Too Much Red

by Pakkrat

Raven finds herself torn between RedX and Robin. That is not the worst part, Slade wants her, villains need her, and one demon aside from dad wants her to suffer! The world is sometimes too much, but who knew it has Too Much Red? Sequel is up and ready!

7. Chapter 7: Mine Forever

Too Much Red

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 7: Mine Forever

Disclaimer: Do I own anything from Teen Titans or DC, or even anything remotely related to reality? Nope, I do take credit to the villains who most definitely were made by yours truly. Things will heat up, and so will the competition because Heretic is finally… coming off the bench. Also, some groping kind of happens, but no naughty-sex stuff. I'm not going into that kind of stuff less people would want that. Moving along, read and review please.

The city of Jump City has a strange tune playing, a mystical song like a flute. Money, as if alive walks the streets and dances to the music. On the tall skyscraper is a blue skinned man, in a fine black tux and with a black cape he gleams joyfully as he plays the tune having money walk towards his vacuum like hat on the base of the building. After a large enough a load Mumbo Jumbo stops playing his wand and screams "Mumbo Jumbo!" the top hat flutters up to him quickly, Mumbo plops the hat on, brimming it with his finger he then smiles making wrinkles at his strip mask crinkle, "And to all a good show, and a good night!" Mumbo turns to see the shadow of six people, "Oh, my roadies come yet again!"

Beast Boy gives a glare, "Dude, we aren't roadies!"

Mumbo shrugs, "Whatever, let me just say…" Mumbo flings up his arms, "Mumbo Jumbo!" and quickly five chairs fall to then latch the five titans. Mumbo smiles, slowly trailing up to Starfire who was at the one end, "Thought you would ruin my day eh?" Mumbo now trails the line of teenagers each trapped in chairs, "Well, this show has a surprise ending, before the curtain falls, and the fat lady sings!" Mumbo stops, now next to Red X who has his eyes narrowed and tapping his foot, "Hey… where did you come from?"

Red X chuckles, "From your worst nightmare of course."

"Oh! You came from my old geometry class where I wear my boxers to school?" Red X is confused, "Mumbo Jumbo!" Mumbo jumps back to point out his magic wand and fire. Red X with reflexes of lightning strikes his X disks and knocks out the wand from Mumbo. Mumbo blinks, "Uh-oh…" Mumbo sees Red X grips his hands into fists, "Please! Don't hurt me!" Mumbo falls pleading, "You can have my wand, my pants, my shoes," Mumbo grins widely, "Even… my hat!" Mumbo tosses his hat off having it turn into 20 or 30 of them, now all flying around Red X who looks worriedly at them.

Red X sees Mumbo right in front of him so he pulls his fist and swings. Mumbo smirks as one of his hats come in and points its inside at Red X's face. The fist is teleported through this hat and to another that had positioned up to Red's left jaw. Red's fist strikes his own face making him fall over from his own force, "What was…"

"Magic!" Mumbo smiles then Mumbo poke his two fingers in a hat making it teleport to poke Red in his eyes, "Not something you expect, no?" Mumbo now puts his hands in randomly, having them appear randomly slapping, poking, tugging, pinching and much more on Red X. Raven screams "Let him go Mumbo! I swear hurt him again…" Raven tries to free herself then use her powers. Mumbo snaps, "Mumbo Jumbo!" and places a bandage on Raven's mouth, "This place is only big enough for one magician, my little Peter-Cotton-Tail!" he smirks as she gives him fiery eyes; the memory of his little hat trick still infuriated Raven. "Still, the audiences find my little act annoying." Mumbo motions to the other Titans who give low snarls to Mumbo; he calls his hat and puts it on. Then he grabs his wand and calls another chair, this one wraps up Red X and takes him over to the other titans. Mumbo smiles as he moves a dome over Red X's head, like an electric chair. "Best not move kid, might be hazardous to your health!"

Mumbo now floats over with a smirk in front of the titans, "Well, what do we do?" Mumbo seems to think on what act he may want to try. Cyborg turns to Beast Boy, "Psst." Beast Boy looks as Cyborg smiles and motions his head down. To the side Cyborg has a small buzz-saw coming over to Beast Boy's bonds. The two grin as they plan an escape. Mumbo smiles as he motions his hat off his head, "I know, a new one I have been trying to work!" Mumbo motions over Robin, "I call it, "Mind Scrounging!" Mumbo puts the hat upside down on Robin's head, "You see, I'll reach my hand in like so…" Mumbo puts his hand deep into Robin's head, "Then, come up with something from the deepest recesses of Robin's mind!"

Raven gets a faint chill; he may actually be causing more trouble than needed. "Mmpf-Empf-Mrumph!"

Mumbo smirks, "Don't worry, it's all completely safe!" Robin twitches as Mumbo pulls out a trapeze handle, "What you suppose this represents?" Mumbo smirks waving it in front of Robin, "You wanted to run away to the circus didn't you?"

Robin's eye twitches, Mumbo reaches in again, "Hm…" he pulls his hand back "Something touched me." At this a large three fingered hand reaches out, the titans all gasp as Mumbo is dragged into the hat squealing. Robin feels his rage, boiling to a level he never seemed to know it could become. The images of his parents gone, the many monsters he fought in his years, the times he has been angry from the team's failures. Mumbo jumps out with his clothes torn, roaring madness is inside the hat. Mumbo pulls off the hat panting, "Oops… looks like I got the wrong hat!"

Beast Boy smirks as his bonds are gone, "Now here's something we hope you'll really like!" Beast Boy turns into a cartoon flying squirrel with a pilot helmet. He grabs Mumbo's face and holds on as long as he can. Robin is flexing against his bonds, the rage still grew. He heard the roar, now his own he roars to the air breaking his bonds. He stammers off the chair and turns on Mumbo, a snarl on his face he screams out like a beast in lust of destruction, he flies out his fist striking Mumbo, barely missing Beast Boy who jumped off the face. Beast Boy turns human and view Robin as he now brutally beats Mumbo on the ground, "… dude!"

Mumbo has his head pitching with each strike, he barely has the chance to scream "Mumbo Jumbo!" to free the titans to save him. Raven channels her powers on antennae to wrap it around Robin. "Arch!" Robin yells as he now tries to break free of the antennae. Mumbo squirms off whispering, "Mumbo Jumbo." Then disappearing into his hat and the hat quickly being sucked into it self. Robin turns snarling; now Mumbo was gone! Raven floats over grabbing for Robin's utility belt, she grabs a tranquilizer and uses it on Robin. Robin's eyes glaze and he falls unconscious. The others give confused looks as Raven turns in a stare; "Well?" they are confused "Mumbo is trying to escape. Track him," she grabs Robin, "I'll take Robin to the tower and see if I can help him."

The others nod, Red X gives a concerned look while they were going to the T-Car "You sure about this Raven?"

Raven turns and gives a nod, "I have this believe me Red X." Raven blushes, "Oh, I need to talk to you when you get back to the tower…" the antennae wraps into a silhouette of two people embracing, Raven looks wide eyed before tossing it into the water with her powers. Red X gives a playful look, then salutes, "Sure thing beautiful. Until then keep safe."

