This was the first story I ever posted on the internet, so to pay it homage, I have reposted it (and hopefully improved it) in order to give the full respect it deserves. Here goes nothin'!
Teen Titans Boom Boom Part 1
Bright lights and a Siren Chapter 1: Summer Songs!
It was a hot, humid summer night in Jump City. On a brightly lit street, a crowd of busy people rushed about, scurrying here and there on their own little errands and seeking fun in their little metropolis. From a dark alley, came a silent wave of death, which silenced the entire block, and ended a hundred lives at once.
A voice called out over the silent street, "And now, let her come into my web and meet her fate."
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In the Titans Tower, silence reigned. Everyone was bored out of their wits, but no one wanted to move. Robin was reading a martial arts book, though he had to keep reading the same sentence five times over because he would forget what it said as soon as he read it. Raven, as usual, was reading a book, this one about how to cast and be rid of voodoo curses, but found it hard to concentrate thanks to the sighing contest that Cyborg and Beastboy were having. The shorter teen was sprawled out on the floor, his eyes half closed, contending with the android man to see who could sigh the loudest and longest. Cy was sitting on the couch, arms dangling behind it, getting bored with the little game he and BB were having.
They would have been playing the Game Station, but Raven had blown it up when they'd brought home a game that you would drum on a plastic drum with. They had been drumming so loudly that Rae had passed through her floor into the living room and, half through the ceiling, destroyed it. She then silently passed back through and continued meditating like nothing had happened.
Starfire was sitting upside down on the couch, thinking hard for an activity for her and her comrades to do. With a small whoop of joy, she floated into a standing position and proclaimed, "My friends, I have found a solution for our sighs and countless rereadings of the same words!"
"It's not another Tamaranian folk song, is it?" Raven asked impassively, while he others looked at the alien girl with fear in their eyes. Beastboy sat up, prepared to run.
"Of course not!" Starfire giggled. They all let out a collective sigh. "Let us play the game of truthing and daring that Beastboy described to me!" She received stares from the four teens.
"Um, I don't think-" Robin was interrupted by the blaring sounds coming from the now red TV. "There's trouble in the city," he analyzed the map on the TV, "in the downtown district! Let's go!"
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Downtown was no longer the bustling center of activity it usually was. If the disturbing quiet didn't make the Titans shiver, then the sight laid out before them surely would.
"What…what are they? What happened to them all?" Beastboy asked incredulously.
"They're statues, made of glass." Cyborg's red eye scanned the translucent figures scattered before him.
"They're not just statues," Raven had telepathically went through them, and found something that even she could not explain. "They…there are human souls in there. I don't know what kind of sorcery this is, but I've never encountered anything like it. I'm not sure if we can change them back." She gently laid her hand on one of the people. "But whoever did it must not be far away…they're still warm, from body heat."
"Titans, stay alert…and don't break anything." Robin ordered, joining his friends in glaring at the green Titan, who had turned into a bull.
He changed back, grinning stupidly with his hand on the back of his head. "What, I'm just joking, get it? Bull in a china shop? Ha ha?"
"Ha." Rae scoffed. "Hilarious."
"Oh, it is very funny; to see such strange youths who believe they can bring about my defeat." Their heads all turned in the direction of the mystery voice, which came from across the street in a dark area between two buildings. "Pray, have you ever heard of a bastard child named Boom?" The speaker was a tall young woman, probably their age, with waist length black hair that lacked any luster or shine. Her eyes were a deep dark, blue, like the night sky, but were as lifeless as her hair. She looked like a recently deceased prom queen, you know, before the maggots.
"Stranger, are you the one responsible for these frozen citizens?" Starfire called out to the girl, who was wearing long, gauzy white robes with detached sleeves that ended in diagonal lines.
"My, how rude of me; I didn't introduce myself properly." She grinned maliciously. "My name is of no importance, but you can call me Krystal. Now, since you obviously do not know the wench I seek, this is my farewell." With her fingers pointed towards the ground, her hands rose up slowly and with them, a wave of barely visible mist rushed towards the Titans.
About two feet away from them the wave stopped, and disappeared. Krystal looked towards the building behind her almost victims, and smiled. "Hark, she comes."
"You dare to use your old name? You should be called the devil's whore now. Say hi to him for me when you go there." The voice came from behind the teen heroes, from atop a building, where the silhouette of a teenage girl stood, fearlessly calling out the witch.
"Oooookay. Anybody else feel like they missed something?" Cyborg asked.
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Well, was it any good? I'm proud of this edition. It's turning out pretty well. I was constantly told that the first chapter was way too short, so I lengthened it. Please do me the honor of reviewing, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
Don't make me beg.