783- 9130
A short figure exited through the back of a house alight with flames, smoke rising from it. Two police cars drove up to the house, just in time to catch a man leaving the abode being reduced to ashes; he wore a bloodstained jacket and was holding a gun. The short figure escaped through the forest. Not once did she look back.
~The Teen Titan's Tower… thingy, whatever it's called~
"Whose turn is it to do the dishes?" Beast Boy shouted over the sounds coming from the video game Robin and Cyborg were playing.
"It's not my turn," Raven said darkly, without looking up from her book.
"I believe it is your job today, Beast Boy." Starfire said to him.
Beast Boy waited for Robin or Cyborg to reply, but they were too busy playing their game to even have heard anyone say anything. Beast Boy stared back at the stacks of filthy dishes crowding the kitchen counter. He sighed and began cleaning them, muttering something about unfairness.
"HAH! I won!" Cyborg exclaimed, jumping up and doing a victory dance.
"You cheated!" Robin said as he stood up and shut off the game station, sat back down and turned the television on.
"How can you cheat at a racing game?" Cyborg protested. Robin ignored him while he flipped channels.
"Hi, I'm Collin Mochrie advertising for Rogaine (is that how you spell it?)," said a bald-headed man on TV. *Click* "Brent, how could you have cheated on me!" a blonde girl in a soap opera shouted at her boyfriend. *Click* "I wasn't even paying attention to it's feet, I was looking at it's head, but incase you haven't noticed it has three!" said a tall boy with red hair in the television. As Robin continued flipping channels, one show caught his attention:
"Tonight, our top story, local resident Thomas McGibbons was arrested for the murder of two adults, and the children were found missing. He was discovered at the seen carrying a gun; his hands were blood stained. McGibbons has also set fire to the victims' home…" the reporter continued with the story. When she mentioned the names of the two girls that were missing ("Iris Demi-Lilith and Dextra Demi-Lilith) they flashed a picture of them, Iris had bright green eyes and light purple hair and freckles, and Dextra had long wavy black hair and dark brown eyes.
"How can people be so mean?" Starfire said, listening carefully to the news report.
"Wasn't the alarm supposed to go off when that creep broke into that house?" Beast Boy wondered out loud.
Robin was asking himself the same thing. Was Slade involved in this crime? If so, what did he want with the Demi-Lilith family? And what kind of name is Demi-Lilith?
The News showed a close up picture of Thomas McGibbons again. His face was hidden under his grease stained green cap. This man had a broad jaw, and in the photo he was gnarling his yellowing teeth, also showing off a glinting gold tooth. He looked as if he hadn't shaved in a while. Dark, unkempt hair was sticking out of the sides of his cap. He wore a thick, brown and bloodstained coat that looked as if it had been ripped on the sleeves and the sides; the hem seemed to be coming off, too. He also wore a blue plaid shirt, and his jeans were as bloodstained as his coat.
"He looks… familiar." Robin muttered, still wishing he and the other Titans had been there before the murderer shot those people that once lived in the house that was shown on TV.
Robin's thoughts were interrupted when Beast Boy declared that he was finally finished washing the dishes, adding that they should buy a dishwasher.
"So, what else is on TV," he said, waiting for Robin to change the channel. He sat down at the very moment that the News showed a house that ran its electricity by a thousand hamsters on wheels.
~The Next Day~
The Titans were eating breakfast peacefully—well, maybe not peacefully but it was pretty quiet—and was startled by the alarm going off (Beast Boy jerked his hand and whatever he was drinking went all over his face, Cyborg snickered). A TV screen appeared out of the ceiling and showed some people in their late teens wrecking a building in the city and throwing eggs at a car. It didn't look like much trouble so they got to it right away.
~Crime scene or something~
"Aww man, we're all out of eggs." A teenager said, frowning and throwing an empty egg carton over his left shoulder.
"Tell me again why we even bothered torturing that car." A pink-haired girl (one of the criminals) asked him in a bored voice, leaning against the wall.
"It's fun!" he replied.
"Well it's not gonna be fun anymore!" Robin said, appearing out of nowhere, the other Titans behind him. (I'm bad at superhero dialogue...)
"Not you!" Said one of the criminals.
"Should've expected us." Cyborg said, preparing to attack.
"Do you surrender or do we have to make you?" Robin told them.
"Who surrenders to a group of goody-goodies like you?" Said the pink-haired girl.
Suddenly a couple of trashcans lunged at her and the egg-throwing… teenager. (Ok, let's name these delinquents, the pink one is named Brandi, the egg-throwing dude is named Mark, and the other one that's been quiet is named Ed.)
Brandi and Mark fell over and Beast Boy attacked them in the form of a green grizzly bear. Starfire did a starbolt throw at Ed. Cyborg power smashed Mark. Robin threw an explosive disk at Brandi. Raven summoned projectiles and smashed Brandi, Mark, and Ed.
"That was too easy." Raven muttered as she landed back on the ground.
"I almost feel sorry for them," Beast boy said, "NOT."