Raven calls her shadow form and takes the unconscious Robin to his room. She sighs, still on the walls clippings of Slade. Raven lays Robin on the bed and looks around. So dark, it was no wonder why Robin and Raven could get along so well. He was in a world of torment; shadow this psychological hell he made all himself. Raven floats over and sees an eagle statue; it does not seem to fit. Raven goes to grab the eagle's head, as it had its wings wide spread in flight, "No!" Robin jumps up as he had seen her about to grab it. Raven jumps, Robin narrows his eyes, "I don't want you in here get out!"

Raven narrows her eyes, "Too bad. I'm here because…"

Robin swings his legs off the bed, "I know, I lost control. I don't know why though."

Raven looks for a seat; she grabs a pull-out seat at a small table to Robin. "You ignored your emotions for too long. Robin, ignoring your emotions is dangerous." She rolls her eyes, "I know for a fact how that is." Raven sees his smirk; he was able to smile still so she nods "You can not kill this "Rage" thing, as it is an embodiment of your rage. You have to control it, control the emotions and not let them rule you. If you don't, you put the team and yourself in danger."

Robin nods, "I know." He sighs, "How the heck do you do it Raven? Keep detached, never feeling or else something terrible happens. How can you control all that power?" Robin looks at her; Raven is looking sadly at her feet, "… I forgot it's not something you chose."

Raven shrugs, "Life is like that. We do what we must no matter what."

Robin smiles, he guesses it was time for him to try and control this rage thing, not ignore it. Robin asks, "Raven can you help me try to control my rage?"

Raven gives a look, "I thought we were done Robin."

Robin smiles, "Hey, it can't be that hard can it?"

Raven nods, "Okay, this is how it works." She grabs Robin by the ear and tugs, "Ow!" he screams before she lets it go, "What was that?" Raven glares, "The beginning…" she has a hint of wickedness, "Of anger management."

……Heretic's Hangar……

Speak is walking up to the hangar, he sees a large grinning truck at the doors, and two hyenas tied to the front. The hyenas snap and laugh at Speak; Speak stops and looks them down coldly making the two hyenas slowly lower their heads in shame. Speak enters the hangar to have Bata-Boom scold him, "Where have you been? I was worried to death you might have been caught!"

Speak rolls his eyes, some times he remembers the idiocy his "mother" made. Bata-Boom sat in the lead seat, Speak now takes the seat to the side of him. Bata-Boom looks over at Chang in another seat, and their recent additions Joker who smiles intently on the collective, with his Harley-Quinn sitting and doing her nails at his side. Speak smiles as he leans on the table furrowing his brows to Harley, she scrunches her nose as Joker reaches into his vest grabbing a gun, "I missed you too chatter-box!"

Speak raises his hands as if nothing happened, Joker glares to Harley who blushes as she is doing her nails. Bata-Boom feels a chill, "Uh-oh…" he gets up and is about to move when two hands lay on his shoulders. Two serpents rolled off the hands and onto Bata-Boom's shoulders, "Calm down Bata-Boom." Heretic moves over to the seat next to Joker, "I am not the master here, you are."

Bata-Boom blinks, "Uh…" he sits back down not sure what that meant "Sure…" the serpents roll off the shoulders of Bata-Boom and return to Heretic. It seems Heretic wants to not be recognized as the true figure head, but more so as simple muscle. Joker smiles, he knew better, but all the others were in the dark of this union. Bata-Boom takes and places a map on the table, "Today, we strike the titans in a way no one ever expected." Bata-Boom begins to explain the plan, a mix of two plans really. One part was Heretic, his hideous dreams to strike the heart of Robin. Bata-Boom, he wants money for his greed. This plan is successful also had something else Bata-Boom liked, loss of life.

……Jump City……

A blonde haired man in a gray moth suit groggily makes his way to the kitchen. Killer Moth could have gotten more sleep if not for… "Hey K.M.!" screams the pajama wearing Jinx, "What have you been doing?"

"… sleeping." Killer Moth scolds his eyes, "That thing normal people do."

Jinx giggles as Kitten rolls her eyes, "Dad, you are so lazy."

"Lazy…" Killer Moth feels a vein on his head, he spent the night listening to Mammoth and Gizmo talking about the good looking girls (Jinx, Starfire, and his own daughter till he smacked them around for mentioning her like that.) then he had to deal with the girls talking and hearing through the vents (They said Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Aqualad, Speedy, and his name once from Jinx who now blushes as he narrows his eyes on her looks) the night was horrible. Kitten smiles seeing Mammoth, "Well, look who finally woke up."

Mammoth narrows his eyes, one was black and swollen "I would have been up earlier but…" Killer Moth glares at the muscular teen, "Er…" he coughs to grab a steak from the fridge. Gizmo comes out with a black eye as well. Doing the same thing as Mammoth they sit to prepare cereal. Killer Moth sighs, grabbing his coffee he tries to turn on the radio and find something to listen to. A D.J. comes across "Yeow! What a time ladies and gents! It seems we have five, count them five tickets to the big game tonight! To win them, you have to be caller Numero-Uno or number one and answer three questions to win them! Can you, win the tickets to an event people will remember for the ages?"

Killer Moth looks at his coffee, it's rippling. "Oh…" he turns to the storming teenagers, "Shi…" he is trampled by the teenagers as they fumble with the phone. Killer Moth's legs twitch in the air as the winner of the phone was Kitten, who bit and scratched the others hands away. "Hello?" Kitten smiles, "I'm the first caller! You mean it!"

The D.J. says, "Oh yeah baby! So here's question number one…" Kitten gulps to the beginning of the questions, "In Monty Python's Search For The Holy Grail, what was the name of the character who says… "Tis a flesh wound!"

Kitten blinks, 'What kind of gay question is that?' she is stomped out by Gizmo, "The Black Knight!"

The D.J. gleams over the radio, "Correct! The next question!"

Kitten smacks Gizmo out of the way, the D.J. nods, "We are going to play a small bit from a certain song, can you name it?"

I see a red door and I want it painted black.

No colors anymore I want them to turn black.

'Argh! Why can't it be the average amount of time a person can keep their breath under water?' Jinx smacks Kitten out of the way, "Paint It Black, by the Rolling Stones!"

"Woo-Hoo! Looks like you are on fire! One more question!"

Kitten and Jinx are jumping together when the final question comes across, "What is the strangest thing about the mating ritual of the Praying Mantis?"

Kitten blinks, Jinx also is not sure. Gizmo and Mammoth look confuse, Mammoth with his pepper and salt shakers shrug in confusion. Killer Moth grabs the phone, "The fact the female eats the males head afterwards?"

The D.J. seems stunned he screams and hoots a bullhorn into Killer Moth's ears. "Congratulations, you've won! We'll be holding our tickets here at the radio station just for you to take… um…" Kitten screams her name to the D.J. The D.J. begins going back to his program as Kitten happily grabs her father in a hug, "Oh, I love you daddy!"

Killer Moth plucks his ears, a ringing nearly deafens him, "What?" Kitten has left to get her tickets, the others eat their food. Killer Moth frowns; this was… why he hated kids, except his angel of course.

