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NOTE: Whenever one of the girls is named it is referring to the body being occupied, otherwise the actual person may be specified in (these).

Chapter 9: Dressed Conviction

A week passed in much the same way. The girls were given their shots every morning to keep up appearances with Starfire leery of Cyborg as always.

Robin and Cyborg made up every excuse under the sun to keep Starfire away during the days so the villains' work could continue. If she had been suspicious at first, by the end of the week she was nearly fuming.

There was something going on and Robin was determined to keep her out of it.

Mad Mod and Control Freak had been making marvelous progress during the week. They had made the complete bottom wiring of the cane and much of what would be the main switch.

Starfire hadn't been up to the room in a while, but because mostly everyone seemed to have an excuse to pull her away just as she got to the door.

Today was no different.

Starfire had gotten up early, very early. Whatever was going on, it stemmed from their work on the cane. Her footsteps crept easily across the tile soundlessly. She hadn't even gotten her shot yet, as her hair was already bleeding violet.

She could see the door and licked her lips. She would get it this time.

The alien leaned over the keypad to insert the code.

"Raven?" The voice paused her finger just above the last number. Damn him. She pulled her orange-skinned hand away and turned slowly.

A smug looking Robin stood not far off. He grinned in the way that said she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar. "You're up early."

Starfire made no comment and continued to stare blankly.

"But that's okay, I was planning on asking you to accompany me out today." Robin moved a little closer.

"Isn't everything already done?" Starfire kept her ground even though she knew she should be backing off.

"We still need to get something to wear for the ball and since we're going together it needs to be matching."

"Only if Mod doesn't work fast enough." Starfire muttered disliking the way the conversation was going. She refused to dress shop with him.

"Either way I'm going to need a matching dress that fits Starfire."

Starfire bit her tongue, he knew just how to catch people in that verbal trap of his. She opened her mouth to object when he appeared next to her. He quickly wrapped an arm around her shoulder, guiding her back toward the living room.

Starfire (Raven) was so shocked by the physical contact that she only realized he had ushered her away from the interrogation room when they arrived in the living room. At this thought, she shoved his arm off.

Robin simply smiled. "We'll go have Cyborg give you your shot and then we'll be off."

"What's with this sudden 'we'?" Starfire muttered under her breath, but Robin didn't catch it. Instead he started back towards where Cyborg had his daily recharge.

Starfire was forced to follow.

Cyborg seemed less on edge as he probed the needle into her vein. Cyborg and Robin had a quick verbal exchange before she had gotten into the room. Whatever Robin had said had definitely cleared away his usual foreboding.

"So we set?" Robin asked, now standing by the door.

"What about breakfast?" Starfire grumbled as Cyborg backed away to dispose of the used needle.

"We'll pick up something on the way. This will probably take all day." Robin moved to open the door as Starfire stood up.

"All day for a useless garment?" Starfire rolled her eyes as she trucked out of the room, combing her hair back with her fingers.

Robin shrugged giving Cyborg a quick smile. "Make sure to inform the others we'll be back later."

"Of course." Cyborg let a small grin spread across his face as Robin closed the door.

Robin followed the grumbling girl all the way down to the garage, occasionally a smile tugged at his lips from the hatred in her words.

The sun had rose by the time Robin slowed down on his R-cycle. He could feel Starfire gripping his shoulders tightly from his erratic driving.

Carefully he maneuvered his vehicle into a parking space in front of a small diner. He had been there once before after a night on patrol and their breakfast foods were particularly delicious.

Starfire made a small sound as she pushed herself off the back of the bike, balancing on the platform shoes. Robin killed the engine, sliding off himself. "Breakfast." Robin declared, holding the door open for a wobbly Starfire.

"It would have been easier just to eat at the tower." Starfire dictated leading them to a small booth in the back of the diner. She took a seat and Robin slid in across from her.

"But where's the fun in that?" Robin waved a waitress over before folding his hands on the table.

