What originally started out as a rather absurd little thought passing along in my mind turned into madness on this paper. Though, I must say that watching the movie "Mousehunt", along with high amounts of caffeine and sugar also helped in this madness.
Also, as the tragedy maybe, I do not own Teen Titans. They are property of DC comic. Believe me, I wish I did own them so I could make Rorek and Raven OTP. I would also make Beast Boy more comical. I do however, own the little rat- but that's about it. Anyhoo. Here is the first of, hopefully, many chapters. Enjoy.
Finally, there will be swearing in this chapter, tons of it. If you are offended by such material, please turn back at this time or skip over it.
"Mountains will be in labour, and the birth will be an absurd little mouse." As quoted from Horace, an ancient Roman poet.
The winds blew and the rain hammered relentlessly, never ceasing, against everything in Jump City. No house nor shop nor anything was spared from the downpours. Especially hit was the large T-shaped Titans Tower, which stood out like an omen with the occasional claps of thunder and lighting. Her all but one dark windows battered with rain. The scene inside the lit window bore an offending contrast to the dim storm outside.
The Titans, having just finished capturing the pathetic Frenchman thief known as Andre Le Blanc and saved another museum from having its fortunes robbed, was scattered amongst the large common room. Robin was filling away notes on various villains and writing new ones on a desk towards the kitchen, all the while talking to Starfire. The aforementioned Alien had her arms wrapped around his neck and occasionally asking a question to her leader and lover, a smile being ever present on her face. This was normal ever since the defeat of The Brotherhood of Evil.
In the center of the room lay a different, yet also normal, case.
"So he was like 'Excuse me, monsieur. What are you doing?' And I said 'Kicking your ass!'" Beast Boy herald on, his ego quickly going to his head as he stood in front of the gigantic television. To his left, Cyborg was banging his head against the wall, clearly having heard enough of Beast Boy's long winded speech on how he single-highhandedly defeated the jewel thief. In the kitchen, Raven was preparing a cup of tea, her ears stuff a long time ago with ear plugs to drown out her teammate.
"Afterward, the ladies were all over me! I could have sworn that I even saw hearts in Ra-" "Well, if you're so desirable and amazing, how come I had to save your useless green ass from being blown to Kingdom Come?" Shot Cyborg, his temper at its peak.
"Because you're not as cool as me." Beast Boy shot back, trying to flex a muscle and failing miserably.
"How about I take cool and shove it up your green ass!" Cyborg growled before trying to pounce on Beast Boy. Panicking, Beast Boy quickly turned into a hamster before crawling into the couch. Taking in a deep breath, Cyborg let out a disgruntled snort before going to the kitchen, hungry for some pizza after a day of defeating villains.
Raven quickly stepped out of the half-robotic teen's way as she floated into the room, not hearing a word of conflict between the boys due to her earplugs.
In her head, she was making another attempt at forcing herself to be happy. She was a part of a successful team, had amazing friends and has saved the world more than once; she should be at least slightly giddy. But in her heart, she feels nothing but two things.
First, that something is missing, like her heart is an ornate necklace with the grand jewel missing right from the middle, she's spent plenty a quiet moment raking her mind for what this maybe, but alas, she has no leads. Secondly, and more oddly, like something's going to go wrong. Like the calm before the storm. The sorceress brushes the last thought out of her mind as she pulls out her earplugs. Seeing no sight of the chatty green changeling, she softly sat down on the couch.
No sooner had she done that did Beast Boy started screeching like a madman. He morphed back to his normal form and began trying to pull his head out from under the cushion Raven was sitting on, a garbled mess escaping the seat. Letting out a sigh, Raven set down her tea and stood up, allowing the shapeshifter to remove his head from the confines of the couch.
"Dude, do you weigh, like, five hundred pounds or something? Cause your hea-vy!" Cried Beast Boy, rubbing his head like a rock was thrown at it.
That had done it. As Raven began to glow a menacing black, Robin and Starfire looked on, with a facepalm and gasp being their reactions respectively. It was like time stood still for the teens as the clueless Beast Boy retained his, unaware of the painful death that was certain to follow.
"I hope yo-" Raven was cut off by a scream of anguish from the kitchen. After a second, Cyborg turned to look at his comrades, horror on his face.
"Th-th-the"
"The what?"
"Yes, Friend Cyborg, what is this 'the'?"
"Th-th-th-th-the"
"What is it!"
"THE PIZZA'S BEEN EATEN! ALL OF IT!"
A crack of lightning painted the outside as the teens stood. Horror painted on their faces. It wasn't until the accompanying thunder boomed before anyone dared to speak.
"What do you mean all of it? We just bought that this afternoon, there's no way it can be all gone, Cyborg." Robin answered, though if it was to Cyborg or himself remained unknown.
