I'd just like to make a shout out to Vin. I do like your theory about Arny being created by the cult of Scath. I might even consider that as part of his origin. On a further note Arny's human form is influenced by what his original form was able to identify. (He was a dark cloud of energy in chapter one) More will be reviled about him soon.

P.S. Happy New Year Everybody!

Chapter 25: Gate Crashing

After several fun filled minutes of Arny's version of laundry day, the large group of teens emerged from Robin's room. The moment they entered the corridor Beast Boy's high sense of hearing caused him to halt suddenly.

"Is something the matter friend?" Starfire asked.

"Shh... listen... do you guys hear that?"

The group paused and soon enough the faint beeping of an alarm could be heard.

"Hey, I can hear somethin', it's comin' from the Common Room." Arny Pointed.

"Dudes it's the computer! c'mon lets go!" The green teen called out and ran towards the noise.

He reached the automatic doors as they swished open, inside everyone was greeted to a blinking 'Incoming Call' sign on the Titans mainframe.

"What's going on pal? are we under attack?" Arny prepared himself.

"No dude, I think someone's trying to contact the Titans." He reassured as the call was automatically answered.

As the screen came to life it was plain for all to see that it was the former villain that normally caused everyone to groan.

"Control Freak?" Beast Boy and Starfire raised their eyebrows while the various emotions all shared an unasmused look.

"Greetings Ti... uh... I mean... Wildcards... wasn't it?" He asked hesitantly.

"Wildcards?" The multicolored Raven's spoke in unison.

"Oh hey Control Freak, how ya doin'?" Arny smiled and waved.

"I err... oh! hey there Arny, I'm doing great! in fact, I'm doing better than great! and do ya wanna know why I'm doing better than great?!" He grinned widely.

"Heh, not at all, enlighten us." He chuckled while the emotions all stared dumbstruck at their interaction.

"I took your advice and made something that's completely outta this dimension!"

"Wait... dude, you not tellin' us that you've made a-" Beast Boy's perplexity was cut off.

"Yep! I've totally created my very own gaming conolel! built outta my own technology!" He answered triumphantly.

"Whoa that's great to hear dude, so what ya gonna do with it?" Arny smiled.

"I'm glad you asked because I have organized a press conference at the Comic and Games convention in Jump City. There I will be unavailing my newest creation to the world that I personally guarantee will change the gaming revolution as we know it!"

"Um... as cool as that sounds dude, how could have possible have made something that fast? It's been less than a day since we last saw you." Beast Boy eyed him suspiciously.

The pudgy nerd's grin dropped as he searched for an answer, then his grin reappeared.

"Never underestimate the incredible genius and creativity of Control Freak!" He boasted.

Knowledge and Wisdom rolled their eyes while Brave groaned.

"Oh give it a rest will ya geek boy, ya making BB look smart." Rude spat out.

"Hey! my inelegance is very..."

It was that instant the allegedly reformed villein realized there was several multi-colored Raven's surrounding the TV, he shook his head and looked back and forth at each of them before rubbing his eyes only to find them still present.

"Um... something must be up with my computer, it's making me see seven different Raven's, I'm gonna have to reboot it." Just before he leans down to pull the plug Beast Boy spoke.

"Wait, you don't need to do that dude, we just so happen to have some of Raven's fan club visiting the Tower." The changeling smirked as everyone stared at him.

"Raven's fan club?" Arny raised a hidden eyebrow.

"Just roll with it, he doesn't need to know the truth." The jade teen whispered to him.

Control Freak stared at the group of emotion's as a sly smirk spread across his face.

"Oooooh, so your all really Raven corsplayers? that awesome! but why the different colors?"

"Cuz there's so many of us the store ran out of blue uniforms, we had to make do with what we could get." Brave answered playing along.

"Yeah, Raven is soooo popular it's crazy!" Happy joined in.

Control freak thought for a moment then grinned again.

"Well speaking as one of the Titan's former nemeses I can understand her popularity."

"Is that so? and just how would you know anythin' about Raven?" Rude glared at the nerd.

"Well, for starters I once studied every single power each Titan had, I know exactly what their strong and week points are! I even constructed my own challenges to test their powers to the max!"

"Uh, dude... when did you do that? cuz I don't remember it." Beast Boy looked confused.

