AN: Here's Chapter 2 of the wonderful adventures of Terry! I don't really like how a lot of OC's get paired up with Robin or Beast Boy. I'm especially sick of rabid-fangirls going Robin-crazy and trying to rape him. And the worst part is, they usually make Starfire and Raven and jealous ones. And EVEN WORSE, Robin or Beast Boy usually loves the OC back! The horror!
7.20.10 - moar editing. Yays!
Ch2: Jealousy and Romance Do Not Mix
When I woke up, I was strapped to a hospital bed by wide leather strips. My first reaction was to struggle against them, but they didn't budge a hair. What were those crazy people doing?
"Are you awake?"
I stopped writhing and looked up. Starfire was standing by the bed, watching me cautiously.
"Uh, yeah," I said slowly. Was she really that daft? "That's why I'm struggling. Now please let me go."
I was surprised at how calm I felt. Either the tranquilizer was still in effect, or I had simply given up on arguing with the Titans. It was probably the former. If I had the money, I'd find a good lawyer the moment I escaped. If I escaped- no, I couldn't think that way.
"I am afraid I cannot," Starfire said, nervously wringing a damp cloth. "Robin has instructed me to watch over you, should you attempt to 'break out.' I apologize."
"Seriously," my voice rose a notch. "Let me go! I want to go home!"
"Mary Sue," Raven said as she walked in the brightly lit infirmary. I didn't bother correcting her. Then I realized that it was morning; I had been unconscious for a whole night. "You can't go home."
"What are you talking about? My parents must be freaking out by now!" I didn't mention that they were out of town for the week, and my brothers probably didn't care where I was. Yeah, they were a pretty caring bunch.
"Your parents are dead," she said sadly, resting a hand on my shoulder. "Your home planet was blown up just a few days ago."
"Wait- what? What planet?" I asked in disbelief. Now what were they going on about? I was getting tired of their stupid games. If it weren't for the leather straps keeping me on the bed, I would have jumped out the window by now. Anything to get out of this crazy house. Er- tower. Whatever.
Cyborg stepped in the room. He looked at me pitifully.
"We were doing research on your alien species. Our database managed to find your home planet, Toyota, in the Mitsubishi Galaxy. It was destroyed by the Nintendo Warlords just a week ago."
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" I yelled, finally snapped. "Those are Japanese company brand names! And I'm not an alien! I'm a human! I was born in Michigan! I have two dorky older brothers and a couple of stickler parents!"
"She's in denial," Raven muttered, removing her hand from my shoulder.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Please, relax," Starfire said soothingly. "I know how you are feeling. My own planet has been destroyed several times."
"WELL THEN!" I laughed sarcastically. "That's just dandy! You know what? Maybe you're right! Guess what, everybody? I'm from Toyota, and Nintendo apparently killed us all! Whoop-dee-doo!"
I was sure I looked like a lunatic right then, with my hair flopping about and flecks of saliva flying out of my mouth. But I didn't give a damn. I was getting really frustrated. Seriously, a lawsuit was in order. And probably a restraining order to go with it.
"Glad to see you're feeling better, Mary Sue," Robin said as he entered. Beast Boy followed behind him, carrying an enormous crate of milk chocolate. I eyed him warily and stopped fighting against the leather straps. "Titans, let me have a minute alone with her. Beast Boy, you can leave the chocolate with me."
The other Titans shot me one last look of pity and walked out. Beast Boy dropped the box of Hershey on the ground with a loud thump and scampered after them. I started hyperventilating again. I seriously did not want to be alone in the same room with Robin, Spandex Boy Wonder. Speaking of the devil, he looked at me strangely and walked right up to the bed.
"Mary Sue…" he said, his voice cracking. I tried to lean away from him, but the straps prevented me from doing so. "I am so sorry."
Without warning, he unbuckled the straps, releasing me. Before I could jump away, though, he suddenly had me in his arms, smothering me against his chest. He smelled like baby powder, which I found quite disturbing.
"Gmph!" I groaned. I tried to push him off of me, but he was too strong.
"It's okay! It's gonna be okay!" To my horror, I realized that Robin was crying into my hair. "We're all here for you. It's going to be okay."
