(Alright! I'm really ticked off at the site right now. I've been trying to post this for you guys for 6 hours now! I guess if you see this... it worked.)

A/N: My number one question this go around is: Just who IS Red X?
Sorry to disappoint you all but Red X will not be revealed…yet! Mwahaha! Oh Come on… I gotta leave you wanting something right? I've thought this through thoroughly, and I promise you won't be disappointed.
And I'm glad most of you all enjoy Krystal. I think she's a sexy badass villain.

Reviewer Replies:
More Cookies for my reviewers! (I take requests -right now you're only getting chocolate chip): PaNRoBiN, lil' LIK Star, titanfan, angelinajfan322, kmc99, Star of Fire, DeathIsMyWayOut, Jadedea, PriscillaGirl, robin and star fan, and once again, a "special thanks" to Scott Okragleski.

corza12002: I will promise to keep my stories as realistic as possible. I'm working on another right now, but as you know from before I am a perfectionist and must finish and proofread it before submitting. Hopefully it should be fairly soon as ideas just keep spilling out of my brain, but I may write an interim short story to fill the void.
Jaina 12: I didn't know anyone thought X might be Speedy! That's a very interesting idea though.
"crescent moOn19": as I told Evilevergreen, I don't mind randomness at all. Actually, I like it! And there's nothing wrong with your name, I was giggling about your review. (hehe)
"Ryan": sorry you "HATE HATE HATE" Rob/Rae pairings (I just think they are interesting, I KNOW that Rob and Star should and will end up together). This story doesn't have one, so I'm glad you feel the need to continue reading it.
"taylorangel72": I'm sorry you don't like Krystal. And I'm sure that if Starfire were awake she would so go and kick Krystal's butt.
robin("plus")starfire: thanks for all of your comments and questions. I hope most will be answered for you by the end of my story.
"val("at")val": I'm glad you continued to read the story, but I believe that there are a few things that you do not understand. 1. Robin does wear a mask. It's in the comics, so I didn't come up with it. I assume that they showed the bruise on the outside of the mask in the show, because they never plan to draw him with it off, but they wanted to show that he was hurt. 2. The Titans do not and will not curse in the actual show. I only use it in my story for emphasis. It is also one of the reasons this story is PG-13. 3. I believe that Robin has normal clothes. Who would want to run around in uniforms all day? And X may seem like a perv, but it's only in this story.
Eyes of Nevermore: X did tell Krystal she could do what she wanted…
"Michelle": you are very close, but that will not happen in this chapter. And there will be some fluff later.
Evilevergreen: Sorry to make you late for class, but it is a huge compliment that you were willing to do that for little ol' me. I hope you like that other story. I'm entranced so far.

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. (Yeah, yeah… I'm not feeling funny, but I am feeling volatile, so BACK OFF!)

Well here we go again... More Krystal and more butt kicking. I haven't had a lot of that in a while…

Though I do not profess to be great, I do not profess to suck either.

Absolute Zero
(chapter 6)

"Now enough with the niceties," Krystal Ice stated, backing away from Robin. She swept her arm toward a water fountain mentally lifting about a handful of liquid into the air. She curled her fingers inward and it formed into a ball. She then motioned the ball of water toward her and as it touched her hand it iced over. She threw it at Raven and with a loud thwack it knocked her arm away from her task. It was most unfortunate timing. Raven had melted the ice around Cyborg's head and around his shoulders. Another 30 seconds and she would've had his arm free. Now she had to pick herself up off of the ground and quickly heal her arm before she could resume.

Robin was pissed, but he was having a hard time reacting. 'She's just so freaking distracting,' he sighed. Just then he saw her laugh at Raven's misfortune and that shocked him out of his stupor. He whipped out three electro-discs and flicked his wrist to fling them at her. She ducked one and froze the other two in mid air. Using them to her advantage, she whipped one toward Beast Boy's feet causing him to tip over.

