The Wicked One

by Zeer

Kyd Wykkyd is released from his frozen prison by an old Titan's enemy. Together with See-More, Kyd Wykkyd fights with and against evil, to save both a villain and his friends. Watch as his untold story unfolds.

8. Hostage

The Wicked One

Chapter 8: Hostage

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Fixit refused to try and cooperate by allowing me to take the bullets out myself. Reading my thoughts he knew I had the capabilities, but still disagreed, suggesting that my work was amateurish at best and could cause more harm than good if I tried to pull it out by force. At the time I wasn't really in the mood to listen to him, strapped down on a table, watching him approach me with an assortment of sharp knives and needles. I screamed my thoughts at him, trying to persuade him to stop, though he either had the ability to shut me out or was simply ignoring me. The last thing I felt was the sharp prick of a needle piercing my neck beneath the collar.

Fixit said the process took several hours though it felt like I woke up mere seconds later. My eyes opened to pitch blackness and immediately I knew I was back in my own bedroom. My arm and leg still felt sore as I adjusted myself in bed, though it was significantly less painful than before I was put under the needle. I remained there for a good long while without being disturbed. It was a peculiar thing, finding myself alone and in complete darkness. In a way it reminded me of my time being frozen solid…

It seemed such a cruel fate to place on someone, whether they were evil or not, to be frozen then left to rot. How long can one stay frozen? Certainly not forever. I remember how weak I felt when I was unfrozen, and that was only after a few months. What were the consequences of being unfrozen after several more months…or years…?

I was never one for revenge. No bitter hate ever drove me or my emotions. But if I ever see the Titans again…or Jinx… it will not be on good terms. Though I hope I don't see them any time soon, especially not in this condition, I would rather not be made into a villain popsicle again.

How long will it take me to recover from this? Certainly Blackfire won't need to wait until I'm completely healed. That weakness I felt…and still feel…from being unfrozen haunts me worse than anything I experienced. The longer I wait to unfreeze my friends…the weaker they will be when they are finally free…maybe even too weak to live…

I shook my head free of those thoughts. They put a sinking feeling in my stomach and I had enough to worry about. Positives. Think of the positives…not exactly my strong point but better than sitting here worrying about things I can't do anything about at the moment.

Ok then…positives…positives…what were the positives? Well, I'm not dead, that's pretty positive I'd bet…and…uh…there was at least one survivor from the base…so not complete warehouse inhabitant genocide then…and…that's it? No, I'm sure there was something else…something-.

A sudden knock at my door broke me from my thinking. Instinctively I tried to sit up, but my body was quick to respond and I quickly fell back down on the bed with a silent groan.

"Uh…Wykkyd?" See-More's tentative voice called from the other side of the door, "Can I come in?"

For the next few seconds all was quiet. See-More waiting patiently behind the door while I patiently waited for the wires to cross. Finally I heard him let out a quick "Oh yeah!" of realization.

"Sorry about that, I'll just take the silence as a 'yes'." See-More said, slowly creaking open the door. I squinted at the light that poured from the hallway.

"Sorry!" See-More apologized, quickly closing the door behind him, "That light is probably bothering you…"

I then listened for the next few seconds as See-More stumbled around the pitch black room before he finally came to a stop.

"Ok, hold on, need to turn on my night vision." My fellow villain in arms spoke. I then heard the familiar twisting of dials before seeing his eye glow a dull green. The small pupil flitted around the room before resting on me.

"Man, first time in your room, guess I'm not surprised to see no chairs or anything in here."

I shrugged apologetically.

"No worries," See-More said quickly, I watched as the glowing eye fell closer towards the ground, "I've got no problems with sitting."

Silence once again crept into the room as we both sat there. I watched See-More's pupil drift around the room, occasionally glancing in my direction. I was about to attempt to get up again, figuring See-More must have come in here to bring me to the others, when I heard a subtle clearing of a throat.

"So…Blackfire told me what happened back there." The optical criminal began, I watched as his pupil rested on me, "Mammoth, Gizmo, and Billy and most of the other H.I.V.E students frozen alive. And with Brother Blood locked up in jail it's not like they would be free anytime soon. But then your freed and bam! In no time flat you save me from that weird dimension thing! Now we can team up, just like the old days, and save the rest of our partners in crime!"

