reason why she asked me two years ago right in the middle of dinner about my measurements?" Raven asked, suddenly recalling the night. When the question had been asked, Robin had inhaled half his soup up his nose, Cyborg fell over, and Beast Boy accidentally ate his spoon. And Raven? She had teleported out of the room, claiming she had lost her appetite.

"Probably." Beast Boy chuckled at the memory before wincing, remembering how the spoon got out of him. "Did she ever find out?"

"She cornered me in the hallway with a tape measure two days later." Beast Boy laughed at this.

"You should've just given them to her." he said.

"I thought she was going to buy me something like a big poofy poodle skirt. Or worse." Raven shuddered and Beast Boy laughed again, now actually getting off the ground and giving Raven a hand up. She accepted it and the two walked towards the changing area. Like the whole floor, it had no windows so Beast Boy flipped on the light switch and two overhead lights came on. Inside was very white. White walls, white doors, white cabinets, and white floor and ceiling tiling. The room itself was very small and only had two changing stalls. A large full bodied mirror was placed on the wall between them.

"There's a whole bunch of suits in here." Beast Boy said, opening one of the cabinets. Inside had to be at least half the mall's supply of swimsuits in all colors and designs sitting on five separate shelves that had been color coded to represent each of the Titans plus a bottom shelf that had been labeled "random". It didn't take a genius to figure out which shelf was Raven's. It was the purple one; all of the suits were still crisp and folded in piles, none of them having been worn yet.

"Hurry and choose one. I'm gonna go get changed into mine." Reaching randomly into his mess of a pile, Beast Boy grabbed some trunks and ran off to one of the stalls. Biting her lip, Raven took her first look at what was on her shelf. Hmm, the suits weren't half bad. Starfire had obviously realized the type of swimwear Raven would like. They were all dark colored one pieces and barely showed any of her shoulders or back, some even looking as though they had been made from her uniform but without sleeves or a collar. It seemed they were perfect.

…Well, if she was 2 years younger, 27 pounds lighter, and half a foot shorter, then they would be perfect.

"They're all too small for me to wear." Raven said, after checking all the tags on the suits. Apparently Starfire had not continued with keeping up-to-date with Raven and her growth spurts over the years.

"What'd you say?" Beast Boy asked, opening the door to his stall and stepping out. Raven turned to him.

"I said…you look like a Christmas elf going on vacation." Raven tried not to laugh but it was true. Beast Boy had chosen a pair of bright red swim trunks with white snowflakes on them. With his skin tone and pointed ears, he really did look like one.

"Aw man! Is that why Cy and Robin always laugh when I wear this one?"

"I would say so. I'm no fashion expert but I'd say red isn't your color."

"Dude, now I gotta change again!" He grabbed another outfit, this time actually paying attention to the one he was grabbing. It was the same purple color as his uniform with black swirls.

"I never said you had to change elf-boy." Raven said, putting away everything she had taken out back onto her shelf.

"Well, I don't want to look like I'm dressing for the holidays and why are you putting everything back? I told you, you need one too 'cause you're swimming."

"Everything's too small for me on my shelf. I know I could never wear any of Starfire's suits and I'm a girl so I can't wear trunks. Looks like either I don't go swimming or I keep on my uniform and—"

"NO! I mean…You can't! It's uh, a rule so you gotta follow it." Beast Boy said, lamely. "Plus, there's still stuff on the random shelf." He picked up a swimsuit that was in clear square packaging. "Look at this one! It's the same color as your cloak. And it's totally your size!" On closer inspection, Raven realized that indeed it was her size. She looked at the changeling with a questioning expression.

"And exactly how do you know what size I wear?" Beast Boy sweatdropped and scratched the back of his head.

