Author's Note: *takes deep breath* HI GUYS! So, Dixxy had finally managed to update the story, whoop de whoop! And nowww, feast your lil peepers on this chappy! Sit back and relax and enjoy the show! ^^

(Ten) Last Minute Savings

Ever since Raven made her reappearance in Titans Tower, things went back to normal, needless to say. The atmosphere no longer felt intense or saddened. In fact, even the useless arguments between Cyborg and Beast Boy had actually eased everyone's minds, much to their surprise…

Even though, there was one time when Jinx wanted to send them to another dimension BUT even she let it slide.

Danny raised an eyebrow as he eyed the half-tech guy and the green dude.

"Are you sure this is normal?" he asked.

"Oh, indubitably! This is their way of expressing their friendship." Starfire replied… then gasped. "Bad Silkie! Put that down!"

And Danny made an even blanker look. "And I thought our team was weird…this one is beyond weird."

Jinx and Star threw glares at Danny who gave a sheepish laugh. Jinx gave a little shrug after that.

"And to be honest, I would rather hear them arguing rather than having Cyborg complaining about that stunt of the track device…" she said.

Star gave a glance at their leader who seemed to raise an eyebrow and she glided towards him. "Friend Robin…your mind does not feel at ease. Please tell your friend the concern."

Robin shook his head a little. "I'm just still puzzled as to how the villain managed to figure about the device, that's all. I guess that's just one of the mysteries that won't be solved."

Starfire nodded. "Yes, while it is puzzling as to how he knew, try not to think about it that much. It does not do well for the mind or otherwise you will become wrapped up in the mysteries yourself."

Robin gave a faint smile. "I'll try not to."

:(/\):

Night had fallen, sending people into slumber.

Well, there were a few who did not go to sleep...

A sudden whoosh came and then a silhouette landed on the ground. It narrowed its eyes before a beeping noise came, alerting the figure.

"Commander K174, how are you doing on this fine evening?"

"Drop the act, Beast Boy!" the voice from the device exclaimed, making Beast Boy squeak with startled fright. "Really, must you always make an unnecessary comment?"

Beast Boy smirked a little. "It's what I do. You know what they say…you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Yeah and I'll be sure to send you to another dimension!" Jinx started before Beast Boy could speak. "Anyways… I'm just passing the message from Robin and asking if your area is clear. If so, we can turn in early for the night."

"Yeah, because 12 AM is soooo early." Beast Boy sarcastically said. And he could almost feel Jinx scowling. "But, my area is clear. I'll meet you back at the Tower—"

Beast Boy suddenly paused and stopped as he felt a sudden breeze passing by him. He sharply took a look behind him and glared at the dark path.

"Beast Boy? You still there?" Jinx's voice rang out.

"Uhm…I'll call you back later. I just need to make sure my facts are true." he replied.

"Huh? Wait, what do you—"she started, but he cut off the communication just then.

His ears perked up and he transformed into a cheetah, just in case. And he began to sniff, following the path ahead of him.

:(/\):

Jinx grumbled, twitching with anger. If looks could kill, the poor device would already be crumbled.

Damn, Beast Boy. How dare he cut off the communication! Jinx thought, angrily. But then she thought about how he did it so suddenly… almost urgently… as though…as though he sensed trouble!

But he said his area was clear. Yet again, who's to say that it can't change?

Going with her instincts, she called Robin.

"Robin here." came a croaked voice.

"Er, yeah, it's Jinx. I'm not totally sure but I think Beast Boy may be in trouble. He said his area is clear but when he cut off, it sounded as though there was going to be trouble." Jinx reported.

There was a short silence.

"In that case, we better check it out…just in case." Robin replied. "I'll meet you at Beast Boy's area. Perhaps he is still there—I'll warn the others."

Jinx nodded. "Copy that."

And the communication broke off.

Even though you can be an idiot, Beast Boy, I still don't want you to be harmed. We're coming for you.

:(/\):

A rustle from the cape came before he landed on the ground. The narrowed eyes outlined with black looked around before he decided to make its move.

"Beast Boy?" he spoke, quietly.

Robin paused in his tracks and as though he sensed that someone was there, he turned around and got ready.

"Ease. I'm on your side." the voice spoke, and out of the shadows came Jinx.

Relaxing in a flash, Robin eased up and put his birdarangs away.

"Did you find anything?" Jinx responded.

