This one was actually kind of hard to write at times. I had trouble thinking of what they would say and do under said circumstances. Because of that if anything sounds weird or corny I apologize. Anyway the show must go on!

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Tempers

Tomas sat stiff as a board in a stone chair. The circular room he sat in was reminiscent to the one Starfire was brought to by the first cleric. He sat with his eyes closed in a meditative state. Off to his side another human form Eten moved through the solid wall. Tomas slowly opened his eyes as his comrade drew closer.

"A new disciple has been found."

"The name?"

"She refuses to reveal such knowledge, but of course it is only a matter of time before she tells us much more." Tomas smiled ever so slightly and barely nodded.

"Oh of course, after all…what life is a life without our guidance? Bring her in." The wall ahead of them easily parted down the middle and made way for two people with a prisoner in tow.

"Let go of ME!" She screeched loudly. Tomas' smile only broadened at the sight of her. She would be perfect. "And stop dragging me you're scuffing my new shoes!" Her high pitched whiny voice was unmistakable. They stopped some ten feet from Tomas.

"Welcome to Osyard my dear," said Tomas softly. Kitten shot him a deathly angry look. She yanked her arms away from her escorts and shot up like a spike.

"Do your goonies have any idea who they just kidnapped? I was right in the middle of something important when I was taken from my new home. This is outrageous!" Tomas rose out of his chair and towered over her. Kitten crossed her arms and curled her lip. "Do you think I'm scared of you? You look more like a monk then someone I would label as threatening. You know what, I don't care just take me back home RIGHT NOW!" Tomas tilted his head and spread out his arms.

"But there is so much you do not know, so much you must know."

She snickered. "As if, listen I don't know or care who you are but you really have made the biggest mistake of your life." Tomas now approached her. "When I finally get out of here Daddy's going to hear allll about you." He grinned once again and stopped before her. She arched a brow curiously. He held out his hand and from his ruby pendant formed a whirling red orb. Her eyes locked onto it immediately and her arms fell limply to her sides.

"I sincerely hope so." Utterly mesmerized Kitten no longer felt any desire to leave and the red orb enveloped her.

When there's trouble you know who to call
Teen Titans!
From their tower, they can see it all
Teen Titans!

When there's evil on the attack
You can rest knowing they got your back
Cuz when the world needs heroes on patrol
Teen Titans GO!

With their superpowers they unite
Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked
Teen Titans!

They've got the bad guys on the run
They never stop 'till the job gets done
Cuz when the world is losin' all control
Teen Titans GO!

1,2,3,4 GO!

Teen Titans

"Mission control to shuttle Beast Boyyyy." Raven waved a hand before Beast Boy's face as he gave the TV screen his full attention. His concentration on his video game was interrupted forcing him to lose quite profoundly. He set his controller aside and sighed.

"Raven, do you realize how long it's going to take me to get back to that part?"

"Probably not nearly as long as it's going to take you to get these groceries," she said handing him a long list. He took it with a low groan.

"Come on what makes you think it's my turn this week?"

"Well I might've grown suspicious form that mark on the calendar that say's 'Beast Boy's turn'." He glanced at it over on the fridge and got to his feet.

"Alright I'm going, but only because we're all out of that spray cheese in a can stuff." He walked into the elevator and as soon as it was closed Raven shuddered at the though of 'cheese from a can'.

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Beast Boy reached the docks and from a bird morphed back into his human self. He spotted the supermarket off in the distance and began his trek down the sidewalk. As he walked some girls (probably fans) waved at him while smiling. He grinned back rather pretentiously. 'Jeez, good thing they don't know I'm out running errands.' Though the thought of meeting more star-struck fans delighted him Beast Boy decided he'd rather be seen as little as possible and took a small detour behind some buildings. He whistled as he went until he came to a solid brick wall.

"Huh? I don't remember a huge wall being here." He turned to go back and found someone wearing a hood stood in his path. "Uhhh, are you looking for something?" The hood lowered.

"Something…" Beast Boy's mouth parted slightly.

