AN: References used: Teen Titans, Marvel/X-Men, Bleach, Naruto, Pokémon, and Total Drama Island. In this chapter: nothing new.
Chapter 7 — The Second Night: The Silent Sloth
Current time: Tuesday morning, 7:45 AM.
"Where are we going?" asked Bongo drowsily to Lucy, who was bright awake. They were walking back towards the mansion.
"Mooch told me to meet him at the top of the left mountain." she replied.
Bongo had a whiny look on his face as he gazed up the mountain. "Can we not walk? We have powers, you know..."
"Durango doesn't want us destroying anything, remember?" Lucy reminded him.
"I know. Your smoke-warping power doesn't hurt a thing. If you ask me, that's a better idea."
Lucy was silent for a couple of seconds.
LUCY: I guess he'll never cease to amaze me... seriously.
She raised her arm. "Get under the wing." she told him.
Bongo followed her request and without much time at all, they appeared to Mooch on the left peak in a flash of black smoke.
"Ah, you're here." Mooch sensed with his eyes closed. He was in meditation. "So bro, how was Lucy?"
"It was good; nothing went wrong. How about Ewey?" Bongo asked in return.
"No problems here, either."
Lucy noticed something wrong. "Mooch... where's your sword? Usually you meditate with it."
The gibbon's mind stopped temporarily upon the question that was asked. He was actually meditating to find out a solution to the big zodiacal picture, with the 13th sign, Ophiuchus, included. He knew that if he were to give any attention to Zen no Kyoudoutai or the sword itself, his concentration would be thwarted. Mooch also did not want the other Titans to get involved in his challenge as well, so he had to mask it as best as he could.
"It's gone." he answered.
"Gone?" Lucy repeated.
"I left it behind in a special spot, and when I came back to it, it was gone."
"Off for another special ability again? Man, the spirit isn't even in the blade, and it still has a mind of its own." Bongo marveled.
Lucy shrugged then walked to the edge of the peak. "Well, I have to go to the forest and help Megan with her training." With that being said, she flew off of the mountain, due east, to where the large forest was.
BONGO: Mooch looks like he has something on his mind, but I wouldn't care in the least anyways. His mind, his problems... so I won't put myself in them. However, I always try and see if I can hit him when he's meditating like this.
"I wonder if he's alert..." Bongo wondered, charging a small fireball and then launching it at his brother.
Mooch nonchalantly sliced the fireball in half with an Iron Tail attack.
"Can I help you?" Mooch asked, keeping his eyes closed while turning his head to Bongo.
"Um... nothing I guess. I was just gonna go and check on Slowpoke. He's usually doing his morning workouts right now, so I think I'll—"
Mooch stood. "I'm coming too." he interjected.
"You sure? I don't want to stop you if you're busy thinking about stuff."
Mooch finally opened his mahogany eyes. "No, it's cool. I think I finally found the answer I was searching for. Now, I just have to wait until I can see that my answer is right. I can live life until it happens."
"Okay then. Let's go." Bongo said.
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Arriving at the front of the Southwest Villa, Mooch and Bongo only see Hoppity come outside. She walks past the two brothers.
"Oh, hey guys." she greeted as she moved on by.
"Where's Slowpoke?" Bongo asked.
The bunny stopped for a quick moment. "You could say that he's... out of it." Hoppity left with a smirk.
HOPPITY: Time to set my score. Me: 1... the guys: 0. Who's next?
BONGO: "Out of it"...? What happened, or did she do to him?
Both monkeys ran inside the villa and went into the bedroom. They found Slowpoke underneath the bedsheets still, as if he were asleep... but his clothes were scattered around the room.
"Bongo... get a Time Crystal ready—something definitely went down in here." Mooch said, slowly moving to Hoppity's side of the bed. He stepped on something wet, and looked down to find a tiny puddle of clear white liquid. "What... the hell... is this?" muttered Mooch.
Bongo looked over and saw Mooch's foot. "Oh no... Mooch, hop over to the bathtub and wash your foot off, stat. That's semen...!"
"Yaah...!" Mooch freaked, doing just as Bongo advised him.
While his brother was cleansing his foot, Bongo used the Time Crystal on Slowpoke's forehead. It was a light blue crystal that allowed anyone to visually see events of the past 24 hours, of which were witnessed by the person whose forehead is being touched by the crystal. Mooch returned in the room when the events of last night played. They both were shocked.
"Wow..." Mooch murmured.
"Where did he go? And why did—those hands... do THAT to him?" Bongo wondered in a bit of fear.
"It might be one of Hoppity's mind tricks, if she is capable of having that kind of power. *sigh* Either way, me, you and Sly will be in for a ride these next three nights. Well, let's wake him up the old-fashioned way."
Bongo winced. "The old-fashioned way?"
"Hey, we tried splashing a bucket of water in his face—that didn't work. So let's just do this thing." Mooch said.
Both monkeys unveiled the covers and saw their brother, naked.
"Aah! Come on, man!" Bongo whined, looking away.
