Kitten was miserable.

There was no other way to describe the blonde teenage girl who wished she had a storm cloud floating over her head to emphasize her glum mood. Life was unfair, and love no longer existed in reality. All hope was crushed and nothing but scorn festered in her heart in the wake of the catastrophe that had transpired. What kind of tragedy would make someone so young just surrender to such negativity?

The one and only person she had ever loved with all of her heart iand soul, just broke up with her.

The nerve her ex-boyfriend had to break up with the one and only Kitten! After everything they had done together! What her selfish supervillain of a father had done for him! The walks, the dinners, and even helping breaking him out of jail. That jerk decided none of that matter and instead started robbing jewelry stores to buy the heart of some other tramp! Someone Kitten's ex had become smitten with at sight. How insulting! What could some random pretty face offer that Kitten couldn't?

A question that continued to pester the girl as she mindlessly wandered the aisles of the video rental store. With daddy busy on his latest scheme to take over the city and no time to spare for his daughter. Kitten was left to find another romance movie to pass the time while trying to figure out what she was going to do for a date to her junior prom tomorrow. A conundrum only made worse by her attention still being focused on the girl that was responsible for ruining her relationship. If she was here now, Kitten would claw her eyes out.

"No please! I don't need anymore trouble!" The girl behind the counter pleaded in fear while drawing the blonde's attention. Something that made Kitten carefully move closer to eavesdrop on the scene playing out nearby.

"What'd I do? I'm just returning Wicked Scary for the others. That's all I swear." Another girl dressed in a red hoodie and beanie reasoned with her back to Kitten. The rental held up in her hand to prove her point, while the clerk dove underneath the counter in fear. "Great...Raven said she wanted this movie out of the tower and I get stuck doing it. Screw it I'm leaving it here." she sighed setting the video on the counter. Turning to leave, emerald eyes met Kitten's blue ones with the latter's widening and then narrowing in recognition while her hands balled up into fists.

"YOU!" Kitten snarled.

"Me?" the girl blinked before Kitten threw a punch flying towards her face. "Whoa stop. What did I do?" she cried out while sidestepping with ease. "If it's about this store, don't blame me it was that other guy." She said continuing to avoid every attack sent her direction. "Will you please tell me what I did wrong?" she said before Kitten made an attempt to claw her eyes out, but instead grabbed her beanie off her head. In an instant a flash of rage sparked on her confused face and she threw a punch hard enough to make the blonde see stars after she hit the floor. "She attacked me first, Toxin and she touched the last thing he ever gave me." the other girl growled while talking to someone else and ripping her hat out Kitten's hand before stomping off.

As her eye began to swell up and her heart was filled with anger and rage...Kitten declared war!

-The Next Day-

"Why did it have to be this guy again?" Scarlet pondered as she was web swinging through the city, with Starfire and Beast Boy flying in front of her, and the others pursuing their target via the ground. Currently running across rooftops in an attempt to evade the heroes was none other than the spider mutant, Fang. Already on the streets again after the bank robbery earlier that month and stealing jewelry from a local store no less! Now Fang was booking it to evade the Teen Titans with his loot. What was suspicious, was the lack of quantity he had stolen. It couldn't have been more than a several handfuls, and he had to have been there long enough to take more. So why didn't he?

Whatever Fang's goal was, it certainly involved losing his pursuers. Beast Boy was the first to be subdued, thanks to web like substance that the mutant was capable of firing from his mandibles. The next to be taken out of the equation was Cyborg thanks to his car's windshield being covered by the same fluid and forcing him to hit the brakes. Then Starfire was slowed but not halted by the thief's persistence.

"Hold still!" Scarlet barked as she attempted to hurl a Spinner at one of his spider legs. Only to miss in the process as the disc bounced off the side of the building that Fang was running along side of. That was the fourth time she had missed such a close range target! While hitting targets on the ground was somewhat easier with Spinners, it became clear she had both a designer's flaw and issues with hitting moving targets while she was in motion as well.

"Scarlet let's fight web with web!" Toxin suggested as Scarlet released her webline and was now running along the same wall surface as Fang was. Abandoning his motorcycle below, Robin was closely following behind the two with his grappling hook as Fang switched between buildings in an attempt to lose them. Crawling up atop of one and leaping between rooftops in pursuit, Scarlet opened fire with globs of webbing to try and incapacitate him. Jumping to the next side of a building, leader and teammate continued to chase after him. Only for the spider-mutant to reel around and face both of them directly. Mandibles stretching wide, he sprayed both teens with a purple fluid before Toxin could alert Scarlet of what was to come. While Robin was simply paralyzed from the attack and fell to back to the ground, it had adverse effects on the other.

