Teen Titans Play Games

Chapter 1 Riddles

Strangely, a week had passed by without any crime. The Titans were starting to get bored. Very, dangerously bored.

Raven was meditating in the corner as usual, and Starfire was learning earth customs by reading a book on festivals. Robin was managing his files AGAIN and cyborg was upgrading his system. That left Beast Boy, who had nothing to do. And an unoccupied Best Boy is an extremely lethal thing.

"Yo, who wants to go swimming with me?" he asked, puffing up his chest with pride "You know you wanna see me half-naked, Rae-Rae,"

Beast Boy was suddenly thrown against the wall and thumped hardly on the ground.

"You know what? I think Beast Boy's right," said Cyborg "We need some team bonding or we'll end up just like the Titans East when they were first formed,"

Robin nodded his agreement. "As leader of the team, I order everyone to participate."

"Oh, so are we going to do the 'bonding of the team'? That is magnificent!" Starfire squealed "I shall bake the pudding of…"

"This isn't going to be a team bonding exercise," Raven interrupted "I'm just going back to my room to read."

"But Raven!" Beast Boy exclaimed "The whole team's gonna play!"

"Not the whole team," Raven said, her tone final.

"I am the leader of this team and in order to keep it running I need you to participate in this game," Robin said calmly "Just this once."

"Yeah Raven!" Cyborg said "You need to come out more or you'll be even skinnier than you are now. You need some muscles on those arms."

"Oh, what is the problem Friend Raven? Shall I bake…"

"I'll play," Raven said.

Starfire squealed and hugged her.

"Just this once," she added quickly.

"But Friend Raven…"

"Let's play the game and keep the fussing later," Beast Boy said "I say we play video games!"

"Nah, only two can play at once," said Cyborg, dismissing the idea. "I say stankball!"

He then faced the infamous RavenGlare. And trembled. Even his machine parts.

"We should play some thing that is both intellectual and helps us bond," Robin said, taking control of the situation "I think we should guess riddles."

"Riddles are sooo boring," Beast Boy said. He quickly clammed up after receiving Cyborg's metal glare.

"Of course, Friend Robin! But what are riddles?" Starfire asked excitedly.

Robin explained everything to her.

"Not a bad idea," Cyborg shrugged "I know the best riddles."

"You are so the cleverest genius on Earth," mumbled Raven in her usual monotone, sarcastic voice.

"Hey! That's…"

"I'll start," Robin quickly interjected.

The others stopped squabbling and started to listen.

"What get wetter and wetter the more it dries?"

Raven fake yawned. "A towel,"

Robin shrugged. "Your turn, then,"

"The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?"

Silence for three minutes.

Finally Cyborg answered. " A gravestone?"

"No,"

"A coffin."

"Yes."

"Good one!" cheered Robin.

"But everyone dies!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "How can he 'not need it'?"

"Friend Raven! What is a coffin?" Starfire asked innocently.

"Only Robin know the answer," she said plainly as Starfire started to bug robin.

"Okay, my turn now," Cyborg said "What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?"

"The river!" Starfire exclaimed "Robin told me that in Earth words rivers 'run', and…"

"Starfire it's your turn." Raven interrupted yet again.

"What is it that, when you take away the whole, the some still remains?"

"I know this one I KNOW THIS ONE!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"That is great Friend Beast Boy!"

"Just get on with it."

"The word 'wholesome'!"

"That is great, Friend Beast Boy! I shall rejoice by singing my favourite song…"

"Let's get on with it," Cyborg said with a hint of fright in his voice.

Beast Boy cleared his throat. "Hello everyone, here is my riddle! You have me but cannot hold me. Gain me and quickly lose me. If treated with care I can be great, and if betrayed I will break. What am I?"

"I am familiar with this topic," Robin said. "Trust."

"Congratulations Friend Robin!"

"Now here is my riddle. My thunder comes before the lightning ;my lightning comes before the clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. Who am I?"

"A volcano." Raven deadpanned. "I said this was stupid."

"Alright! It is your turn friend Raven!" Starfire said.

"Sure, but if none of you get the correct answer within five minutes I do not have to play. Deal?"

"Deal." Said Cyborg, smirking. "I know all the riddles in the world."

'Let's see about that. Here it is. You do not want to have me, but when you have me, you do not want to lose me. What am I?"

Chaos erupted.

"Man, this is so easy! A fight!"

"The argument!"

"Duel to the death!"

"A match!"

"No."

All went silent. You could her a pin drop.

"Some kind of debate with serious punishment?"

"An Earth custom?"

"Stankball?"

"Tofu dodgeball?"

"No."

"Two minutes twenty one seconds," Raven said.

"A lovers' quarrel!"

"Do I look romantic?"

"Verbal fight or glare contest?"

"Do I look stupid?"

"Um…no?"

"One minute fifty seconds,"

"Some kind of fight?"

"No."

"A hint maybe?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top?"

Beast Boy suddenly had a limp and bruises over his face.

"Forty five seconds."

"An argument of some sort!"

"No."

The Titans were racking their brains.

"Ten,"

"Tofu fight!"

"Nine,"

"Stankball fight!"

"Eight,"

"A fight with the Batman?"

"Seven."

The Titans were having a headache.

'Three,"

"Still no answer?" Raven mocked.

"Two,"

"One,"

She turned to leave.

"Hey Raven can you tell us the answer now?' asked Cyborg.

"It's a lawsuit."