"Uhhh…An-animal instincts…Now I better go change into this and yeah…" Quickly he ran off with his swimwear into a stall before Raven could question him further. Sighing, Raven looked down at the suit. Since it was still packaged, it was hard to tell what it looked like but it was the same color blue as her cloak, her size, and from what she could tell it wasn't skimpy. She supposed that would do and went into the unoccupied stall to change. Once inside, she closed the door and opened the parcel. Using her magic, she phased out of her uniform and phased the suit right on her without even getting a good look at it first. She looked down.

"NO!"

"What?!" came Beast Boy's voice on the other side of the door. "What happened? Are you okay?!"

"I'm not coming out. You go swim." Raven replied.

"No, you're swimming because I say so. Just one person swimming totally isn't fun. Now come out Raven or I'll drag you out."

"But I-I don't…Can't I wear my uniform?" Ah, so there was the problem. Beast Boy smirked.

"Aw, come on Rae. Don't you like your suit?"

"No."

"Why?"

"I…I look fat." Not expecting this answer, Beast Boy did a double take.

"What?! You can't be serious! You are so not fat. Now, what's the real problem 'cause I know that's not it."

"I…can see my stomach."

"And?"

"That's the problem!" At this Beast Boy let out a loud chuckle. "Are you laughing at me?!"

"Well yeah, you're kinda being silly, Raven. There's no need to be so shy 'cause it's only me here, the green guy you know and love!" He paused. "Well, love to make fun of anyways. Now, I'm going to count to five and if your butt isn't outta that stall, you'll be in so much trouble missy…"

"I'm not a child so don't treat me like one!"

"One…"

"I'm not coming out."

"Two…"

"I'm serious."

"Three…"

"Not going to work."

"Four…"

"Your threats are pointless."

"Four and a half…"

"…"

"Four and a half and a half…"

"…Not working…"

"Four and a half and a half and a half…"

"…"

"Four and a half and a half and a half and a h—"

"Uggh, fine!" Finally the door opened and there stood Raven in her blue two-pieced bathing suit with her arms crossed over her stomach. She wore bikini bottoms that weren't too revealing and her top had thick straps and no cleavage. Even though it was a very modest two-piece, it still showed off her midsection, something that she definitely wasn't used to.

Slowly, her gaze rose from her feet to her grass-stain of a teammate. His eyes were opened a bit wider and his jaw had lowered along with his ears, mimicking an expression of a deer in the headlights. Somehow his expression made Raven feel even more uncomfortable and she felt herself trying to retreat into the stall again. Beast Boy caught the slight moment and decided to say something.

"Err…Well, I thought the suit looked good in the plastic but it looks even better on you." There was no hood in the way to stop Beast Boy from seeing the slight blush cross Raven's face. He had always thought Raven was pretty but now that he could actually see her and not her cloak, he realized he was wrong; she was hot! He was actually rather glad that Raven's suit wasn't more revealing since he was pretty sure his mind would be giving him thoughts he probably shouldn't have about his female teammate.

"Thanks…" Beast Boy beamed at her reply. Usually if he complimented her, she would respond with something bitter or sarcastic, somehow bringing Beast Boy's intelligence into the conversation. He assumed that it was probably her way of trying to get the conversation off of her, seeing as she wasn't the type of person who liked the spotlight. He didn't see why she shied away; he loved the spotlight and was usually bribing the lighting technician to keep it on him longer than needed.

"So, ready to hit the pool?" he asked, trying again to break the uncomfortable silence that they fell into.

"Not while wearing this but you're going to make me go no matter what I say."

"You've got that right!" He smiled as they walked towards the door. "Plus, your belly's probably happy to be un-cloaked. It gets like no fresh air."

"My belly's happy just the way it normally is: covered."

"That's totally un-true and you know it." Beast Boy said, shutting off the lights before walking through the door. "I can see a huge happy grin on it right now." Raven rolled her eyes and unfolded her arms.

"My stomach does not gr-"

Squeeeak.

Squeeeak.

Squeeeeeeeak.

Looking down, Raven saw Beast Boy's hand and an uncapped purple marker. There was now a huge smiling happy-face on her midsection in purple ink.