"SKREEEE!" Toxin instantly convulsed wildly upon contact, while Scarlet's body locked up. Traces of the host surfacing beneath the suit as the Symbiote was going haywire from the chemical attack. Scarlet remained attached to the vertical surface as she and Toxin attempted to regain control over themselves.

"Toxin, what's happening?" Scarlet's voice was a mixture of normal and the deep tone when in uniform as her mask continuously attempted to reform itself and failing. A haze beginning to form over her mind with the world distorting around the pair.

"That would be my venom affecting you." Fang spoke. Oh great now his voice was sounding worse than normal too, thanks to whatever he hit her with!

"Veeenooom? Where?!" Scarlet slurred confused and turning with a hand atop her head, the other formed in devil horns ready to shoot webs. "Leave us alone already! Toxin doesn't want to see you in the nursing hoooomeeee!" Scarlet shouted before feeling her head grew heavy and her body began to fall backwards.

"Next time." Fang promised himself while resuming his climb to escape. It was beyond tantalizing to try and leap upon the chance now, but with the rest of the heroes below it was too dangerous. Next time, he would find her alone and she would be his for certain.

"He's...getting...away...have...to...stop...him" Robin stiffly said as his body remain paralyzed in the position when he was zapped.

"What he said." Scarlet responded back as Raven gently sat her down after catching her. A giggle slipping out of her lips in the process as she tried to stand on her own before stumbling and falling flat on her face. "Ohh man what's in that stuff." Scarlet said rolling onto her back with a big stupid grin before her mask reformed.

"No we need to stop him." Raven stated making it clear she was excluding the two affected Titans.

"You two need to chill until that stuff wears off." Cyborg finished.

"But guyyyyys," Scarlet whined flipping onto her feet and stumbling forward like a drunk person. Practically falling into Beast Boy as he struggled to hold her up. "He's stealing my spider schtick...right Toxin? See Toxin agrees with me!" Scarlet said, forgetting only she could hear him at the moment.

Needless to say Robin and Scarlet were outvoted.

"Nooo faaaaaiiiiir." Scarlet groaned as she and Robin were being carried away by Starfire with the former piggybacking the Tameranean while she carried their leader in her arms . "Toxin why can't we fly? I wanna fly too. It would be awesome."

"What if we are all flying Scarlet? Maybe we are all just sailing through space on this rock we call Earth." Toxin asked in a calm trance like state as Scarlet had to stifle another giggle. "Could we also get some chocolate on the way back I feel so hungry all of a sudden."

Yep that confirmed it, they may not be in the same boat as Robin thanks to alien physiology differences, but Scarlet and Toxin were acting as if they were on drugs.

-Titan's Tower-

*CRACK*
*CRACK*
*POP*

*CRACK*

"Better?" Starfire asked Robin briefly grunted in discomfort while she held him upside down by his ankles. The stiffness in his body subsiding and becoming limber once more.

"Yeah, thanks!" Robin said finally able to speak without restriction.

"I welcome you. There is little Tamaranean Acupressure cannot solve." Starfire beamed while still keeping him inverted.

"The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout!" Scarlet sung while hanging upside down from a web suspended to the ceiling. "Down came the Scarlet and took herself out!" She released the web and fell onto the floor in front of Starfire and Robin with a thud.

"I wish there was more I could do to help her." Starfire frowned while watching the other girl giggle in amusement.

"We can still focus on solving our other problem." Despite still being held by his feet, Robin was quick to return to the matter at hand and pull out of his communicator. "Titans, any luck finding our jewel thief?"

"We found something worse." Raven revealed from the other side of the screen while the city distress alarm began to blare throughout the tower. Dropped from Starfire's grip and landing on his feet, the pair hurried to the living room's main screen as the scene played out before them. The other three members of the team standing atop of Murakami Memorial Bridge before a swarm of monstrous oversized mutant moths. Monsters that were capable of chewing through the cables of the bridge to cause it to destabilize.

"Moooore bugs? We gotta stop them." Scarlet slurred using the couch for support.

