What's this?! Another chapter?! Already?! WOW! I must REALLY be on a roll! That being said, here's to hoping that, in spite of this being somewhat of a breather after the last chapter's suspenseful ending note (which you all probably would prefer I be focusing on the resolution to at the current moment), that you still enjoy this new chapter to keep you supported. And in this chapter, we briefly switch back to what's going on at the tower with the 3 founding Titans not present in the forest. Doesn't sound very exciting I know. But believe me, this chapter should still (hopefully) prove worthwhile. That being said, onward with the story!

A/N: But first I must remind you that I do not own Teen Titans. NOW onward with the story!

Chapter 13:

Meanwhile, Back at the Tower

Robin sighed, and checked the time piece on his communicator. It was now 10:00 at night. "And we still haven't heard any word from Raven," the Boy Wonder thought to himself. He sighed again. "At this rate, she'd definitely better have good reason for the current radio silence."

As of the current moment, about half an hour had passed since Raven's departure from the tower; and the three founders that had stayed behind were now currently the only Titans still in the trashed and utterly destroyed common room. Heck, Robin was quite certain now that at this point they were the only Titans that were both present at the tower and still awake.

All the other Titans, meanwhile, as Robin was quite aware by now, were seemingly quite out of commission. As of about 15 minutes ago, Bushido was back in the Titans South ship, and very likely fast asleep. Kilowatt had arrived back at the tower with Timmy, Teether, Melvin, and Bobby about 5 minutes after Bushido had departed for the ship. And after a concise description of 'things are getting a little hectic right now' to explain the state of the common room and a promise to the kids that Raven would be around to talk with them about their day with 'Uncle Kilo' the next day, the three kids, the giant teddy bear, and the teenage electrokinetic had departed to join their team's leader in their ship.

The other extended team members were likewise unavailable. For some odd reason, Pantha and Red Star flat out would not answer his attempts at calling them or texting them, and neither would Wildebeest. However, considering how the trackers in the devices indicated that they were moving around and appeared likewise not in any danger, he'd decided to let the matter slide in light of the current time and circumstances. Jericho, Kole, and Gnark had arrived right as Kilowatt, Bobby, and the kids were heading out of the common room to go to sleep, and were now asleep themselves in the Titans North ship. Argent and Hotspot were in the forest out camping, but Robin had decided that it would be kinder for him not to interrupt their romantic night out camping unless he believed there was absolutely no other choice but to call them and the others for backup. Thanks to a brief series of texts from Kid Flash, Robin also knew that his old speedster buddy and his probability manipulator girlfriend were currently still busy enjoying themselves at the art gallery, and would likewise be busy for a while. From what he remembered in the 411 that Bumblebee had given him, the concert that she was attending with Herald and the twins wouldn't be over till 11:00, so he knew that they wouldn't entirely be the most viable choice of members to ask for backup just yet. Aqualad and Terra were already back at the apartment complex reserved for Titans East, and likely sleeping by now . . . though hopefully in the sense that they were asleep as opposed to up to something while their teammates weren't around. As for Speedy, Robin shuddered at the memory of his not entirely flattering attempt at calling him. Almost immediately after he had attempted to call him, he had unexpectedly found himself getting quite an earful of some very unexpected noises that had made him feel extremely dirty and promptly hang up without even trying to say a word. Needless to say, the three founders were currently the only Titans who'd be even remotely capable of going out to provide backup for Raven, and potentially Beast Boy, without running the risk of exhaustion or potentially having what was left of their almost certainly quite romantic plans for the day undeservingly cut short.

"Are you ok Robin?"

Robin looked over at Starfire, a sheepish look on his face. Clearly, he had unintentionally made his current state of tense nervousness far more obvious to her then he'd intended.

"I have to agree with Star man," said Cyborg. "You're starting to get all tensed up and your feathers all ruffled up. Everything ok?"

Robin sighed, and hung his head. "I'm ok," he grumbled. He looked out the windows in and in the direction of the forest. "I'm just worried about Raven, and why she's taking so long; not to mention what might potentially be happening to her and Beast Boy right this very moment while we're sitting around here waiting for an alert that may very well yet prove incapable of being made."

Starfire placed her hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. "Fear not Robin," said the Tamaranean. "I'm certain that they will be fine, and that they both have good reason for their current silence of the radio. Please Robin, just relax; I'm sure everything will be perfectly fine."