Out of the rubble, Brandi emerged with bruises all over her. She pulled a small gun out of her pocket and shot Robin but horribly missed. Ed came out of the rubble and looked completely unharmed. He looked angry, though, and threw a trashcan at Starfire, who melted it before it reached her. Raven levitated a brick and it hit Ed in the head (hey, that rhymes), he passed out.
"Well, looks like we defeated them." Robin said just as the police arrived and arrested Brandi, Robbie, and Ed for vandalism.
"I'm hungry." Beast Boy said.
"We just ate breakfast." Starfire told him.
"Well, I didn't finish mine," Beast boy whined.
"Let's go home now." Raven said, flying off in the direction of the tower.
Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin took off. Beast Boy was about to transform into a hawk until he saw a poster on a nearby pole. Beside a picture of the missing Dextra Demi-Lilith was an ad that said:
Is your house ever clean? Does it ever stay clean?
Hire a maid!
Cleans, cooks, sews, baby-sits, washes, AND does windows! All for only $6 an hour!
Or willing to work for shelter.
Call 783-9130
He stared at it for a moment and said, "Hey guys, look at this!"
Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven came back to see what Beast Boy was pointing at.
"We need a maid, don't we?" he suggested, hoping they'd go for it.
"No, we don't." Cyborg said, shaking his head (I made another rhyme ^_^)
"Look, she cooks, cleans, and does windows…" Beast Boy said, reading the poster again.
"Starfire already cooks for us." Robin stated. Starfire smiled, and felt appreciated.
"Yes, but you've seen how dirty the tower gets if we leave it alone. And we can never remember who's turn it is to clean the dishes." Beast boy pleaded.
"For six dollars, I do not think it is worth it." Starfire said quietly.
"It's just six lousy dollars," Beast Boy whined, "It says here, 'Or willing to work for shelter' we can keep the Tower clean for I don't know how long, practically for free."
"How do you know if this person isn't a villain?" Robin said, looking skeptical.
"Because it's a maid for crying out loud!" Beast boy shouted.
"I don't see how hiring a maid would hurt." Raven said, feeling weird for agreeing with Beast Boy. (that was really out of character).
"The Tower is large enough to welcome at least one more person in to it." Starfire stated.
Robin sighed, "Why can't we discuss this later."
"Because, we'll forget the phone number to call if we decide to hire a maid." Beast Boy said.
"Fine, but if something bad comes out of this then don't say I didn't warn you." Robin said. "Now, let's go home."
The five of them went home (flying or walking) As soon as they got there, Beast Boy called the number on the poster and… uh… they hired a maid.
(that was cheesy)…
A short figure exited through the back of a house alight with flames, smoke rising from it. Two police cars drove up to the house, just in time to catch a man leaving the abode being reduced to ashes; he wore a bloodstained jacket and was holding a gun. The short figure escaped through the forest. Not once did she look back.
~The Teen Titan's Tower… thingy, whatever it's called~
"Whose turn is it to do the dishes?" Beast Boy shouted over the sounds coming from the video game Robin and Cyborg were playing.
"It's not my turn," Raven said darkly, without looking up from her book.
"I believe it is your job today, Beast Boy." Starfire said to him.
Beast Boy waited for Robin or Cyborg to reply, but they were too busy playing their game to even have heard anyone say anything. Beast Boy stared back at the stacks of filthy dishes crowding the kitchen counter. He sighed and began cleaning them, muttering something about unfairness.
"HAH! I won!" Cyborg exclaimed, jumping up and doing a victory dance.
"You cheated!" Robin said as he stood up and shut off the game station, sat back down and turned the television on.
"How can you cheat at a racing game?" Cyborg protested. Robin ignored him while he flipped channels.
"Hi, I'm Collin Mochrie advertising for Rogaine (is that how you spell it?)," said a bald-headed man on TV. *Click* "Brent, how could you have cheated on me!" a blonde girl in a soap opera shouted at her boyfriend. *Click* "I wasn't even paying attention to it's feet, I was looking at it's head, but incase you haven't noticed it has three!" said a tall boy with red hair in the television. As Robin continued flipping channels, one show caught his attention:
"Tonight, our top story, local resident Thomas McGibbons was arrested for the murder of two adults, and the children were found missing. He was discovered at the seen carrying a gun; his hands were blood stained. McGibbons has also set fire to the victims' home…" the reporter continued with the story. When she mentioned the names of the two girls that were missing ("Iris Demi-Lilith and Dextra Demi-Lilith) they flashed a picture of them, Iris had bright green eyes and light purple hair and freckles, and Dextra had long wavy black hair and dark brown eyes.
"How can people be so mean?" Starfire said, listening carefully to the news report.
"Wasn't the alarm supposed to go off when that creep broke into that house?" Beast Boy wondered out loud.
Robin was asking himself the same thing. Was Slade involved in this crime? If so, what did he want with the Demi-Lilith family? And what kind of name is Demi-Lilith?