"Don't bother." A new voice spoke up, the screen shifting to another individual. Who was a mothman? Man moth? Scarlet wasn't really sure if the guy was really a mutated moth or a man mutated into a moth. Or if she was just starting to hallucinate now. At the revelation that he possessed a much larger quantity the creatures to unleash on the city. the other two members of the team tensed as he ordered them to listen to his demands.

The Teen Titans surrender. Ok obvious stipulation.

The city will declare him ruler. How cliche.

Robin will take his daughter to her junior prom. Wait what?

"Hi Robbie-Poo!" A new person appeared in her own box on the screen. A girl around the Titans age with long blonde hair and blue eyes. One of which was currently sporting a bruise around the left one with make-up hastily attempted to cover it up.

Wait.

"You!" Scarlet suddenly shouted pointing at the screen and cutting all conversations off. "You're...you're...you're that girl that tried attacking me yesterday." her attempts to point at the screen were met with folly because of the dizziness in her current state.

"You're the harlot that took my Fang away!" Kitten shouted back to receive a tilt of the head in response. All the while Robin and Starfire silently left the room to discuss the deal offered to them by Killer Moth.

"A-a-are you cray cray? Look at me and compare that to the company I keep." Scarlet couldn't help the laughter that followed as her foggy mind was still trying to process the accusation that some guy broke up with his girlfriend over her. Have people not seen how beautiful Starfire is? Or the mysterious vibe and killer legs Raven had? There was no way someone would waste their time with the new girl on the team.

"That will change once Robbie-Poo takes me to the dance! Fang will be so jealous he will forget all about you!" Kitten boastingly declared with a confident smirk.

"Fang. Fang. Fang." Scarlet repeated before frowning. Toxin does that name sound familiar? I feel like it's familiar." she asked uncaring if the villain and daughter were not aware of whom she was conversing with.

"Wasn't that...what's his face? The other spider guy?" Toxin thought as Scarlet's eyes widened in realization before she fell onto the floor laughing. Straight up, pure, unhinged, and unending laughter.

Bwhahahahahaha! Him? Of all people?!" Now Scarlet was kicking her legs up into the air hysterically. "I think most girls would leave him for Robin! Not the other way around! Oh that's rich! What did he think I would fall for him because he's a spider and I have a spider on my chest?"

"We're not even a spider to boot! Only acting like the real Spidey-Man!" Toxin's own venom induced giggles were echoing throughout his host mind and only made said person's ribs hurt even further from the humor in the situation.

"You think this is funny? He was my everything!" Kitten screeched at the sight of the person responsible for her misery, laughing at her.

"Does it run in the family?" Scarlet asked sitting up and pointing at Killer Moth.

"Does what?" Killer Moth inquired in an annoyed tone of voice.

"Falling for bug people?" The renewed composure she had broke into more giggles while watching the villain slam his fist into the screen yelling at her to shut up. Slowly but surely though the laughter began to die as air desperately fought for passage into her lungs. Before the situation could escalate the doors opened to announce Robin and Starfire's return.

"CONTAIN THIS BRAT OR I WILL DESTROY THIS CITY NOW WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT!" Killer Moth screamed in rage, if he could he would reach through the screen and strangle Scarlet. That was if Kitten didn't beat him to the punch as she was seething herself.

"Starfire, take Scarlet back to her room." Robin said dejectedly but calmly as he looked at the father and daughter on the screen.

"As you wish." While Starfire spoke in a monotone voice more appropriate for a robot it was so emotionless. A moment later, she was carrying Scarlet out on her back as Robin was left alone to speak to the villains. As they made their way down the hallway, she revealed to Scarlet the plan Robin had developed in light of the situation. He would agree to take her to the dance, while the others would use her as a lead in finding Killer Moth's lab and stop him from unleashing the swarm.

"But she isn't that pretty! You should be the one going to the dance with him!" Scarlet whined pitifully in her drugged state of mind, not even noticing the small blush spreading across her friend's face as they entered the former's room.

"He has no choice, Scarlet. It is as he said, the only way." Starfire sighed as she sat at the foot of the bed after laying the girl down upon it.

"Awwwwwww this is all that dumb Fang guy's fault!"

"Who?"

"Spider head guy who messed me up. He apparently wants to kiss me, while I want to punch him!" Scarlet explained while punching her first into her hand. "He dumped the Kit-Kat girl cause he likes me or something silly like that." she giggled deliriously.

