Robin's motorcycle tore through the streets of Jump city, speedily interweaving between all of the car's and frightened people. The driver's masked eyes constantly switched from his surroundings to the radar that was integrated with his bike. He gripped the handle bars even tighter as he continued the search.

It had been almost two weeks since Beastboy had gone missing, and almost a week since Jinx and Kid Flash vanished. After several heated arguments, he finally allowed Cyborg to call in Titan's East for assistance in the search, though it would still be several more days before they would arrive, and Robin couldn't help but feel that they were already too late. Not that he would dare voicing his beliefs to the rest of his team.

Cyborg already wouldn't talk to him anymore unless they were arguing. Robin let it slide simply because he knew his friend was more angry with himself then he was at his leader. More than once Robin had accused Cyborg of being the one who let Beastboy get taken away, only to regret it an instant later. The girls were taking it all slightly better besides the fact that Raven spent almost every day locked up in her room now and Starfire's smiles came a lot less frequently with next to no brightness to them.

As Robin continued to search, he forced himself to push back his own worries. He had to get Beastboy back, not just for himself, but for the rest of his family.

"Starfire, any sign of Beastboy and the others?" Robin asked, slowing down slightly so he could pull out his communicator.

"I fear not, Robin. I have searched the entirety of the city and there is no sign of friend Beastboy, Jinx, or Kid Flash," Starfire immediately replied, and Robin couldn't help but note the tone of panic in the back of her voice.

"Can you check with Cyborg and see if Raven has come out of her room yet?"

"I had just done so moments before you called. Cyborg says that Raven will not even answer when he knocks on her door or calls her. Oh, Robin! What if Raven has been stolen from us as well?!"

"Raven hasn't been stolen, Starfire," Robin quickly assured, gritting his teeth at the sound of his girlfriend's distress. "She just isn't handling this very well..."

"I fear I am not handling this very well either," Starfire replied solemnly.

"I know, Starfire. I don't think I am either."

"Robin. Starfire." Cyborg cut in, his face replacing Starfire's on Robin's communicator, his expression matched his voice. Full of seriousness and concern. "I need you both to come back to the tower. Beastboy, Jinx, and Kid Flash are here, and they brought friends."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Robin retorted, the relieved feeling vanishing almost immediately as Cyborg's face remained cold.

"Just hurry back."

Cyborg's face then vanished, revealing a very troubled looking Starfire.

"Robin..."

"I'll see you there, Starfire," Robin replied before shutting off his communicator.

...

Robin and Starfire reached their beloved island in a matter of minutes, mostly spurred on by the Tameranian's joyfulness masked over by anticipation. Even before they landed, they could see the small group of people standing before the Titan's Tower while Cyborg stood right outside the entrance, facing them.

"Land us right behind them," Robin said to Starfire. His girlfriend only nodded in response, her emerald eyes focused on the small group.

"They have Beastboy and our friends..." she breathed, panic at the edge of her voice.

"It's okay, Starfire. We'll get them back," Robin assured as Starfire placed him and his motorcycle on the ground.

"Well, well, the Titan's brave leader arrives at last. And he brought my dearest sister with him," a voice strangely familiar, yet robotic welcomed the two.

"Blackfire!" Starfire exclaimed, peering into the small group. "I hear you, but I do not see you!"

"Yes, it is I, sister," a large, black, and round android with a glowing red lens announced as it floated from the group to stand before the two Titans. "Blackfire. Though, regrettably, not in the flesh."

"I am confused. How has my sister become a floating robot?"

"A minor set-back. One that is soon to be rectified."

"Blackfire, we are only going to warn you once. Release Beastboy and the others, before we make you release them," Robin swore as his eyes scanned the group. He recognized a few, like Red-X and See-More, but while he knew he had seen the two draped in black before he couldn't place exactly where. But his thoughts and focus were held when his eyes fell upon Beastboy, Kid Flash and Jinx. They simply stood there, backs to him, motionless and calm.

"Oh, Robin, as bold and heroic as always. And here I was hoping you had grown up a little as well." The robot laughed before the red lens fixed completely on him. "But as for releasing your friends...I'm afraid they do not want to be released."

The black android then turned to the taller of the two dressed in black, who simply nodded before a thundering force of red and yellow blurs collided with Robin. The Titan's leader let out a shock of surprise as he flew through the air. He could hear Starfire call out to him until she was quickly cut off by a surprised yell of her own.

With the grace of an acrobat, Robin made sure he landed on his hands so he could flip himself back to his feet. Though, no sooner had he done so, then another powerful blow struck him in the back, effectively knocking the wind out of him. The Boy Wonder hit the ground with gasping coughs. He tried reaching for something useful in his belt, only to feel a gush of wind one second and feeling the emptiness of all the pouches on his utility belt the next. Feeling a sudden sense of fear, Robin looked up to see Starfire wrestling with a very large, green boa constrictor as it wrapped around her body. Robin knew that Starfire could force her way out of its grasp, but he also knew that she wouldn't do it if it was going to hurt Beastboy.

