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DISCLAIMER: As much as I'd love to, I don't own the Teen Titans.

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The Jump City bank was not only the most popular bank in Jump City; it was also the tallest. Heavily guarded, this building stood half a story taller than the tallest rivaling bank. Should the money inside be stolen, down to the last dirt covered penny, Jump city and all cities within a 50km distance surrounding it would go into an economic depression. This leads to the other part; all the money in the Jump city bank is stored about 6 stories underground.

Surrounded by 6 plates of titanium steel walls, it was impossible to get into by force. When you could get in by keys, fingerprints, and retina scans with the intentions of steeling all the money in the bank, you'd have one hell of a time trying to break through get it all. The vault which it was all locked in had its air filtered from most oxygen, the bit left in the vault just enough to keep a human alive. For about 2 minutes. And this was only possible if you knew how to breath the air in right or you had an oxygen tank but that would be hard to smuggle in because of the metal detectors just before the hallway leading to the vault.

However, none of this information bothered the 3 girls climbing the hundred steps up towards the giant bullet proof glassof the entrance because they knew 2 things: 1) they couldn't steal all the money in the bank because they didn't need it and they did live in Jump city after all and 2) if the money could get in, then there had to be a way to get the money out.

Raven had done that part of their homework. There had been many records of counterfeit money being put into banks in exchange for real money either by accident or because of disloyal guards who were looking to make some money for themselves. After the 7th time in history this occurred the government paid a good half million to install a new room into this bank and another half million to keep it running with good and honest employers.

In the year of 1999, just before the new millennium, the government had the identifying room installed. All money that went up or down through the tubes was carefully scanned and checked by machines and humans for any traces of a fake. The room cost the government up to 2.5million a year but it was a small price to pay for all the money that could be lost from the counterfeit money. Of course at the time the name "identifying room" seemed stupid and with all that money lost… the protection that the government, Danny Liathe, had taken ended up kickinghim out of office.

He was outvoted by, by landslide, Carl Slade. As he took his turn in office his poor decisions on the law and his tendency to be biased and cruel were overlooked by many stubborn citizens. At least they were until Slade had been caught trying to disable the identifying room and had been found to have stolen millions from the bank after replacing it with counterfeit money. Sadly he escaped and the police were still searching. It seemed as though as soon as they found even the slightest trace of him he was gone before they could catch him.

Danny Liathe returned to office. However, all this didn't concern the 3 thieves at all and they skipped through the small history lesson without the slightest glance. What they were interested in was theidentifying room. After extensive research, (and a lot of hacking) Raven discovered that every 5 hours the money in the bank was checked for fakes. At midnight the money would run through its last check, by machine, before being checked again at the new day by the returning humans.

So here they were, preparing to gather the information needed so that they could sneak, or if need be, fight, past the security to gather a few thousand dollars. Like mentioned before, they didn't need Jump city to go bankrupt, they just needed to "borrow" some cash.

Reaching the cracked pavement at the top of the climb, the girls didn't even have the grace to break a sweat. Still, they didn't look out of place, since, after many complaints from senior citizens; an elevator was installed to prevent any unwanted accidents which meant that the stairs gave a more intimidating look to the bank instead of the use of getting people to the top. Starfire nudged Jinx and pointed towards a nearby guard, whose back was to them, facing the sun.

Jinx gave the slightest of nods to show her acknowledgement and sauntered over to the unsuspecting guard, doing her best to make her soft steps audible even though it went against her own trained instinct. The guard who had been busy squinting to keep his eyes from the glare of the sun, spun around quickly at the sudden noise and presence behind him.

"Excusez-moi, (Excuse-me)" Jinx asked politely keeping her voice light with a French accent.

"Uhhhhh, can I help you? I can't speak French very well," came the guard's weary response.