"Kitten? What are you doing here?" She removed her cover to expose the robes of a cleric. "Oh no no, this can not be good." She held out her hands and a red beam shot from her pendant. It struck Beast Boy directly in the chest and he fell with a pained moan. Kitten lowered her hands while looking straight ahead.

"And lo, darkness and hatred spread among them like a plague. Within the dwelling of the nonbelievers there was only chaos." She bent down to activate a distress beacon on his belt. "So it is written, so it is done." With that she waved a hand before her red ornament and was gone. Beast Boy lay on his side with his eyes tight shut and winced now and again.

LATER…………..

Beast Boy's blurry vision slowly came back into focus to see Cyborg looking over various readouts beside his bed. A closer look at his surroundings told Beast Boy he was in sickbay.

"Dude," he groaned. Cyborg dropped what he was doing and moved over to his friend.

"Chill out man you've been out for quite awhile, gave us just tad bit of a scare."

"What happened?"

"We were hoping you could tell us,' said Cyborg crossing his arms. "You left to go get some grub and about an hour or so later we picked up your distress signal." Beast Boy cast a confused stare up forward. "We found you out cold and brought you back as fast as we could." Beast Boy shook his head and sat up over the edge of his bed.

"I don't really have a clue what happened. Last thing I remember I took small detour and…that's it." Cyborg nodded and looked over a few charts detailing Beast Boy's condition.

"Well all tests came back negative, you seem to be fine." Beast Boy nodded while standing up.

"I feel fine."

"Just take it easy for awhile, there might be something else going on our equipment couldn't pick up."

"Okeedokee," said Beast Boy and he left sickbay.

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Cyborg entered the common room where Robin and Starfire were sitting on the couch watching TV. Robin glanced over at Cyborg then back at the TV.

"How's Beast Boy?"

"He seems okay; I let him out with a doctor's note to kick his feet back for a while."

"Oh how will he manage?" quipped Robin.

"Have you determined what caused our friend to lose consciousness?" asked Starfire. Cyborg cracked open a soda and shook his head.

"Not yet, and now that you mention it I would like to run a few more tests. It's not really like BB to just conk out on the side walk. Either of you guys see him around since I let him out?" They both shook their heads. "Alright, computer locate Beast Boy."

"Titan Beast Boy is in recreation room two," the computerized voice responded. Cyborg nodded to himself and set his half finished soda on the counter. He left the room just as the show Robin and Starfire were watching grew suspenseful. She gasped just slightly and grabbed hold of his arm, something that both thrilled and frightened him. She looked at him out of the corner of her eye and saw he was growing tense. She released him rather quickly.

"Sorry." Robin did his best to hide his smile from her.

"Don't worry, I am okay."

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Beast Boy ran on the treadmill in the rec. room transforming into various animals as he went. On the other side of the room Raven sat cross legged and concentrated on levitating certain items. Beast Boy left the treadmill after practicing his final speedy form that was the cheetah. He arched his back as walked trying to work out some soreness in his muscles. He reached the counter and suddenly a pain in his temples hit him. He winced and doubled over. Having completed her own exercise Raven opened her eyes and stood up.

"Beast Boy would mind leaving; my next exercise requires that I be alon-"

"Fine!" He spouted. She regarded his somewhat curiously.

"Are you okay?"

He breathed in hard while rubbing his forehead. "Why would you ask?" She looked him over apprehensively.

'Why would I?' "I just seems like something's wrong, just wanted to make sure you were okay-" he banged his fists down on the counter causing a few things to fly off in different directions. She jumped at his reaction. "What's the matter with you?"

He turned to her swiftly. "Nothing Raven! I'm just surprised that's all, it's just amazing that you would even care." He said in a harsh tone. Raven stared at him shocked.

"What are you talking about? Of course I care."

"Well that is a shocker, Ladies and Gents! Raven gives a hoot about Beast Boy!" She began backing up slightly.

"Okay Beast Boy I don't say this often so take it to heart; you starting to scare me." He snickered.

