Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. Hopefully focusing on Robin here.
Getting electrocuted was NOT something Robin had expected to happen while ordering pizza, and he certainly didn't want it to happen again.
The masked boy leaps aside and rolled aside from Overload's next blast. Robin is holding Beast Boy tightly, trying to find somewhere to put down the unconscious changeling safely. Cyborg was already off to one side trying to reboot his cannon.
The electric villain had popped out of nowhere just after Beast Boy had ordered his mushroom and pepper pizza and blasted Robin's two teammates. Cyborg had been knocked back and had been trying to reboot for a while now. Beast boy had been, and was currently, knocked unconscious.
"Damn. Got to figure something out." Robin hisses to himself. The masked boy dashes out of the way of another attack from Overload and slides behind the wall of the pizza parlor. Putting down Beast Boy and pulling out freeze disks, Robin prepares to fight.
Leaping our from behind the building, Robin dives into a roll before coming up and hurling his disks at the electrical monster. They shattered on contact and spewed forth their quick-freezing mist. Soon a coat of ice had solidified around Overload's legs. Sadly, Overload is made of pure electricity aside from his main processing chip, so the ice proved to be absolutely no issue. This was proven when the electrical current flowing through the ice causes it to heat up and melt.
"Hope ya have a plan B Rob!" Cyborg calls out from across the street. A spark jumps from his cannon, which has started to steam. Cyborg curses and resumes fixing himself.
"Working on it." Robin mutters. The agile boy backflips to avoid another shot from Overload and lands on the roof of a car that was a few feet behind him.
"Overload get rid of annoying bird." The electrical monster snarls.
"I think you're going to need to update your targeting software, cause you haven't hit me once!" Robin shoots back. He just into the air once more to avoid his foe's next attack. The car he was just standing on blows up as the bolt of electricity hit it. The boy wonder pulls his cape over his head to block the shrapnel, but soon finds himself flying across the street and slamming into Cyborg after Overload swats him with an unusually solid arm (it's made of electricity, so figure that out).
"Nice going." Cyborg mutters. Another spark jumps from his arm and he resumes fixing himself.
Robin shoots him a look before rolling to his feet. He studies his foe warily. The giant electrical monster is only defeated by water, but the melted ice disks didn't provide enough.
Suddenly the solution hits him and his hand meets his face with a "smack". Fire hydrants. How could he not have thought of his before?
Pulling out a birdarang, Robin throws it towards the curb and slices the end off a hydrant, the water spills out onto the road. Overload quickly back up to avoid contact with the liquid.
Thinking quickly, Robin stretches his cape taunt and redirects the water flow up into the air and towards the electrical being. Sparks fly as it makes contact and Overload is quickly reduced to an small, hand-sized chip floating in a pool of water.
"You da man!" Cyborg cries, getting up and deactivating his repaired cannon. "Robin one, Overload zero!"
Robin grins slightly despite the pain of being thrown across the street. "Took me a moment to remember how to beat him. I must be slipping."
"If that counts as slipping than I'm fine with it!" Cyborg laughs. "That's the fastest Overload has ever been taken down!"
"But we also suffered more injuries than normal." The boy wonder replies in a semi-worried tone. He jogs over to where Beast Boy lies, unconscious, and picks him up off the ground. "Let's go back to the-"
'What the HELL happened?!' Raven's voice sounds loudly in their heads, interrupting Robin. 'Beast Boy was knocked unconscious two minutes ago, and both of you have been pumped full of adrenaline for just as long!'
'How do you know that?' Robin replies through the mental link.
'I keep tabs on all of you to make sure I know when there's a problem you can't alert me of.' Raven explains curtly. 'It requires split focus to monitor all three of you and read a book at the same time, but I managed it. So I DEMAND an answer!'
'Overload.' Cyborg says simply.
A sigh is heard over the link.
'Hey! Rob took him down real quick!' Cyborg protests. 'And if you're keeping an eye on us than why didn't you come help?'
"I did."
Cyborg whirls around in surprise to see an angry Raven standing a few feet away.
"I just managed to get here." She hisses. "Now WHY do you all look like you just went through a blender?!"
"Overload..." Cyborg repeats weakly.
Robin shakes his head, amused. "Overload got the drop on us, literally. He came down from the roof of the pizza place and knocked out Beast Boy before we could react. Cyborg got thrown across the street so I had to take on Overload by myself."
