Robin: I had no idea Red X would pose such a threat.
In the kitchen, he is addressing the other Titans. Starfire, seated on the counter, is clipping the red gunk out of a very annoyed Beast Boy's hair. Raven's back is to the camera, y/n is trying to ry the X off her face.Robin: I should've been there.
Beast Boy: You bet you should've been there. Look what he did to my 'do! I'm looking at two months of bad hair days!
Quick pan to Raven, whose face is now seen to still have that big red X plastered across it. She glares and cusses him out as best she can behind the gag. He and Starfire smile cautiously.
Beast Boy: I don't know, Raven. That's kind of a good look for you.
Cyborg reaches into view to pry up a corner of the X.
Cyborg: Hold still... y/n... on three.
Raven's eyes went wide in ear as she realised what the two were going to try.
Cyborg: One- three!
As Beast Boy and Starfire brace for the inevitable, they rip the thing away with one swift jerk. The two onlookers scream in sympathetic pain; cut to Raven. A vivid red imprint has been left on her face, and she holds her lips pressed together as two ghostly images of her pop out to either side and scream through gritted teeth. They recede after a moment.
Raven: Ow.
The imprint fades.
Raven: Even if you had been there, it wouldn't have made any difference.
Cyborg: Dude knew exactly how to bring each of us down. I guarantee he had a gadget with your name on it.
y/n: It's almost as if he lived with us his whole life.
Of course Robin is the only one to catch the hidden message behind this and was slightly irked by y/n' hostility.
Starfire: Agreed. You need not feel guilt. We are undamaged.
Beast Boy: Hel-lo?
Starfire: Mostly undamaged. And we are all eager to learn what you have discovered about Slade.
Robin: Nothing. Lead was a dead end. I should get back to work.
He turns away. Cut to the other five Titans, who watch in concern as the side door is heard closing to mark his exit. Dissolve to the exterior of Tower, at night, and cut to inside the operations center. The door opens to admit the five in a rush; Beast Boy's hair is back to normal.
Cyborg: Okay, Robin, what's the...
All stop and look around.
Starfire: Robin?
No Robin, no villains, no nothing. Cut to near the couch; they proceed slowly into view.
Starfire: Robin?
Beast Boy: You mean Captain Research? Ah, he's probably filling out note cards at the public library.
He yawns expansively.
Robin: I was.
Robin is on speaker. These two words startle the daylights and a short scream out of him. Cut to behind the four; Robin's face is on the window/screen.
Robin: But then I spotted Red X pulling a robbery in the tech sector.
Cut to them, panning from Raven to Beast Boy on the next line. He has fallen asleep on his feet and is snoring loudly.
