A/N: On a completely related note, when should I begin the first character arc? Like in the TV series (Nearly, poor Starfire…), each character kicks out with a major arc at the end of every season that concentrates on each character. I don't have seasons, but I do have four planned character arcs, but since this story is so episodic, it's not even funny, when in how many chapters, do you think the first arc should begin?

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The wire cutters affixed themselves about the metal links of the chain that held the sliding fence together.

"Man, Cash! This is so cool! Why didn't we think of this earlier?" The shorter of the pair snickered, their forms silhouetted by the night.

"Never mind that, Sammy, just cut through so we can get to work."

Snap, and the one of the chain links were shattered in two. Pulling the disconnected chain off the fence, Cash and Sammy proceeded to push the barriers away, revealing a large impound, long and completely filled with expensive cars of all kinds.

"Man! Jackpot! We won't be needing any more cars after this!"

"Awesome."

"I, personally, never understood how one could derive such positive stimuli from merely looking upon the general shape of certain automotive devices." Another cool voice droned in.

Cash and Sammy turned about in confusion at the sudden new voice, and were promptly were bowled over by a blast of freezing flames, their tossing forms stuck in mid-flight by a large crystal mound of ice. They protested this quickly until a particular boy in a blue winter jacket came out of the shadows, lighting another cylinder. That sight shocked them.

"Hey, man! What's up with this? Aren't you that Mr. Freeze guy everybody's talking about?"

"Yes."

"B-but aren't you supposed to be one of the bad guys?"

"I'd believe that is what I am commonly referred to as."

"But what are you stopping us for! We're bad guys! Right?"

"As far as I am concerned, you are trespassing."

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Good Deeds

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"Yes, the sales location for used cars. The one near the chain restaurant that specializes in the sales of hamburger products in the southern area of the city. Thank you. Yes, I'll stay where I am. I do hope you hurry. I am unsure how long these two criminals will be engaged in grand theft auto. Yes, I'll call if anything comes up. Thank you."

Mr. Freeze shut his phone to the sight of Terra, partly out of curiosity, partly out of boredom, lean forward to poke incessantly at Cash and Sammy's head that remained about their encasement of ice, blandly listening to the various objections to her actions.

"Terra. The authorities are enroute. Let us continue our patrol."

"You sure they're not going to get out, Freeze?"

"The ice at this density is a little weaker than steel. They won't be able to escape."

"Right then…" Terra hummed out as she rose up, stretching out her back with risen hands.

The two of them thus walked onwards through the darkness of the south side of Jump City, the portion ruled under the gaze of Olympus Height and its Foundation.

"Freeze?"

"Yes."

"Really. Explain this to me, one more time. Why are we stopping bad guys?"

"A simple matter of deterrence. We help in the apprehension of other perpetrators in the area under our jurisdiction; the majority of the felons will then shy away from here, leaving us with in control of resources in this area."

"… This won't involve getting cats out of trees or anything right?"

"I find it improbable for a young girl to conveniently lose her feline companion in a tree at this time of night."

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Somewhere, there was a floating redhead and her companion cat of exquisite hue, one that was climbing up a tree for entertainment while they patrolled for evildoers.

They simultaneously sneezed.

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"Seishoujo Ryouiki" started doing a tinkle in Freeze's pocket as the two walked down the alleyways. Valentine's tune for this month, apparently taken off another of those Japanese animated shows, one that had something to do about animated dolls that all dressed in exaggerated lacey outfits reminiscent of Victorian dress. Nobody bothered trying to understand what drove Valentine to actually watch something like that, but nonetheless, there was Valentine's ringtone for the month, in all its high-pitched, synthetic glory.

"Yes, Valentine?"

"Hallo, Freezie! Just pop in and out, I was checking out the city from out here. Nothing really, just your usual jewelry store break in and all that."

"Where?"

"Hmm…looks like it's a few block away from you, to the east."

"Very well, Terra and I shall go investigate this matter."

"Oh, and Freezie?"

"Yes."

"Out of curiosity, what do you think makes a better murder weapon? A rabid dog or an icicle?"

