Gah! Sorry there's been some confusion… I've been trying to write this in the clearest way possible, but hey… it's a muddy plot. XX

Uherr… Please review at the end!

/ Chapter Three

Beast boy had followed Cyborg down to the garage, helping him clean and wax his precious car. He figured Robin was off on his own now, probably changing the already new security system as he had been for awhile now.

"Dude, hand me a sponge or something." He had asked Cy, who gave him a weird look.

"You kiddin' man?"

"Why'd I be? Dude, just gimme a sponge or something."

"There's no WAY I'm letting you touch this car, sponge or not."

Beast boy sighed, just flopping down on his back in the corner, looking at the garage ceiling.

"Hmm…" He said. "Dude, do you think there's anyone out there in this world for us?"

Cyborg stopped his immense ceremony of car-washing to give Beast Boy a stare.

"You serious, man?"

"…yeah."

Cyborg was stumped.

"Uh… Yo, I don't know… I guess so…" Cyborg continued scrubbing as he let his thoughts soar on that subject. Soar specifically to Raven… So small, so lonely, and so hugely powerful. Beautiful, in her own way, though she can't top-

"Yeah." Beast boy cut off his thoughts. Man… I miss Terra… Raven's so cool though… HEY a key! Beast Boy's amazingly complicated and sophisticated thought process brought him to a halt when he spotted a key lying under Cy's T-car. "HEY a key!" Cyborg quirked an eyebrow at him.

"What?"

Beast boy ignored him and turned into a rat, scuttling easily under the car and retrieving the key. It was old fashioned, large, brass, and rusted. Turning back, Beast boy looked it over in his hands.

"Dude, what's with this?" Cyborg walked over to him, curious.

"Man, whatever it is, it's old." Cyborg ran a metallic finger along the edge. "And it sure ain't normal."

"How could this have been down here for so long? The Tower isn't that old."

Cyborg shrugged. "I don't know… Place is pretty big. You never know."

With Robin

Robin paced the hallways. Back… forth… back… forth.

WHY WEREN'T THEY PICKING UP!

He had tried their communicator, security cameras, searched for them himself, and even tried a few phones to see if they'd been around in the nearby town. Wherever they were, they had been driven far out, and they were distracted.

"GR! This is EXACTLY what I tried to prevent happening!" He growled and continued to rant as he ran down to the garage.

With Cyborg and Beast Boy (Soon to be with Robin )

Cyborg scrubbed absentmindedly as Beast Boy continued to turn the key over in his hands. Weird… Beast Boy thought.

"GUYS!" A panting Robin burst through the doors in the garage.

"Yo, Robin! Why you in such a hurry?" Cyborg asked, looking at how flurried and flushed he seemed. Beast Boy looked up from his key, raising his green eyebrows.

Robin panted, leaning on the wall. "Look, you guys… Gotta tell you about something…" He took a deep breath and stood up. "Okay, listen---"

With Starfire and Raven

"I guess we'd better get back soon, to avoid those fans." Raven said, though she showed no signs of speeding up to get back more quickly. Starfire nodded.

"They seemed… er, enthusiastic."

"Too enthusiastic."

Both girls remained silent, approaching the edge of the city, and finally flying (floating) up into the air towards the tower. What has just occurred? Starfire thought for awhile… then broke the silence.

"Do you think that man, Caleb, was… nice?" Raven looked straight ahead when she responded to Starfire-.

"I guess so. But there are some creeps out there." He's just a very… handsome creep…

Starfire nodded, as if understanding. They touched down at the roof of the tower and made their way in.

With Beast Boy, Cy, and Robin (Gah, I'm skipping around)

"So lemme get this straight…" Cyborg said, brandishing a drying cloth in Robin's direction. "Some weird event is happening to every teen girl hero… But the ones who've survived it are in such critical condition that they can't tell you anything about it? And the male members of the team have NO idea what's goin' on?" Robin blinked.

"Yes."

"And Raven and Starfire left the kitchen and are completely out of contact!"

"Uhr…" Robin scratched the back of his head. "Yeah."

