Too Much Red

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 4: Birds Vaulted

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, or Batman characters which come in at times. I do take credit for Heretic, Bata-Boom, The Evil Brothers, and Quadro. Also, glad to see people like the story, I am very relieved by the support! Most may question why I use the Gotham villains and Batman but it is in part to Robin who is an important role in the story. This is my way of kind of unlocking some of the more intriguing entirety of Robin.

Robin was in a dream, he found it easy to decipher as a dream with the black foreground. Robin walked into the foreground before a light turned on, and then a man walks out in some fashion causing Robin to question him. The movement was calm and challenging, so self consumed it seemed recognizable. Robin sees him in the light, and the glimpse of his serpents on his waist disappears. Robin gives a look to a row of lights, the man was trailing down the middle of them "Who are you?" he runs after the man. Robin makes it to a door; he opens it and goes inside finding a bunker full of crates and boxes. Robin sees a door near several and opens it. He goes inside and finds a club, he sees Raven at the counter. He walks over asking "Raven? Have you noticed anything odd?"

Raven does not answer; she takes a sip of a drink but does not answer. "Raven?" She still looks away so he sits down, "Raven what is wrong with you?"

"Can't you tell Mr. Leader?" Raven scoffs at him, "Always in control, all because you can't control yourself."

Robin seems annoyed "What is that supposed to mean?"

Raven smiles "What I just said, you can't control your anger, your pain. So you want to control everything else around you. It makes me so sick."

Robin was going to rebuttal but the bartender comes over and lays down a drink. Robin sees the bartender, a silhouette of a man that walked away with hissing sounds, some snakes on his waist. "What was that?"

Raven smiled "Who cares Robin, does it really matter?" Robin is looking at her slightly confused before she stands and leaves "Come with me."

Robin looks at how while he follows they are in Titans Tower. Robin is walked to Raven's room; she opens the door and leads him inside. Raven brings him to her bed, slightly sweating from worry Robin asks "What is wrong-?"

Robin is silenced by Raven as she puts her finger on his lips; he was equally surprised as she moved her other hand on his shoulder and pushed him onto the bed. Robin was blushing madly, "Raven…"

Raven smiles before leaning in and kissing his lips. This was strange, why would Raven do this… and why did he want this? He let her do it, slowly move her head into the kissing and open and close her mouth into his returned kiss. Robin has grabbed her ribs to hold her weight over him as she had grinded into him, Robin was dizzy by this sudden change but he be cursed before he didn't take advantage of this. He parted from her seeing she was smiling on him with her eyes closed. Robin smiles back until he hears the hissing. She was holding his hands down, and two serpents swayed at his head to the sides of the bed. "Raven let me go!" Robin looks to see her eyes open but discolored in red versions, "You're not Raven! Who are you?"

The snakes launch on Robin about to strike, "Remember!" he last hears while he jumps up from his rest, his eyes wide, and his breath erratic. That was the worst nightmare he ever had before. He shook his head and in his black judo pants and judo vest he quickly dressed. Robin made his way to the gym in hopes he could calm down by sparring. He looks to see a room he had was opened… 'The vault! Red X!' Robin makes a run to the room. He turns inside to see Red X had opened his vault. Red X held the belt, the one and only belt he still needed to get the power of his suit. He sighed placing it in the vault and closing the locks "Some day later I hope you'll be mine again."

Red X turns to find Robin standing with his arms crossed on his chest, Red X sighs in knowing how it looked. "Listen kid I'm not here to steal the belt."

Robin nodded, "I know I saw you put it back." Robin smiles "Guess you know I'd kick your butt if you tried anything."

Red X shrugs, "Maybe, maybe not." Red X made a limping strut to Robin, his face cringed in each painful movement, "I really can't tell though with this injury."

Robin sighs as he grabs Red X and takes him back to the med lab. Robin sees Raven had fallen asleep while watching him, "Raven." Robin smirked as she started to stir "He got loose."

Red X rolled his eyes "I didn't do anything too bad did I?"

Robin lays Red X on the table and watches Raven get up. "Raven you go ahead and get to bed. I'll stay and watch him."

Raven blinks "What is this you're being nice to him?"

Robin shrugged, "I'm being nice to you not him."

Raven turns to leave hearing Red X, "Pleasant dreams Raven."

Raven turns with a minor tint, "Pleasant dreams Red X." she leaves now as Robin sits in her chair to see Red X laying back to rest. Red X looks at Robin saying "Pleasant dreams kid."

Robin shifts slightly, 'Too late for that.' Robin thinks to himself swearing he heard hissing for a moment.

The abandoned hangar, there we find Bata-Boom working on something under a brown tarp. He moves from spot to spot not daring to show his creation. Heretic has viewed the work and seems intrigued as he caresses his chin. The serpents slowly move around Heretic's legs, seeming to peer on the covered work as Bata-Boom moves. The serpents are black scaled beasts with some good size to them even if serpents. Their eyes were golden, and had the slit of the reptile in the center. They had tongues that seemed to fling out as they hissed on the fat man and his movements. When one would open its mouth in a greater hiss their necks would open a hood, they seemed to be some mix of simple serpent and cobra, not a normal breed of snake to say the least. Heretic looks down and chuckles as they look at him in annoyance, the noise made them more riled up than usual. The serpents went to the corners of the room and seemed to thrash their tongues in search of things. Some rats start scurrying and the serpents start to hunt. Heretic looks up asking "How much longer Bata-Boom?"

Bata-Boom turns back with his green goggles, he has a blow torch "Till I'm done sounds about right!" he goes back to welding more while Heretic hears noises at the gates. He disappears in a puff of blackened smoke and dissipates; Bata-Boom cringes as he found every time the man used his "black magic" it frightened him. Heretic's research on history brought him into the art of magic and in league with powerful forces. Heretic showed him one thing he made by black alchemy… a monster… he cringes not wishing to think on it again.

Bata-Boom looks over to the one man walking in, he chuckles saying "Brother! Welcome to my home away from home!"

Batman had returned after the Joker incident, he went to find out what he could yet not a clue gave any actual idea on his smiling clown prince. Batman sighed as he had returned seeing Alfred at the door of his Batmobile waiting for him, "What is it Alfred?"

Alfred bowed saying "Sadly sir, it would seem the computer found something on Bata-Boom for you."

Batman got out of the vehicle and ran to the computer, what he found was not good at all, "So he was the third brother of the "Evil brothers."

The computer had three profile pictures, one was Bata-Boom, or as he was originally called "See-No-Evil" for his deplorable eye sight. He had been leader until one of the brothers broke apart in a botched job in Gotham before. Batman recognized the deceased brother as Patrick Laveine or "Hear-No-Evil" he was killed by a freak accident in his capture. The other brother had been captured in the chaos, though he took on most officers trying to bring him down, he was "Speak-No-Evil" and by the records he was the worst of the three brothers with unreal strength, skill, and psychotic episodes reported even from adolescence. Batman shook his head, "It figures… never any good news." The report also mentioned he was recently housed, in Arkham Asylum.