"That's fine. I just came back from Paris and I tend to still mix the two languages up slightly. This reminds me, my friend and her brother are visiting Jump city but they need some money so we came here. We would normally just walk in and get some but the building seems so foreboding and we are so petit, (small) and the bank is also a tourist but we were wondering if you could give us a VIP tour…" Jinx lied smoothly.

"I'm sorry miss but I can't do that. I can't just give a VIP tour to just anyone and you really should be grateful that I'm even taking the time to speak with you miss. Since you haven't been here for a while I suppose I'll let it slide but in case you've forgotten you shouldn't talk to on duty guards because it causes a distraction," chided the guard.

"Je suis désolé, (I am sorry) Mr." Jinx apologized letting her hand come up to the reflective necklace she was wearing. Turning slightly she let the sunlight glint off the stone reflecting in the guards view, making sure he saw the shine. "But we really do need that VIP tour." The guard's eyes glazed over as Jinx muttered a few words.

"VIP tour? Of course. Anything for you 3…" the guard spoke monotonously. Jinx grinned and turned back to her companions who were staying back as if shyly. Truly they had been looking at the entire building, seeing where the best place to land would be if they chose to get there by jumping over rooftops. Starfire saw Jinx's grin and poked Raven who turned rapidly, her senses dimming while she concentrated on searching nearby guards' minds for any useful information.

Walking leisurely they joined Jinx into the building, their stepsheld a well practiced unsure ness to it. Starfire smiled. The trick that Jinx had used was pretty much a novice trick. It required something shiny to keep the person's attention and it basically worked like hypnotism. She still wondered why the police forces on Earth didn't bother to teach their officer's about magic and spells. If they did that then maybe they would have been able to stop their last 3 robberies.

"Here is your VIP passes ladies and gentleman. Please follow me," the officer directed handing over 3 gold rimmed cards to Jinx. Jinx smiled and divided the other two for Star and Raven.

"Merci, (thank you) officer. I'm afraid that I didn't catch your name," Jinx said expectantly.

"It's Randy. I'm Officer Randy," Randy replied evenly. Randy then began speaking telling them about the history of the bank as he led them down a hall. As boring as it was Starfire still recorded it all in case there was something that they needed later. Basically he told them all that they had skipped through from Raven's research. Getting bored rapidly Jinx stepped in front of the Randy.

"Officer Randy, stop!" she whispered quietly. At once the taller man halted. "Now as much as I'm interested in the history of the bank I'd like you to take us to where the blueprints of this building are."

"Of course. They're right here." Stepping before a locked door on the nearby left, Starfire watched closely as the guard did a retina scan and a fingerprint check. Smiling as it opened she was quick to get out the solution from Jinxes bag and insisted on getting his fingerprint for later. Jinx just shrugged and watched as she coated the pen that she had taken from his pocket and coated it with the solution. Getting Randy to put his finger on the pen she made sure that the print would be good and locked the pen in a zip lock, being sure to keep air out. With a few drops of crazy glue and a cotton ball the chemical reaction occurred and the fingerprint became quite visible. Taking a glove hanging off of the guard's belt she pressed her finger to the pen and after carefully pulling it off she now had a replica of Officer Randy's fingerprint.

Next she took out the camera from Jinx's bag and took a close up of Randy's eye. This could be useful for other retina scans in the bank if they, for some reason, needed to get in.

Walking inside the room they found the blueprints to be locked in an air tight casing. A few motion detectors were set up around it but Starfire easily deactivated the alarm, warning Raven that she only had 2 minutes to get the blueprints out before the alarm set off another one announcing its deactivation.

Raven nodded and concentrated on the blueprints. In seconds it was wrapped by her black telekinetic magic and she easily lifted it out of the case with over a minute to spare. Setting the alarm back up and putting a decoy of the blueprints in to replace the real one, they moved on. As they went Raven took careful note of the area's where the camera's were kept, Jinx took pictures of areas where camera's were located, the vault room, the identifying room etc. and Starfire was careful to get every turn and twist on tape, both the listening and the visual.