"I see…" Starfire said merely blinking before her head dropped sadly. It truly wasn't fair that Robin was being coerced into taking Kitten to a dance. Especially with the threat of the city's destruction looming over his head if he didn't comply. It angered and confused her at the same someone was doing this to her friend. He didn't deserve this treatment, especially from someone like that.

"Penny for your thoughts? Maybe Robin could use some backup in case things go bad." Scarlet suggested from where she laid on the mattress. Something that made Starfire look up before her mind began to process and mull over the idea. Robin always attempted to do things on his own, and it has gotten him into serious trouble in the past. She trusted Robin, more than anyone else, but what if this Kitten did have something planned?

"Perhaps I should…" Starfire said standing up before looking back at Scarlet who was merely waving her off, insisting she go to the dance as well. It truly didn't take much convincing for her to agree to this suggestion, in fact it felt as if was already thinking of it subconsciously.

"Get moving Cinderella, me and Toxin will be fine." Scarlet laughed as her arm flopped back down onto her chest. With a determined nod of her head, the Tamaranean flew out of the room to go and find something to wear.

"How long till we make them hook up?" Toxin sluggishly asked. Neither host or symbiote were fools, they knew there was an attraction between Robin and Starfire. Heck everyone in the tower was aware of it. Unlike the senior members of the team though, Scarlet and Toxin agreed to make it their mission to see those two in a relationship before they died.

'Not... soon enough, Little Toxin…... Not soon enough. Ugh it looked so much simpler in anime.' Scarlet responded back mentally with a verbal groan as she placed the pillow over her head as the entire room felt as if it was continuously tilting back and forth. 'How long till this venom wears off?'

"Not soon enough Scar...not soon enough…." Toxin said uncertain on when the poison hampering their bodily and mental functions would be fully purged.

'Fine... going...to..sleep.. Sam…' Scarlet responded feeling her eyes grow heavy before sleep overtook her.

-A few hours later, Jump City Bay-

Fang watched through a pair of binoculars as Starfire flew away from Titan's Tower. The hour before that, the Boy Wonder left on his motorcycle. If his math was right, this meant she was in the tower all alone now. He had been planning to break into it for over a month now. Ever since that first fateful meeting with Scarlet during the bank robbery he couldn't get his mind off her. It was curiosity that was developing into obsession. Despite her being the one responsible for the concussion he suffered while being arrested, he didn't hate her. No in fact his mind continued to think about her. He wanted her.

Freed from the shackles of his relationship with Kitten. He was finally free to pursue his plan. Now with a window of opportunity, and an idea of the difference in their abilities, he could take her. He would kidnap Scarlet and make her love him. With her, they could be unstoppable together. The possibilities opening up, made his excitement grow as his small boat beached on the island which Titan's Tower stood. Using the tech he purchased from highly questionable sources, he bypassed the security systems and managed to sneak his way inside.

Creeping down the hallways, his red eyes hungrily looked for his prey. The duffle bag he carried upon his shoulder held all he needed to restrain Scarlet as his venom seemed to be incapable of paralyzing her like a normal human. Once he had her would take her back to his hideout and keep her there until his transport out of the city was ready. He wouldn't be foolish enough to stay and risk the Titans finding him. By the time they found his lair, him and his prize would be in Coast City.

Finally he came to a halt at the door with Scarlet's name on it. As it slid open to reveal the dimly lit interior inside, Fang internally grinned at the sight of the girl laying on her bed. The venom had to still be affecting her if she went to sleep in her costume. This was it, he would capture and take her away. The moment was at hand and he was going to take it as he leaned over her bed and reached out to her...

!Spider-Sense! *Toxin*

"Stranger danger!" Before Fang could register what happened he was sent flying into the wall from a swift punch to the face. Apparently Scarlet was not a deep sleeper as it first seemed. "I-Its you!" She managed to exclaim while attempting to point at the mutant against her bedroom wall.

"Let's beat him up!" Toxin suggested with a giddy laugh as Scarlet attempted to climb out of bed but fell onto the floor instead.

"Good idea!" Scarlet said manifesting a blunt Spinner and throwing it from her spot on the floor straight towards a wide eyed Fang who barely managed to dodge. "I'm gonna kill you spider boy! You got me into this mess you Men in Black villain reject!" she snapped/slurred using her bed for support to hold herself up.

