Notes: things are heating up

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Titan Wars II: Attack of the Robots

Ch. 3: Finding love and assassins

Terra didn't have much to do at the tower. She and Aqualad would check the scanners, stay away from the T-Car on Cyborg's orders, feed Starfire's pet worm Silkie, go to the gym to train as Robin 'suggested', and under no circumstances enter Raven's room. IT was quite boring, but she was glad to have company.

"Pretty dull, huh?" asked Aqualad.

"Yeah," was all Terra said.

They then sat on the couch and watched TV. They were mostly channel surfing until they found a movie to watch. Aqualad pulled the old 'put your arm around the girl' bit.

Of course Terra wasn't one to complain. She rested her head on his shoulder and they just sat there enjoying each others company. Eventually, they both thought of how the others were doing on their missions.

In Florida

Cyborg went to the beach to flirt with any girl he happened to pass by, while Beast Boy had to stay in the hotel room with Raven to be safe. He was of course bored out of his mind with having to stay inside so what better way to pass the time than annoy Raven. He went into her room to talk to her about going out, but she wasn't there.

He looked around in kind of a panic seeing as how if anything happened to Raven not only would he be upset, but Robin would surely kill him for screwing this up. He managed to find her out on the balcony looking out at the scenery. He breathed a sigh of relief and joined her.

"I don't recall saying you could come in," said Raven.

"Well, you looked lonely so I thought I would join you."

"Now that's a lame excuse, but fine go ahead."

The two stared at the ocean and the beach for a bit, and then Beast Boy spoke up.

"Can we go to the beach now?"

"No," she stated.

"Why not?"

"Because I don't like the beach. All those noisy, pushy people, the hot sun giving me a burn, not to mention all that rough sand."

Beast Boy nodded his head in agreement.

"Well, when you put it that way. Who needs the beach? We're perfectly fine right here with the air conditioning. Of course, I don't need to worry about getting sunburn. I kind of do kind of don't mind all the people. And as for the sand, well you're right. It gets everywhere plus it's very rough. Especially when it gets in your underpants. At least in the room everything is nice and soft … and smooth."

As he spoke the last part he touched Raven's hand. He then looked at Raven. She turned to him to give him another strange look, but when she saw him staring at her she just stared back. Both were entranced by each other's eyes and they inched closer. Without even knowing what they were doing they moved closer to each other until at last their lips touched. The kiss was sweet, but short as Raven suddenly pulled away.

"No! Beast Boy, I shouldn't have done that. I can't fall in love or show affection or whatever with anybody. My powers could go haywire and I won't risk anyone's safety."

As she walked back inside she could hear a soft, "I'm sorry," from Beast Boy.

Just then Cyborg came back in. He was grinning from ear to ear.

"Man, all the numbers I got. So anything happen while I was gone?"

"No," Raven said quickly as she went into the bathroom.

"What's with her?" Cy asked Beast Boy.

BB just shrugged, hung his head, and went to his room.

The island

Fixit showed Robin and Starfire which platform the ship was on. When he did so Robin immediately took the lead and practically busted through the door.

Star followed in suite and then they suddenly stopped. There was the ship and its pilot was about to enter.

She was dressed in a short, green kimono and black boots. Her long, black hair was braided into two pony tails that reached past her mid-back. Of course the most prominent feature of hers was the mask she wore that looked like a cat with a large, toothy grin. She didn't say anything as robin and Star ran towards her.

Perhaps she knew who they were and what they were there for. Cheshire prepared herself for attack. She raised her hands from her long sleeves to reveal four poison tipped claws attached to straps on each of her fists. Robin threw a birdarang at her and she swiftly sliced it in two with her claws. She then leapt at Robin and began taking swipes at him.

Robin pulled out his staff, but she sliced it as well. She then whipped her hair around and smacked Robin in the face. She took this moment to gift him a good kick. He fell to the ground and as she was about to kick him again she was hit with a starbolt. She turned to face Starfire. She ran to get in a hit, but Star flew up and shot out a volley of starbolts.