I regarded the glowing eye with a vague expression. I wouldn't say I exactly saved him from anything; I wasn't even sure where See-More had disappeared to. Though it was true that things should be a lot easier now, See-More and I had always worked pretty well together, from robbing banks to trying to catch Kid Flash.

"Man, I wish I could have been there! I might have been able to stop them…or at least helped you guys escape."

I could only shake my head in disagreement. Nothing could have stopped Kid Flash. I didn't remember much from that final battle, but I did remember him…and Jinx.

"Yeah, I guess I wouldn't have made much a difference. But what happened down there anyways? Not even Blackfire knows why an entire army of super villains managed to get captured like that! Fixit and Red-X weren't there either apparently so I'm completely lost here man!"

I shrugged hopelessly. Even if I could tell him, it wasn't like I was able to.

"You know Kyd Wykkyd, it's cool and mysterious and all that you can't talk. But it makes it really annoying to try and talk to you."

At that I gave the glowing eye a harsh glare. I could almost see the smile in his eye.

"Hey, relax I was only joking!" The eye then rose back up into the air, "So, you able to stand? Blackfire wanted me to come get you so we can start…'planning', heh, she's almost as bad as Jinx, am I right?"

I shuddered at that name and wordlessly lifted one very sore leg from my bed. I cringed slightly as it touched the ground.

"Need some help?" See-More asked. I looked up and nearly jumped out of the bed when I realized how close the glowing eye had gotten. I quickly shook my head and forced another leg off the bed. With a large intake of breath I threw myself off the bed and into a standing position.

My body cried out in protest almost immediately and threatened to give out on me when a firm hand gripped my shoulder. I looked over it to see the glowing, smiling eye.

"C'mon, I'll let you lead the way."

I let out an irritated huff, but allowed See-More to help support me with his hand as I made my way to the door. I squinted through the light as it slid open. Like it had been weeks since I had seen light.

"Two weeks to be precise." A stoic voice responded as we stepped into the hallway. I peered through the bright hallways lights to see Fixit, in his true form, standing nearby. His unblinking eyes regarding me with a flicker of amusement.

"First time being shot?" He asked, as confusion clearly showed through my face, "Your body took longer than expected to heal through the wounds, I can only imagine how long the mental anguish will take to heal."

I raised a brow at that. As far as I could tell my mental state seemed as abnormal as ever.

"Oh…very interesting." Fixit spoke, seemingly to himself as he stared into my eyes. Standing there, with the strange android staring so intensely, I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, hey there Fixit!" See-More greeted as he peered around me, "Is Blackfire still waiting? I got Wykkyd up and ready to go."

"So I see." Fixit responded with a nod to him, he then turned around. "She's waiting in the briefing room, please follow me."

The briefing room turned out to be our old kitchen. The black orb was floating near the fridge and Red-X leaning casually against a counter. Both looked over in our direction as we entered.

"So Sleeping Beauty finally decides to grace us with his presence." Red-X said, smile in his voice as he stood up from the counter, "Do you know how long you've kept us waiting?"

"2 weeks, 0 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes, and 29 seconds." Fixit responded without missing a beat. The room fell silent as we regarded him, blank faces decorating the room.

"Right…that long." Red-X muttered, folding his arms and leaning back against the counter.

"Anyways." Blackfire spoke up, the floating robot turning back towards me, "Kyd Wykkyd, if you are up to it, I have another thing I would like to have you do for me."

The collar felt uncomfortably tight as she spoke this. I looked up into the floating orb's red lens, to show that I was listening.

"It has recently come to my attention that we might run into some trouble before we can begin the next phase of my plan…unless we do proper surveillance first."

I strangely had this suspicion that by we she meant me.

"Hold on, what do you mean by trouble?" See-More asked, stepping up beside me, "You mean the Titans?"

"In a matter of speaking, yes." Blackfire replied. Earning confused looks from both See-More and I.

"The Titan's have expanded their little crime fighting group," Red-X spoke up, "While you two were busy being captured I had front row seats to the showing of Professor Light getting the crap kicked out of him by every do-gooder you can think of, and many that I didn't even know did good."

"The Teen Titans are much larger than you last remember," Fixit continued, stepping around us, "Which means they are much more of a threat. Now while its highly unlikely that they are still fighting as one massive team within the city it will do us good to know which ones do still remain. That's where, I believe, you come in Kyd Wykkyd."