"…I am cutting communication now, Valentine."

"Mou! Fine! You might as well hurry to jewelry place now, Freezie. Those guys are going to town."

"Very well." Freeze uttered before slapping his phone shut. Turning to Terra he uttered a simple "Hurry", before the two rushed off to the east.

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As Starfire and Beast Boy flew into the scene of the disturbance (some overly ambitious jewel heist or other), they found themselves gaping.

A group of thugs in ski masks and such were buried up to their necks in either shattered pavement or a solid layer of ice.

"Uh… hey?" One of the thugs attempted, "Look! This doesn't look like what it looks like, all right? We got jumped by those new super-freaks in the city we heard about!"

Beast Boy gave them a sort of bemused look, "Really? Then what are the crowbars for?"

"Yes. And those Masks of Skiing? Are these not usually worn by late night perpetrators?" Starfire honestly asked.

"Er… we're locksmiths! Honest?"

"Yeah… the masks… new fashion statement?" Another of the felons tried to fib.

"Nice try, but no tofu."

The thugs groaned.

Eventually, the city's authorities came to drag the convicts away. Between, Beast Boy picked up snatches of conversation, confirming already what he had guessed.

"You have to admit, the blonde was kinda cute…" Another inputted.

"She was a brick wall! Negative Z!" Yet another countered.

"Ah, shaddup! Last thing I need right now is to remember about her and that ice boy!"

Terra…

The Mr. Freeze…

The two Titans looked at each other briefly with an understanding before taking to the skies.

Looks like something was up with the Foundation again.

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"Are you quite done yet with this sneezing?"

"So-ree. I suppose you never got a sneezing fit!"

"No."

"…Right. Let's get going then."

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The night wore on.

"Seriously, Robin! This is getting weird! We're already at the fifth minor disturbance tonight and they've already dealt with it!" Beast Boy whined into the communicator.

"This does sound peculiar."

"Weird doesn't even spell half of it! They stopped a mugging before we got there! The guy said they saved his life! Saved! This is Freeze we're talking about!"

Starfire leaned in to input as well, "Indeed Robin… I find it strange that these people of Foundation are helping to defend this part of the city. Do not villains usually attack it?"

"Yeah! Robin, I want to check this out. M-maybe Terra's remembered or something, and she's secretly helping-"

"Negative. I don't know what the Foundation is up to, but they're helping the city right now, it's not an immediate threat. I figure it out from here."

"But Robin! It's Terra!"

"Exactly. She's not the same Terra, Beast Boy; I thought you'd have known that by now. Finish the patrol and head back, we'll discuss then."

"…Roger."

Starfire looked on worried as the shape shifter shut the communicator, and called his name with the same emotion.

"Eh, don't worry about it. Robin's… probably right. Let's finish our job and get back."

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In the bright glare of a vending machine, Freeze slid in several discs of ice, perfectly emulating the weight and width of generic coin currency. Afterwards, he pressed on one display, causing a can to fall out into the plastic bucket at the bottom. He plucked it out and held it to an awaiting Terra.

"Your drink."

"Wow… I didn't actually think it'd work! You're not getting one?"

"I am not thirsty. I learned this technique early in my life. You could say tricking automated drink venders was my initiation into the life of criminal enterprise."

Terra couldn't help but chuckle at that, wagging her soda at the boy, "Mr. Freeze. Bane of vending machines across America. Hard to imagine you started from that and ended up here, robbing banks and machinery."

"I think that was how Valentine noted it when we first successfully robbed our first depository."

"Hmmm… how long have you two been together?"

"Since the beginning of my existence of whom you currently call Mr. Freeze."

"And you two never split up to make it out on your own? You two must either be really used to each other or trust each other."

"It is not a matter of trust for me. I do not have much faith in anything with emotion in it. Valentine simply has not yet found any good reason to betray me. The adjustment of each other to the other habits and preferences come in time."

"Really…" Terra broke off into a yawn, before walking down the street. Freeze followed her voice, "Really… what a night! I suppose this is what heroes do on a nightly basis?"