He hugged me tighter, making me gag. My head started to feel light and dizzy, both from the lack of air and from his stench of baby bottom. Right before I thought I was going to faint, Robin let go of me and held me out at arms length, looking at me.
"Don't cry, Mary Sue!" he sniffled. "I'm here for you!"
"I'm not crying!" I insisted. "And I don't need you! Go away!"
"Shhhh!" he shushed. And Robin grabbed onto me again, my neck pushed up uncomfortably against his rather sharp collar bone.
"Dammit!" I gasped. "Let me go! I can't breathe!"
"There's no need to be so emotional, Mary Sue!" Robin said again, a hint of annoyance in his voice. "I understand that you are very upset, what with your whole planet blowing up, but you don't need to cling on to me that much!"
"What?" I twisted my mouth downward into a grimace as if I had drunk a gallon of vinegar. "Jeez! Either you're just stupid, or I'm having a really bad nightmare."
"Aw, that's so sweet!" Robin cooed. I think a bit of barf came up in my mouth just then. I resisted the urge to spew it all over him. "Here, have some chocolate."
He reached down to the large crate of Hershey, his other arm still wrapped around me. Robin pulled out a large chocolate bar and held it under my nose as if I were a dog.
"I don't want it," I said, leaning away.
"Okay then, here," Without warning, Robin crammed the entire bar of chocolate in my mouth.
"Bleck!" I spat it out right onto his lap. I froze. "Oops…"
I waited for him to smack me or jump back in disgust. What he did next caught me completely off guard.
"Ah hah hah hah!" he laughed loudly. "Mary Sue, you are hilarious! I love your jokes!" He looked at me again, making me shiver. It was hard to tell what he was thinking behind that blank white mask. "It's really brave of you to be happy like this in your time of pain and sorrow. Mary Sue, you are one special alien."
"Why don't you tell that to Starfire," I muttered. Robin pulled me up to my feet and dragged me to the exit. He ignored the large brown stain on his shiny pants. He continued dragging me all the way to the Operations Center. The other Titans were gathered on their giant couch, watching some ninja movie on their television. Despite my situation, I found myself drooling at the sight of their mega-sized high def plasma-screen TV. We only had a tiny little box that constantly blinked static at us.
"Alright Titans," Robin said, his authority voice returned. "Since Mary Sue is still grieving for her lost planet, we should take her out to do some Earthly things to cheer her up!"
"Let us go to the mall of shopping!" Starfire said, floating off the couch.
"No, let Mary Sue decide," Robin said rather dreamily, still holding my arm in a death grip. I thought I saw Starfire glare at me for a split second, but that bubbly expression of hers appeared again. Then I realized that this was my chance to escape.
"Uh…" I pretended to be thinking hard. "Um… can we go Downtown?" If we went there, then I could run back to my apartment and hide until the Titans forgot about me. Perfect! Nothing could go wrong.
"Shopping it is, then!" Robin declared.
"No, I said Downtown," I said, vigorously shaking my head.
"Sure, we can leave now!" Robin pulled me along, my arm beginning to feel numb. I glanced back helplessly at the other Titans, but they smiled and followed after us. That shadow passed across Starfire's face again, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared.
We drove in Cyborg's T-car. Cyborg insisted that I sit shotgun, and I did so reluctantly. Since there wasn't enough room for all six of us, Beast Boy had to sit in my lap in the form of a rather hairy Chihuahua.
"You like dogs, dontcha?" he had asked me eagerly before we piled in the car.
"No," I said. "I'm allergic."
He didn't reply. Instead, he morphed into this hideous rat-dog and jumped on my lap. I tried to push him off, but he dug his nails into my legs, making me wince. So I had no choice to but lean back in my seat while the green dog drooled on my jeans and licked the window.
Our group attracted plenty of stares from the shoppers. After all, we had a half-robot, a green kid, a creepy pale girl, a floating alien, and a spandex wearing traffic light. I mean, um, Boy Wonder. A few people gave me some curious glances, too. I glared back at them.
"I'm bored," I said, still trying to pull myself away from Robin, who was now holding my hand tightly. He glanced at me and smiled. I grimaced and looked away.