"We need you to search the city, thoroughly..." Blackfire ordered. She then paused, which couldn't help but worry me, because I knew she was not finished giving orders. "…and once you have done that I need you to search the Titans Tower."

I felt my entire body grow cold, the pain in my limbs no longer mattered to me.

"Whoa there! Are you crazy!" See-More exclaimed, stepping in front of me, "You can't send Wykkyd into their tower! They'll capture him before he can even step a foot inside!"

"Their tower's defenses may be enough to keep a common thief like Red-X away," Blackfire replied, earning a huff from the thief, "But the Titan's virtually have no experience with Wykkyd's powers and if, by chance, they do remember anything of him it will be the delusional idea that he's safely sealed away in a frozen prison."

"I…I guess that makes sense." See-More said, unsurely. He then looked over to me, "Well Kyd, are you ok with breaking into our archrivals base?"

I looked at him like he had two eyes. No, I wasn't ok with this. There was so much that could go wrong, and I knew firsthand what can happen if you underestimate the Titans. The cold chill refused to leave my body; it was almost like I was back in my frozen prison again.

"If you cannot go through with this then we cannot move forward with the plan, and if we cannot move forward with the plan…" Blackfire warned, just then the collar felt a lot colder than my body when I heard the dark intentions behind her warning. I knew what power she had over me, but for a split moment I wondered if death would be better than a run in with the Titans. After a few seconds of silence I slowly nodded my head.

"You're really…you're really going to do it?" See-More pressed. I nodded again, refusing to look up from the ground. "Well if he's going than I'm going."

"Excuse me?" Blackfire questioned, I to looked over at the Cyclopes with confusion.

"Well…yeah, Wykkyd and I are partners in crime after all." See-More continued, sounding slightly nervous with all eyes on him, "And besides I could help a lot with hunting down Titans by using my newly repaired eye."

"This city isn't your playground anymore kid." Red-X reminded See-More, "If Robin or any of his pals see you you're as good as jail bait."

"I believe I might have a solution to that." Fixit spoke up; fishing inside his robe he soon produced two rings.

"Uh…what good are these things?" See-More questioned as Fixit placed them in his hands, "They don't even look valuable."

"They are souvenirs from the Teen Titan, Cyborg," the stoic android replied looking down at them, almost affectionately, "And, with the help of Blackfire, I managed to make the necessary repairs to use them to disguise myself as a normal human being, as they were originally intended for. If I'm not mistaken, it should do the same for you."

"Whoa…really!" See-More exclaimed, his eye brightening with wonder.

"Give it a try." Fixit offered, "Simply slip one on each middle finger, and then touch them together with your fists."

"Ok, cool!" See-More replied, eagerly slipping on the rings. Blackfire, Red-X, and I watched on in silent wonder as he brought his hands back, fingers curling into fists. "Here goes nothing!"

The Cyclopes then smashed his fists together. A bright light instantly filled the room and I was forced to shield my eyes, though as quickly as it appeared it vanished. I peered from the cover of my cape to see a stranger standing where See-More once stood. He wore a white, long sleeved shirt with a familiar green eye symbol on the chest with white pants and black shoes. He had short, cropped black hair and a pair of bright green eyes.

"Er…how do I look?" the boy asked me. I was almost shocked when I realized the boy sounded exactly like See-More.

"See for yourself." Fixit spoke, pulling out a small mirror from his robes. See-More turned and then froze when he caught his reflection. He remained that way for several seconds before letting out a whoop of delight followed by his familiar laugh.

"No way! This is unbelievable!" See-More cried out, snatching the mirror from Fixit's hands and gazing into it. He felt both eyes on his face, "Man, they feel so real! This is so awesome!"

"Yes, well, when you are quite finished admiring yourself I believe you and Kyd Wykkyd have something to do." Blackfire spoke up above all of See-More's laughs and cries of delight.

"Oh!" the teenaged villain breathed, looking around as if realizing we were here for the first time, "Right…er, here's your mirror back Fixit…"

"Thank you, See-More." The android replied, an amused smile on his face, "Now, you simply need to remove the rings to revert back to your original self, which you will need to do if you ever wish to switch what vision you are on, or weapon, or what have you."

"Right…right…" See-More said absentmindedly, still tracing the outlines of his eyes with the tips of his fingers.

"I trust you will be able to keep him out of trouble." Blackfire said to me. I looked over at the strange boy with See-More's voice as he rubbed his hands over his eyes, wide smile on his face. The only response I could give to Blackfire was a hopeless shrug.