For the rest of the tour they acted as if they had been just walking by and gotten picked to go on a VIP tour. Raven never spoke once but would turn to Starfire from time to time after Randy said something and move her hands in sign language. Starfire would then move her hands back as well as Jinx asked a few random questions in her slight French accent. By the end of the tour they had ended back up where they had originally started.

"Merci, (thank you) again Officer," Jinx told the guard who was still under her spell. "We had a wonderful time today." With that Jinx snapped her hand in front his face and turned around walking slowly back to her companions. The bewildered guard stared after her, only recalling how he had refused to give her and her companions a tour. Shrugging at the confusion of it all he turned back to his post. If he was more attentive he would have noticed how he was one glove short and the pen in his pocket was gone. If he was really aware he would have noticed how the sun wasn't quite in his face anymore but had gone off a little ways. Alas, the poor man noticed nothing as he was left dazed at the top of the stairs completely unaware of the fact that he had been an arms length away from the most wanted thieves in Jump city for about 1 and a half hours…

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Beastboy watched as his friends' eyes glazed over in thought, lost in their own worlds in attempts to understand what Bruce had said. Of course they weren't underestimating their enemy, they weren't missing any information about the mysterious trio yet... right? Beastboy shook his head to clear away the deep thoughts, reminding himself it was NOT safe for him to think that deeply. That was Cyborg's and Robin's job.

"Dude, what do you think the Bruce man meant? We aren't missing any info about these 3, right?" Beastboy asked, needing to confirm his own thoughts.

"Hmm? Uh, no. No we aren't BB. Bruce just might be a little paranoid. We personally scoured all 3 previous sites for any additional clues so it should be fine," Robin assured even though his usually confident voice wavered. Cyborg escaped from his own thoughts and agreed with Robin. Everything would work out fine. Still, the more the 3 boys tried to convince the other 2 that it would be fine, the more they themselves didn't believe it.

"Let's get back to the apartment. We'll need our rest since we have to take the night shift." Cyborg suggested. Robin and Beastboy quickly agreed- maybe sleep would help shake off the uneasy feeling hovering above them. As they left Robin noticed an odd man, watching them from the shadows of a corner. He was holding a file- probably a transfer to replace the old assistant cop job up for grabs.

Shrugging Robin just ignored the queer man and continued making his way out with his friends, not seeing the glint of the copper mask.

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The red Porsche picked up speed as it hit the more vacant dirt road leading to the sole isolated house in this part of the country. Starfire had taken off the smothering overcoat long ago and was now enjoying the refreshing breeze.

"So friends, do we wish to leave a clue tonight at the bank? It would provide an opportunity to prove that we are more innocent than the papers in the city say," Star asked her quiet friends. A moment of silence followed before Raven broke the ice.

"I think that it's a good idea Star. We have to bring him down sooner or later," Raven agreed.

"How would we give out a clue that won't lead them to us right away?" Jinx inquired.

"I have thought hard about that one. I have just finished reading the Earth book called Angels and Demons and it has given me an idea. Perhaps is we were to leave riddles that the police could solve leading to the next bank we will strike it will let us know if they are worthy of catching us. We would not want to let someone catch us if they are not worth our time," Starfire reasoned.

"That's not a bad idea Star. How many more banks should we strike?"

"How about 3? Then we could reveal code names at each bank as well," Star answered.

"And we wanna get caught why? We've trained hard for all this! We're finally gonna make it to the top and you two want to just throw it all away?" Jinx interjected. The other 2 girls fell silent at this trying to figure out how to tell their friend in a way so that their emotions could help explain too.

"Our goal was-" Star began

"I know what our goal was," Jinx snapped. "But why us? Those 3 guys seem good enough to do it. Why us?"

"Because they are not as good as us," Starfire answered as-a-matter-of-fact like. "If they were then they should have been able to see what will be going on right in front of their faces."

"Besides," Raven said allowing a small smile. "It'll liven things up."