"No. The last time I followed his signal, it ended here. It's as though he disappeared." Robin answered. "But my guess is… he went inside that abandoned factory." he replied, showing said factory ahead of them.

Jinx nodded. "Alright, let's move."

Once they reached the factory, Jinx snapped her fingers and from the snap, the door fell down.

"This is the place alright." Robin announced.

"Whatever. Let's just quickly find him. This place is creepy." Jinx said.

"Funny. I thought you like creepy." he smirked.

The girl sneered and the two walked further in, their footsteps echoing in darkness.

After what seemed like an hour, the two were disappointed that they couldn't find anything.

Not even their teammate, which naturally worried them.

Where could he have gone to?

Jinx rubbed her temples as though she felt stress coming to her body. "I don't get it. You said the signal ended here so where could he be? This doesn't make any sense."

"You're telling me. I know my evidence isn't wrong or otherwise I would've known."

Jinx shot him an annoyed look. "Well, great detective skills…"

Robin glared. "Who I think we should is call Cathy and see if she can sense—"

"Hate to disappoint you but… jammed signal." Jinx replied, showing her communicator.

"Fantastic."

"That's too bad because you're never going to see your friends again!" another voice came, and this immediately made the two be on alert.

"What—"

A noise was heard, followed by Robin's command "Jinx, move!" As soon as he said that, Jinx sent out a wave of her power while Robin threw two disks and they both leaped in the air to avoid the blow.

The intruder chuckled. "Not bad moves for amateurs."

Jinx quirked an eyebrow as she got into a fighting stance. "Amateurs? Who are you calling an amateurs?!"

"Easy…" Robin said.

The figure grinned. "But it's going to take a lot more than just your measly tricks."

"You want to test that?" another voice unexpectedly asked.

At first, they couldn't see who had spoken, but as the shadow came closer, a familiar person was revealed, who brought his two fists down in an attempt to crush the villain, but the enemy swiftly moved out of the way, and thus the attacker struck the floor instead.

"Cyborg!" Jinx exclaimed.

"Sorry I couldn't get to you sooner. Before I had the chance, my signal went out and I couldn't communicate with you."

"Yeah, we had the same problem." the masked boy replied.

Cy narrowed his eyes and stared at the odd foe. "Now what do you say we take out this wacko?"

Jinx smirked, cracking her knuckles. "Idea accepted."

"Then it's your funeral." the foe replied, walking towards them menacingly as he cracked his neck.

But before he could even attack, something struck at the villain's side, causing him to fly out of sight. The newcomer then bowed and a dull light covered his body which soon transformed back into human.

Realizing who it was, Jinx's eyes went wide.

"Beast Boy!" she exclaimed before frowning. "Where the hell have you been? You made us worry with your disappearance!"

Beast Boy gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry. I was checking out this place and man, it's creepy."

And soon, the rest of the members joined the team.

"Sorry we're late." Sam said.

The villain growled with annoyance. "Now that all of you are here, I can kill you!"

He sent out his ninja stars and threw them towards the two groups of heroes just as Robin said "Titans, go!" and Sam "Let's bust them !"

Everyone leaped out of the way and soon, the room was filled with green starbolts, purple and yellow streaks, followed by a blue one, and explosive ones too.

The villain ran forward, with our heroes not too far behind him.

Sensing that something was released, the brute quickly jumped in the air and the objects struck a nearby pole, creating smoke.

The fiend moved the smoke out of the way and soon were green starbolts aimed at him, but he quickly dodged them, proving that he was a persistent foe.

To others, it felt like they were playing cat and the mouse. The adversary would be the mouse while the rest of them were cats and it seemed like a never ending game.

That was until Cathy saw an opportunity and she instantly extended her arms out once she got to her targeted spot, reaching out to both sides, each hand grabbing the two poles.

Jinx then aimed her power at the ground so the villain would tumble… and he did just that! Then Robin threw his rope, tying him so that he couldn't get away.

The foe struggled, trying to be free but it was futile and the minute he saw shadows on the floor, he looked up and saw the narrowed looks from the members.

:(/\):

"Tell me who you are working for!" Robin demanded, staring sternly at the captured enemy.

Naturally, the latter stubbornly refused to answer any of the leader's questions.

"I say nothing. I am loyal to my master. I'll never betray him. You can keep me here as long as you want, I won't say anything." the tied up opponent responded.