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"So unreal." See-More continued in a far away voice as we walked along the streets of Jump City. My 'partner in crime' had been preoccupied with his new body for the last hour and I was constantly tempted to convince him to help me search. Certainly another eye…well pair of eyes would help tracking down any Titans much faster. Yet it felt wrong to pull him away from what might very well be his ultimate fantasy come true.

Still, I had terrible eye sight during the day. It was so bad that I had to risk walking through the streets. Though I did so knowing that all I had to worry about was the occasional odd stare, no one in this city besides a Titan seemed to know I was a crook. Whether it was dumb luck or skill, I was a mystery to them all.

We walked by all the major teen hangouts that I knew of. The pizza place, the bookstore, the arcade, and while there were plenty of regular teenaged humans, none of them wore tight, multicolored spandex.

"Maybe all the Titans left." See-More spoke up after awhile, briefly leaving his fantasy world, "Maybe they think that with all the villains gone that they don't need to defend this city anymore."

I shrugged in reply, though I had wondered the same thing myself some hours ago. While seeing none of the new additions to the team was a possibility, I always assumed the original Titan's were out in the city at least once a day, but it was getting close to evening, and still nothing. I began to consider getting the hard part over with and just sneak over to Titan's Tower now when we turned a corner and I saw her.

It was one of those outdoor restaurant type places. The ones where I would always see couples eating together at night at the multiple small tables situated under giant umbrellas. It was there that I saw her, sitting alone at one of the tables. Jinx.

I froze in place when I saw her, afraid that any sudden movement would alert her to my presence. See-More, once again lost in the examination of his eyes, walked past me and closer towards the tables. Quickly, I placed a halting hand on his shoulder.

"Huh? What's up Kyd?" See-More asked looking back at me. I didn't share his glance, only staring directly at the teen sitting at the table. Slowly See-More followed my gaze until he saw who I was seeing. He let out a small gasp.

"No way…it's Jinx!" Then, to my horror, he began waving his arms and suddenly called out, "Hey Jinx! Over here! It's-!"

In a flash I gripped See-More at the back of his collar and pulled him into me, and into my cloak. Vanishing into the darkness we reappeared on the roof of the restaurant.

"Hey! What's the big-!" See-More tried to question but I clamped a hand over his mouth and held him still before peering over the side. From our angle I could just make out Jinx's pink hair. She had turned to see who had called, but it didn't appear that she had caught sight of us.

See-More's struggling quickly brought my confused captive to my attention. Using my free hand I placed a finger over my lips, indicating that he should keep quiet. See-More stared at me for a moment before nodding his head.

"What's going on? Why are we hiding?" See-More whispered as I removed my hand from his mouth. I only shook my head in response, placing a finger over my mouth again as I stared down at the young teen sitting at the table.

See-More looked from me to Jinx; he stared down at her for a few moments before relaxing his body in a sitting position. Agreeing with my plan to sit and wait to see what happens.

We only had to wait a few more minutes for her date to show up. As soon as he did, I heard See-More let out a sharp breath as we both looked down at the teen with red hair and yellow costume.

"You're late…again." Jinx said with a mild note of agitation as he approached.

"I know, I know, traffic was nuts." The boy replied with a smirk, "Though I did manage to get you these."

The boy then produced a bouquet of red roses, leaning over with an outstretched hand in offering to her.

"Oh, you are too kind." Jinx responded sarcastically, though it was easy to hear the smile in her voice as she gently took the flowers from his hand.

"So how has my lucky charm been today?" he asked, taking a seat across from Jinx and disappearing underneath the giant umbrella.

"I've had worse days." Jinx responded, adjusting the purple dress she was wearing, "Though I don't think these people will ever learn to accept me. I had to talk with the waitress for almost an hour to get this seat."

"You just need to give them time to adjust," the boy assured, "Besides, you did try to steal from her father's museum."

"What's going on here?" See-More asked in a shocked voice, I looked over to see that he had already removed his disguise, his hand on his dial, the vision x-ray, "Why is Jinx talking with Kid Flash…and why is she…holding his hand?"

I watched See-More as he watched Jinx, the hand holding his dial began to shake. Uncertainly I placed a calming hand on his arm, See-More jumped slightly at the touch, but the shaking stopped.