"That's not way to talk to your new boyfriend." Fang quipped back while pulling out a net launching rifle from his duffle bag.

"Boyfriend? Why the hell are you-" Scarlet was cut off as the net wrapped around her and began to electrocute her. Yelling in pain, spikes erupted from multiple points on her suit and shredded the net to pieces. "First the venom now you're trying to shock me to death?! That's it. Come here lover boy." she declared stumbling towards him

Fang stared dumbfoundedly as he looked down at the depleted weapon before dropping it to the ground and reaching into his bag of tricks yet again. Ok he had nothing that could produce a strong enough electric shock. Maybe that strength suppression collar?

"Give me that!" Scarlet said stretching her hand out to fire a web at the bag. Well that was the plan at least. Instead a massive tentacle fired out of her hand and all but engulfed Fang and smashed him through the wall. "WHOA!" Host and Symbiote exclaimed in equal shock as the tentacle reeled back and dissipated to reveal the duffle bag in her hand.

"Toxin when could we do that?!" Scarlet shouted in wide eyed amazement through the fog hampering her mind. Vaguely recalling Venom doing something similar from one of his memories.

"I don't know but that is so cool! I wanna do it again!" Toxin declared with a mad laugh as they could hear Fang practically sprinting down the halls now. "Quick follow that car!"

"Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" Fang was panicking as he moved down the halls of the tower in a hurry. This was bad, he had to get out of here. Apparently the really pretty girl was a lot stronger and had stranger powers than he thought. Ok no problem, just need to rethink the strategy and then he could-

"OH YEAH!" Next thing Fang would be aware of was Scarlet smashing through the wall next to him and tackling him into the ground. "First, you break up with that annoying Kitten brat!" she shouted webbing up his face to avoid another attempt of his venom being used. "Then you drug me!" she had him by his jacket and slung him hard enough he sailed down the hall and then proceeded to fall down the stairwell. Bouncing against the railings like a rock falling down a well before reaching the bottom.

It now dawned on Fang that perhaps this young woman showed some level of restraint when she utilized her abilities. Restraint that was probably lost as she was too intoxicated to even care in her frustrations towards him. Her blows felt harder than before and instead of just launching webbing, she somehow shifted the entirety of her arm to hit him. If his life wasn't in danger, his spider side would note how much hotter she seemed now.

"Now your trying to make me your love slave!" Fang wasn't even able to crawl to his feet by the time Scarlet landed at the bottom of the stairs screaming at him. "Worst of all?! You are responsible for ruining mine and Toxin's evil plans to hook up two of our teammates destined for each other!" Fang would be questioning who Toxin was if he wasn't more horrified by the fanged mouth that formed on her mask as she spoke and the claws emerging from her hands as she drew near. "Come here...you got us into this, now you're going to help me fix this mess."

-Later That Evening, Yacht hosting the junior prom-

Robin was miserable.

There was no other way to describe how the Boy Wonder felt while being forced to dance with the daughter of the criminal mastermind the others were searching for. He was shocked and grateful by the arrival of Starfire dressed for the dance. However the more this 'date' with Kitten progressed the more he was certain Star was about to commit murder. He didn't know which was worse at this point, and was almost wishing Slade would suddenly attack him instead.

At least the brief moment he was able to contact the rest of team had given him the relief. They had found the hidden lair of Killer Moth which means he could finally put an end to this charade.

"Kiss me." Kitten ordered with a dark smile while leaning in closer.

"Sorry. I don't like you that way. Matter of fact, I just don't like you." Robin said with a grin of his own as he watched the outrage blossom on the blonde's face.

"WHAT?!" Kitten screamed in outrage as Robin pulled away from her with his communicator still in hand.

"Killer Moth's being taken down as we speak. We're done here." Robin said proudly while flipping his communicator shut and sticking it back into his jacket pocket.

"No, we are not! Daddy's not calling the shots tonight, Robbie-poo. I am!" Kitten declared revealing a simple detonator with her thumb hovering over the button on top. "And unless you want me to let those nasty moths out for a late-night snack...you better pucker up!"

"THEN OPEN WIDE!" A new voice declared as Kitten had little time to look up at the sight of a beaten and bruised Fang was flying towards, and landing on top of her. The detonator Kitten once held falling out of her hand and sent rolling away. "Mission accomplished!"

