Tada! Finally, the next chapter! Sorry it took so long, what with the evil prison (coughcoughschoolcoughcough) and all. Anyway, hope you all enjoy this!

"Man," Beastboy complained as he entered the room, "talk about a waste of time!"

"I know!" Cyborg agreed as he followed after the changeling. "I mean, they hadn't even stolen anything by the time we got there!"

Raven followed in behind the two and Starfire entered behind the other girl. Looking around, she noticed someone was missing. "Where is Robin?" she asked aloud.

"I'm right here, Star," a voice said behind her.

Turning around, she was glad to see him, but her smile faded slightly when she noticed the thoughtful expression on his face. "Anything wrong?" she asked.

Thinking for a moment, he replied, "I don't know…that whole robbery seemed a bit too simple…"

"Well, at least it was easy to stop," Beastboy said as he and Cyborg played video games.

"Yeah," the teen machine said. "It gives us a chance to enjoy the rest of our day off…"

Robin placed a hand to his chin. "I don't know…it seemed a little too easy…"

But the other two boys didn't seem to pay attention as they tried to kill each other in the video games.

Raven rolled her eyes before turning to Robin. "What do you make of it?"

"Don't know…it was almost like a distraction…those guys didn't really seem to know what they were doing…they didn't seem the type to plan a robbery…"

"Do you think somebody else planned it?" Starfire asked.

"No kidding…" Raven replied. "But the questions is who…"

"Maybe something was stolen…" Robin said thoughtfully. "While we were handling the lower level, something might have been stolen from the upper section." He thought for a moment, then looked at Raven. "What did the owner of the museum say he was afraid of losing?"

"Some gem from Egypt," she replied. "It was some kind of mind powers…"

Robin thought for a moment. "Maybe we should…" He was cut off by the sound of his communicator.

"Aw man, not again!" Beastboy said.

Looking at the device, the leader said, "There's a situation at the bank…"

Raven sighed slightly. "Can't there be one day when people don't need our help?"

"Yeah! Besides, I was just about to beat Cyborg!"

Cyborg scoffed slightly as he turned the game off. "In your dreams, little man."

"Sorry guys. C'mon, let's go!"

"Don't you know it's not nice to take things that don't belong to you?"

The man stopped what he was doing, turning to look behind him and, seeing the Teen Titans, he smirked slightly.

"Now now, " he said, almost kindly. "How can I be taking something if these people are just giving me the money?"

And the teens watched as the woman behind the desk handed him the bag of money, smiling the whole time.

"Dude," Beastboy whispered to the leader, "I thought you said there was a situation here…"

"I did…" Robin replied, "and there is…that money doesn't belong to him…"

Thanking the cheerful bank clerk, the man then turned to face the heroes. "Allow me to introduce myself," he said with a slight bow. "I am Hypnosis…"

"I do not like the sound of that," Cyborg said to the others.

"Now," the villain said, looking at all of them, "which of you shall be first?"

Reaching into his belt, Robin pulled out one of his exploding discs, hurling it at the man. With a smirk, the pendant around his neck began to glow, and the disc stopped and hovered in the air for a while before it was thrown back at Robin.

Gasping, the leader yelled, "Get down!" The five jumped out of the way as the disc hit the wall behind them, exploding on contact.

As she hovered in the air, Starfire sent her green starbolts at the man. The jewel began to glow again, creating a shield around him.

Surprised, Cyborg transformed his arm into a blaster, firing at Hypnosis, creating a lot of smoke.

Suddenly, from within the smoke, Hypnosis jumped out, firing a blast similar to Cyborg's at both the teen machine and Starfire, his pendant glowing all the while.

"Azarath, metrion, zinthos!" Raven chanted, and soon black energy surrounded the debris from the explosion created earlier, hurling it at the villain.

The ruby jewel began to glow again, and suddenly both he and Raven disappeared, only to reappear a second later. This time, however, Hypnosis was standing where Raven used to be, and she hovered in the air where he once was. Surprised, she didn't have time to stop the debris from hitting her.

"It's that pendant of his," Robin said, watching the man. "We have to get it off somehow…"

"I'm on it!" Beastboy said, transforming into a hawk. Quickly he flew towards Hypnosis and attempted to grab the jewel. He succeeded in grabbing it in his talons, but as soon as he touched it, it began to glow, and energy shot out at him.

As he flew back, Beastboy rammed into Raven, and the two were slammed into a wall.

Reaching into his belt again, Robin pulled out his staff. As soon as it extended, he charged at Hypnosis.

Pendant glower, a red staff suddenly appeared in the villain's hand just in time to defend himself from Robin's attack.

Growling, the leader swung his pole around, trying to hit someplace else, but the elder simply blocked him there as well.

No matter where Robin tried to hit, Hypnosis was always able to block him. Finally, he attempted to trip the man, swiping his bow to knock him off his feet. But Hypnosis jumped, swinging his pole and connecting it with Robin's side. As soon as he hit, a red energy shot out, causing Robin to exclaim in pain as he flew, connecting with the wall.

Hearing the cry, Starfire looked up and saw Hypnosis heading towards Robin, bow in hand. "Robin!" she yelled as she flew straight for the man.

Picking the boy up with the end of his pole, Hypnosis hurled him at Starfire.

Taken aback, the Tamaranian stopped, catching the other as he flew at her. Gently placing him down, she then glared at the man, her eyes beginning to glow green before she charged at him.

Smirking, the man just closed his eyes, and the pendant began to glow a bright red. Soon, a similar color surrounded Starfire, and she froze in midair, just centimeters away from Hypnosis.

"What…have you done…to me…?" she demanded, trying to move but finding she couldn't.

Not answering the alien's question, he began walking around her, his eyes studying her. Standing back in front of her, he said, "I suppose you'll do."

"Do…for what…?"

Carefully, he removed the pendant around his neck, holding it up to the girl.

Curious more than anything, Starfire looked at the jewel. It began to glow in her eyes, as though drawing her in.

The aura around her disappeared, and she landed on her feet. Yet she didn't move, and instead stared at the jewel, her eyes becoming as red as the glow that enthralled her.

Nearby, Robin groaned, shaking his head as he tried to clear his mind. The jolt of energy had stunned him. Getting to his feet, he looked over to where Hypnosis was, and his eyes widened as he saw Starfire collapse in the villain's arms.

"Starfire!" he cried, running towards them.

Securing the pendant around his neck again, Hypnosis carried the unconscious girl in his arms, looking over as Robin made his way towards them. Just as he was about to reach them, the pendant began to glow again, and Hypnosis was gone, taking Starfire with him.

Robin skidded to a stop, his eyes wandering as he looked for the villain or Starfire. Seeing no sigh of either of them, he felt his heart wrench painfully.

"Starfire!"

TBC

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