"No way! Rabid bunnies with plungers must have taken it! Or maybe ancient voodoo pimp priests!" Beast Boy shouted, certain his theory to be correct.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Robin replied before sliding past Cyborg. What he saw confirmed Cyborg's shock.
"Guys, it looks like we have an uninvited guest in with us." Robin said darkly as he pulled out the pizza box. Inside, all the pizza was gone and the box looks slightly shredded, as if gnawed on.
"Who would do such a traveresty!" Cried Starfire, clearly upset at having the pizza gone.
"I think you mean travesty?"
"Isn't that what I-" It was right then the lighting ceased to work, the room becoming consumed in darkness. "...Said?" Starfire finished with a timid tone to her voice.
Robin went to the refrigerator before opening it, hoping to find some clue as to what devoured the team's favorite meal. Upon opening it, however, he wish he didn't. The inside was a mess of opened containers, claw marks, uneaten bits of food and scat everywhere. It look like something you would find in an abandoned apartment from the ghetto.
"Team, it appears our intruder is not human." He said calmly as he examined the fridge once again. Behind him, the team just stood there, allowing the information to sink in.
"Then- Sherlock-What is it?" Cyborg finally snarled, wanting to maul the thing that stole his pizza.
"Apparently, we have a mouse in the house." Robin calmly replied, stepping aside from the inside of the fridge, where large marks and scat are seen.
'A MOTHERFUCKING, SHIT-COVERED RAT STOLE MY PIZZA!" Bellowed Cyborg, who had apparently snapped. His expression, while downright hysterical, was one of rage as he started foaming at the mouth and his eyes dilated into pinpricks. Oh would there be hell to pay if the robotic teen had anything to say about it. Next to him, Beast Boy let loose a feral snarl, Starfire looked indigent and Raven's expression was neutral, she was boiling with anger. Beast Boy looked again to the robbed fridge and immediately his eyes glowed. Within a second, he had slipped past and pulled out the only untouched piece of food left- His tofu.
"Oh sweet Marth I didn't lose you!" The Morpher cried before kissing the wrapping of the soy based project. Behind him, Raven slap her hand over her face.
Well that did it for Cyborg. With a feral snarl of a monster, he grabbed the offending vegetarian food item before stomping to the other side of the room and, to Beast Boy's abashed horror, opened a window and threw it into the torrential thunderstorm. Beast Boy simply stood there in shock before letting out a sobbing cry.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO!" He proceeded into begin a long soliloquy on his love of Tofu and how it shall be missed, sobbing the entire time as if he learned his mother had been murdered. The rest of his team just simply stared at him while Cyborg growled his curses to the offending rodent and Beast Boy. Finally, Robin let out a cough before continuing his thoughts.
"Anyways. Team, if this is the case, I'll simply go to tow-"
"OH NO YOU FUCKING WON'T!" Cyborg snarled psychotically, the foam on his mouth dripping on to Robin and the floor, "WE'RE GONNA CATCH IT AND I'M GONNA MAKE THAT THING PAY EVEN IF IT TAKES TILL NEXT CHRISTMAS!" After this, he bolted towards the garage, hell-bent on revenge as he cackled manically.
"Ya! I'll see if I can sniff it out!" Chipped Beast Boy, having snapped out of his depression, before quickly changed into a Bloodhound. He sniffed at the box for a second before howling and darting off into the sleeping wing. On his heal, Starfire chased after him.
Raven sighed before teleporting to her room, stress out and needing a visit to the Nethermore and a nice hot shower before she could begin to focus her attention on pest control. That left Robin in the common room. His expression was that of comical surprise, what with his eyes still being budged in shock and whatnot. This remained for a second before he shakes it off and let loose a sigh. This was going to be a long night. With that thought in tow, Robin placed the pizza box in the garbage can before strolling to breaker box to get the lighting back up.
Project: Catch That Rat has officially begun.
Inside one of the ventilation shafts in the now abandoned common room, a large furry thing lurked. About the size of a cat and with sharp teeth, sharper claws and eyes of freshly shed blood, the threaten rodent did not know nor care for the death threats on its life. It's ears twitched as he hears the chatter of the Titans, barely feeling amusement at the teens comical reactions. The large rodent wanted several things, mainly being food and a mate. But he also desired to make his house guest's lives miserable. It was funny to see their anger. With that in mind, the rodent paused to sniff the air before heading down the shaft to find some food.
Besides, the night has barely begun.
Well, that's a start for the Titans. Next chapter, another character is added to the mix and more wildly hilarious antics are thrown into the mix. Reviews are absolutely adored and encouraged. So until then, Adieu.~
