Crystal stirred and woke up. It was one of the first nights she'd been able to sleep without Robin and Starfire's aggressive moans and groans and growls? Filtering in through her sound barriers as clearly as if she was in the room with them.
The other members of the Titans had pooled their money together and sent Robin and Starfire on an all expenses paid trip to Paris. They had had enough of the raging hormones every night with the exception of Starfire being on her period, it was the only time they had peace.
After the week of peace, they started again with a new vigor. The others had finally had enough and sent them on a "Valentine" vacation for the entire month of February.
The peace was intriguing and new. Crystal sat on her bed for some time, taking deep breaths. Cyborg had cooked one of his enthusiastic meat buffets the previous night and Crystal, who hadn't worked out in a few days was now feeling the effects of her spiked cholesterol levels.
She was waiting for the shocks to pass. She made it a point to do a serious dance work out that day. One of the shocks was so intense she lay back down on the bed.
She was pissed that she hadn't noticed the change in weather at night and she'd slept completely topless. She wrapped her blanket around herself and decided to just lie there till it went away.
She must've fallen asleep as she opened her eyes a whole hour and half later. She stood up from the bed in annoyance and looked at the wall clock. It was 9:45am.
She took a quick bath. She was about to teleport into the hallway in excited hunger when she remembered it was Beast Boy's turn to cook and she froze.
Sometimes it was hard to choose which was worse, Cyborg's heart stopping meat fricassee or Beast Boy's bland tofu eggs. Or if she was lucky, he'd have made a fruit salad.
She teleported into the hallway and went to the living room.
"What happened? You woke up late today," Cyborg inquired on her entry. "Yeah, Beast Boy was up before you," Raven added.
"Yeah, I know," she replied. "Are you ok?" Raven asked again.
"Just a little health issue," she answered. "Good thing Beast Boy made a fruit salad then," Raven informed.
"Oh thank God," she sighed and entered the kitchen.
"Hey mama, you good?" Beast Boy greeted. He served her meal for her and some pineapple juice. It was a mutual thing Crystal and Beast Boy they did for each other, serving each other's meals. Depending on who got up first.
"Yeah I am, now that I see fruit," she said with a smile and Beast Boy laughed.
"Cy's cooking last night got to you, huh?" Beast Boy asked watching her savour the food with relish. "You have no idea," she stated.
"The house is kinda weirds without RobStar," Beast Boy said. Crystal snickered, "I think you miss listening to live porn."
Beast Boy laughed, "oh hell no! They're animals and that means a lots coming from me."
Crystal spat out some of the juice and laughed so hard, a tear escaped from her eyes.
"It was good to sleep well for once," she spoke when she finally stopped laughing. "I guess," Beast Boy said.
After the meal, she started her dance workout. She turned off the TV and connected her phone to the sound system in the living room ignoring the grumbles from Cyborg and Raven.
She started with Mabel's "don't call me up" and the playlist led to an intense workout. Although they complained, the others couldn't deny the fact that they were intrigued by her dance moves.
After the workout, the crime alert went off. It was the first time they had one since Robin and Starfire left and they felt reluctant.
As if on cue, Robin called Crystal's phone.
"Put it on speaker!" he shouted through the phone and she did.
"Titans! I know I'm not there but I also know that The Hive is attacking the Sterling heights bar," Robin stated.
They were startled. None of them had even checked what the emergency was.
"Robin, we agreed no work-related gadgets over there," Raven said, dryly.
"We both know this is more of a hobby I absolutely love than a job for me, Raven," he stated, "do you want me to tell Starfire that the reason our romantic trip is cancelled is because you guys didn't want to stop the Hive from assaulting the populace?"
"No!" they chorused. "Good, now Titans..."
"Robin, are you the on the phone with the other Titans? We the talked about this," they heard Starfire say on the other side of the line. "Baby, it's not what you think," Robin was obviously trying to placate an enraged Starfire.
"My opinions never matter to the you unless we're having the sex," Starfire said.
The others listened with interest and amusement, temporarily forgetting that there was a crime in progress.
"Star, wait, listen to me," there was a pause, "there was a crime alert and I know they wouldn't really want to go if I wasn't there."
"That is not the excuse. Friend Crystal, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg are more than the capable of handling whatever crimes that happen in the Jump City themselves," Starfire stated.