"I'm not so sure girls," Jinx said doubtfully. "If we're caught it's the slammer for what? 30 years?"

"Then let us ensure that we do not get caught," Starfire said letting her mischievous meaning catch on to her companions.

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10:30

As the girls got to work getting there riddle ready, the boys went to go work undercover. They drove rapidly towards the jump city bank remembering the chief's words.

"If you see them, try to get them to talk. We need a hint as to where they'll strike next. Here's a list of the top 10 most popular banks that I can think of."

The list was still in Robin's pocket, every name already memorized to the point that all 3 men could easily list them all in order.

1. Time cross bank

2. Starzgaze bank

3. The Titans bank

4. The Eastern bank

5. The Stars cross bank

6. Time Glow bank

7. Light's Glow bank

8. Second's Pass bank

9. Ruby's glow bank

10. Sapphire's shine bank

Arriving at the closed and quiet bank they unloaded quickly. At once Beastboy transformed into a pigeon and perched atop the roof of the bank. Cyborg dressed as a Janitor, took the hallways, casually mopping the already cleaned floors. Last came Robin. Disguised as a worker in the Identifying Room he kept watch waiting until midnight when the last of the money came in for checking.

11:00

"Beastboy, Cyborg you guys there?" Robin asked into one of the communicators he had brought.

"Yes we're here. We were here 5 minutes ago too when you last checked, and the 5 minutes before that, and the 5 before that…" Cyborg trailed, sarcasm dripping in his tired voice.

"Oh shut up. Its a little nerve wracking that's all," Robin frowned.

"Dude, don't you think it's been nerve wracking on us too? Do you know how cold the city gets at night?" Beastboy demanded with a shiver.

"Beastboy, its 15° outside…" Robin informed.

"Yeah well it seems a lot colder when you're a pigeon OK?" Robin sighed. It was going to be a long night.

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11:10

Jinx jumped from roof to roof as Starfire and Raven flew silently beside her. Their outfits were all black to match the dark sky. Their hair was tied back neatly and hidden underneath black wigs and they used brown contacts. Jinx's top half of her outfit was long sleeved and near herwrists it cut like a witches robe. Her wig was tied into pigtails, and her mouth was unseendue toa black scarf, like her companions. Her pants were tight and she wore black runners. A belt, carrying a small ivory pistol, and a few smoke bombs hung sloppily at her waist completing her uniform.

Raven wore a dark baby T as well as a pair of dark jeans that flared out at the bottom. Her belt didn't have smoke bombs but it had two ivory pistols. Her feet were sheltered by black, flat-soled slippers since she rarely ever landed anyway. Her wig was left alone and untied, covered by the hood of the large cloak that she always wore on missions.

Starfire was clad in a tight tank top, and black shorts. She wore knee-high boots that held her ivory gun and the glove she had taken from the guard Randy. Her hair was tied back into a long braided ponytail. All had leather pouches hidden somewhere on them as well as gloves but Starfire's was a little more unique. Hers was designed to be able to take the heat of the glowing, neon green, Starbolts.

They stopped a few rooftops away from the bank and checked out the situation. There didn't appear to be anybody there but they were precautious anyway. It only took a moment for them to agree to split up in case it was a trap. They would meet up in the identifying room, but first they would take different entrances. This way it was easier to hide and they had an even slimmer chance of getting caught. Raven would use the rooftop entrance, Jinx would go through the back door near the hallways and Starfire would go through a carelessly left open window.

The trio had spent the rest of the afternoon resting, preparing, and of course, studying the blueprints of the building. By now they knew every twist and turn, every room and what it was designed to be, where the best escape route was, where the sewers would lead to, and where security had been placed. Starfire would get to the identifying room first because of the distance between the room and the window but Raven and Jinx shouldn't be that far behind. Spitting up they moved towards their destination, unaware of the other 3 people inside.

Jinx and Cy

Jinx slipped off the roof, landing silently on the rocky floor beneath. She kept to the shadows, moving with the grace of a cat. She had no doubt that the back door was locked but she was surprised that it was only a padded key lock that held the door closed.

