Beast Boy couldn't believe his luck. Here he was with the tower all to himself and he had no idea what to do.
Video games? Nah. Cleaning? Hell no. Tofu record breaking? Maybe another time.
"Gee. What do I do?" Thinking maybe his room may provide some inspiration he happily made his way to his messy sanctuary.
On his way to his room he stopped when he saw three familiar super powered kids running through the hall with a giant teddy bear carrying them on its shoulders. They were Whooping and hollering and having a merry ol time, causing him to remember why they were here.
"Crud, that's right. Raven was babysitting." He muttered. He counted Melvin, Timmy, Teether and Bobby, but no Raven. Taking a closer look he also noted that they were dressed with white and black striped shirts with black masks covering their eyes. They looked sort of like how a child would imagine a robber would be in the old days.
The group came to a stop in front of the Changeling. "Hey Beast Boy!" Melvin greeted.
He gave a small wave. "What, uh, whatcha guys doing?"
"Cops and robbers!" Timmy shouted. "We the robbers!"
It suddenly made sense. "Oh I get it! And you guys are looting the tower?" He asked playfully.
"Yup! Loot! Loot! Loot!" Timmy shouted again.
Beast Boy couldn't help but laugh. "Did you guys just have those outfits on hand?"
"Nope. I imagined them." Melvin explained. "And Ravens costume too."
That reminded him. "Where is Raven?"
Teether, unable to talk, pointed behind them, but Timmy responded. "Cop out of the way while we loot!"
Beast Boy appreciated that he was still in character even if the statement was concerning. "Uh, what does that mean?"
Melvin motioned for him to follow, "We'll show you." He followed them back to Ravens room and stepped down off of Bobby. "The copper is in here." Melvin opened the door before shrieking, "now what do you think your doing?"
Beast Boy's eyes went as large as softballs in sheer disbelief.
As Melvin had imagined costumes for herself and her brothers, she had done the same for Raven. She was dressed in a cop outfit that he recognized as officer Jenny from the Pokémon show. Blue Short sleeved button up shirt with blue skirt, a hat, and black heels. That wasn't too surprising as Melvin may have seen the outfit on TV. What he didn't expect was the situation she was in.
As per typical "babysitter playing cops and robbers" trope, Raven had been tied up with rope wrapping around her arms, ankles, knees, and hands behind her back, complete with a rag wrapped around her mouth. She was at her dresser digging for something when Melvin pulled her away and sat her on the edge of her bed.
"Trying to escape are we?" Melvin ripped a pair of scissors out of Ravens hands. "Nice try copper!"
Raven narrowed her eyes, but then went rigid when she saw that Beast Boy was now standing in her room with his mouth on the floor in astonishment. If looks could kill he'd be a deadman by now as she glared at him with malice, but then melted into a sort of pleading stare. She grunted beneath her gag, instructing him to do something, but he couldn't make it out.
Beast Boy being, well, Beast Boy, had the idea to play around with her. "Sorry Rae I can't understand you. Can you speak up?" Hell fire burned in her purple irises and with a stomp or her feet, told him this was no laughing matter. "Hey guys I think your captive needs a drink of water."
The kids thought for a moment and decided it was a good idea. All three took off for the kitchen leaving Beast Boy to laugh as hard as he was able.
"I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm sorry Rae! It's just how-how-how did this happen?" She narrowed her eyes again. "Oh right."
He pulled the cloth from between her teeth and she spat a damp rag from her mouth. "I'm going to kill them," she snarled, "and then I'll kill you!"
"Me! What'd I do!?"
"I don't know!" She yelled out of more frustration than anger, "Just untie me!"
He took a step back. "Oh no. I let you go and you'll throw me out the window."
She appeared as if she wanted to yell, but seeing as his fears might be well founded, she decided to take a few deep breaths to calm herself. "I promise. I won't hurt you. Now Please. Untie me."
Something else occurred to him. "Why don't you untie yourself."
She moved herself so that she could show him her bound hands behind her back, wiggling her fingers to show him a silver ring. "This ring blocks my powers for a time. Just enough so that I obviously can't get myself out."
He nodded. "Okay, now I have to know how these kids did this to you?"
She rolled her eyes as she repositioned herself so that she was facing him. "They wanted to play cops and robbers like on TV. I thought what's the harm, they're kids right? Melvin imagined up some outfits and we started playing. I chased them, without my powers to make it fair, and they caught me." She struggled against the ropes. "If I had known they would do this to me I would have said 'no way'. It's not funny."
Beast boy clamped a hand over his mouth to fight his giggles. "It's a little funny. I mean, super hardcore Raven bested by some kids."
She leapt from her bed so that she was now inches from his face. "Untie. Me. Now." Unfortunately with her ankles and knees tied together, she wobbled a bit before collapsing into his arms.
He laughed. "I always knew I'd make you weak in the knees."
"You say another word—agh!" He lifted her off the ground and walked her back to her bed.
"Come on Rae, it's not every day I get the chance to save you. Besides," he leaned closer to her so that his warm breath tickled her nose. Now knowing her powers wouldn't throw him into a different dimension he was brave enough to repeat something he had said a long time ago. "This IS kind of a good look for you."
He noticed an ever so slight shiver run down her spine as she went red faced with both embarrassment and anger. But if he thought she couldn't give as good he did, he was dead wrong. He thought he noticed a small quick of her lip before She moved forward until her lips grazed his pointed ear.
"Oh please rescue me, my big strong hero." She dragged out each word to make sure his skin was now glistening from the heat coming off of her breath making him go stiff, and not just in his back.
"And what do you think you're doing?" He turned around to see the kids staring daggers at him for ruining their game.
"Come on guys," Raven called over her shoulder, "playtime is o—"
"You caught me!" Beast Boy raised his hands in the air, letting Raven know that the game was far from over.
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"Awe come on Rae, this isn't sommmph."
"No talking." Melvin ordered as she stuffed a rag between his teeth. Melvin had changed up the game, imagining two chairs in Raven's room. Both Titans had been bound and gagged to the chairs back to back. Instead of tying their hands behind the chairs, they were tied in front and to their laps to keep from untying each other.
They were clever little buggers.
"You couldn't have just untied me when I asked." Seeing as how the two had been gagged, Raven had opened a mind link between them.
"Awe come on. Let them have their fun. This isn't so bad." He wriggled his wrists. "Geez where did these kids learn to tie like this?" Raven rolled her eyes as the kids left the two by themselves. "Did they just leave us?"
"I told them they couldn't loot in my room." With wide eyes he watched as Raven walked in front of him, showing him the ring in the palm of her outstretched hand. "By the way, this has a time limit." She tossed the ring aside and leaned closer to the now captive Beast Boy. "You know what," she whispered huskily. "This is a good look for you."