Bata-Boom swung out his arms as the large muscular fellow came towards him smirking at his little friend. Bata-Boom looked over his tall companion, though hidden in a long brown trench-coat Speak was also wore no shirt in it but had straps on his bare chest holding his camouflage pants on. His chest was well toned, having several nicely sized scars Speak was easily figured a dangerous man. His steel-toe boots were brown and ragged, laces tied neatly though showing his apparel was chosen from some stray biker or wanderer when he took them. The shirt was left as quite frankly, after he was done the shirt must have been worthless. Speak had long blonde hair that fell with five long bangs at the front of his face, and the back was fitted in a long blonde braid that was all the way to the tail-bone. Speak was with these chilling blue eyes, and even if he was the most disturbed individual known Speak could easily seduce any woman merely by a glimmer of his eyes than swish of that miracle hair. Bata-Boom felt his top. Jealousy over their hair was evident but Bata-Boom more than happily greeted his friend in a hug which Speak pulled his fat friend into the air and swung him like a doll.

Speak's throat at a young age had been ripped open by unknown means, he was found at the age of five on the streets, bleeding at the throat the police came and took him to a hospital, from there an orphanage. He was adopted by an abusive man who sadly never appreciated the boy or his skill, a skill to kill. Speak spent one night after that before killing the man in his own sleep. Afterwards he met with the Bata-Boom and Hear-No-Evil to become their third brother. The trio was ruthless, merciless, and by all means an unholy alliance that took on all they were paid to face. The three were paid to kill the Batman but… it failed and Hear was killed, Speak captured, and Bata-Boom escaped. Speak knew someday his brother would save him and the day of the break was it. Speak did a bow of the waist swishing his hand under his stomach. Though incapable of actual speech Speak was able to motion to his "brother" and make him understand his actions as phrases.

Bata-Boom chuckled, "Don't get all praising and temperamental I have plans for us friend."

Speak shrugged; he then patted on Bata-Boom's stomach with a small grin causing Bata-Boom to puff out before jumping up and punching him in the shoulder. Speak cringed in slight play as he rubbed his arm as if meaning that the punch hurt.

"Boy you're telling me!" Bata-Boom shook his hand as it now thumped in pain. "Nice to see you're still as fit as usual."

Speak turned off to a chair, he sat down to strum his fingers on his chest and glaring on Bata-Boom with slight inquiry as his right brow rose. Bata-Boom turned to his invention, "Don't worry. We have more important matters to attend to."

Robin watched the little TV with some agitation. On it was the news caster with the bad toupee and cheesy smile. "Yes ladies and gentlemen, it seems Control Freak, Mad Mod, and Dr. Light each had escaped from transport from their previous holdings to the secondary security facility late this night. Footage from the truck transporting these criminals has been received."

The screen shows a black and white video of two guards driving the truck as the criminals were shown in the back on the split screen picture. The guard driving rolled his eyes, "I still can't believe "Freeze, you're under arrest."

The passenger guard narrows his eyes to his friend, "Screw you! I thought since it was the situation…"

"Hey!" Control Freak has a devious grin, "I got a penny that looks like Freddy Krueger."

Mad Mod gives a glare before getting the idea, "Well now, ain't that something?"

Dr. Light glares, "That's not even a…" he blinks in realization "Oh! I see what you mean!"

The three villains give small glares to one another as the passenger guard looks back, "Really? Let me see!"

The driver snaps "What are you stupid! It has to be a trick!"

"Please what kind of trick uses a penny?" The passenger guard holds his hand back to have Control Freak grab a small object from his pocket. The guard looks at the disk frowning, "That is not even a penny."

Control Freak chuckles, "Bata-BOOM!"

The vehicle starts to move violently as the guard begins shaking. The vehicle now falls apart and the villains laugh as they run away, the camera is flickering as the driver glares on his partner, "I hate you…"

The news caster now shows up with an image of the device in the corner. It was a strange bronze disk with swirls around it. "This object was found as their means of escape. It is oddly enough called a "Shaker" using seismic vibrations they act on specific frequency alterations to cause structures to shatter or break. These are considered a difficult device to find let alone build, so only true genius could ever wish to engineer these devices." Robin snorted; he knew it was an insane genius that made them. Cyborg surprised Robin by coming in and giving a stern stare, "Hey Robin can we talk?"

Robin blinks before getting up, "Sure Cyborg." He gets up and leaves the room to talk to Cyborg. Cyborg has leaned against the wall with his back and balancing on one foot, "Dude, with all the villains we have to go out and try to put them down." Robin agrees, "So what do we do with Red X?"

Robin frowned, "I don't know. We need to keep him here still since his injuries." Robin grabs his chin, "I guess sedation is an option but not so much."

Cyborg grabs his eyes and wipes back to his back head, "Uh," Robin looks up noticing the uneasy tone, "We need to have one of us stay with him while we split up and begin a search. You think maybe Raven should do it?"

Robin narrows his eyes at even thinking that. "Actually I think you should stay here with him." Cyborg is caught by surprise when Robin tells him "With your medical expertise on human physiology, plus your involvement with one of the culprits it only makes sense you…"

Cyborg growls "You mean how I love Jinx? I guess you think I would put the team in danger? What about you and Kitten?"

Robin laughs thinking it a bad joke. Robin sees the stare and gives it back "Listen Cyborg I don't even has a minor emotional attachment for Kitten. You however had feelings for Jinx and you know how dangerous it could be if we try to catch them."

Cyborg looks at Robin fairly irritated, but he smiles and slaps his friend on the shoulder "Okay don't worry. I'll stick it out here and watch Red X. You go and try to do some good."

Robin happy his friend was not too upset nods to go have breakfast, "Thanks Cyborg." He looks back with slight worry, "I'm just more worried about Raven being with Red X. I don't trust him enough with her alone."

Cyborg goes into the med room smiling, "Yeah I understand." He closes the door and frowns "I understand all too well Robin."

Robin enters the kitchen to see Starfire has begun cooking while Beast Boy begins the day with a game. Robin smiles asking, "What are you making today Starfire?"

Starfire smiles back saying "I am preparing the slithers of the pig, and embryos of the chicken in the slices of the bread!"

Robin is confused as Beast Boy says while moving with his character, "She's cooking egg and bacon sandwiches dude."

Robin nods it sounded like an alright beginning breakfast. "Thanks Starfire it sounds good. Anything else goes with that Star?"

"Zorka berries in Snorfleagle sauce!" the two boys turn green as Beast Boy turned greener than he was. "That will be a most nutritious balance of energy and power."

Raven now enters and Robin seems to gleam, "Good morning Raven!"

Raven shrugs, "It's like other mornings Robin." Raven sits down opposite of Robin and watches Starfire put down a plate of her breakfast to Robin, then Beast Boy, "Oh that looks interesting." Raven said with a minor twitch. Starfire gives Raven a plate as she floats to Cyborg in the med lab, "I will return to see what you think!"

Raven becomes shifty eyed, "Beast Boy! Look over there!"

