Marlis had been packing her things into a large "borrowed" suitcase, humming to herself. As she exited her room she was met by the Titans. "Umm...hi guys. I've got all my stuff all packed up and ready to go," she said a little downhearted. The titans looked from one to the other before Robin spoke up.

"Marlis..we know how you don't have a place to stay for Christmas and we've been talking about it. We want you to stay for Christmas,"he said. Marlis smiled at them before shaking her head.

"Are you guys serious?"she asked and her smile grew as they all nodded. Hugging them all she almost choked them. "Thank you. This'll be the first Christmas I've had in a long time." She put her bags back into her room and walked back out, finding the others in the main room. "Umm, I'm not sure if anyone has gone shopping yet but I know I haven't. Does anyone wanna come with me?"she asked and jumped when almost all of them jumped up and agreed with the exception of Raven who rarely jumped. As they raced down the stairs, Cyborg remembered something. "Guys? The T-car can only fit five people," he said.

"I can always fly over," Marlis offered. Robin shook his head.

"No, you drive with Cy and the others. I'll take the R-Cycle," he said as the others piled into the car. Marlis watched him.

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I need to take it out anyway or else it might get a little..rusty,"he said with a reassuring nod. Marlis opened her mouth to protest but Cyborg laid a hand on her shoulder.

"It's pointless to argue with him. He's stubborn," he said with a smile. Marlis nodded before putting the window up. Cyborg put on some music and in the back Beast Boy tried to make Raven laugh with pointless and pitiful jokes. Trying to get into the conversation, Marlis spoke up. "I've got one. It's not really a joke but it's funny. Okay, here it goes: Children don't make mistakes in the dark;mistakes in the dark make children." After a minute of thinking, Cyborg and Beast Boy started to crack up.

"That's so wrong," Raven said.

"I know. But it's funny, isn't it?"Marlis responded with a smirk. Raven shook her head a bit before looking out the window.

"Please, I do not get it,"Starfire said.

"Ask Robin," the titans said in unison. After a while of looking out the window, Marlis spoke up again.

"You guys like your abbreviations, huh?"she asked randomly. Cyborg looked at her a bit confused.

"What do you mean?"he asked.

"Well, you've got the T-Car, the R-cycle, the T-Tower. Is it just me or is there a pattern here?"she explained. Cyborg shrugged a bit.

"Guess I never really thought about it. It's just a lot easier to say," he said.

"Oh," Marlis muttered, understanding what they meant. It would be easier to say T-Tower than Titans' Tower when they were in a hurry.

As they neared the mall the faint lights of police cars could be seen. "Robin, do you see anything?"Cyborg asked, talking into the communicator.

"Looks like somebody is trying to rob them,"he responded.

"Who would rob a mall?" Beast Boy asked. Raven hit him in the side and nodded to Marlis. "Oh."

"I never robbed the mall...I just stole from it,"she muttered loud enough for them to hear. "And trust me, that's a big difference." Cyborg stopped the car next to one of the police cars and the Titans jumped out. Marlis took her time getting out, looking at the crowd of people; she suddenly wanted to have her coat with her. While Robin and Cyborg talked to one of the cops, Marlis walked over to Starfire, Beast Boy and Raven. "Shouldn't you guys just go in and beat the crud out of whoever is in there?"

"We don't know who it is yet. That's what Robin and Cyborg are finding out," Raven explained. Marlis nodded and ran a hand through her hair, watching as Robin and Cyborg ran over. "It's Red X. They said that he's taken the money from most of the stores already. They don't know why though. Let's get in there and stop him," he said. Marlis raised her hand a bit.

"Should I just wait out here? I don't want to get in the way," she said, moving closer to the car.

"Nonsense! You shall accompany us into the mall of shopping and help us defeat the Red X," Starfire exclaimed, followed by the others' nods. Hearing an explosion they quickly rushed into the mall, finding Red X with a large bottle of zynothium in his hand (which looked like fruit punch to Marlis). Red X turned and eyed the Titans. "Ahh, the Teen Titans. And you've brought a friend. Too bad I'm done here," he said; the Titans could hear the smirk on his lips.

"Put the zynothium down, X!" Robin demanded. As Marlis watched, Starfire's eyes began to glow green as Raven's eyes began to glow black along with their hands. "Catch," Red X said as he tossed the glass into the air. Quickly, Beast Boy turned into a hawk and caught it in his talons; Starfire and Cyborg ran after Red X while Raven seemed to disappear into the ground. "What do I do?" Marlis asked.

"Follow them!" Robin shouted, motioning to the others while him and Beast Boy put the zynothium in a package-like box. With a nod Marlis flew into the air and flew as fast as she could towards the others. As she watched Starfire and Cyborg work together while Raven attempted to grab the bags of money along with his belt, she smirked a bit. As flames engulfed her hands she flew behind Red X and shot flames at him at the same time Cyborg and Starfire hit him. Thinking for a moment, Marlis flew down to Raven. "Raven! You, Cyborg and Starfire distract him. I can get the belt and bags," she said. Raven stopped her.

"How?"she asked somewhat suspiciously.

"I've been a thief most of my life and I've only been caught once. I can get it. Trust me," she responded with a smirk. Raven sighed and levitated back to Starfire and Cyborg, whispering the plan. As Starfire hit Red X from the front, Cyborg and Raven hit him from the back and were joined by Robin and Beast Boy who hit him from the sides. As he jumped from a few of their attacks (while silencing Raven with an x, I might add), Marlis quickly and silently grabbed the bags of money and flew back towards the Titans.

"Well, I've got the money. Should I still get the belt or should I leave that to you guys?"she asked, putting the bags down beside Robin.

"This time, you distract him. We'll get the belt," he said and began running towards Red X. The villain saw the on-coming attack and tossed an x at the Boy Wonder's feet and smirked as they tiwsted around his legs, making him fall. Raven was standing in one place, her arms crossed over her chest. She couldn't say anything and was somewhat useless at the moment. Starfire, seeing her friend's problem, Starfire flew down and quickly ripped the x off. "Thanks," Raven muttered. As the two watched, Marlis began to taunt Red X. She flew on her back as if doing the backstroke. "Come on, you can take down Robin and you can't take me down? Pathetic!"she said and smirked as he tossed a large X in her direction. Merely flying out of its way she laughed. "This is fun. Do you have a heat-seeking one?"she asked and rolled her eyes as he looked down and realized that his belt was gone. "Boys. They never know what's going on down there,"she said with a small giggle before flying down to stand with the Titans.

"You're pretty good kid. Ever think of thievery?"he asked.

"Been there, done that. Only caught once,"she said proudly and with a smirk on her lips. As Raven muttered those three, famous words, Red X was suspended in the air and held in place until the cops arrived.

"Nice work Marlis. Maybe skills at thievery aren't as bad as we thought," Robin said, followed by nods. Marlis smiled a bit before looking around.

"I guess we should get to shopping, huh?"she said with a shrug and a grin.