Whazzup in the his-house homie-g's? Just kidding! You thought I was serious for a second, didn't you? DIDN'T YOU? Ha . . . you should have seen your face . . . yeah, good times, good times . . . .

What's that you say? You say get on with the story already? Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you? WOULDN'T YOU? Oh, yes, you would, but hey, I'm am temporarily a cruel person, there fore I shall prolong your waiting period!

Do doo dooo . . . la laa laaa . . . oh, what's that you say? You say you'll kill me if I don't get on with it? Oh, well someone's testy today! Fine, have your way . . . meanie.

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Chapter 18

"Why have our friends not arrived yet? Should they not have appeared to our rescue by this time? Oh, X'hal, what if they have gotten themselves in the 'lost'? Oh, dear friends, hold on!" Starfire exclaimed fearfully.

Robin anime sweat dropped. They had gone over this same conversation at least 16 times already. "Star . . ." he began for the umpteenth time, only to be interrupted by Cyborg.

"Ha! What are they doing? Little grass stain, it's not time to think about that . . ." Cyborg remarked laughingly.

"What is it, friend?" Starfire inquired curiously. Robin leaned in to hear also, though it was difficult with the heavy chains holding him down.

"The little tofu boy just pulled Raven in close and they're whispering!" he laughed. Robin's eyes just about burst out of his mask.

"What?" Robin exclaimed incredulously.

Starfire attempted to clap, but found it impossible due to the chains pinning her arms to the wall. The gleeful smile overtook her face as she giggled mischievously. "Our dear friends have finally come together! I was certain this would occur sometime!"

Robin looked over at her. "You knew that this would happen?"

Starfire nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, I thought it was obvious," Cyborg smirked smugly. Robin looked down, as if re-contemplating his views on life.

"Okay, let's get this show on the road, man," Cyborg urged impatiently. "According to my calculations, the trip back here, taking into account those minor side-trips that they seem to be taking, it should be another good 40 minutes before they get back here, that is, if they don't get lost . . . Red X has one tricked out hideout!"

Exhausted, the three fell into a lapse of silence, their only hopes in the hands of an immature green changeling and a bad-tempered, unpredictable empath. You can just imagine how safe they felt.

Waiting was the worst part. Without the energy to try and make the best of their situation, their souls plunged into their own dark thoughts of what was to become of each of them. What would happen if Beast Boy and Raven were to fail? What would happen to them then? What did Red X plan to do with them? What if Beast Boy and Raven were captured themselves? Then what? The Teen Titans seemed to always manage to wriggle out of sticky situations, but what if this was too much for them? It would be humiliating to be defeated by Red X, the amateur to the world of crime, and go down as failures as heroes and as people.

And so the three were left alone in the dimly lit room trapped in chains and in their own thoughts.

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