Beast Boy looks over not seeing Raven push off her berries in a green sauce to his plate. Robin hides a small chuckle as she motions him to shush. Beast Boy looks back, "I don't see anything." He sees his plate and narrows his eyes "Did this stuff just have kids?"

Starfire returns to smile on her friends, "Raven! You enjoyed my home recipe!" She gathers the dishing platter and pours more on her plate "I am so happy for you."

Raven cringes at the food, "Yeah, so good… yummy."

Starfire goes to prepare her plate. Robin looks over and screams "Beast Boy look over there!"

Beast Boy looks over and Raven smiles while she dumps more of the berries on his plate. She winks at Robin which makes him blush. Beast Boy looks at his berries and glares, "I swear that these things are multiplying!"

Raven smiles at Robin speaking to him mentally "Thanks boy wonder, that stuff is not my thing."

Robin grins, "Anytime Raven, anytime."

The screen in the main room turns on, there the titans see two small boys looking out the screen, "Hola? Hola los Teen Titans!"

The others run over to the screen, there they find two small boys with red swirls of hair with white suits and red gloves. These two were Mas y Menos Spanish speaking heroes with the East Titans of heroes. Robin looks surprised, "What is going on?"

Mas y Menos begin to speak as a set of hands grab them, here is a black girl smiling innocently, "Aw nothing we couldn't handle!" She glares at the two "I told you not to call them!"

She wore a yellow and black striped outfit with black pants, her hair in two puffs at the sides she was known as Bumble Bee. Mas y Menos grab hands swishing over her and on top of her head, "Un problema muy maximundo!"

Bumble Bee tries to grab the two as they swish in front of her now, "Un senor de Bata-Boom!"

Bumble Bee sighs as she hears the gasping, "I told you not to make a big deal you two!"

Mas y Menos smile, "Nuestra problema es sus problema mis amiga!"

Robin is rubbing his temples, "So let me get this straight! You were going to keep it a secret about Bata-Boom?"

Bumble Bee sweat a little, "Chill Robin, we just figured it happened in our part of town so we shouldn't…"

Mas Y Menos sigh, "Aqualad y Speedy realmente lesion."

Bumble Bee twitches her eyes, "You little finks yes the two lamebrains got injured."

Starfire has tears, "They are injured? How so?"

Behind Bumble Bee the Titans see two injured men. One had long black hair and black eyes with a blue scale like suit. The other had a strip mask and red suit with orange hair, and a bow and arrow set on his shoulder. Both had swollen mouths and missing teeth, along with wrapped limbs as they smiled to their other teams, "Hey…"

Bumble Bee smiles, "Listen I was going to tell you but I didn't want you to worry too much."

Robin sighs as he now lies on the couch propping his legs up on its back, "We need to know what he wanted."

Bumble Bee nods, "Well he only broke out a villain from our penitentiary, Professor Chang. They worked on expanding the prison and this Bata-Boom guy took advantage."

"He's good at that." Says Robin with a sigh. "Anything else?"

"Una pista! Una pista!" Mas y Menos are jumping with something in their hands. Bumble Bee grabs it and scans an image for the team, "Bata-Boom tossed it saying "Keep your eye on the prize" before letting some freaky robot toss us around, had four arms and everything. It escaped though so I think you might want to watch out as Bata-Boom called it his "Bodyguard"."

Robin nods, then gets up signing out "Take care you guys." They said the same and he turned off the screen and grabbed the print out, "Osiris?"

The titans see the statuette image of an Egyptian god called Osiris, Raven nods saying "The god of the after life and husband to Isis goddess of magic. What does this mean?"

Robin put the image down and seemed to try and think before the alarm went off, "We'll think on that later! Let's go!"

Bata-Boom slowly trailed in with the tied up Professor Chang. Chang was infuriated at being abducted! Chang was released from his bonds by Speak who quickly sliced the backside undoing all the bonds in one foul swoop. Chang was elderly like with a white suit bulged yet not known if for weight or the sheer need of padding in the suit. The back had a device that came to the front with hoses, the hoses connected to another device which must be used to regulate or control devices or qualities of the suit. Chang had goggles similar to Bata-Boom's but not used for protection as much analysis the red eyes were beaming from his actual eyes in the goggles. Chang had metal buckle on his ears over the skin head gear which was a white hat that had a cylinder like top. Chang looked over the hangar, "What is the meaning of this? I did not ask to be kidnapped by the likes of you!"

Bata-Boom chuckled, "Easy doc! I only did this for some needed hands. You had some goons working for you before, what happened to them?"

Chang thought back, "They all got caught, locked up and such. It's easy to hire men with money so why else did you take me?"

Bata-Boom nodded, "Punctual and straight to the point." Bata-Boom waddled over to slap Chang on the back, "I like that in a criminal mastermind. I also wanted to talk to you about various things so come with me to my office." They walk to a door with tape around it in a cube shape on the floor. Chang looks through the sides and sees a chair and desk inside the box of tape. Bata-Boom steps through the door and waves for Chang to follow. Chang was about to walk over the tape when Bata-Boom flung some snappers that popped at his feet, Chang paused then pales as Bata-Boom holds up now a rocket-launcher, "I don't like a criminal mastermind who doesn't respect a mans wish to have an office, but is too lazy to put up the walls go through the door!"

Chang sweats with an awkward smile, "Ah yes, I understand." he closes the door behind him and the two talk shop.

Speak has taken to his own, sitting with a knife he twirls the blade on his fingertip. To his annoyance a large brute is looking at him with inquiry. Speak gives a look but the mechanize creature was not going to simply be intimidated to leave him alone. Speak looks at the metal thing more enraged but it simply watches his actions with the knife. Speak finally with annoyance pushes off the knife and grabs its handle with his free hand to toss it at the metal being. The metal being did not act except a fraction of a second from its eye it quickly sprung one of its arms up and snatched the blade in three fingers of metal. They were black and some what like the insect tips of arms. His long silver hands were holding the dagger slightly with some amazement of the slender weapon. The long gray arms were man like with a sleek design that bent at the elbow with the black elbow coupler for the arms pieces. The chest design was triangular with the top plate under the neck allowing for a divide down the pointed top and to the waist where it separated the "ribs" of the metal creature. The waist was held two long legs that currently were bent to allow it to be at the same level as speak. They arced back like an ostrich not forward like a human giving it more capable jumping power and speed. The toes were three bulged black metal toes that were block like, two on the sides and one in the front it had great footing. The sleek design was given more finesse as for optimum balance the back had a ricketed spinal cord that had an elongated tail coming far from the bottom. This tail was long and more of a slither but would whip with the movements of this behemoth for the need to keep the balance of its upper body to the lower body. Under the first set of arms were a second set, smaller and more like claws they had small three fingers and mimicked the larger arms slightly. They were perched into the sides bending out to grapple things if needed. The mechanical creature's head was flat and triangular, having a flat top it had two plates that came for the cheeks down as a face, and the top had a flat front for a single magenta like eye to glow and move from one side to the other as a camera. The robot, Quadro for its four arms, was the bodyguard he made for battling the titans. Quadro twirled the knife in its hand much like Speak had to mimic the human. Speak smiled at this and seemed to try and top the android with dagger tricks as he pulled out a second weapon.