The others found themselves collectively nodding in agreement.
Robin sighed, "you're right Star, I'm sorry. I just can't help it sometimes."
For a while they heard nothing on the phone but when they heard the hot, tense moans, Crystal hung up.
"Ok, so that was a rollercoaster of emotions," Cyborg quipped.
"Omg guys let's go stop the Hive," Crystal reminded.
When they got there, they saw police officers on the scene. "What happened officers?" Cyborg asked, trying to sound professional although he was scared and guilty.
"It was apparently supposed to be a prank for the Hive to ruin your day but since you weren't coming, they got upset and kidnapped a visiting celebrity," one of the officers answered impatiently, obviously annoyed.
Cyborg, Beast Boy, Crystal and Raven grimaced.
"What visiting celebrity?" Raven probed.
"Some girl... Said she goes by the name Mabel," another officer answered.
One of the windows in the bar suddenly broke. Raven and the boys turned to Crystal, her face was blank but they knew it was a facade.
"Don't worry officer, we'll find her," Cyborg said. "You better do. I don't even understand why you superheroes took your time to answer an emergency," the first officer returned in annoyance.
"We're so dead," Beast Boy said to himself as they left.
"Let's go to the Hive tower," Cyborg stated when they returned home.
"She's not there," Crystal stated. "How did you...?" Beast Boy began but stopped when he realized.
"Where's she then? They can't have gone far so fast," Cyborg asked. "She's at the old sugar mill," Crystal replied.
Raven and the boys turned to her in surprise. "How did you figure it out so fast? You've never met her before, you don't even know her personally," Raven queried.
Crystal chuckled, "it's an angel power, Rae. An insight thing. As long as she's in Jump City, I can find her and I've had contact with her through her music."
"That's not a thing," Raven queried, unconvinced. "Not for demons yes," Crystal informed.
"Let's go then. Titans Booyah!" Cyborg said enthusiastically.
When they got there, the Hive was startled.
"How did you even find us so fast?" the Gizmo asked in shock after they were defeated. "I expected that without Robin, it would take you DAYS," Jinx added.
"You thoughts wrong, fools," Beast Boy quipped. Raven and Crystal went in to get Mabel.
"Omg are you ok? We are so sorry," Crystal asked, untying her.
"I'm a little shaken, but I'm fine," she replied. "How did you find me so fast?" she asked when she stood up.
"Crystal is the one who found you. She knew where you were immediately," Raven replied pointing at the hybrid. "Well, thank you Crystal," Mabel said and embraced the hybrid.
A huge smile was on Crystal's face as she hugged Mabel back then backed away. Raven laughed, "Crystal's a huge fan of yours."
Mabel was surprised, "she is?" "Huge. She danced to some of your songs this morning," Raven replied.
"Really? Which ones?" Mabel asked as they exited the building. "Don't call me up, God is a dancer, Ring ring and Mad love," Crystal replied beaming.
Mabel wanted to say something but was startled by Raven wrapping her soul self around them. The pop star was even more surprised when the three of them appeared at the Titans Tower.
"What? Where am I? How did we get here?" she asked. "Oops sorry, we're at the Titans Tower, Raven teleported us here," Crystal answered. Mabel seemed to calm down at that.
"You're a dancer, right?" Mabel asked and Crystal nodded. "I have a performance on the Jimmy Fallon show in a few weeks. Could you cheoreograph Ring ring and Fine line for me? You will join me on stage as well," Mabel asked.
Crystal shrieked in excitement. "Yes, yes I will." "Cool, lemmie have your number," Mabel requested and Crystal typed her number into Mabel's phone.
That night when the Titans were having dinner, Crystal's phone rang. It was Robin. She rolled her eyes, answered the call, put her phone on speaker and placed the phone on the table.
Robin- Am I on speaker?
Cyborg- Yes, Robin.
Raven- Didn't you promise Starfire you wouldn't call us while you're there?
Robin- I didn't PROMISE her, per se.
Crystal- Yeah, right.
Beast Boy- What do you want fool?
Robin- Well Batman just called me and he told me that YOU LAZY COWS LET A CELEB GET CAPTURED BY THE HIVE TODAY!
The others were silent, grimacing.