Beast boy figured it out, Robin was insane. It explained so much. The reason he always wore a mask, or why he was an obsessive butt whenever Slade or anything pertaining to him was mentioned, or when he couldn't tell that the Tameranian was head over heels for him, why he seemed to enjoy training at ungodly hours of the morning…You know little things. A snarl escaped his overly happy, unusually hyper face. Remembering the cage Robin had been oh sogracious to let him out of.

Everytime he walked in a room, he could smell Robins uncertainty, his disbelief that Beast boy could handle something that powerful without being put into a cage, or being forcefully strapped down. Oh-Robin hid it well enough, but his scent gave him away. Beast boy wasn't an empath like Raven, but he could tell the emotions of a person, and the fact that Robin didn't believe that he could handle anything that wasn't a cheesy joke or stupid punch line was….insulting.

He growled at the bots in the training course, shifting forms, letting his face morph into a snout, and his hands lengthen into long elegant paws. His wolf form was one of his favorites, and he couldn't use it as much as he liked, but oh well. The things a hero has to sacrifice.

He lunged at the bot clamping his powerful jaws down hard, and hearing the satisfying crunch of dented metal. He jumped off, and dodged an oncoming beam of fire. He sighed dismally, and morphed into a hawk, and blinked as his whole perception changed, and the world zoomed into piercing clarity. He jumped into the air, and flew several hundred feet above the training grounds, and did a swift three-sixty dive bombing at an alarming speed towards the course, wings tucked in.

In a split second he changed shapes before he hit the laser bot, and his feathers shrank into finely striped pelt. He extended his claws and brought them all the way through the machine, before he switched to a different feline, and as a cheetah he raced to the end of the course, and turned off the program. He felt better, maybe now he won't be tempted to shred Robin….maybe.

Beast boy entered the hallway, and Cyborg's scent drifted to him. He glanced up, and there he was staring at him quizzically. "Dude since when do you train…"He checked his arm, one of the many gadgets on there had to be a clock. "At two pm, I mean seriously, usually we have to threaten or blackmail you to train."

Beast boy gave a casual shrug. "Since Robin decided training was the greatest thing since tofu, and decided if I'm doing something else it could be…what was the word he used…counterproductive…and I absolutely refuse to get bathroom duty again because wonder boy has a stick up his butt."

Cyborg grimaced in sympathy. "Look B, I know Robins been running you ragged, keeping you busy, and you know… basically making your life hell, but he's just worried about you, you know?"

He snorted. Yeah. Worried. That's not the word he was thinking of.

Cyborg suddenly smiled. Big. Beast boy flinched, and an equally large smile forced its way onto his face. What was he thinking and what poor sucker was his victim?

"Cy what-"

He was cut off by the emergency signal.

It was a new villain, completely new, unheard of new, like where the hell did you crawl out off you freak in spandex new. The guy had went in and out of a chemical lab, and we couldn't tell what he'd taken, but we were gonna find out.

We followed him over buildings, he moved with skill and grace… and a sneer that was pissing me off.

Robin on his cycle was getting steamed. This guy was fast, and if we didn't catch him there was gonna be hell to pay. Starfire and Cyborg were fine, and I was assuming Rae was too. He stopped…Why? What villain stops with five opponents on his tail. Whatever lets just take this moron down I wanna go home.

The thief turned and faced us, he was masked….huh, big surprise. He was covered in a bout of silver and black, and he had a pair of wicked looking gauntlets. You could tell he was smirking even with the mask.

"So you're the Titans…I thought you were you gonna be you know…challenging.

"And we thought you were gonna be… you know more malicious, and less…gay."

Oh yes Raven was in a good mood. The thief frowned. "You're really mouthy for a chick."

Beast boy didn't have to scent the air to know Raven was pissed. "Call me a chick again, and I'll personally shove my foot-"

"Raven." Robin was giving a warning, Beast boy could understand. If Raven actually did loose her temper, which rarely happened any more. This guy would find out that no force on earth would help him.

" Friend thief would you consider 'the turning yourself in' to the police?"Starfire questioned hopefully.

Thief man laughed. "Not a chance babe. Would you consider going out with me?"

He heard Robin growl angrily, and Beast boy groaned. He had to go there didn't he?.

"Titans go."

The guy smiled eerily, as we all attacked. This couldn't be good. I turned into a lion, and lunged, and Starfire fired bolts. Raven held him down, and Cy shot sonic blasts at him, and Robin threw yellow disks. There was a huge eruption, and Beast boy was thrown back, and Dude the ground hurt!

Beast boy rolled, and peered through the smoke. The thief was standing there, smirking, unscratched, and completely fine. Bastard.

His laugh echoed through the air. "You guys have entered into a game in which you can't win, except by losing. After all if I have all your powers, all your skills how do you hope to win."

He smiled cynically before going through a change. His hands lengthened into claws, and his eyes slitted dangerously. He had turned into a panther.

Robin wasted no time, and rushed him. He flew into a round house kick, and was met by a sharp pair of claws. They made a jagged slash across his chest, and would hurt like hell later. Robin crouched and kicked out with his legs, and was knocked back by a mechanical arm. The asshole had copied Cyborg too. Robin was beginning to see the point. How were they gonna beat this guy?

Raven reached out with her powers wrapping them around him, and was met by a backlash of power, not her own, and got knocked out. Starfire's starbolts were sent back at her. This was freakin ridiculous. How were they suppose to beat someone when they couldn't get a hit in.

Beast boy had stopped attacking all together, and was watching the fight critically. They couldn't win. Shit.

Robin snarled in anger, and was about to lunge again, but was knocked over by a blur of green.

"Get the hell off of me Beast boy."

"No" Beast boy looked at the others who were looking at him in astonishment. "We can't finish this."

Robin was livid by now. "Beast boy he's going to get away."

"Let him."

The thief himself interrupted. "Well what do you know? One out of five has sense. Well it's been fun, but we're gonna have to play later…hmm. You know…when bird boy grows a brain."

A black aura surrounded him, and he was gone.

Beast boy watched with narrowed eyes, and slowly let Robin up, who deliberately turned his back to him.

"We're going back to the tower." His voice was ice.

Later

They had gotten back, and Raven was taken to the medical bay, and was being monitored by Cyborg. Robin hadn't said a word the whole way back, and as soon as they did get back everyone magically disappeared but Robin and Beast boy.

"You let him go."

Beast boy rolled his eyes. "Yes, and if you had been thinking straight you would've too."

"I was thinking straight. I was thinking we should capture this guy, and send him to jail where he belongs, but you wanted to be the coward you are and retreat."

Beast boy looked at him disbelievingly. "You have the gall to call me a coward. I faced a freaking demon from hell with this team, I beat the brotherhood of evil. No thanks to you. I faced you when you decided that being an obsessive freak is cool. I would die before abandoning this team out of cowardice, and yet the only one who has a problem believing that is you."

Robin's face darkened considerably. "And you wonder why that is. You act like an untrustworthy idiot, with less than half a brain. You're incredibly fickle, and all you care about is making a nuisance out of yourself. You don't pull through when we actually need it. You're weak, and unpredictable. The only time you've actually shown potential was when you didn't have control."

Beast boy stared at Robin, seething in anger. " You know what Robin if I'm such a problem why did you even let me on the team?"

Robin glared back. "A small lapse in judgement. One that I'm fixing right now. Your off the team. Give me your commnicater." He held his hand out.

Beast boy shook his head, and took it out dropping it in his hand. "Regardless, I'm staying till Rae wakes up."