Chang had listened to the proposal of Bata-Boom, "I see. I can honestly say I like it but what does your plan have to do with me?"

Bata-Boom walked out of his office. Chang was about to step through the wall again before sweating and running through the door. Bata-Boom had a strange gun pointed over his shoulder with a large funneled end he laughed before putting it in his coat again. "You learn fast. You'll see Mr. Chang why I really need you. First, let's get ourselves ready for later."

Robin jumped from the giant mushroom and to a brick floating in air; his eye twitched seeing as how Control Freak trapped them in a video game where he took the form of a certain character. Control Freak took the heroes into a game world called "Super Smash Brothers Melee" and took the character of Bowser the Koopa King with his orange hair now three scruffs and a snout like a lizard and shell over his trench Control Bowser laughed as he leapt over and swatted back Starfire in her mid attack "You wanted to play with the master of television, and electronics! This is what you get!"

Beast Boy rolls his eyes, "Yeah right, so you put us in this game?"

Control Bowser stomps his scaly feet, "Don't make me angry! I know all the tricks to this game!"

Beast Boy jumps up to a brick platform and smiles, "So do I dude! I've played Cyborg tons of times and no matter what I always win!"

Control Bowser and Beast Boy look at each other; tumbleweeds fly past them, the two look at each other with glares as two red and white objects fall down. These were (sadly enough) poke' balls and inside they held little creatures. The two challenged each other to a battle and Raven sits back cringing, "Each time we meet Control Freak Beast Boy shows more of his nerdy action to us."

Raven turns to the creature next to her, a slender looking cat/reptile it looks her over with its pinkish skin, bulged hands and feet, and slightly psychic powers it telepathically asks "Ever wonder why they call us Pokemon?" before furrowing its brows at her. Raven cringes before screaming "This children's character made a suggestive comment! Can we go home now?"

Control Bowser is swatted down by the fat blue cat creature. He sighs saying "Okay you win." He pulls out his remote fazing them back to the real world. Control Freak sighs as his powers were gone, "Curse you titans! Ruining my plans yet again!"

"What kind of plan was that?" asked Robin cuffing him, "Hide in a game for a week hoping we didn't look for you?"

Control Freak snarled "And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling Teen Titans and your nerdy team-mate!"

Beast Boy turned to a green dog howling "Beasty-boyby-Doo!"

The police took Control Freak into custody. This time he was thoroughly searched for any strange devices before being taken. Robin sat in a sofa as they were in a mall store for furniture and Control Freak used their TV room area for his game plan. Raven looked at the screen where the Mewtwo creature winked at her, "So wrong." She murmured "So very wrong."

Robin chuckled at her fake episode of horror as she turned off the game "I think he and you would have made a cute couple!" he snickers while she gives him a fiery glare. "That is not even funny."

Robin shrugged, "Well I don't know, with your recent taste in men I would guess a psychic monster bent on world destruction was a bonus."

Raven snapped at Robin for the remark "Get off of Red X's back! He's a lot nicer than you are!"

Robin was genuinely hurt by that. Raven noticed how he looked at her with such a hurt face before he stood up and slowly stalked out the room. "Robin I didn't mean it like that."

Robin turned sadly, "No Raven you did." He turned away, "I know you did."

Raven sighed before he left. She never thought he would take it so personal. Starfire flew to comfort Robin as Beast Boy looked over the game, "You know Raven you should give him a little slack." Raven glared at Beast Boy as he was packing up the game to return it. She decided maybe for once again in this strange time Beast Boy was right. She followed after Robin to see if he was okay.

Starfire flew after him as he was cradling onto his bike, "Friend Robin!" Robin looks at her with his helmet on, "Why are you so angry at friend Raven?"

Robin shook his head sighing, "Star I'm not angry at her I really just have a lot to deal with." He sees Raven was following, "Listen tell the others to look around for any odd occurrences we need to cover more ground." He revs the engine screaming "See anything and call in!" he peels out as Raven appears. Starfire sighs with slight concern before turning to Raven in a smile "Friend Raven we are to look for any more wrongdoers. If you see them use your communicator. I will see you then." She waves as she floats off. Raven grabs her communicator calling Beast Boy. "Beast Boy?" he does not answer, "Beast Boy?"

Beast Boy looks at the arcade with drool, "Dance, Dance Revolution Competition!" he runs off to begin his "search".

Gotham City, Batman has made another search of villains hoping upon all hope one in particular would not pop up. The Joker had not acted since his last escapade so now that it was mid day Batman figured he was overdo. Alfred came across the screen, "Sir." Batman looks at the screen, "The bank has recently been assaulted the assailant is still inside." Batman raises a brow, "The criminal is not The Joker it's… Harvey sir."

A shining disk twirls in the air, it twirls giving its glimmering surfaces over the hostages held on their knees execution style as their captor and his seven goons stand over them. The money was already gathered but now their main captor was taking the time for justice to be served. His right side visible as he trails in front of the groups he has on a nice white suit and black slit hair. His brown eye looks out ahead as he is walking the span of the room flipping the coin in the air. The man now speaks in this graveled and deep voice, "You all have been brought here by a small twist. You all chose to either come for money to buy food, tools, or even medication for any simple illness you suffer from. However, that is what the twist lays in, the twist of fate." He twirls on his heels as the coin is flipping in the air. Now his side of his suit was black, his skin blue and covered in blisters. His lip stretched to the point it has part of the gum and teeth free while his eye is large and disfigured with a golden color. The hair is scuffed and gray, his eye narrows as the coin he was flipping lands in his disfigured hand where he shifts it to his thumb, "Fate, chance, all too much is put off. People keep ignoring it and simply go on with an oblivious life where they just go through the motions, not giving a damn about the life they live." Harvey Dent, or rather Two-Face slips his coin again saying "So what do you all believe? Will lady luck sees you deserving to go on with your pathetic lives, or will she spit in your face?"

The people tense as the coin is grabbed by Two-Face with his deformed hand and laid on the back of his normal hand. Two-Face looks at the coin and frowns deeply, "Looks like lady luck gives you a second chance. Let's go boys." He is about to walk away when one of the goons has screamed out. Two-Face closes his normal eye, his other eye can never close from its deformity, "Batman, how I knew chances were you'd show up."

Batman releases the goon from his choker hold letting him fall unconscious, "Harvey you don't have to do this."

"Shut-up!" Two-Face looks at Batman in rage, "My name is Two-Face now! Harvey Dent is dead you flying rat!" He flips his coin to quickly grab it and look at the outcome; he looks blankly at Batman before smiling "Lady lucks on my side bats." He raises his gun screaming "Blast him!"