Beast Boy scratched the back of his head. "This sounds bad." The three stood in silence, each worrying about respective crush- I mean, of course, teammate.

"I'm going to check the communicators again. You guys stay here." Robin started off-

SPLOOSH!

-but felt himself get hit with something wet, soapy, and surprisingly squishy.

"C'mon man, you seriously think you're gonna do that alone?" Cyborg jogged out ahead of them. "I'll check the city cameras."

Robin blinked, rubbing the side of his- now squishy- head. Beast Boy grinned, but shrugged and ran out after Cyborg. Robin gave a half-linked smile and ran into his room, grabbing his belt and such, before jogging down the hallway. He rounded the corner into the kitchen where Beast Boy and Cyborg had gone.

"Hey guys---" He blinked, stunned. Walking mildly into the kitchen were Raven and Starfire. Beast Boy gawked and Cyborg scratched his head.

"Where ya'all been!" Cy said, gaping at them. Raven ignored him as she went to get herself tea, she was still lost in thoughts. It took Starfire a few seconds to react, still in a dreamlike state.

"Oh, ehm, Friend Raven and I decided to go out for glorious toast." Starfire began to float out of the room.

"WAIT A SECOND!" Beast Boy said suddenly, shaking his head, "Dudes, why didn't you pick up your communicators, then!" Raven blinked, looking down at her own communicator. Starfire pulled hers out of a pocket (A/N: HAH! The magical mini-skirt… O.o)

"I guess…" Starfire said carefully, wide green eyes eyeing the communicator, which appeared fine. "I do not know." Without another word, she floated to her room. Raven blinked, doing the same. Beast Boy looked back and forth, eyes swirled—

"AGgggh." He flopped down onto the couch. Robin had his mouth open and his finger raised, gaping like a fish before finally just scratching his head.

"ah-eh… What just happened?"

"I don't know, man. But it was weird." Cyborg said, leaning on the counter. "Usually they'd care more…"

"Yeah." Said Beast boy, reviving slightly. "Raven doesn't usually blow me off THAT badly."

"They seemed distracted." Robin put his hand on his chin, thinking… "We need to talk to them, though." Off in his own world again, he started pacing the living room.

Cyborg and Beast Boy watched….Beast Boy shook his head.

"Uh, are we ever going to have breakfast?"

"Oh yeah," Cyborg grinned, "Except this time…" he started to hold up a very familiar object-

"HEY! No way!"

"Hey YES. I ain't letting you make those nasty tofu burgers!"

"They're NOT NASTY! Now GIMME THE SPATULA!" The bickering went on, loudly.

Robin still looked deep in thought. "What's happening?"

With Starfire

Starfire swayed gently into her room, watching the sun pass it's midday-mark in the sky, crossing slightly behind a cloud. It seemed unusual, but the storm from a few days ago had cleared itself out at an amazing pace, leaving the beautiful sky visible and painfully bright. She leaned on the windowpane, looking across the parks and shops. They had been pretty far out, but why didn't the communicator work? She didn't know, and at the moment, she didn't care. Her mind was on something else.

Specifically, Caleb.

Starfire sighed, getting that girlishly happy look many girls did when they saw Aqualad. Why does he make my heart do strange flops? This didn't feel anything like Robin. Different, bolder, but… He noticed her. He had noticed her, made an effort to talk to her. And Caleb was nice.

It was all very confusing. Were good-looking Earth boys all this way?

(A/N: I wish. )

With Raven

Raven sat cross-legged on her bed, sipping a cup of crisp, hot tea, looking into her mirror, trying to find some sense in what she was feeling. The last time I felt like this… Her features hardened slightly. (A/N: watch "SpellBound") Was a long time ago… and it didn't end well. I must be careful. But… I want to see him again…. She looked deeper into her thoughts. Azarath Metrion Zinthos-

'Okay, we gotta talk-' said a yellow-cloaked figure she recognized as Logic.

'What's there to talk about?' said a brown-cloaked one named Instinct.

'Oooh, so much!' squeaked Happiness. 'You just loved meeting him!'

'Mm-hm!' Agreed Spite, 'And so did Starfire!'

