Fixit refused to try and cooperate by allowing me to take the bullets out myself. Reading my thoughts, he knew I had the capabilities but still disagreed, suggesting that my work was amateurish at best and could cause more harm than good if I tried to pull it out by force. At the time, I wasn't really in the mood to listen to him as I was strapped down on a table and watching him approach me with an assortment of sharp knives and needles. I screamed my thoughts at him, trying to persuade him to stop. He either had the ability to shut me out or was simply ignoring me. The last thing I felt was the sharp prick of a needle piercing my neck beneath the collar.

Fixit later said the process took several hours, though it felt like I woke up mere seconds later. My eyes opened to pitch blackness and immediately I knew I was back in my own bedroom. My arm and leg still felt sore as I adjusted myself in bed, though it was significantly less painful than before I was put under the needle. I remained there for a good long while without being disturbed. It was a peculiar thing, finding myself alone and in complete darkness. In a way it reminded me of my time being frozen solid...

It seemed such a cruel fate to place on someone—whether they were evil or not—to be frozen then left to rot. How long can one stay frozen? Certainly not forever. I remember how weak I felt when I was unfrozen, and that was only after a few months. What were the consequences of being unfrozen after several more months...or years...?

I was never one for revenge. No bitter hate ever drove me or my emotions. But if I ever see the Titans again...or Jinx... it will not be on good terms. Though, I hope I don't see them any time soon. Especially not in this condition. I would rather not be made into a villain popsicle again.

How long would it take for me to recover from this? Certainly Blackfire won't need to wait until I'm completely healed. That weakness I felt...and still feel...from being unfrozen haunts me worse than anything I experienced. The longer I wait to unfreeze my friends, the weaker they will be when they are finally free.

Maybe even too weak to live...

I shook my head free of those thoughts. They put a sinking feeling in my stomach and I had enough to worry about. Positives. Think of the positives...not exactly my strong point, but better than sitting here worrying about things I can't do anything about.

Okay then...positives...positives...What were the positives? Well, I'm not dead. That's pretty positive I'd bet...and...uh...There was at least one survivor from the base...so not complete warehouse inhabitant genocide then...and...That's it? No, I'm sure there was something else...something—

A sudden knock at my door broke me from my thinking. Instinctively, I tried to sit up, but my body was quick to protest and I quickly fell back down on the bed with a silent groan.

"Uh...Wykkyd?" See-More's tentative voice called from the other side of the door. "Can I come in?"

For the next few seconds, all was quiet. See-More waiting patiently behind the door while I patiently waited for the wires to cross. Finally, I heard him let out a quick "Oh, yeah!" of realization.

"Sorry about that. I'll just take the silence as a 'yes'," See-More said as he slowly pushed open the door. I squinted at the light that poured from the hallway.

"Sorry!" See-More apologized again, quickly closing the door behind him. "That light is probably bothering you..."

I then listened for the next few seconds as See-More stumbled around the pitch black room before he finally came to a stop.

"Ok, hold on, need to turn on my night vision," My fellow villain-in-arms announced. I then heard the familiar twisting of dials before seeing his eye glow a dull green. The small pupil flitted around the room before resting on me.

"Man, first time in your room. Guess I'm not all that surprised to see no chairs or anything in here."

I shrugged in response.

"No worries, though," See-More said as I watched as the glowing eye fell closer towards the ground. "I've got no problems with sitting."

Silence once again crept into the room as we both sat there. I watched See-More's pupil drift around the room, occasionally glancing in my direction. I was about to attempt to get up again, figuring See-More must have come in here to bring me to the others, when I heard a subtle clearing of a throat.

"So...Blackfire told me what happened back there," the optical criminal began. I watched as his pupil rested back on me. "Mammoth, Gizmo, and Billy and most of the other H.I.V.E guys are frozen alive. And with Brother Blood locked up in jail, it's not like they would be free anytime soon. But then you're freed and bam! In no time flat you save me from that weird dimension thing! Now we can team up, just like the old days, and save the rest of our partners in crime!"

I regarded the glowing eye with a vague expression. I wouldn't say I exactly saved him from anything; I wasn't even sure where See-More had disappeared to. Though, it was true that things should be a lot easier now. See-More and I had always worked pretty well together, from robbing banks to trying to catch Kid Flash.

"Man, I wish I could have been there! I might have been able to stop them...or at least helped you guys escape."