"Awesome! Just FREAKING AWESOME!" His raised voice caused her mouth to drop and to back up even more. "Have you finally decided to treat me as an equal? Have I finally made your A list? I mean what-do-I-have-to-DO! To get you to take me seriously!" Raven wanted to hear no more and swiftly glided out the rec. room. Beast Boy watched her leave and doubled over again as the pain returned. "Arrrgghhh! What's-happening…to me?"

THE COMMON ROOM……………….

"What is the epidermis," said Starfire to the TV. The man playing on the game show responded with the same answer and she squealed with delight.

"They sure are missing a show without you there aren't they Star," said Robin admiringly. She shrugged humbly. From the time the show began Starfire had answer more than half the questions with complete accuracy. Not bothering to use the door Raven phased through the wall and flew up to them out of breath.

"Guys!"

"Raven? What's wrong?" asked Robin. He turned off the TV as Raven tried to summarize her encounter with a series of hand movements. He and Star looked at each other incomprehensibly. "Raven I don't understand sign language."

"Beast Boy-weird…never seem him..something wrong." Starfire took her shoulders.

"Be calm friend, breath normally and tell us what is amiss." Raven took a few deep breaths.

"Just a second ago I was performing my daily exercises and after I kindly asked Beast Boy to leave for a moment he bit my head off then chopped the rest of me into little pieces."

"He's having that bad of a day huh?"

"I don't know why he's so angry I've never seen him this way. Well, there was that one time he changed into that werebeast thing and acted like a jerk."

"I really don't think that's happening here," said Robin. Raven and Starfire looked uncertain. "Please tell me that's not what's happening here."

"Its not," said Raven quickly. "I was just making a reference." Cyborg's face then appeared on the screen.

"You guys better get down to the brig, I've got a green changeling with pretty high fever."

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Beast Boy walked back and forth in the small confines of his cell. He periodically hit the invisible field holding him in with an animalistic growl. Robin watched him do this a third time.

"How did you get him in there?"

"Well I kinda had to lure him in there and uhh….it just wasn't pretty."

"What is wrong with him?" asked Starfire with her hands folded together.

"Can't tell but there's definitely something showing up on his biometric scan, something is driving his adrenalin way up." Raven eyed him cautiously.

"Let me go in there." They all looked at her.

"I'm not so sure," said Robin. "He doesn't look all that safe at the moment."

"I'll be fine; maybe I can see something the tower can't." Robin considered it for a moment then nodded.

"Okay, but the second things get out of hand we're pulling you out of there." Raven nodded agreeably. Cyborg deactivated the force field allowing Raven to enter. Beast Boy sat down on the bunk and hit the sides of his head.

"Beast Boy?"

"What?" He spat.

"Just relax for a moment…Azarath Metrion Zinthos." She began to enter his thoughts when a barrier blocked her completely. "AHHHHHHH!" She jumped back just as Beast Boy lashed at her. They all gasped as his eyes slowly glowed bright red.

"What's the matter Raven? Can't take something that's in my head?" He knocked her back even further then was blasted back into his cell by Cyborg. Starfire reactivated the force field and the light overhead that kept his powers from working. Raven staggered back to her feet.

"Raven are you alright!" asked Robin.

"I'm fine." Robin looked back at Beast Boy who seemed content to simply sit back on his bed. Starfire stared at him with a note of concern.

"Why is he acting this way? Something is truly wrong with him."

Raven rolled her eyes. "Of course something's wrong with him. What was your first clue; the fact that he tried to maul me or that his eyes were glowing? Honestly how can you be so dense all the time?" All eyes shot to her. Starfire felt both extremely taken aback and hurt.

"Excuse me?" Raven shook her head.

"I'm-I'm sorry, pardon me." With that she quickly moved past them. Raven staggered about the halls using the wall for support. She began to breathe harder and harder and pain came to her head. "What-the? My head…" She hung her head and her gasped slowly quieted. "Can't..let it-take me." She found herself against her will moving beneath the floor and down to her room.

Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg all watched Beast Boy from the security room. Robin folded his arms and stared at their teammate quizzically.

"It doesn't take an expert to see something weird is going on and I think its spreading."

"Spread?" asked Starfire.

"The way Raven snapped at you, she'd never talk to you like that."

"Whatever it is it seems to just get worse," said Cyborg. "BB's been showing aggression that's could border on insanity. If it keeps going like this we may have to lock him up for good."

"Give him a sedative and see if that calms him down any," said Robin. Cyborg but as soon as he looked back at the monitor his eyes widened when he found Beast Boy's cell empty.

"Uhhh people…" Robin drew closer to the screen and Starfire let out a short gasp.

"How?" asked Robin. Cyborg zoomed in on a portion of the cell.

"Looks like he hotwired a panel inside the force field." Robin furrowed his brow.

"Beast Boy did what?"

"Umm you recall the day or rather days that we were trapped in the time loop?" asked Starfire. The two boys nodded. "Well, it is more than likely Beast Boy remembered something from when I re-wired the Tower's mainframe."

"Oh great," said Robin. "Okay we'll spread out and take him down with as little force was we can." Starfire and Cyborg nodded and left the security room. Robin flicked on a wall comm. to signal Raven. "Raven, Beast Boy's escaped we need you to join the search." He heard no response. "Raven? Raven respond…"

"Alright!" Came Raven's irritated response. Robin moved away from the comm. link a few inches. With an inquisitive face Robin left to join his friends. In her room Raven moved away from her comm. link and walked out of her room. She hadn't gone far when the pain began to hit her again. "Argh! No!"

"Raven?" She looked back and saw Cyborg. "Are you okay?"

"No, now that you mention it Cyborg something is very not okay with ME!"

"Whoa take it easy girl, you're starting to sound like-"

"Like what? Like Beast Boy? Could it possibly be because the symptoms are related? Well you wouldn't know would you? Always got your head under the hood of your car!" She shoved by him. He watched her with a small frown.

"Sheesh, moody much?" He resumed his walk down the hall and began to rub his head from a growing pain.

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Raven stormed back into her room and fell to her knees clutching her head. She winced out loud and grabbed the nearest thing she could get her hands on and threw it across the room. After the her alarm clock smashed against the wall she picked her head up and closed her eyes taking in slow breaths.

"This won't last long," she said having regained her normal senses. "This thing, this…hate virus is definitely contagious." She paced about talking to herself. "But how? How does it spread? The first time Beast Boy got angry at me I was fine, the second time when he knocked back and I began to feel it." She thought for a moment then began to connect the dots. "Beast Boy touched me…then I touched Cyborg." No sooner had she come to her revelation than her battle was lost once again. Her head fell forward and when she picked it back up her eyes turned red. "That moron Beast Boy!" And before she could stop herself Raven moved through the wall in search of the changeling.

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Robin sat in the common room at one of the computer terminals beneath the large screen. From the time he'd sat down Robin had been hard at work trying to use the tower sensors to find Beast Boy. He finally picked up on what was probably his locator signal coming from the basement.

"Computer confirm Beast Boy's locator."

"Locator signal detected in lower level storage B," responded the computer. Robin nodded and radioed Starfire.

"Star he should right below you."

"Understood, "said Starfire. She quietly moved through the door at the top of the stairs in storage and paused. She heard nothing that would say Beast Boy heard her coming in and she swiftly flew down to his signal. Robin paced back and forth in the common room and finally Starfire called back. "Robin are you there?"

"Yes I'm here, report." Starfire bent down and picked up Beast Boy's comm. link.

"I am afraid Beast Boy is far more clever then we thought." She needn't have explained it further. Robin put on a downcast look.

"We need to regroup, you Cyborg and Raven get back to control."

"Yes Robin."

ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY…………..

Kitten walked into a room and shut the door behind her. As soon as she was positive she was alone and out of danger of being discovered she knelt on the floor. From her pendant a window in space opened revealing Tomas' face. She lowered her head reverently.

"Rise," he said. She stood up.

