A/N: …okay so now what? OUAT has been finished like what? One-two weeks ago give or take. And now, my other favorite series The Flash is going to end today because its season one finale so that means I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO WATCH! ARGH! FIVE MONTHS HIATUS IS SOO NOT OKAY. T_T Affff…*pauses* meh, I may as well watch Reign. Ughhh I feel so sick since I ate a lot of chocolate T_T

Chapter 8: Captured by Love

The night starry sky had filled Jump City like a blanket of darkness, blocking out all the lights except there were a few lamp posts down at the street. It was a peaceful night until a loud explosion came, interrupting it.

A figure leaped out of the smoky area then landed on the ground with its own two feet. It let out a chuckle before it resumed running. Just as it left, five more figures emerged from the smoke and one of them didn't looked so happy.

The figure growled with frustration. "Alright, Titans! Everyone go and catch the thief!" Cyborg hollered.

"Uh Cyborg has become mad, did he not?" the alien girl asked.

"He was already mad when Robin came into our lives." Raven stated.

"Titans go!"

With that simple command, everyone leaped into action.

:(/\):

Robin chuckled evilly.

He had once again escaped the clutches of the Titans. And just because he escaped, it made one of the titans—Cyborg—to be very angry. Robin just loved making him to be miserable.

Yet again, Cyborg had already gone mad.

Just then, Robin turned his head to the side since he thought he saw a bright light and when he was sure that it was real, he quickly did a leap in the air to avoid the familiar sonic cannon.

The masked thief smirked when he saw the mad gleam in the half robot's eyes and heck, he was trying so hard to capture him that his aim was terrible.

Meanwhile, Beast Boy who was in the form of a hummingbird, was flying fast in order to reach the running criminal. When he was near, the animal shifter quickly changed into a gorilla to try to crush him under his strong fists.

But because Robin had quick reflexives, he saw it coming and rolled to the side to dodge it.

Halfway of the path, Robin turned around and threw a disk that was flying towards Cyborg and Beast Boy. Seeing this, Raven swiftly flew over and created a shield so that instead of having the disk hitting them, it collided against the black shield which eventually created smoke.

As soon the smoke came, Starfire came through and she shot several of her starbolts—all in which Robin had dodged but he was forced to his use bo-staff because he didn't had the time to react on the last one.

"You're going to have to do better than that!" Robin called out as he started to pick up speed.

"Oh I intend to!" Cyborg shouted and gave out a charging yell.

He ran at him with full speed and then when it came, Cyborg tackled the thief which as a result, made them to roll.

"Didn't anyone told you that a sign of madness is insanity?" Robin said, struggling to get loose from Cyborg's grasp.

"Then you're already there!"

Cyborg picked him up and threw him across so that Robin had struck a tree nearby. He grunted when his back was smashed against it. However, Cyborg didn't give him a chance to recuperate because the Titan was already charging at him with a fist in the air.

Seeing this, Robin hurriedly performed a sideway leap so that Cyborg smashed the tree instead.

Right after the tree was crushed, Raven came into action by throwing objects with her powers at the robber. But since everything was coming down at him rather quickly, Robin did multiple backward flips.

However, on the last one, he didn't dodge it so it collided with him. It made him to fly backwards a few meters before he finally crashed at the ground with a hard thud. Being a bit dazed, Robin pushed himself up while his other arm was at his forehead.

The minute he got up, though, Starfire came next and with a powerful starbolt in hand, she threw the attack which smashed right at Robin's feet, causing him to once again fly in the air.

Since the blast was a powerful one, it also made the ground to crumble down and sent falling rocks. Robin screamed but then quickly pulled out his grappling hook and released the hook that wrapped around a tree branch.

He swung himself to the other side before the tree branch gave itself out (since it wasn't a very strong one) then he did a not so graceful forward somersault. Finally, Robin landed on his feet but his feet still dragged him back a bit until he at last halted.

The criminal paused a few seconds to catch his breath until he saw several shadows in the smoke and he ran away from them.

Out of the smoke, the Titans came out and Cyborg looked ahead to see the running figure which made him to narrow his eyes.