I could only shake my head in disagreement. Nothing could have stopped Kid Flash. I didn't remember much from that final battle, but I did remember him...and Jinx.

"Yeah, I guess I wouldn't have made much of a difference. But what happened down there anyways? Not even Blackfire knows why an entire army of super villains managed to get captured like that! Fixit and Red-X weren't there either apparently so I'm completely lost here man!"

I shrugged hopelessly. Even if I could tell him, it wasn't like I was able to.

"You know, Kyd Wykkyd, it's cool and mysterious and all that you can't talk. But it makes it really annoying to try and have a conversation with you."

At that, I gave the glowing eye a harsh glare. I could almost see the smile in his eye.

"Hey, relax, I was only joking!" The eye then rose back up into the air. "So, you able to stand? Blackfire wanted me to come get you so we can start...'planning'. Heh. She's almost as bad as Jinx, am I right?"

I shuddered at that name and wordlessly lifted one very sore leg from my bed. I cringed slightly as it touched the ground.

"Need some help?" See-More asked. I looked up and nearly jumped out of the bed when I realized how close the glowing eye had gotten. I quickly shook my head and forced another leg off the bed. With a large intake of breath, I threw myself off the bed and into a standing position.

My body cried out in protest almost immediately and threatened to give out on me when a firm hand gripped my shoulder. I looked over it to see the glowing, smiling eye. "C'mon, I'll let you lead the way."

I let out an irritated huff, but allowed See-More to help support me with his hand as I made my way to the door. I squinted through the light as it slid open. Like it had been weeks since I had last seen it.

"Two weeks, to be precise," a stoic voice responded as we stepped into the hallway. I peered through the bright hallway lights to see Fixit, in his true form, standing nearby. His unblinking eyes regarding me with a flicker of amusement.

"First time being shot?" he asked, as confusion clearly showed through my face. "Your body took longer than expected to heal through the wounds. I can only imagine how long the mental anguish will take to heal."

I raised a brow at that. As far as I could tell, my mental state seemed as abnormal as ever.

"Oh...Fery interesting." Fixit spoke, seemingly to himself, as he stared into my eyes. Standing there, with the strange android staring so intensely, I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, hey there, Fixit!" See-More greeted as he peered around me. "Is Blackfire still waiting? I got Kyd Wykkyd up and ready to go."

"So I see," Fixit responded with a nod to him. He then turned around. "She's waiting in the briefing room. Please follow me."

The briefing room turned out to be our old kitchen. The black orb was floating near the fridge and Red-X was leaning casually against a counter. Both looked over in our direction as we entered.

"So, Sleeping Beauty finally decides to grace us with his presence." Red-X said, smile in his voice as he stood up from the counter. "Do you know how long you've kept us waiting?"

"Two weeks, zero days, zero hours, two minutes, and twenty-nine seconds," Fixit responded without missing a beat.

The room fell silent as we regarded him, blank faces decorating the room.

"Right...that long," Red-X muttered, folding his arms and leaning back against the counter.

"Anyways," Blackfire spoke up, the floating robot turning back towards me. "Kyd Wykkyd, if you are up to it, I have another thing I would like to have you do for me."

The collar felt uncomfortably tight as she spoke this. I looked up into the floating orb's red lens, to show that I was listening.

"It has recently come to my attention that we might run into some trouble before we can begin the next phase of my plan...unless we do proper surveillance, first."

I strangely had this suspicion that by we she meant me.

"Hold on, what do you mean by trouble?" See-More asked, stepping up beside me. "You mean the Titans?"

"In a matter of speaking, yes," Blackfire replied. Earning confused looks from both See-More and I.

"The Titan's have expanded their little crime fighting group," Red-X spoke up. "While you two were busy being captured, I had front row seats to the showing of Professor Light getting the crap kicked out of him by every do-gooder you can think of, and many that I didn't even know did good."

"The Teen Titans are much larger than you last remember," Fixit continued, stepping around us/ "Which means they are much more of a threat. Now, while its highly unlikely that they are still fighting as one massive team within the city, it will do us good to know which ones still remain. That's where, I believe, you come in, Kyd Wykkyd."

"We need you to search the city, thoroughly," Blackfire ordered. She then paused, which couldn't help but worry me, because I knew she was not finished giving orders. "And once you have done that, I need you to search the Titans Tower."