The News showed a close up picture of Thomas McGibbons again. His face was hidden under his grease stained green cap. This man had a broad jaw, and in the photo he was gnarling his yellowing teeth, also showing off a glinting gold tooth. He looked as if he hadn't shaved in a while. Dark, unkempt hair was sticking out of the sides of his cap. He wore a thick, brown and bloodstained coat that looked as if it had been ripped on the sleeves and the sides; the hem seemed to be coming off, too. He also wore a blue plaid shirt, and his jeans were as bloodstained as his coat.
"He looks… familiar." Robin muttered, still wishing he and the other Titans had been there before the murderer shot those people that once lived in the house that was shown on TV.
Robin's thoughts were interrupted when Beast Boy declared that he was finally finished washing the dishes, adding that they should buy a dishwasher.
"So, what else is on TV," he said, waiting for Robin to change the channel. He sat down at the very moment that the News showed a house that ran its electricity by a thousand hamsters on wheels.
~The Next Day~
The Titans were eating breakfast peacefully—well, maybe not peacefully but it was pretty quiet—and was startled by the alarm going off (Beast Boy jerked his hand and whatever he was drinking went all over his face, Cyborg snickered). A TV screen appeared out of the ceiling and showed some people in their late teens wrecking a building in the city and throwing eggs at a car. It didn't look like much trouble so they got to it right away.
~Crime scene or something~
"Aww man, we're all out of eggs." A teenager said, frowning and throwing an empty egg carton over his left shoulder.
"Tell me again why we even bothered torturing that car." A pink-haired girl (one of the criminals) asked him in a bored voice, leaning against the wall.
"It's fun!" he replied.
"Well it's not gonna be fun anymore!" Robin said, appearing out of nowhere, the other Titans behind him. (I'm bad at superhero dialogue...)
"Not you!" Said one of the criminals.
"Should've expected us." Cyborg said, preparing to attack.
"Do you surrender or do we have to make you?" Robin told them.
"Who surrenders to a group of goody-goodies like you?" Said the pink-haired girl.
Suddenly a couple of trashcans lunged at her and the egg-throwing… teenager. (Ok, let's name these delinquents, the pink one is named Brandi, the egg-throwing dude is named Mark, and the other one that's been quiet is named Ed.)
Brandi and Mark fell over and Beast Boy attacked them in the form of a green grizzly bear. Starfire did a starbolt throw at Ed. Cyborg power smashed Mark. Robin threw an explosive disk at Brandi. Raven summoned projectiles and smashed Brandi, Mark, and Ed.
"That was too easy." Raven muttered as she landed back on the ground.
"I almost feel sorry for them," Beast boy said, "NOT."
Out of the rubble, Brandi emerged with bruises all over her. She pulled a small gun out of her pocket and shot Robin but horribly missed. Ed came out of the rubble and looked completely unharmed. He looked angry, though, and threw a trashcan at Starfire, who melted it before it reached her. Raven levitated a brick and it hit Ed in the head (hey, that rhymes), he passed out.
"Well, looks like we defeated them." Robin said just as the police arrived and arrested Brandi, Robbie, and Ed for vandalism.
"I'm hungry." Beast Boy said.
"We just ate breakfast." Starfire told him.
"Well, I didn't finish mine," Beast boy whined.
"Let's go home now." Raven said, flying off in the direction of the tower.
Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin took off. Beast Boy was about to transform into a hawk until he saw a poster on a nearby pole. Beside a picture of the missing Dextra Demi-Lilith was an ad that said:
Is your house ever clean? Does it ever stay clean?
Hire a maid!
Cleans, cooks, sews, baby-sits, washes, AND does windows! All for only $6 an hour!
Or willing to work for shelter.
Call 783-9130
He stared at it for a moment and said, "Hey guys, look at this!"
Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven came back to see what Beast Boy was pointing at.
"We need a maid, don't we?" he suggested, hoping they'd go for it.
"No, we don't." Cyborg said, shaking his head (I made another rhyme ^_^)
"Look, she cooks, cleans, and does windows…" Beast Boy said, reading the poster again.
"Starfire already cooks for us." Robin stated. Starfire smiled, and felt appreciated.
"Yes, but you've seen how dirty the tower gets if we leave it alone. And we can never remember who's turn it is to clean the dishes." Beast boy pleaded.
"For six dollars, I do not think it is worth it." Starfire said quietly.
"It's just six lousy dollars," Beast Boy whined, "It says here, 'Or willing to work for shelter' we can keep the Tower clean for I don't know how long, practically for free."
"How do you know if this person isn't a villain?" Robin said, looking skeptical.
"Because it's a maid for crying out loud!" Beast boy shouted.
"I don't see how hiring a maid would hurt." Raven said, feeling weird for agreeing with Beast Boy. (that was really out of character).
"The Tower is large enough to welcome at least one more person in to it." Starfire stated.
Robin sighed, "Why can't we discuss this later."
"Because, we'll forget the phone number to call if we decide to hire a maid." Beast Boy said.
"Fine, but if something bad comes out of this then don't say I didn't warn you." Robin said. "Now, let's go home."
The five of them went home (flying or walking) As soon as they got there, Beast Boy called the number on the poster and… uh… they hired a maid.
(that was cheesy)…