"At least there's no tofu versus meat argument this morning." Starfire sighed, shifting on the blue vinyl booth seat. Skirts and vinyl didn't work well together.

"Here are your menus, I'll be right back to take your order." It was an older woman, black hair pulled back in a pony tail. She placed two blue pamphlets on the table and with a quick smile, retreated.

"Hmm." Robin grabbed his, unfolding it to look over the selection. Starfire lazily followed suit.

Cyborg locked the door on the two villains. Robin has said he would call ahead when they were to be coming home. That wouldn't be anytime soon.

He was going to attempt to get Starfire (Raven) into a dress. Cyborg shook his head descending the stairs, the boy was looking for an early death.

"Dude? Cy?" There was a sudden frantic waving of hands that made Cyborg pull himself from his thoughts and look up. Beast Boy was grinning at him. "What's up?"

"Uh, Robin and Raven went out to get some garbs for that party."

An impossibly wide smile cracked across the younger boy's face. "No way Raven in a dress?" Beast Boy gripped his stomach as laughter overtook him. "Oh man, that's great…"

Cyborg couldn't help but agree.

The two dined on the diner's breakfast special, a large platter of eggs, French toast and strawberries.

Starfire was so unaccustomed to eating so much on a regular basis because she didn't need it with her demon blood. Either way she finished off the platter and blamed it on the fact she was in Starfire's body.

"Done?" Robin asked. It was the first thing they had said to each other since ordering.

Starfire nodded, pushing her plate away.

Robin left some money on the table and the two left the small diner. "Where first?" Starfire asked, sliding onto his bike after him.

Robin smirked to himself, deciding not to answer. Instead, he revved the engine and sent it racing.

Mad Mod attached another wire, twisting them in his fingers tightly. His companion worked beside him silently. They were getting close to being finished.

Just another few days…

They had finished all the major parts all that was left was assembling and a few good test runs.

Control Freak suddenly grabbed a small screw and tapped it against the table a few times in some haphazard rhythm.

Mod leaned over the table a little more. "Ahh, yes." He grabbed a small green wire he had been trying to find. "It will." He murmured, twisting the small green piece around his thumb mindlessly.

"What time do you think it is?" Mad Mod called.

Control Freak paused only a second. "Seven to midnight."

Both ignored the small time that was blinking from the computer monitor they had set up.

Robin stopped his bike in front of a smaller bridal type store. A few gowns were displayed in the window to draw in customers.

"Oh Azar…" Starfire crooned, demounting the bike.

"It's not that bad." Robin offered, leading her to the door.

"It will be." Starfire muttered, as Robin grabbed her elbow to usher her into the boutique.

Flairs of white caught her eye immediately. Large flowing gowns hung in the front and ball gowns took residence in the back. It was a rather small shop, but looked to be meticulously clean. There were a few older woman already in the shop, looking through the selection of dresses.

Starfire wrenched her elbow out of Robin's grasp, but made sure no one had seen. It probably wouldn't have been very girlfriend like.

Robin didn't seem to notice. "I think what we're looking for might be in the back." He ambled down one of the isles.

A woman closest to them looked back inquiring and Starfire was forced to quick-step to follow her 'boyfriend'.

"It needs to be elegant…but not too much." Robin was talking to himself as he looked through a rack of dresses.

Starfire rolled her eyes, but forced herself to stay close to him. She watched the dresses he passed over his shoulder.

"Hey," Robin grinned and pulled something from the rack. "How about this?"

He held up a vibrant red dress that was adorned in red pearls. It was beautiful, but there wasn't enough fabric to cover a small animal let alone a human. Starfire gave him that sarcastic look she had perfected.

Robin smirked. "Aww, too bad." He turned to put the dress back.

Starfire's cheeks flamed, but she didn't know exactly how to interpret that remark. She settled for smacking him across the back of the head when no one was looking.