Robin sighed, and hung his head. "If you say so."

"You know," said Cyborg, a cheeky grin on his face. "Now that I think about, why don't you explain to us while we're waiting why you seemed in such a big hurry to hang up when you tried to call Speedy earlier."

In that moment, Robin felt his heart sink, but this time in unnerved fear. He looked up at Cyborg, a clearly uncomfortable look on his face. "Do you really want to know?"

"You betcha," said Cyborg, a wide smile on his face.

Robin mentally winced, and pointed over at Starfire. "You do understand Starfire's here right?"

"Come on Rob," said Cyborg, his grin widening, clearly not at all deterred by the presence of the Tamaranean princess in his efforts to get the juicy stuff out of Robin.

Robin gritted his teeth, closing his eyes in tense nervousness as he fought to keep it together. "Must I?" he asked.

"Don't you try to back out on this man," said Cyborg, his grin as wide as ever, clearly enjoying watching Robin squirm. "You clearly had a very . . . interesting . . .reason to hang up so quickly in your efforts to contact Speedy not too long ago. And with the look I saw on your masked face when you walked back in here after said attempt at calling him, it's clearly a reason I gotta know." He chuckled, and pointed at Starfire. "Besides," the bionic 20-year old continued, "I'm sure you don't wanna make yourself look like a coward in front of your girl, now do you?" Starfire raised her eyebrows in confusion, but Robin sighed, clearly now feeling that he now definitely had no other choice, though mentally vowing to subject Cyborg to an extra painful experience in tomorrow's training.

"Robin," said Starfire. "You really do not have to do this if you are truly so clearly distressed over it."

"I appreciate your concern Star," said Robin. He looked over towards Cyborg. "But clearly, this situation will require me to give Cyborg what he wants. However, I will gladly accept your moral support afterwards . . . assuming you aren't squicked out or likewise rendered unavailable by the coming corruption."

At the sound of this, Cyborg's eyebrow briefly rose, but he otherwise remained silent. "Surely he's just bluffing," he thought to himself.

Robin took a deep breath, and then exhaled. "Well, as you are aware, I was just outside the common room doors when I attempted to call Speedy." He took another deep breath. "Now he managed to respond, no problem in that. However, from the noises I ended up hearing after the call went through, I can honestly admit that the call clearly must have been accepted completely by accident."

"What makes you say that?" Starfire asked.

Cyborg, meanwhile, was now starting to feel more than a little nervous. "Oh God," he thought. "Did Robin actually overhear . . .?"

Robin noticed Cyborg's now gradually increasing look of nervousness and sheepish guilt, and briefly rose his eyebrow. "Was he seriously not expecting me to be talking about . . .?" Then his confused face turned into a smug wolf-like grin. "Oh I am so going to have fun now," he thought to himself.

"Robin?"

Robin looked back at Starfire, clearing his throat in the process. "Sorry, briefly got distracted." He leaned over towards Starfire, who was still listening intently. "Well you see, right as I was about to greet Speedy and start talking with him, I overheard him and some girl laughing."

At the sound of this, Cyborg's heart plummeted. "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit," he thought to himself. This was most certainly not what Cyborg had been expecting, and it was now entirely his fault that he was now in this current awkward situation.

"There was a girl with him?" Starfire asked.

"Yes," said Robin. "Evidently there was."

Starfire thought to herself. "Ok then, but why would the sound of them laughing together be enough to cause you to so prematurely hang up on Speedy?"

"Don't answer that," Cyborg thought to himself, a grimace now on his face.

"Well," said Robin, "they weren't just laughing. I also heard them moaning and groaning."

Starfire's eyes widened. "You mean they were in pain?!"

"Surprisingly no," Robin responded. He briefly looked over at Cyborg, a wide grin now on his face. "In fact, from their tone of voice, it sounded as if whatever it was they were doing that was responsible for the moaning and groaning was something that they were quite enjoying."

"No, no, no," Cyborg thought to himself. "Crap, why did I open my big mouth?"

"And some comments I managed to hear them make in the midst of all the laughing and groaning likewise hinted at enjoyment of some sort," Robin continued. "For starters, I heard the girl say things like 'Yeah, that's how a real man does it,' among other things."