'I wouldn't say that….' Said a… new emotion? Raven didn't recognize it. She opened her mouth to ask when-

"Uhm, Raven?" Beast Boy had come up to her room and knocked. Raven winced as she was sucked out of her thoughts. Raven suppressed a growl, but responded:

"Yes?"

The words came out more sharply than she intended and Beast Boy blinked and looked down sadly at the closed door, "…Sorry." He mumbled, " I just wanted to see if you were okay… You and Starfire just were kinda acting weird, that's all." He scratched the back of his head.

Raven blinked, voice softening as she opened the door a crack to look back at Beast Boy. "Sorry Beast Boy…" She paued, "I'll be fine. Starfire and I are just… distracted."

Beast Boy looked up, slightly more hopeful. "Ohkay then! I was just…. Worried." He gave a nervous grin. Raven smiled.

"Thanks. I'll be okay…" A silence passed between the two, before Raven continued. "I guess this means that Cyborg won the breakfast argument?"

Beast boy's grin grew. "Hehe, that's what HE thinks." He pulled out the spatula before looking down the hallway— "Uhhh, gotta go!" He saluted and ran down the hallway like some crazed llama- no wait, he was a crazed llama at the moment-

"COME HERE Grass Stain!" Cyborg skidded down the hallway after him. Raven let out a light laugh and closed the door.

Now… Where was I?

With--- Oh, just read it!

Robin paced the hallway next to Starfire's room, muttering angrily.

"I need a plan… but what! How would I say--" he trailed off, holding his hand poised to knock on her door, mouth open. He sighed, putting his hand down, then back up. He was about to do it a third time when Starfire just opened the door.

"Yes, friend Robin?" Her green eyes lit up at the sight of him.

Robin looked blank. "Er, could I…" He hesitated. "Could I…"

Starfire quirked her head hopefully at him, "Did you need me for something?"

Robin sighed, shoulders sagging slightly. "Er, could I see your communicator? Something's probably wrong with it." Starfire's gaze dropped and saddened visibly.

"Oh. I see." With a click, she unsnapped her communicator and handed it to Robin, who held his hand out. For a brief second, their hands brushed when Starfire set it down, and she looked up, gaze meeting gaze.

She took her hand away quickly and looked back down.

"I must get back to--- things." She closed the door with a 'click'.

Robin sat there for a moment, face-to-face with Starfire's door. He clenched his fist around the communicator. Why did I do that? Why can't I tell her? He walked down the hallway, cape flaring out behind him as he rounded a corner and walked into his room.

"Hey Robin! What-"

SLAM.

Cyborg was cut off as Robin slammed the door next to him. Beast Boy, who was in a comfortable head lock by way of said robot, let out a breath of air. "Someone's moody."

You think I'm gonna tell you who this is with! Pssht! Read it!

Night had fallen before a certain figure on the streets (roofs, rather) dared show himself. The breeze from the sea on this clear winter night was enough to ruffle his trenchcoat: but only slightly. He leapt with catlike grace to another roof, where the other figure waited.

The jumping figure stilled and stood, speaking first in an unusually low tone. "So, I assume you have accomplished something?" The second figure nodded against the moonlight.

"Of course…" He said smugly, "What else would you expect?"

The first figure shrugged. "Idiocy. Failure. The usual."

The second figure growled. "Give me two weeks. I will accomplish what you set me out to do."

The first figure chuckled darkly, in a way that suggested that whatever that person was chuckling about, it was anything but funny.

"For your sake, I hope you do. I expect daily updates. And Charm-"

"Yes?" replied the second figure.

"Contain your words from them carefully, otherwise you will very well be speaking your last." The sentence would sound cheesy coming from anyone else but this man. Charm paled.

"Yes, sir."

END CHAPTER

Eghrghrhghh… I so DESPERATELY want to write out romance scenes, but grr, I have to get the actual PLOT out of the way.

Robin chickening out? O.o Heck yes! He's been doing so for years! The moron can face down demons and villains, but he CAN'T ask a girl out! Yeesh!

Beast Boy and Raven?

Or

Cyborg and Raven?

I have not decided yet. Review and maybe you'll influence me!