"Well, now your stomach does grin." Beast Boy said, a silly smile on his own face. Raven, on the other hand, was not amused.

"That's not funny." she said. Quickly, she grabbed the marker from Beast Boy's hand and drew a mustache on his face. "Now that, that's funny." Shrieking, Beast Boy ran back into the dressing room to see what Raven had done to his flawless face in the mirror. When he came back, not only did he have an evil grin on his face, but he also had a 12-pack of different colored markers.

"You know, this means war."

"Bring it." Raven responded, pointing the tip of the purple marker at the changeling. Behind his evil smile, Beast Boy was truly grinning. Why couldn't Raven act this way with him on a daily basis? Sure it was fighting but at least it was fun.

…..And he could understand what was going on.

"Man, is this legal? 'Cause I'm pretty sure it ain't." Cyborg said, glancing down at the still reviving up chainsaw in one fan's hands.

"Even if it was, they probably wouldn't listen." Robin pointed out. "We need a plan or we're goners." Suddenly the chainsaw that had been so close to the trunk of the tree started smoking and finally exploded upon itself, making the fan drop it where it lay, still smoldering and dying.

"How about a little luck instead?" called out a familiar voice from in the shadow of the branches. "Good luck, bad luck, it all depends on how you look at it really."

"Jinx!" Cyborg cried as the pink spellcaster leaned on the trunk of the tree, still half in the shadows. "How did you get here?"

"I've been here from the start. I was having lunch." She held up a pink and black lunch bag. "Honestly, you rob one restaurant and you're banned for life from all of them. I figured the park would be a nice place for a picnic and I didn't want company so I came up here." Pausing, she looked down at the mob below. "Now that's what I was trying to escape, except my version had a lot more angry policemen and less happy faces."

"Well you're an honorary Titan now so that shouldn't happen any more." Robin remarked.

"Yeah, well some people like to hold grudges. By the way," Jinx began, smirking while taking in Robin's appearance, "new look? I like it better than the original. You always reminded me of a traffic light." Robin scowled and crossed his arms over his bare chest as Cyborg gave a whole-hearted chuckle. "Seeing as I've been here the entire time, it wouldn't come as a surprise that I heard you talking about revenge on your green friend. Would you care to explain?"

"No, actually we wouldn't." Robin said, still irritated from Jinx's fashion comment. "It's something between just us and him."

"Oh, that's a shame." Jinx replied, casually leaning against the tree trunk, inspecting her fingernails. "I could help you both get out of this tree without being mauled, but no, I don't think I will. You're not letting me in on your little secret so why should I let you in on mine to escape?"

"Starfire is—"

"Starfire is what? Coming back for you? Yes, she will, there's no doubt in that, but when is she going to come back? You sent her to a candy store Boy Blunder; it could be hours before she returns, arms laden with sweets, barely any room to carry her boy-toy and Mr. Roboto."

"She does have a point, Rob." Cyborg agreed as Robin sent a nasty glare at Jinx for referring to him as Starfire's 'boy-toy'. "We don't know when Star'll be back and those fans might actually form a plan that works before she does."

"She has her communicator. We'll just call her."

"Man, what do you think I've been doin'?" Cyborg asked, indicating his actions of pushing a signal button on his arm, trying to contact the alien princess. "You think I've just been pushin' the transmit button for the last 10 minutes just because I was bored? Star's either ignorin' her communicator, can't hear her communicator, or it's off."

"Or, she's in trouble." Robin said, narrowing his eyes…

"Ooooh, this is most troubling!" Starfire said, her eyes moving back and forth between the two objects in front of her. She was really in a pickle and had unfortunately left her communicator on her dresser this morning, completely forgetting it with all the ruckus that went on in the early hours of the day. There was no way for her to contact her fearless leader. "Most troubling indeed. I cannot decide whether I shall purchase the grape flavored solidified sugar rock formation on a stick or the cherry flavored solidified sugar rock formation on a stick for friend Robin."