"Like what?" Starfire asked, now clearly interested in learning more.

"Well," Robin began.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Robin and Starfire turned their heads to face Cyborg, Starfire looking confused and Robin looking smug. "Oh come on Cyborg," said Robin. "I thought you said you gotta know this stuff."

"I wasn't expecting you to talk about . . ." Cyborg looked over at Starfire, now clearly uncertain as to just what to say now that he knew what he'd now just been unwittingly asking Robin to talk about even though the Boy Wonder had already made it clear that Starfire would be present to hear every little detail.

Starfire noticed the awkward pause Cyborg had now taken. "I take it from your current behavior that you were not expecting to hear Robin talking about matters involving sexual content."

At the sound of this, Cyborg and Robin looked at Starfire, eyes widened in stunned shock. "How the heck did you know that?!" they both yelled simultaneously.

Starfire raised her eyebrow as if confused. "I am quite well aware of sex and what it is," said Starfire.

"And how might that be possible?" Cyborg asked, subtly glaring at Robin, who glared at Cyborg as if silently asking 'what makes you think it was me?'.

"My knorfka Galfore," Starfire responded. "Five years ago, before the war with the Gordanians that resulted in my capture and being placed on that ship I escaped from when I first came here on Earth and we met and formed our team, Galfore told me and my sister exactly what sex was as well as how the Gordanians would likely be willing to rape us in the event that they took us prisoner so that we would know what to expect in the event that we lost the war."

Immediately after hearing this, Robin and Cyborg looked each other in the eyes awkwardly, clearly now quite uncertain as to what to say in response to this. Starfire caught onto this. "Have I done something wrong?"

"No," Robin responded almost instantaneously. "Nothing wrong at all. Cy and I are just surprised by your unexpected knowledge, that's all."

"Yeah," said Cyborg. He pointed at Robin. "What he said."

Robin nodded. Then he thought to himself. "Well, since I don't seem to need to worry anymore, I guess I can safely admit that, Speedy certainly seemed to be doing a pretty good job at the whole business considering it's his first time."

This information was enough to shock both Starfire and Cyborg. "Say what?" said Cyborg.

"I kid you not," said Robin. "This sexual foray that Speedy seems to have gotten himself into is his first time. As of this night, he is finally no longer a virgin."

"He was a virgin till now?" Cyborg asked. "But all that stuff he's said. . ."

"All just jokes and talking tough," said Robin. "Believe me Cyborg, if you'd known him as long as I have, it would have been obvious to you to."

"Please," said Starfire. "Just how long have you known friend Speedy?"

"Known him since I was 11," said Robin. His smile widened. "And while I'm at it, I've also known Kid Flash since I was 9."

"You certainly did seem especially chummy with them," Cyborg admitted. "Heck, when we encountered Speedy during our experiences with the Master of Games, you certainly were acting as if you'd already met him before."

"And for good reason," said Robin. He nodded his head. "Like I said, Speedy, Kid Flash, and I go way back." Then he thought to himself. "Heck, now that I think about it, I was also pretty good friends with Wonder Girl as well back in the day before she joined the team last year."

"Fat lot of good that did," Cyborg grumbled.

Robin sighed. "Look Cyborg, I get it. I'm just as unhappy with her as you are for not showing up to help us last year during the Brotherhood crisis." He then pointed at Cyborg. "But hey, for the record, Speedy's considerably angrier at her for that then both of us combined."

Cyborg looked over at Robin, his eyebrow raised. "And why would that be?" Cyborg asked.

"Because in the time we all knew each other before I left Gotham City," Robin explained, "he and Wonder Girl used to date each other."

Cyborg was left speechless by this revelation. He had not seen that coming. "They what?" he then asked.

"You heard me," said Robin. "Speedy and Wonder Girl? They used to have a thing together."

Cyborg thought to himself, and then shrugged and nodded. "I'll admit, now that I think about it, I can actually see that happening."

"I will admit," said Starfire. "I am now very much more confused than before now as to why friend Wonder Girl never came to help us last year during the war with the Brotherhood of Evil." She looked over at Robin. "Especially now that I am aware that she used to be both a good friend of yours and the girlfriend of Speedy."

Robin sighed. "Well if there's one thing she shares with her mentor," the Boy Wonder exclaimed, "it's a firm dosage of honor before reason." He gritted his teeth. "That, and her strong undying loyalty to her family."