'Must be confident in the security inside,' she thought with a shrug. She pulled out a couple of bobby pins hidden in her dark wig and got to work fiddling around with the lock until her ears heard a satisfying click. She carefully opened the door, noting how the hinges had been oiled. A camera sat silently in the corner but Jinx had already known that from the blueprints. It faced opposite from her currently, about to turn its blinking red light to her. Pulling out the ivory gun she shot the camera lens clean through, cleaning up the shells and pulling out the bullet with practiced ease, placing it into a leather pouch hidden in the folds of her shirt. She hung the pouch on her belt and got ready to go to the next hallway.

Looking around to gather her bearings she took note of a janitor's cart that hadn't been there moments ago. Perhaps the building wasn't as empty as she thought…

"You shouldn't wreck things that aren't yours," a voice commented from behind. Surprised Jinx turned around quickly, coming face to face with a man dressed as a janitor but Jinx didn't think she could believe HE was a janitor.

Cyborg was already shifting his weight to get into a better fighting stance. He was ready for anything, including the guy turning around and shooting at him. Jinx turned slowly and when she did Cyborg's jaw dropped. He wasn't ready for the thief to be a girl!

"Beastboy definitely jinxed it," he muttered to himself. He had to admit that the woman before him was pretty hot with the tight outfit and all but she was a thief. He had gotten lucky by deciding to watch the back door. He had managed to sneak up on her and by her shot he would guess that she was part of the trio they were after.

'If she's one of them though, then where are the others?' he wondered. 'And if she's with them are the other's girls too? I wonder if they're just as hot… Oh wait! I did NOT just think that...' She looked at him wearily and he found himself self-conscious as she studied him, keeping her distance. He was aware that she had a small pistol- how else could she shoot out the camera? He was definitely surprised by her gender but now that the initial shock had worn off, he noticed that she hadn't even raised the gun and had instead put it away.

"So they did put on some security after all," Jinx said smirking.

"Of course," Cyborg replied insulted.

"Too bad it won't be enough to stop me," Jinx gave a muffled shout, because of her scarf, back over her shoulder as she took off down the hall.

"Nice try," Cyborg said cutting her off. Jinx skidded to a surprise halt, her face illuminated by the soft glow of Cyborg's sonic cannon. He hadn't wanted to bring out the sonic cannon but she was swift and about to get away. Jinx didn't panic but was awfully grateful for the scarf and banged wig that covered most of her face. "Can't get away that easily. Now why don't you just turn around now so I can put the pretty handcuffs on? Do you know how hard it was for me to catch you?"

She snorted. "Yeah, you and the entire police force." She peered at him, zooming in on the facial features even though she could already tell who he was by the sonic cannon. "So they're sending in Jump cities finest to catch us, eh? I'm sorry to say that you won't catch me."

"You're absolutely correct. You've already been caught."

"Not yet, Officer Cyborg. I still have quite a bit of rope left to hang on to." Jinx delivered a roundhouse to the side of his head. Unfortunately, he had been suspecting this and caught it easily. What he hadn't been expecting was the front kick to his chest so quickly and he stepped back for a moment clearing the way. The moment was all that she needed to vault over him and sprint down the winding hallway.

"Shit," he swore and chased after her already disappeared form.

Raven and BB

Raven jumped the last roof not wanting to land on it. She didn't need the police force to know that she had powers- not yet at least. She retreated immediately to the shadows as soon as her feet touched the roof. Scanning the area she found no sign of life with the exception of the lone pigeon sitting at the corner of the roof.

Its back was turned to her and the door was close. She figured she was fast enough to make it. Turning, her foot caught a pebble and it was sent skittering towards the pigeon landing by it.

'Damn,' she thought. Pigeons weren't much of a threat physically but they scared easily. As soon as a flock of pigeons take off from a roof it's kind of hard not to wonder where someone may be hiding. This was why she preferred flying.

