Chapter 1: Pizza and Villians
Beastboy smiled as he stuffed three pizzas in his mouth at once. Cyborg was polishing his car, Robin was probably at the gym, Raven was meditating in her room and Starfire was making a meal out of peanut butter, motor oil and acorns. Just a regular day at Titan Tower, Beastboy thought as he managed to swallow one of the pizzas whole by transforming into a hippo. After changing into a gorilla, Beastboy managed to swallow the remaining pizzas. "Phew! I am stuffed!" he said.
"Have you been eating too much, Beastboy?" Cyborg asked. Beastboy shook his head.
"Nu-uh. Why?"
"You look a little green," Cyborg said. He and Beastboy began to laugh. All of a sudden, the alarm went off. Robin dashed into the room.
"Titans, trouble!" he said. "Plasmus is rampaging downtown. He's heading to a research lab developing a new kind of energy weapon."
Felix sat in his room and closed his book with a sigh. Mistborn was a great novel, but for some reason it didn't manage to hold his attention now. With a sigh, he put it away in his bookshelf, looking for another book to read. He was about to take out Ranger's Apprentice when he heard a thumping noise from outside, on the square. He looked out of his window and gasped. A great, purple, slimy beast dug up the sewage pipes and began to drink from them. You are kidding me, he thought. Plasmus?
Plasmus drank from the sewage system, growing bigger with each gulp.
"Keep these habits up, Plasmus, and you'll get yourself killed," he heard a voice say. He leaned out of his window, to the left and saw the Teen Titans.
Robin extended his staff. "Titans, go!" he yelled. Starfire bombarded Plasmus with her energy blasts whilst Raven threw cars at him with her magic. Cyborg shot holes in Plasmus, which immediately closed. He extended his arms and picked Starfire and Raven out of the air, then stuck them in his chest, preventing them from doing anything. Beastboy transformed into a goat and tried to bash Plasmus' legs from under him. He got stuck in Plasmus, who picked him up and placed him in his chest as well. Robin bit his teeth. Things weren't going well.
"Hey, slimeball!"
Robin turned around and saw a kid about his age stand in front of Plasmus.
"You might want to drink this extra-strength, high-concentration toxic waste!" the kid said, presenting Plasmus with a barrel saying Danger: Toxic. Before Robin or Cyborg could do anything, Plasmus took the barrel and drunk it.
"Why'd you do that, you little-" Cyborg began, but the kid waved a finger.
"Wait and see," he said. No sooner had he finished or Plasmus collapsed, transforming into a sleeping man and leaving the Titans covered in purple goo. Robin looked at the kid.
"What was that?" he asked. The kid smiled.
"Sleeping pills mixed with water. Enough to knock out Plasmus. Apparently."
"Ah," Robin said. "Clever." The kid smiled.
"Thanks," he said. "I'm Felix."
"Nice to meet ya, Felix. Thanks for helping us out with gooey over there," Beastboy said.
"My pleasure," Felix replied.
"You guys want some pizza? I got a few from my sister, she's a great cook, but I can't eat it by myself." Robin wanted to reply, but Starfire was faster.
"It would be great to eat some unhealthy foods once more," she said. Felix smiled.
"Awesome!" he said. "I'll heat up the oven."
After a while, Felix came back to his living room where the Titans were waiting, with the pizzas. He however, didn't carry them. They floated next to him. Raven looked up.
"You do magic too?" she asked. He nodded.
"Amongst other things. That's how I got a barrel of 'toxic waste.' Just a normal barrel with an illusion on it. Sinavai Tivundor."
"Ilvangar Cillendas," Raven replied to the Wizards' Greet. "Do you have many spells?" Felix laughed.
"A library full, all spellbooks. And yet another for my novel collection." Raven whistled.
"Where do you place that?"
"Extra dimensions can come in handy if you need lots of space."
Raven nodded. "Or if you just need to be alone."
Felix smiled. "I always assumed your reputation would be enough to halt anyone trying to enter your room?" Raven shot a glance at Cyborg and Beastboy.
"Most of the time, yes."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Cyborg said. "Pizza's getting cold." Felix laughed again and soon everyone ate.
"You're right," Beastboy said with half a pizza in his mouth.
"Your sis is a great cook!" Felix nodded.
"She owns several restaurants, they're doing great!" Robin looked up.
"How'd you get the idea with the sleeping pills, anyway?"
"Logic," Felix said. "Plasmus is only Plasmus when he's awake. He drinks toxic waste. combine that and you get my idea." Robin nodded.
"If that hadn't worked, I would have pummelled him with bags of quick-drying cement and water," Felix added.
"Ah," Robin said. "Clever." Felix nodded.
"As I said, it's all about logic, really. I-" a buzzer went off in the Titan's communicators and Robin looked up.
"I hate to crash the party," he said, "but Cinderblock's rampaging in the city." Everyone got up, including Felix.
"Oh no," Robin said. "You're not going." Felix simply shrugged.
When they arrived at the scene, Cinderblock was busy wrecking cars on a parking lot. Robin and the others ran to him, shooting at him with magic, energy bolts, plasma weaponry and explosives. Cinderblock simply blinked and returned fire with car wrecks and pieces of rock. One hit Raven in the face and she fell down. Cinderblock punched Starfire and she was flung backwards. He stomped on Cyborg, drilling him in the ground. He picked up Robin and seemed intend to crush him.
"Hey, rockhead!" Felix yelled. "Listen to this!" He clapped his hands and a wave of sound rolled forth. When it hit Cinderblock, the monster shook, trembled and fell into pieces. He helped Raven up and looked at the broken stone villain.
"Nothing I can't fix," he said, then used a spell to repair Cinderblock whilst at the same time binding him with solid metal pipes. Robin glared at Felix.
"I thought I said you couldn't come?" Felix shrugged again.
"And you did a wonderful job." Robin glared at him, but then began to laugh.
"You're determined," he said.
"I personally would call it stubbornness," Felix said with a smile. Robin too smiled.
"Regardless, we could use that. Would you like to join the Teen Titans?" Felix' smile grew even bigger.
"Of course! I suppose you need someone with half a brain," he said, then accepted the communicator. "There's still some pizza left. Anyone a slice?"