Answers to Reviews:

Bloodyrose666- My birthday is actually September 10th (Which I made Starfire's birthday, hehehe) I didn't know it was Hitler's birthday. Wow. I just chose it because it was my friend's b-day (lol)

CrazyDeafGirl- You're sister's birthday is April 20th? This is getting weirder and weirder. Don't worry, I don't know your sister, so she won't die... Wow, the end of your review sounds awfully familiar.. Yup, I remember it :)

I don't know- Everyone's sisters seem to have this birthday. Wow, that really is ironic.

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Queen-of-Azarath- Don't worry about that, Queen-of-Azarath. I hadn't forgotten Robin was going to ask her out. I just didn't want Raven sleeping on his floor. Especially after he just cleaned it... (j/k!!!)

darkaurora333- lol, congratulations, you accomplished something! Actually, I'm almost happy at anything... OMG not the plastic spork! lol

Thank you for all the Wonderful reviews!

Chapter 3: Off Track

The dawn of the new day finally came, and it was as beautiful as the last. The birds chirped happily as the sun's warm rays lay upon them, fluttering by the busy city of Jump. People returned to work, as the weekend was over. And now was the time for five peaceful teens to get back to work...

Raven was the first to awaken by the loud ringing of the alarm. The tower enveloped in red as the alarm screamed throughout it's structure. Raven tested her strength once more, and was pleased to find that the results were perfectly normal. She summoned her cloak from the nearby closet and rushed towards the main room to hear the report. Robin stood near the computer console, while the others already stood waiting for her. She always wondered how Beast Boy made it before her even though she can teleport through floors and he only had the elevator. But she wasn't going to be the one to ask that.

"Titans, you aren't going to believe this..." Robin murmured, looking at his team. His face gleamed with anger. Cyborg looked over the leader's shoulder and looked at the information of the villain.

"It can't be..." Cyborg whispered, giving a stressed look at the others.

"Well, what is it?" Beast Boy asked impatiently.

"Slade." Was the answer. Time seemed to stop, and the titans looked at each other, all except Raven with a look of despair.

"But didn't the mad man fall into the lava of hot?" Starfire questioned. Raven, though also surprised of Slade's sudden reappearance, actually was happy Slade had shown up. Now they wouldn't worry about her and her birthday. A nice thought indeed, but she was terribly wrong.

"We must make sure Raven is within our group, not on the outside." Robin stated, looking directly at her. All the others agreed.

"I'll guard her, just in case." Beast Boy said, giving Raven a small smile. Raven blinked at him. He better not be getting any ideas.. Robin nodded his head in approval and yelled his favorite phrase,

"Titans, Go!" Before running out the door.

At the Docks...

The titans looked at the location beaconed by a citizen of Jump City. Where was he? Where was Slade? Robin's communicator started to play their theme song. He opened it to reveal the one man he hated, who was thought dead for months.

"Hello again, Robin." Slade's cold voice greeted, causing chills to go down all the titan's spines. "I see you still haven't caught the murderer." Robin's eyes lowered and his mouth turned into a threatening scowl.

"Where is he, Slade? Where is George?" Robin questioned, shaking the device a little bit.

"Why now, I don't even know who he is. I've just been looking at his... records." Slade replied. "But I wouldn't be worrying about him if I were you." Slade's masked face disappeared, and silence covered the titans like a shield. Finally, Beast Boy broke the quiet tension.

"Dudes, that can't be good." He told them, looking about for any sign of anything. Nothing stirred, only the water lapping against the wooden ports could be heard. Suddenly, a soft humming sound entered their ears. It grew steadily louder.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven yelled, just in time. She produced a dark bubble and used it to shield all the titans as a bomb was thrust upon them. Raven took the main impact but it was enough to make her bubble evaporate. She fell backwards and Beast Boy caught her. She rubbed her head, gave Beast Boy a little nod, and stood up again. An army of slade-bots surrounded the titans, each armed with rocket launchers and laser guns. Robin mentally kicked himself, as he didn't bring his technology bomb that he had used last time. A large fight ensued.

Starfire and Raven took to the air, Starfire thrusting starbolts and Raven throwing projectiles at the robots below. Cyborg rode Beast Boy and fired his sonic cannon, as Beast Boy rampaged through a group of them as a Rhino. Robin used his bo-staff as his weapon of choice, smashing heads off as he went. Starfire and Raven nodded at each other and summed up their energies. At once both shot a large beam of black and green together, having it fuse and destroy the remainder of the army that struck against them. Both floated down and landed beside Robin, who ended up receiving another big hug from a happy Starfire. Beast Boy and Cyborg walked up, both claiming to be the one who destroyed the most. They began a large argument over it, and Robin decided to take action.

"Neither of you did! It was Starfire and Raven, who used that nice little combo trick. Good work, Titans!" Starfire squealed with pleasure at Robin's compliment and Raven groaned. The team could be so stupid sometimes.

