A/N: *rubs eyes* woah. Another update?! Something must be terrible wrong with me…derp. Betcha that you all dyin to see what Cyborg's Trap 2 is, right? XD of course I'm right. Hehehe. Before we begin though, there are a few shout outs to be given! *I forgot to put it on the previous one. Oops* Thanks to snakedabomb for following and favoring the story. Thanks to PocoCreativa for following the story. Thanks to Ravenext for following the story. Thanks Goon and vanessa isaacs for reviewing! Let's begin! Yay!

Chapter 5: Cyborg's Trap Part 2

Two eyes stared at the store that seemed to be just "sitting" there, innocently. Raising an eyebrow, it made a move by jumping off a small roof's ledge then landed on the ground neatly.

It ran for a bit before it stopped then turned around to make sure that he was really alone.

Once Robin was satisfied, he got out his grappling hook and within minutes, the hook was pulling him upwards so that he was now on the roof of the store. When he had gotten in the middle, Robin then took out his laser gun (another item that he stole a few weeks ago) to create a hole that was large enough for him to go through.

Once that was done, Robin climbed down as though he was climbing a ladder except he placed his hands on both of the side and then sank right in like a quicksand.

Robin stopped.

It was dark since the lights were off but that didn't bother him.

The thing that bothered him was the fact that was no alarms—the kind of alarms that would set off the minute you touched the floor.

Shrugging it off, Robin resumed his walking until he reached at the far end of the hall. If Robin looked to the right, there was another path that led somewhere else.

But he wasn't interested in the path as of right now. Right now, he was more interested at the item that was encased in a glass wall in which it was standing on a stand.

Placing on a crook smile, Robin took out his laser gun to create a hole that was big enough for his hand to go through then when that was successful, he grabbed the jewel.

This time, the color of the jewel was a dark violet one.

The dull light of the jewel gleamed into his eyes as he stared at it.

It was pretty, he admitted.

Just then, an almost gentle swoosh came which alerted the red thief since he quickly turned around to see what it was and where it came from.

Just from hearing that sound, he knew he wasn't alone.

As soon as the sound started, it disappeared into the darkness of the store. Robin didn't breath for a minute until he knew that it was completely gone. Going with that, he turned to his right to take that path.

:(/\):

Robin continued to run down the store's path then turned yet another corner. His panting began to be a bit heavier due to the fact that he didn't stopped running.

He didn't stopped running ever since he had heard that sound in the store. He thought he was alone but apparently, he wasn't.

And goodness no.

He wasn't afraid.

Robin halted in his tracks since he was coming at a dead end but he looked at his right side (that showed up empty) before he turned to the left. Beside him, was a door.

Sighing, he opened the door and went in.

Once he was inside, he stopped for a few seconds and scanned the room even though it was dark. Way ahead of him, were two French doors. Those doors meant his escape.

And judging by how far the doors are, he was pretty sure that the room was a big one.

He then looked up and could faintly see the outline of the store's balcony.

Sighing, Robin began to walk towards the door. As he reached halfway of the room, lights suddenly flickered to life, causing Robin to be on guard.

He narrowed his eyes and searched the nearly empty room.

"Hey!"

His ears pricked.

"Up here, Boy Wonder!"

"Boy Wonder…nice one!" a voice laughed then clapped as though it just made a high five.

Twitching, Robin growled and looked up.

And there they were.

Up on the balcony of the store, stood none other than the Titans. In the middle, Cyborg placed his leg up on the rail with a smirk on his face. To the left was Beast Boy who had his arms crossed over his chest. To the right of Cyborg were Starfire and Raven who were floating.

"Well hello…Titans." Robin greeted them, placing on a curve smile. He then eyed the Goth girl…the one who had nearly crushed him by a bus.

The two gave deathly glares at one another.

Robin paused. "Isn't there something in which you're supposed to say?"

Cyborg growled. "Titans, go!"

Robin smirked.

As soon the command was thrown, the Titans were leapt into the action.

So did Robin.

Robin began to go to the opposite direction and headed straight for the door (from which he had entered this room). If he gets out of this room, then he could lose them in the store.

He knows this store at the back of his head. He knew all of the secrets. He knew everything.

As he was coming nearer to the door, he forced himself to halt in his tracks since all of a sudden, something appeared in front of the door which blocked the exit. It slowly took a form then at last it was in a complete form.

The form was a human.

"Tough luck for escaping." Raven responded. She then paused. "I think someone wants a hug."

"Oh a hug is what he's going to get!"

With a confused look, Robin looked around but saw nothing. It wasn't until then that he looked up and saw a falling Cyborg that looked ready to crush him by the way he was falling down.

Gasping, Robin quickly did a somersault to move out of the way. Because he avoided, Cyborg smashed the ground instead.

"Ooohh, that was the store's property." Robin grinned. "You're so gonna pay for it."

"The only thing that's going to be broken is your head!" Cyborg shouted.