"The tower has been infected, as you have ordered."

"You have done well, Ragnorok is drawing nearer and our forces are still minimal. In a moment you will be sent coordinates where there are many who will know and accept us."

"And what of those who will not believe." Tomas looked her square in the eye.

"You know what awaits them; those who refuse to believe must be taught. If they will not be taught then they will be destroyed and made as dust." Kitten bowed her head to him.

"I understand, blessed be to the Etens my lord."

"Blessed be…we are indeed."

BACK AT THE TOWER…………………

Robin and Starfire had been waiting for Cyborg and Raven to rejoin them for thirty minuets. Robin looked up at the clock and threw up his arms.

"That's it we've got to find them." Just as he was about to give out more instructions Cyborg walked in. "Well there you are, I told you guys to meet us back here where've you been?"

"Nobody asked you," replied Cyborg curtly. Robin and Starfire looked at each other.

"What did you say?"

"I said NOBODY ASKED YOU!" He faced them with glowing eyes. The boy wonder and the alien girl both grabbed onto each other and leapt back over the couch. They stayed perfectly still for a moment then nearly turned white when Cyborg pulled away the couch. He grabbed Robin by the shoulder and held him up. "Come to think of it there's a lot you don't need to know." With a reveling and evil grin Cyborg rolled Robin along the floor like a bowling ball into the cabinets.

"Robin!" Shouted Starfire. She moved over to him as soon as Beast Boy was blasted through the door. Raven glided in through the smoke with her own set of glowing eyes. Feeling defensive Starfire began to move down beside Robin.

"Don't touch him you idiot!" Spat Raven. "That's how this thing spreads!" She put up her hands just as tiger Beast Boy pounced on her. Starfire raised an eye brow.

"How what spreads?" Her question was soon answered as Robin sat up and his eyes were shining brightly with fury. "Oh." He growled and swung at her. She let out a high pitched "Eeek!" and jumped and away. She landed by the refrigerator and began to nervously move about trying to dodge the slightest bit of contact wit her friends. Feeling that she was no longer safe on the ground she took flight and soared up to the ceiling. Robin extended his staff and stood before Cyborg with a ready cannon.

"Roll a strike with me will you?"

"Come on tough guy, gemmie all you got." Robin let yelled out a battle cry and engaged Cyborg. From the ceiling Starfire watched with growing anxiety.

"Ohh this terribly awful, but for now I am safe up here."

"Wanna bet," said Raven as her head phased through the ceiling beside Starfire.

"Ahhhh!" She screamed in fright and flew away, narrowly missing Beast Boy as he was thrown through the large window. He returned shortly as a hawk and morphed into an angry rhino. Starfire took her opportunity and swiftly flew out the window. "They are beyond control of themselves. Measures must be taken with haste." A sonic blast flew right by her.

"YO! You afraid or something! I just scheduled you for a three o'clock butt kicking!"

"Lots of haste," she said urgently to herself.

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Starfire touched down in the alley where they found Beast Boy not long ago. At first glance being there told her absolutely nothing that could help her resolve this crisis. She bent down and felt the pavement where he lay for what they deduced was an hour or so. When she detected nothing Starfire stood back up and moved to inspect another portion of the city. As she left, however something caught her eye. It was not but ten feet from where her green friend was struck down. She brushed her fingers lightly against the concrete and upon inspecting them saw a fait yellow color on her finger tips. It was a dusty residue, but from what she eluded her. Starfire rubbed her thumb and fingers together trying to remember where she had seen this. Then it hit her. "STOP!" He shouted but she clamped her fist around the pendant and they were gone. From her perspective the trip was instantaneous and ended in the blink of any eye. She opened her eyes and found herself on the outskirts of the city. Tomas was nowhere in sight. Starfire began to decide on what to do next when the orb on her breast plate began blinking. She flipped open her comm. link to see the Titan mainframe alerting her of activity in a warehouse. Starfire wiped the dust off her hands as a scowl came across her face.

