Blackmail it is so without further ado...
Two days had passed and Raven still didn't trust the new Titan. It wasn't anything she had done, on the contrary she seemed to be solving all of the fights and handling bullies all on her own. That was the problem. She seemed too perfect. Whenever Raven tried to do anything, Terra was already there. Raven had tried to say something to Star but Star had just commented on how nice it was that Terra was so thoughtful and fit in so well. If Star, Raven's best friend, thought this way, there was no way that anyone else would have a different opinion.
Raven had no idea what to do. It seemed like there wasn't anything she could do. She was getting replaced. Just then, she passed Cyborg in the hall.
"Hey Cyborg," She said.
"Hi," Cyborg sounded completely dejected which was definitely not like the cocky boy she knew.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, concerned.
"Oh, it's no big deal. I just can't access my accounts through my computer. It keeps saying I have the wrong password but that's impossible. I wrote my password down, the day before this all happened. And I can't hack into my system. I made it hack proof and even the backdoor ways I left for myself seemed to have been corrected. It's probably no big deal."
"Oh, OK." Raven had no idea what he was saying but it was strange. It was unlike Cyborg to have trouble with computers. Ever.
"Star, wait up!" Raven called, leaving Cyborg and trying to catch up to Star.
As she reached Star, she noticed the usual perkiness gone from Star. "Is something wrong with you too?" Raven asked.
"How did you know?" Star asked. "Its weird but I wrote a report on the ancient European civilizations and its gone missing."
"Missing? It was on your computer. Didn't you back it up?" Raven asked. She knew about the report. Star needed it to get extra credit in History. The teacher had assigned it instead of Star having to make up all the work she had missed in the beginning of the year.
"Well, that's what's strange." Star said. "I had it on my computer, one a floppy disk, and I emailed it myself and all the versions have gotten viruses or in the case of my floppy, disappeared."
"Cyborg's having computer trouble too!" Raven explained, filling Star in on his problem.
Just then, Robin came up looking upset. "I can't believe this!" he said.
"Let me guess, computer trouble?" Raven asked.
"How did you know? All my digital pictures have gone missing from my computer. Even the ones of my parents."
Raven and Star looked at each other. They knew that Robin had been adopted by a wealthy multi-millionaire and didn't really talk about his parents or his home life much.
"That all I have left of them," he said quietly. "I was going to print them out but I never had time to do it."
"This is crazy!" Raven exclaimed. "The only people without computer problems are me, BB, and Terra."
Just then her cell phone rang. Raven looked around for teachers since they weren't allowed to use cell phones at school. "I wondered who's calling," She said before answering. "Hello?"
"Raven, honey, I have some bad news. All the computer files have crashed at work. There's no way we can go anywhere this weekend. I have to go. We'll talk later."
Before Raven could say anything, her mother hung up. Raven was shocked. She had planned the trip to the museum for half a year. It was across the country and they were going to fly over to see it. It had a special exhibit on stones like the one Raven had which was given to her by her father.
Raven turned to the other Titans, "You're not going to believe this."
One their way to first period, they discussed the problem.
"It was no coincidence that we all have computer trouble within a day of each other," Robin said.
"I agree. Something is going on," Star commented.
"No one's ruining my trip!" Raven hissed under her breath. She was rarely this angry. "I'm getting to the bottom of it."
They walked into math to see BB, Cyborg, and Terra already seated.
"You'll never guess what happened!" BB said.
"You had computer trouble and couldn't find your job application." Raven hazarded. BB loved animals and had filled out a job application to work at the local zoo. Since he was only in high school they had him write a 15 page paper to make sure he was responsible enough. If anything was wrong with his computer, that would have been it.
"Exactly!" he exclaimed. "How did you know?"
Before Raven could answer, Terra cut in. "I'm having trouble too. I had to fill out lots of transfer papers to be accepted into the exchange program. They just called and said that all my files are gone. If they don't find them, I'll have to leave. Among my files, was my essay on American culture. There's no way I could rewrite that in time for the essay contest!"
Raven nodded. While having Terra leave didn't sound so bad, Terra had spent so long on her essay Raven felt really bad for her. Terra was depending on the essay to win a special award that would help her pay tuition for college.
"First let's get some things straight," Robin said. "When did all of this happen?"
The answers varied. Cyborg and BB had noticed yesterday at night and everyone else noticed this morning.
"They must have done it around 10:00 last night," Cyborg declared. "Not everyone checked last night and the only ones who did noticed their missing files."
"We can't just ask everyone where they were last night," Raven said.
"How will we ever know who did this?" Star asked.
"We don't have to ask everyone. There's only one person who could have done this," Cyborg said.
"Dude! Don't just keep us waiting! Who did this?" BB asked.
"The only one who knows enough about computers to do it," Cyborg said dramatically.
Everyone looked pointedly at him. "No not me! Gizmo!"
The Titans eyes drifted to the back of the room where a pale boy with thick glasses and dark hair sat typing on a computer.