"I must do the agreeing as I am unable to do the remembering of that day." Starfire added.

"That's because none of you were there! I had the perfect plan to try and defeat you all and what do I find when I contacted the T Tower?! The Titans East on guard duty!" He frowned in annoyance.

"Oh, so that's what happened while we were gone, no wonder Titans East said nothin' important happened." The changeling smiled in amusement.

"Hey! don't act like I'm not worth talking about! by tonight I'll be the most talked about person in Jump City!" He ranted.

"Yeah, well unless you've got somethin' that'll put the Gamestation to shame, I wouldn't get you hopes up dude."

"Oh on contra Wildcards! if you wanna see my big unveil, they're holding the event by the pier down at the docks. It's gonna be broadcasted 'Live' on the social web so you can watch it for yourselves!"

He folded his arms proudly.

"Hmm, or better yet. We'll just go there and see it in person."

Arny declared causing everybody's eyes to widen.

"Y-you will?!" Control Freak gasped.

"W-we will?!" Beast Boy looked at Arny in disbelief

"Sure, I mean we did inspire you so it should be more than natural to have your inspirations see what you've created."

"I-I'm h-honored... I-I truly am... so err I'll see you guys later... uh... Control Freak out!" With a 'click' from his remote he ended his transition.

"Friend Arny, I thought we were going to proceed with the starting of a new life today?" The Tamaralien mentioned.

"We are but I really wanna see what he's created since I did give him advice. It wouldn't hurt just to attend his presentation."

Beast Boy shared a look with Starfire who in turn looked over at the emotions who all had various expressions.

"Oh pleeeeasss can we go! It could be so much fun!" Happy begged

"I-I d-don't know... i-it might be a t-trap..." Timid worried.

"Hey don't sweat it, if he makes a bad move we'll give him a butt whoopin!" Brave reassured.

"Eh, I don't really care, he'll just annoy us more with his stupid ego." Rude spat out.

"He did seem genuine about his motives. He doesn't seem to be plotting anything rational." Knowledge announced.

"Quite, since he has been deemed 'Not a big threat' by the authorities, I see no harm in attending." Wisdom concluded.

Arny turned to Starfire for her opinion.

"If you are all in the agreement with each other, I will do the joining in." She smiled happily.

"That's great, we just need to kill some time before... hey wait a sec, don't you girls have to go back into the mirror?" The stripy teen suddenly remembered.

Knowledge's eyes widened behind her glasses and she snapped her head towards Wisdom who looked just as stressed.

"How long have we been out?!" She asked urgently.

Wisdom looked over at the clock on the kitchen wall and paled.

"Long enough, we need to return to Nevermore. Now!" She commanded.

"But we still don't know where Rage is!" Brave reminded her.

"It's too late to look for her. We have to take the chance that she went back, we must go now!" She ordered the emotions.

"Alright! Alright! don't get you leotard in a knot." Rude groaned.

"OK, I'll go get the mirror, the rest of you better get ready so I we can do the transaction again." Arny then took of towards the sliding doors flowed by the group of emotions.

Purple gave Beast Boy a brief sad look before retreating with her sisters, the green teen felt someone behind him and turned around to find Timid.

"I-I don't... w-want to go... b-back, I-I wanna s-stay." She uttered with pleading eyes.

He sighed and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Hey, hey, calm down. I promise that you'll see me again, even if it's behind Raven's back, so don't worry, I'll always have faith in you."

He held her comfortingly and smiled. She returned the hug and smiled back.

"T-thank... y-you..." He took her hand and lead her towards the sliding doors, followed by a smiling Starfire.

Beast Boy and Timid meet up with the other emotion's outside Raven's room along with Arny. He held the mirror in his sleeved covered palm as Knowledge instructed him on what to do for the returning spell. The group of emotions were each giving their own 'Goodbyes' to the shape-shifter. He received a tight hug from Happy and fist bump from Brave, Wisdom bowed and shook his hand while Rude playfully smacked his rear which made him blush, Knowledge glared at Rude before shaking his hand as well.

When it was Purple's turn she smiled warmly before leaning up to his ear again, she whispered something that only he could hear and when she finished everyone could plainly see that the green bean's cheeks had turned crimson."

