"So lo so lito habitacion..." Crystal randomly began singing as she made their breakfast fried plantains and fried eggs. Cyborg, who had just finished doing the dishes, raised his eyebrows at her.
"What are you, Mas y menos now?" he asked.
She giggled, "no. I just love Latin music."
"I didn't know that," Cyborg queried.
"There's a lot you don't know about me, Cy," she said with a smile.
Robin came in then from his early morning run. He walked in shirtless and took some water from the fridge.
This wasn't the first time he was shirtless in front of her but she was noticing it in a different way now. She watched intently how the water dripped down his chin to his chest and she trailed it further down.
She inhaled deeply. Yup, something was wrong.
She turned back to her cooking.
Then she sighed, 'bitch'. Her demon side chuckled within her.
'What the fuck though?' 'It's been two weeks bitch! You promised!"
Robin reached under her arm and turned off the gas burners.
"Where's your mind, Cryssie?" he asked, bringing her attention to the environment around her.
Robin had just saved their breakfast from burning.
"Are you ok?" he asked placing his hand on her shoulder.
She gasped, "yes."
"Are you sure?" Robin asked again and she nodded.
Cyborg had set the table so she served just as Raven and Beast Boy walked.
Beast Boy was laughing at something and Raven was rolling her eyes.
"Good morning, Beastie!" Cy greeted enthusiastically as he saw the shapeshifter. They sat down to eat.
Crystal looked at the clock on the kitchen wall, "I have a performance with Mabel at 5pm in Reading today."
"Cool. Do we get tickets? We've never seen you on stage before," Beast Boy asked.
"I'm sorry Beastie but it's sold out. But if you're really interested. Y'all can watch from my dressing room. I can always put a TV in there," she said with a smile.
"Or we can just watch it from the couch if it's gonna be live," Raven said.
Crystal shrugged and focused on her plate.
After the meal, Crystal went to her room and tried to meditate. She realized soon that it was a bad idea.
'Meditating isn't gonna drive me away bitch. Pay me what you owe. I have most of the powers in here and the one thing I need to survive. You won't let me have it. You damn, selfish bitch!'
"Oh shut up!" she said aloud.
"Oh, sorry mama," Beast Boy said from behind the door.
"Beast Boy wait! Come in," she called.
The shapeshifter opened the door and entered, "whoa I really haven't been in here in a while." He looked around.
She shrugged.
"Are you ok mama?" he asked and she nodded stifly. "No you're not. I can tell and I can smell that as well," Beast Boy stated.
She perked up and stared at him, "smell what?"
"You're horny," he said and laughed.
She looked absolutely mortified.
"When was the last time you had sex?" he asked her.
"Depends on who you're asking. My human or my demon side?"
"Both."
"I had sex six years ago and my demon side four years ago when she went rogue and fucked a guy in his sleep."
"What the heck? Isn't she a succubus?" he asked and she nodded, "then how have you been so long without sex?"
"I don't even know. Now she's bothering about it cause I promised her I would when you guys were in trouble and she said she wouldn't help if I didn't have sex."
"Who does she want?"
Crystal grimaced, "she first mentioned Robin then Kevin then uh..." she trailed off.
"Who?"
"I don't... Remember."
'You're Terrible at lying.'
"It's me isn't it?"
Crystal grimaced then sighed, "she threatened to jump you or do it in your sleep."
Beast Boy laughed.
"It's not funny!"
"Sorry, mama," he said, grinning. "What are you gonna do?"
"I don't even know and she might do something ridiculous if I don't handle it myself. If I let her be, she'll have sex with a guy in his sleep and drain him both life force and his destiny. She's crazy as hell."
"We can do it if you want..."
Crystal perked up at him again in surprise.
'Yes. Now let's go!' her demon side jumped within her.
'No,'
"Nah. I'll be okay. Wouldn't want to ruin our friendship. I'll be fine."
"Are you sure?"
"I will yeah," she said and nodded.
He exited the room.
'I can't believe you!' her demon side roared from within her in annoyance, 'he offered himself!'