"Starfire...hold on," Robin breathed, trying to push himself up only to have a boot fall against his back and keep him against the ground. With a groan of pain, Robin looked up past his shoulder to see Kid Flash standing over him, face expressionless and eyes red and glowing.

"What have you done to Beastboy and Kid Flash? Answer me!" Robin heard Cyborg cry out. He looked over to see his fried pointing his cannon at the taller man in black.

"The same thing I did to Jinx. I am in control of their minds. They do as I say," the man replied in a stoic voice.

"Why are you doing this, Fixit? You're supposed to be on our side. You're supposed to be one of the good guys!" Cyborg demanded, his human eye full of fury and confusion.

"I am on no one's side," Fixit replied with a hint of anger, and suddenly Robin remembered. He remembered the man who kidnapped Cyborg and tried to fix the human part of him, until he was shown the goodness of humanity, until the Teen Titan's fixed his ways... "I am only looking after myself. That is what you truly taught me when you left me to fend for myself in the real world. That is what I was left with when I was shunned from humanity...again."

"Fixit...I swear I didn't know..." Cyborg insisted, lowering his arm slightly. "If you just let our friends go, I promise we will take care of you...We can help-."

"No," Fixit responded, gripping Jinx by the hair and holding her up before the Titan. "I do not want any more help from a Titan. What I was is your ship, I want to free Blackfire, and I want to see you suffer for what you did to me."

Fixit then threw Jinx towards Cyborg who immediately let out an array of pink whips of energy. With a cry of fury, Cyborg shot out a blast from his arm. Two forces collided in a powerful explosion before Robin heard his friend let out a cry of pain. As the smoke cleared, the Boy Wonder watched as the metal man stood there in shock for a moment before both his arms exploded from their sockets.

"Run into a little...bad luck?" Jinx teased in a half-Jinx-half Fixit voice as she walked up behind him and sent a kick into the side of his head, bringing the half-teen half-robot down.

"CYBORG!" Robin cried out, struggling under Kid Flash's foot and, in a fit of rage, grabbed the teen's ankle and twisted his own body so he ended up on top of the speedster.

"Snap out of it, Kid Flash!" Robin screamed into his blank face. Kid Flash merely looked up at Robin for a moment before beginning to vibrate at immediate and incredible speeds. Before the Boy Wonder knew it, he was on his feet screaming in pain as his now exposed palms burned from the friction. His screams were cut off by another whoosh of air and he was back on the ground, bound in a very tight rope around his torso and ankles. Immediately, he tried activating the knife on his glove, only to find both gloves missing.

"Looking for these?" Kid Flash taunted with a mixture of Fixit's voice as he waved Robin's gloves at him, his half smile twisted into a sneer.

"Beastboy, please release me!" Starfire pleaded with the snake wrapping around her. "Robin and I are your friends! Cyborg is your friend! Please stop this!"

"I'm afraid Beastboy can't hear you, my dearest sister," Blackfire informed as the robot floated towards the two wrestling Titans. "Or, as far as Fixit is concerned, he doesn't want to hear you. I guess you will just have to...hurt him a little if you wish to free yourself."

"I will never!" Starfire cried back.

"I see," her sister said with a sigh. "You haven't grown much, either."

"Kyd Wykkyd, Red-X, check the Tower. There is still one more Titan that we need to deal wi--"

"You will release my friends. Now," Raven hissed as she slowly floated down from the tower, her eyes glaring dangerously at the small group.

"Ah, speak of the devil," Blackfire commented with a laugh. "Boys, be sure not to let her finish her mantra. I assure you, nothing good will come of it."

"Azeroth, Metrion, Zin--"

"Now!" Blackfire yelled, and while See-More already had his hand on his dial, he wasn't as fast as his cloaked companions.

"I got it!" Red-X called as soon as Kyd Wykkyd had vanished. Pointing his palm at the sorceress, he fired out a giant red X...right before Kyd Wykkyd reappeared directly in front of Raven. The red X connected perfectly with his back, sending him into Raven and sending them both into the ground as the X twisted around them.

"Whoops..." the thief muttered.

"Kyd Wykkyd!" See-More cried out as he raced towards the fallen figures. "Are you okay...?"

But See-More's question trailed off as he slowly began to realize what his eye was showing him. Kyd Wykkyd was pressed firmly against Raven, from their feet up to their...

"No matter how hard it may be...do not release your lips from hers," Blackfire warned, attempting a serious voice though the smile behind it was far from hidden. See-More and Red-X did their best to hide their growing laughter with little avail.

Kyd Wykkyd shot them his scariest look, but after Raven quickly got over her surprise her look became even scarier as she attempted to use what little room she had to free herself from the kiss. Kyd Wykkyd immediately reacted and pushed himself further against her, wincing slightly as their kiss became even deeper.

"This almost seems wrong to watch," Red-X said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"Yeah, I knew Kyd Wykkyd's first kiss was gonna be painful, but I didn't think it would be this bad!" See-More cried out and the two burst into laughter, placing an arm around each other's shoulders as if they had been the best of friends for years.

Kyd Wykkyd shot them another glare while doing his best to avoid Raven's increasingly reddening eyes.