"Empty threats." Robin drawled.

Irritated, Cyborg charged at the Boy Wonder who avoided this way and that while Raven shook her head as she watched the scene.

"Boys." she replied.

Well, might as well go help Cyborg.

Robin did multiple of flips as he was avoiding the starbolts that were coming down like rain while he was also dodging Cyborg's sonic cannon and occasionally his punches.

Robin could tell: Cyborg's punches were poor since most of the time, Cyborg would never really hit him.

…

He thought too soon.

When Cyborg was close enough, it was then that Cyborg just managed to throw a punch that collided with Robin's jaw. Because of the strong force, it made Robin to fall down on his back.

He then pushed himself up so that he was on his knees while his other hand was on the side of his jaw.

"Heh…lucky shot." he responded then cracked his jaw.

As soon as he got up, an animal that was in a shape of a bull rammed against Robin. Robin flew at the side before he got smacked against a wall then fell backwards.

He groaned, trying to stop the daze.

He really did not like to get smash against the wall…

He then noticed that the four Titans were starting to come closer to him. He has to think fast before the opening were closed and he could already see the mad gleam in Cyborg's eyes. He knew what they were saying.

They were finally going to catch him.

Robin smirked.

Quickly, Robin hurried to his feet and ran backwards to have a good distance between him and Starfire. When there was enough distance, Robin then ran at her. He climbed on the wall then did a side way flip (almost like a cartwheel) over Starfire who quickly reacted by the sudden movement from Robin.

She then fired her starbolt but and the starbolt flew past Robin's shoulder by an inch. Instead, the bolt struck the wall just as Robin landed on the ground and wasted no time.

He kicked the door open and ran out.

Starfire blinked, trying to register what just happened.

She then turned to face her teammates.

"That was most…impressive, yes?"

Cyborg growled. "Whether it was impressive or not, we gotta catch that thief!"

"Uh I believe the thief's name is Robin."

"I already told you! You don't make friends with a criminal, Star!" Cyborg snapped, angrily.

Outside of the room, there was Robin who was leaning against the wall with his back against it. However, his hand was clutching his wounded shoulder.

The starbolt actually managed to get him.

Wincing, the wounded "ninja" pushed himself with his hand and started to walk rather than running.

"Titans, go! And make sure everything is going according to the plan!" he barked as the Titans flew into action.

"He's going mad." Raven replied before she went to her part.

:(/\):

The thief—or rather Robin—walked down the dark hallway of the store. His wound was still hurting him but nevertheless, he ignored it. However, the more he walked down the hallway, the more he got a feeling that he wasn't alone.

And right now, he really needed to be alone.

But when he reached somewhere in the middle of the hall, Robin turned around and in his hands were three birdarangs. He was ready to attack if he need to. He scanned the dark area, searching for the source.

When he found nothing, he started to resume his walk but he didn't even take a step since he was already encased in something. Four walls were surrounding him. He let out a sigh and walked backwards a little bit to rest.

The sting on his shoulder started to bug him now and he placed his hand on it, hoping that it would ease a little.

He was then aware that he wasn't alone. He looked at the front wall that was a few centimeters ahead and there, something had emerged out of the wall. To be honest, Robin was surprised since his eyes were wide with surprise.

When the shape was clear, Robin narrowed his eyes and looked away.

"Okay you caught me. Now what?" Robin muttered as he shifted his weight a little so that he would be comfortable.

"Knowing you, this wouldn't be considered as caught. You have an intelligent mind. You can quickly master up a plan in a heartbeat." the familiar voice responded. "If I'm not mistaken, any minute now you would already be forming up a plan to escape the walls."

Robin darted his eyes at none other than Raven. Even though it was dark, Robin studied her.

She was an interesting character, that's for sure but there was something he needed to ask even though if it is pointless.

"Why do you always wear blue?" Robin asked.

"That's a pointless question but the answer is that it is my favorite color." she answered.

Robin rolled his eyes, silently agreeing with her. He then paused and gave a thoughtful look.

"Alright. Here's a not so pointless question. Why do you always use darkness?"

Raven slightly lifted one of her eyebrows but nevertheless, she answered it.

"I used it as camouflage. It helps me to attack my preys better…like how a lion would hide in grass…watching every move of its prey before it pounces to attack." she paused. "Why do you always come out at night?"

Robin smirked. "Same thing as you. Camouflage."

She then narrowed her eyes but it got softened. She gently flew over to him and she too studied him. It wasn't until then that her eyes landed on something.

"You're hurt. Looks like the starbolt did managed to get you. I thought it didn't." Raven stated.

"What's it to you? Shouldn't you be happy because I got injured?" Robin asked, having a bit of an edge in his voice.

Raven looked at his mask. "While I may seem cold-hearted, that doesn't mean I don't care for people who got hurt."

Robin scoffed a little. "You look like the type of person who enjoys seeing other people's pain."