It was fairly funny to see anyway, but it was even funnier to watch Beast Boy try to talk without having the ability to move his lips. Robin could barely hear him complain, "Guys! Uh, Guys! A little hel here, lease?"

Robin threw a heat disk over under Beast Boy. It would take a couple of minutes to thaw him, but at least he wasn't in a block of ice like Cyborg. He turned his attention back to the 'ice queen' and ran toward her while he whipped out his Bo staff. He was about to do a flying back kick over her to take her out from behind, but he faltered when he slipped on a patch of ice she had observantly placed under his feet. 'Freakin' hell! I should've seen that coming!' As he was trying to right himself, she threw her body forward to do an aerial complete with a solid kick to the side of his face. So, instead of him having the upper hand, Robin was on the ground, his hand covering his now bruised face. 'Oh, now you've done it little girl.' Robin was back on his feet and attacked Krystal with a vengeance.

He was cutting X's through the air like he was using a sword. Left, right, left, right and she was having a hard time dodging. He stopped suddenly and gritted his teeth, his lip quivering menacingly. He stared her down and when he knew she was doubting herself, he whipped his staff around and connected with her left side. Now she was the one on the ground. He could see she was recovering from having the wind knocked out of her and used it to what he thought would be his advantage. He took a step back, jammed his staff into the ground and used both of his hands to swing around it in an arch hoping to connect with her stomach. He was halfway around when he suddenly found himself -and ¾ of his staff- flying through the air. She had apparently caught her breath and her fingernails had grown into ice crystals hard enough to cut through the steel of the Bo staff.

He picked himself up again and saw a barrage of hail headed straight for him. He expertly whipped what was left of the staff in every direction and knocked them all down and just for good measure he caught the last one in his hand and flung it back at her. It grazed her cheek and she turned her head to the side. He couldn't see her face, but he heard her speak, "Enough with these stupid childish games!"

Robin couldn't believe his eyes. This frail looking girl walked over and ripped the fountain from the ground causing water to gush from the ground like a geyser. The metal was fairly thin, but it was still a sight to see. 'Damn! That was cool!' His awe was short lived when in the next second he saw her fashion three ice-missiles out of the now pooling water. Then, with as much power as he assumed she could muster, she hurtled them expertly into the city toward a large municipal building.

He concentrated on the missiles and planned out their trajectory in his head. He was about to take off when he heard Raven cry out harshly, "Beast Boy, Cyborg GO!" The next thing he knew, she materialized in front of him and her black shield was cloaking them both. "He will not become a casualty for your twisted amusement," she growled.

Robin was extremely confused, but finally caught sight of the entire picture. Beast Boy was flying swiftly toward the missiles clutching a laser-firing Cyborg in his claws. Both were decidedly unfrozen, though Cy's feet were still in "cube" form. They were doing pretty well knocking down the ice-missiles, but had to pick up speed to catch up to the first one Krystal had launched.

He and Raven weren't doing so well however. Her back was pressed against his chest. Peering over her shoulder he could see why. Aimed at her stomach, was a deadly ice crystal with a razor sharp point.

Raven had shielded them, but not in time to keep out the entire threat. About 5 inches of the crystal was piercing through their cover and the end was scant inches away from her midsection. Because of this, the black shield granted no room for Robin to move about.

Robin was tortured by the sight in front of him. Raven was in danger and there was nothing he could do about it. And he had never seen her concentrate so hard before, but what he felt reminded him of her healing just the day before. She had passed out then and he was certain she still hadn't fully recovered.

Krystal had the upper hand. Actually, she looked like she was enjoying herself. "Hey bitch! You think you're gonna save your little boyfriend?" she grunted, trying as hard as she could to puncture Raven's shield further. "You're only succeeding in killing yourself too."

Raven gritted her teeth. Robin could see beads of sweat on her forehead. He could even feel her stealing some energy from him as her concentration became more focused. He didn't care. He would do whatever he could to help her, which at this moment wasn't much because of the limited movement. "Krystal stop!" he yelled desperately, "It's me you want! Leave her alone!"

