Hi peoples! I'm trying my best to update and not get yelled at for "wasting time" by my mom at the same time. She gets crabby when I "waste time" on my computer. I just shake my head. 'Mom, you will never understand...'

Niol

The next day, as Robin sat with his brow furrowed in thought, Raven came in. Even with her back to him, Raven could feel his eyes boring holes into the back of her purple-haired head. She whirrled around, catching him. "What do you want, staring at me like that?" she demanded. Robin smiled nervously. "Eh, hehehe...I was trying to...figure out why you were...her...hehehe..." Raven rolled her eyes and turned away before Robin could see the small smile etching its way into her pale features.

When she finally got the smile off her face, she turned back around. In her hand she held five silver iron neckbands with the words "Black Souls Assassins" etched into the front. She walked forward. Just as she approached, Star came in. Speedy stopped joking with Flash to stare at her. Star growled and glared at Speedy. Speedy looked away. "Hehehe..." Star smirked to cover the genuine smile she was smiling in her head and went to assist Raven.

Raven explained when she saw the confused looks on their prisoners' faces.

"These neckbands are sensitive neckbands. When you pass through a specific area, it begins to beep very loudly. We set the alarm to ring when you pass into another floor other than this. So, if you try to escape, through the doors, through the windows, through the floor, it will alert us. We have little alert watches on that tells us when one of you try to escape."

Raven paused for breath.

"I have a watch alert for Robin. Star has Speedy, Bee has Cy, Ter has BB and Jinx has Flash." Raven leaned down and whispered the password to the neckbands. The neckbands sprang open. Star held the captive still while Raven snapped the neckbands around their necks. Seeing some gag, she sighed. "You'll get used to it. If you don't, you're weak. Deal with it."

She walked out.

Starfire attempted to follow, then paused. "The only rooms that do not have keys is the kitchen, the bathrooms, the training gym and the living room. The rest, like the camea security room, our bedrooms, the evidence room and the supply room all require either a spoken password a combination lock.. Oh yea, and Slade's office is off limits too. When you're hungry, head for the kitchen. Demille is there; she'll give you something."

Star walked out, leaving the boys dumbfounded and still trying to process her words.

Robin began to flex his muscles, trying to stretch them out. "Man, that Raven can kill someone by tying them up!"

"Tell me about it," Speedy said, rubbing his leg muscles. Flash just shrugged and began to jog laps around the room. "Uh, Flash? Your legs starting to vibrate again?" Robin teased as he rubbed his ankles. Flash blushed, then sobered. "I remember that Star said that there's a gym on this floor and it's on limits. We can go..." Robin nodded. "Sure, I need to exercise after being tied up for, like, two days." he agreed. Flash, without bothering to stop jogging, breezed out the door. "I'm going to get something to eat first!" he said. Robin rolled his eyes but nodded.

Flash jogged down the hallways, looking for something that indicated where the kitchen was. Finally, he came to it. 'Ha, food, here I come!' he thought as he walked in. Sure enough, there was Demille, rumaging through the refrigerator. Next to her was Starfire, peeling potatos for lunch.

Starfire looked up, not surprised, but Demille nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Vhy, you are one of zeh prizonerz! Vhat are you doing here?" she demanded, brandishing a celery stick. "Raven gave the 'prizonerz' each a pretty necklace thingy," Flash said, gesturing to his neck. "So, she said something about it being a alert thingy where if you go out of a pacific-wait, no, specific-area, it starts to beep." Demille recognized he piece of advanced technology around the speedster's neck and nodded in relief. She began to chop the celery she was brandishing earlier.

Flash shifted nervously from foot to foot. "I was wondering if...well, I'm kinda hungry and-" Demille cut him off. "Zhere are cookiez in zeh jar on zeh island counter," she slurred with a lazy flick of her wrist, indicating the cookie jar on the island counter. Flash nodded with a smile, stuffed a few cookies into his mouth, earned a disgusted glare from Demille and Starfire and jogged out the door. "Fanx," he threw over his shoulder. ("Thanks.") Demille shook her head in dismay while Starfire rolled her eyes and both kept on working and chatting.