"Tomas," she said with contention. She barely noticed it the first time, but she saw and felt the same residue when she was transported back to the city by an Eten pendant. With her new bout of knowledge Starfire took flight and headed back to the tower.

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Starfire returned through the broken window but found no sign of her friends in the immediate vicinity. Cautious not to startle her enraged friends into attacking she made sure they were not lying in wait before announcing herself.

"Friends, friends it is I Starfire. I have returned with vital information."

"Wouldn't 'I'm home' take less time," said a voice behind her. She gulped and slowly turned on her heel. Robin stood with his still glowing eyes. "Can't you speak English once in a while?"

"Have I not spoken since the day we met?"

"That's another thing Star would it hurt to use contractions once in a while. I mean-GAAA!" Starfire jumped at his outburst. "If you can't say something in two syllables or less maybe you should just SHUT UP!" She stared blankly at him then mouthed wordlessly as eyes began to shine with tears. "Oh come on don't start that!" He began to walk away.

"There-There is no need to become angry Robin."

"I'M NOT ANGRY, IF I WERE AGNRY I'D BE YELLING!" Robin stormed over to the kitchen area.

"He is not in his right mind-he is not in his right mind," Starfire kept telling herself. Cyborg then barreled on through the door closely followed by Beast Boy. Starfire could hardly tell what they were saying only that they were trying to kill each other. She made a move to quietly leave the room when she found Raven blocking her way.

"Please do not touch me!"

"No Star calm down," said Raven. Starfire gaped at her astonished. Her eyes were no longer glowing.

"Raven, you are no longer possessed by this virus."

"No I'm still infected but it comes and goes for some reason and I don't know how long it's going to last." Starfire moved toward her.

"Well we must tend to you-"

"No don't touch me!" Starfire quickly drew her hand back. "I think if I can examine my blood work I can come up with a cure but you need to keep the boys from tearing each other apart."

"I will try."

"Without touching them."

"Yes, I have grasped that part," she said with a small smile. Raven nodded and discreetly took her leave. Starfire then turned back to the three battling teens. They stood all facing each other obviously waiting for one to blink. She quietly walked up behind them and gulped.

"Pardon me." As if waiting for her alone Robin let loose his desks, Cyborg his sonic cannon, and Beast Boy quickly became a gorilla. Robin shot upward with his grapple to avoid Beast Boy and Cyborg caught his giant hands. The two pushed each other back and forth until Cyborg's shoulder rockets won him that battle. Starfire stood watching with genuine uncertainty, how was she able to stop them without actually touching them?

"That'll teach you dweebs to mess around in my room!"

"That's what you get for rolling me across the floor!" Spouted Robin. The two faced each other with ferocious glares. Starfire landed between them.

"Friends please you must get the hold of yourselves, you are both under the influence of an Eten virus and we must work to together if-"

"AW BE QUIET!" Cyborg knocked her back into the kitchen counter and a pot fell down over her head.

"HEY! APOLOGIZE TO STARFIRE RIGHT NOW!"

"Yeah and who's gonna make me spike-hair-boy, you?" The two engaged in hand to hand combat when Cyborg refused to apologize and Robin refused to take the insult lightly. Over by the counter Starfire took hold of the edge of the pot and slowly raised it back over her head, as she did her eyes slowly turned red.

"Come on Cyborg, can't a teen android do better?" taunted Robin.

"Well why don't you put your money where hair gel is boy?" A green blast suddenly blew past them creating a charred hole in the wall. They looked at the hole for a moment then followed its path back at its thrower. Starfire stood ready to cast another starbolt and held with a wicked grin.

"Can't either of you form better insults?" The two boys looked back at each other and ducked just as she let loose her eyebeams.

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Raven spared neither expense nor toil in the lab as she zoomed back and forth between computer screens, test tubes, and notes. She put her hands down on some fragile materials when the whole tower shook.

"Well that can only mean Starfire's picked it up." Raven used an eyedropper to move a small bit of liquid from tube to another. The pale Titan allowed the liquids to mix then set some on a microscope connected to the computer. A confirmed match told her the task was done and all that was needed was to inject herself with it. No sooner had she sucked an amount up into a syringe then the virus returned to her.