"That can't be all..." She murmured. The other four looked up at her with confused faces. "Sure, that was a large cut of Slade's budget, but even he is more ruthless than that." They all knew that as well as anyone. Raven was about to say something when she struck by a terrible image, of a young girl screaming and a gun pointing at her head. Raven grimaced and placed her hand over her chakra.

"We have to go... Now!" And she enveloped them all in her dark energy, disappearing into the ground.

Some Random Place in Jump City...

A brown-haired girl happily watered the flowers in their house, making sure that had enough sunlight shining upon them. She went over and got a glass of water herself, downing it within seconds. Her parents were out having lunch, all homework was completed, so she could spend the rest of her free day however she wanted. She rushed up the stairs and ran into her room. She immediately jumped on the bed and sprawled across it with joy. A book lay next to her right hand, so she grabbed it and started to read. It was called, "The Merlin Conspiracy". The girl snickered at the random thoughts that entered her head. Like any of that could happen. Raining monkeys, singing stones, a ring of the doorbell which had a killer on the other side... Wait, was that really the doorbell?

She slid down the stair railing bar and began to unlock the door, expecting it to be her friend. She opened it and gave out her best smile, squinting her eyes so she couldn't see.

"Hi!" She exclaimed joyfully, and decided to open her eyes. Her mouth quivered and she gave a small whimper as a dark clothed man forced her back into the hallway. He closed the door and threw the girl onto the living room couch, and drew out a gun. He rested it on her forehead, and she began to scream. He pull the trigger halfway before it was knocked away from the girl's face by a red birdarang. The man looked behind him and found no one there. He turned back towards where the girl was supposed to be, but she had long gone. He gave a small smirk as a dark vortex appeared before him. He crouched in a ready position, ready to duke it out against his opponent. The Teen Titans appeared before him, each with a look of pure determination. He laughed.

"About time you showed up! Didn't know how else to get you out of that tower of yours. Now say goodnight, dark princess." He pulled out another gun from inside his trench coat, and took a shot at Raven, who floated above with Starfire. None of them were prepared for the instant assault, as Robin always lectured with the villain before the fighting began. The bullet whizzed across the room and landed a hit on Raven, who fell backwards as a result. Starfire screamed and launched a volley of starbolts at the dark villain, but he merely deflected them and disappeared. The three boys looked at the empty spot in confusion. How could he get away, when he was just a powerless human? They turned around to face the music, as Starfire was sobbing quite hard.

"Star..Fire... I'm okay... He just hit me, nothing to worry about..." an exasperated voice murmured. The boys watched the scene, taking a look at the surroundings. Most of the furniture was covered in blood, as the bullet had hit its mark. Raven's left side of her cloak was bloodstained, hiding the inflicted wound. Raven gave a few gasps for air and passed out. Starfire began to cry uncontrollably , her tears pelting on Raven's cloak. Robin rushed to comfort her, and Cyborg and Beast Boy decided to look at the hidden wound. Cyborg slowly pulled away the blue fabric and the mess finally revealed itself. Beast Boy gasped in alarm and turned away. Blood flowed freely from the hole on Raven's left side of her body, and her arm also spewed out because she had tried to defend herself with it. Cyborg closed his one real eye and a small tear fell down his cheek. When he opened it again, to his surprise, half the blood had disappeared, and the hole had vanished. He gave a smile. Raven was healing herself. She wouldn't let herself die that easily.

"Rae's gonna be alright, ya'all. She's one smart gal." Cyborg stated, picking up Raven and looking at his teammates. Beast Boy looked like he had a hissy fit, because his green skin was blushed on his face, and Robin and Starfire? Well, Robin could only think of one way to stop Starfire from crying her eyes out. The kiss method. The effect worked instantly and Starfire felt comforted, and loved. Robin felt joy and love as well. They seemed to have forgotten the short drama that had happened only a few minutes ago. Beast Boy and Cyborg rolled their eyes and let the two lovebirds be. They walked out of the girl's house (no one knew where the girl was) and took off into the night sky, with Beast Boy as a pterodactyl carrying the two other titans.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note: Off Track was definitely an appropriate title for this chapter, as I had no idea what to write and the topic does sway a bit. Anyways, I hope this chapter wasn't that big of a disappointment (it sounded good when I wrote it) and you know the rest. Please Review! (Muhahahhahahahaha....)

I just realized that I use the name George a lot in my stories... Well, in The Trebbles he's the game show announcer guy, and now he's a bad dude. Before you know it he'll be producer of NBC news! (Not funny, I know) Well, my mom's dad was George and he was a producer of NBC news... Oh, forget it, Nevermind.

Hurray, it's the weekend! I'm coming down with the flu, as I have like 5 of the 6 symptoms. I hate sore throats... Sorry if I don't update as fast as I have been, but schoolwork and my health are kinda in the way. Yayness for me, another chapter done! Goodnight All! :)