Hi everyone, this is Johnsmythe58 again. Thank you to all my reviewers and followers. Every review and follow really means a lot to me. Thank you so much to Shadowjack12345 for giving me a bunch of awesome advice. I couldn't have written this story with out him. Note: I'll be calling Robin Ben when he's disguised as Ben Tennyson and Dick when he's Dick Grayson. Anyways, on to the story.
Chapter 6: Revealed?
Several months had passed since Ben's first day of high school. Ben had been able to fit in quite well after he found some friends in various clubs and classes. To keep his identity as Dick Grayson and Robin hidden, Ben purposefully received average marks in all his classes and participated in no sports. Had he actually been trying, he could have received straight A's in all his classes. After all, going to the prestigious Gotham Academy had made Ben a bookworm at one point.
On the weekends, Ben devoted himself to working with the Titans and solidifying his Ben Tennyson persona. When he acted like the real Ben had been, he was more laid-back, less focused, and more carefree about everything. Since about 3 months had passed, Ben decided to make an appearance as Robin to check on his teammates.
Without informing Batman, Ben transformed back into Dick Grayson. Feeling a sensation so foreign yet familiar at the same time, Dick felt good to be back in his old body. He quickly donned the familiar traffic light uniform and searched for the R-cycle, which he had hidden in a grove a few miles away from Jump. After finding it and mounting it, Dick gunned the engine and rode all the way to Titans Tower. Feeling a bit mischievous, Dick decided to surprise his friends. Dick hid the R-cycle in tower's garage and quietly sneaked into the Titans common room. As luck would have it, Wonder Girl, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire were huddled around the TV watching a horror movie. Dick patiently waited until the climax of the movie to scare his friends. He put his gloves in cold water and slowly went up to Wonder Girl. At right when the girl in the movie was about to scream, Dick put a cold, wet hand on Wonder Girl's neck. Wonder Girl screamed in sync with the movie, which caused a chain reaction. Soon, every Titan in the room (even Raven ) let out high-pitched screams except for Dick. Unable to control his laughter, Dick stumbled out of the shadows.
His teammates quickly turned their heads around to face him.
"ROBIN! YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!" five voices shouted simultaneously with Dick rolling around on the ground unable to control his laughter.
Just as the five Titans made a move to get their revenge, the alarm started ringing.
"It's Mumbo again!" shouted Cyborg who pulled up a security feed. "He's robbing a video game store?" "That seems like something Control Freak would do. Not Mumbo."
"Titans Go!" shouted Wonder Girl.
"Robin, are you coming with us?" she asked.
"Nawww, I just wanted to say hi." replied Dick. "Remember that I'm on leave for some time. I'm not fully recovered yet."
Even though they were disappointed, the Titans quickly raced to the T-car. Dick quickly raced to the R-cycle and rode back home. He hid the R-cycle once again and transformed back into Ben Tennyson. Feeling lazy for the day, Ben turned on the TV to watch the news. What he saw astonished him: Mumbo had teamed up with Control Freak and Mad Mod, and they were wreaking havoc in the middle of Jump City. Deciding that the Titans needed his help, Ben quickly put on a domino mask and his green jacket. Transforming into Jetray, Ben flew at the speed of sound (literally) to the scene of the fight.
To say that the Titans were struggling was an understatement. Raven and Starfire were hypnotized by Mad Mod's hypnotizing screens and were shooting blasts of black and green energy at their teammates. Meanwhile Wonder Girl was in barely able to stay in the air after being hit so many times by Mumbo's tricks, Starbolts, and blasts of black energy, and Cyborg and Beast Boy were barely fending off Control Freak's torrent of cyber monsters.
Quickly, Ben transformed into Heatblast, the lava man, and unleashed a torrent of fire upon the hypnotizing screens. With the screens destroyed, Ben transformed into Wildvine, a giant tree man. He extended his arms and wrapped Starfire and Raven in a tight grip while tickling them. When his friends laughed, Ben quickly transformed into Frankenstrike. Unleashing a torrent of electricity, Ben wiped out all the villains Control Freak unleashed and shocked Mumbo unconscious.
As the Titans watched the battle in astonishment, Ben reverted back to human form. Breaking out into a huge smile, Ben asked if anyone wanted to have pizza. The Titans slowly came back to their senses and quickly said yes. As the Titans went to the pizza shop, Beast Boy somehow got lost on the way there. Being a good sport, Ben hung back to look for Beast Boy. In a dark alleyway, Ben heard a rustle coming from the shadows. Ben quickly activated the Ultimatrix and transformed.
"Chill dude, it's me Beast Boy." said the changeling as he emerged out of the shadows. It was then that Ben realized that he had selected the wrong alien to transform into and had accidentally selected his Robin form.
"ROBIN?" shouted Beast Boy.
Well, that's it for today. I hope you enjoyed that. For the people who don't know the aliens, you can look up the aliens on the Ben 10 Wiki. All the aliens I used are canon and property of Cartoon Network. They're not mine. As always, please read and review.
'til next time,
Johnsmythe58
