"Cyborg's Rainbow"
Raven returned from her strange shopping spree soon after Starfire stopped complaining about the horrible smell in the main room. Cyborg had cleaned every shred of plastic wrap off the walls and air vents, but apparently the alien had a far more acute sense of smell than everyone else, and could detect the so-called scentless gas. Beast Boy had mysteriously disappeared into the basement and hadn't returned since he entered three hours ago.
Raven refused to let anyone know what was in the bag, and judging by the empath's gender, nobody really asked. The only question that ran through anyone's head was why she went down into the basement, too.
The first thing Raven saw of Beast Boy was a green head peaking out of a large cabinet on the wall. "Found some," he whispered excitedly. "You got the cups?"
Raven nodded and levitated to where the changeling was brushing himself off. He pointed into the cabinet, where over thirty cans of car paint resided.
"Why would Cyborg even have this much paint?" Raven asked in her monotone. She peeked at the colors, grey, black, white, pretty much the entire rainbow and every shade of blue anyone could ever need.
"I heard he experimented with colors on the T-car before he found the right paint job," Beast Boy answered. Snorting, he added, "Dude, check out this pink!"
Raven immediately fixed her eyes on a can of hot pink paint in the changeling's hands and smirked. "We're starting with that one."
Beast Boy lifted the last can out of the cabinet and slumped to the ground, yawning. "So, when do we get to do it?" he asked, stretching his arms.
"Soon as he sleeps," the empath replied. "Just like he did to us." The purple haired girl grabbed Beast Boy by the collar and pulled him up into a standing position. "And we need to get all this paint to your room before that happens."
"Right," Beast Boy mumbled, blushing.
Raven's telekinetic strength helped with moving the paint, but they had to remain stealthy as they traveled through the halls. It took the two around an hour to transport the heavy cans in total, and Beast Boy was quite tired by the time they were all stashed beneath his bed. He collapsed on his bottom bunk and heard the slight crumpling of sheets as Raven sat down beside him.
She looked over at him, eyes glimmering with hunger for revenge. He was very glad that for once, the look was not directed at him. The empath sniffed at his pillow and flinched back, seeming quite disgusted.
"You need to clean your room," Raven remarked, slightly revolted.
"I tried," Beast Boy lied in answer. "It took too long, and it was all there the next day. It would take days to do it all again."
Raven raised an eyebrow, lifting a hand filled with obsidian power. The clothes were suddenly glowing with an identical energy, gliding off the floor into the changeling's closet. The dirt and old food slithered into the trash bin with a reluctant hiss, and the top bunk made itself tidily.
"Oh," Beast Boy muttered, defeated. "Thanks."
"It was nothing," Raven replied, picking up a lint ball and tossing it into the bin.
The stagnant silence was interrupted by an extremely annoying voice, otherwise known as Robin's, yelling, "Dinner!"
Raven hopped off Beast Boy's bed and walked towards the door. Turning to face the changeling, she asked, "You coming?"
Beast Boy groaned and headed to where the empath was standing, stumbling out the door and down the hall. Upon entering the main room, he was greeted by Cyborg's smirk and Starfire's cheerful expression.
"We are eating the meatloaf!" the alien announced cheerfully. She brandished a large dish of food at the two Titans. Beast Boy flinched away as though there was a jar of mercury on there.
"I'm a vegetarian!" the changeling complained, glaring at the meatloaf and hiding behind Raven. "Is there any tofu?"
Starfire looked slightly put out, but remained happy. "I do believe there is some in the refrigerator," she replied. The alien picked at a small piece of meatloaf that was about to fall off the plate. All four Titans abruptly looked up as the doors to the main room opened, and Robin trotted down the stairs.
"Great, meatloaf," Robin said, looking at the plate. Starfire visibly brightened up and cast a slightly smug look at Beast Boy. She followed Robin to the table, while the changeling walked over to the refrigerator, muttering about cows and slavery. Cyborg's smirk didn't fade as he sat down and dug into the dinner.
When every Titan had eaten their fill, Robin declared that it was movie night. Raven rolled her eyes and Beast Boy remained annoyed that they could not do the prank until later. Raven usefully pointed out that Cyborg would be far more drowsy, and was less likely to wake up while they were working.
