Meanwhile, Raven was levitating above the roof top, meditating. It helped to calm her and her emotions. It was essential to controlling her powers. And with all the feelings she was experiencing at the moment, she needed to meditate immediately.
She heard the roof door open, but kept her eyes closed, hoping that whoever it was would go away and leave her to her meditating. Hearing nothing more, she deduced that the person had used their common sense and left. An hour later, she opened her eyes and let her float slowly back down to the ground.
She turned and stumbled back in shock at the sight before her. Beast Boy was sitting there, trying to meditate. He cracked one eye open and saw her standing there, staring at him. He yelped in shock and fear (everyone knew that interrupting Rae during meditation was a VERY bad idea) and tried to get up so fast, that he tripped over his own feet again and fell over.
So much for getting on her good side, he thought to himself. He stood up more slowly this time and suddenly found something very interesting with his shoes.
"Umm hey Rae. I was just…curious about what you did while you meditated, so I decided to try it. Hope you don't mind, I'm really sorry if I was bothering you… " he trailed off still very nervous. When he looked back up, he was shocked to see that she didn't have that annoyed look on her face that she usually had around him.
Instead, she simply nodded at him, accepting his statement. "You weren't bothering me Beast Boy. And I'm glad you decided to try meditating for a reason other than trying to pull a prank on me," she added dryly. He grinned sheepishly and scratched his head. Well, he might as well ask her now while she was in a good mood.
"Sooo, um Raven? I was wondering if you would um…like to...well…that is…" he started nervously. He was interrupted, however, by the alarm going off. They looked at each other, then rushed down the stairs to the Ops room where Cyborg was waiting.
"What's the situation?" Raven asked calmly. Cyborg checked the computer again then turned back to them. "Robbery downtown. It seems our favorite criminal Gyzmo broke out of jail and decided to take a little trip to the jewelry store while he was at it."
The dark Titan thought for a minuet. "Do you think we can take him without Robin and Starfire?" she asked, not quite ready to interrupt her friend's first date. Cyborg nodded, understanding what she meant. "We should as long as we work together. If we have to, we can call them when we need them. And no goofing off," he added with a pointed glance at Beast Boy, who wasn't paying attention.
What rotten timing, he thought glumly to himself. Maybe it's a sign that I'm not supposed to ask Raven on a date. Maybe it's better this way. If she doesn't know what I was going to say, she can't send me to another dimension at least.
Raven noticed the absent look on the green Titan's face. She smacked the back of his head to make him pay attention. "Ow! What is this? Beat up on the green dude day?" he grumbled, effectively brought out of his thought. Cyborg smirked, then turned serious again. "Let's go. We can take the T-Car."
At this news, Beast Boy cheered up a little. "Oh! I call shot-gun!" He raced towards the door. Cyborg ran after him yelling for him to stay away from his 'baby'. Sighing, Raven phased through the floor to the garage, and got in the driver's seat.
The other two Titans finally got there, and saw her already there, ready to go. "Come on and get in. Gyzmo could already be getting away," she said in a calm monotone.
They glared at her, then Cyborg quickly slid in the passenger seat before Beast Boy could. Grumbling, he was left to the backseat. "Dude, why can't we just fly there? I can carry Cy," he asked, still annoyed at not getting shot-gun. Cyborg shivered at the thought of flying over the water, being carried by the little grass stain. "Man, you ain't getting me in the air if you're the one carrying me."
They took off through the underwater tunnel that allowed them to get from their island to the mainland. Cyborg used his system to download the computer's coordinates on Gyzmo so they could track him in the car. "Alright, he's two streets down. Take a left here, then stop at the Pizza Joint. He'll be around the corner, and we can sneak behind him and cut off his escape route."
Meanwhile, Raven was grimly anticipating a rematch with the rude villain. She would make him pay for attacking her. She whipped around a corner, anxious to get to the jewelry store already. Beast Boy was still sulking in the backseat, but soon turned serious, well as serious as he can get anyway.
They parked the car a safe distance away and got out to continue on foot. Cyborg had learned his lesson before. He wouldn't let his poor baby get scratched by that crazy kid. Raven glided over the building, so that she was above Gyzmo. It gave her the advantage of being able to drop heavy objects on his head without him noticing until it was too late.
Cyborg ran out on the street to distract the villain while Beast Boy approached from behind, ready to morph to a rhino and slam into Gyzmo. "Hey, Shorty. I think you should hand that nice lady her stuff back," Cyborg shouted.
Gyzmo looked up from stuffing valuable watches in a bag, and saw Cyborg there, cannon ready to fire. "Only one fart-breath Titan? Oh give me a break. I can take you with one hand tied behind my back," he yelled back and made a rude face.
Raven whispered her manta and the light pole became encased in black energy. Twisting it with her power, she slammed it into the short criminal, causing him to hit the side of the building painfully. "Teach you to slam ME into the ground," she muttered.
Gyzmo tried to get up, but was still too dazed. He sent torpedoes flying at Raven, but she encased them in black energy and crushed them. Beast Boy morphed into a rhino and rammed into him, sending him flying once again. This time he hit the hard pavement. The cops came flying down the street, sirens on and lights blazing, and pulled to a stop in front of the jewelry store. "Put your hands up!" one of them called.
Cyborg picked Gyzmo up and handed him over to the cops. "Nice work Titans. Thank you." The deputy said, after cuffing the criminal and putting him in the back of the police car. "No problem," Cyborg replied.
Raven glided down from the roof, and Beast Boy came stumbling out from the side of the building, rubbing his head. "Dude's got a hard head," he mumbled. The half robotic Titan smirked at him. "Apparently not as hard as yours," he said.
They waved the cops off, then Raven used her powers to put the store back together as much as she could. "Ohhh, thank you young Titans," the old lady who owned the jewelry store called out from behind the counter where she had hid during the battle. Beast Boy handed her the brown bag Gyzmo had been shoving all the valuables into. "Happy to help," he grinned, and struck a heroic pose.
I know, i gotta work on my fight scenes. All you fans who like totally awesome fight scenes must be sooo disapointed! *dodges rotten veggies* plus, i know Cyborg usually drives the car, but I liked the thought of Raven driving them there this time. Anyhoo, hope yall liked it apart from that! :)