Batman dodges behind a pillar as the goons fire on him. Two-Face has let loose several rounds before making a get away. Batman knew he had to get a hold of the manic before he gets away. Batman pulls out several small balls that he tossed to have them blow up in great light. The goons block their eyes from the light until it passes. One goon is quickly greeted after the light by and open palm punch to the face slamming him up the wall. The five goons left turn to fire but Batman has launched around kicking another with a chest kick that cause him to sprawl out cold, then he dodges under their fire pulling out a bat-arang which he flung with a cord to wrap two goons together in a tight bond. Two goons left now run to each other's side before firing again. Batman has grabbed a desk and flipped it over for cover. Batman pulls something from his utility belt and tosses it over which explodes to let loose some kind of knock out gas. Batman ran out of the bank seeing Two-Face smiling at Batman, "What took you so long?" he peels out with a black and white limousine as Batman runs to the Batmobile to pursue. Batman grinds his teeth in thinking of the criminals like these, the sheer insane dual persona Harvey and Two-Face were made of. He then thinks on Robin, how has he fared on meeting his past life again? Batman shakes away the worry and goes to try and capture the maniac quickly.

Cyborg looks off to Red X who is oddly enough only laying there. He did not move, nor did he even act when Cyborg tried to stir a reaction. It was the afternoon or evening, he did not keep track. The others were out patrolling as he was stuck here watching Red X. That was not the worst part, Robin outright accused him of being a danger to his own friends. Cyborg seemed more agitated now so he sort of wanted to relax with some TV. He was flipping the small TV channels seeing some lame shows but stopped on "Most Extreme Elimination Challenge!" which he figured would be a good laugh. The event taking place was the one where the players had to find the right door or either slams into a wooden wall with full speed. This was fun to watch as the players often went head first and you could see their bodies reel from the force quickly. Cyborg cringes as one man torpedoes a door that was actually the wall, and his spine sort of curves in a little as he falls to the ground, "That has got to hurt."

"You're telling me." Red X has sat up watching the show, "I thought I had it bad."

Cyborg blinks at the action, "How long have you been awake?"

"Not long. I needed my sleep because of these injuries." Red X cranks his neck gently, "They still hurt like you couldn't believe."

"Oh I could." Cyborg chuckled as he pointed his thumb to his chest "I used to be a jock in my day and the things I went through."

Red X nods listening to several stories of sports, finding them actually fairly interesting. The two talk about idle things, Red X was a sports enthusiast and also had an admiration of automotives. Cyborg had some interests similar to Red X so he figured it was time to ask something important, "Red X." Red X seems to be all ears, "What exactly is your age?"

Red X gives a slight glare; this was a touchy topic for his intentions could be seen as not what he meant but something else. Raven was a teenager, she was about 17 or maybe even 16 she had little history given to the public. (if anyone has a freaking clue Raven's age since "Birthmark" I'm really interested. The age thing was supposed to be a sort of struggle for the two… tee-hee.) so the fact he was 20 would seem odd and lets face it, he's not going to be trusted as soon as it is with Raven by her friends. Red X grudgingly admitted, "I'm 20."

Cyborg instantly gets shocked, "20!" He looks with his eyes wide at first but they slink to accusation "You aren't trying to seduce Raven are you?"

Red X was slightly put off by that, "I never planned something like that."

Cyborg gives a glare "So this isn't some weird fantasy trying to have your way with your enemies?"

Red X now in a fit of rage screams out kicking Cyborg in the side of the face with his foot. Red X is in mid air for several moments as Cyborg had not moved… Red X than screams back in pain hopping on his one foot while holding the other. Cyborg with a slight blush and sweat drop/anime grin said "Whoops! Sorry I was just trying to make sure man." Cyborg checks the foot with his scanner ignoring the flames in Red X's eyes, "It looks fine just a little bruised."

Red X sits on the table while rubbing his foot, "Why did you accuse me of that?" Red X shook his head asking "Do you think I could ever hurt her like that?"

Cyborg frowns, "No it's just that…" he hears Raven's voice 'Promise me you'll never tell anyone.' Cyborg looks away knowing if he told and she found out she would be devastated. Cyborg gave an uneasy stare to Red X. "I have to say something but you must never ever tell anyone! If you do I will re-define the term "Open a tin-can of whoop-ass!" for you!"

Red X nodded "Hey you trusted me with that Jinx secret right?"

Cyborg nods to that as it was true, "Okay, you know of that guy they call Slade?"

Red X thinks back, it was during one of those stories he heard mentioning of the Red X suit. Slade was the notorious villain who not only fought the Titans but also nearly caused the entire world to end from some savage demon. Red X nods, "Yeah I know about him from some stories. Why exactly?"

Cyborg recalls a time he called Raven into the garage with him. She had been fairly upset soon after the whole incident at her birthday, "Yo Raven?" Raven turns to him as he is crouched under the hood of his car, "Could you get me my ratchet?" she does so and he works on the car a little. If he was lucky she would admit her problem to him, or slowly move towards telling him as she helped. This was how he helped her plus got a chance to play with his baby! Raven finally acts asking "Cyborg could I talk to you for a moment?"

Cyborg nods, she glares at him "Promise me you'll never tell anyone." He promises and she gives an awkward stare of fear, "Do you remember when I told you all about how Slade chased me, I didn't admit to everything he was doing."

Cyborg was slightly confused, "What else was there Raven?"

Raven seems resilient but Cyborg who kept his concerned view on her made he give in, "Slade had something else about him, the way he talked to me along with how he kept trying to grab me. He forced himself on me, and he even… thought things."

Cyborg seemed confused at first but as she looked on the ground as if embarrassed if not also ashamed Cyborg frowned, "He wanted to do more than pass a message to you; he wanted to completely force his will on you." Raven with her face down shook her head to say yes. Cyborg snarls "That son of a…"

Raven cocked her head up, "I think it may have been residual energy from my father, when he raped my mother it may have crossed through Slade under his influence." Raven cringed, "Or worse, I honestly do not want to think on it." She seemed frightened; Cyborg grabbed her in a hug saying "Don't worry Raven we'll get him okay. Don't worry."

Cyborg now looks on Red X, he smiles seeing how he shook his fist, "You do care about her. I really am sorry about accusing you before about…"

"It's okay." Red X let his fist loose, "So now what? Should I wait for someone else to come in?"

Cyborg sighed, "Brother they all are gone searching for those villains. A little ways back Bata-Boom freed Chang and now they left us a clue on "Keep your eye on the prize" with an Egyptian god statue of…"

"The Eye of Osiris! One of the museums recent purchases has been housed in this bank right behind me in Jump City while on tour." The two palely look on the small TV, here is the same newscaster from before "This strange structure is shaped much like an eye and is believed to be mystically energized by powers that can actually raise the dead from slumber to live again. Most feel that is a simple legend, but the fact this item is still worth more than my own pair of underwear, which mind you I imported all the way from France." The cameraman whispers "Stick to the tele-prompter Peter!" Peter sighs, "I never was appreciated for myimprov skills."

Cyborg turns to Red X, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

Red X chuckled, "No duh, their going to steal the eye and sell it for millions. Not to mention take the money still in the bank. That must be why they let the villains free, they knew the museum would have to move it to the bank for keeping." Red X seemed slightly worried, "Yet why would they find it necessary to move it from a museum display to a vault?"