"Scarlet?!" Both Robin and Starfire said in shock at their teammate who stood atop the roof of the ship with her whole body slunken over and swaying unsteadily.

"Scarlet! What are you doing?" Robin demanded in disbelief at her as she stumbled to the edge of the roof while pointing at the downed form of Fang.

"That's her boyfriend! He tried to- he tr-" Whatever else Scarlet was going to say died as she accidentally walked off the side and fell face first through one of the tables set up on the ship's deck for the prom. The spider venom finally running its course and knocking Scarlet out for good as she laid there unresponsive.

"Fang! You left me for that?!" Kitten snarled forcing the mutant off her while she screamed at him. "I gave you my heart and you threw it away for her!" she continued while pointing a trembling finger at the downed Titan.

"I know…" Fang admitted in too much pain to try and stand. "I...I made a terrible mistake." he struggled to confess, making his angry ex take pause but still fume at him as he continued to speak. "The spider half of me...it went nuts after the first time I saw her. It's like nothing I ever felt before. I got obsessed with the wrong girl, she's nothing but a monster and a psycho!" he said as the last hour of his evening had been nothing but traumatizing after his attempted kidnapping had turned into him being assaulted and manhandled.

"Serves you right!" Kitten screeched, eyes filled with scorned fury as she pointed at his prone figure in rage. "You left me just because she's a bug too?! I wasn't enough for you?! You're no better than daddy!" she declared making Fang roll his eyes before wincing slightly as another surge of pain shot through his body.

"Like you're the shining example of girlfriend material! All you ever do is talk about yourself and how awful your old man is!" Fang snapped as his mandibles were producing a clicking noise to signify his own rising temper. "Hell, even when he was patching me up you were screeching like a harpy over some girl and her family going on vacation! I would have loved to take you but look at me! I'M HALF SPIDER! I would love to do all the normal relationship stuff with you, but I can't! It's why I keep robbing places, so I can give you everything else you wanted!" he shouted back at her while trying to force himself into a sitting position. Now matching her glare with all six of his red eyes

Both of which were unaware as Starfire flew behind them and lifted the unconscious Scarlet away from harm quietly.

"And I didn't care you dummy! I just wanted you to pay attention to me!" Water started to well up in her eyes and her lip started to tremble. "I didn't want you to be like daddy! Nothing but evil schemes! Never wanting to spend time with me! I just wanted someone who cared!" her voice began to break as the tears finally began to fall, her makeup smearing as her shoulders trembled. "This whole city is filled with nothing but awful, awful, AWFUL SELFISH JERKS!" she said dropping to her knees and covering her face with her hands as she continued to sob.

While this argument between former lovers erupted, Robin took the opportunity to retrieve the discarded detonator. However as the two continued their verbal quarrel, it was beginning to paint a new image of the two that started this entire mess. At first glance Kitten seemed like a typical spoiled brat, who simply wanted Robin for the evening like another possession but...was that truly the case now? Was it just to make someone else jealous out of spite or out of need to see if someone really cared for her?

"Robin what should we do?" Starfire questioned in a whisper as she returned to his side. Out of all the outcomes she had expected to occur this night. Seeing what she initially perceived as the embodiment of evil, now in tears was not one of them.

"Fang committed multiple robberies and is a known felon. Only he goes to jail that's all." Robin said without breaking eye contact from the scene. Yes, Kitten nearly threatened to overrun the city with Killer Moth's monsters but could he really make the call to arrest her now? In Gotham many infamous super villains were once ordinary people driven to crime because of reasons beyond their control. However this girl didn't get the chance to pull the trigger, and in his eyes maybe that unexpected intervention was what stopped her from going down that path. With the father and lover locked away, maybe it would ensure Kitten could become something better...

-Later that evening-

"So no second date?" Cyborg joked as he stood with the other Titans atop the deck of the ship -excluding Scarlet- while Fang was loaded into the back of the prisoner transport with Killer Moth. "Still can't believe that guy worked his way past my security so easily. That tech he used didn't match anything I know that's on the market." he added in disbelief.

"Maybe, want to include a few more bug zappers in the system?" Raven suggested in dry humor making the larger man chuckle at the notion of hanging some around their tower just for people like Fang.

"Hey where's Scarlet at?" Beast Boy asked while cradling one of the moth larvae in his arms like a newborn baby. Already smitten by how adorable the creature was and dead set on keeping him despite the protest of the others.

