Date With Destiny

Ready For Prom

There were some scenes in Teen Titans that I wanted to have seen. I really wanted to know what the heck Robin would have had to say in 'Date With Destiny'.

And I figured that this is one of the reasons fanfiction was created – to give you new scenes. So I figured why not just write it?

I also put in a reasonable explanation for how Robin just managed to rip his tuxedo off, because honestly, it was kinda confusing for me.

So, review!

Oh, yes. Disclaimer – don't own Teen Titans. Wish I did. If I did, they'd still be going.

I used quotes from the actual show to make sure it was in canon, in case you missed it. If you haven't seen the episode, I'd recommend skipping it though because I doubt you'd understand any of it if you didn't know what the Teen Titans are.

You'd definitely feel like there's a cliff-hanger if you missed the episode. But they're on youtube and plenty of other video sites, so you know – if you've never seen this show (and if you haven't, why are you reading my fanfic?) go see it!

There, that's my shameless advertising for the day. And my very long Authors Note. Maybe I should do the story now?

Cyborg answered his titans communicator built into his arm. "Cyborg, report." Robin said.

"Scandal! Atrocity! These demands must not be met!" Starfire was yelling in the background.

"How bad is it?" Robin asked.

"This demented mad-man has no idea-"

"Bad!" Cyborg told Robin, strangling a moth. "Can't hold them off much longer!"

He heard a tiger roar behind him and knew Beast Boy was taking on a moth.

"If you're gonna do something, then do it quick!" Cyborg continued, yelling.

"Out of his mind if he believes you will even consider such a distasteful," Starfire was ranting as Robin cut the connection off.

"Are they coming?" Beast Boy yelled, changing back to human to talk. He saw something at the top of the pillar and transformed into a pterodactyl, flying up.

"They're working on something, I think!" Cyborg replied, charging up his blaster and exploding several mutated moths. Several more leaped onto his back.

Beast Boy let out a growl and batted away the moths nearby as a gorilla, still standing on the top of the pillar.

A huge wire slashed down, about to crush Cyborg as he struggled with the bugs crawling on him.

"Azareth Metrion Zinthos!" Raven yelled, stopping the support beam and moving it safely away from her teammate.

The moths began to clambour over Cyborg. "There's too many!" He yelled, firing off into the ground. "We're not gonna-"

The moths soared into the air suddenly.

"Make it?" Cyborg blinked as all the mutated moths flew off.

Raven landed back on the ground.

The gorilla leaped off the pillar, landing on a car and making a dent. He jumped back off and turned to Beast Boy. "Um, what just happened?"

Raven reached into her belt and took out her communicator and flipped it open. Cyborg and Beast Boy raced behind her to see what Robin had to say.

"I bought you some time." Robin's face appeared on screen, and was then replaced by a picture of a huge moth-man. "Killer Moth." Robin continued. "He's controlling the mutant insects. Find him, and stop him."

The picture changed to show a pretty blonde girl with cunning eyes, winking. "Start your search with her."

Raven blinked. "Who is she?"

"She is a manipulative grimp'lork not worthy of Robin's time." Starfire said off screen. Robin glanced back at her, then turned to the screen again.

"Name's Kitten. She's got some kind of connection with Killer Moth. Find the connection, and I'll bet you'll find him."

Robin looked off to where Starfire was again. Raven could see a flash of red hair in the direction he was looking.

"Starfire will join you to help with the search." He turned back to the rest of his team.

"Hmmph!" Starfire said.

"Hey, what about you?" Beast Boy asked. "Aren't you going to help us?"

"I can't." Robin looked down in dejection. "I have a date."

Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg's eyes all widened. "What?" Beast Boy was the first to speak.

"With who, man?" Cyborg blinked.

Robin rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably. "Uh, well, the thing about that is…"

"With who?" Beast Boy asked.

"Kitten." Robin looked down at the ground.

Beast Boy's jaw dropped. "You're kidding?"

"I wish I was."

"But… but… but…" Beast Boy seemed unable to finish the sentence.

"Why are you going on a date with someone who has a known connection to a villain?" Raven asked.

"Because she is a kéne'fk'o who is manipulative and likely to be laying a trap." Starfire said.

Robin bit his lip. "You know how these insane villains always tend to have a list of demands?"

"Yeah…" Cyborg frowned.

"Well, one of them was that I take this Kitten to her junior prom." Robin admitted.

"Well, no-one ever said that the life of a super-hero would be glamorous." Beast Boy grinned. "I mean, you have to go on a date. If that's not torture, I don't know what is."

Robin glared at him. "Beast Boy, I would a million times rather be out there with you. I'd rather be eaten by the moths then go to this stupid prom."

"Well, that's an option. You and the entire city." Raven told him.

"I know, I know." Robin sighed.

"We'll be back there soon." Cyborg said. "Can you try and get a location on your date's house?"

Robin winced at the word 'date'. "Yeah, sure."

The call ended.

"So this is where she lives." Cyborg nodded, looking at the photo of a house up on the Titans Mainframe.

"Uh-huh." Robin said. He pressed a button and a map came up. "This should take you straight there."

"What are you wearing Rob?" Cyborg asked suddenly.

"What?" Robin blinked.

"What are you wearing?" Cyborg repeated.

"Uh… my uniform?"

"No, I mean to the prom." Cyborg gestured to Robin's attire. "You can't wear that. You'll have to get a tux or something."

Robin groaned. "You have got to be kidding me."

"Yeah, a tux." Beast Boy agreed. "Keep the mask-"

"Well, obviously." Robin interrupted.

"But the uniform would have to change. After all, you'd want to look good for the only prom your ever likely to go to again." Beast Boy smirked.

Starfire's eyes blazed. Only Raven noticed, and didn't say anything.