"We will be performing this function on set intervals as well, whenever we are not preparing another Foundation project."

"Yeah… I could get used to this, you know? I guess doing some good deeds once in a while isn't so bad…"

Something tried to sting what Freeze assumed was his frozen solid heart.

Noshewantstoleaveshemightwanttoleaveshewasatitanshemightwanttogobacktothetitansanotherwillleavemeandtheneveryoneisgoingtoleavemealone-

Enough. This is infantile thinking and I am more mature than this. She is not a Titan. Her predecessor was a Titan, like she has told all of us. Still…

"Do not get too adjusted. Remember, we are still technically un-apprehended criminals, no matter how much good we do. And these 'good deeds', as you put it, is only for our self-benefit of maintaining our territory with absolute scrutiny."

"Yeah, yeah…"

The Hawaii Five-O theme started playing on their phones again. Looks like Devil Hand had taken over the telescope now, Valentine probably having had gone off to sleep.

"Yes, Devil Hand?"

"Nothing, just checking in. Looks like things all cool down now, since it bein' probably close to three…yeah, except those crazy high-tech commando lookin' fellas takin on that fancy research lab."

"Where?"

"You know, that one there on edge of our turf?"

"Most likely some upstart prodigy deciding to destroy the city once he ascertains the necessary components. How childish. We will be there shortly."

"Yeah! By the way, Boss?"

"Yes."

"You ever wonder why this city always seem to got these high-tech places asking to be raided up?"

"No. I am cutting communication now."

"Yeah! Keep it cool, Boss!"

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Terra groaned for the two of them as they stood before the towering structure, made more of pizzazz architecture and glass than steel.

"Man, I hate it when we go on jobs like these! There's hardly anything to use in these buildings, and I end up getting useless!"

"Noted. I'll have to find some way to draw them outside. You should find a suitable place of ambush till then."

"Fine… don't get killed while your all by your lonesome, Freeze." Terra nonchalantly warned to her leader as he continued onwards through the front doors that was melted through into a glowing circle.

A dull walk through the trail of destruction led Freeze to a high tech vault that was ripped open. Inside was some geeky punk in a gaudy orange outfit, a giant brain prop nestled on his head to accentuate the size of his thick glasses. The robot sentries he posted utterly ignored Freeze as he stood outside, watching the boy dance about a small container in the center of the room, monologue firing away to his cold-blooded audience.

"…And-and with this low temperature Ionic Battery to power my creations, not even the Teen Titans can stop the MIND BENDER!"

Freeze's automatically drifted into Tactical Mode at the sound of Mind Bender's nasal laughter, calmly regarding the situation.

Obviously outclassed against my abilities, both in reaction time and tactics. Even his automated sentries do not act until given, most likely, verbal command. Single camera lens, portable particle weapon installed on one limb, not built for strength or speed. Still, it is unsound for one of me to face about ten of them, not including their leader. All it is a matter now is drawing them to Terra. The object is low temperature, he said?

Mind Bender's laughter cut short on a choke at the sight of the canister set on the ground beginning to roll under its own accord. As it stopped in front of a booted foot, the upstart super villain shrieked at the sight of the blue figure mechanically picking up his hard-stolen prize.

"Who are you! How dare you think you can challenge the unstoppable intellect of the MIND BENDER!"

"I am known locally as Mr. Freeze."

"Ha! Never heard of you! Obviously some recent upstart who thinks he can usurp a veteran like the MIND BENDER!"

"The Friece and Valentine Foundation are fairly low-key. I shall be taking my leave"

Mind Bender sputtered at the back of Freeze as he walked off with the canister. "How dare you challenge the MIND BENDER! Mind Bots! Destroy the blue one!"

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Terra sighed in the shadows at the sound of destruction inside.

I really need to get better control of my powers, or everyone else is going to keep having fun instead of me.

And as if Murphy's Law fell down straight on her, Terra felt herself prickle at a familiar pair of voices that hovered its way down to the building Freeze was still in.

"…come friend Beast Boy! The alarm of security has been tripped here! Somebody is breaking in!"