The pigeon's reactions were quick, its head turning the moment the sound waves reached its ears. She was spotted in seconds, its eyes used to the dark. Then, without warning, the pigeon transformed to a man.

In surprise Raven took a step back and her eye's widened as she stared at Beastboy, who moments before had been a pigeon. 'Double damn,' she cursed. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid! I can't believe I let my guard down like that!' A nearby streetlamp blew up sending darkness to the rooftop.

Beastboy stared. Sure he had been expecting a robber but he had been expecting 3 male robbers not 1 female one. He watched as she looked at him (or at least he thought she was looking. It was hard to tell with the scarf and cloak) and the thought made his heart skip a beat. He shook his head. No time to think of this now, he had to cuff her and bring her to Bruce. Ignoring his thoughts he reached to his side to get the handcuffs but Raven was quicker. She had composed herself in her thoughts knowing that it would just be like any other time she was caught by a guard. No need to panic now. With a quick draw of her gun, a bullet was throttling full speed at the handcuffs, sending them to the other end of the building.

Beastboy froze. He expected a bullet to be charging at him as he turned but there was nothing. No sudden agonizing pain, no blood, no bullet, nothing. His eyes fell on Raven and he saw that she had put away the gun to its holster at her belt.

"Why didn't you do it?" he asked.

"I'm a thief, not a murderer," came his answer in a monotone voice. Raven knew that his eyes were on her replaced gun.

"That could have been a fatal mistake. If I were the real guard on duty then I could have shot you without a second thought."

"Good thing that you're not then. However if you were, I doubt that you'd have been quick enough to get a shot." He knew that she was right. It would have only taken him a few seconds to grab the handcuffs but she had shot it away without as much as a glance.

The darkness was alright he supposed, considering how it gave him some cover but he soon realized it gave the girl much more cover than him. A door to his right creaked open and he winced realizing that she had gotten right by him without him even noticing.

"We'll have to talk some more another time Officer Beastboy. I have no doubts that we will end up meeting again."

"That will probably be the one and only thing that you and I will agree on."

"Probably," Raven whispered already going down the stairs. The dark was all around her but she felt comfortable in it anyway. A small smile graced her face and, although she didn't realize it, nothing had blown up. When the streetlamp had gone out, Raven had made sure that she had collected her bullet and shell which sat lightly in the leather pouch at her belt. As Raven floated merrily down the stairs, Beastboy broke free from his daze and flew down the stairs, as a falcon, after her.

Star and Robin

Starfire landed softly on the carpeted floor of somebody's office. She was about to stand when a slight movement in the corner of her eye brought her arm up to block.

Robin couldn't see the figure because his light, a sole streetlamp, had just shattered. All he knew was that, there was somebody here and they had a very strong arm. Robin was supposed to be in the identifying room but nature had called and on the way back he had spotted the open window. He had taken a risky gamble that someone would come in through it.

Raising his staff he did a combination of kicks, punches, and high and low hits in an attempt to get the person off guard. All that happened was a lot of blocking and a few offensive moves that would hit him. Frustrated Robin jumped back, which was difficult in the office, and turned on the switch.

He was going to try another combination when his moves faltered. His thief was a girl. She stared back at him determinedly, ready to fight. He did his best to ignore his thoughts and focused on catching her. That's what his job was; he didn't have to necessarily hurt her. He dove at her kicking and punching but she was just as fast at ducking and jumping.

"You're pretty good," he told her in awe.

"You are not horrible yourself."

"Thanks, but I'm afraid that you can't beat me."

"You may be right officer. I can not beat you now but then you can not catch me either. We are even."

"Wrong," Robin corrected. He had forced her to back up into a corner of the office. He smiled and pulled out his handcuffs, proud to have caught her. She just watched, unflinching, staring him in the eyes. As he moved to grab her hands she flipped over him and out the hallway, heading towards the identifying room.