'And I refused. Now, shut the fuck up!'
'You can't talk to me that way. I own most of the powers here and...'
'If you can't accept my rules, then find a new body to inhibit. Either that or shut up!'
'What?!' her demon and angel side gasped simultaneously. 'Are you sending me out?!'
'No but if you can't behave, leave and stop bothering me. I need peace and quiet. I need to rehearse and rest for my performance.'
'You'll regret this. I promise you,' her demon side said in a cold voice and went silent.
Hours later at night, Crystal returned to the tower at about 1am and came in through the elevator cause she was tired.
"You're back late. You didn't even call or text," Robin said, startling her. She hadn't seen him, it was dark in the living room.
"What the fuck are you doing in the dark?" she asked and turned on the light.
"Waiting for you. What happened?"
"We went to a party afterwards and I lost track of time."
Robin eyed her up and down. She was fidgety and she looked like she'd been crying.
He stood up and walked to her. She tried to turn away but he held her shoulders in place.
"What happened?" he asked again, looking her in the eyes.
She shrugged him off and replied coldly, "I don't want to talk about it and it's no concern of yours."
She tried to Walk away from him but he caught her hand and turned her back to face him. He saw the tears in her eyes before she hastily wiped them.
"What happened?"
"Nothing, Robin. Please leave me be."
"You're crying, you can't tell me it's nothing."
"I don't want to talk about it. Robin, please."
"But..."
"Leave me alone!" she screamed and Robin was sent flying backwards.
When he recovered himself, she was gone.
The next morning they sat at the table enjoying Raven's strawberry pancakes that Crystal had helped make.
They were all uncharacteristically silent. Usually Robin would've been talking about how they were going to train that morning and the others would be complaining about how they always trained vigorously everyday for hours.
Maybe because they sans Crystal had picked up on Robin's anger and how he looked like he'd snap at anyone any moment and his temple was throbbing.
Crystal looked like she didn't have a care in the world and was munching happily. "Robin what is the wrong with your arm?" Starfire finally asked, breaking the silence.
Robin looked up and he held his left arm then grimaced as if he just remembered it hurt. "What? Why didn't you say something? Crystal or me would've healed it for you," Raven queried and immediately proceeded to heal him.
"What happened to it anyway?" Cyborg inquired as Raven did her job. "Well some people here are so secretive and they'd rather hurt their friends than share their problems!" he burst out, glaring at Crystal.
They turned to her but she was still oblivious, enjoying her meal. Then she looked up, "what!"
"Perhaps you'd like to explain to us why you came home at 1am looking disheveled and why when I asked you what happened you let lose your powers on me?" Robin asked again.
She simply shook her head.
"Disheveled? Oh no, dids your demon side take control?" Beast Boy asked.
"Shut up, Beast Boy!"
"What?" Raven asked. She was done healing Robin and they looked intently.
"Are you guys actively trying to make me choke?" she asked
"What does he mean by your demon side taking over?" Cyborg inquired.
"Nothing important."
"Nothing important? You saids you made a promise to your demon side to have sex..."
"Shut up, Beast Boy!"
"As she's a succubus. And she threatens you that if she didn'ts have sex, she wouldn't help you saves us..."
"Quiet now!" she burst out, her ire rising.
"You said this morning that she was driving you crazy and threatening to jump one of us you said you'd handle it..."
"Enough!" she stood up and banged on the tabl.
"You hurt someone last night, didn't you?!" Beast Boy stated then suddenly found himself floating above the ground, choking.
"No, I killed them. I drained their life force because she wouldn't listen to me and do it willingly. So it's her fault. Now, shut the fuck up," her demon side let out.
"Leave him alone!" Raven yelled and her eyes flashed red. Crystal and Beast Boy collapsed on the floor.
Crystal was sobbing, "I killed them... I killed them..."
Starfire went over to her as the rest checked on Beast Boy. Starfire held Crystal and carried her out of the kitchen to her room.