"Miss," said the obviously tired and irritated store worker. "At this point, just buy both rock candies. You've already bought almost half the store and one extra rock candy wouldn't hurt."

"No, I must limit my spending." replied Starfire, picking up the grape flavored one and inspecting it. "Robin has told me I must not be superfluous in my purchases so I shall choose only one." She put down the grape one and picked up the cherry. "But Robin has also advised me in always being prepared for any encounter and I am not certain which flavor he enjoys more. This is a most perplexing conundrum."

"Please Miss, for my sanity, just take both." the older woman behind the counter begged. "I don't care if I have to buy the other one for you!"

"No, that is not required. I have decided that I shall purchase both of the candies; Robin has never minded eating extra of the candies." Starfire turned to the older woman with a huge smile on her face. "And Robin has two capable hands and can do the holding and consuming of both rock formations at the same moment! Glorious, is it not?"

"Yeah, yeah, now will you finally give me that plastic card and check out already? I'm getting tired of—"

"Ah! I must collect some of those!" Starfire grinned happily as she floated over to the jellybean display on the side of the store she had not shopped her way through yet. "The bright colors are most joyous and the little beans come in many of the flavors! Indeed, I have not even heard of several of them." Sensing she was alone, Starfire looked around until she spotted the woman whom had been helping her and flew over.

"What activity are you partaking in I question?" she asked the lady who was fussing around with long strings of red candy.

"Oh, I'm just making a noose out of strawberry licorice so I can go hang myself and end all this." She pulled everything into a tight knot. "Then I'll be able to meet the big guy upstairs and ask him what the meaning of life is."

"Most excellent! And please, will you question him upon the matter of what the flavor of 'tutti-fruity' tastes like, yes?"

"Is he always like this?" Jinx asked Cyborg, jerking her thumb in Robin's direction.

"Yeah though he used to be worse but our little Robbie learned to relax…somewhat." Cyborg replied, ruffling Robin's hair with one of his large hands.

"Knock it off Cyborg!" Robin yelled, fixing his messy hair back to perfection. "Jinx, are you going to help us or not?"

"Like I said, I'm only giving out escape information for some of your information, specifically on you boys, revenge, and the changeling."

"I gotta admit, Jinx." Cyborg said. "You've always been really good at gettin' what you want." Jinx smiled.

"Well, just because Kid Flash convinced me to fight on the side of good doesn't mean I'm not as cunning and manipulative as ever." she replied. "People are so feeble minded no matter what side of the fence you're on."

"Speakin' of Kid Flash, where is that he? I haven't seen him since his last visit." Cyborg asked.

"Oh, he's spending the day at Titans East while I straighten out some things here. He mentioned something about challenging those Spanish speaking twins to a dance-off…"

"Oh, is that all you've got, M&M's?" Kid Flash asked, grooving to the music, rapidly moving on the dance pad hooked up to the television. The dance moves were rapidly flying across the screen, almost unreadable. If the players had been anything other than superhero speedsters, they probably would've given up by now.

"¡Usted no ha visto nada todavía!" shouted Más, his brother Menos at his side on the other half of the dance pad. Two against one might seem unfair, but Kid Flash was a whole lot bigger than they were, and they could only move at super speed if they were touching.

"I haven't seen nothing yet, eh?" Kid Flash responded, just as level 238 finished and the next level was about to start. "Well I hope your can back up that boast because the next one's even faster. Do you think you can handle it?"

"¡Más y Menos! ¡Sí podemos!" the twins shouted their battle cry and prepared to start. Kid Flash was going down!

"Man, I can't even keep up with the screen." Speedy complained, taking a drink from his soda, and continuing to watch the dancing red-heads. He put his feet on the coffee table in front of him and one arm behind his head.

"I know what you mean." commented Aqualad, who was sitting next to Speedy on the couch, also watching. "Everything's becoming blurry and it's making me seasick." Already he was visibly turning green.

"Hey! If you puke, I am not cleaning it up." Bumblebee scolded. She sat on the other side of the archer, munching on a bowl of popcorn. Her only response was sort of a gagging noise followed by a splattering sound.