"Jinx wasn't frozen with the others…" See-More muttered, his eye returning to its normal appearance as he looked away from the table, "And she's holding hands with Kid Flash…a Titan…"

See-More stood up and I stood up with him, not sure how to proceed. I didn't expect to run into Jinx so soon, let alone accompanied by See-More…

"She betrayed us…didn't she?" the Cyclops asked, his one eye looking up at me, fists clenched at his sides. I looked back at him for a moment before slowly nodding my head. She did.

"But that doesn't make any sense!" See-More argued, as if he didn't believe my acknowledgement, "We had it so good! We could rob what we want, do what we want, why would she up and ruin all of that? Why would she…"

His gaze then fell to the ground. I had never seen See-More so depressed and defeated. Always the one for jokes, for laughs, it wasn't right seeing him look so down. I began to walk towards See-More, to offer some kind of comfort, when his hand suddenly rose to his dial.

"JINX!" See-More roared in a voice not his own. His hand cranked the dial, his disguise dissolving away, and in a split moment a red laser shot out from his eye, tearing through the umbrellas and causing an explosion outside the restaurant. I acted quickly, racing towards See-More and plowing into him, sending us both through my cape.

"Let me go!" See-More raged when we reappeared in an alleyway a few streets down from the explosion, "She needs to pay! She needs to!"

I merely shook my head, doing my best to restrain his flailing. If he continued Kid Flash or Jinx could find us, then we would be goners.

"Don't make me hurt you, Wykkyd!" See-More threatened, raising his hand to his dial again, "I swear I'll-!"

With a burst of strength I slammed See-More into the wall. He connected with a surprised gasp and I kept him pinned there, my face inches away from his. Making sure I held his gaze I slowly shook my head, arms pressed against his shoulders. See-More looked back for a moment, still in shock, before seeming to realize who he was. His hand fell away from his dial.

"Ok…Ok, I get it." See-More said, his body falling limp, I released him. His gaze remained to the ground, his fists still clenched tightly.

Hearing screams I looked back to see a fire had started outside the restaurant. There were no signs of Jinx or Kid Flash. I nudged my head, indicating that we should move.

"Yeah, let's go." See-More spoke in a dead tone. With a silent nod I threw my cape over us and we vanished from the alleyway.

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We spent most of the rest of the day searching Jump City. See-More now walked right beside me, eyes alert and face void of emotion. I couldn't help but look over to him from time to time, he seemed to be taking Jinx's betrayal hard, harder then I'd ever would have imagined.

Though even with his help we both still couldn't manage to spot a single other Titan, honorary or otherwise. This made me nervous beyond belief, if they were not hanging out in the city…that could only mean they were all still inside the tower.

"It's ok if you want to back out now." See-More spoke to me as we stood at the docks, the Titan's Tower clearly in view across the lake, "I won't hold it against you."

I merely shook my head in reply. We had already come this far, if I was ever going to get rid of this death collar and rescue my teammates I was going to have to make some sacrifices. Namely, learning to ignore my common sense which at the moment was screaming at me to back out and run.

"Alright then, I'll keep my eye on the Tower for ya and let you know what's what." See-More said, tapping the spot on his temple where his dial would be.

I nodded my gratitude and, taking a deep, relaxing breath, gripped my cloak.

"Good luck in there!" See-More called as I pulled myself into the swirling darkness. I closed my eyes, savoring the cold oblivion while it lasted.

I am so dead.

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I exited the blackness into the very bottom floor of the tower. Blackfire told me that I had to work my way up, to make sure that I knew what Titans still remained inside. Already I felt cold chills run down my spine as my gaze landed on the Titan's signature T Car. The vehicle sat still and silent, though I walked around it as if it was going to spring to life at any moment.

"It looks like you're in their garage level." See-More spoke up through my communicator, almost making me jump at the sudden noise, "It's a lot smaller than ours isn't it? Though I guess the Titans didn't have to deal with trying to store all of Billy's stolen cars eh?"

I smiled briefly at the comment. It was good to hear that he seemed to have gotten over Jinx and was back to his usual joking remarks.

"There doesn't seem to be any real activity until you reach the upper levels," See-More continued as I examined the vacant garage, "Though I guess Blackfire expects you to check anyway huh?"