……Titan Tower……

"OW!" Robin screams with his two cheeks wide apart, Raven spreading them widely. The progress was good; Robin kept his anger under control for the most part. He had at times nearly tried to kill her, but he was able to remember he was in control, they were his emotions. Raven taught him to control these feelings, as yes at times they can be useful. Robin's rage for example would be helpful with the boost in strength he got from his adrenaline pumping like it did when angry. Raven was sort of impressed, but the fact Robin had trained with Batman in the way of martial arts came to her. When they began the team on occasion Robin told her about Batman, the things they did. Raven found a kindred spirit in Robin back then. Robin hears Raven murmur something, "What was that Raven?"

Raven looks up, "Nothing…" She looks at him for a moment, "So we have an understanding of how to control Rage, and use it. Also, you know how to deal with those feelings by meditation and other means."

Robin looks excited, "Yeah! I know all that stuff but now what?"

"Now." Raven gets up and heads for the door, "We just see how you do, and hope no one gets killed or something."

Robin frowns; this was one of very few times he spent alone with Raven. "Wait a second." Raven turns back around, "How about you and me go spar for a while? Sort of to see if I can keep my anger under control from a fight."

Raven looks up, thinking about it that was a good idea. "Okay, Let's hurry it up though. I have things to take care of." Raven thinks on Red X, and how she desperately needs to talk to him.

……Gotham City……

"Ahchoo!" Bruce Wayne is shaking and sneezing, the poison acts as a cold more than any poison. Alfred narrows his eyes trying to give Bruce some soup, "For the love of… eat!"

Bruce pitches his head, as he lies in the bed without moving his strength grew. However, he was now delirious from the poison in his system. He cries, screams, and acts like some small child while Alfred tries to feed him. It would seem the poison also made Bruce more emotional, putting him off from his game. Bruce may seem the perfect guy, but in all honesty he hides from the emotional part of the world so he can be free of that pain. Alfred finally sighs letting the bowl of soup on the nightstand next to Bruce. "Master Bruce…" Alfred fights the urge to scream though his vein on his head betrays his heart, "Though I promised to serve out my duties you are making them more difficult than usual. Calm yourself sir."

Bruce looks blankly at Alfred, Alfred smiles figuring his master has gained senses however… "I'm the Matrix!" Bruce leaps over Alfred now covering his butler in the sheets as he tries to scale the walls. Alfred sighs through the sheets, "The things I do for this family…"

……Titans Tower……

Raven floats over a tackle by Robin, he is barely able to turn as she channels a table into his chest. Robin is flung back, Raven channels more objects to pummel Robin. Robin finally pushes himself from the debris to find Raven. Raven raises a brow as he flings his birdarang, she grabs it but it explodes in light. "You stole that from Red X!" Raven screams with her eyes dazed, Robin vaults off his staff and uses a kick, "It works!" Raven is taken down by his kick so he has her on his level. Raven is getting up as Robin grabs her hood and twirls her into a toss. Raven slams head first to the ground then feels Robin pinning her on the ground from the back.

Raven snarls as she tries to get up, "You think it's over?" her eyes glow and the practice dummy flies off hitting Robin off her back. Raven turns seeing the dummy vault back at her. Raven is now pinned under the dummy until Robin flings it off and grabs her in his arms, pinned under his legs he smiles, "Look here, I think I win!"

Raven gives a sinister stare, "You think? Her cloak which was torn off by that spin earlier now returns to snatch Robin. Robin has the hood over his eyes; his screams are muffled by the hood, but Raven smiles as she frees her arms when he reaches to take away the hood. Raven calls out with her hands the dummy to then have it vault Robin on his back. Raven leaps onto him, smiling as he tears away the hood, "I won now boy wonder!"

Robin smiles as she was on him, "I think… I like you winning." Raven looks confused, then she feels a hand on her back, she gasps as he pulls her in on him…

……Nevermore……

There are many Ravens here, colors all defining their beings. A pink one flutters along, "Oh! Look!" this one is known as Happy, "He's got her in a hug! It feels all nice and warm…"

Rage, a dark red Raven snarls, "This is no hug! That little brat just copped himself a field!"

"Copped a field!" a green Raven, Courage laughs, "He's playing all the bases he can get!"

A gray Raven, Timid hides inside her hood completely, "Oh my… this is worse than when Red X kissed us…"

Raven feels the sensations from before, but a different kind. The dummy has its head explode and several cracks ripple across the floors and up the walls. Robin has her on top of him, but he has his right hand across her back slowly rubbing her back with his gloved hand. His left moves her hair as he motions his head to her own. Raven has her arms at his sides, shock caused her to try and keep from falling on Robin. When she realized he wanted her on him, she sank her arms slowly and gave herself to the embrace again. Raven not knowing how it was; being so alone without touch felt each time was magic when finally embraced. Raven then opens her eyes, seeing the strip mask of Robin she pushes away, "Robin!" she scrambles back, "Why… why did you?"

Robin smiles, "I wanted to do that for a long time." He stands up giving her hand to help her up, "Come now Raven, you did like it."

Raven narrows her eyes, bearing daggers she hisses, "That's not the point! You had no right to just kiss me!"

Robin raises a brow, "Did I really upset you that much?" he frowns at this, "I'm sorry, I just felt compelled to do it."

Raven stalks over to the door, "It just surprised me." Raven turns giving an emotionless look. "Please leave me be for a while, I need to meditate."

Robin watches as she leaves, he sighs sitting on the dummy and slacking his shoulders. Raven pops her head in adding, "Great progress with your rage today Robin." He looks up stunned she came back. Raven left and he smiles, maybe he made an impression on her. Robin gets up and heads to the living room. He sits on the couch smiling, "You know that was more fun than I thought it would be!"

Robin turns on the T.V. where he hears the theme music from an Alfred Hitchcock show playing; the white screen has a silhouette of a round stomach, and bald head with a strip of black hair. Robin narrows his eyes, "Bata-Boom."

……Jump City, Central Square……

The other titans look up as the big-screen television shows the same image. The silhouette vanishes and there turns Bata-Boom, "Good evening…" Bata-Boom chuckles "Get it, like the show!" Bata-Boom sighs, "Oh well, my writer is a little behind the times. He still wears too much make-up."

Bata-Boom is struck by a rubber chicken, "Ow!" he rubs his head, "Watch it smiley…" Bata-Boom turns to the camera with a prop pickaxe, "Tonight me and my friends are headed to Gravel-Range Mines to enjoy an old fashioned gold search. I have it on good word a real gem is in those minds waiting to be excavated. You kids may want to come along, for the games." Bata-Boom jumps in the air clicking his heels then laughing. The camera turns off and the Titans look at each other, it was time to head to the tower.

Robin grabs his chin, he thinks about the message. 'The gem in those mines? No, he sounded like he said minds. The Gem in those Minds… in our minds! I get it, the gem still fresh in our minds was the one he stole! The gem Eye of Osiris!' Robin smiles, he was actually starting to feel like he was the detective, not the leader of the titans. 'Okay, so he will have that gem there in the mines but… what about these games?' Robin sits on the couch and then decides he would wait for the others, they may prove of help for him.

Raven sits in her room, meditating she feels this great pain in her chest. The fact Robin kissed her does not make her feel ashamed, but slightly happy. Then the idea of how Red X may have felt, she now is torn in two directions. Raven tries to calm herself, but the pain is mind deafening. Raven slowly puts away that pain, the things that have happened. Raven concentrates on her meditation and the need for it as today she has given into two states of emotion. Raven slowly tries to control the damage caused by her recent outbursts.

