"Nobody dumps Kitten! Nobody! You're going to pay for this, Robbie-poo! YOU'RE GOING TO PAAAYYY!" Kitten, despite being paralyzed by fang's venom, was making quite a racket as the authorities carted her away to an armored van. Fang had been handcuffed and shackled wherever he had a set of limbs and was being escorted behind Kitten.

The cruise ship had been pulled back into the docks and the entire team had reassembled by the railing of the cruise ship to watch as both Fang and Kitten were being taken away.

"So, no second date?" Cyborg asked Robin jokingly.

Icon, who had long since resumed his human form, was observing a rather large insect larva that Beastboy was cradling.

"And all of the moths actually turned into these things?" Icon watched as Beastboy prodded its stomach.

"Yeah!" exclaimed Beastboy. "First, they were flying everywhere in that guy's basement and then they just—POOF!" Beastboy held up the larva for emphasis.

Icon examined the squirming larva from top to bottom. Its skin had a soft creamy color. Its soft tubular body was lined with short and equally tender looking legs. At the top end of its little body was a large round head that was equipped with a pair of big black eyes. It also had mouth that appeared to be smiling at him. The creature resembled a human infant in some respects.

"Speaking of which," Icon had thought of something else. "What happened to Killer Moth?"

"Him?" Terra pointed her thumb to the armored van. "He's already loaded in."

"What happened to your suit?"

Icon's back stiffened. He turned to see that Raven giving him a stern look. Icon looked down at himself. He was a wreck. There was a large tear at the side where Fang had slashed at him, stains that had been left by the fruit punch, and various areas that had crusted over with icing.

"I-I got into a fight?" Icon gave a cheesy smile. He could feel the sweat beginning to break out onto his palms.

"You do remember how much that costs, don't you?" Raven folded her arms.

"Yes…" glumly admitted Icon.

"You know," piped up Beastboy who was still cradling the large larva. "Now that nobody's making 'em all mutate-y, these things might actually make good pets."

"Don't even think about it," Raven redirected her attention towards Beastboy. The last thing the empath needed at the moment was Beastboy bringing in a mutant animal as a house pet.

Icon suddenly felt a hand take him by the arm. He turned to see it was Cyborg.

"Hey, Icon, got a second?" The team mechanic was wearing an unusually sly grin.

"What for?" Icon was puzzled. Cyborg leaned down and whispered into Icon's ear. A grin gradually made its way across Icon's face, "I'm in"

Cyborg led Icon to where the MC for the prom was stationed with all of the sound and lighting equipment. Cyborg carried a hushed conversation with the MC as Icon began working the dial to the Omnitrix.

XXX

Meanwhile, Robin and Starfire were attending to a boy and a girl that had been struck by one of Fang's paralyzing venom blasts. The couple was being carted away by a few of Jump City's armored law enforcers for medical treatment.

"Sorry we pretty much ruined your prom," said Robin apologetically.

"Are you kidding?" The young male student almost cracked a smile despite his stiffened facial muscles. "This was the best prom ever!"

"Even if I still can't move my legs!" added the young female student as she and her date were carted off.

"Yeah, that'll wear off," assured Robin. The lights on the cruise ship suddenly switched off and spotlights began crossing the floor.

"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for," boomed the MC's voice. "The king and queen of this year's prom are… Robin and Starfire!"

The spotlights stopped dead on the two Titans.

Robin and Starfire remained frozen on the spot for an instant, trying to make sense of what had just happened. Had the MC really said what they thought he had just said?

Robin was the first to respond. He turned his head towards Starfire. Was it his imagination or did her hair and eyes seem to sparkle in the spotlight?

"I guess…one more dance wouldn't kill me," Robin said to himself. Starfire smiled as she allowed Robin to take her by the hand. As Robin led Starfire to the center of the floor he made a casual glance towards the spotlights overhead. He paused for a moment and peered closer upon noticing something.

The spotlights he had noticed were among the most unusual set of spotlights he had ever seen. First, there was their appearance. The spotlights were encased in a black metal that had green pathways running through them like veins. Also, the spotlights appeared to be following him and Starfire in perfect unison, almost as if they had a mind of their own.

Robin smiled to himself. Now that he thought about, these lights probably did have a mind of their own. He smiled to himself as he gingerly took Starfire by the waist as she delicately placed a hand on his shoulder.