"Ahhh!" She dropped the needle and staggered about floor. The red shade returned to her eyes. "If only those two immature knuckle heads hadn't interrupted me I would've finished this a long time ago! NO!" She fought it back just long enough to reach for the shot and quickly jab it into her arm. She winced as the sharp pain came then left just as quickly. The inexplicable anger along with the urge to hurt anyone around her soon faded away and Raven regained her normal self.

"Glad that's over. Now all I have to do is somehow stick the rest of them with this…yippee."

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Robin moved about the metal rafters of the basement. After Starfire launched her assault he and Cyborg parted and Robin made his way downstairs. He silently prowled the steel girders looking for any sign of movement. His eyes finally spotted Starfire as she undoubtedly followed him.

"You really had me going there for a second Star." She quickly grew defensive at the sound of his voice. "Yeah for a second I thought you were actually a threat." Starfire moved her eyes about and smirked.

"Overconfidence seems to be a way of life for you Robin, I rely more on using my intelligence." Robin nodded and pulled out a small remote.

"Uh huh? So do I." A quiet beeping noise caught Starfire's attention and she looked down to see a remote explosive stuck the bar she was hovering over. Like lighting she flew away just as that portion of the ceiling was engulfed in flame. "You were saying something about overconfidence!" She turned in mid air and saw him balancing on a bar directly ahead of her.

"Impressive Robin, perhaps we should finish what we began the day I came to this world?" He extended his staff and with his free hand beckoned her to come forward. But Starfire had other plans, for she reached to her side and pulled a piece one of the heavy girders free. Robin's glowing eyes narrowed. Then with all her might and a battle yawp Starfire threw the giant piece of metal toward him like a boomerang. Robin tucked away his weapon and hopped along anything he could as the whirling projectile drew nearer and nearer. He leapt down to the floor narrowly escaping it. He bounced along the hard floor with a few grunts here and there. Starfire slowly hovered down with a ready starbolt in each hand.

"For all your skills Robin you seem quite frail."

"YAAAA!" He jumped up with a well aimed kick to her chest. Yet just as Robin was about to connect a giant black energy raven's claw grabbed him, and pulled him up through the basement roof. "RAVEN! I was in the middle of something!"

"Pardon me," said Raven without actual remorse. She saw Robin gear up for an attack and telekinetically sent a cure-filled shot his way. It stuck him right in the stomach and he tumbled beside Raven in a heap. "Robin? Are you okay?

"Well…that would depend on your definition of okay." She smiled when she saw Robin's eyes back to normal.

"That's some temper you have," said the empath. Robin looked at her for a second then snickered.

"You should talk." He stood up and felt a wave of dizziness come over him.

"Are you sure you're okay."

"I'm fine," he said and immediately lost his balance. Raven groaned and helped him back up.

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Back in the common room Cyborg currently used the coach as a barricade. He periodically reached over and fired a few blind shots trying to fend off Beast Boy and Starfire. The both of them apparently having formed a mutually insincere truce. Robin peeked through the door at them and looked back at Raven.

"I really don't this is a good idea."

"We can't let them keep going like this or there'll be nothing left."

"The moment we go in there they'll start shoot'n and charging at anything that comes their way, we'll never get close enough to inject them with this stuff." Raven put folded her arms.

"What do you propose we do then?" Robin stepped away from the door and let his brain take over. Finally an idea was born.

"Would this stuff work just as good in gaseous form?" Outside in the common room Cyborg misjudged the timing and reached over just in time to take a Starbolt in the shoulder.

"YOW!" He fell flat on his back and did his best to nurse his wound. He made an attempt to get up but moved back down when Starfire's foot pushed down on his chest. She smiled down at him and giggled.

"I believe I'm beginning to like speaking this way, now say my name and admit your defeat!"

"I'd rather loan my car to BB!"

"Dude I'd do what she says, once she's finished with you I can have a crack at her."