"I moved her over…" Starfire began while pointing to the food table where Scarlet SHOULD have been. Where once a delicious assortment of snacks and a large bowl of fruit punch sat, now every scrap of food was gone and the bowl was tipped over leaving a trail of small puddles behind. "...there"

"Guess we better go find her before she raids an unsuspecting candy store." Raven sighed while pinching the bridge of her nose. Already imagining Scarlet and Toxin were probably underneath a giant pile of wrappers singing 'The Candy Man'. The absurdity of the image certainly matched the pair's behavior at the moment.

"Let's follow the punch, she probably didn't get far." Beast Boy suggested as the small puddles lead into the yacht's interior.

"Hey Star?" Robin said making her take pause as she was about to follow the others inside. "Thank you for coming," He said with a sincere smile. Something that made Starfire's stomach do flips as a warmth began to spread in her chest. Seeing her friend smile at him in gratitude to her was officially the best thing to happen today.

"AND NOW! THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!" Instantly they both tensed up as spotlights rained down on the deck of the ship. Both Tamaranean and Boy Wonder stood back to back ready for a fight as the male announcer continued. "THE KING AND QUEEN OF THIS YEAR'S PROM ARE….ROBIN AND STARFIRE!" Battle readiness turned to astonishment as a new slow beat song began to fill the atmosphere. The newly declared king and queen turned to each other for a moment to register what just happened and then…

"Well maybe I could stand one more dance." Robin said taking her hands with his own and leading her to the center of the deck as a sole spotlight shined down on them. .

In an instant THIS was now officially best thing to happen today.

Yet neither of them were aware that the actual DJ and Host for the prom were currently providing the police with their statements on what transpired.

-Yacht's Bridge-

"Mission...accomplished…" Scarlet sleep talked to herself in content before it was replaced with soft snoring.

Arriving at the command center of the ship, the rest of the Teen Titans would find a familiar red and black figure currently laying against the controls to the ship. Despite being fast asleep, they could easily tell it was her doing as to why their two teammates were currently engaged in a couples dance down below on the deck.

"Should we wake her up?" Beast Boy questioned.

"Nahh man let her sleep. Let's just get her back to the tower." Cyborg said picking Scarlet up bridal style as she mumbled in her sleep. The lenses of her mask closed shut indicating she was still out like a light despite being moved.

-?-

"Sir?" The woman said approaching the Director with a computer tablet in hand.

"What is it?" He inquired flicking a button on the remote held by his side to change the myriad of screens to different footage occurring throughout the world.

"Our operatives in Jump City has just reported in. It seems the criminal known only as Fang took the bait we laid out." She said adjusting her glasses. "He infiltrated Titans Tower, last night utilizing the hacking software we distributed throughout the black market dealers in the area."

"Oh? How curious, I wasn't anticipating he would be the one to leap at the opportunity. Do we know why?" The director noted, as he had entirely expected other villains to take the chance of attacking the Teen Titans by surprise in their own home.

"No sir, however shortly after his entrance we were able to retrieve this footage less than an hour later." The woman said tapping the screen to her tablet and bringing up the recording of Scarlet swinging by a nearby bank's security camera...while dragging Fang by one of his legs behind her.

"Well this only further confirms who I believed was the superior spider in Jump City at least." The director said with a shake of his head at the sight before him. "Speaking of, what is the current status of Project Other?" he inquired.

"We acquired the girl's blood samples the police department took from her before the subject known as Venom assaulted the precinct Our scientists have detected a possible variance of the creature's cells within, but…"

"The foreign cells entangled with her own blood cells was not mature enough to provide anything valuable to us at the time it was drawn." The Director correctly deduced before sighing and dropping his gaze to the floor. "Any attempts at retrieving a fresh sample will draw too much attention to our operations. If we try to capture her and study her suit directly it could cause disastrous results as we still don't know the full extent of her abilities and making containment difficult. With our hacking software attempt wasted by a low level thief instead of a more powerful enemy, we have gathered little intel on the Teen lost a possible chance to send a team of medics under our payroll to collect DNA samples of the girl." He said, thinking the current situation out loud while his assistant merely remained silent. "This is a serious delay we cannot afford at this time." He said with annoyance in his tone.

"Sir, if I may. There may be an alternate means to continue Project Other suggested by the leader of the project." she said stepping forward and presenting her tablet to him after bringing up the alternative solution, emailed to her. Something that made him quirk a brow in curiosity before a smile formed.