……Killer Moth's place…….

Mammoth is wearing body paint, black and white of all things, "Woo-Hoo! Jump City Hares!"

Gizmo narrows his eyes, "Why on earth are you so happy about this?"

Mammoth grins, "Because, I love foot ball!" he grabs a screaming Gizmo, "He fades to the left, the right!" he spikes Gizmo into the floor, "Touch down!"

Gizmo's legs twitch half in the floor, "…crud…"

Kitten grins, "This will be so COOL! I always win right daddy!"

Killer Moth turns around, working on something he nods, "Of course honey." Jinx sits down next to Killer Moth, "You," Killer Moth motions to Jinx, "Can you hand me that screwdriver?" Jinx blinks, handing it over she smiles as he starts working again. Killer Moth notices her look and grimaces "Stop that kid."

Jinx turns away, "Sorry, you remind me of someone."

Killer Moth raises a brow, but smiles, "Cyborg?"

Jinx blushes, yeah that was the one. "So you did hear us last night."

"Yes," Killer Moth rolls his eyes, "Kids and their hormones." Jinx gives a glare but Killer Moth ignores as he works, "This is not something I should be asking but why are you two at each other's throats?"

Jinx looks away, "We're not at each other's throats. We're just kind of… torn apart."

Killer Moth rolls his eyes until a blow-horn shoots off in his ears, Mammoth smiles, "Check this baby out!"

Killer Moth unsheathes his claws, "It's broken." Mammoth is confused until a flash is struck across the blow-horn. Mammoth sniffles as Killer Moth sheaths his claws from his suit, "He was so young and beautiful." Mammoth murmurs to himself as Gizmo sighs, "The days I wanted super strength over super intelligence," Gizmo smiles to Mammoth who cries over his dead horn, "died when I met you.

……Titan Tower……

Time passed and the others returned home. Instantly Robin asked if they saw the Bata-Boom message. Cyborg said yes and he took them to the main room. Cyborg shows the layout of the city and the mines, "You see these tunnels?" they all look at the tunnels under the stadium, "This shows what the games meant, and Bata-Boom must be planning on hitting the stadium tonight."

Robin nods, "Makes sense, so now when?"

"Half-time show. That would be the best time I guess. The problem is these mines are winding mazes we can't be sure which is coming or going."

Red X looks seeing Raven was not here, "Uh, can I see Raven?" Robin looks up realizing yes she was gone. Beast Boy narrows his eyes to her room, "She locked herself up again, down there."

Red X looks and nods, "Okay." He makes his way to the room until Cyborg grabs him by the cape "No way! She skins any who dare enter her room without permission!"

Red X nods, "I'll get permission." He pulls out his cape and continues down the hall. Red X knocks on Raven's door; she is floating in mid air as she asks "Who is it?" Red X says soothingly, "It's me…" Raven blushes and falls on the ground painfully, her items scatter about on the floor, "Uh… come in."

Red X smirks as the door opens, he enters and looks around. When trying to court a girl he learned the best clues come from her den, this looked more like a lair. "Wow…" he gulps to the strange collection, "Nice place."

Raven sits on her bed, her hands in her legs worriedly, "Yes, well I do have darker tastes than most."

"Interesting," Red X looks at the shadows of objects, "These things remind me of the junk in my place."

Raven looks sheepishly to her side, worry on her face she slowly closes her eyes to control her emotions. Raven stands to be greeted by a bouquet of black roses? "What is this?"

Red X chuckles, "I figured," she takes them in her arms, "After seeing your room you would want these after all. I mainly took a hunch on the roses."

Raven gives a smile to Red X, and I mean she gave him one. Raven often would smile weak smiles, those kinds which meant nothing. Raven now was giving her real smile, the innocent one she gave when he first pet her hair. Red X knew how special this was, so he remembered the look for as long as he could. Raven left to put the flowers on her counter, she turns asking, "So, why did you kiss me?"

Red X seems to think, cupping his chin he said, "Well, several reasons. The strongest being this." Red X starts to pace her floor moving his right hand as he spoke, "At first it was the idea I could touch you, I wanted to do that. Then I got to you, I realized I wanted more. Raven," Red X has moved to her, he looks her in the eyes, "I kissed you because I finally realized, I L…" the alarm sounds, Raven turns to her door sadly "I think we need to go." Red X closes his eyes; he worked so hard to get the courage for that moment… "Yeah, I know Raven."

……The Mines……

The titans arrive, not so pleased with what they find. One guard who was overweight sits at the post of his duty; he sat and let the villains pass. Robin walks over asking, "Why did you not stop them?"

The fat guard looks up, "Are you kidding! My friends… we tried but this one guy." He lowers his head, "He just killed them so fast, so carefree. Then they ran through the passage"

Robin looks over seeing the passage into the mines, "Okay, we'll take it from here. Take and hide."

The guard nods, the titans pass him and he wobbles off. He is then gripped by a sliver thin wire from above, he gags as it chokes him and the man now dragging him overhead smirks at the final piece of prey.

The titans enter the mine shaft seeing nothing but darkness, Robin gives a worried look, "Just great." He then hears something loud, they turn seeing the large rock being jammed into the entrance. Beast Boy says in the dark, "They could at least turn a light on." Then the lights turn on the wall, Robin narrows his eyes while Beast Boy laughs, "This is a trap." Robin snarls lowly, "They wanted us here."

Red X rolls his eyes, "That's a given Robin." Starfire feels something; she turns to the entrance "I feel… someone is watching me."

Cyborg smiles, "Come on Star that's solid rock, nobody could see through that." The titans make their move through the caves, on the other side of rock Speak sniffs the air, catching the scent of Starfire he frowns as she moves on. Speak grabs a cell phone and calls Bata-Boom, he pushes the "1" button and hangs up. Bata-Boom chuckles as he hangs up, "Chang, time to bring our friend here to life."

Chang smiles, looking over the body he readies the Eye of Osiris, "This is going to be most amusing."

Heretic who is with them nods, "Is it ever…" he looks to the large stone monster with its red eyes glared on Heretic and his associates, "Do not worry, your master will rise soon beast."

The eye charges its beam and energizes a corpse on the ground. The corpses clothing and other items before the death now regenerate. Soon enough, the being is revived and it slowly looks about at the onlookers. Heretic chuckles, "Welcome back to the living, again."

Robin looks down the corridors, "So, right, left, or middle?"

Cyborg looks at his screen, he sighs saying "Sorry bro, but the freaking place has my systems all haywire, a jammer from Bata-Boom I bet."

Robin smirks, "I actually figured that." He turns and says "Okay, let's go. I'll take Raven with me." Raven gives a look, "Starfire and Beast Boy move together, and Cyborg with Red X." the teams make their ways, Raven asks "Why did you make me come with you?"

Robin looks back and smiles, "Because, I wanted you to be here." Raven looks at her side as Robin shakes his head, "Just accept it, we have a job to do now."

Cyborg hears Red X talking to himself, "What are you doing?"

Red X shrugs, "I want to say something I figured I should try to rehearse it while I can."

Cyborg is confused but continues Red X murmurs "I lo… Lo…" he was surprised how hard it was to say.