When Starfire had finally calmed the hybrid down, the crime alert went off. Starfire groaned, "it seems the crime alert chooses the worst of the times to do it's job."
They both arrived at the living room.
"Cinderblock has escaped from Jump City prison and is terrorizing the city. Titans... What are you doing?" He asked Crystal. "Preparing to save the city with you, what's it look like?" she asked, sarcastically.
"I don't think so. You're staying here till you can rein your demon side," he replied.
"That's not necessary..." she began.
Robin cut her off, "You're as much a threat to jump city as cinderblock is right now. I can't have you harming the town's people or 'jumping' them as the case may be."
Crystal gasped and tears stung her eyes, "try and stop me."
She immediately vanished from their sight.
"Robin!" the others scolded simultaneously and Cyborg punched him.
"Ow! What's that for?!" Robin asked in pained annoyance.
"How coulds you says thats to mama Crystal? It's not her fault!" Beast Boy yelled at him.
"That's why I said she should stay and rein it," Robin defended.
"Well, that was the cruelest of the ways to do it!" Starfire snapped at him.
"Well we still have to... Huh, the crisis has been averted," Robin stated in surprise. "Wow, she single handedly defeated cinderblock in record time. Somebody owes her an apology," Cyborg stated and Robin rolled his eyes.
The Titans sans Robin and Crystal were sitting watching TV when the hybrid came into the living room rolling her bags with her. She tried to sneak her bags to the elevator by lifting them above the ground.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Cyborg called after her when she got to the elevator.
"Leaving," she replied, "again."
"What do you mean you're leaving and what do you mean again?" Cyborg asked.
"Well, when a year before I joined you guys, I got fired from Titans North. Well they agreed to fire me and I eavesdropped on them and left before they got the chance to actually fire me. I'm terrible as a superhero," she replied.
"You're an amazing superhero!" Cyborg stated.
"Yeah you the saved us from your dad, the Doctor Freeze and just now, the Cinderblock."
"I'm done being a superhero guys. Besides, Mabel's going on tour. I want to join her," she said with a smile.
"But you're coming back, right?" Raven asked.
"Nah, this is the end of the road for me," she said with an air of finality.
"What? You don'ts really means that, do you?" Beast Boy asked, sadly.
"I'm sorry, guys," she said and Beast Boy hugged her tightly. He was crying.
"We are the actually leaving. I'll miss you so the much!"
She placed a kiss on Beast Boy's cheek when he let her go. She hugged the others and exited the tower.
After she had gone, the others sat crying.
Robin returned in the evening to see his team downcast and everything quiet. "What's wrong?" he asked but none of them answered him.
He opened the freezer and it contained the same amount of the cans of Pepsi it did in the morning. He saw that there were still dishes in the sink even though it was Crystal's turn to wash the dishes.
"Why are the dishes still in the sink? Don't tell me she's still still sulking. Where's she?" Robin asked.
"She's gone dude," Cyborg replied in low tones. "Gone where? And when's she coming back?" Robin asked.
"We means she's left us, fool. She left the Titans!" Beast Boy yelled in reply.
Robin's eyes widened, "what?!"
"She packed her stuff out... Since you're so dumb," Raven deadpanned. "We lost another teammate?" Robin asked, his voice softer now.
"No, Robin! YOU lost another teammate!" Cyborg snapped at him.
Raven floated to the front of him speaking and pointing furiously whilst he walked backwards, "you don't have any super powers. You had no right to talk to her that way. You don't understand and you will never understand how it feels to continuously be at war with yourself. Always have to keep yourself in check so you don't hurt the ones you love. You don't know how it feels when you fail woefully and you have to do everything to make it right. To continuously hate yourself for what you are. Sure, you had a rough childhood and Batman is horrible, but it can never compare to us with powers. You're a mundane, you have no fucking right. Now she's gone, my actual BEST friend is gone. I always joked about it before but I hate you Robin. You're the worst leader and friend in history. You should be ashamed to call yourself a superhero."
They glared at Robin and exited the room.
"My gosh, what have I done?"