Cyborg shrugged, "I don't know, and I don't care! We need to tell the others!"

Batman leaves a sigh of relief, Two-Face was cuffed and being hauled away. "About time that was over." Batman gets back to the Batmobile to ready to head home. He could continue searching for villains but after several hours of swerving down roads after Two-Face he seriously needed to relax. Two-Face breaks away from the cops and runs at Batman with his hands cuffed, he stops growling "You know what! You may pretend you're better than me, or the criminals you capture but in the end you're the damn same!" The cops grab Two-Face but his own strength pulls through as he holds his ground, "Look at me batfreak!" Batman scowls Two-Face, "You see me! You see the face you know in your sleep! Tell me Bats! Why don't you go help your little son-in-crime-fighting Robin? The good in you wants that, but the evil seeks for the fights here!" Two-Face grins as Batman seldom seems to falter in his cold statue stance but this ranting did hit a cord. "See Batman, in the end you sell out your own soul for the crime. You are, like us men of the darkness."

A cop finally tazers Two-Face, he roars out in rage and goes into a blind rage smashing his skull into the cops. Batman shakes his head and lands a strong punch to the felons head. Two-Face falls to be more dossal, "In the end Batman." Two-Face is being held by the elbows as he is dragged to the paddy wagon, "You're just a monster like us."

Batman sits in his batmobile; he looks at the screen which was off seeing his reflection. He shook his head before rubbing his brows "This is ludicrous. I'm actually listening to Two-Face! He's crazier than the word crazy." Batman looks at the screen again frowning, "No, he has one point." Batman revs his engine to leave, "I'm leaving Robin for crime."

Bata-Boom held his strange gun at his shoulder, it was more like a rifle in its size, but the fact it had the hilt of a pistol made most see it as a sort of pistol gun. Bata-Boom looks over the several hostages in the bank, "Ladies and gentlemen," he does a slight tip of an invisible hat gesture finishing "We'll be leaving soon so do not worry. You will all share the same fate." The hostages a mix of men and women seemed to shift, "Oh stop that I'm not going to kill you! I'm crazy but not that crazy…" he chuckles "Who am I kidding?" he raises his pistol firing it, the funnel end spews out a large blast of air, a sonic blast of air which did not hit anyone it merely struck a wall collapsing it with its force, "Bata-Boom!"

Chang frowns at his leader, "Sir can we please stop tormenting the hostages, we need to get going."

Bata-Boom sniffled, "But I want to scare the hostages!" he acts like a child stomping his one foot. Quadro has loaded the last bag of money into the truck which they plowed through the wall right after Bata-Boom used a strange device called an E.M.P.B. or (Electro Magnetic Pulse Bomb). This knocked out the electronics in the bank and left its alarms and other automated systems to their will. Bata-Boom sighs before having an elderly man grab his leg, "Please! I came here with my granddaughter at least let her go!"

Bata-Boom turns to a small brown haired girl in a pink sundress, and wearing a straw hat with a pink ribbon. He seems to twitch his brow at her rosy cheeks and blurry tear filled eyes, "Oh man…" he sighs grabbing from his trench coat, "I'm not totally heartless." He hands her a small teddy bear, "Here you go…" he screams tossing the old man and child with his voice "Now shut-up and get back!"

Chang smiles "All is as you wished. When you are ready we may go!"

Bata-Boom chuckles, "Good, just to deal with these hostages." The villains turned on the hostages, with slight deviant grins on their faces.

Robin was the first one to get to the bank. He skids his R-Cycle in a turn seeing the truck from the time Raven had been trapped by the spider-bomb. Soon enough Beast Boy comes in with a trophy with a dancer on the top, "Oh yeah, get funky…" Robin glares on Beast Boy who gives a false grin while tossing the trophy to the side. Raven materializes with Starfire and they see the truck. Robin says "We go in and knock them down immediately; I don't want the hostages injured."

The truck speeds off, Robin screams "Scratch that! Stop the truck!"

The Titans start chasing after Beast Boy as a Peregrine Tercel, which is known to reach speeds of 90 mph chases before feeling faint and landing on Starfire's shoulder. She smiles at the small bird now nesting in her hair, "Friend Beast Boy has made me his knorfka!"

Robin turns on them, "Don't joke around we have to catch up to them!" The titans continue their pursuit while Raven gets a call from Cyborg "Raven? Raven you there girl?"

"We're sort of busy chasing Bata-Boom right now." Cyborg says back "Did you find the hostages?" Raven narrows her eyes, "No they might be in the truck."

Cyborg frowns saying "I'm not so-." The connection goes dead, "Raven? What the heck happened?"

Red X is sitting up; he seems worried "Cyborg we have to get to the bank. If I'm right than every second we waste is another second they can't afford!"

The titans have entered some kind of construction sight with red beams protruding the ground and a wooden fence around them. The truck has stopped in the center of the site. Robin gets off of his R-Cycle with a slight twitch in his eye, he had that feeling he often would get before a… the area's fence is closed tightly, and then locked. Robin turns in a glare "A trap."

The back of the truck opens showing the money was still inside. Inside was also the large mechanical weapon Quadro. Quadro stomped out of the truck making a strange clicking sound for its voice. Quadro struck the doors with his tail and wrapped the truck tossing it outside of the fenced area. Speak is sitting in wait smoking a cigarette when the truck fell down. Speak grinned as he spat out his cigarette and took the truck back to the hangar. Bata-Boom is on the top of the rafters laughing. Chang rubs his hands together, "This is going to be most entertaining."

Bata-Boom narrows his eyes on Robin who just saw the two. "Yeah until the grand finale Chang."

The T-Car comes to a forceful halt as Cyborg and Red X jump out. Red X grabs his ribs for a moment before shaking it off and following inside the bank. Cyborg looks around seeing no explosions, only some overturned furniture. "Looks like their long gone." Cyborg then notices the E.M.P.B. and grabs it, "So that's why everything is offline. He fried the electronics."

Red X has a Red X on the vault, he puts his ear to it and the X pops up making a stethoscope. "Can't… breathe…"

Red X jumps back, "I knew it! Cyborg you have to open this vault!"

Cyborg grabs the vault and starts to put that super strength to use. He yanks the vault door off and tosses it to the sides. The hostages run out gagging and coughing as they were freed. Cyborg smiles "Looks like you were right Red X, the news broadcast about a power outage was because of Bata-Boom."

Red X nods slightly relieved they came and saved these people. "Why would he want to leave these people here like that? Didn't he know it would kill them without the ventilation from the system?"

Cyborg gave him a look, "I think he planned it that way Red X." Cyborg shook his head, "This guy must be crazy leaving people to suffocate to death."

Red X feels something on his leg, "What?" he looks down seeing the little girl hugging his leg, "Uh… Cyborg?"