"I can bet who's inside. Looks like Frosty got tired of playing hero before the night even ended. Let's go!"

And as Terra watched the two rush in, she slapped on her goggles with nary but a thought.

Oh boy.

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In an athletic leap away from the slick of ice that transported him, Freeze narrowly dodged another laser as his boots settled onto the railing of the open stairwell in the glass roofed podium of the building, one that lead downwards to the ground floor. In one arm, his lighter flared in the wind, in the other the sizable Ionic Battery under the armpit.

"Stop! The MIND BENDER commands you! You cannot match my superior intellect!"

"I have no pressing desire for such reciprocation, at any rate."

Leaping off the railings into midair, Freeze, lighter in one hand, burned his way downwards to the ground floor, until he landed heavily in a large pile of snow.

He emerged to the sound of starbolts exploding steel, and Mind Bender's pathetic shrieks up above at the top of the spiraling stairs as he was quickly apprehended.

"Dude, Frosty. I know your team is kinda one short of matching ours, but isn't picking him kinda a little too desperate." Beast Boy asked at the sight of the Foundation member pulling himself out of the snow.

"I find it disturbing you would actually think I, or anybody else in my organization, would consider associating with him." Was the retort while Freeze reached into the snow and pulled out the Ionic Battery. That immediately put the shape shifter on edge.

"And where do you think you're going with that?"

"Outside."

Starfire fell by Beast Boy's side to also confront their mutual enemy, "And we will not let you escape again! Especially not with what foul machinations you intend with that device!"

"I have estimated as much. Terra, the staircase beside us is made of concrete."

Behind the Titans, at the front doors, the geokinetic grunted with effort with her energized fists, causing the steps in question to quickly groan and crack and split from its metal foundation, forcing the structure to fall towards the party in front of her. All three of them only managed to dodge away from the explosion of dust and stone.

Flying upwards, Starfire managed to rise above the dust cloud, and found Mr. Freeze and Terra rushing out building empty handed.

"Beast Boy! They are escaping!"

"Not again! Come on, we'll split up and go after them. I'm going after Terra!"

"I shall try to stop the Mr. Freeze!"

The two of them rushed back into the smoke after them.

Meanwhile, somewhere, the Ionic Battery lay forgotten.

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Stupid Freeze! What gave him the idea to split up! We can take 'em on! And he can skate! It's not like D' and I have some handy-dandy mode of transportation.

These were Terra's darkly panted thoughts as she raced down the alleys towards one of many safe-points Valentine installed in the sewers, where she could quickly direct herself back to Olympus Height from the twisting routes while losing her pursuers.

Her path forwards was suddenly cut off when a hawk dropped down in front of her as Beast Boy.

"Terra!"

The girl snorted and pulled her goggles on again, "You again. You either are a slow learner or an idiot. Either way, it's not exactly the smartest thing to do to fight me. In an alleyway. Full of rocks and bricks."

"Look, I don't want to fight you!"

"And how long do you think you can stay alive with that attitude while I toss enough stone to bury you alive?"

Beast Boy frowned as he folded his arms defiantly, "How am I supposed to know? All I want to do is talk."

Terra's annoyance threatened to peak at the sheer… she wasn't sure what to make of this Titan. Whether his unwillingness to get down and dirty with her only was only because chauvinism, idiocy, naivity, bravado…

Her instincts told her to forget his plea. Just bury the idiot while she had the chance. She's stronger, she has the advantage, and she knew it.

But her gripped fist, which seemed to be trying to make her release her pent up tension seemed to be trying to warn her otherwise.

"Humor me."

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Hissing steam expanded and drifted upwards across half a city block as starbolts and freezing flames collided against each other, neither claiming dominance over the other.

Physical strength was something Starfire kept in spades, though, and made good use of now. As Freeze unleashed another deluge of blue frozen death, the Tameranian, whose body was built for harsher and colder of outer space, gracefully dove in, and brutally flew out with a flying tackle into Freeze's face, knocking him across the street.

Staggering to his feet, Mr. Freeze lit another cylinder nonchalantly, despite the fact he had just spent the last minute eating pavement. He breathed out easily before staring intently at Starfire, "It is just the two of us now. I refuse to admit defeat or retreat at your pitiful personage."

