Yay for the next chapter. Thanks to those who read the last chapter. Please let me know what you all think of this. Again, I don't own anything. Thank you for reading.
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Chapter 2: Beautiful Day
"One day you will have to explain to me the meaning of these 'pranks' and why Beast Boy enjoys 'pulling them,'" Starfire said in the T car as she, Robin, and Cyborg road to the scene of the crime.
"I'll tell you why he enjoys pulling them," Cyborg said. "Because he thinks that one day he'll be able to pull something that will beat me. Well, it ain't ever gonna happen! You hear me?"
Starfire responded, "Yes Cyborg, I can hear you. But what will he have to pull to beat you?"
Robin fought long and hard to not laugh while Cyborg turned red. "Never mind," he mumbled, figuring it wasn't worth trying to continue the awkward moment.
Meanwhile, up in the sky, Beast Boy was flying high on his success.
"I still don't see what there is to be proud of. You rigged up a pie of tofu to fly at Cyborg. Big whoop," Raven said.
As they landed Beast Boy changed into his normal form and said, "Well Cy had it coming for a while. Remember the ice cream incident?" And Raven did. 10 gallons of ice cream ruined. It took Beast Boy 2 weeks to get that uniform completely cleaned.
"And besides," Beast Boy continued, "You gotta admit it was funny."
Raven rolled her eyes, "Like anything you do is funny."
Beast Boy, a little bit annoyed turned towards her and said, "You know, one of these days you're going to have to say something nice to me."
"Don't hold your breath," Raven said as she continued to where the other Titans had gathered. Beast Boy, defeated and now pissed off, followed behind.
"So what's the situation?" Robin asked the policemen on the scene.
"These crazy people just came out of nowhere, and are causing trouble in the mall. They're driving the people out and destroying everything. Say they're from some sort of cult or something," the policeman responded.
"Ok Titans. Let's go!" Robin shouted, and they were off into the mall.
"I wonder what these guys look like," Beast Boy wondered. He didn't have to wonder for long.
Upon entering the mall, which was hard amidst the massive crowd of people trying to escape, they saw 3 hooded men in dark robes who were floating above the crowd and sending out waves of energy, destroying stores and displays throughout their path.
"Flee, fools! It will do you no good! We are the messengers of the truth and your doom! You will tremble before the power of the Order of the Enlightened!" The hooded figures continued to fly around and destroy the mall.
"Hold it!" Robin yelled. The hooded figures, more surprised than intimidated, actually stopped their destruction to turn towards the Titans.
"And just who are you supposed to be?" asked one of the figures.
"We should be asking you the same thing," Cyborg said.
"We're the Teen Titans, defenders of this city. And who are you?" asked Robin.
"Heh, so you want to know who WE are?" asked the cloaked figure.
"I don't like this," said Raven, as more dark energy began to encircle the three floating figures.
"We are the messengers of the sacred Order of the Enlightened! This planet, its people, its very existence is a bane upon the order of the universe, and we have been charged with its destruction. Only then can the balance be placed back into the order in the universe!"
"WHAT???" exclaimed Beast Boy. "You can't do that!"
But the figure only laughed. "Green one, we can and we will do whatever our master commands. This planet is a blemish on the cosmic order, and we will fix it. And there isn't anything you or your friends can do about it!"
"We'll see about that!" yelled Robin. "Titans, GO!"
Instantly, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy, in the form of a pterodactyl, took to the sky to take down the figures, while Robin and Cyborg took to find cover. Starfire began throwing starbolts at the messengers, but the bolts were being countered by the fireballs that the figures were sending back at them.
"AHHHH!!!" Starfire yelled. "Hold on Starfire," yelled Raven, as she chanted. "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!"
Suddenly a shield of black energy appeared in front of the three fliers, protecting them from the fireballs while they charged their attackers.
"Ready Beast Boy?" asked Raven, who got a nod from the dinosaur. When they were close to the intruders, then Raven dissipated the shield and Beast Boy transformed into a bear, tackling one of the figures and sending him to the ground in a great crash. Raven and Starfire now squared off against one of the sorcerers each.
On the ground, the aggravated sorcerer was able to blast Beast Boy off of him with a powerful torrent of flame, but then had to contend with Cyborg's sonic cannon.
"Can't take the heat, huh, hot stuff?" The sorcerer was under a continuous barrage, but was soon able to send a blast of flame back at Cyborg, knocking him back into the window of what remained of a clothing store.