Hours later Robin had found a few dresses that he thought would work with Starfire and she had picked out one she liked. The gowns were piled in the girl's arm, high enough so she couldn't see where she was going.

"Dressing rooms now." Robin's hand was on the small of her back, guiding her around to the rooms in the back. "I want to see them all."

Starfire muttered something behind the wall of dresses, as Robin closed the dressing room door. She dropped the assortment into a fluffy pile in front of her.

Her hands wrapped around the top one, as she picked it up. It was light orange, a silk fabric that fell straight down to just about the floor. It looked almost like the pink one Starfire had worn when dealing with Kitten.

Sneering at the image, Starfire pulled off her boots and set them over to the side.

Robin roved around the dressing area, waiting for Starfire to get the first dress on. He was kind of anxious to actually see if Starfire (Raven) would even put on something he had picked out…even if it wasn't actually her body.

He heard a small click of a lock turning. Robin strode back over to where she was to be.

The dress fit well. It hung to Starfire's toes and gripped well. The only problem was the color since it made her look like a giant carrot.

Starfire crossed her arms across her chest and stepped out so Robin could get a look. The boy cringed a moment at the sight of orange on orange. "It looks…good."

Starfire gave him a look before turning and going back into dressing. "Yea if I wanted to look like a vegetable." She unzipped the back and pulled the dress off.

The alien grabbed the next dress in line. This one was white and shorter with frill at the end and it had thicker shoulders than the orange one. Quicker than before she pulled it on and unlatched the door.

Robin had been slouching against the outer door waiting, so he turned quickly to look back at her.

Because of her height the dress came to mid-thigh where it had a bit of a poof to it, as in the shoulders. "I look ridiculous and you have horrible taste."

Robin covered his mouth to suppress a laugh. She looked like an overgrown doll with orange skin. "Maybe you should try another."

Starfire turned and went back in muttering something Robin was sure he didn't want to hear.

Instead of another of his, Starfire picked up the one she had chosen. It was a darker lavender, layered in a red sheen, it came with a corset-type front and a looser bottom. She pulled it on, tying the red ribbon in the front before pulling open the door.

"Woah." Robin had to look her over for a moment. It was just longer than her knees, though it seemed a little too loose in her waist. He couldn't help but think it would look so much better paired with amethyst hair and violet eyes…

"Doesn't really fit her." Starfire was pulling at the space at the waist.

"Get it."

Starfire looked at Robin. "Hello? It doesn't fit."

"Get it for Starfire."

Starfire looked down at the dress. When she picked it out, she really hadn't been looking for something to fit Starfire's body. She nodded, "Alright."

"Try on that light pink one next."

Starfire retreated into the changing room to grab the pink one. It was the same length, though pinned up higher in certain places with small pink stars. It had spaghetti straps to hold it up, and larger ones to hang off the shoulders. Even before she put it on Starfire knew it would look good.

Even if it was pink.

This dress was much tougher to fit into though. It had a zipper that was relentless, and after five minutes of trying to zip it, Starfire gave up.

"Robin?"

"Hmm." There was a mumble of an answer.

"I need you to zip this." Starfire put the straps on and unlocked the door.

"O-okay." The girl turned around…bare orange skin met his eyes. He shook his head and zipped the dress.

Starfire twirled around, the dress fluttered and settled. It fit her perfect.

"Fits."

Starfire turned to look in the mirror for herself. He was right, it did fit. Robin watched her tugging at different parts of the dress checking for any errors. "Works for me." Starfire shrugged.

"Mmk, change back and we'll go look at tuxes."

"Goodie." Starfire monotoned as she shut the dressing room door after him.

Tux shopping had been surprisingly easy. They came in only a few colors, so only the style had to be chosen. Robin hadn't been all that picky, deciding that black and white would match with the dress.

But by the time they had gotten both the dresses and the tux packaged the two were exhausted. Who knew shopping took so much energy?