Whipping flames about his weapon arm, a sharp icicle formed about his limb. With that, he rushed down at Starfire, slashing precisely, while she backed away, punching ice that quickly regenerated.

And things quickly degenerated into violence.

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Terra sat on the dumpster, and Beast Boy continued to stand. Apparently, he was the type who couldn't stay still when he was vehement for something.

And they kept talking.

"I don't know how many times I'm going to say this. The Terra you know is gone. I'm someone different."

"That's not true! You still… act kinda the same, and you look the same, and you got de-rocked, right? You just got a bit of memory loss, that's all!"

"Why do you want me on your side so badly anyways? The original Terra was a cheap traitor, I heard. Valentine still calls me Achey Breaky."

"That's not true! Slade just tricked you into working for him! You used to be afraid of your powers, and… we still wanted to be your friends, Terra! And me…"

"What about you?"

Beast Boy tried to find a way to say it. The fact she didn't even remember was awkward enough…

Terra sighed at the silence, seeing it as a lack of a real answer, and hopped off her seat. "Whatever, I have to go, and I going to collapse this portion of the alley to keep you away. No hard feelings, you understand."

As she walked past Beast Boy, he turned around for one more thing, "Terra!"

"What?"

"Look, even if we are on different sides… we can still be friends right?"

"…You really are an idiot."

That line deflated the shape shifter's face, who quickly turned into an entire pouting puppy. This had a detrimental effect on Terra's self-esteem.

Rolling her eyes, she sighed, "Okay, maybe if there were some freak occurrence that I actually needed your help of all people and no one else's."

That brightened him up immediately, despite the innumerable odds, "Good enough for me!"

"Hurrah. Now get going before I collapse the alleyway on you."

Stepping back, Beast Boy watched on as the walls of bricks shook and crumbled into a high pile that cut off each other's point of view. Beast Boy could have easily flew over it… but…

No…I'm gonna be her friend, no matter how hard or how long it's gonna take me. I'll get Terra back.

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The spraying hoses of several smashed fire hydrants fed the gigantic growing ice structures that were crystallizing in every which way above Freeze.

"Let us see you dodge something of this size. No matter how difficult or how extensive this will take us, I will destroy you."

Starfire backed away cautiously at the looming weapon.

"Your fears hold you back, your ability weakens just because of your resolve in the sight of this. You cannot think properly to analyze tactics and counter maneuvers. And you presume to believe you can match me? That any of your weak, overly emotional agency members can match us?"

Starfire roared at those words, firing another group of shots directly at Freeze. A hand gesture brought several stalactites of ice downwards to intercept each blow, exploding about the apathetic boy.

"It is over."

A fast paced tune of wind chimes, flutes, music of the desert alerted Freeze. Terra's tune. Freeze allowed the giant structure to drop about him, conveniently shielding him for a few moments while he picked up his call.

"Terra."

"What's taking you so long? I thought you'd be here first, since you wanted to get back so fast!"

"I was caught up in combat with the Starfire. I must have lost track of the time."

"Well, how are you?"

"Delayed. Do not worry. Your concern is noted, I shall return as soon as possible."

"Yeah… get back fast, Freeze."

"Of course."

The ice structure exploded suddenly, forcing Starfire to cover her face as shards of wet frost slapped about everywhere. As she looked up again, she found the ground where Freeze was shattered and frozen, revealing a deep hole in the sewers.

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Valentine walked back into the Observatory room, yawning as she shrugged on a blazer to keep out the cold for a moment. It was after she trudged to the fridge and back that she noticed what was flopped on the couch.

Terra snored as she lay stretched untidily, while on another couch, Freeze sat, hands on knees, head tilted downwards, body unmoving.

"Long night, huh? And this already from just playing Hero…"

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Episode 10: "CY-B-Q" – When a simple dinner turns horrendously wrong, Valentine immediately tasks her friends with finding new ingredients. Of course, when you're a villain, it becomes slightly more difficult to visit the local supermarket…