"And he did a damn good job of it!" Cyborg praises. He immediately cringes upon seeing Raven's death glare. The empath stares down the metal man for a moment before sighing in irritation.
"I'll take Beast Boy to the infirmary. You two dimwits deal with the authorities." She grumbles. She removes the changeling from Robin's grasp and flies off.
"Aww... It takes hours to fill out the reports!" Cyborg whines.
"Deal with it." Robin chuckles. "And I hate to put a dampener on an already perfect day, but I don't think we're getting our pizza."
"NOOOOOOOO!" Cyborg wails, despairing at the loss of something so precious.
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Night falls in Blacksoak city. The street lights turn on, but the lights of every house shut off giving the city an eerie feel. It looks unsettling to a passerby, and creepy to anyone who would dare walk the streets at such a time.
Inside Shadow's house, Starfire lies in the only bed which the pale boy insisted she take. She happily reflects of the day's events. Walking through the festival square, trying a new fruit, having potato chips... What more could a girl ask for?
Robin.
...
Starfire sighs. Shadow succeeded in taking her mind off of the masked boy for most of the day, but without him to distract her, thoughts of her crush inevitably crept into her head.
What could she do? Their relationship was so... Complicated. One minute it seemed like they had some sort of connection, and the next he was back to just being her leader. On missions that was fine, she understood that, but otherwise it just didn't make sense. Why does he revert back to his commanding attitude on occasion when dealing with her? With Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy he never did that. He was extra polite around Raven, casual around Cyborg, and often cracked jokes with, or about, Beast Boy; but when it came to her he seemed to switch between attitudes at the drop of a hat.
It just doesn't make sense! Why is he-
"Starfire?"
The alien girl flinchs slightly and sits up, surprised by Shadow's voice cutting through her thoughts.
"My pardon. I did not mean to startle you." The pale boy whispers. "I couldn't help but check on you. I know you've been having... Issues lately concerning a certain teammate, so I figured you might still be awake worrying."
Starfire's head droops and her shoulders slump. "I offer the apologies, I did not mean to keep you up worrying about me."
"It's fine." Shadow murmurs careingly. "I don't technically need more than two hours of sleep, but Big Brother insists that I get more."
Starfire nods and raises her multi-shaded green eyes to meet Shadow's unusual red pupils and black irises. The guardian of Blacksoak City walks over to sit on the edge of the bed as the alien princess lies back down.
"There will be time to worry about Robin later. For now rest peacefully, and know all will work out in the end." Shadow soothes in his deep, raspy voice.
"Yes." Starfire murmurs. "My thanks friend." She closes her eyes and attempts to sleep, but worries continue to plague her despite Shadow's reassurance.
"Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are."
Starfire listens to the words flow out of her friend's mouth, all traces of raspiness gone as he sings. A smile graces her lips as she finally allows herself to relax, listening to the boy's soothing voice. Sleep claims her only moments after he delivers the last line.
The Night Shadow looks down upon the sleeping girl, a beautiful smile on her face. A small smile stretches across his face in return. To tell the truth, he was extremely embarrassed to be singing a lullaby to someone not only older than him, but who might not have understood why he was singing in the first place; though it seemed he made the right call.
"Sleep without fear my friend. I shall watch over you." He whispers. Getting up carefully, so as to not wake the girl, he moves to the corner of the room and sits down cross-legged. His red pupils cut through the darkness with his night vision, ever on the alert for danger.
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"That day could have gone better." Robin grumbles as he hops into bed. "First we get kicked out of an arcade, then we get attacked and I fail to protect my teammate."
Pulling up the covers he allows a small grin to form on his face.
"Thought I suppose it was a fun day... For the most part." He admits. "The arcade was fun, and Raven was priceless."
Chuckling, he remembers Raven's incessant worrying over Beast Boy when they returned, and then her refusal to admit her worry once he awoke. The poor changeling had been confused beyond belief.
"Those two... They just need to admit it already and save us the headache of dealing with it." He laughs.
This thought, while funny to think about at first, soon leads Robin to remember why Cyborg and Beast Boy had dragged him out in the first place.
"Starfire..." He whispers, looking out his window. "Are you thinking of me- I mean us- No! I mean the rest of the Titans too?"
Berating himself over his inability to phrase his own questions properly, the masked boy falls into a deep slumber.
Chapter 5 complete. There we go, focusing on Robin and Starfire for the most part. Mission accomplished!