Happy giggled and Brave sported a smirk of mischief.

"Hmm, so what did Purple have to say to ya green jeans?" she teased.

The embarrassed teen shook his head to clear his mind.

"It err... i-it wasn't that important!" He answered a bit too quickly.

Brave snorted and Rude made a suggestive hand gesture that made his face flush even more. His embarrassment soon lifted when he felt Timid hug him.

"G-goodb-bye... B-Beast Boy..." A small tear trailed down her cheek, he wiped it away and held her gently.

"Goodbye Timid, I'll see you soon, I promise."

He whispered to her before pulling away, her small smile returned and she walked slowly over to her sisters. As he watched her a hand suddenly grabbed his right shoulder, he jumped and spun round only to freeze on the spot as he was greeted by the unnerving presence of Rage.

"Slept well Beastie?" She smirked evilly. Not wanting her to intimidate him again he took a defiant stand.

"Very well if you must know, so where have you been?" He asked and folded his arms in a similar manner to Robin.

"Nowhere important, I just needed to clear my own thoughts."

"Well, that's good to here, thanks for not going on a rampage and destroying stuff." He lightly smiled.

She then leaned forward until their faces were inches apart.

"You gave me a reason not to and you BETTER keep your end of the deal. You break my heart and I break your SOUL." She seethed in a low voice.

Beast Boy was unphased by her threats but something in that sentence caused him to frown. He whispered back.

"Rage, I may be a lot of things, but I am Not A Heart-breaker!"

Then to the utter shock of everyone witnessing their silent interaction Beast Boy raised his hands up to her hood and swiftly pulled it down, exposing her face.

"WHAT ARE Y... mmph?!"

The emotion of anger was instantly silenced as he grabbed her shoulders, leaned forward and connected his lips with hers. Several mouths including Arny's and Starfire's dropped open, Timid hid behind Purple in fear and shame while Purple was starstruck by his actions. Rage's glowing red eyes widened, unsure of how to react. She raised her arms as she trembled in his grasp. He pulled her close and she grabbed his arms. He could feel two sets of claws digging into his arms, ignoring the slight pain he deepened the kiss.

Her eyes slid shut and just as she was about to consider returning it, he broke the kiss.

"So, am I finally manning up now?"

He grinned before pulling her hood back up and turning towards the group who were all staring at the red emotion who was now stiff as a board. She was thankful that he'd put her hood back up as her cheeks now matched the color of her cloak. She blinked several times and she shook her head to regain her senses, it was then she noticed that she was the center of attention.

"WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU LOOKING AT?!" She quickly went on the defensive.

"Oh, nothin', just the fact that he gave you the first kiss!" Rude harrumphed.

"Whatever! I'll kill him for it later!" She hissed.

"Well you weren't exactly resisting it." Knowledge adjusted her glasses.

"He caught me of guard! he seized the moment to distract me!"

"Oh he seized something alright." Brave mocked.

"Oh! Oh! what was it like! did he taste of tofu?!" Happy became exuberant.

"ARGH! I am DONE with this discussion! take us back to Nevermore NOW!" She cast her icy glare at Wisdom who had been amused by the whole ordeal.

"OK, OK, Arny it is time. You may now open the portal." She requested.

He nodded and closed his eyes, when he opened them again they were glowing white, he then channeled his energy onto the mirror so it was enveloped in his aura.

"OK, whenever you girls are ready, just cast the spell at the mirror so it will send you back."

He instructed to the emotions who were now all standing in a line formation, their bodies concealed inside their cloaks.

"Azarath... Metrion... Zinthos..."

They all chanted as a small white beam of light emitted from the mirror, it's size increased until the light filled the corridor. Beast Boy and Starfire covered their eyes while Arny concentrated on channeling his energy, then after a few more chants there was a blinding flash and after that was complete silence.

Beast Boy rubbed his eyes until his vision came back, only to find Arny who had fallen to his knees in a daze.

"Are you okay friend Arny?" The alien princess help him up.

"Yeah, I'm fine... I just... need a moment." He leaned against the wall to catch his breath, when he finally regained energy he turned to the jade teen with an amused smirk on his pale face.

"Well now, since when did you get so bold as to throw caution to wind and do lip-locking with RAGE of all people?" The baggy teen spoke proudly.

