A/N: Okay, the deal with the last chapter is that only a couple of people caught it and I kept seeing that it had 4 chapters, but even I couldn't find it. I tried 50,000 different ways to get around it, but it still never came up on the list of stories with all of the chapters, so I just reposted chapter 4.
But, hey, bonus for you guys cause I'm posting this chapter quickly to make up for the mishap!
Reviewer Replies:
Big BIG "Thank yous" and cookies to those who happened to catch the last chapter or review up to 3 yesterday: "jolie94". To those who want to know who X is, all will be explained later in the story: DeathIsMyWayOut, kmc99, and Jadedea.
"angelinajfan322": (even if youmay bethe same person as jolie94) Thank you for not "guessing aloud" in my reviews. I think you will enjoy my explanation, especially if you guessed right.
Kiyoitsukikage: Thank you. And talk about awesome: your story is awesome! I'm gonna recommend it to a couple of my reviewers.
Evilevergreen: I really enjoy messing with your brain. Can you tell?(hehe) Yes, she does know him and your guess about his plan is close. Yeah, I think Star is smart too, just naïve, which makes her seem inept. I also really enjoyed your randomness, and yeah I have heard that song. I like it a lot. –Ooh and since you like Rae/Rob pairings so much, you should definitely check out Kiyoitsukikage's story: "Love Itself". You and RavenOnline, butRO didn't happen to review my last chapter so…
Without Further Delay…
Disclaimer: It takes long enough for me to type one freaking story about Teen Titans much less write, storyboard, and animate one episode, so obviously I don't own the show.
Though I do not profess to be great, I do not profess to suck either.
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(chapter 5)
"Krystal, hi… Yeah, grr to you too baby. Look, I need your help… No, not like that. I need a distraction… Yeah. I've got to sneak something inside Titan's Tower… It doesn't matter what, I just need to get them all out of there and I was wondering if you could help me?…Right now… You can do whatever you want. Just keep them out of there for like an hour and try not to get yourself hurt. 'Kay babe?… Yeah, alright." X hung up the phone and glanced over at the wall. Starfire was still zonked, but he really didn't know how long she'd be out. He stared at her for a moment. She was still very beautiful even with her head hanging down and her hair covering one side of her face.
He was going to take her back to the tower and leave her their tied up. He'd have to hope they hadn't checked everywhere in the house so that he could steal some book or statue or something. That way when they found her they would assume Starfire'd been attacked and knocked out by some random burglar. Also he would need to "help" her not remember anything about it. This was assuming a lot, which made it not a really good plan, but under the circumstances not a really bad plan either. Even so, he was still an idiot.
It was only hope that had made him bring her here in the first place and now, all hope was dashed. 'Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I've got an I.Q. of 165, the reflexes of a cat, and I can name every Bruce Lee film ever made, but I can't keep my head out of my freaking pants for one freaking minute and now I'm paying for it!' He gently pulled the last bit of tape off of Starfire and gathered her up in his arms. He kissed her lightly on the forehead one last time. He saw the corner of her eye twitch and knew he had to get going, because she would wake up soon. He strapped her to his back like a make shift duffle bag/backpack and tried as best he could to sneak back to the tower.
He used the same window he'd used earlier. Even if they had reset the security systems it wouldn't matter (that was what Krystal was for). He took Starfire into Beast Boy's room. He carefully stepped over piles of clothes, papers, games, and other crap and opened the closet door. A stuffed animal fell on his head and about fifteen balls of different sizes rolled out around him. 'Glad I can count on you for general chaos Beast Boy. It'll be much easier to hide her this way.' He moved stuff around and made a spot that would be fairly comfortable for Starfire to lie in. He lay her softly down and took a piece of rope out of his pocket. He tied her hands behind her back and placed a scarf between her teeth and around the back of her neck. He wanted to make it look as if it were done by just a regular guy and not by him. Any hint of a red X and he would easily be detected and therefore fucked.
He whipped out a device he liked to call the "mind muddler" and held it up to Starfire's ear. Into it, he whispered lies about what had happened to her. He knew that she was very smart, but she was also very naïve and he hoped that it would work to his advantage in this instance. He heard her mumble along with him and he could tell that at least some of it had gotten through. It was actually much easier to do than he thought.