"Gross! I just had this vest dry-cleaned!"

"I always wondered who'd win that…" Cyborg mused.

"I'll ask Kid Flash about it when he comes back." Jinx said. "But in the meantime, either start explaining or start climbing higher because the cavalry has arrive and they've brought ladders." While the three teens had been chatting, the fans had been plotting and eventually several of them opted to go retrieve ladders and they were back. Robin weighed their options. Their percentage of escape was minimal.

"Okay Jinx. We'll accept your offer." he said at last. "But you have to hold up your part of the bargain first seeing as they're already climbing the ladders and we might not make it to tell the whole tale." He held out his hand. Jinx thought for a moment and decided the deal was acceptable.

"Fine, but if you back out of your half, I'm giving you seven years of bad luck."

"I never back out of a promise. Heroes—"

"Yeah, yeah. Heroes don't break promises, stay up past their curfew, put one toe out of line, and always floss their teeth twice a day. Just stand back, Mr. Goodie-Goodie, and let me get to work." Robin growled and glared at Jinx but stepped aside. Taking out a slip of paper out of her pocket and unfolding it, Jinx cleared her throat and cupped one hand at the side of her mouth and read off the piece of paper.

"OMG! ROBSTAR IS THE BEST PAIRING EVER!" she yelled. "ANYONE WHO THINKS OTHERWISE IS STOOOPID!" Calmly, Jinx replaced the paper back inside her pocket and crossed her arms, turning to the other two in the tree. Both of them had identical looks of 'what the heck?' written on their faces.

"Robster?" Cyborg questioned. "What in the world is that? Some new kind of lobster?" Jinx shook her head, a playful grin on her face.

"No, and far from it. 'RobStar' is an acronym for Robin and Starfire, together. Now shush and just watch."

"What do you mean by 'togeth—'?" Robin began, but was cut off by a yell.

"No way!" It came from one of the many fans down below. "Robin totally belongs with Raven! They both have names five letters long!"

"Nuh-uh! Robin belongs with Speedy 'cause they both have the same kind of masks." shouted another fan, glaring at the first. "And plus, Raven belongs with Cyborg. They both don't wear pants!"

"Cyborg belongs with me!" a third fan screamed, shaking a fist at the second. "I love meat and football!"

"Cyborg belongs with Beast Boy! They love videogames!"

"Beast Boy belongs with Starfire! They're so happy and playful!"

"Starfire and Aqualad forever! They have long hair!"

"Aqualad belongs with Raven! I'm not sure why, but they do!"

"Raven and Beast Boy are so cute together! At least ninety percent of the people reading this story agree with me so it's pointless to put a reason!"

"Beast Boy and Beast Boy are meant for each other!"

"You moron! How the heck can one person be with himself?"

"He'll get a mirror! And who are you calling a moron, you moron!"

"WHY YOU LITTLE—!" And thus, the chaotic battle of the fans broke out. There was hair pulling, kicking, punching, sissy-slapping, and rude remarks put on internet blogs. Those who had come so close to reaching the trapped heroes scurried down their ladders to join in on the fight. Up above, Robin and Cyborg watched, mortified at what was happening, yet oddly fascinated.

"What's going on?" Robin asked the pink-haired spellcaster. She chuckled.

"Obviously you've never visited one of your own fansites." Cyborg and Robin shook their heads. "Well, theses fans have the oddest obsession with pairing you Titans with one another, sometimes with the fan themselves, and arguing about which pairing is the best. Seeing as there are so many of them, a lot of them contradicting the others, even more fighting ensures. Of course, not all of them fight like this. Some are very accepting of others and their opinions. But apparently none of those fans are here right now."

"Dude, they're fantasizin' about who we should go out with?" Cyborg asked. "Man, that's just plain wrong! …Though, I kinda do want that third fan's number. She was pretty cute…" Robin sweatdropped at his friend's statement while Jinx muttered something about 'cybernetic players'. "So, where's the part about us getting out of this tree in one piece?"