:(/\):

Robin felt his back being pressed against the wooden wall. He didn't made a sound until he was sure that it was safe to do so. When it was, he let out a sigh of relief and started to rest a bit.

"They're going to murder me before I even get to jail." Robin muttered, frowning at a scratch that had dried blood on one of his arms.

He suddenly gave out a gasp when he saw something out of the window, running passed by. He pressed himself further in as if that will make him to not be seen.

The thief was currently in an abandon old warehouse and he hoped that he could lose the Titans in here but apparently not.

Someone had found him and he had a wild guess that it was Beast Boy considering the fact that he could change into any animal at will.

Robin started to walk from his hiding spot, quickly figuring it out that it wouldn't be safe anymore. He continued to walk in the darkness while somehow to look out for the Titans if they ever made an entrance.

He suddenly stopped since he thought he heard a noise but once it faded, Robin shook his head.

"I must be imagining things."

As soon as he said that, he gave out grunt when something passed his shoulder by an inch before it struck the wall nearby.

"Guess I'm not alone."

With that, he quickly started to run again and went out of the area only to enter a new one. However, the minute he stepped foot into the new area, something blasted him from the back which send him to smash against the wall.

He gave out a heavy pant as he was on his knees. He then lifted his head up to scan the dark area. Luckily, Robin had seen the color of the attack before it smashed at the wall.

It was green.

And just by thinking about that color, it made Robin to give a crooked smile while also forming up a plan.

:(/\):

"Cyborg to Star. Is there anything on the thief?" Cy whispered in the dark.

"No. I could not see the thief but it appears that my starbolt had struck him." Star spoke in the same voice as Cy.

"Alright. But here's what you're gonna do—"

"You know…if you wanted to have a sneak attack, you should've came in quietly." a voice said before it released an object.

The object was flying at Cyborg but because he didn't see it, it exploded in his face which caused him to fly backwards and struck at the one of the walls. As soon as Cyborg was recovered, he gave out a growl when he saw the shadow that was currently standing on the wall ledge in a crouching position.

Instantly getting up, the leader blasted his sonic cannon at the shadowy thief who quickly dodged it.

"Yo, you all better get to where I am. I've found the thief." Cyborg replied through his communicator then paused. "Or rather he found me."

"Aweh, what's the matter? Can't fight me without your team?" the shadow asked in a mocking way.

Growling, Cyborg ran ahead and smashed his fist to what he thought was the criminal but it was yet another wall.

"Missed me."

Another wall was smashed.

"You have a terrible aim."

"If you're trying to get me mad, you're already doing it!" Cyborg exclaimed, irritated. "Ugh! Why can't I catch you?!"

Another smash at the wall.

Breathing out a sigh, Cyborg stopped what he was doing and started to walk around to try to see the shadow. What he didn't know was that, Robin was already quietly walking to him but from the back so that he could deliver a sneak attack.

Right when Robin was about to attack, something tackled him from the sides and he was pushed away from Cyborg who turned around to see the commotion.

"You shall not harm my friend!" the familiar voice responded.

All Cyborg could see were green glowing hands and he knew that it was Starfire.

"Thanks, Star. I owe you one."

"Cute." Robin replied, getting up and brushing the dust off his sleeve; his gaze never left Star.

"You're not the only one who uses darkness. Azarath Mentrion Zinthos!"

Something wrapped Robin's hands and his upper body together and it was covered in black magic. It was a tight hold so Robin had a hard time to be free.

Thinking quickly, Robin spoke.

"How can you use darkness if you can't see?"

Having no time to react, Robin awkwardly threw a disk at the opponent. When the disk came near to her, it exploded which unleashed dazzling lights. Because of the lights, it made the opponent to lose its grip on Robin and so, Robin took this opportunity to get loose.

"Raven, you are okay?" Star asked, shortly joining her fallen friend.

"I will be. I'm just a bit…dazzled." came the dry voice.

Twitching, Cyborg shouted. "Alright! You may be able to take us one by one but together—"

"You're stronger. Yeah I know. Heard it once. Heard it twice." Robin muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Titans, go!"

With that shout, Robin did a back flip before running away.

"No! Not you!" Cyborg shouted with rage.

When Robin was gone, Star looked at her team before she asked.