Cyborg grins, "Hey that's the price of doing good." He sees the slight tint in Red X's cheeks "Gee man chill out. Besides we have to find the others." The two run to the T-Car and as they peel out Red X chuckles making Cyborg laugh to himself.

Quadro hisses in mechanical tones stretching out its large upper arms and splaying out on its legs. Robin has seen Bata-Boom and grabs his R-Cycle "You guys take the robot, I have Bata-Boom." He rides onto the elevator making his way up to the top.

Beast Boy's ears droop down as Quadro pitches its head up in a loud roar, "Does anybody else have a problem with this?"

Quadro pulled up his left upper arm and begins opening up hatches in the knuckles to release guns to fire beams on the titans. They move out of the way as the beams miss following after Starfire who flew behind a porta-potty for a shield. Quadro fires on the porta-potty while Beast Boy transforms to a tyrannosaurus and runs roaring on the robot. Quadro's eye-camera swirls to the side seeing Beast Boy and acting quickly it swings it large arm like a shield having Beast Boy chomp on it. Beast Boy stops to show his shattered teeth and large tear of pain before Quadro slapped Beast Boy away like a doll.

Starfire flies up blasting at Quadro with her starbolts but even if they blew up they did little damage to the robot. Quadro clicked its voice before opening its right small arm and firing a beam from between its fingers into the porta-potty. The porta-potty exploded and Starfire twitched as the insides spewed onto her "This is quite un-kind!" she flies off searching for a place to wash up. Quadro cackles with its clicking sounds as Starfire flew away crying. Raven raises several red beams and begins tossing them into Quadro. Quadro deflects most of the beams with its large arms but the ones that did hit dented the slender frame of the machine. Quadro bent its legs and undid boosters in its back. When the next volley began Quadro charged his boosters leaving a stream of flame from where it went. Quadro turned to plow its head into Raven slamming her into the ground. Quadro stopped its boosters and pushed off from its legs to come falling on Raven. Raven slowly looks in horror as two large feet are coming at her. Raven raises her shield just in time to stop the feet from crushing her.

Quadro pushes all its weight using its tail as a base for its back to push more and more on this girl. A large blast of green energy strikes Quadro into the rafters making them couple over slightly. Bata-Boom and Chang both nearly loose their footing when this happened. Bata-Boom looked over seeing a broiling Starfire, "Oh boy, this looks bad."

The elevator stops for Robin to come out off of his R-Cycle "Doesn't it?"

Quadro looks at Starfire who is burning with green flames all around her. The humiliation of having to fly through town covered in human waste was not something a girl like her ever planned one. Starfire flew forward smashing her fist into the robot and as it swerved to the side she flew over landing the opposite punch making it swerve on the other side. Raven seeing the rafters that had been broken smiles chanting "Azerath Metrion Zinthos!" and calls out the rafters to bound Quadro's hands together. Starfire stops pummeling the robot to breath heavily still in rage. She sees its dented head and sweats with a smile "Oh dear, I am quite sorry."

Quadro's eye turns on her and in one loud roar it raises its tail charging the tail to blast Starfire across the horizon. Quadro tries to break its arms free but can't. Beast Boy smiles up at Quadro "Yo! One-eye!"

Quadro looks down having Beast Boy turn into a squid and firing ink into its eye. Quadro reels back now unable to see it falls over some rafters and onto the ground. Beast Boy looks up seeing Robin fighting with Bata-Boom "Dude, we have to help him!" Beast Boy was suddenly grabbed by the tail of Quadro, "Crap you better go help him!"

Raven nods and flies after Robin. Beast Boy is flung to the ground but he jumps off to sprawl out and look down Quadro "Okay metal-man! You want some of this!" he does several fake karate moves before shaking his open palm at Quadro, "Hwahhhhh!"

Quadro strikes its eye burning away the ink with its charge tail. Quadro raises its tail to strike Beast Boy but is stopped when a car, the T-Car comes plowing through the fence and into the legs of Quadro making it fall over. Cyborg and Red X get out looking at the robot. Cyborg asks "What is that?"

Beast Boy smiles "Outmatched now that you're here!" Red X runs away grabbing a grappling hook that fires and grabs the rafter's top, "Where is he going?"

Cyborg smirks "He's going to save Rave what else?" The two hear the stomping of Quadro who finally used its tail to cut through the bonds on its arms. Beast Boy sweats asking "Couldn't he have saved us first?"

Robin dodges a blast of Bata-Boom's Boom-Box while Raven is escaping from Chang with his liquid-cement gun that spewed out a red goop that hardened nearly immediately on impact with the air. Raven used a rafter like a shield bending the rafter and turning the goop back on Chang. Chang gasped jumping out of the way of his own goop. Bata-Boom fires his Boom-Box on Robin who jumped behind an exposed rafter. Robin grabs an energy disk which he tosses to shock Bata-Boom with a jolt. Bata-Boom coughs some smoke as Robin comes running out with his staff weapon. Bata-Boom falls back on his bottom saying "Bata-BOOM!" he turns a knob that creates a larger blast than normally is used. This blast fires sending Robin through the air and past the rafters. Raven gasps flying to catch him.

Chang smiles raising his gun, "This will take care of them both!" he was about to fire when an X stabbed into his gun and exploded. Chang blinks with suite on his face "What was that?" Chang turns seeing Red X standing on a beam with his arms crossed and his cape flapping "Oh, the X man who couldn't keep his nose out of my business!"

Red X sighed "Still making bad choices eh Chang, now trying to help a crazed lunatic with his plans."

"You know what they say," Chang smiles as he grabs something from his back "A plan is only as good as the people who ponder them!" Chang pulls out another goop gun firing it on Red X. Red X jumps over it and flings five of his red x disks that strike the rafters he was standing on. Chang pales as the rafters give way and he barely is able to grab hold. Red X turns on Bata-Boom, "Now it's your turn fat-man!"

Bata-Boom looks over Red X, "You really are a problem. First you did my bombs in, then my plan to get Robin." Bata-Boom chuckles "Something even tells me you found the hostages." Bata-Boom looks over the side of the rafters, "Did you find my bomb?"

Red X looks dumbfounded, "What bomb?"

Bata-Boom shrugs, "You think I'm going to just tell you? Half the fun is trying to find out!" Bata-Boom jumps off screaming "Bata-Boom!" Quadro flies up with its boosters grabbing Bata-Boom with its arms and then Chang with its tail. Red X glares back at the bank, he screams back at Cyborg "We need to get back at the bank!"

Cyborg nods, "Sure but where's Robin and Raven?"

Red X looks around, where did they go? "We don't have time let's go."

On the rooftops Raven has grabbed Robin and helped him onto a rooftop "The only wonder about you," Raven smirks as she starts healing his wounds "Is how you don't get yourself killed."

Robin smiles on her weakly, "Thanks Raven. I owe you one."

Raven thinks for a moment, "Actually you owe me about fifty… but who's counting?"

Robin chuckles at that dry wit, "I hate you sometimes." He grabs her hand, "I love you the others though."

Raven rolls her eyes "Great you're really hurt this time. Let's get you to the others."

