A/N) short update, but an update is better than no update, right? Heh. thanks to these fics I am woefully behind (er, moreso heh heh) in updating my stuff elsewhere. Oops

Chapter Three

The others, as fate would have it, weren't having much luck. Rage was rampaging through the warehouses along the waterfront. At this time of year, most were either empty or barely full, which was a blessing, but the total cost of property damage was something Robin really didn't want to consider.

A pink blur flew past, headed for the cackling red copy of Raven. "Wrathful part of Raven you must stop at once!" Joy sounded and acted so much like Starfire, it was proving to be mildly distracting for the young leader. Hearing stuff like that come from Raven of all people was just....wrong. A black silhouetted crate slammed into the ground and Robin's focus came sharply back to the battle at hand. The red one was proving to be quite adept at dodging Starbolts and Joy's shadowy equivalents. Cyborg wasn't having much luck either and Robin had yet to get a clear shot with a birdarang.

The metallic teen leapt to one side as a support beam crashed down one him. He landed in a roll and ended up next to Robin, who'd found some shelter behind a low concrete wall. "We're almost doing more damage than she is," Cyborg pointed out. He leaned around the wall and took a shot while Star and the three Ravens were recovering out of range. The blast hit Rage square in the chest and sent her flying. "Booyah!"

"Glorious!"

"Wonderful! You have shown her that you are her boss!"

Robin and Cyborg sweat-dropped and exchanged looks. Star had spoken second, but the exceedingly happy and very pink Raven was beginning to creep them out. "I never thought Raven could be creepier." Robin stood and brushed some debris off his cape. Cyborg stood up as well, cannon arm still ready.

"Whoohoo!" A green flash flew by in a victory lap. Brave Raven halted abruptly in midair as the pile of stone and steel Rage had fallen into erupted. Rage howled, an animal cry of anger which set the hairs on the back of Robin's neck on end. Cement, steel and wood blasted outward as she freed herself. Black bubbled protected the other teens from injury. A cloud of dust filled the warehouse. None of the Titans could see much between the black barriers and the dust, but they could hear the whine of rusted metal being bent and maniacal laughter. When the dust cleared enough, they could see Rage had escaped through a hole in the roof.

"Aw, man!" Cyborg groaned. "She got away!"

"Let's get her!" Brave leapt toward the hole but was knocked back to the ground by a black blast from Honor. "What was that for? Let's go get her! She's escaping!"

"Blindly rushing after her isn't going to help and Robin and Cyborg can't follow if we all fly away." The light blue one countered.

"Fine!" Black energy enveloped Robin and Cyborg in an instant and soon they were flying out of the hole in the roof after a distant red cloak.

"Wait!" Star called after them and followed. Joy followed her, leaving Honor alone in the warehouse. She sighed and followed after them.

"Come back here!" Brave called after Rage. "Come back here and fight like a girl!" Rage turned in midair and gave her a rude gesture. Robin watched the ground pass beneath him once again and Brave took off after her. Bad idea. His stomach twisted as vertigo overtook him. He looked over at Cyborg and found his teammate had turned an interesting shade of green.

"Ohhhh I don't like this." He moaned. Robin couldn't agree more.

"Boring!" Excitement declared loudly, tossing the controller away. She leapt to her feet and began skipping and hopping around the room, humming.

"Ugh," Orange complained, "Can't you just shut the hell up for one goddamned minute!" She burst into a puff of orange smoke. Raven fell from the air and landed in a heap.

"Ow."

Beast Boy wracked his brain for anything that might keep the pink one occupied. He snapped his fingers as an idea came to him. "Hey I got it!" He raced over to one of the gaming cupboards and hauled out two oversized mats. Each was sectioned into nine squares, each square on the perimeter contained a directional arrow. He quickly switched games on the Game Station and plugged the pads in. "Try this game" he called over. The pink one ran forward and vaulted over the back of the couch, executing an intricate flip before landing.

"Ta da! Ohhhhh! Bust a Dance Revolution!" Elated, she hopped onto the pads and began dancing with the falling multi-colored arrows and humming along with the music.

"I never thought I'd ever be glad you got that game," Raven said from the ground. Beast Boy gave her a hand back up to her feet. "Orange burst. Where are- "

"Ugh, that is like, so tacky." Raven dressed in designer street clothes complained.

"Never mind," Raven muttered. She glared darkly and the new one. Her outfit was mainly shades of dark orange. She gave Raven a critical look from head to toe.

"Like no wonder we never get any dates if we're wearing that all the time."

"That's not why we don't date," Lust called from the couch.

"Oh you're one to talk," Vanity scoffed and flipped her hair. "Leather catsuit? That is so 1960s."

"But we make Mod look so good!" Lust protested. Beast Boy and Raven edged away, letting the two dispute clothing preferences.

"This is so awful," Embarrassment sniffled. Raven didn't look good; when one of the emotions...exploded it always seemed to make her feel worse.

"Hey, you ok?" Beast Boy asked in a low voice, not wanting to draw the attention of any of the others. Raven shook her head no. This was all too mortifying for her. She pulled her hood up and hunched over on herself in embarrassment and sought control. Her friend left her alone to try and steady herself. Beast Boy watched the room, making sure the chaos was somewhat controlled for the moment. He noticed another shade of Orange was sleeping on the couch but didn't see a third and wondered if there was another one.

"I'm sorry,"

He blinked and looked back at Raven. "What?"

"I'm sorry," she repeated, an edge creeping into her voice. Why couldn't he just let her apologize!