He'd picked up the device a couple of years back. He had stolen a gem from a science museum and decided to grab a couple of other things along the way. He'd only used it once before- to test it. That time it had worked, but not well enough to block out everything. He hoped it would work at least as well this time. 'Maybe, she will believe it to be all a dream.'
He ran his fingertips from the side of her face, down to her hip. "Well, it was fun while it lasted. I hope we meet again Star." As he closed the closet door he looked back and smiled. He grabbed all of Beast Boy's CD's and his CD player. He almost felt bad for taking them, but only 'cause they mostly sucked. At least this way the place would look burgled, plus a couple were decent and he needed a CD player anyway. His apartment was seriously lacking.
He slinked out of the tower and as he left he tried very hard to forget anything had ever happened.
Raven grabbed Robin by the shoulder and melded him into her cape. They appeared next to Beast Boy and Robin stepped out of the blackness. "Alright Beast Boy, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Robin!?!" Beast Boy gawked, "I didn't know you'd…I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't mean anything by it. I swear. Forgive me? Puhleeese?" Beast Boy got down on his knees with his hands together, begging.
"Fine Beast Boy, you're forgiven. Now get up and tell us what's going on here." Robin grabbed his hand and pulled him up.
Beast Boy snapped back to reality and tried to explain what was going on way too fast, so his words jumbled together, "Me-and-Cy-got-this-call-for-help, and-we-came-down-here-to-the-park-but-no-one-was-here, but-we-looked-around-anyway. Then-this-fog-came-and-I-couldn't-see-anything-and-I-was-wandering-around-blindly, but-then-I-bumped-into-something-wet-and-cold-and-when-I-looked-up-I-saw-Cyborg! He was stuck in a block of ice!" at this Beast Boy turned and pointed a rigid arm behind him. Robin thought he may have heard him wrong, but when he followed Beast Boy's finger he knew that he had heard everything correctly. Cyborg had a shocked and angry expression on his face and was actually frozen with his laser arm ready to fire, except he was evidently never able to get a shot off.
"Beast Boy, who did this?" Robin asked examining the block, "Was it Dr. Chang?"
"I don't know! I couldn't see anyone!" Beast Boy said flailing his arms wildly.
"Well whoever it is, we need to put them on ice," Raven growled flatly, gathering black flames in her hands and slowly melting the ice around Cyborg.
"I don't think that will be necessary dear." Out of the fog Robin saw ice crystals form in a line rapidly aiming for him. Just after, he witnessed a stilettoed heal cut through the fog. He followed the heel all the way up her leg to her hip, past that to her bare midriff, over her chest, following the hollow of her neck up to her shimmering white face. Finally able to take in her whole form, Robin almost lost his breath. She was a complete vixen, well in a pale, frigid sort of way, but still. She was wearing a blue velvet faux fur lined coat that touched the ground, but formed an X in the front because there were only two buttons at her chest. She was also wearing a skirt of the same material cut extremely high up on her right thigh. Her hood was down revealing white blond tendrils falling over her shoulders. She had a soft, but chiseled face with pale pink lips and icy white/blue eyes.
"You really need to chill out." With this she held out her hand and opened her palm. It contained a small puddle of water. She pressed her lips together and blew the water out of her hand. It settled on Beast Boy in a fine mist that kept him frozen to his spot. With both Cyborg and Beast Boy frozen and Raven occupied, she turned her attention to Robin. "Well, well, well. The Boy Wonder. You know what I wonder?" She looked him up and down, "If you're more than just a boy, where it…counts."
He was transfixed by her low sensuous voice. If it could have, his jaw would have been lying on the ground. "Who are you?"
"Krystal…" she paused, glanced to the side and grinned. Bringing her piercing blue eyes back to Robin's, she raised her eyebrow and went in for the kill. She grabbed the back of his head with her hands and brought her lips to his. She parted them and breathed into him. His throat and lungs felt chilled and when she let him go, he could see his breath as he exhaled. She smiled at his reaction and finished, "…Ice."
A/N: Okay, I hope you enjoy Krystal Ice as much as I do. I really liked creating her character. Though you guys may not like her as much in the next chapter...
Speaking of the next chapter, if all goes well (crosses fingers) I shall be updating soon...IF you review.
That is not just a threat.That is an order! Review!