Mooch lowered his eyes. "I'll carry his clothes, too."
/\/\/\/\/\/\
Soon enough, Bongo and Mooch carried Slowpoke's body to the southwestern shore of the island. They went to where the ocean water was two feet deep, after Mooch left his clothes where the water wasn't touching the sand.
"All right. On 3..." Mooch told Bongo.
He nodded, before beginning to swing Slowpoke's body like a cradle. "1... 2..."
"3!" both of them shouted, tossing his body into the water, hoping that he will wake up. After tossing him, Bongo and Mooch saw the sunrise.
Slowpoke quickly arose from underwater, with a panicky look on his face. "Whoa, whoa! Where am I? What happened?" he exclaimed.
"Um, let's see... Hoppity kicked your ass in a staring contest because you blacked out, then you got woman-handled... at least I think so. Oh yeah, we're behind the Southwest Villa right now, you're naked, and your clothes are waiting for you on the shore. That's about it." Bongo explained.
(Background music: "Tragedy" — Final Fantasy X.)
Slowpoke's face suddenly turned from frightened to emotionless. "Oh... right. I'll see you guys later." he said with a dull, senseless tone. He threw on his clothes and walked away without turning back.
Mooch and Bongo were left in quiet shock.
MOOCH: I don't know what just happened right then and there, but I've never seen Slowpoke look and sound so depressed. Whatever Hoppity did to him really shut him down. He's not the same.
BONGO: I hope he's not gonna be deadbeat for the rest of the week. I'm his bro, so I still gotta look out for him.
Later on, 7:00 PM...
Durango rallied the ten New 12 members once again for the first trade-off of the week. It was the second night, and it was time to switch the guys around, to pair them with different girls other than the one they experienced last night and their normal partner.
Sly and Christina sat close to each other on the couch, holding hands. Slowpoke was standing silent in a corner, distant from everyone else. Hoppity noticed both of these.
HOPPITY: It looks like Christi had a good time with Sly. But Slowpoke... the way I see him now, that's not the outcome I had in mind. I just wanted to try something to get him to stop bothering Bongo and Ewey. That's what the hypnosis was supposed to do—not make him overly depressed. I think something went wrong. And I can't enter his mind now to see exactly what the problem is because the Psychic's Code is acting on me, which isn't good. I hope that vision still happens.
EWEY: I see Slowpoke... and there's no expression on his face. I kinda feel bad now that he looks like this, but that doesn't mean I actually want to cheer him up. If he's still in my business, I hope he doesn't have a death wish.
"All righty, everyone!" Durango spoke loudly. "It's night number two, so it's time to mix and match once again."
"All right! So who's first at picking?" Ears asked.
"I am." Durango answered.
"WHAT?" Ewey uttered bluntly.
"You heard me. Tonight, I'M picking the couples, and there's no reversing my decisions—so don't try it. If you're all ready, then let's get this show on the road."
The New 12 members all looked around at each other—all except Slowpoke, who did not have a care in the world about anything right now.
"Tonight, the couples will be theme-based; in other words, titles will be given to each of the five pairs. These titles can call out your positions in the New 12, your powers, or ANYTHING about you. So listen closely. First & Last—Mooch and Megan."
Megan only wore a smile on her face, as she waltzed on over to the leader of the New 12.
"You okay?" Mooch asked her.
"I'm fine." she said, shrugging her shoulder against him.
EARS (modestly): Dr. Briggs does his job REALLY good.
Durango continued. "Sneaky and Sexy—Sly and Hoppity."
HOPPITY: I'll try the same thing on Sly and see what happens. Hopefully, he doesn't turn out like Slowpoke.
"Next is Holy Water, pairing Ewey with Ears. Then, it's G-Force—Slowpoke and Lucy. And lastly, we have the Burning Stench—Bongo and Christina. That's all folks, have a good night... again." Durango finished, leaving while chuckling.
EWEY: He's crazy.
The night began to wind down. It was 11:00 PM, and the late-night shenanigans continued. Well, all except for what happened at the North Villa...
(BGM throughout the night: "Dry Lagoon (Bright Sound) — Sonic Adventure 2. Christina's chosen theme.")
Lucy found Slowpoke turned over in the bed, faced away from her. "Slowpoke, are you okay? You look like you've lost your soul or something." she spoke, concerned.
"Think what you want." Slowpoke murmured in the same sad tone.
"Are you sick?"
"If I am, I don't care." he continued in his solemn disposition.
LUCY: Slowpoke, what's wrong with you?
Lucy was worried now. Slowpoke is in a sulky mood about something that it seems like he lost. She wanted to believe that it was something that Hoppity did, seeing that he started acting like this after last night... but she knows that Hoppity wouldn't be that brutal—to take something precious away from him. As the eldest female of the New 12 (age 23), Lucy acted as the mother figure of the group—always loyal to her team and making sure that no one feels hurt.
"You need a hug." she said, getting closer to his back.
"Do whatever you want... it won't bring my will back." he replied.
