The Teen Titans remind me the most of a rag-tag army filled with talented misfits. Like that MASH show Noir seems to like so much. And Robin is the general, barking out orders and expecting us to follow them like good little soldiers.

I'm not used to that. When Noir and I were doing the solo thing together, neither of us was ever the 'leader'. There were never any orders between us, just suggestions. I've always been an independent fellow and, maybe to a lesser extent, so has Noir. It's just taking us a while to get used to the new concept.

I was up on the roof, sneaking yet another cigarette when Robin called us on the little devices that reminded me of Turtlecoms, telling everyone to meet up in the lab. I was the last one there, which probably wasn't the best way to make a good impression, but no one seemed to notice as the criminal was coming to. He blinked and gaped at the colorful teenagers gathered around him.

"Dude," Beast Boy suggested. "This is where you say: 'I just had the strangest dream! You and you were there. And you were there. And-'."

"Knock it off, Beast Boy." Robin told him. He looked over and Cyborg and Virgil. "Are his vital signs good?"

Cyborg nodded.

"Yup, every thing's in order. He'll be fine."

"Good." In a flash, Robin grabbed the man with both hands by the front of his shirt and jerked him to a sitting up position. "Talk! Who do you work for?"

I blinked. He'd gone into hardcore mode real quick.

The criminal still looked dazed.

"W-where am I?"

"We're asking the questions here." Raven informed him in her droning voice. She was almost more intimidating by accident than Robin was on purpose.

"Your employer." Robin continued the interrogation. "Who is he?"

"Ch-Chang!" The man wheezed out. "Professor Chang!"

"What did he want with the rocks?"

"I dunno! He never said. He just offered us the job and we took it."

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know, man!"

The eye slits of Robin's mask narrowed and he brought him forward to where their noses almost touched.

"You don't know?" He grated from between clenched teeth.

The criminal started to sweat as I took notes. I'd never really officially interrogated someone before.

"W-we met him down by the waterfront on the docks! I think he has a boat out there or something!"

Robin nodded and let him go. He turned to the rest of us.

"All right, Titans. Let's go."

I rubbed my hands in anticipation. Chang might not have been the most famous villain of the Titans, but I had heard of him. Finally, Noir and I would get a chance to prove ourselves against one of the big boys. The two of use turned to follow.

Robin stopped us.

"I have a different job for the two of you."

I blinked.

Robin pointed to the man on the bed.

"I need you to take him down to the police station."

"C'mon!" I folded my arms across my chest. "You gotta be kidding me."

Robin's steely stare told me he wasn't.

Damn.

"Live with it." Raven said as she brushed by us. "The new ones always get the worst jobs."

That made me feel a little better.

"You've been through it, too?"

"...I founded the team." She replied as the doors whooshed shut.

Noir laughed breathily at me as I deflated.

"What's so cotton-pickin' funny? You're stuck doing this, too."

Noir shrugged at me.

"You don't care?"

He signed: I don't mind doing things that will earn their trust.

I sighed disgusted at him.

"Robin's gonna love you. You're the perfect little soldier."

Noir's face protested, but I'd already turned to our prisoner.

"There's no helping it, I reckon. Let's get this show on the road."

Noir signed at me.

"Fine, fine. I'll say it."

He looked at me expectantly.

"Let's mosey."

Noir grinned.