"Where is Beast Boy?"

Chuckling evilly, Cyborg replied with a wicked grin. "Oh don't worry. Beast Boy just so happens to be our secret weapon."

:(/\):

So his first plan failed but that's alright since Robin has another plan. As he continued to run through the darkness of the old warehouse, he stopped. Like before, Robin thought that he heard a sound so he stayed a bit longer in order to find out if there really was a sound.

After a few minutes of silence, Robin assumed that he was wrong and resumed his running.

But maybe he should've trusted his instincts.

Halfway of the building, Robin stopped once more because the sound in which he had thought he heard it earlier, came again; this time, it was a bit louder. Being on guard, Robin quietly took out his bo-staff…just in case.

And to be even more on guard, he started to walk backwards and forward so that he knows nothing will jump out at him.

A sudden screech alerted him and he gave out a shout when something was flying around at his face.

Robin growled. "Get away from me!" he exclaimed, failing his arms around but it was futile.

After a few unsuccessful attempts, Robin had finally managed to grab the object only to feel that it was warm and furry. Being freaked out, he threw the thing away but when he thought it was going to hit the floor, it quickly changed into something else.

Robin sighed.

"I should've known." he muttered.

It was Beast Boy and the only thing that Robin could think of was that he had changed (probably) into a bat.

A threatening growl escaped from Beast Boy's mouth and even though it was dark, Robin could tell that he was now a tiger.

The two began to circle one another; each of them waiting for the person to attack first. Then, they stopped.

The two of them glared at one another with determined eyes until Beast Boy finally charged at him. Acting quickly, Robin moved to the side which made the animal shifter to collide with a wall.

"Better luck next time!" Robin called out before he resumed running.

"There won't be luck for you!"

Robin performed another back flip in order to avoid Cyborg's smashes. Cyborg then threw several punches at him but unfortunately, he blocked them all. While Robin was being busy with Cyborg, the thief didn't notice that Starfire was zooming towards him at the side.

Just as Robin ducked yet another punch from Cyborg, Starfire gave out a charging yell and tackled Robin from the side. Robin grunted when he felt the force and the two smashed through the window, having shards of glasses falling upon them as they fell down to the ground with a thud.

Robin rolled a few centimeters away from Star when they made contact with the ground. Not wasting a second, the alien girl instantly got up and had her hands charged up. On the other hand, Robin pushed himself up and placed a hand on his forehead since he was a bit dazed.

When the criminal was back to normal, he turned his head to the side and noticed Cy, Beast Boy and Raven who were all looking at him. Star never left her gaze and she raised her charged up hand.

"Surrender now." Star demanded. "Or harm will come your way."

Robin looked at Star then back at the powered up Titans. Truth be told, he really had no choice but to surrender or otherwise, he would be blasted to bits if every single Titan fired their attacks at the same time.

Unless…

Smirking, Robin sneakily made his hand to go at the side of his pocket and once his hand grabbed a small round object, he held it in his hand but did not pulled it out just yet.

"Alright." he spoke.

This actually surprised the Titans since they now know how he works, he would make a remark and then goes into battle.

Robin's eyes went to the side and he saw how Cyborg was grinning from ear to ear but when he saw Starfire, she looked suspicious.

"Now raise your hands in the air and come quietly." Cy responded.

Robin merely chuckled. "You actually though I was going to give up that easily?"

Without a warning, the thief threw the disk which made Starfire to gasp. Because they didn't had the time to react, the disk exploded and out came smoke which covered the whole area.

She knew it. She knew it.

Starfire came out of the yet another cloud of smoke but it was hopeless since she was still surrounded by smoke.

"Hope you didn't think I left without saying goodbye, now did you?"

Upon hearing the voice, Star searched until she raised her head up and gasped…

A/N: YES I FINALLY FINISHED IT! WHOOO! *PARTY DANCE* AND ROBIN IS BECOMING SNEAKIER BY THE MINUTE! =D BATMAN HAS TRAINED HIM WELL XD BUT WHAT ON EARTH HAD HAPPENED TO STARFIRE? SORRY FOR WRITING IN CAPS; I GOT A LITTLE EXCITED BY THIS CHAPTER! TILL THEN!