Robin gave one last stern look before he felt a hand on his shoulder so he gave a glance.

"He's right, y'know. Let's just call it a day and come back later." Cyborg said.

Robin stared into the villain's eyes with a straight face before he finally let go, giving a nod.

"Fine."

As the two walked out, Robin gave one last glare at the foe who in return, gave a nasty sly smile which made the leader think that he was perhaps planning something.

Something bad.

:(/\):

"Duck, duck…goose!" Starfire exclaimed happily as she gave a pat on Danny's head who groaned.

"Ungh, dude. I'm tired of this game." Danny complained.

"So…do you play mega monkeys?" Beast Boy asked, his eyes sparkling with delight. "Or maybe car racing?"

Danny raised an eyebrow and sighed. "I'll just be in the gym." he replied, bluntly.

"Gym, huh? You sure he's not going to collapse from fatigue?" Jinx asked, watching the boy from the distance.

"Knowing Danny, he's probably going to sleep instead of gym." Sam responded before giving an angry growl. "Ugh, that does it!" she exclaimed. "I can't fix this thing! Chris, I need you!" she whined.

"What's the problem?" Chris asked once he was there.

"My blaster stopped working when we were battling the guy. My guess is that the circuit is either fried or overheated." she answered.

Chris opened the blaster with a screw driver from Cyborg and gave a look. "Well, you got it right. The circuit's fried…well, one of them is but don't worry we can fix it. If you take this red wire out, replace it with a new one and attach it to this one…" he ranted, only to receive blank looks.

"Right uh…do you speak English?"

Chris huffed.

After following certain steps, a whir sound was heard followed by a click.

"And there you go! Purring like a kitten." the blue-haired genius announced.

"Thanks!" Sam said happily as she took the blaster.

While the rest of the group was chattering away (even Robin, who managed to forget work for once), they didn't realize that something bad was going to happen in their Tower.

In the jail, the foe struggled to get loose. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem but because the damn leader took its weapons away, it was taking longer than usual. He muttered angrily as he kept on moving his hands around the rope.

"Come on…"

Eventually, he felt the rope starting to loosen…

:(/\):

Robin sighed, putting away the newspaper as thoughts kept developing within his mind. He eventually gave up being relaxed and walked towards the door. And as Cyborg spotted him, he automatically knew what he was going to do.

So, the Titan Tech didn't try to stop his caped friend, as he knew that even if he tried to, that wouldn't change Robin's mind.

Stubborn kid. Cy muttered in thought.

The minute he turned his head away, his face was instantly met with a controller.

The object fell into his hand and his forehead now bore a large red spot.

The half-robot teenager gave a glare at the two sheepish boys.

"Uhm…heh, watch out for flying controllers?" Beast Boy replied, laughing nervously.

"THAT DOES IT!" he yelled. "If you can't handle a bloody controller properly then don't bother holding one at all!" he exploded.

"In my defense, this time it wasn't me!" the green one replied.

And the two argued.

If Raven had been there, she would've snapped at them, but since Jinx was here to take her place, she did just that.

"ENOUGH!" she screamed.

:(/\):

The fiend resumed his struggling but then stopped when he heard the sound of the door opening. He wasn't surprised when he found out that it was the leader, back for more.

He never learns…

"Back again? I thought you were the smart one out of your group." he remarked.

Robin narrowed his eyes and placed both of his hands on the table. "You know why I'm here and you're going to answer me."

The fiend gave a sly smile. "Not if you can catch me."

Following that unexpected challenging utterance, the villain suddenly got up and quickly lifted the chair with his foot to then throw it at a goggling Robin.

Acting quickly, Robin twisted his body to the side, and the chair flew past him by few inches. Once he rotated back properly, the chair got smashed, but when he brought his attention to the spot, he noticed that the enemy was gone.

With that, Robin punched the red button on the wall and a loud alarm rang at once throughout the Tower.

Naturally, this alerted the rest of the upholders of the law, who all stopped what they were doing.

"What's going on?" Sam asked.

"I don't know but it spells out trouble." Cy said, before opening his communicator : "Yo, Rob. What's the trouble?"

"The villain has escaped! Find him and make sure he doesn't get away! Be careful not to be hurt, as well as avoid damaging the Tower!" Robin answered before signing off.