Starfire had the bags in her lap on the back of his r-cycle. Robin revved the engine into gear and Starfire leaned against him to hold on.

On the way back Robin paged Cyborg.

Cyborg trucked up the stairs to the interrogation room. He had to relocate Control Freak, and fast, because Robin and Starfire were heading back.

Raven hadn't taken the fact that the two of them left too bad. She had left it as, "For Robin and I in this current condition to venture out would be blasphemy, my friends have done right."

She stayed in her room tending to Silkie for most of the day.

Cyborg was half-way to the room when a red blinking siren caught his attention. "Oh come on!" He looked down at his arm to figure out the trouble.

Beast Boy's face appeared. "Says there's been a disturbance at one of the power plants on the northern edge of the city."

"Leads?"

"A young girl with pink hair with two young men."

"H.I.V.E." Cyborg spat.

"Do you want me to tell Robin and Raven to meet us down there?"

Cyborg sighed glancing down the hall, if this was at a power station he didn't really have time to fiddle with the villains in his own house. "Yea, I'll grab Starfire and meet you downstairs." Beast Boy nodded and then the connection faded out.

Raven (Starfire) was contemplating all the reasons why it had taken them all day to dress shop. It wasn't that she was necessarily jealous of Raven, it was that she would rather be dress shopping with him.

Could you be jealous of dress shopping?

The scrapbook across her room was pulled from its shelf and slid across the floor.

Raven groaned and planted her face into one of her fluffy pink pillows. She should not be acting so childish, it would all be over in a few days. She would have her Robin back, maybe even in time for the dance-

A loud red siren broke through the tower. The girl immediately got to her feet and grabbed the navy cloak she had thrown to the floor. As she snapped it on, there was a tumbling knock at her door.

"It's H.I.V.E. at a power plant." Cyborg greeted as she opened her door. Raven nodded and followed him downstairs.

As they pulled up in the T-car the scene was madness. There were fallen lines littered about the gravel ground, with the wire laid about the ground still sparking. There was a large transformer that looked like it was ready to tumble over, thanks to the two figures hovering nearby, firing explosives and jinxes at it.

Mammoth stood facing the titans in the typical bumper pose.

There was a noise and the four turned to see a red motorcycle pulling up. Robin rounded it away from the chaos because of their cargo, before the two made it around to meet up with the team.

"Titans GO!" Robin called at once.

Raven and Beast Boy took flight, going after Jinx and Gizmo. Cyborg rounded on Mammoth, aiming his sonic cannon.

Robin and Starfire were left, unsure of what they should do.

Raven had conjured flight easily enough. She rounded on Jinx and looked across the ground for something to knock the girl with. There was half a power line pole and she reached out with the black power to grab it.

She was really getting good at it.

But Jinx wasn't to be bested. "Ah, Raven." She grinned and turned her pink jinxes on Raven.

Raven swung the wood as fast as she could, using her arms for leverage. She could hear the noise meaning she had hit her target, but she had also been hit by a pink charm.

It struck her from the sky, either by force or the jumbling of her concentration. The girl landed not too softly on the graveled ground and groaned. Jinx landed not too far with a similar effect.

Starfire stepped into battle when she saw Jinx pulling herself up. Now she just needed some of that righteous fury…

She held out her hands as Jinx righted herself, grinning maliciously. Now would be a lovely time for some of that fury.

Jinx twirled, sending a string of three pink lashings her way. Starfire tried to block, but each hit weakened her.

Beast Boy had transformed into an eagle, flying up to Gizmo. Once in range, he landed on the boy and changed into a hippo.

The two went down quickly.

"Snot face!" Gizmo snarled under the weight of the animal. He fired off two rockets that sent Beast Boy tumbling off the villain.

Cyborg fired his cannon as Mammoth ran at him. Cyborg dodged, rounding back around and hitting the villain across the back. Mammoth let out a cry falling to one knee, before he forced himself back up and rounded with a smart punch into Cyborg's chest.