'Uh-oh,' Robin thought. He chased after her, knowing where she was going even though her dark figure had long since disappeared.

Riddles

Starfire wasted no time in barging right into the unlocked room. The lights were on and machines were scattered around the area. Money siphoned in and out of glass tubes being brought in, checked by a machine and back into the vault. Using an expertly aimed kick Starfire smashed the glass in, the money being sent there falling to the floor. The leather pouch wasn't that big but money could be compressed.

Efficiently she stacked up a few 20's and 50's, and then rolled it up. Keeping it tight she slipped the roll into her boots. It was uncomfortable sure but that was on the bottom of her worry about list. She repeated the process over and over, rolling up whatever bills fell to the floor. A few minutes later Jinx and Raven ran in slightly out of breath.

"We were followed," they announced in unison.

"I believe that I have been followed as well."

"All the more reason to hurry," Jinx told her, already rolling up bills putting them in Starfire's pouch, and up her sleeves.

"HOLD IT!" Cyborg shouted, standing in the doorway panting openly. On his left Beastboy slouched, gulping down water from a nearby fountain. Robin stood tall and proud beside Cyborg but even he was coated in a fine coat of seat.

"No problem Officer Cyborg. I already am holding something," Jinx said grinning. Beastboy finished with the water and changed into a guard dog. He lunged at Raven who just watched him falling towards her until the last second where she stepped to the side neatly. "We'll be glad to take it. Thank you so much for offering. I don't normally take such expensive gifts but I'll make an exception in this case."

"I am fearful that we must be taking a leave now," Starfire warned them. "But before we go we have a riddle for you 3. Perhaps it will help you 'stop us', and make us 'hold it' better."

Raven sunk into the shadows and reappeared beside Beastboy, startling him when she started talking.

"Too far to reach,

Bright to our eyes,

Children adore them,

A 'boom' when it dies.

She sunk back to the shadows, disappearing until he looked up. She was sitting by the heavily curtained window, looking mysterious with her hood drawn up. Starfire vaulted over them landing behind Robin. She spoke in an enchanting, quiet voice, continuing where raven left off.

"Mother's life depends on them,

Yours do as well,

Every creature's does,

From the feathers to the shells."

Starfire flipped over them landing on the sill of the window Raven was on. Jinx was last. She cart wheeled towards them, flipping over at the last second. She landed by Cyborg, her voice low and keeping the words mesmerizing.

"They make paths of rays,

Where we strike next,

4 points total,

Where energy intersects."

She jumped over them hopping up the walls towards the window. "Good-bye boys. Have fun solving that riddle, because we strike at midnight!" Jinx called out. With a click the window was unlocked and a strong gust of wind blew it open, the heavy curtains meant to keep the sun out billowing majestically. Beastboy change into a falcon to catch them but by the time the wind stopped they were gone and not a trace of evidence to prove that they had ever been there.

The words of the riddle echoed in their minds but they didn't know what to make of it. For once in their lives all 3 were speechless, until Beastboy broke the thin ice anyway.

"Dude, they're fast," Was his only comment as they stared out the window trying to find even the smallest silhouette left by the moons soft glow.

End of Chapter 3

Meag: muttering in sleep Not the end of the story… still more to come…

Kiori: I'm sorry Meag can't help wrap up the end of this chapter but as I'm sure you've just seen she would have loved to. Anyway she left a short note after she finished typing this to the reader's so here you go:

Dear Readers,

Can you guess where the girls will strike next? All the clues I can give are in the poem and the list you can choose from is in this chapter! Enjoy trying to find the answer and I hope that it wasn't too easy to find!

Meag

P.S. If you're reading this then please tell me to hurt Kiori… I know that she had something to do with it.

Kiori: Uh yeah, just ignore the Kiori part. She was probably delusional at the time… like she is all the time! (Don't tell her I said that.) Anyway, since Meag can't do it, I guess I will. Until next chapter,

Bye!