"Um, Robin," Starfire spoke up. "May I take Mary Sue to shop for clothes? I wish to show her an excellent store I have found the day before."
Robin let go of me reluctantly, and I quickly backed away and rubbed my sore hand. "Okay then. Meet us at the food court in thirty minutes."
"I'll go with them," Raven stepped up next to me. Robin shrugged and walked off with the other two guys, who were arguing about video games or something like that.
Once they were out of sight, I made a break for it. Without meaning to, I shoved Raven aside and began sprinting towards the nearest exit. I didn't look back to see if they were following me. But I guess they didn't need to run after me, because right when I was just a step away from the exit, I crashed into an obsidian-black wall of energy.
"Ow!" I yelped, holding my bruised nose. The wall disappeared and someone grabbed my arm in a not-so-friendly manner. I gulped and looked behind me.
Starfire glared at me, her eyes flashing dangerously. Raven stood right beside her, an expression of pure hate directed at me. My legs began wobbling like my mom's homemade gelatin casserole (it's really wiggly). Hey, you would too if you had two super-powered beings looking at you like they wanted to kill you.
"Stay away from Robin," Starfire growled, her grip tightening. Damn that chick could squeeze. My arm started to turn purple and my fingertips lost all feeling.
"Wh-what?" I stuttered.
"You heard her," Raven said ominously. "And I want you to stop flirting with Beast Boy."
"Hey! Hey!" I stammered. "You can have them! I'm not interested! Besides, I never flirted with-"
"So you're not about to back off, are you?" Raven interrupted.
"Shall I dispose of her, Raven?" Starfire asked, smiling wickedly. I trembled harder, about to collapse from fear. My mouth turned dry and my stupid legs wouldn't stay still.
"Let's do it together," Raven twitched her jaw in what she probably thought was a smile. Ignoring my shrieks, Raven grabbed my other arm and the two girls flew up with me in between them. I expected a bunch of the shoppers to glance up at my screaming, but they seemed deaf to my cries.
"YOU'RE ALL CRAZY!" I screamed. "CRAZY!"
I looked down again, and screamed when I saw where they were headed. The fountain. I desperately grabbed at Starfire and Ravens' arms, but they dropped me before I had a chance to cling onto them for safety. My stomach seemed to be jumping around inside of me as I dropped at least twenty feet down to the water.
My feet came in contact with the murky water and crashed to cement and tile. I yelped and fell on my bottom as the shockwaves from the impact spread through me. Luckily, I didn't break anything, though my whole body felt sore from the fall. Water splashed on my face, making me sputter and clumsily roll out of the stream's way. The sound of laughter reached my ears.
I narrowed my eyes and grit my teeth when I saw Starfire and Raven laughing and pointing at me. A few other people were looking at our direction, but they mainly ignored us. At that point, I decided that I really hated the two female Titans. They reminded me of these two girls at my school who basically treated everyone like dirt.
It was a shame, too, since I thought they were cool.
With some difficulty, I pulled myself out of the water. My clothes were heavy with water and my shoes made a squishy sound as I stepped out onto the floor. When I realized that a few bystanders were watching me curiously, my face turned a brilliant shade of crimson and I hunched over in shame. But my anger quickly returned as Starfire and Raven's laughing intensified.
"DAMMIT!" I yelled, stomping up to them. I slipped and slid a little, but I managed to stay on my feet. "What the hell is your problem?"
I half-expected them to push me back in the fountain, but reality is apparently twisted and enjoys screwing with me. They stopped laughing abruptly, and their looks of glee turned to those of fear.
"Uh oh…" Starfire muttered, staring at me with wide eyes. Raven was backing away from my soggy form.
"Her powers are acting up again!" Raven cried out. She grabbed Starfire and towed her away. I watched dumbly at their retreating figures, before my mind finally processed what this meant.
"I'm free," I whispered in astonishment. "I'm free!"
Ignoring the now large crowd of onlookers, I whooped out in joy and half-ran, half-skidded towards the exit. I was so sure that I was going to make it. I was certain that I could get back home. But I was wrong, as usual. Things just weren't going my way that day, were they?
-X-
AN: Bwahaha, I have left you with a cliffhanger! I am so horrible :)
Next chapter should be up in 3-5 days.