"I cannot contain my excitement friend! that was a moment I have most been the longing for!" The Tamaralien squealed.

"Thanks err... wait... you mean you wanted me to kiss Rage Star?" Beast Boy raised an eyebrow at the the grinning alien.

"Oh no, not Rage in the particular, I was referring to my hopping of the day you and friend Raven would... how friend Cyborg would say... 'Give each other the sugar'." She explained cheerfully.

Beast Boy's face once again looked like a tomato and Arny struggled to fight off a laugh.

The Titans had finally reached Jump City and were now entering the underground tunnel that lead to the base of the T Tower. Raven's mood swings had finally subsided and after a slight twinge of pain in her head, she now felt relaxed and had a slight tingly feeling for some reason.

"Welp here we are guys, home sweet home. Man I can't believe we made it back in one trip, aside for stopping at drive-thru for our sake." Cyborg uttered.

"I'm just thankful the city hasn't had any problems, we should have informed Titans East to watch it over for us." Robin huffed.

"Hey don't worry about that man, we took a gamble and nothin' bad happened. Let's just get inside and get some rest cuz I've been driven all night long." He let out a yawn.

"Ditto. I seriously need to meditate and I do not wish to be disturbed for the rest of the day." Raven announced.

"Good to have ya back Rae." The Tin Man smirked and she rolled her eyes.

As they arrived at the base of the tower, the three Titans came up upon a bizarre sight, laying in front of them were many piles of traffic light colored clothing.

"What the...? yo Rob, aren't those your uniforms being blown across our drive way?" Cyborg pointed out.

Robin followed his gaze in confusion and his eyes nearly burst through his mask.

"M-MY... MY CLOTHES! MY MASKS! MY BIRDARAGNS!"

He swiftly sprung out of the still moving T-Car and scrambled to pick up his scattered uniforms that were being blown about by the wind. He glanced at his comrades who were staring at him from inside the car.

"Well don't just STAND THERE! Help me retrieve my clothes!" He ordered.

After a brief pause Cyborg let out a hysterical laughter.

"Sorry man but I gotta a lotta work to do on mah baby. Good luck with your laundry." He quickly put his foot down and drove away towards the garage.

Robin glared at his retreating Ttammates and he was left to ponder on one thing.

"How the HECK did my clothes even get down here?!" He fumed over the unanswered question.

The beat up T-Car came to a full stop. Cyborg got out first, shutting his door and stood back to get a look at the sorry sight that was his baby, he sighed in annoyance but thankful that it's endless suffering had come to an end.

"Well... that was interesting." A monotone voice spoke up. He shifted his gaze to the dark girl who had a slightly amused smile on her face, quickly reminding him of Robin's recent dilemma.

"Heh, heh, yeah, f ya ask me I'd say that Starfire came back to extract some revenge on bird brain." He chuckled.

he mention of her other missing Teammate caused the dark girls smile to fade, she now looked depressed. Realizing his little slip up he quickly backtracked.

"I um... I didn't mean to bring her up like that... I err..." She raised her hand to halt him.

"It's alright. I'd of probably come to the same conclusion, not that I'd blame her in the least." She lightly smiled again.

The bionic man smirked then laughed before they headed over to the waiting elevator.

High above inside the tower the Wildcards were busy loading up the Rad Rocket with their belongings, Arny had retrieved the golden Gamesation and his boombox from the Common Room and Starfire had collected her suit cases from her room. They were now all set and ready for departure.

"OK guy's, we've got to get there for around eight o'clock tonight so we've got a lot of hours to kill, you wanna hang around in the city for a while?" Arny suggested.

"Sure dude, that sound's like a plan, I'll take ya to our favorite pizza joint, they serve the best pepperoni pizza your ever gonna taste." Beast Boy boasted.

"Oh I bet they do." The mystery teen smirked, remembering how he first obtained a pizza on his first day in Jump City.

"Oh joyous, I do wish to do the eating of the pizzas." Starfire chirped.

"Great, but before we go how 'bout we get a picture together? to show that we're an official team?"

Arny then retrieved his Polaroid camera from the glove box. Beast Boy eye's sparkled.