XXX

Some time later, Icon found himself seated at a table yet again in his human form. However, he now had a mutated larva seated in his lap. As luck would have it, Beastboy had left the creature in Icon's temporary care. The green changeling had somehow managed to summon the courage to ask Terra out to dance and Icon had been the one available person who could tolerate the mutant.

Icon stroked the larva's head as it began drifting off to sleep. He had to admit it; the little guy was a bit cute.

"Enjoying the festivities?" called a familiar voice.

Icon was surprised, "P-Professor Paradox?" He turned to see that the time traveling professor was indeed seated across the table.

"I just thought I'd drop by," explained the professor.

"It's…good to see you," Icon was still taken aback by Paradox's sudden appearance.

"And how has the life of a Titan been treating you?" inquired Paradox.

"It's been busy," admitted Icon. "But it's still better than being in the desert. I've officially got someplace to live…"

"It's been quite the week," noted Paradox.

"Tell me about it…"

"Well, let's see," began Paradox. "You've been battling the city's various delinquents, attained a celebrity status, averted a number of robberies—"

"And I met Slade," said Icon all of a sudden. Robberies had reminded him of the heist at the diamond mines.

"Oh, yes…you did," Professor Paradox sat up a little straighter in his chair.

"I just can't get him out of my head," said Icon tensely.

"That might be help you," grimly stated Paradox. "Slade is not the opponent that you would want to be caught off guard by."

"I'm going to meet him again, aren't I?"

"Possibly."

"Swell," sighed Icon.

Professor Paradox decided that it would now be best to change the topic of the conversation. Perhaps something more casual would keep Icon from becoming too worked up, "I see that you've taken an interest in Silkie."

"Silkie?" Icon actually cocked his head in confusion.

"Oh, that's right," Paradox lightly tapped his head with the palm of his hand. "No one's named the little larva yet."

"Name it?" Icon looked down at the slumbering larva as his confusion grew. "But were not even keeping it. Raven told Beastboy—"

"And how often does Beastboy listen to Raven?" asked Paradox, arching an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah, that's right," Icon had to suppress a laugh.

"What's right?"

Icon looked over his shoulder to see that Raven was standing right behind him.

"Hey, Raven, I was just talking to—" Icon had just motioned in Professor Paradox's direction when he realized that the professor's seat was now vacant.

"Your imaginary friend?" suggested Raven.

"A time traveling professor," corrected Icon as he stared in disbelief at the empty space where Professor Paradox had been moments before.

"Time traveling? Do you mean Professor Paradox?" Raven recalled Icon mentioning the professor after the battle with Warp.

"He said that he was just dropping by," explained Icon.

"He just came and left?" Raven took Professor Paradox's seat at the table.

"Pretty much," said Icon. He redirected his attention back to the mutant larva that was beginning to stir.

"Did Beastboy actually leave you all alone with that?" inquired Raven, looking over the table.

"I'm okay with it," shrugged Icon. He proceeded to start stroking the creature's head again, "I was never that big on proms anyways."

Raven raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

"I was more of an academic," explained Icon. The mutant larva woke up and began gurgling for attention. At this Icon began playing with the larva's legs, "And I was aiming straight for biology too."

"Sounds interesting," remarked Raven.

"It was," noted Icon. "But then I had to hit the road to avoid getting deep-fried," he let out a grim chuckle, "Good times…"

At that moment, the larva regurgitated a slimy mass onto Icon's shirt. He looked up to see a small glare cross Raven's face. "S-sorry about the suit," muttered Icon.

Raven let out a sigh, "Don't worry about it. I probably should have seen it coming..." She finished her last sentence with an exasperated huff.

"At least I kept it from getting vaporized," weakly indicated Icon.

"Yeah," nodded Raven. She then paused, "By the way, thanks for what you did back there for those two." Raven pointed to the dance floor to reveal that Robin and Starfire were still dancing,

"No problem," Icon gave a small smile. "Cyborg said it was the least we could do for them after that date."

"Sounds pretty fair to me," mused Raven. Icon suddenly made a small laugh. "What's so funny?" she asked.

"Just something I thought of," explained Icon. "Fang's a spider and he gave Kitten a gift."

"Hm?"

"Let me explain. In some species of spiders, the male will give the female a gift. It's food in their case. The larger the meal, the more likely the male will be able to please the female. If the gift isn't good enough, she eats him!" Icon chortled. "Fang had to rob an entire jewelry store!"

Raven actually cracked a smile, "Yeah, I could see Kitten eating somebody."