"Oh, that's simple. We just jump out now."

"Jump? But won't they—?"

"They're too busy fighting amongst themselves. Right now you could dance around naked and make out with Stone here, and they wouldn't notice a thing. It's just how they get." Jinx jumped out of the tree and gracefully landed on the ground. Moments later, she was joined by the other two. Robin surveyed the scene from his closer point of view.

"This seems too dangerous to continue commencing. Even though I'm thrilled at the idea of getting away, I can't ignore the fact that people are getting hurt."

"Don't get your tights in a twist." Jinx replied, side stepping two fans who were rolling around on the ground. "They'll be fine. Somehow they always come back the next day to fight a new battle. And, there's a rumor that if you kill one of them, three more will take their place. Come on now. I want to hear your stories now."

And so they walked and talked, occasionally moving out of the way of bickering shippers. Jinx listened, her eyes twinkling with growing amusement with every sentence spoken. By the time they had reached the T-car and R-cycle, Jinx was clutching her sides, laughing.

"I really wish I could've been there to see that." she exclaimed. "So now you, Starfire, and Raven are planning on getting revenge for his pranks?" They nodded. "Well, in order to get back at him, you need something really good. Something original, humiliating, and vengeful."

"That's what we've been trying to think up all day but we've been running into problems. And he doesn't make it any easier." Robin said, jerking his thumb towards Trevor who seemed to be sleeping on the bench right now.

"So I've heard. Is Starfire's food really that bad?"

"No." Robin began.

"It's worse." Cyborg finished. Both shuddered at the thought.

"So Jinx," Robin asked. "Why exactly do you know all about these fans and 'shipping' as you called it?"

"Boredom." Jinx responded. "Gizmo made it a habit to go on those sites just to bad-mouth you all. I thought the sites might contain at least some useful information for future take-downs of your team but probably nothing was true. For instance Robin, do you have a third-eye on the back of your head?"

"No."

"Exactly. Total waste of time. The 'shipping' was everywhere on those sites and unavoidable, though the fights between the fans was actually pretty amusing to read." she admitted.

"Jinx?" Robin asked, a smile creeping along his face.

"Yes?"

"Sounds to me like you're a fan of our fans." Jinx huffed.

"Don't kid yourself; I've just been to the slammer a few too many times."

"Sure, whatever you say..."

"It's true!"

"Greetings friends! I have returned!" said a perky voice from above. All three looked over as Starfire landed. "Jinx, it is most enjoyable to see you once again!"

"Nice to see you too." Jinx replied, side-stepping Starfire's killer hug. One thing she had learned fast after the Brotherhood of Evil's defeat was to avoid any and all hugs from alien princess. And she had thought being an enemy of the red-headed beauty had hurt enough.

"Will you be doing the hanging out with us?" Starfire asked, hovering around the spellcaster.

"Well, if you're inviting then sure—"

"Oh! Most joyous! Perhaps you will be able to aid us in the revenge against friend Beast Boy! You have proved to be most clever in battle!"

"I don't like to brag or anything…" Jinx responded, smiling lightly. "Actually, yes, yes I do. I rock."

"You're so full of yourself, Jinx." Cyborg said, laughing and smiling.

"Oh and like you're not, Stone?"

"I hate to break up the fight but let's get back to business." Robin butted in. "Starfire, you got the chocolate, right?"

"Oh, yes I have." She smiled and held up a clear baggie with a twisty-tie full of chocolate truffles. Cyborg sighed in relief.

"Girl, I thought you were gonna go and come back with half the store in your arms." he exclaimed.

"Oh friend, you are most silly." Starfire replied, giggling. Soon Robin and Jinx joined in the laughter. Starfire's grin grew larger while she added, "They did not have enough bagging materials to hold my purchase of half the store so the rest shall be delivered to the Tower in three to five Earth hours."

And then, the laughter stopped.

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