I felt my entire body grow cold. The pain in my limbs no longer mattered to me.

"Whoa there! Are you crazy?!" See-More exclaimed, stepping in front of me. "You can't send Kyd Wykkyd into their tower! They'll capture him before he can even step a foot inside!"

"Their tower's defenses may be enough to keep a common thief like Red-X away," Blackfire replied, earning a huff from the thief. "But the Titan's virtually have no experience with Wykkyd's powers and if, by chance, they do remember anything of him it will be the delusional idea that he's safely sealed away in a frozen prison."

"I...I guess that makes sense," See-More said, unsurely. He then looked over to me. "Well, Kyd, are you okay with breaking into our archrivals base?"

I looked at him like he had two eyes. No, I wasn't okay with this. There was so much that could go wrong, and I knew firsthand what can happen if you underestimate the Titans. The cold chill refused to leave my body; it was almost like I was back in my frozen prison again.

"If you cannot go through with this then we cannot move forward with the plan. And if we cannot move forward with the plan..." Blackfire warned, and just then the collar felt a lot colder than my body when I heard the dark intentions behind her warning. I knew what power she had over me, but for a split moment I wondered if death would be better than a run in with the Titans.

After a few seconds of silence, I slowly nodded my head.

"You're really...You're really going to do it?" See-More pressed. I nodded again, refusing to look up from the ground. "Well, if he's going than I'm going."

"Excuse me?" Blackfire questioned. I too looked over at the cyclopes with confusion.

"Well...yeah, Wykkyd and I are partners in crime after all," See-More said, sounding slightly nervous with all eyes on him. "And besides, I could help a lot with hunting down Titans by using my newly repaired eye."

"This city isn't your playground anymore, kid," Red-X reminded See-More. "If Robin or any of his pals see you, you're as good as jail bait."

"I believe I might have a solution to that," Fixit spoke up. Fishing inside his robe, he soon produced two rings.

"Uh...what good are these things?" See-More asked as Fixit placed them in his hands. "They don't even look valuable."

"They are souvenirs from the Teen Titan, Cyborg," the stoic android replied looking down at them, almost affectionately. "And, with the help of Blackfire, I managed to make the necessary repairs to use them to disguise myself as a normal human being, as they were originally intended for. If I'm not mistaken, it should do the same for you."

"Whoa...really?!" See-More exclaimed, his eye brightening with wonder.

"Give it a try," Fixit offered. "Simply slip one on each middle finger, and then touch them together with your fists."

"Ok, cool!" See-More replied, eagerly slipping on the rings. Blackfire, Red-X, and I watched on in silent wonder as he brought his hands back, fingers curling into fists. "Here goes nothing!"

The cyclopes then smashed his fists together. A bright light filled the room and I was forced to shield my eyes. Though as quickly as it appeared, it vanished. I peered from the cover of my cape to see a stranger standing where See-More once stood. He wore a white, long sleeved shirt with a familiar green eye symbol on the chest with white pants and black shoes. He had short, cropped black hair and a pair of bright green eyes.

"Er...how do I look?" the boy asked me. I was almost shocked when I realized the boy sounded exactly like See-More.

"See for yourself," Fixit said, pulling out a small mirror from his robes. See-More turned and then froze when he caught his reflection. He remained that way for several seconds before letting out a whoop of delight followed by his familiar laugh.

"No way! This is unbelievable!" See-More cried out, snatching the mirror from Fixit's hands and gazing into it. He felt both eyes on his face. "Man, they feel so real! This is so awesome!"

"Yes, well, when you are finished admiring yourself, I believe you and Kyd Wykkyd have something to do," Blackfire spoke up above all of See-More's laughs and cries of delight.

"Oh!" the teenaged villain said with a gasp, looking around as if realizing we were here for the first time. "Right. Er, here's your mirror back Fixit..."

"Thank you, See-More," the android replied, an amused smile on his face. "You simply need to remove the rings to revert back to your original self, which you will need to do if you ever wish to switch what vision you are on, or weapon, or what have you."

"Right...Right..." See-More said absentmindedly, still tracing the outlines of his eyes with the tips of his fingers.

"I trust you will be able to keep him out of trouble," Blackfire said to me. I looked over at the strange boy with See-More's voice as he rubbed his hands over his eyes, wide smile on his face.

The only response I could give to Blackfire was a hopeless shrug.