"You got anything like that?" Cyborg asked.

Robin sighed. "Yeah, think so. Just give me a minute."

About a minute later, Robin appeared again, wearing a tux.

"How'd you get it on so fast?" Beast Boy blinked.

"Velcro. I'm technically still wearing my uniform underneath it." Robin said, showing them that all along the right side was Velcro. "If I need to, I can just rip it and it'll come right off. Habit I got into at Gotham – all my civilian clothes can get changed quickly. And the Red X suit, for that matter."

"Smart." Cyborg nodded.

Robin shrugged. "I also have timed and discovered I can actually get fully changed in under three seconds, with regular clothes and my uniform in front of me." (Movie reference – I wanted to know how he did that!)

"But why have a tux in your closet?" Raven asked.

"Uh…" Robin hesitated, glancing at Starfire. "I thought it was possible one day I'd have to wear it for some sort of formal occasion."

"I see. Like what?" Raven asked, trying to conceal a smile.

Since she was wearing her hood – and was, you know, Raven, – she was doing an excellent job.

"Oh, I don't know…" Robin gulped, shifting from foot to foot. "Uh… I was just worried that there might be something like this. Something different from this, but effectively the same… actually I wasn't so much worried as, well you could say I was worried-"

"You're babbling." Cyborg told him.

Robin shut up.

"Thirty minutes until you have to go." Beast Boy said, glancing at the clock.

Robin grimaced.

Starfire suddenly grabbed Raven by the arm and they both sped out as a blur into the hallway.

"What? Starfire, what is it?" Raven asked.

"I am going to the prom as well." Starfire stated.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"I will not allow Robin to walk into what is undoubtedly a trap conceived by a rohtrd'giagk without some form of back-up." Starfire said.

"Ookay."

"Raven, could you please help me understand what I need to do to become ready for this 'prom'?"

"No." Raven said, understanding finally what Starfire wanted. "Dances aren't really my thing."

"But surely you must have some knowledge of what they entail!"

"Girls wear dresses, boys wear tuxedoes, both have flowers."

"Thank you Raven!" Starfire said in delight. "Do you know where I might acquire a dress?"

"Try the mall."

"Yes, of course! Would you like to accompany me?"

"Dress-shopping? Not a chance."

"Okay. I will be back soon."

"Hello. I wish to inquire about a dress?" Starfire asked the employee at a dress shop.

"Oh, sure." The woman grinned at her. "What's the dress for?"

"For the earth custom known as 'prom'."

"Titans have to go to prom?" The woman grinned, walking forwards. "Well, not a problem. What size are you?"

Starfire blinked. "I apologize, but I am unsure what you mean."

"You know, how big or small a dress do you need?"

"I do not know how the dresses on Earth refer to the ones on my own planet. In fact I am certain there are no dresses on Tamaran at all. I've certainly never seen any."

"Okay." The woman blinked. She looked Starfire up and down. "I'd say you're about a medium. Maybe a large with a belt? You're very tall."

"Thank you?"

"It's a compliment." She assured her. "Now, when do you need this dress by?"

"As soon as possible. I think there is approximately ten minutes."

The woman blinked. "Left it a bit late?"

"I was not planning on going to prom until today. In fact I was unaware of such an event three hours ago."

"I see." The woman said cautiously. "Let's try a medium. I think purple would look lovely with your hair…"

It turned out that the dress fitted perfectly when Starfire stepped out again, the dress over her regular clothes. She had pulled the top of her shirt off but was still wearing the rest, along with the dress.

"It is absolutely gorgeous and would be perfect! Thank you!" Starfire gave the woman a hug.

The woman gasped. "You're... welcome." She choked out. Starfire released her and the saleswoman took a step back, eyes lingering on the gloves still on Starfire's hands.

"Uh, you do know you can take your regular clothes off while wearing that dress, right?"

"Yes, I understand that. However Robin has it as a practise to always be able to get changed to our costumes quickly in the event of an emergency, and I believe that this is a good idea I should copy."

"I see… Would you like some gloves then to wear over the top of your regular gloves?"

"Yes please!"

The lady showed her a pair of silver elbow-length gloves that Starfire pronounced as 'amazingly gorgeous' and tried them on straight away.

"Uh, would you like a flower? We sell them here too…"

"A flower is a plant that is used for decoration on occasions such as these, correct?" Starfire checked.

"Yes." The woman nodded. "Right this way."

"This is a beautiful flower." Starfire decided. She picked it up. "How much do I owe you?"

The woman told her the price. Starfire hugged her again and gave her money for the gloves, dress and flower. "I must go now to the prom. Thank you so much for all your help!"

She soared off towards Titans Tower and saw the T-Car driving away. She picked up her communicator.

"Star, where are you?" Cyborg yelled.

"I'm sorry, but Robin's orders were to investigate Kitten. I will investigate Kitten. Besides, it is likely a trap and I would feel uncomfortable letting Robin go alone." Starfire explained.

"OooKaay." Cyborg said slowly. "Well, Rob's already left. You'd better go."

"I will." Starfire soared off to where Killer Moth had told Robin to go.

She waited for a minute, adjusting her dress when a familiar red motor-cycle zoomed up. Several people glanced over as Robin got off and took the helmet off.

He sighed. "I really hope she doesn't show up."

Starfire reached out and gently tapped him on the shoulder.

Robin slowly looked around, looking reluctant. His eyes widened when he saw who it was. "S-Starfire?"

"I believe it is customary to wear a dead plant on such events?" Starfire tucked the flower with a smile into his shirt.

So, do you like it? Then review!

I think I'll make it into a series because this was so fun to do. Maybe I'll do 'Crash' next – but if you've got an episode that you want to have an explanation for, let me know and I'll try.

Review!