"How's that last one a bad thing?" Cyborg asked.

"Well it's not such a bad thing, per se, for Wonder Woman," said Robin. "After all, with everything she's been through with her allies on the Justice League, she's reached the point that she views them as family just as much as she views the Amazons as her family, not to mention used to have a thing for Batman." He took a deep breath, and then sighed. "Donna, however, hasn't quite reached that point in her friendship with me and the other boys she used to hang out with back in the day. And as a result, she chose to take the route she viewed as more personally honorable by staying in Themyscira with the Amazons where she'd be safe instead of doing the right thing and helping us out."

With a growl, Robin clenched his fist and slammed it down on the counter of the kitchen island. "I mean sure, Kid Flash kept himself hidden in his civilian identity in his uncle's house whenever he wasn't out crime fighting, but he at least came out of hiding with Jinx when the time was right and we needed him most. Did Wonder Girl do that? No she didn't." He lifted his head up, his already angry glare turning into an even angrier look. "Heck, by this point, just about everyone on this team knows about my deal. So if she knows about it like everyone else on the team, why hasn't she still not dropped by? As her friend, she could at least have the decency to wish me luck!"

At that moment, Cyborg found himself awkwardly thinking to himself, "Ok, maybe I shouldn't have started this conversation." Now that he was seeing Robin getting so angry about Wonder Girl's 'no show' status during the previous year's drama with the Brotherhood of Evil or even now when he himself was at risk of a very real afterlife danger, Cyborg couldn't help but wonder if he'd perhaps only made things even worse then he'd initially thought he had by bringing up the topic of Wonder Girl. In seeing how angry Robin was getting and having heard the Boy Wonder say that Speedy was even angrier, Cyborg now felt as if his own brief flash of anger was miniscule in comparison.

Robin turned around and kicked an already broken kitchen cabinet door, snarling in rage. "SOME FRIEND SHE TURNED OUT TO BE!" In that moment, Cyborg winced, now knowing that he definitely shouldn't have brought the matter up.

Starfire placed a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. Please Robin. Calm down. What's done is done. Raging around about it will not change that. And besides, you still have all of us as true friends. Let it go for the time being."

Robin briefly stayed silent, snarling and grumbling. Then he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and nodded his head. He looked at Starfire. "You're right," he said. "I'm sorry."

Starfire nodded. "It is alright Robin," she responded. "It is understandable that you'd feel as justifiably betrayed and angry as you currently feel towards the girl of wonder for her apparent backstabbing against us, but especially against you and Speedy, in never coming to help us during the Brotherhood crisis." She placed her other hand on Robin's other shoulder. "But even so, please try to keep your anger towards her in check. She may yet prove still worthy of your friendship. Naïve as you may find it, this approach worked for Terra, and currently seems correct enough for Jinx. If they were able to truly prove worthy of our friendship, then hopefully so will Wonder Girl."

Cyborg chuckled. "You gotta admit Rob, your girlfriend's sure got a point there."

Robin smiled, and shook his head side to side in a clearly loving gesture. "Don't ever change Star," said the Boy Wonder. "Don't ever change."

Starfire smiled. "Thank you," said the Tamaranean.

In that instant, the Titans heard an electronic beep, and they drew out their communicators. At the sight of what greeted them on the screens, their eyes widened. They could now see the mapped out coordinates of what was clearly Raven's communicator, and it was now emitting a distress call.

Robin looked up from his communicator, his game face on. "Titans," said the Boy Wonder. "We've got work to do."

. . . . .

Beast Boy couldn't help but let a smile come on his face as he held up Raven's communicator with his finger firmly pressing the button that would initiate the distress signal. "Thank God Adonis is such an idiot," he thought to himself. "Any smarter villain would have probably destroyed this, or at least taken the time to place it in a location that would prove more obstructive in efforts at searching for him and Raven." The shapeshifter's grin widened. "But thanks to his natural brainlessness, here I am, with Raven's communicator that he conveniently left right here in the middle of this very destroyed clearing in my hand and with the distress signal triggered."