Cheshire managed to expertly dodge all of them. Then Star sent out a bolt from her wyes at Cheshire which hit her and sent her flying. Cheshire, though you couldn't see it, was pretty mad that some girl was beating her so she sprang up and went straight for Star. Star just stood there waiting for Cheshire to come closer.

When Cheshire was right about to hit her, she quickly sent a punch to the assassin's gut and sent her flying. When she landed hard on the ground, Cheshire got back up and went for her ship. Robin was in front of her though. They began throwing punches at each other, but once Robin was out of the way Cheshire made a break for her ship.

She then took off. Robin pounded the ground.

"Now we won't be able to tell where she was going," he said

"Actually, Robin," said Star, "While you were fighting her I placed a tracer on her ship."

"Star, have I told you how much I love you?"

"Not today," she giggled.

He pulled her in for a kiss then they rushed back inside.

Florida

Beat Boy went to Raven's room again. She was meditating as he entered.

"Don't you ever knock?" she questioned.

"I thought we were past knocking in our relationship."

He sat down beside her.

"Rae, I know you think you can't love anyone, but maybe you could give it a try. I mean all you need is love. If you stopped worrying then I'm sure nothing bad would happen."

"I'm not taking any chances. It's just not possible."

"Anything's possible."

Raven then sat up.

"Look, Beast Boy, we live in a real world. Come back to it. Besides we're too different."

"So you do feel something. I don't care how different we are."

Raven didn't look at him. She just walked out of the room leaving BB to think.

Back on the island

"We have to call the others and let them know," said Rob as he pulled out his T-communicator. He transmitted to both the tower and Florida.

"Titans, we found the assassin on the island Fixit led us to. Her name is Cheshire and from our tracking device it seems she's headed to Italy. Also, they're manufacturing an army of robots on this island that they say is for Jump City. I don't know why that is, but we'll just have to find out. Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg, you had better come to Italy with us to check it out. Terra and Aqualad, you stay at the tower. Now let's go."

Italy

Robin and Starfire waited as the T-Ship arrived. The reunited team now snuck into the underground base they discovered, although they lost track of Cheshire.

The team managed to find someone they didn't expect however. As they made their way inside they hid in a corridor and saw a group of people coming from down the hall.

The ones they recognized immediately were Killer Moth and Dr. Light. The two managed to escape a while back and were apparently hiding out here. The others were an old man with goggles and a machine attached to him, another was a reptilian alien with wing-like fins on his body, the one leading the group was a man with long white hair wearing a black scarf that covered his mouth and a chest plate with a 'M' on it.

"Is that Goth girl dead yet, Malchior?" asked Dr. Light.

"Have patience," the white haired guy Malchior replied, "It will be taken care of. Right now we must get the other villains to sign the treaty." Malchior then turned to the old man. "Is the army progressing well, Professor Chang?"

"Indeed, these robots will be the finest army in the world," replied Chang.

The group turned around a corner and the Titans followed. The villains were now in a meeting room with other people.

Malchior sat at the front of the table with Dr. Light and Killer Moth at his right. The lizard alien sat at his left with Chang after him.

In the other seats there was also a blue-skinned man in a tuxedo and top hat in one, in another there appeared to be a puppet wearing a crown, there was also a fish-man holding a trident, a man with a goatee in gold armor, a woman in a black cape and green tights, and an elderly fellow with his brain exposed.

"Any other villain out there will rally to our cause if the rest of you join," Malchior stated as he looked at the odd assortment.

"My technology is at your disposal," said Chang.

"I'll sign the treaty," said the blue-skinned man.

"Excellent, Mumbo," said Malchior, "With the robots we are building and any that you others have, we will be unstoppable. The Titans won't stand a chance and Jump City will give in to any demands we make."