Starfire is floating with Beast Boy, "Friend, I have a concern for Robin." Beast Boy pricks his ears up, "Does it seem possible he and Raven could be more than friends?"

Beast Boy stands in thought, "You know, I had this weird moment where Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker told me the reasons why that would work out, it was over a Pepsi." Starfire frowns, "Still, I think you and Robin make a cuter couple."

Starfire blushes, "Um, perhaps you are correct." She smiles hugging Beast Boy, "You are a good friend."

The titans exit into a chamber where it seems to widen out to a step way to another chamber, at the side another tunnel enters into this one. The titans have gathered together to find someone sitting on the top of the stairs, bobbing his chubby legs Bata-Boom chuckles, "I was wondering where the heck you kids were." Bata-Boom stands up and brushes himself off, "Still, I can't let you kids all get in the way."

Robin smirks, "So you can stop all of us by yourself Bata-Boom?"

Bata-Boom shakes his head, "Aw Robin, just when," his goggles glare a moment, "did I say I was alone?"

The one tunnel now starts to send men into this chamber; they were the goons of Chang. Having white suits and metal helmets these scientist flunkies come in with tazer weapons to fight the heroes. Raven readies to fight but Bata-Boom calls out, "Freak!" Raven looks at Bata-Boom, "Come on, don't you want me!" Bata-Boom runs into the path above the stone steps having Raven follow behind. Raven looks around and drops to the ground as a giant rock slams into the hole closing her inside with Bata-Boom, and two other shadows. Raven looks over seeing Bata-Boom who is laughing to himself, with him was a large stone creature, Raven recognized this as Cinderblock! The other shadow, Raven grimaces and steps away, "No…" her eyes shake, "You're dead! You're dead!"

The shadow was now moving out into the light, having metal buckles on his toes and a black fitting over his skin. The belt was gray with pouches, the same gray as a strap over his black fitted chest, and the metal buckles on his shoulders and knuckles. The defining point was his face, in a mask of black and orange, the one eye looks out on the orange side. The shadow chuckles, and says, "Hello… birthday girl."

Raven, though not able to hide this rising fear in her stomach as rocks crackled to dust tries to front a strong defense, "It's not my birthday." Raven has her hands in a stance and her eyes glowing. The shadow, the once hunted criminal of the titans now alive through the Eye of Osiris Slade shrugs, "I know, but I felt it had more effect than just your name." Slade strolls with his arms behind his back, "I mean, the last time I called you that you were so worried. It was thrilling to see your eyes shake like that."

Raven fires a blast of dark energy, Slade keeps trailing after he steps to the side of it, "My, what was that meant to do?" Raven's eyes shake, fear growing she channels the boulders in the ground to crush Slade but he hops back as they smash, then he trails around them mockingly, "Oh, so you DO have a crush on me. How sweet of you."

Raven snaps out, "Not even in your worst dreams!" Raven grabs the rocks again and tries to crush Slade a second time but he leaps up, then springs off of them next to Raven in a kneeled landing. Slade stands with his arms at his sides, looming over Raven he grabs her chin in his hand, "How I missed you little girl, all those days I was in hell were pleasant, but not able to see you."

Raven pulls away and walks backwards, "You… you stay away from me!"

Slade laughs, "No." he trails after her, his shoulders bobbing with his strides, "The fun is in knowing you have all that amazing power, yet a man like me comes along and forces his will on you, you fall into a weak, powerless state. Malchior did this to you once, yet I will always do it." Slade's eye narrows when she bumps into a wall, her eyes now tremble as he pins her against the wall with his hands on the stone. His face up to hers he whispers, "You are mine Raven. Mine forever, and every day past that." He glares his cruel eyes into her fearful ones, hearing stones sparkle and shatter he says lowly, "I'll always hunt you. Your powers, your special gifts from your father excite me more than the skills of Robin and the talents of Terra combined. You will be more than my apprentice," Slade puts his forehead on hers, "I'll make you my obsession."

Raven pushes Slade off of her, she screams and her powers burst out making another chamber open up and Bata-Boom laughs as he runs in with a large collection of explosives in a sack, "Okay Slade, time to go!"

Slade turns his eye on Bata-Boom, "When I'm ready I'll follow." He turns on Raven who has fell to her knees, trying to smother the tears in her eyes, "Right now, I'm having Too Much Revelry to leave."

Bata-Boom rolls his brows, but exits to the main plan. Cinderblock snorts but Slade nods, "Go Cinderblock, I'll be with you soon enough." Slade then chuckles, "Also, good job in protecting my remains until late."

Cinderblock strikes his chest, and then runs after the fat man. Slade kneels down and asks, "What's wrong my dear Raven?" he cups her chin, making her watery eyes see his one emotionless stare, "Have you submitted to my power over you so easily?"

Raven wishes she could fight it, the fear was immense. Her body recalls the terror he put in her as he grabbed her, and then the times he spoke to her. The ripping of her clothes, being handled like a piece of meat without any concern of who she was. Slade seems delighted, but Raven narrows her eyes, "They will defeat you again Slade!"

Slade closes his eye, "I'm sure they will." He stands to grip his right hand into a fist, "The question lies, how many will I take with me?" he strikes her face hard, and smashes her head into a stone in the wall. Then he grips her by the hair, tearing her up across the stones he then smashes his fist into her face several times leaving her with a bloody nose, bruised eye, and now a minor bleeding cut one her brow. Slade holds her still, and chuckles as he leans in and gropes her chest, she gags but he merely laughs, "Now Raven, don't tell me you never wanted a man to touch you like that." Raven scrunches her nose at him in pure rage, he rolls his eye and says, "Have it your way!" he slams her head with his leaving her on the ground unconscious.

Slade strolls slowly towards the chamber Bata-Boom exited to as Raven lays unconscious. Two goons are flung into the chamber, Slade stops marching and turns his eye to the side, Raven's rage broke the large rock blocking the chamber to her friends. "Robin?" he narrows, "No… someone else?"

Red X stands his hands in fists, he sees Raven on the ground several steps behind Slade. "What did you do to her?"

Slade pitches his head up, as if reviewing the events quickly. Then he motions his eye back to Red X, his chin still tilted high, "Oh just a little fun. Nothing a fine looking girl like her could not handle, wouldn't you agree?"

Red X seems to tighten his fists, "You are going to pay!" he storms forward, Slade strides past the flurry of punches not being touched by a one. Slade finally grabs Red X's fist and leaps over to his back. Red X screams as Slade twists the hand against the shoulder, his wrist bending far back with his own frame. Slade grips tighter, Red X twitches his eyes in pain but now screams in rage. Red X swings his elbow into Slade's sides, Slade loosens his grip allowing Red X to twirl and grab Slade by his shoulder pads, then twirling on his back Red X kicks Slade off with his feet. Slade slams into the stone wall and peeled off to smash his head into the ground and his legs fall down over his chest. Red X pants, he feels his wrist and how it hurts. Red X runs over to Raven trying to help her up, "You okay Raven?"

Raven looks up, for a moment he thought she smiled but she falls unconscious again. Red X looks back to have Slade grip his throat and hold him in mid air. Slade chuckles, "Pathetic, you are so similar to Robin it some how… disappoints me." Slade tosses Red X into the same wall he was tossed into, "Raven," Slade leers his eye to her, "Till we meet again."