And indeed, Beast Boy had arrived a mere moment ago. He'd still been flying around above the forest as an owl when he'd finally gotten his attention attracted by the sound of loud noises and the sight of bursts of flame, lightning, and similar bright bursts of energy. At that point, he'd hurriedly flown in the direction of the obvious battle as fast as he could. Unfortunately, by the time he'd arrived and landed, whoever had been responsible for the combat had already departed. However, with both the knowledge he'd gained before he'd taken to the air combined with the sight of the communicator he'd noticed lying around in the destruction zone, he'd taken only seconds to identify the site as the scene of a battle between Adonis and Raven, and deduce that Adonis had won and carried Raven off. But fortunately, since Adonis had brainlessly left Raven's communicator intact and right in the area where the battle had occurred, Beast Boy had now been able to take steps to unravel whatever he had planned for the sorceress; and at exactly 10:00 in the evening to boot.

Beast Boy turned around, his eyes narrowed into a glare as he looked in the direction that appeared very obviously to be the one that Adonis had taken; at least from his perspective anyway. "And now my friends will also know exactly where to find me, Raven, and Adonis." His eyes narrowed again, and his teeth gritted into a silent snarl. "But hopefully, by the time they've arrived, I'll have already taken the bastard down myself!"

And indeed, the shapeshifter very much hoped to be able to arrive first and take down the arrogant blowhard himself. Beast Boy snarled, this time rather audibly. "He's my enemy, my nemesis, my personal business, my rival." His eyes then noticeably took on a very noticeably cat-like form, his pupils narrowed into slits. "And he's got my girl." He crouched down, clearly ready to charge off to the rescue, and briefly sniffed the air to confirm that he was about to charge off in the right direction. "And he's gonna rue this day for eternity." Without another word, Beast Boy slipped the communicator into his mouth, gently grasping it with his teeth, and then morphed into a lion. With a snarl just loud enough to indicate that he meant business but lose enough to avoid causing damage to the all-important communicator, he lunged forward and started dashing down the path that Adonis had taken in his departure with Raven.

As it turned out, following the path and finding Adonis's location would prove quite easy, and Beast Boy mentally smiled at his current ease at following the trail to wherever Adonis and Raven were currently located. "Don't you worry Rae," the green big cat thought to himself as he charged through the forest down the trail that Adonis had taken her down. "I'm coming. And there ain't no way in Hell that I'm gonna let that monster have his way with you. I didn't let him do it to you back then, and I never will. Not now, not ever. I'm gonna save you, whether that sick freak wants me to or not!"

And just like that, another chapter done! And yet another short one to! But hey, that's no shame. ^_^ That being said, I again hope you enjoyed this chapter and that you leave plenty of feedback. As usual, I require a minimum of 1 review before I post the next chapter (and even with 1 review, I still need to have it be finished and capable of being posted as well). And I might as well mention this now. Yeah, the way I see it, Donna Troy's Wonder Girl managed to be absent from the final battles with the Brotherhood of Evil in Season 5 in spite of being listed within the Brotherhood's database and presumably being given a communicator at some point or other as a result of riding it all out from within the safety of Themyscira (I mean come on, I'm sure even the Brotherhood of Evil would know not to take the Amazons of all people lightly). And also, as I'm pretty sure I mentioned in Robin's dialogue, I also believe that Kid Flash and Jinx were able to stay in hiding from the Brotherhood the entire time by hiding out with the Flash (and in Kid Flash's case, with the additional added security of his secret identity). And yeah, in that case, I'm sure it would be understandable that the Titans be not entirely pleased with Wonder Girl for being a no show during all the Brotherhood of Evil business. And that being said, I also believe that it would be especially appropriate for Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, and Kid Flash in particular to be considerably angrier about her not showing up then any of the other Titans due to having in the past been such good friends of her's (and in Speedy's case once being her boyfriend). So yeah, definitely make a note of all this. It may seem minor for the current moment; but much later down the line in my continuation of the DCTTAU, these details could yet prove worth remembering. And that's all I need to say for now. Time to get back to work on writing the first of two chapters that focus on Beast Boy getting to some much needed work on saving Raven from the vile and disgusting Adonis!

Coming up next: Raven wakes up from the drug in time to find herself still immobilized as well as being held prisoner by Adonis, who is more than willing to have a little 'fun' with her now that she's in his grasp and rendered immobile, powerless, and helpless. However, Beast Boy is on his way, and he's got his own plans in mind to counter the more vile ones that Adonis has in mind.