"Have him proceed at once." The Director ordered before turning back to the screens as the woman began to turn and head towards the exist. "Has there still been no word on Subject Carnage? I would imagine he's getting anxious after being quiet for so long." he questioned making her turn back and shake her head.

"None sir, with no positive ID of his human appearance we aren't even certain he's still in Jump City." The woman explained as the Director hummed in thought.

"He's there. Both creatures are determined to go after the girl.. He couldn't have given up so easily." he said crossing his arms in thought. "Regardless, begin the alternative route with Project Other. I'll inform the Chairwoman of the change in plans." he declared.

-Elsewhere-

"GAH!" On the edge of Jump City in a rundown motel, Cletus Kassady howled out in Carnage's voice as he gripped the bathroom sink in support. "I thought you said this only happens once!" Cletus hissed, looking up in the mirror to see the reflection his symbiote instead of his own.

"It's not happening again, that's impossible!" Carnage snapped back before wincing in pain and baring his fangs. "The pains didn't last this long last time. Something's wrong with us, I can feel it."

"I blame this world, interdimensional travel sucks more than comics hype it up to be." Cletus dryly noted resisting the urge to throw up the contents of his stomach. "We can't kill the girl or junior like this..." he groaned falling to the floor while gripping his stomach.

"Not when we ain't getting better. Argh! The one time I wish that know-it-all prick Octavius was here to schedule an appointment!" Carnage said continuing to vent his frustrations while Cletus slowly made his way to the main room where the TV was currently playing the news. The main headline pertaining to Killer Moth, a scientist who conducted numerous genetic experiments now in police custody…

"Now, old buddy old pal of mine. There are other options." Cletus said with a grin as half of his face was now Carnage's.

Dead: The adventure continues...almost a year after the last update. I cannot tell you how surprisingly frustrating it has been to write this chapter. I had to scrap several initial attempts and recycle bits before I got something I felt comfortable with presenting.

Truly wish I could give you some legitimate reason as to why this story has had such a lengthy delay, but when it comes down to it. I just had a hard time deciding on how to tackle this, more than I thought I would. I kept changing my mind, because I felt like none of it would properly mesh.

If your curious about Jinx, she is currently busy with real life affairs and has also started streaming over on Twitch. If you get a chance you should check out her channel under the username MinxyJinx. She's currently on hiatus by the time this chapter is up, but check out her archived content!

Now onto the reviews!

Guest: Mae Whitman is not a bad choice for Scarlet's VA! In a past life Scarlet was actually Katara.

Colonel-Sheep-29: Yup, I don't ever see anything that shows Jason surviving against the Joker so, Jinx and I thought it would be fun to explore somewhere down the road.

SPeCTeR-ll7: Funny you mention the situation pertaining to Toxin being able to heal Ace. That was something Jinx and I looked over before we wrote that scene. Ace's illness stemmed directly from the strain put on her by her powers. Toxin could in theory halt that, like how Venom only halted Eddie Brock's cancer in the comics. However it would only be a temporary fix as long as Ace was his host. That's if Toxin's already fragile mentality didn't make her brain worse. If this was Anti-Venom, it would be an entirely different story. Greatly appreciate you noticing that!

OMAC001: They are cooking up something that's for sure! Something that will really push Scarlet and Toxin to their limits.

Luna Lillyth: Allyson Stoner is also a great choice for her voice actress. Especially now that she's going to be doing Kairi in Kingdom Hearts III, I'll want to see if Xion or Kairi will sound closer to what I envision Scarlet sounding like.

Cy Man: We already talked a bit outside of this, but truly do appreciate your opinion on the story. It always disappointed me how much potential Toxin had for greatness but was easily cast aside. In truth I blame the Toxin miniseries and its poor writing for him being shafted as he was. Not to mention the whole bonding him to Eddie Brock in the Agent Venom comics was kind of a lame idea just to keep Brock relevant until he became Venom again. Kinda wish Toxin was paired with Andrea Benton (Mania) instead. Would have made an awesome narrative of Flash trying to teach them how to be a hero, while trying to keep Venom on a tighter leash so doesn't try to murder Toxin.

Dead: Welp that wraps everything up for this chapter! Please Follow/Favorite/Review. Feedback is openly welcomed in this story! Until next time!