Meanwhile the other boys had found the enormous, HUMONGOUS gym. Inside they found four of the five girls, Raven, Jinx, Bee and Terra training. The girls wore identical training costumes- a black thick-strap tight-fitting tank top, black cotton sweatpants, black fingerless gloves, black head bands and black flexible-soled training shoes. They watched with open mouths. Jinx was punching the punching bag, giving it a few kicks now and then, Raven was on the obstacle course doing a variety of jumps and flips to avoid the attacks, and Terra was facing a one-on-one hand-to-hand battle with Bee.

When Flash finally came along, he jumped in and joined Jinx on a spare punching bag. Jinx just shrugged between her punching and allowed the boy to join her.

Cy and BB were watching with opened mouths as they watched Terra and Bee fight expertly and dodge whatever attacks they faced. They looked at each other, grinned and began to attack each other. Bee and Terra stopped training to watch the boys and to cheer them on once in a while.

Robin joined Raven in dodging the attacks she was facing in the obstacle course. Raven decided to see how good he was-it would be helpful-and began to jump and flip around Robin, causing the attacks to come his direction. Robin gritted his teeth and his movements became more lower and faster and he became more alert because Raven was blocking some of his view. Raven watched with interest out of the corner of her amethyst eye. 'Not bad,' she thought.

When the obstacle course ended, Robin was walking away when Raven called to him. "Do you wanna face a hand-to-hand battle?" she asked. Robin grinned, nodded and faced her a few feet away from her. He stood in a fighting stance. Raven just stood there, arms at her sides, her muscles tense, waiting for him to make he first move. Robin became too impatient and lunged, throwing a punch at Raven's head. She merely bent to the side and rolled between his legs, getting into a good positon behind him. She threw a kick at his back before he could react to her sudden change of location and sent him tumbling off to the corner.

Raven stood there, smirking.

Robin stood up, gritting his teeth and ran at her again. He threw an accurate punch at her jaw. She front flipped over him and, landing on crouched knees, swept a strong arm at his feet. Robin came down and rolled over just in time to escape a punch from Raven. Raven's hand retreated from the ground in which she had made a impressive dent in.

Robin got up and threw a kick at her while her back was turned to him. She, having quick reflexes, slid to the side, catching his leg at her side. Robin's eyes widened. Raven smirked and threw him over her head and onto the ground. Still gripping hs ankle, she threw him over her head again and let him go, flipping back a few times to avoid his arm which was aiming for her feet.

The others had stopped what they were doing to watch and cheer the fighters. The girls cheered Raven on while the boys hooted for Robin. Robin was slowly dying out, while Raven'ssmooth motions and flexible body never ceased to carry her from one small victory to another.

Everyone was oblivious to the fact that Starfire and Demille had entered the gym. Demille and Starfire watched with satisfaction and amusement as Robin's butt was being flogged by Raven.

Slade entered.

Still, no one noticed.

Not until he spoke.

"I suppose that fighting takes the mind off of time, doesn't it?"

Robin stopped, allowing Raven an advantage. She knocked him over and he fell onto his back. Before he could react, she placed a foot on his chest. "Defeated," she said and pulled a black t-shirt over her black tank top.

Slade walked over to Raven and thumped her on the back without too much effort. "Good job, Raven. I'll be watching all of you while you train tomorrow. So, be prepared to do your best." He paused. "Also, I would like to see what the prisoners have in their bodies as well. I have already seen Raven's match with Robin, half on the security cameras and the other half here. Tomorrow I would like to see Robin against Starfire and Flash against Bee. Be prepared."

With that, he left.

As the girls and boys walked out, Jinx skipped up to Raven. "Nice job Raven! I can't wait to see if you can flog any of the other prisoners' scrawny butts!" Raven smiled. "Thanks Jinx."

The two pale girls bantered well.

The girls headed off to change, then they had lunch.

All that time Robin had learned to stay on Raven's good side, unless he wanted to feel his butt flogged by a paler, shorter girl than he...

Was it good? Could it have been better OTHER THAN THE PAIRING? REVIEWS! And don't be surprised if I don't update on this story for some time...You know, the mother-to-computer problem...

Niol