Robin and the others enter, Robin looks at Raven, then to the chamber now being closed by a large boulder. Robin runs over to Raven, "What happened?"

Raven is able to shake her illness away, "I…" Red X answers, "She was attacked by some guy in a weird Jason mask." He stands up rubbing his head, "I didn't fair that well either."

Robin feels his throat tighten, the description sounded familiar. The others also shared looks, Beast Boy feels slightly angry as Cyborg worried over Raven. Starfire looks at Robin who has his hand shaking in a fist, but it lets go as he takes a breath. "Okay… I think we know who that might be."

Cyborg shakes his head, "We took him down. We saw him go into a burial plot! Slade can't be alive again!"

Red X looks shocked, "That was Slade? I never knew he looked like that!"

Robin narrows his eyes, "Yes, he does. We need to get to him and Bata-Boom!"

Red X thinks for a moment, what could be their plan? "No!" Red X slaps his face, "Why didn't I think of it sooner?" the others look confused, "We know how Bata-Boom is he has to blow something up. So what if behind this rock," Red X points to the rock blocking their path, "Bata-Boom is setting up a large explosive bonanza for the stadium?"

Starfire gasps, "There are many innocent people. That will take their lives!"

Beast Boy rolls his eyes, "Yeah, like he didn't do that before?"

Robin nods, "We need to get to the stadium. If we take the tunnels back and move that stone we can make a direct path for the stadium!"

Red X nods, "Yeah, but that still means these explosives will blow." He looks at the rock, "I'll stay and dismantle them."

Raven shakes her head no, her hood on her face it was like she did not get hurt, "No! You could get killed! How do you know you can stop them all?"

Red X chuckles, "Let's just say…" he holds up a strange looking X disk, "Bata-Boom gave me the answer."

Inside the chamber Bata-Boom and Cinderblock put the last explosive up. Heretic narrows his eyes, "Are we ready?" Bata-Boom clacks his heels and runs over to Heretic, Cinderblock looks to Slade who nods so they join the others. A large mist of black covers them and dissipates. The mist reforms outside in the parking lot of the stadium. Red X blows up the large boulder and sees tons of blinking explosives, "This better work." He grabs the X and it starts to blink lights at its tips. Bata-Boom looks around, seeing the area he hears the T-Car coming, "Kids must have booked it to get here!" Bata-Boom snickers as he pulls out a switch, "Bata-Boom!"

He pushes the button, nothing happens… Bata-Boom grabs his face, "You have got to be kidding me."

Red X opens his eyes, he sighs in relief, "That E.M.P.B. worked." He looks to the bombs, "Bata-Boom still used his bombs with the electric ignitions."

Bata-Boom stomps his switch, "Lousy crap! Who is that Mr.X?"

"Red X." Slade speaks lowly, as if pleased by this. "He may be less disappointing than I thought."

Bata-Boom looks to the T-Car; it is headed into the stadium. "Either way, we still have plan B." Bata-Boom speaks into a microphone around his neck, "Chang? How is our dream-team?"

Chang smiles, "Oh, they are rearing to go!" he looks down to the groups of men. "When you are ready sir!"

Bata-Boom coughs, and then screams "Now you idiot!"

Chang scrambles to grab the microphone and tear it off, he turns to the men, "You heard him, get going!"

……The Stadium……

Killer Moth narrows his eyes to Mammoth; on his shoulders also in body paint was Gizmo. The two scream for their teams as Jinx shakes her head and Kitten watches the cute players run around. Jinx moans, "Why could I not get partnered with normal people?"

Gizmo blinks; "Hey, what is up with that truck?" on the field there was a truck pulling in from the roadway "The mid-time show is over!"

Killer Moth grabs his collar, "I have a bad feeling."

The truck opens up and tons of men file out with football gear on, they storm out and as their chant go, "Bata-boom, Bata-boom, Bata-boom!" Killer Moth jumps up, "Scratch that, I now have a horrible feeling!"

The titans peel into the middle of the field; they exit the T-Car and look onto the fake players they have what look like baskets on their backs holding footballs of metal. Robin looks closer to see the fact as the players grab the balls and twist those blinking lights began to start, "More bombs…" Robin moans under his breath.

Beast Boy smirks, "At least you know where you stand with this guy!"

Robin nods, "Okay, looks like I get to play some football after all!" he grins, "No mercy, Titans GO!" they run out, the Boomers as we'll call them get into the football tackle stance, "Bata-Boom!"

The titans start taking these players quick. Beast Boy as a rhino smashes through tons of them and causes them to fumble their bombs, the bombs are turned back to none blinking form as Raven uses her powers to catch them and deactivate them. Robin lands several with his punches and kicks then with his athletics he catches some while Raven deactivates others. Cyborg blasts some into each other, not worrying over the bombs as they were for Raven to catch. Starfire used her bolts to smack down some of the Boomers as yes Raven concentrates on deactivating the bombs. One Boomer takes his ball-bomb and tosses it into the crowds, Killer Moth snaps into action grabbing his mask as the ball was headed their way. He opens up his wings and flies to kick the ball down into the Boomers, Killer Moth laughs as the bomb blows, "Goal!"

Gizmo rolls his eyes, "He helped the good guys you know!"

Jinx sees Cyborg being tackled by some Boomers; she jumps out of her seat and runs to help. Gizmo blinks, "What are you doing? Where's the money in this?" Gizmo rolls his eyes to Mammoth, "Guess it's you and me…" he pales; Mammoth is burning red "They ruined… my game!" Mammoth roars and stomps after the Boomers. Gizmo looks at Kitten, she is drinking a soda, then narrows her eyes at Gizmo, "What? I'm not getting killed!"

Gizmo shrugs, putting down his goggles he sets his wings, "I'm going in!"

With the surprise help the Titans were able to beat these Boomers in no time. Chang calls back, "They… took out your plan B sir." Bata-Boom chuckles, "What about my All-Star?"

Chang turns and smiles, "Oh, I forgot about him." Quadro stomps off the cargo truck and clicks its hisses. "So anything else?"

Bata-Boom nods, "Just us." He turns to the villains, "Looks like time to get our hands dirty."

Slade narrows his eyes, "Gladly." He turns to Cinderblock who gives a side smirk. Heretic has no reaction, he was hoping to wait longer, but the simple excitement got to him. The Joker, who had been sitting on his truck next to the group shrugs, "So, how do we get in?"

Bata-Boom looks at the Bicuspid truck, "You really need to ask that?"

The titans turn on Killer Moth and the HIVE kids, they give stern looks until Quadro hisses and stomps in. The titans look over to Quadro, then to the villains who were gone. The villains have run for the stadium doors and grab Kitten as they escape. Quadro opens and closes his mechanical claws. Robin twirls his staff, "Okay, time to get down and dirty!"

Raven cringes, "That sounded wrong… very wrong."

Starfire smiles, "I thought it sounded perfect Robin!" Quadro stomps forward but suddenly it hisses loudly as the ground falls in, the titans look and smile as when it cracked through the ground it created an X shaped crevice. Red X jumps out saluting the titans, "Miss me?"