"Aw sweet dude! c'mon Star this'll be fun!" He grabbed the tanned alien by her arm and pulled her so she was in the camera's view.

"Oh this will be a most memorable moment friends." She beamed as she and the forest hair colored teen sat on the hood of Arny's car.

"Alright I just need to set the timer on this."

He fiddled with the antique device before placing it on a chair, he swiftly joined his friends and struck a pose just before the camera flashed, shortly after the photo ejected itself from the device.

"OK let's see how it came out."

Arny picked up the camera and removed the photo, shaking it a few times. After a few second's an image began to form and soon enough the photo developed. The Wildcards gather around to view their photo. What it showed was Beast Boy in the center with his trademark goofy smile. Starfire sat on his right, facing him with her arms wrapped around his neck while laughing. Arny sat on his left looking straight at the camera with a proud smile on his pale face. He had his left sleeve covered hand on his hip while his right hand was placed on Beast Boy's shoulder. Lastly Beast boy had hooked his arms across the backs of his two friend's shoulders.

The trio of teens smiled warmly at the photograph.

"Oh we all look the happy friends!" The Tamaralen blushed.

"Yeah... we sure do." Beast Boy smiled sadly as he viewed the photo.

"Hey, you okay pal?" Arny noticed his sudden depression.

Beast Boy shook his head.

"Yeah I'm fine, it's just that..." He glanced at the empty corridor ahead of him.

"Please friend, what is it that troubles you?" Starfire asked concernedly.

Letting out a breath he timidly answered.

"I just kinda wish Cyborg was here."

DING!

The elevator doors slid open allowing the bionic man and the empath to enter the hallway.

"I'll see ya later Rae, I gotta go and get mah tool kit so can prepare work on the T-Car, feel free to help me if ya want." He offered.

"No thanks. I have to get to my room. I'll see you later and remember what I said." She warned him.

"Yeah, yeah I know, don't disturb ya, message received and stored in mah hard drive."

She rolled her eyes as she left towards her room. Cyborg left in the opposite direction, making a few left and right turns, as he neared Beast Boy's old room he came to a sudden stop as he heard voices from around the corner.

Not expecting this intrusion he stood on guard with his cannon on standby, he poked his head around the corner and was dumbstruck to see a vehicle parked in the hall way of his tower.

'Yo! how the heck did That get there?! we're like twenny stories up!' He hollered in his mind.

He took another look and then noticed three familiar looking teenagers standing behind it, one of them spoke and he instantly recognized the hyper and expressive voice that was his best buddy in the world.

"Aw sweet dude! c'mon Star this'll be fun!" He called out.

"Grass stain! your still here!"

He whispered in relief. Just as he was about make himself known, realization dawned on his about his situation. The two bird named Titans were here and Beast Boy may still not be in the best of moods to see them. He chanced another look and saw that the three teens were sitting on the hood of the car and posing, confused by this he emerged from behind the corner and slowly inched forward down the corridor. As he neared them the hallway was light up by a flash which dazzled his human eye, he whined and covered his face. After a few seconds of seeing stars his vision slowly returned and was able to observe the teens huddle together.

"Hey, you okay pal?"

"Yeah I'm fine, it's just that..."

"Please friend, what is it that troubles you?"

Letting out a breath he timidly answered.

"I just kinda wish Cyborg was here."

Hearing his little buddy wishing for his presence made the cybernetic man smile proudly and cleared his throat.

"Well it looks like ya gotch'ya wish green bean."

The three teens snapped their heads around in surprise to see him leaning up against the wall with his arms folded.

"CYBORG!" He explained and ran over to hug his big brother.

"Yo what's happen B?" He ruffled the changelings hair.

"Oh this is a most joyous surprise!" She joined Beast Boy's hug.

"Hey big guy, nice to see ya again." Arny waved.

"Right back atchya Arny." He let go of his two friends and shared a fist bump with the stripy teen.

"So what's the plan with you guys? Ya'll said you were gonna try find a new place to stay?"

"We were but then somethin' else came up."

"Oh really? what happened B?"

"Well after we tried out the new Gamestation, which was really awesome by the way. We received a message from someone your not gonna believe."

"Try me." He folded his arms.

"It was Control Freak."

There was an awkward pause before Cyborg answered.

"Your right, I don't believe it."