I let out a sigh. Yes, yes she does. Gripping my cape I spent the next few minutes teleporting in and out of numerous hallways and rooms. The med room, security room, storage room, trophy room, and a series of empty or insignificant rooms and hallways and no Titan's in sight. It wasn't until I phased into yet another empty hallway that See-More chimed in again.

"Hey Wykkyd, heads up, I think in the hallway with all of their bedrooms, I can see heat signatures in two of the rooms. One of the rooms is right behind you actually."

Feeling another cold chill I turned around to be face to face with a door. On it was carved the word: Raven. I gulped.

"Hey man, be careful." See-More warned from my belt, "Don't do anything stupid."

I silently snorted. Right, like I was going to try anything with a half-demon, at least, I wasn't going to try anything without an elderly physic master on my side. With a steady breath I pulled my cape around me and reappeared inside the dark Titan's room.

Immediately I was reminded of my own room. On account of the darkness, not all the creepy furniture. My eyes quickly adjusted to the dark and I was greeted with a girl floating in the middle of the room, back facing me with a purple cloak billowing in the air around her. The realization that I was suddenly so close to a Titan hit me like a dead weight and I took an involuntary step back, my foot thumping the door.

"For the last time…" I heard the floating girl speak in a dark monotone. My entire body tensed up, my heart feeling like it was going to burst. "Stop spying on me while I'm meditating, Beastboy!"

Her back still facing me, I heard the door swish open from behind me. Before I could even react a dark energy swept into me, knocking me out of the room and into the wall with a dull thud. I fell like a lump to the ground, looking up just in time to see the Titan's door swish closed again. Well, that was one Titan accounted for.

"Kyd Wykkyd! You okay!" I heard See-More hiss from my communicator, "I saw your body fly like an arrow out of that room…it was that scary dark girl's room wasn't it?"

I stood up on shaking legs. I didn't realize how terrifying being so close to a half-demon was without backup, had to make a mental note never to do that again.

"Well, I can see that your standing up now so I'm guessing your fine," See-More continued in his hushed tone, "The other heat signature is coming from a room at the end of the hall opposite from what I think their headquarters is."

I quickly moved my way from the demon's door towards the one that See-More mentioned. Upon reaching it I quickly read the name scribed in the door. Starfire. I read the name, still feeling nervous but at least it couldn't be as bad as trying to sneak into a half-demon's room.

I gripped my cloak, prepared to enter the darkness once more. Yet just as I made to pull it up the door swished open before my eyes.

"Oh, boyfriend Robin you are finally ready! Marvelous!" A joyous cry burst out from the door as a slender orange skinned alien flew out and wrapped her arms around my body. The cloak fell from my grip as the life was then nearly squeezed out of me as I experienced the first hug of my life as the Titan spun us around in the air, "I cannot wait to watch the movies, and eat the fancy dinner, and watch the stars, and…"

Suddenly, the spinning stopped. I felt my stomach squirm uncomfortably as the girl's hands felt my back, traced up to my neck, and then felt the pointy ear like attachments to my hood.

"Eeeeek! You're not Robin!" the alien exclaimed as I was suddenly released, my bottom hitting the ground rather roughly. I rubbed ribs, making sure each one was still intact and looked up to see a bright green light glowing inches from my face.

"Who are you!" the alien girl demanded, her glowing eyes looking down upon me with such malice I felt near to fainting as her fist edged closer, "Answer me intruder! I demand to-!"

Suddenly her eyes widened in realization. Quickly I pushed back my fear and gripped my cloak, ready to teleport away, when suddenly she grabbed me by my shoulders and lifted me to my feet.

"Oh I am so sorry friend!" the girl exclaimed, brushing me off hastily as I stood there in utter confusion, "You must be another Honorary Titan, my apologies!" She continued as she stopped her brushing and floated back a few feet. In the few moments of breathing time I took notice of the pink dress she was wearing and the light make up on her face.

"I do not recognize you however, my name is Starfire!" the alien greeted, extending out a hand. I looked from it, to my hand which still gripped my cape. Very slowly I released it and gripped the Titan's hand; I immediately regretted it when her grip nearly broke all of my fingers.

"Oh my sincerest apologies!" Starfire exclaimed, apparently noticing my very pained expression and releasing my hand, "I am not from this world and I have been practicing your earthly greetings, I apologize if I hurt you!"

I massaged my pulsing hand as I regarded the alien. She stood right in front of me, no hatred in her eyes, the battle stance gone, there was even a smile on her face.