Two days had passed and Raven still didn't trust the new Titan. It wasn't anything she had done, on the contrary she seemed to be solving all of the fights and handling bullies all on her own. That was the problem. She seemed too perfect. Whenever Raven tried to do anything, Terra was already there. Raven had tried to say something to Star but Star had just commented on how nice it was that Terra was so thoughtful and fit in so well. If Star, Raven's best friend, thought this way, there was no way that anyone else would have a different opinion.
Raven had no idea what to do. It seemed like there wasn't anything she could do. She was getting replaced. Just then, she passed Cyborg in the hall.
"Hey Cyborg," She said.
"Hi," Cyborg sounded completely dejected which was definitely not like the cocky boy she knew.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, concerned.
"Oh, it's no big deal. I just can't access my accounts through my computer. It keeps saying I have the wrong password but that's impossible. I wrote my password down, the day before this all happened. And I can't hack into my system. I made it hack proof and even the backdoor ways I left for myself seemed to have been corrected. It's probably no big deal."
"Oh, OK." Raven had no idea what he was saying but it was strange. It was unlike Cyborg to have trouble with computers. Ever.
"Star, wait up!" Raven called, leaving Cyborg and trying to catch up to Star.
As she reached Star, she noticed the usual perkiness gone from Star. "Is something wrong with you too?" Raven asked.
"How did you know?" Star asked. "Its weird but I wrote a report on the ancient European civilizations and its gone missing."
"Missing? It was on your computer. Didn't you back it up?" Raven asked. She knew about the report. Star needed it to get extra credit in History. The teacher had assigned it instead of Star having to make up all the work she had missed in the beginning of the year.
"Well, that's what's strange." Star said. "I had it on my computer, one a floppy disk, and I emailed it myself and all the versions have gotten viruses or in the case of my floppy, disappeared."
"Cyborg's having computer trouble too!" Raven explained, filling Star in on his problem.
Just then, Robin came up looking upset. "I can't believe this!" he said.
"Let me guess, computer trouble?" Raven asked.
"How did you know? All my digital pictures have gone missing from my computer. Even the ones of my parents."
Raven and Star looked at each other. They knew that Robin had been adopted by a wealthy multi-millionaire and didn't really talk about his parents or his home life much.
"That all I have left of them," he said quietly. "I was going to print them out but I never had time to do it."
"This is crazy!" Raven exclaimed. "The only people without computer problems are me, BB, and Terra."
Just then her cell phone rang. Raven looked around for teachers since they weren't allowed to use cell phones at school. "I wondered who's calling," She said before answering. "Hello?"
"Raven, honey, I have some bad news. All the computer files have crashed at work. There's no way we can go anywhere this weekend. I have to go. We'll talk later."
Before Raven could say anything, her mother hung up. Raven was shocked. She had planned the trip to the museum for half a year. It was across the country and they were going to fly over to see it. It had a special exhibit on stones like the one Raven had which was given to her by her father.
Raven turned to the other Titans, "You're not going to believe this."
One their way to first period, they discussed the problem.
"It was no coincidence that we all have computer trouble within a day of each other," Robin said.
"I agree. Something is going on," Star commented.
"No one's ruining my trip!" Raven hissed under her breath. She was rarely this angry. "I'm getting to the bottom of it."
They walked into math to see BB, Cyborg, and Terra already seated.
"You'll never guess what happened!" BB said.
"You had computer trouble and couldn't find your job application." Raven hazarded. BB loved animals and had filled out a job application to work at the local zoo. Since he was only in high school they had him write a 15 page paper to make sure he was responsible enough. If anything was wrong with his computer, that would have been it.
"Exactly!" he exclaimed. "How did you know?"
Before Raven could answer, Terra cut in. "I'm having trouble too. I had to fill out lots of transfer papers to be accepted into the exchange program. They just called and said that all my files are gone. If they don't find them, I'll have to leave. Among my files, was my essay on American culture. There's no way I could rewrite that in time for the essay contest!"
Raven nodded. While having Terra leave didn't sound so bad, Terra had spent so long on her essay Raven felt really bad for her. Terra was depending on the essay to win a special award that would help her pay tuition for college.
"First let's get some things straight," Robin said. "When did all of this happen?"
The answers varied. Cyborg and BB had noticed yesterday at night and everyone else noticed this morning.
"They must have done it around 10:00 last night," Cyborg declared. "Not everyone checked last night and the only ones who did noticed their missing files."
"We can't just ask everyone where they were last night," Raven said.
"How will we ever know who did this?" Star asked.
"We don't have to ask everyone. There's only one person who could have done this," Cyborg said.
"Dude! Don't just keep us waiting! Who did this?" BB asked.
"The only one who knows enough about computers to do it," Cyborg said dramatically.
Everyone looked pointedly at him. "No not me! Gizmo!"
The Titans eyes drifted to the back of the room where a pale boy with thick glasses and dark hair sat typing on a computer.