Teen Titans Fanfiction

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, its Production Company, Affiliates, and/or Sponsors. The plot line and any minor characters belong to me; similarities between major characters and any living person are unintentional.

AN: Unfortunately, due to exams, I'm finding it difficult to find anytime to write anything. I will be continuing with this story but there won't be really long chapters at regular intervals until mid June. Thank you to my beta Miles333 for all her brilliant work and thank you to all reviewers - your comments are much appreciated.

ALONE

"So basically, John was coming at me and I just stood there, like, what the hell is going on? He tackled me and then rolled off, and my mate Charlie dropped a bucket load of pink paint all over me. It was a birthday party I will never forget, that's for sure."

Kori giggled. It had been two weeks since she had first met Sean, and they had hit it off quite spectacularly. He was funny, charming, and intelligent, as well as a very good distraction. With the increase in criminal activity, she had been forced into confrontations with the other Titans several times. She was becoming a bit more civil, but it still hurt. Sometimes, she could see Beast Boy or Cyborg staring at her, a little shard of hope in their eyes. Even Raven would sometimes smile at her, before dropping it and moving on. It was Robin…Nightwing as he had begun to call himself, who truly disturbed her. It was as though he was ignoring her, as though suddenly she was the one who had hurt him, deserted him.

She wondered if he'd gone to see his mentor yet. Batman would already know of their return – she had a feeling most of the League did. It would please Wally, of course. Ever since his break-up with Jinx, which she had heard various moans about, causing her to snap at him and slam the door in his face, he had been restless and slightly sad. Perhaps it would be the pick-me-up he needed.

Kori returned her attention to Sean. They had met up various times over the past two weeks. He was what she needed. He wasn't moody or always focused intently on his work. He didn't ignore her or betray her, and he certainly wasn't like him.

"I'm going out of town next week for a few days," he said abruptly.

She stirred her coffee. "Going anywhere nice?"

"Down south. Work stuff."

She nodded, sipping the bitter mixture.

"I was thinking we could go see your place."

Kori frowned. "Is it not usually the owner who invites someone back to their home?"

He blushed slightly. "Yeah, I just wanted to know everything about you. Sorry, I'm being a bit pushy, aren't I?"

Kori shrugged, discarding the awkward moment. "No, it's fine…I'm just not that comfortable showing people back to my house."

"Don't worry about it! You going to do anything interesting when I'm gone? I'm going to be distracted the whole time missing you." His grin was sincere.

She smiled slightly, sipping her coffee.

Definitely perfect.

"How are we meant to figure out what bloody well happened if there's no evidence or record?!" Nightwing picked up one of the books and chucked it at the wall, before collapsing forward with a groan. "This is getting us nowhere."

"Dude, I'm sorry, but I really looked for any trace of that dust – there's nothing left."

"Beast Boy, it's not your fault. It's been five years; I didn't really expect much. It's just…"

"Until we know what happened, there is absolutely no reason for Starfire to forgive us – our position is weak at best." Raven's voice was quiet. No one denied her claim.

The rustling of pages was the only sound for an hour.

"Cyborg! Keep it down in there, would ya?" Beast Boy moaned, the sudden burst of life from downstairs startling them. The screen popped up to reveal an excited looking Cyborg. "Sorry! But I was doing a detox – seriously, ya'll need to clean out your computers. I don't think you realize quite how much dirt gets in there – when my own circuitry was malfunctioning so I decided to filter it, and that freaky ass dust! It's what's been clogging everything up. I managed to run a few tests and it turns out that it is a minor hallucinogen."

"What? I would have thought it would have been something to mess with our emotions."

"Right you are, Robin – sorry, Nightwing – but as helpful as it isn't, the hallucinogen can have very varied effects, and never effects people the same way. Unless there is an outside magical force."

Raven narrowed her eyes at the screen. "Meaning…"

"Because it's only been five months basically to us, the residual effects of the stuff are still there. It's pretty common so that wouldn't have helped at all, but because of the messed up timings, Raven, you should be able to trace it to whoever cast the spell."

"If it's a hallucinogen, why didn't we properly hallucinate?" Nightwing rested his arms on his thighs as he leaned forwards.

"It's based in ingredients commonly used in magic based recipes, meaning it's easier to control. It's only called a hallucinogen because the people who use it, are usually using it to go and see into "other worlds" and all that crap."

"But with the right spells, it could be turned into something which would let us take our guard down and prevent us from thinking about the side effects of leaving Starfire behind, focusing only on the fact that we were needed," Raven muttered quietly.

"Exactly."

"If Raven can trace whoever cast this spell, it could probably lead us to the high-up dude then, right? And then we could go figure out the evil little scheme, right?"

"It's the best lead we've got. Raven, go help Cyborg. Beast Boy, keep searching."

"What are you going to do?"

Nightwing narrowed his eyes behind his mask. "I need to go see a Bat."

AN: Well done to Bunnyxx and Erifrats101 for figuring out that Enorelbot is just the backwards spelling of Toblerone. Have a cookie :D

Sadly, I had my GCSE's start this week, but I'm on study leave so yay! For anybody else suffering through GCSE's good luck, but really, like me, you should be revising :P

Procrastinating,

Floaging