"Yeah well believe this, he's only took Arny's advice and built his very own games console."

"He did? seriously?" Cyborg raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah I was skeptical as well, but as it turns out he's gonna be at the the Comic and Games convention at the City Pear. He's gonna reveal his creation there tonight and Arny insisted that we go and watch his presentation."

"Ya'll can't be serious? that guy can't even present a decent evil plot." Cyborg was very unsure.

"The Control of Freaks seemed to be very content with what he had constructed. He even phrased us for being the inspiration of his creation." Starfire mentioned.

"Err... ohh kayyy, I can't tell if that's either a good thing or a bad thing, it wouldn't be the first time someone based their weapons on our own powers."

"Well why don't ya come with us Cy? if anything goes wrong you can just help with the... how you'd put it... 'Butt whoopin'." Arny offered.

"Me come with you guys? ah dunno see, I was gonna start work on the T-Car cuz she really needs work and-" His excuse was the cut off.

"We're going to our pizza joint to eat first."

Beast Boy smirked and Cyborg's expression changed.

"Oh well why didn't ya say so! I haven't eaten since yesterday!" He exclaimed.

"Awesome, let's all head out."

Arny then opened the driver's door on his car and got in, he was soon joined by his team as they entered threw the passenger side. Cyborg stared at them baffled.

"Em... your not seriously gonna drive that thing inside the tower now? more to the point, how the Heck did ya even get it up here?!"

Arny and Beast Boy just smirked mischievously.

"Tell ya what Cyborg, you hop in with us and you'll soon find out."

The mysterious teengaer answered, the Tin Man hesitated for a moment before giving in.

"Alright but ya'll better move over cuz it's gonna be a tight squeeze with me gettin' in this thing."

The two former Titans cheered and exited the Rad Rocket to make room for the bionic man, the moment he saw on the bench seat he noticed something familiar.

"Hey wait a sec, isn't that one of Raven's cloaks?"

In another corridor Raven had finally reached the sanctuary of her room. She opened the door, closing it behind and staggered over to her bed, discarding the book she found as she sat down and furrowed her borrows and rubbed her temple. She had never experienced so many random emotions at once, the last time something like that happened was when Beast Boy and Cyborg had gotten sucked into her mind. But this time she had no idea what was happening as no one had been in the tower and her mirror portal had been safely stored inside her room, letting out a tired sigh she stood up to retrieve it and find out what's wrong.

She reached her dresser and her stomach instantly knotted as she saw the empty space where her mirror was no longer.

"W-where... is it? where did I put that Cursed thing?!" She stressed and started searching around her room.

Suddenly she came to a halt as she heard a loud noise from somewhere in the tower. She listened to it for a few seconds before recognizing it as an engine.

"Hmm, I didn't think the T-Car needed a new engine." The noise was now getting louder and it was now accompanied by a squealing noise. The Gothic Titan arched an eyebrow.

"What is he doing? Testing it inside the tower?." It now seemed to be in motion as if it was now coming from the end of the hallway.

Frowning in annoyance she floated over to her door, sliding it open. The noise was now practically outside her room, She stepped out expecting to confront Cyborg only to be startled by a bright pair of headlights barreling towards her.

VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

She let out a scream causing her purple hair to take the shape of a Raven (Just like in Switched) She quickly phased into floor to avoid being run over. A few seconds past and she reemerged from her hiding place and turned in the direction of her attacker, only to find the hallway was empty.

"What... in Azarath... was THAT?!" She gasped.

DING!

The elevator doors slid open as the teams fearless leader emerged carrying a mountain load of his discarded uniforms, he grumbled under the pile about some of them having been blown into the sea.

"If I ever get the bottom of how my cloths got outside the tower, someone is gonna get the Toughest training schedule I can muster."

As he stepped out into the hallway he paused when he heard a noise in the distance. He shifted his cloths so he could look ahead, but all he saw was and empty hallway. The noise became louder and it was then he realized it was coming from behind him.

He instantly spun around and was also meet with the bright pair of headlights heading in his direction.

VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

"What th- DAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

With lighting quick reflexes he threw his cloths in the air and launched himself back into the elevator, the Rad Rocket sped past him and skidded round a corner.