Robin felt her hold him on her shoulders, "Thanks Raven… for everything."

Raven smiles "Sure, what are friends for?"

Raven teleports them to the bank, they came there looking for a bomb. Raven sees Red X and blushes "Um, hi."

Red X nods "Nice to see you're okay Rae."

Raven turns slightly more Red as Cyborg whispers "I told him our pet name for you. Thought you might like it." He feels a rock hit him in the head, "Or I may be wrong."

Starfire has also gotten to the bank but finds no sign of a bomb. Red X sighs, not like before he had no idea where the bombs would be. "Where would that freak hide them?"

The little girl is in the street she smiles with her teddy-bear. She notices a string, so she pulls on it till it stops giving. She lets it go; the bear speaks in a squeaky voice "BATA-BOOM!"

The titans look up; Red X looks over seeing the bear, "BATA-BOOM!"

Red X makes a run for the bear, the others realize too late what has happened "BATA-BOOM!"

Red X sees that girl turn at him and smiles, she waves at him… "BATA-…" The bear explodes with "BOOM!"

The smoke spirals up, and the area is covered in dust. Red X stops and falls to his knees, that girl looked right at him while it happened. Red X looks up in disgust and sees a pink ribbon fall down. He grabs the ribbon and grips it tightly.

Robin looks on in rage, 'I let this happen.' Robin thought to himself, 'I should have found this all out.' Robin scowls at Red X, "How did he know? He must be in on it!" Robin storms over catching the others off guard, Red X included as he was being grabbed by the scruff "How did you know! What are you! Did you organize this?"

Red X looks shocked Robin even with his hate for him could accuse him of this! This was wrong, it was sick! "Get off of me!" Red X plows his fist into Robin's stomach making him loose grip. Robin reels back on his heels readying his birdarang when Red X simply shakes his head "Look Robin. Right now I don't trust you, you don't trust me. You know what though it does not matter!" Red X holds the ribbon in his hands "This girl's blood is on my hands as much as yours and I swear I will bring that maniac to justice no matter what… dead or alive!"

The titans give glares, dead or alive? That was not something they did, it was always alive. To fully be processed by the judicial system. Red X slowly makes his way to the T-Car "I feel really weird Cyborg, can you take me back to the lab?"

Cyborg nods, "Yeah, nothing we can do here."

The others make their way into the car. Robin does not and instead heads back for his R-Cycle. This would be the worst night the titans ever knew, the first night where they had to deal with a life on their hands. As for Bata-Boom, he dealt with that many times before, so now he only laughs and clicks his heels as he was home free with the crime.

Cyborg made the meal, mainly meat with some vegetables like mashed potatoes and beams. "So…" Cyborg gave a weak grin, "We all are going to check the city for more villains?"

Robin shook his head, "No I think we should stay here for if Bata-Boom makes a move. That and try to find out what his next move is."

Starfire lays down her plate, a tear in her eye "That poor girl."

Robin slams his fists down "Starfire!" she jumps up, "WE don't need to hear about that!"

Starfire sniffles from his outburst, "Friend Robin I was just."

Robin grabs her wrist wrenching it slightly "Stop sniveling that's what they want!"

Starfire pulls at her wrist "Robin! You're hurting me!"

Beast Boy jumps up "Dude chill! This is not helping us at all!"

Raven slaps Robin's hand away screaming "Exactly! We must stay in control of our emotions!"

Robin snarls "You stay out of this! I'm the leader and I know what has to be done!"

Surprising everyone was Red X who was laughing at the whole team. He had walked out for some food, "Do you really know Robin? What has to be done here?" Robin gives a glare as Red X continues "Bata-Boom did this knowing it would catch you all off guard. He wants you to fight, to break apart. He wants to tear the team down so it's easier to get what he wants." Red X turns around saying "I won't give him that satisfaction, will you?"

The titans slowly return to their meals except Raven who floats after Red X. Robin seems more agitated now, as he shoves a piece of steak in his mouth. Raven opens the door seeing Red X sitting on the table with the ribbon around his hand, "You don't blame yourself do you?" Raven asks as she enters the room.

Red X shrugs "Not really. Do you think Robin does?" Raven looks away and he nods "I figured he takes these things too personally."

Raven sits down next to Red X, "It's not his fault or yours, and it's none of ours. Bata-Boom," she seems angry as she says the name, "He's the one to blame here."

Red X looks up at her and chuckles, "Raven?" she looks at him and blushes as he touches her cheek with his hand. She feels the warmth of his hand on her skin and as he rubs his fingertips on her ear she sort of smiled innocently. Red X put his forehead to hers and said "You are an amazing person Raven. I will never let anyone hurt you."

Raven looks at his with her eyes sort of sparkling "Thank you…" Red X stands up ushering her out of the room "Go back to your friends and eat. We will need the strength for later." Raven nods floating off. Red X looks at the television narrowing his eyes, "Where will it be fat-man, where will it be?"

Chang looks over the orb eye of jewel, a strange structure it seems to amplify light when focused through the eye properly, "So what did you say this does? Wake the dead?"

Bata-Boom chuckled, "Not wake the dead, wake the non-living. It's difficult to explain." Bata-Boom smiles as he lays down the paper, "Don't worry, I have it all planned out where I can finish two birds with the same… slate if it were?" he begins his laughter and clacking of heels. A plan truly wicked has been formed.

Note: Sorry for such a long wait but I sort of changed the story slightly. That and family deaths, plus a few other personal things have caused me some problems in writing. Hope everyone enjoys this latest twist. I am so happy so many like this story. Funny thing, the Television had Stephen King's IT on TV and it put Pennywise on as I finished this chapter, even at the part where Pennywise first appears "Oh yes George, they float… and when you're down here you'll float to!" –Pennywise, the dancing clown–

Lilpyro900: I always planned on continuing, so sorry it took so long to do so… eh-heh.

Lunerthief: Yeah! Another job well done! Hope to be on the same streak the next chapters.

Darkofthenight: Glad you liked it, sorry for the wait.

Desert-tiger: Ah yes, the remarkable power of black-mail! Starfire has that power with them big green eyes! Glad you liked that.

Dea Lunae: I will let you all know officially Robin has a thing for Raven, but he's so pig headed he can't seem to figure it out.

Mysti-eyed: Nothing much happened, just some sleeping together… uh, I mean resting not the other… (evil grin) maybe.

Anti-Terra: Confusing? Oh well sorry you were confused. I hope you are less confused this time around.

Shekron Kaizar: Glad you liked the prison scenes, yeah Joker was just toying around, getting to the "swing" of things. Quadro was inspired by your Joker-Bot so hope you didn't mind.

Lost Inside: Glad you like so much. Even put it on your favorites! Yeah!

Evilsangle: No BB/Raven is not a couple in this story. There is RedX/Raven/Robin… and someone else when he's resurrected… bah-ha-ha!

Tigerlilly1234: Polka Music! EEK! So this is update… no music please!

Jason: Uh, see you did not like the wait. Well I had stuff to do. Either way enjoys the latest chapter.