"You will surely suffer the same fate," sniped the alien girl. "Now," she bore down on Cyborg with furiously glowing eyes. "Do you think you have time for last wor-" She never finished her sentence as her breath caught. They all looked upward as the air began to change. Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy all doubled over coughing. Within moments of releasing the chemical into the ventilation system Robin and Raven entered the common room.

"Alright," said Robin. "I think some 'time-outs' are in order." Beast Boy sat up and rubbed his head.

"Dude, what's going on?"

AFTER THE TOWER WAS GROSSLY REPAIRED………………

Beast Boy helped Robin set the living room table back down. "I would just like to say before everyone starts apologizing that I really didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"You can relax man; we're not super heated anymore." They all sat down on the new couch, since the old one was very much destroyed in the myriad of fights. Beast Boy then explained everything from the moment he left the tower to the here and now.

"Kitten!" The other four of them said in astounded unison.

"Well no big loss," said Cyborg casually.

"On the contrary Cyborg we may consider this problematic indeed," said Starfire. "The Etens have not walked the earth in many thousands of years. From Kitten they will learn everything they need to know, including detailed knowledge of past encounters with us."

"Well it was just a matter of time before they tried to strike at us," said Robin. "Fortunately it looks like once we were cured of the plague we became immune to it, which should keep them from attacking us this way again." Beast Boy stood up and stretched his arms.

"I don't know about you guys but being mad at all of you all at once pooped me out, if you need me I'll be chilling till whenever."

"I second that," said Cyborg. Raven put the finishing touches on her reading spot on the couch and left as well. Robin stood up and moved toward the hall when a quiet voice caught him.

"Robin…" He didn't turn but stayed in place.

"Yes Star?"

"I must sincerely beg your forgiveness, I am hopeful you know that was a able to think properly I would not have acted in such a way." Robin smiled and faced.

"I'm sorry too Star, I was totally wrong." She locked eyes with him. "Proper English is sooo you." She laughed and he chuckled along with her. He waited for her mirth to die down. "But seriously…" She stopped laughing. "If I did anything to you Starfire…I don't think I could ever forgive myself." She slipped her hand in his and guided him back to a sitting position.

"And I would not be at peace if I had harmed you in any way. Virus or not, I am disgusted by what I said and did." He took hold of her hand with his other.

"Well then how about we make up for it by looking out for each other? I'll make sure you're okay."

"And I will protect you," said Starfire. He nodded and the two of them sat together on the sofa. "Would like to view the television?" Robin shook his head.

"Naaa, I think some peace and quite would be just fine." She giggled once more and leant her head on his shoulder. From over y the door Raven watched them with a growing beam.

SOMEWHERE IN STEEL CITY…………………

Many of the criminals defrost from the Brotherhood's hideout had gathered in their new unofficial base of operations. It consisted mainly of the former Hive students as well as many of the other villains that have come and gone. Gizmo, Mammoth, and Seamore all sat a square table currently absorbed in a game of cards.

"I've got nothing," said Seamore with a disappointed morose. "Hey have any of you guys heard anything about these 'people' that have been showing up lately?"

"Tsk! You mean these religious kludge heads? Yeah sure what about em'?" asked Gizmo adding more chips to the pot.

"I don't know but they've been giving me the creeps, everywhere they go they leave with more followers. The whole thing is just really freaky."

"Tell me about it," grunted Mammoth. "I heard just awhile ago the Brotherhood suddenly joined them."

"Bunch of losers," said Gizmo.

"You would do well to learn from their wisdom!" Shouted a voice. Everyone in the large hall looked over at the entrance and saw Kitten walking in, a band of converts following behind. The small crowd of Hive students recognized her and yet is was apparent she was completely different. "For it is the destiny of all living things…to know their gods." Gizmo and Seamore exchanged apprehensive looks as Kitten gazed at each of them with an eager leer.

The End

It's always fun when you get to write the heroes completely out of character. MUA HA HA HA HA! Okay moment of craziness is over. Hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it. XD Laters!