Raven ignored the comment and made forward so that she was close enough to his wounded shoulder. She then brought her hands towards it as she pushed his hand out of the way.

Ice blue surrounded her hands and made contact with his shoulder. Robin winced at the sting. After a while, Raven removed her hands and silenced had started to settle in until Robin spoke.

He looked up at Raven.

"What are you?" he asked.

"Let's just say I'm a human who has magical abilities and is trying to choose a better path." she answered then paused. "Like you should do."

It was then that Robin gave her a confused look.

"I know you're not a thief. Something made you to become one. It's like…you're trying to run away from something and that's why you became a thief…to hide the pain…"

Robin shook his head. "You don't know anything about me."

"I know you in more ways than one."

"Oh yeah? Prove it."

Raven stared at him and sighed. "You belonged to a family of circus acrobats and was adopted after your parents' tragic death."

Robin gritted his teeth. "Get out of my head." he said darkly.

"Robin…don't go to the wrong path. You will regret it. Choose the right path. It's never too late to change…"

With that, Raven started to walk to the other wall to where she first came through.

Smirking, Robin lifted his hand and in his hand was a disk.

"But it is too late to walk out."

With quick reflexives, he threw the disk like a Frisbee and then it attached the wall in which Raven was facing.

Raven stopped since she thought she heard beeping sounds; the kind of sounds when a bomb timer was being triggered. Raven gasped when she found out where it was located and then….

BOOM!

The pieces of the walls exploded everywhere. However, a black circle was formed out of nowhere and it revealed Raven who was looking perfectly healthy and she didn't even have a scratch.

She stared at the dark hallway that was ahead of her and a few meters away, she could feel Robin running away into the darkness.

Once Robin's figure disappeared, Raven pulled out her communicator.

"Second plan failed. Moving onward."

:(/\):

Robin ran as though his life was depending on it. In a way, it was but at the same time, it wasn't.

His mind was still referring back to the conversation he had with one of the Titans, Raven. He frowned; his mind was reeling back to the words of what she had said.

"It's not too late to change. I know you're not a thief."

Robin scoffed.

What does she know? It's not like she has been over to the "dark side". Robin gritted his teeth as another flashback of the conversation went into his head.

"You belonged to a family of circus acrobats and you were adopted after your parents' tragic death."

Again: how would she know?

Unless…

She had read his mind like he had stated before with the "get out of my mind" statement.

Because he was so deep in thought, he didn't realize that something above was coming out of the shadows and was aiming at him. The minute he raised his foot, the impact of the fists came down which send Robin to fly into the air and then landed on the ground with a hard impact. A grunt escaped his lips while small debris was falling at his sides.

He then got up and started to face at the attacker. Even though the attacker was in the shadows, Robin could feel his smirk.

Something was wrong here.

"I got right where I want you."

Being confused, Robin started to move backwards a bit until something slithered towards him grabbing him at his wrists, ankles and his waist. It then lifted him in the air and suddenly, a jolt of electricity went through the wires before it reached him.

The Red Thief gave out a shout of pain as he felt the zaps coursing throughout his body.

"Don't forget to put your shades on." the voice replied as it came out of the shadows.

The voice belonged to none other than Cyborg.

Robin, on the other hand, was still struggling to get free from the painful zaps but because Cyborg was too focused on the thief, he didn't realize that Robin held a birdarang in which he sneakily got it out.

Starfire shortly joined him, followed by others. She looked at the state of Robin then to Cyborg.

"Would this really damage him?" Starfire asked.

"Don't worry. The voltage is not too powerful to do any major damage. He will have some stings and bruises though. The electricity won't kill him." the half robot answered. "I made sure of that."

It was hard for Robin to cut through the wires while it was still doing its course. He had to cut the wires at least three to four times before he could finally feel them starting to rip off. When he was successful, he made his hand to go into his belt to grab out some smoke bombs.

"You got the shades but have you got the mask?" Robin said, totally taking Cyborg off guard.

"What?"

He then swiftly cut the wires off his other hand and then with his hand that contained the smoke bombs, Robin threw the bombs at the ground. Smoke came, covering the area and it made the Titans to use their arms as shield to cover their face.

When it died down, it revealed that the place was empty.

"Dude…" Beast Boy said, eyes wide.

Growling furiously, Cyborg stomped towards the spot of where Robin once was and crouched down. His hand scooped something up and brought to his face.

The wires were cut which means that the Red Thief had once again escaped the Titan's trap.

A/N: Whew! I thought I would never get this done…considering the fact that I had been procrastinating such as watching Batman: the new animated series… :3 Joker looks plain funny heehee. And a total of 10 pages! Not bad =D Tsk, tsk. You can tell that Robin is really starting to get on Cyborg's nerves…derp… *whispers* it's best if you stay away from him…*walks away slowly* In the next chapter…we're gonna learn some more about this slippery thief! Hehe…see you next time!