It was the mechanical teen's turn to pick a movie, and he grinned evilly while taking Wicked Scary 2 off the shelf. Beast Boy gave a visible shudder while Starfire hid behind Robin. Raven kept her unblinking gaze the same, completely unfazed. Cyborg shrugged and popped the movie into the DVD player, then hit the play button.
If Beast Boy had chosen the movie, it would have been Pink Happy Rainbow Ponies compared to the sequel of the movie that had caused Raven's powers to nearly level the Tower. The giant red-eyed monster was ripping the life out of some poor actor when he curled into a tiny ball and tried to look away from the screen. A slight feeling of surprise ran through him when he felt Raven's cloak flutter over him, lightly resting on the changeling in a reassuring manner. Upon looking up, Raven's expression had remained unchanged, and she seemed to have let her cloak cover him subconsciously.
The movie ended after what seemed like hours. Starfire wasn't as scared as she had been the first time, but didn't look like she hadn't been affected. All five of them remained still until the credits finished rolling. When the TV went black, Cyborg started to laugh hysterically.
"Oh, God, that was, brilliant!" he choked out. "Down, right, terrifying!"
Robin joined in the mirth, cracking up along with Starfire. Even Raven managed a small smile.
"Well, ya'll, it's time we hit the sack," Cyborg yawned after a few moments of laughter, still chuckling weakly. "See you in the morning."
"Or sooner," Beast Boy whispered into Raven's ear.
The Titans headed to their separate rooms, turning off lights and shutting doors. Raven met up with Beast Boy in the hallway with a promise to meet again an hour later. Beast Boy nodded and retreated to his room, shutting the door behind him.
When the small clock in Raven's room read 11:00, she slipped out the door and stopped outside Cyborg's room, levitating a few inches off the ground. Beast Boy was already there, carrying the bag of cups. "You ready?" he whispered.
"As I'll ever be," Raven muttered in reply.
The empath surrounded the keypad with dark energy, detecting the code and causing the door to slip open. Cyborg was snoozing on his metal plate that he called a bed, and didn't look like he would wake up anytime soon. The two plotting Titans split the bag of cups and set to work, covering every flat surface they could find with the containers.
When Cyborg's room looked like it had once been part of a cup factory, Beast Boy and Raven grabbed two cans of paint each and started filling the containers. Beast Boy had placed a cup on Cyborg's chest, and was now pouring pink paint into it, cackling. Raven obviously didn't have a color preference, but was quite efficient with using her powers to fill ten cups at a time. Soon, they were halfway through the process. Yawning, Beast Boy turned into a squirrel and sat down on one of the few shelves that was cup-free.
Raven looked up from where she was pouring several containers on the floor with dark blue paint. "You OK?" she asked quietly.
"Tired," he whispered back. To prove he wasn't slacking, he transformed back and started filling a few cups on Cyborg's bed with pale gray paint. Raven nodded and went back to filling the cups.
Soon, they were done. Raven and Beast Boy flew out of the room and shut the door, speeding down the hall as fast as they could. The two burst through Beast Boy's door and fell to the floor, the adrenaline of knowing they had avoided detection and capture by the mechanical man not fading immediately. Raven quickly sat up, wrinkling her nose at the smell of the carpet.
"Smell still isn't gone," she commented quietly.
Beast Boy smiled weakly, managing a small laugh. "It'll never go away, it's a way of life," he replied, grinning at Raven's darkened face.
"Do you think he's going to want to get back at us?"
"Dude, I'd be amazed if he didn't."
A/N: You guys have freakin' astonished me with the reviews. Thanks to all of you awesome people. You deserved the long chapter. :)
So, what will Cyborg come up with next? I get the feeling SOME of you (Not naming any names here) are going to really like the next prank. But until then, which may not be until the weekend because of a competition in VIRGINIA my sister's going to, I hope you enjoy these little snippets of info I dug up for ya'll.
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Titans Facts:
1. Contrary to popular belief, Robin and Starfire don't kiss once. (Not counting the language transfer Starfire does in "Go".) The two actually kiss twice in the show's history, in the Teen Titans Go comic called "Regarding Robin", when Robin is depressed about his parents dying and Starfire is the only one to successfully cheer him up.
2. Also referencing this issue of the comic, Raven's powers not only heal physical injuries, but mental and psychological ones as well.
3. For those who don't read the comics, or the wiki: Starfire has a younger brother named Wildfire.