"Watch out dude, you nearly hit Robin and Raven!" Beast Boy yelled as he clung to Starfire who in turn was sitting across his and Cyborg's laps.

"Sorry but I can't exactly swerve to avoid anything in these narrow hallways, I need to find place where we can launch out."

Arny turned the car down another corridor.

"Launch out? what does mean launch out?!" The Tin Man paled.

"Oh don't worry Cy, Arny knows what he's doin', right Arn?"

"Yeah, we just need a room with a big enough space and a window drive out of." He explained nonchalantly.

"SAY WHAT?! Your just gonna drive us straight outta the TOP FLOOR?!" Cyborg shrieked.

"Do not fear friend Cyborg as Arny has the weapon of secret." Starfire's confidence helped calm the nerves Tin Man.

"Secret weapon? And just what would that be?!" He asked still unnerved.

"Oh your just gonna haft a trust me on this one Cyborg."

Arny made another sharp turn.

Robin crawled out of the elevator to find his cloths scattered all over the hallway with some of them sporting tyer marks, now even more agitated he whipped out his communicator.

"Cyborg! Raven! we've been breached! There's someone or... something driving through the Tower!" Raven's face appeared on his tracker.

"I know, it nearly ran into me. Also I can't get a hold of Cyborg, his communicator is either off or he can't answer it."

Robin narrowed his eyes.

"Meet me in the Common Room, it might be looking for a way out." Raven nodded as he closed his tracker.

Robin sprinted down the various hallways and arrived at the Common Room to find Raven already there.

"Raven, did you get a good look at what we're dealing with?"

"No. I was too busy trying to avoid becoming roadkill." She retorted.

Robin rolled his eyes under his mask and sighed.

"OK, so what ever it is trying to escape the tower, otherwise it would have attacked us. So the real question is how did it get in and why didn't the security system detect it?"

He asked in his leadership tone.

"You should probably be asking Cyborg that. Considering he seems to have disappeared within' a few minutes of us returning to the tower, something just isn't adding up."

The empath concluded, but before Robin could answer they heard the roaring engine from behind the walls.

"It's heading this way. Raven, the moment it enters the room: trap it in an energy dome so we can subdue it." He ordered.

"I'll give it my best shot."

She took a stance to the left of the main doors and Robin stood to the right, as the noise got closer she prepared herself. Her palms glowing with dark energy, Robin withdrew his bow staff and braced himself.

Inside the speeding muscle car Arny made an announcement to his passengers.

"Okay everyone, fasten your safety belts and hold on to your backsides cuz I'm gonna 'Shoot 'em up'!"

He then lifted up the dash panel and flicked the aptly named switch. Beast Boy and Starfire huddled tight while Cyborg just looked more confused.

"Here it comes dude!" The shapeshifter snickered as the pipes in the back rose up.

They reached the doubled doors that swished open just in time as they entered the Common Room.

Time seemed to slow down as Raven raised her arms to cast her spell, however as the car sped past her she was able to get a quick gimps of it's occupants. Her glowing white eyes widened as she recognized the faces of her missing friends. More importantly she saw Beast Boy crouched in the middle and for a split second, their eyes locked.

RIIIIIIIIIP!

Time resumed it's normal speed as the car launched itself of the ground, soaring over the descending staircase and the crest shaped couch, it travel the distance of the room before crashing head first through the large window.

SMAAAAAAAASSSSSSSHHHHHH!

Shattered glass showered the room as Raven shielded herself with her cloak, or a least she tried only to find that it wasn't there.

'Oh no... not again.' She dreadfully thought as she could feel a breeze bellow her midsection, sure enough she had lost another cloak to the exact same method.

THWWWOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHH!

Her wardrobe malfunction was interrupted by the sight of a rocket type vehicle launching itself up and away from the tower, the Gothic Titan stared in disbelief along with her leader.

"YOOOOOOOOOOO! WHAT IS THING?! IT'S INSANE!" Cyborg yelled in both fear and excitement.

"HA! HA! WELCOME ABOARD THE RAD ROCKET CHROME DOME!" Beast Boy laughed hysterically.

"GREAT X'HAL!" Starfire cheered as they soared into the clear blue sky.

"IT'S A ONE FINE DAY!" Arny hollered at the success of their launch.