Drunken Dilemma

Chapter 3

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The morning of September 13th.

Robin decided to get an early cup of water, and decided to stay up and watch the morning news as the sun just started to rise on the California Coast behind the fog of the nearby bay.

He took a big slurp, as the Newswoman began speaking.

"We now take you to our top story of the morning…" she said, as the graphics transitioned from her to a video on YouTube.

"Someone has uploaded an explicit video of two of the Teen Titans at the Jump City Hotel in the downtown area..." She began, as Robin spewed out his water in surprise all over the TV screen. Starfire walked in behind him, really not paying attention to the TV, heading to the refrigerator to get an early snack.

She leaned into the refrigerator, and asked sweetly, "So what is on the Television now, Robin?"

"Uh…" Robin began, as she grabbed a can of beans… which were for some reason in the refrigerator, and set it on the counter. She then took her index finger a poked a hole in the side of the top, and ran her finger around like a can opener.

"What might that be?" Starfire asked, hopping over and grabbing a spoon.

"… Oh, no, that's not the name of the program, it's just-… Oh shit!" Robin suddenly shouted at what's on the TV, and Starfire gasped and dropped her spoon. "Do not use such words please!" she exclaimed, as Robin just simply stared at the TV Screen.

"And… it looks like they're actually making out! That's not the two ones that hooked up in Japan, is it? … No, apparently it's the OTHER two. Beast Boy and Raven!" the male announcer said, as Starfire shrieked. "Tell me I did not just hear what I thought I just heard!" she exclaimed in more surprise than anger, and flew over and jumped on the couch. She gasped as Robin still stared in shock at the video.

"And… are they taking their clothes off?" the newswoman asked in shock, as Starfire went 'Eep!' and covered her eyes, and Robin leaned back and his eyes bugged out.

Raven had just entered the room, sleepy, and looking down at in front of her, not at the TV. Suddenly, she heard herself. "Mm… Beast Boy, you're a good kisser."

She jumped, twirled, and upon seeing the screen, backed up with her hand held back, knocking Starfire's bowl of cold beans off the counter. Both Robin and Starfire jumped as the TV screen cracked from Raven's energies, and turned around to see her staring there. She then rushed back towards the exit, hands held out and staring back at them in shock, and pushed her way out the door… she was freaked out about that they just saw that. And that she just saw it. Because, really, she hadn't even seen it yet. Or remembered it. But it was on the news. Who would put it on the news? Then, blame set in.

On the one person who she'd first suspect.

"Beast Boy." She growled, and clicked for the elevator to come down to her level. It did, and there he stood, about to come down to fix Tofu Waffles. She rushed in, grabbed him by the collar, and slammed him to the steel wall, infuriated. Her black energies pushed the 'B' key on the elevator's panel for the Basement, and the doors closed. Beast Boy's eyes had bugged out big-time, and he yelled, "Raven, what's-"

"You slept with me just so you could put it on the NEWS?!" she shouted, and the elevator shook with her energies.

"Raven, I didn't do anything! Do you think I'd do something like that?! I don't even have the brains to pull something like that off!" Beast Boy replied in a huge rush, as her energies pushed the '1' button, and suddenly the door opened to the first level, and her eyes stopped glowing for the moment. She let him go, and slumped. "I don't know how this could happen…" she groaned, and then turned around.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault. I should of never came up the idea to go to that bar." Beast Boy calmly told her, and she laughed. "I just realized… it wasn't your idea. It was mine. Oh, look at me, Miss 'Logical'… just got herself drunk… Whoop-di-doo." She said sarcastically, and held her head. "Ow…" she moaned, and fell down to one knee. "What's wrong?" Beast Boy asked, and kneeled down beside her.

"I don't know… I meditated last night, so I should be fine…" she muttered, as Beast Boy turned around and looked up at the security camera, and his face went from neutral to thoughtful.

"Hmm… who else in the Tower could of done this… who taught me all my tricks and pranks to begin with… hmm…" he said, but acting as though he already knew. He smirked, and stared right into the security camera's lens. Cyborg was on the other end, and stood up in shock.

"He knows…" Cyborg thought.

"Cyborg." He said, and then Raven stood up in the background, realizing how likely that sounded.

"Uh-oh…" Cyborg whispered, and then ran out the door in panic, and shouted, "I'm dead! I'm dead! I'm dead!"

He passed by Starfire and Robin who were in the hall whispering about the YouTube thing, Robin about to come to the same realization. Cyborg did it.

Robin whispered to Starfire, "Come on, let's try to catch him before Raven does… for his sake."

She nodded, and the two took off down the hall in a hurry.

Cyborg looked behind him as he ran, seeing them closing in around the corner, then suddenly he ran into a solid object, and went 'Oof' as he collided with it, and then fell backwards with a clang.

It was Raven's black barrier, and she phased through it. It dissipated as she did, and Beast Boy took a step behind her. Both of them had the same angst-filled faces aimed towards their steel 'Friend'.

Cyborg rose up, and turned to face them. He laughed nervously, and said, "Hey… I was just… going to go get some toilet paper! I'm out of some, so, excuse m-" he began, and was about to push past them, but Raven muttered icily, "Stop.", and he froze.

"… I know you did it. Now come clean." She muttered, and Cyborg obviously knew he was about a minute from being sent to another dimension.

"Ok, ok! I DID get it… but I didn't upload it to YouTube!" he tried to convince her, and then Beast Boy growled, and turned, and got up in his face.

"THEN WHO DID?" Beast Boy shouted, as Robin and Starfire got a bit closer just incase things got out of hand.

"Listen… I only sold it on E-Bay to the highest bidder… to make cash!" Cyborg pleaded, waving his hands in front of him, as Robin stepped closer.

"Who was their username?" he asked inquisitively.

"Uh… 'BlackOut3900'. Why?" Cyborg replied, and Robin went 'Hum…', attracting everyone's attention, and turned around. "Exactly what I thought. That's the username Slade used back when I tried to trick him by being Red X." Robin mumbled, and Raven's face suddenly burned with anger.

She then floated off down the hall towards the entrance, and shouted in hate, "First he tries to kill me with nanobots when Robin was his apprentice, then he tries to get Terra to drown me in mud, then he cuts a deal with my Father to end the World and scares the Hell out of me with all his Pyro blasts and suddenly being able to fly and withstand me throwing 2 buildings at him, and NOW he suddenly decides to release a Sex Tape for everyone in the world to view?!"

"Whoa… she's mad." Cyborg said, as they all took off that direction, but Beast Boy giving Cyborg an annoying and hateful glare before taking off.

Cyborg took off last.

"So, what is the plan?" Starfire asked, floating alongside Robin, who was dashing to keep up.

"Find Slade, and let Raven do the rest." Robin said, as Beast Boy and Cyborg caught up.

"What, and let her kill him?" Cyborg asked, as Beast Boy spoke out.

"She won't kill him. She'll probably just torture him so they're equal." He said, as they all sped up, leaving Cyborg in last place trying to keep up.

"Yeah… key word probably…" he mumbled, and proceeded to catch up.