"Truthfully…I don't care," she quipped back as she pushed even harder. The ice crystal grazed Raven's uniform and the pointed tip turned pink.

"Raven," he whispered into her ear, "take it!"

"What?" she questioned, almost dropping her guard.

"Take all of my energy and beat her back!" he pleaded.

"Robin..."

"Go ahead Raven…"

"Get down."

"What?"

"NOW!" He dropped to the ground. Not a second later he heard Raven groan loudly. Krystal roared with laughter and he saw the black shield dissipate. He tried to stand up but couldn't. Something blocked him, so he slid sideways and looked up. Robin couldn't breathe. The ice crystal had sliced straight through Raven and had only just skimmed the back of his uniform.

Raven expelled one last breath and as the frigid ice queen allowed her weapon to melt, she fell to the ground. "Well, that'll do it for me wonder boy," Krystal stepped back and bowed, swinging her arms down and out to the sides as a misty fog enveloped her. Her exit was a welcome relief for him. He probably would have been impressed if the circumstances were entirely different, but other than to notice her absence, he wasn't paying any attention to her. Right now, all of his attentions were on the battered girl in front of him.

"Raven!" Robin gasped as he fell to his knees next to her and lifted her into his arms. Not twenty-four hours before, he had prayed that they would never be in this situation again, but now they were. "Raven? Raven? Please answer me!" He hugged her to his chest. "Your pulse is faint, but I can still feel it. There's still heat flowing through you. Raven, you are not dead. You can't be!" he was pleading with her, hoping to bring her back with his words. A tear fell from his eye and dropped onto Raven's cheek, "I thought I told you that my life wasn't worth sacrificing yours."

"And I thought…I told you…not to give up on me…Boy Wonder," Raven smiled as she talked amidst raspy breaths.

"Raven!" without thinking he kissed her and hugged her to him again. "Raven. You're going to be all right. Just stay with me."

"Uh, Robin?…Pain," Raven gasped.

"Oh, sorry," he allowed her to lie back in order to examine her wound. "Raven, can you heal this? Is that even possible?"

She was still breathing heavily, "Slightly. That's why… I'm even alive right now… but I can't do much more. The wound is too deep. I can heal myself again…through meditation… once it is much less…deadly," she said the last part while looking away from him.

"We'll take you back to the tower right away. We can treat you there and monitor you 24/7 until things improve." He lifted her up in his arms while he stood. "Raven?"

"Yeah?"

He looked down into her violet eyes, "I don't know if this is even worth anything right now, but…thank you."

"I didn't do anything you wouldn't have done for me," she replied.

"You know I would." He decided a little joke might help her feel better, "You probably couldn't carry me back like this though," She did smile, but then she clutched her stomach and coughed. "And if Cyborg and Beast Boy don't get back here soon, I will have to carry you back like this." Luckily he didn't have to worry about that because only moments later Cyborg touched down and Beast Boy morphed from a pterodactyl back to his normal form.

"Hey y'all. We finally caught that last ice missile right before it crashed through a window," Cyborg said leaning down to brush the last bits of slush off of his feet.

"Uh, Cy," Beast Boy tapped Cy's shoulder and pointed at Robin holding Raven.

Cyborg finally looked up, "Whoa! Rob! Rae! What happened?"

"Long story," he'd tell them later. "The short version? …We need to get Raven back to the tower right now!"

"I'll take her," Beast Boy offered.

"No. Cyborg get the T-car," he said gruffly and Cyborg ran off. "She sacrificed for me…" he mumbled quietly to himself, "She's not leaving my side." Cyborg brought the car around and he climbed in the back still holding Raven on his lap.

A/N: Will Raven be okay? Will they EVER find Starfire? And who IS Red X?
You'll find out...if you review!
Hahaha. Another threat. I'm getting good at these...