Cyborg coughed and stumbled back. Mammoth charged forward. He cringed waiting for impact.

There was a swoosh through the air and a clink of metal as Robin's bird-a-rang wound a rope around Mammoth, tying his arms. Robin wound around to off throw the momentum of his charge.

Cyborg was able to move himself just in time for Mammoth to come tumbling over into the gravel ground.

"Ouch." Robin commented, adding a tie to hold tight.

"One down." Cyborg turned to see how the others were fairing.

After being triple hit, Starfire had figured out how the righteous fury worked. Her eyes lit a brilliant green, her hands blazing ready.

Jinx might have noticed this, but she continued with her tirade of foolish flips and charms.

Starfire slid to the side dodging the first few, raising her arms and fired off a round.

Jinx was unprepared and they caught her in the middle of a twirl. She yelped, being hit back. Starfire started forward quickly, the fury still present in her eyes.

She tossed a few more star bolts.

Gizmo, having shaken Beast Boy off, searched for his comrades. Mammoth was tied and Jinx was getting a beat down.

Gizmo grabbed a small explosive from his backpack and crept toward the red-haired alien. If he could get Jinx, they could probably get out of here.

"Raven!" Robin called, spotting the sneaky boy first.

Starfire turned from her Jinx beating, just in time to feel a small hand smack something onto her back.

"Don't any of you goobers move or I'll blow her up!" Gizmo held a small red detonator in his hand, childishly sticking out his tongue.

Everyone froze.

Starfire slowly tried to move her hand to grab the explosive but it was very slow work without getting caught.

"C'mon Jinx." Gizmo was backing up now as Jinx pushed herself to her feet, her costume was ragged from the battle. "Get Mammoth."

"Yeah yeah." Jinx waved him off, testing her joints. Everything seemed to work fine…

"I don't have-" There was a loud smack as another telephone pole came rushing at the small boy, hitting him clear across the area. Starfire took the time to grab the explosive from her and stomp on it before looking to Raven.

She had gotten herself to her feet in the ruckus and barreled Gizmo a good dozen meters. Jinx stopped moving and let her feet slide out from underneath her, submitting to the ground.

Robin sighed as he pulled out his communicator to contact the police to pick up the three. That had been close, maybe even a little too close.

Starfire collapsed on the couch, uncaring that her hair had begun to turn purple and her eyes were already violet.

Raven, who had gotten her shot halfway through the day was fine, sleeping on the other side of the couch.

Beast Boy was sprawled widely across the floor in cat form, tail twitching occasionally. Cyborg sat in an armchair, leaning back and watching the sun set through the large windows.

Robin was between the two girls on the couch, his arms folded under his head in exhaustion. Shopping and then crime fighting did not mix well.

"What's that noise?" Starfire muttered suddenly. Those who were still conscious (Robin and Cyborg) listened. There was a light noise that sounded as though it were coming from the higher levels of the tower.

There was nothing up that way but-

It clicked to the boys simultaneously and Cyborg jumped up from his seat. "I, um forgot I left my game on upstairs."

With that Cyborg dashed out, Robin groaned, running a hand through his hair.

"There's no game upstairs." Starfire stated, turning to look at Robin.

"Of course there is." Robin kept his eyes straight but watched her out of the corner of his eye. The mask was a wonderful thing.

Starfire gave him the same strange look she had a week before.

"If I wasn't so tired, I would fight you." She finally muttered and closed her eyes.

"Good to know." Robin relaxed back into the seat, hoping the criminals upstairs hadn't gotten themselves into any trouble.

Phew, that was an extremely long chapter, probably my longest yet. I hope you all enjoyed, and thank you for all your loving reviews. A gazillion thanks to my beta Sarah Cabbage Patch because I am comma-happy without realizing it.

If you're very clever, you'll get that Control Freak and Mad Mod weren't talking about the current time…

Please review, it makes me write quicker…and you know you want quick chapters…

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