"I do not mean to interrupt," Fixit cut in, suddenly behind the two laughing teens who let out their own cries of surprise. "But the Titans are properly subdued now, I believe it is time we make our way to the ship."

"Agreed," Blackfire replied with a nod of the android. "Have our captives keep their captives well occupied. Kyd Wykkyd...we'll be back when the ship is ready to go."

Kyd Wykkyd's look of surprise quickly changed to one of pleading. Red-X and See-More began snickering again.

"Don't run off and get married while we're gone," Red-X taunted as they walked into the tower, See-More's laughter following soon after.

...

This was worse than anything I had ever experienced before. Worse than all of those boring classes at H.I.V.E Academy, worse than always getting caught by the police, worse than bursting the heart of Cat Woman, and pretty much as bad as watching my best friend die.

It was a battle I was never trained to fight. I thought I had been twisted enough, been changed enough, to not have these kinds of problems anymore. But I was wrong...I was so, so wrong.

It was just a stupid teenage girl. A stupid Titan for that matter. I was just doing this to keep her mouth shut-- to keep her from using those dark powers from tearing us all to shreds. But here I was, body pressed so firmly against her soft one...Lips fitted so perfectly against hers...

Stop it!

Stop it stop it stop it stop it stop it stop it!

All I had to do was open my eyes and see those four red demon eyes glaring into me to know exactly what I was dealing with. But those eyes were scary, and it was very unsettling to look into them for too long. But when I closed my eyes all I could do was feel.

Oh, god.

My poor neglected hormones had it out for me now. I knew they did. Not kissing any one, not hugging or barely touching anyone for years. I thought I was above it, I thought I didn't need it. I thought killing my own teacher and seeing my best friend die was enough to no longer want such...stupid things anymore. I should have let it twist me more. There was still so much humanity left in me...Even after all those years...

But it was building now...All of those sexually repressed years...All that time ignoring the look and feel of a woman...I could feel it slowly rising...slowly beginning to take form. I pleaded to whoever would listen to me...Please...don't let her feel me...

You're Kyd Wykkyd.

It was a thought, but not my own thought, that echoed in my head. For a split moment I believed that Fixit was trying to talk to me, but the voice was far too feminine...

...Raven?

You catch on quick.

My heart began to beat even more rapidly in my chest. I slowly dared to open my eyes to see two large purple ovals replace the four red eyes.

What is this? Why are you in my head?

Because, despite my desire to kill you I'm afraid I can't do anything while in this state. So, I thought I might talk to the villain who stole away my first kiss.

I instantly felt an embarrassed blush that I quickly forced away. This was a Titan, a sworn enemy. It was merely my erratic hormones that were making me feel any sort of sympathy towards this person.

Believe me this was not my intention. Nor my desire.

Gee thanks, I'm so relived now.

We lay there glaring at each other for a few moments before I finally gave in and let out a sigh through my nose and closed my eyes.

Your breath stinks.

Immediately my eyes flew open again and renewed the glare.

Well yours tastes like three day old herbal tea.

Oh don't even get me started about the taste of your breath. Ever heard of the toothbrush? It's a pretty useful tool, even for a low life creep like you.

I just rolled my eyes before forcing them shut once again. She was just trying to get under my skin and I wasn't going to give her the satisfaction. Thankfully all the arguing helped with...other areas of my body. Though the longer we laid there in silence the more I felt myself having to battle with certain desires...like sticking my tongue in her mouth for one...

Why is your skin gray?

Her word's echoed in my head even before I could decide what to say to keep the conversation going. I hoped it would lead to more insulting.

Would you like me to say it's because I'm a creepy shut in like you?

And how would you even know that I'm a shut-in in the first place?

...Because you have gray skin?

No. I'm half-demon if you must know.

Being half-demon makes you have gray skin?

That and...being a shut-in.

I found it very hard not to smile at that point and quickly bit my tongue to wake myself up...unfortunately I bit it a little too hard.

What's that?

...what's what?

Don't play dumb, I taste something, something besides your rancid breath...What did you do?

I, er, bit my tongue.

Why?

...it was an accident.

...so what I'm tasting is...

Blood.

I watched as those two purple eyes widened in surprise and before I could even form another thought I felt Raven's tongue plunge through my lips. I felt myself become 100 pounds lighter and the breath taken from my lungs as her tongue explored my mouth. Subconsciously I felt my tongue press against hers and before long the two were wrestling with each other for control.

All the words, all the walls, everything I did to try to keep away the desires were suddenly pushed away as our kiss deepened. My heart stopped beating for a moment when I heard a soft moan escape from her mouth and I quickly realized that my desires had risen in more ways than one...

I would like to thank you.

I opened my eyes to see hers, half open and dreamy, gazing back at me. I could feel her lips form into a soft smile. This time I couldn't help but smile back.

For what?

It was then that I noticed that the red X that had us trapped together had turned a lot darker in color...In fact,  it was almost black...

For calming me down.

Then, all at once, our lips parted as the X shattered around our bodies. I found myself flying from the Titan's body as her soft lips cried out:

"Azeroth, Metrion, Zinthos!"

And I and all my emotions and hormones fell victim to the blackness, the smile still on my face.