"Oookay. But, this isn't you fault,"

"No," she agreed. "I meant for the uh, Bond girl."

"Oh,"

A moment passed. "This is so awkward," Embarrassment moaned. Both teens blushed and moved away from her a few more paces. The green Titan scratched the back of his head.

"Well, don't feel bad. She's a pure emotion, you can't really control that. Cyborg wasn't around and Robin is obviously taken. I was just what's left and the pink one, er, the first pink one, thinks I'm funny, so uh," he trailed off with a shrug. "I was conveniently there."

Another moment of awkward silence passed before Raven finally spoke up. "Robin needs to wake up."

"No argument here. He could teach me a thing or two about puppy love." To accentuate the point he turned into an absurdly cute puppy. Raven rolled her eyes, but there was the barest hint of a smile nonetheless. Beast Boy shifted back and grinned, glad to see her dark mood abate even for an instant.

"I'm sort of surprised Lust didn't hit on him anyway though." Raven frowned. "She's...lust. Isn't she supposed to hit on everyone?" Beast Boy shrugged.

"I may be Lust but I'm not a hussy!" The apparition in question indignantly called back over her shoulder. "I don't do that slutty, stealing thing." She 'harump'ed and continued to argue with Vanity.

"They'd be so cute," Love sighed, little pink hearts whirling about her head and shining in her eyes. Beast Boy jumped a few feet in the air.

"Yeagh!" he yelled in surprise, "Don't sneak up on me!"

She smiled a rather lovely smile and put a hand on his upper arm. "Sorry, I can't help it. I have a tendency to steak up on people unexpectedly." She winked, gave him then Raven a hug and wandered off again.

"Sorry." Raven was glaring daggers at the back of Love's head.

"No, it's ok. That one doesn't make me fear for my life. Er, I mean, I don't think you'd kill me for seeing her. Unlike, uh, well..." She didn't respond. The morph rubbed the back of his neck. He could only imagine how this must be for her.

Raven seemed to need control like she needed air and losing it like this must feel like drowning. 'Whoa, where'd that come from?' he asked himself. It was either a very deep thought or a rather silly one. He spared a look at the other Titan out of the corner of his eye. Raven had scarcely moved and he felt he should say something, do something. But at the same time he didn't want to die an untimely and probably painful death. Saying or doing anything would only remind her that he'd seen her more...unusual sides and was therefore deserving of death. He watched as a single tear slid down her cheek. A shaking hand brushed it away. Beast Boy pretended he hadn't seen and watched Excitement totally annihilate Robin's high scores on the video game. ("It's for agility training! Really!")

Raven seemed to regain her composure; a tear was something akin to a total breakdown for anyone else, Beast Boy supposed. He weighed his chances of survival and finally put a hand on her shoulder, "It'll be ok. The guys will grab those crazy red ones and we'll shove 'em back through the mirror."

She nodded and silently seated herself in the lotus position once more to attempt further meditation.

"I'll uh, just walk around, yeah."

"Robin?" The Boy Wonder lifted his head and finally fixed his gaze on Star. The world swam before his eyes. Since it was already moving by at top speed, the total effect was amazingly nauseating. "Is it not strange that we have not seen the other two?" Robin managed to forget his queasy stomach for a moment and consider this; it was true.

"Stop!" he yelled. Brave and thus Robin and Cyborg immediately stopped. Robin groaned. Going very fast then stopping just as quickly was not and good idea. "Stop. Put us down." He swallowed, "It's a diversion."

"What?" Brave landed, setting the two Titans down. Joy and Honor followed, the latter scowling at the retreating red figure in the sky. Star placed a concerned hand on Robin's shoulder.

"We haven't seen the others." He waited for the world to stop wobbling and leaned into star for support. "We've been following her," He jerked a thumb in the direction of Rage.

"Following? Is that what you call it?" Cyborg exclaimed. He and Robin had been fairly helpless as Brave dragged them around in her mad chase after Rage. The path had not been straight and they'd been whipped, sping and flung without a second thought as Brave dodged between buildings, lamps, trees and other obstacles. Brave fumed.

"Well let's go get her then!"

"No. We need to find out what the others are up to," Robin insisted, finally able to stand on his own.

"Friend Robin is correct," Joy told Brave. "We must find out what Malice and Hate are doing that Rage does not wish us to see,"

"She really is Raven's inner Starfire," Cyborg whispered to Robin. He nodded, masked eyes wide.

"Joyful Raven is correct. We must capture them all before they do more mischief, but chasing this one seems to be leading us no where," Star agreed oblivious to the side conversation Cyborg and Robin were holding.

"Indeed," Honor chimed in. Brave growled and punched her palm with a fist.

"What could they possibly be doing?" Cyborg asked. A sharp gasp drew their attention to Joy who was looking behind everyone else's shoulders with wide, fearful eyes. They turned as the wind kicked up around them.

"Oh, I think I have a pretty good idea," Robin replied. Unnaturally dark clouds formed in the clear air over the city's center. Lightning crackled, accompanied by rolling thunder as another gust of chilling wind swept over them. A red flash darted overhead, flying towards the center of the growing storm.

Brave lifted off with a war cry and followed. "I believe we should follow suit," Honor stated gravely. Robin nodded sharply. She lifted him, more carefully than Brave had, and flew off. Joy aided Cyborg and she and Starfire flew off after them.

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A/N) thank you, thank you, thank you, all who reviewed!
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Sorry this is a bit short, but I reeeeally wanted to post something and there was a good stopping place right there. Man, the TT readership of FFN is full of such nice people! -hands out cookies to reviewers- Thanks!

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