They cheer on the member until Quadro uses his boosters to break out of the crevice and onto the stadium ground. The titans get ready when they hear a horn; they thought it was a train. The Joker drives into the stadium, and then into Quadro. Bata-Boom narrows his eyes, "You said you can drive!"

The Joker shrugs with a smile, "I said I can drive, not brake!" he chuckles to the statement. Robin cringes, he's here too? Robin shakes his head, "Okay," Robin twirls his staff to gain control, "Looks like Bata-Boom has…" he drops his staff as another shadow looms out of the truck, "No…"

Heretic stands before all the titans, his red eyes bare onto Robin, "So long, it has been Baby-Bird."

Robin shifts un-easily, Raven grabs his shoulder and he regains his nerve, "I… I'm not going to let you get the best of me!" Robin kicks up his staff and takes it into an underarm hold, "I'm going to take you down!"

Heretic chuckles, Bata-Boom steps out and looks to the heroes, "Now kids, we don't need such bad attitudes!" he sees their stances, "Fine, let's play ball!" he swipes out something from his back, a large rifle like weapon except it has three prongs at its ends, "Take who you can, I want the freak!" his skates pop open, having rockets they shoot him off so he rams his body into Raven taking her some distance. Robin turns to try and help but Heretic floats down in front of him, the two serpents snap on Robin who now jumps back having his staff ready. Red X now tries to help Raven but he feels a tug and falls on his back. Red X turns seeing the stare of Slade, "No boy, I want to see how much a man you really are!"

Starfire looks over to the villains, she feels a breath on her neck so she turns, there is Speak leering at her, "You! What is it you want?"

Speak smirks, and pulls something to swipe Starfire but she moves away. Speak frowns as he flips the blade in his hands, not often did he miss. Starfire readies her bolts and Speak grins a side grin. Speak cracks his neck to the sides, then twirls two blades in his hands before charging after Starfire.

Beast Boy looks confused until he sees The Joker, "I heard," The Joker tugs at his collar, "You are a real beast with the ladies."

"Just call me a party animal!" Beast Boy glares down the Joker, Joker nods with a large grin, "Really, well I like to think there's no substitution for the real thing." He whistles as Harley Quinn comes out with her two hyenas, Beast Boy narrows his eyes as the hyenas slobber and snap at him. Joker narrows his eyes, "Okay boys, find out if he tastes like chicken!" he cackles as the hyenas are let loose on Beast Boy.

Cyborg narrows his eyes as Chang smiles on him, "Looks like you and I metal man!" Cyborg smiles, then he sees the large metal monster Quadro take stance over Chang, "Oh, and him too!" Chang laughs as Quadro hisses and then storms out after Cyborg.

Robin has his staff ready, Heretic circles slowly with the black mist wrapping down from his hands to make a staff as well. This staff had a large snake design, but the head of it was an opened mouth that groove inside deep into the wood. This wooden staff was long like Robin's but definitely it had another purpose. Robin swings to have Heretic block, "Tell me," Robin grunts to the words of Heretic, who was actually overpowering his swing, "Why do you not accept your destiny as the bird of prey, not the silly baby-bird, sitting in the nest with other youths that can not fly free!"

Robin is pushed back, he lands squat down, "I choose to stay because they are my friends!"

Robin tags his staff with Heretic, Heretic chuckles, "Oh really?" Heretic tags his staff with Robin in swings as he talks, "Sadly, they only make you weak! You were meant for more, for greatness!" Heretic swats the staff away from Robin in a vertical strike, "You were always meant to be my nemesis, my bird of prey!"

Robin looks shocked, it hits him fast, "You! You organized this!" Heretic nods, "Why? Why me?"

"I saw the potential!" Heretic grips his mask and removes it, his face has stitches all over it "The power, and resolve you have to stop the wicked." Heretic puts the mask on again, "You and I, we have a destiny together."

Robin fights his urges to pummel Heretic, and smirks, "We'll just see about that!" he grips his Birdarangs and tosses them as he strafes away, Heretic chuckles, "We shall…" he twirls his staff deflecting the birdarangs.

Red X is jumping from the strikes, Slade punches fast and hard punches so blocking would be a bad idea. Red X decided to dodge until he can find a good open spot. Slade knows that is the tactic, so he grins internally as he lets a spot bare, Red X took advantage swinging his fist into the diaphragm in Slade's chest but Slade counters with his free arm gripping the punch. "Pretty good…" Slade wrenches the fist back, "But still not good enough." Slade feels another fist in his ribs; Red X took the moment as much he could. Slade looses grip and Red X jumps back to toss his X disks.

Slade back flips away from the disks and then leaps out landing a strong kick to Red X's face. Red X falters back but takes Slade's legs when on the ground and in a roll. Slade had landed, so when Red X was up and on his back he swung his legs down to pull Slade up and over so he fell on the ground. Red X twirls around into a stance; he sees the dirt spins up from a deep breath from Slade. Slade laughs, "I see you are a fun one. I might just like breaking you." Slade turns his face to his side as he was pushing up from his arms, "Maybe even more than breaking Raven after all this time."

Red X snarls, "You stay away from her!" Slade's eye becomes playful, "Where's the fun in that?" Red X growls as he runs in an attack. Slade flings over on his back, and swings his legs in the air like a helicopter kick, smacking Red X in the jaw and to the side. "Yes!" Slade leaps off from his back with his legs, "Give it all you've got!"

Starfire floats away from the mad swipes, Speak grins with each strong slash. Starfire tries to hit him with her bolts but Speak uses his blades like shields. Speak jumps in for a stab but Starfire flies high over head and blasts a barrage at Speak. Speak rolls out of the way and then stop to toss one of his blades into her right arm, making her loose control and fall to the ground. Speak runs over and sees Starfire with her one arm under her side as she lays there. Speak shakes his head, she seems so pathetic there. Speak leans down to finish his work when Starfire turns up with green eyes, "I am not so weak!" Starfire blasts her eye beams full blast on Speak who vaults back over the field.

Starfire stands holding her injured arm; she glares to see Speak standing up. Speak has his other blade and he twirls it. Speak glares on Starfire as he sheathes the blade. Starfire feels a surge, her body has stopped acting. "No…" Starfire watches helplessly as Speak strolls over in a fashion, he stops at her and walks behind her. Starfire cringes as he lays his right hand on her waist, his left under her chin. "Let… let me go!" Starfire screams but he is not going to stop.

Speak pants on her neck, Starfire feels hairs on her neck bristle up. Speak grins as her cheeks are flushed again. Starfire feels his left hand dropping from her chin… "No you do not!" Starfire growls lowly and she breaks from his grip. Speak looks more confused than ever, women never refuse him! Speak grins as she grinds her teeth, he grabs his second blade and readies to fight again.

Beast Boy is in the form of a tiger, the hyenas stalk his sides in a circle. They laugh at Beast Boy who roars and stomps his feet with slashes towards them. Beast Boy see the one at his left leap at him, Beast Boy swipes it and the other attacks. Beast Boy feels fangs in his back; he roars and turns to a gorilla. The gorilla grabs this hyena and tosses it into the other one. Beast Boy beats his chest and the hyenas laugh as they charge both at the same time. The gorilla snorts and turns to a bull that tramples down on the hyenas. The hyenas look big eyed before turning and running. Joker rolls his eyes, "You want something done right, does it yourself!" he pushes Harley into the fight, "Show him who's boss honey!"