"The Tower will definitely be the first thing on his mind! No one damages my Tower!" Cy exclaimed. "Titans, go!"

Everyone went out of the living room, but the minute they did, they gave a startled jump once they saw a figure making a harsh impact on the floor.

"Can someone please explain to me how he managed to escape?" Danny wheezed as he felt the air knocked out of his lungs.

"You saw him?" Chris questioned, helping him up.

"Yeah but I think I lost him."

"Alright, team. Here's what we will do. Sam, Cathy, Chris and Danny…you guys go to the other side of the hallway and we will take the left so that when we come together, we can all deliver one big blow." Cy instructed.

The MBC members nodded.

"Right. Alright team. Let's go and kick some bad guy's butt." Sam proclaimed, readying her blaster.

:(/\):

"So, how do you suppose our baddie escaped?" Danny asked, twirling his blaster around his finger.

"I don't know. It could be anything." Sam replied. "He could've had his weapons or had a trick up his sleeve."

Chris frowned. "But Robin had taken away his weapons." He then paused. "Unless perhaps he adjusted the ropes somehow?"

Sam shrugged. "Could be."

Cathy stopped walking as though she sensed something… and as she turned around, her eyes widened!

"Jeepers! I think it found us." she exclaimed.

With a jerk, the three members turned around, with their weapons activated, and all aimed at the enemy, who wasn't too far from them.

The foe smirked. "You got that right."

With that, he sent out several ninja stars towards, which they all dodged, but as for the last two stars, Sam had barely enough time to avoid them. She twisted to the side to dodge the oncoming star but the other weapon managed to knock her blaster out of her hand.

"Hey! Careful with that thing!" Sam shouted before charging towards the villain by going to the side of the wall and running from it. Once she was about half way, she took off and started to make a kick but the foe grabbed her ankle, throwing her to the other side of the wall.

She collided hard against the concrete surface.

The others went into action but they all went unsuccessful. The last one to get hit was Chris who received a kick in his chest, causing him to fly backwards and crash against Danny, who was right behind him. The two fell like dominoes, giving out a grunt.

"Man, I admit. He's tough." the brown-haired boy responded.

As the guy was about to prepare the attack, something else came in contact with the prisoner. A green starbolt hit him from behind, sending him forward until he crashed into a wall.

"Friends!" Starfire exclaimed, flying over to them. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, we're fine. It's just that this villain is being persistent." Sam responded.

"Well we better catch him fast before he does any more damage to the Tower. Man, just look at the walls!" Cy complained.

"And before he does any more damage to us as well."

The fighters turned around and they all stared with wide eyed.

"Jeepers, Rob. What happened to you?" Beast Boy asked.

Robin was battered and a little bit bruised; his outfit has some rips here and there.

"It doesn't matter." he said, dismissing it.

"Indeed it matters! I wish to have my friends be all in one piece!" Starfire replied, examining him.

"Really, Star. I'm fine." Robin replied, trying to get away from the watchful eye of his friend. "I may have a plan on how to stop him." he announced.

"Too bad you won't be here to perform it!" the prisoner exclaimed, throwing his weapons.

"Titans, move!"

And they continued to throw their attacks. However, wanting to finish this, the foe quickly scanned his current field and smirked.

Knowing that there would always be at least two people behind him, he first threw two ninja stars behind, pinning Danny and Chris to the wall.

The opponent then ducked under to avoid Robin's side hand swipe by moving to the side, then he quickly grabbed the leader's cape and yanked him to the other side, towards the wall. Once he was close, the enemy immediately threw another star, trapping Robin as well.

He quickly finished by knocking Beast Boy, Cathy and Starfire.

Jinx turned around and gasped. "Cyborg!"

Her call came too late and the villain was about to make his move. Jinx started to perform hers, but before she could release her attack, some black aura suddenly wrapped the foe and the next thing he knew, he was thrown away from Cyborg.

The teams blinked from the sudden attack and they all turned to the side since they heard a voice.

"Show's over." a new voice spoke.

And the members found themselves staring at two angry eyes glowing white.

"Raven!"

Author's Note: Whooooo! I did it! I got a longer chapter! *confettis, streamers and balloons* I'M SORRY FOR THE LOOOONG WAIT School's been acting up and I got two projects being due soon! :3 fun. So yeah…and now I leave the next chapter to dear ol' Dixxy! Take it away, Dixxy! Toodles!

(Skychild101)