"Ugh…oh, he likes to play," muttered Cyborg as the sorcerer closed in. But the sorcerer had forgotten about the other two male Titans, as Robin cracked him over the back with his staff, and Beast Boy then charged as a ram and knocked the sorcerer into a food stand. Once Beast Boy changed back he look at Cyborg and said
"Hey Cy. Nice dress."
"Wha?" said Cyborg as he looked down to find that he was dressed in one of the polka-dotted sun dresses in the display. "Grr…that tears it," as he tore the feminine dress from his body.
He saw the sorcerer begin to recover as he aimed his cannon and shot a powerful wave that sent the sorcerer flying into another wall. "Booyah! Hey BB. I think bird boy and I can take this one. You should go help the others out," Cyborg yelled as he and Robin took off in pursuit of the grounded sorcerer.
"Good idea, Cy," said Beast Boy, before turning into an eagle and taking to the skies again.
As it turns out, it was a good idea, because while the three boys were easily able to handle their sorcerer on the ground, 1 on 1 in the air was a much harder match-up for Raven and Starfire. Starfire and her cloaked caster continued to fly around each other, both trying to hit with their projectile energy attacks, while Raven and the other sorcerer were locked in a battle of magic waves, waiting to see who would bend first. Beast Boy was closer to Star, and so he was able to sneak up on the sorcerer and began to claw at his face with his talons.
"AAAHH!! Blasted creature!" exclaimed the sorcerer as he was about to fry Beast Boy when Starfire stepped in with a might hit that sent the sorcerer flying.
"Are you unharmed, Beast Boy?" asked Starfire, who received a nod in reply from the eagle. "Then let us help friend Raven with her unwelcome sorcerer." Beast Boy took off like a…well like an eagle, towards the other sorcerer.
Raven, meanwhile, was locked in a power struggle with the other sorcerer.
He's strong. But I'm stronger.
And Raven was slowly beginning to win the war. Suddenly she caught something out of the corner of her eye flying towards the sorcerer. And then her world went white, as the sudden disconnect of energy caused both beams to explode, sending both sorcerer and half-demon flying into walls. Beast Boy flew over to where Raven crashed and changed back.
"Oh man, Raven! I'm so sorry. I didn't think that would happen," he said apologetically as he offered his hand.
"You never seem to think," Raven said sternly as she got up on her own, "And I was handling him just fine." Beast Boy backed off, and was clearly dejected as Starfire floated over.
"Friend Raven, I believe Beast Boy was only trying to help.." But Starfire was unable to finish her sentence as the sorcerer she was fighting earlier blasted her with a fireball again and she began to fall.
"Starfire!" yelled Beast Boy, which caught Robin's attention, and he took off in full speed to get under Starfire just in time to make the Jerry Rice-esque catch. Starfire came too when she was in Robin's arms.
"My hero," she smiled.
"Are you ok?" asked Robin. "Yes, I am Robin," said Starfire. "Let us finish this fight!"
"Yo, Robin!" called Cyborg. "The one down here is knocked out!"
"Alright then team," said Robin. "Let's take care of the other two!"
Starfire lifted into the air again, carrying Robin with her, and when she was close enough, she flung him towards the sorcerer, who was caught off guard and soon met Robin's boot up close and personal. Starfire finished the job by blasting the hooded figure to the ground and then nimbly caught Robin and floated back down to the ground.
Meanwhile Raven was finally standing and ready to fight again.
"Let me help you," Beast Boy said.
"You want to help me? Then just stay out of my way!" said Raven as she took off into flight again. "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" she chanted as two hands of black magic energy encased the third sorcerer and threw him to the ground. Cyborg was able to knock out the other two sorcerers, and then he tied all three to a pillar so they couldn't escape.
"Ok…I think we got them," he said. "Are you alright up there BB?"
"Yeah, I'm just great," Beast Boy mumbled before changing again and flying down to join his teammates.
Raven went over to the unconscious sorcerers to use her powers to seal their magic so that the authorities could take them away.
"I'm not sure I've seen magic like this before, but they should be good to go," she said as she rejoined the team.
"Good," said Robin. "I just called the police in, so they should be able to take it from here," as the cops showed up and began to cuff the cloaked sorcerers and lead them away. "Let's get out of here. We did good today team."
"Oh, I know!" said Starfire excitedly. "Let us perform the act of celebration!"
"Good idea," agreed Cyborg, "But what should we do?"
"We'll figure it out," said Robin. "Let's just get out of here." Agreeing the team started to leave.
However, Raven turned around just in time to hear one of the sorcerers who was slowly coming back into consciousness.
"Fools…you cannot stop this…"
Raven was puzzled, but didn't think too much of it, and decided to file this away for now. But as she had learned many times before, the craziest ideas are the ones that tend to come true.