Upon her embrace, Lucy's mind sparked after he mentioned "will". "His will... I didn't know he was that sensitive about it." she thought.
LUCY: I remember back to our fight with Bowser a week ago, and when Slowpoke got his Adonis Mode, he said that his will was stronger. I know it now; Slowpoke's not sad or sick... he's defeated. I'm sure Hoppity didn't mean any harm to him—whatever she did—but the fact of the matter is that Slowpoke's free will is important to him. Like he said, I could try whatever I thought of to help him feel better, but to him... having a stolen will is the same as having half a life. Nothing I could do would have mattered. All I can do is just pray that he gets better sometime soon.
Without another word or action, Lucy spaced herself from the sloth and went to sleep.
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The East Villa
Mooch sat on the bedside. "Going to sleep early?" Mooch asked Megan, seeing her under the sheets of the bed.
"Come cuddle with me..." she murmured.
Mooch bounced his eyebrows. "What?" he uttered shortly.
Apparently, Megan's time with Ears turned her a little TOO tranquil. All she wanted (until she was with Sly) was quiet, warm embrace.
"Come cuddle, please?"
Mooch slowly got in the bed. "Um, are you sure you're okay, Megan? You seem... compassionate."
"Thanks to Dr. Briggs."
"Dr. Briggs... wait, Ears? What happened last—?"
"Just hush up and hold me." Megan blurted out, getting close to Mooch.
"*sigh* Fine..." he replied, putting his arms around her body.
"Mmm..." she hummed with content.
MOOCH: This was actually getting weird. She's just inviting me with this... delight, and... she started making sounds, almost like orgasms.
"Megan, I'll be honest... this is actually sort of uncomfortable." Mooch told her, beginning to remove the hand that was on her lower back.
She stopped his hand. "No, keep your hand there, and move it around a little."
"Not until you tell me what Ears did last night."
Megan took a deep breath. "He just gave me a total back massage. He's like an expert with his hands. Sorry Mooch... but if you were uncomfortable, you should have told me—I would've understood."
"No, I understand... all you want is just comfort." Mooch said, putting his hand on her lower back and beginning to rub it as she requested before.
"Mooch, you don't... have to... ooh... keep doing that, I love it." Megan whispered, closing her eyes and enjoying his touch.
MOOCH (looking at his arms): I'm starting to think I have magic arms. I don't know; I'll try it out on the next two girls.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
The Southeast Villa
"Why does it feel so good?" Ewey wondered, speaking as if she were in a trance.
"Because Dr. Briggs said so." Ears answered, while massaging her neck and shoulders.
EWEY: Ears can help me relax anytime of the day. Two more guys to go... hopefully it's Sly, because Slowpoke will be a complete drag for me.
EARS: A doctor's work is never done.
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The Southwest Villa
HOPPITY: Sly was no challenge—I only expanded my pupils once, and he was done. But... I took it a bit easier on him since Christina is kind of attached to him now. It safe to say that I've beaten 2 out of 4 guys now. I hope Bongo's next, because I think Mooch will be a challenge.
SLY: A night alone... with Hoppity? Never again, man.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
The West Villa
Bongo was laying in the bed while channel-surfing with the TV remote. He stopped when he found a cartoon about the "Teen Titans".
"Hey... they're like us." he said, intrigued by the five heroes in the show. "This is actually pretty awesome."
"What is?" asked Christina, stepping out of the bathroom, from which she changed into her black lace nightgown (which reached her upper thighs). It didn't matter if some of the material on the nightgown was transparent—her torso was primarily white.
Bongo turned over to see Christina, before turning off the TV. "Wow-ee...!" he uttered.
Christina slightly blushed as she gave an embarrassed smile. "What? My outfit?" she guessed.
"No, you! You just look... better." Bongo complimented her.
"I do? What are you trying to say?" Christina continued, slowly walking to the bed.
"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen you without the long sleeves, all those arm buckles, those gloves, and the long striped socks. I don't know what Slo-bro would say, but without all that gear, you just look... sexy."
"R-Really?" Christina murmured as she turned more red.
"Yeah. I bet that if you showed this look to Slowpoke on Friday, he'd be blown away."
CHRISTINA: I ought to keep that in mind. Slowpoke's the one I want, so if you guys think that what I did with Sly was something... you haven't seen anything yet.
Christina got under the covers. "Thanks, Bongo. You're not gonna touch me all over, are you? Now that I'm... sexy..."
"No—I don't want to ruin it for Slowpoke. He's already all over me and Ewey, so I don't want to return that favor. If you can make him buzz off, that'd be great." Bongo told her.
"I'll do my best." replied Christina, who clapped the lights off. "So, what about Ewey? What do want to do with her on Friday?"
Bongo thought on it for a second. "I'm not exactly sure... I guess I'll just play it by ear."
Soon after that conversation, they both fell asleep.
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That ends this chapter. This will be the calmest day of the week for them. After this, things get... INTERESTING.
Stay tuned.