"Please," the Titan began, leaning in close in a quick movement, making me jump back in reflex, "Might I know your name?"

I stood there with a dumb look on my face. Not knowing how to respond or how to proceed. It had to be only a matter of time before the Titan recognized me as an enemy. It was a miracle that she hadn't already. Before I could make up my mind the sound of rapid footsteps caught my attention.

"Hey Starfire!" A very familiar voice called, making me freeze up, "Sorry I'm late I…Raven? What's with the hat?"

In a flash I gripped my cape and pulled it around me before the alien or the Boy Wonder could react further. I vanished from the hallway and reappeared behind some sort of table. I sat there for a moment, taking in a calming breath. Somewhere in the room I heard the sounds of lasers and crashing noises.

"Kyd Wykkyd!" See-More's voice blared through my communicator, "You okay? I-!"

In a quick movement I gripped the communicator and muted it. The sounds of lasers and crashes suddenly stopped.

"Hey…did you hear that?" a voice called out. I clamped a hand over my mouth to silence any breaths; the other began to reach for a side of my cape.

"The only thing I hear is the sound of me beating your little green butt!" a loud and boastful voice answered back. I pressed myself against the cabinet I sat against as the soft pad of footsteps echoed in the quiet room. I felt the sweat begin to collect on my forehead as I saw a head of green hair appear over the table. I watched it for several moments before…

"Yeah, just you wait till round thirty!" the green headed Titan called back. His hair disappeared from the top of the table. I breathed a silent breath of relief. Without wasting another moment I pulled the cape around me again, reappearing on the roof of the tower. Pulling out my communicator I unmated it, silence followed for a few moments before a hesitant voice spoke.

"Is it safe to talk?" See-More whispered through the communicator, I kept the device unmated to show him that it was, "Hey sorry about that Wykkyd…I saw you escape two people and run into two more…guess I kinda panicked, but it looks like your ok…that last room you were in was their meeting room I'd guess, which should mean you're done searching and you know who all is still in there…so I'll meet you at the docks then, see ya."

I placed the communicator back on my belt. Yet before I could grab my cape something small struck me in the head. Confused, I watched a small pebble drop and fall to the ground.

"I knew I heard someone!"

I turned, slowly, until I was face to face with the green Titan, who stood on the opposite end of the Tower, a triumphant toothy smile on his face.

"You villains just don't know when to quit do you?" He mocked; I continued to watch as he reached for the communicator on his belt.

In that moment I had a choice to make, a vital one. In my mind Blackfire's black robot floated before me.

I pulled my cape around me and vanished from the roof. A moment later I reappeared back on it, directly behind the confused Titan.

"Kyd Wykkyd." Blackfire spoke through her robot.

In a quick movement I gripped the Titan's thin wrist and twisted it until he was forced to drop his communicator.

"Your main objective is surveillance." Blackfire continued, my entire face reflected in its lens.

"But if you can…"

I could feel the Titan begin to transform. The wrist bent and twisted in my hand as he attempted to morph into some type of animal to fight me off. Without releasing my grip I pulled out a contraption from my cape. A collar, similar to the one around my neck. As fast as Lightning I reached out and placed the collar around the newly transformed green gorilla I was gripping onto.

The animal roared with rage and I was easily swatted off it with one massive arm. I leapt back a few feet, feeling the sting in my chest, and watched as the animal charged me. Wordlessly I stared the creature down and pressed a button on my new wrist attachment.

"I would like to have a hostage."

Electricity surged through the massive animal. Locking its jaws and keeping it from crying out. It was over in seconds and I found myself looking down at a small green boy unconscious on the roof, the collar secured around his frail neck. I slowly walked over to him, unclipping my cape from my back as I did. When I reached the fallen Titan I placed my cape beside him and, with a little bit of effort, lifted him up bridal style. I adjusted us so that I now stood before my cape, which looked more like a square hole in the roof. I then dropped the Titan on top of it, the green teen falling though the cape and disappearing from sight.

I then reached over and picked up my cape from the ground and fastened it back around my neck, under the cold collar brace. Looking around the rooftop I quickly found the fallen communicator. As I walked over to it, the sounds coming through it got louder and louder.

"Beastboy…Beastboy….Beastboy what's going on out there!" the loud Titan from earlier called through it. I stared down at the communicator for a moment before raising my foot and bringing it down upon the device, smashing it to pieces.

To Be Continued…