"Me?" Harley blinks, "I don't know how to fight a bull!"

Beast Boy stomps his feet at Harley Quinn, she gulps and runs towards a Gatorade barrel. She jumps inside and hides until Beast Boy smashes the barrel with his horns. The barrel shoots off into a wall breaking. The Beast Boy bull snorts loudly and stomps his feet. The Joker smiles as he twirls a silver rope, "Wee-doggy!" he swings the lasso and grabs the bull. Beast Boy turns and narrows his eyes, The Joker furrows his brows as he stood on the truck, Beast Boy follows to the engine, where the silver wire was plugged! The Joker laughs as he revs the engine to shock Beast Boy badly. Joker grins as he grabs some barbecue sauce, "We kill our bovine in the IN-humanist ways possible!" he laughs madly until Beast Boy turns into a tyrannosaurus, "Oh… pooh." The Joker starts running for cover from the charred dinosaur.

Cyborg is being gripped tightly between the two large arms of Quadro. Chang laughs madly under the large metal beast, "What's wrong? Can't invent a way out of this one?" Chang smiles until the two arms fall off, "What the!"

Cyborg falls on the ground; he looks seeing the pink sparks on the shoulders of the Quadro. Cyborg smiles, "Jinx…" he grips his hands and screams "Okay, time for me to get serious!"

Cyborg charges his cannon and leaps up to punch the Quadro in the eye, and then blast to do a double take on the monster. Quadro stumbles back and smashes on the ground, Chang gulps as Cyborg turns on him. "You know." Chang sweats, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste!" Cyborg grins, "Then I won't beat your mind, just your body!"

Jinx smiles with a sigh from the far, "Cyborg…" the other villains narrow their eyes and pick her up in escape again.

Raven is tossed off from Bata-Boom; he continues blitzing her with his rocket skates so she could not focus her powers. "Stop that you fat little troll!"

Bata-Boom skids to a stop, "You know, that hurt!" Bata-Boom speeds off as Raven had tossed the scoring post for the field, "That could have hurt more though! Bata-Boom!" Bata-Boom rolls up to Raven with his electro-prongs charged. He jolts Raven in the back making her scream in pain. Bata-Boom jumps and turns to quickly hit her in the chest. Raven falls on the ground smoldering. Bata-Boom stops and lets his rockets die. He steps over to Raven, "Well, looks like enough damage you can be put down!" Bata-Boom chuckles, "You know," he begins to shock her in between words, "That… remark…before…really…upset…me!" Bata-Boom watches her shrivel up into a fetal position. "Ha, little brat. Can't even fight me!"

Raven looks up in a smile, an evil smile. Her eyes of four Bata-Boom takes a step back, "Now mortal, I'm going to swallow your soul!"

Bata-Boom turns on his boosters, "Catch me first!" he flies off past her, "You Army Of Darkness flunkies!" Bata-Boom jolts Raven and she roars out in pain. Still this demonic form was determined to strike the fat-man. Bata-Boom shocks her several times before she uses her tentacles to trip him. Bata-Boom rolls on the ground having his skates shut off. Raven smirks, "Pathetic morsel…" she lurks over to him. Bata-Boom turns and tosses his gun; she grabs it in her tentacles "Did you believe that would actually work?"

Bata-Boom's goggles shine, "Yep!" he pushes a button on his generator on his back and snaps the straps, "Bata-Boom!" he turns up and starts his skates. Raven tosses the gun down as it sparks; the generator and gun explode tossing Raven back away into the stadium walls. She falls unconscious, and Bata-Boom screams, "Time to run!"

Heretic looks over Robin, "Yes, I do agree!" he kicks Robin off from the chest, "Another time, baby-bird!" and then he raises the staff into the air covering himself in blackened mist. Slade swings Red X over his shoulder and wrenches his wrist, "Tell Raven," he wrenches it harder, "I'll keep in touch!" he lets go and runs to Bata-Boom. The Joker has already made his dash along with Harley and the hyenas with a large angry dinosaur on their heels. Quadro with his two arms in his tail smashes the dinosaur with its body toppling it over. Chang holds to the tail's end as Cyborg fires his cannon on them. Speak smiles at Starfire before tipping his head to her. He runs to join the others as they disappear in the mists. The mists then dissipate and they are gone. Red X looks at Raven, "Raven!" he runs over and the others gather. Robin kneels down asking, "So, is she okay?"

Cyborg does a scan, "She's healing herself, but it will not be enough. I have to get her to the med lab." Cyborg takes her in his arms, "Looks like you have a bunk buddy Red X."

Red X nods, "Sure thing, just help her!" Red X narrows his eyes to the crater from the explosion, "Bata-Boom…" he then remembers the other freak, "Slade…"

……Titans Tower……

Red X waits outside the med lab as Cyborg helps out Raven. He has never been so worried before, let alone for someone else! Starfire tries to reassure him but it is not enough. Beast Boy tells jokes to only cause Red X to sigh deeply. Robin stands on the sides worried about Raven. If she was hurt too much he would hold himself responsible. The med lab door opens, Cyborg comes out and smirks, "She'll be fine. Just give her a chance to heal herself. Let's get some sleep."

Red X lets out a sigh of relief, "Thanks Cyborg." Cyborg chuckles, "It's what I do man." He turns around heading to bed. Red X heads into the lab to see Raven. Robin frowns, but goes to bed. Starfire feels her arm, now bandaged she sighs at how she let herself get hurt. Beast Boy smiles as he grabs his joke book, "I still say it's good!"

Red X sits on his bed; he looks at Raven as she is levitating on the table. Her injuries slowly healed. Red X stands up and pets her forehead, "Get well soon, Raven." He now goes back to get some sleep. Raven opens her eyes and sees Red X, she sees him lie down and leave a deep sigh. Raven concentrates on her healing smiling as she knew Red X was close by.

Note: So, its 12:23 am and now I hope to get done. The introduction of Slade, as many must have had hunches he would appear again. This is harder than I thought getting a new chapter on Sunday, so maybe Sunday-Monday! Who knows, maybe just as they come? I'll try hard to keep to that promise of Sundays.

RavenXBeast Boy: Glad you like the Red X/Raven couple, it is my favorite, but I still have the option of Robin/Raven in there.

ThisWolfLovesNoone: Another Red/Rae vote, glad to see a new reviewer! That means progress!

Shekron Kaizar: Yeah, I read and saw that mix-up. Seems I pushed Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V with something, made it copy a part I highlighted and pasted twice. I'm fixing it. Thanks for noticing so I could get it fixed.

EvilSangle: Sorry you can't review the chapters like normal. These extra chapters and rules by the administration caused some confusion. I'm going to stop adding the advertisement chapter here, so no more trouble with that. You want to let me know what you thought, send me an E-Mail from my profile! I don't mind so much.

Kitty-Kat: That chapter was an advertisement for my pal Shekron and his story. If you could, go read his story.

AnnFaithDarknessGoddess: Glad you liked this story. Another new reviewer! That means this story is not getting stale!

Shaowebb: Yes, Batman was acting more emotional in part to the poisons! I was still surprised you noticed. It also relates to a moment he and Robin will share. Till then, hope you keep reading.