Time for another chapter of Teen Titans Ten! We should probably continue the Dr. Animo Arc. Get ready to see some more crazy science.
Hopefully the Teen Titans can stop Dr. Animo. The less crazy scientists in this world, the better. Is there a cartoon without a crazy evil scientist? You can probably count them on one hand.
You'll probably remember Dr. Animo as one of the earliest villains to appear on this show. They later decided to include him in Alien Force...and then Ultimate Alien...and then Omniverse...you get the idea.
Chapter 10: Mad Doctorate
Transforming into an octopus, Beast Boy squeezed through a crack in the wall.
Personally Dr. Animo reminded him of Killer Moth...however, he had more broad tastes instead of simply experiment on moths. Perhaps he didn't have a bratty daughter, either. Who was the mother, anyway?
That reminded him...Silkie would likely enjoy it if he gave him some tofu. He used to be picky about what he ate but he was more open nowadays.
"Whew! Now maybe I should try to find my way out of this crazy place..." thought Beast Boy. Laboratories of mad scientists always gave him the creeps. And yes, the Teen Titans had faced mad scientists more than once.
He could try taking on Dr. Animo alone, but that might be risky. It was likely that many of Dr. Animo's specimens were located in the laboratory that he could call on anytime. He might be outnumbered.
Beast Boy decided that he should try looking for a way out instead. There had to be a way to escape the laboratory somewhere.
Problem was...this laboratory was huge.
Shortly after Beast Boy began to make a getaway, the mad scientist went to check on his specimen.
"I must get results!" exclaimed Dr. Animo.
He discovered that his prisoner (as well as his science experiment) was gone. His jaw dropped.
"But...how?" asked Dr. Animo himself.
The crazy scientist wondered how Beast Boy had escaped. That glass tank was rather durable last time he checked.
There didn't seem to be much damage done to it...except for a small crack on one side.
It was perplexing.
He then remembered Beast Boy's ability to shapeshift into animals.
"He must have shapeshifted into a fly...or a mouse...or whatever..." thought Dr. Animo.
Perhaps containing him was going to be harder than he thought. Maybe he should have wrapped Beast Boy in something tight? That might be effective.
Fortunately, none of his other specimens had escaped. He would be in a lot of trouble if he did.
Well, he needed to find him quickly. He was most likely trying to make a getaway.
As it turned out, Beast Boy had chosen to hide in a room full of bunnies. It seemed that a lot of scientists experimented on rabbits...at least before they started using mice, anyway.
"No matter, I'll just check to see which rabbit's green..."
He then noticed a bucket of white paint nearby.
"This might be harder than I thought..." noted Dr. Animo. Apparently Beast Boy had remembered that all the animals he transformed into were as green as he was.
After a few minutes, he came up with an idea.
"I have to admit, that theme song of the Teen Titans is awfully catchy..." remarked the Doctor.
He decided to sing the song.
"What is he up to?" thought Beast Boy.
He was about to find out.
"When there's trouble, you know who to call! Teen Titans!" exclaimed Dr. Animo.
That song sounded familiar. Where had Beast Boy heard that before?
He knew he had heard that song somewhere, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it...or paw as the case may be.
"From their tower they can see it all! Teen Titans!" shouted the Doctor.
He then remembered. That was his friends' theme song. They always sang it before they went on an adventure.
Unfortunately for Beast Boy, he couldn't resist the urge to join in.
The song was simply too catchy.
"When there's evil on the attack..." sang Dr. Animo.
"You can rest knowing they've got their back!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
He then realized that he had just blown his cover.
"D'oh!" shouted the boy.
How did Dr. Animo know that song anyway? He wasn't sure. Had he been watching his show on TV?
Speaking of which, the mad scientist smirked as he pulled out a tranquilizer gun.
He then aimed it at Beast Boy.
The other rabbits decided to run away. Mad scientists frightened them.
He then began shooting at Beast Boy.
The green hero panicked and began to run away.
"You can run, but you can't hide from Dr. Animo!" exclaimed the mad scientist. Not while he had the means to flush him out. No, not the toilet...though it would be darkly hilarious if Beast Boy was flushed down a toilet.
Meanwhile...
"Couldn't Dr. Animo have come up with something more original?" asked Ben as he fought against the mutated sharks.
"Yeah...sharks are the oldest weapon in the book for evildoers..." noted Starfire. Robin had told her about the time that Batman was dunked into a shark tank...and meat was thrown into the tank as well for good measure.
Personally she would like to read that book. It might help them in the future to learn the way that evildoers think.
On cue, more mutant fish appeared.
These happened to be swordfish. Big ones.
And with big swordfish came big swords.
"Man, I wish I had a sword right about now..." noted Ben. Of course, he hadn't been in a swordfight before, so he probably wouldn't win. Although, perhaps transforming into Diamondhead would get him an advantage in a swordfight.
Unfortunately for Lucy, she couldn't simply transform into her Lenopan form so that the swords would simply go through her, since she would then have to worry about the sea water she was currently in.
Fortunately for Starfire, her bubbles were effective at fending off the sharks.
However, the swordfish could simply pop them with their swords. It wasn't very effective.
"I shouldn't use this alien against foes with sharp weapons..." noted the alien.
On the other hand, Ripjaws seemed to work well against them. His sharp teeth made for a good offense.
They couldn't help but wonder how Beast Boy was doing.
Hopefully he would be OK. Dr. Animo had gone off the deep end a long time ago. Of course, you could tell that just by looking at him.
Elsewhere...
Inside the van, Gwen was wondering where her cousin-in-law had wandered off too. She hadn't seen her lately. Was she playing in a mud puddle somewhere? She of all people would clearly want to do that.
She would be surprised if Lucy left without telling them goodbye.
"I wonder where Lucy is." said Gwen.
"Probably impersonating someone." answered Max. That was something that she loved doing. She could probably be a spy if she ever decided to work for the plumbers.
However, they would probably to be hesitant to let her join. Ever since the first wedding between a Lenopan and a plumber, things had been more peaceful between the two of them, but joining the forces of the plumber was something that Lenopans weren't really interesting in.
Gwen nodded.
"Wait, you wouldn't happen to be Lucy, now would you?" asked Ben's cousin. Considering her ability to shapeshift, she could be anyone, even her grandpa Max.
Max shook his head.
"You promise?" inquired Gwen.
Max nodded.
Gwen sighed in relief. Unfortunately, she didn't share Lucy's sense of humor.
At Dr. Animo's laboratory...
Dr. Animo continued to hunt down Beast Boy. He had to be around the laboratory somewhere. He had mutated fish in the ocean so he would have a hard time escaping out at sea.
He decided to check the security cameras.
However, he kept seeing a green blur on the screen.
As it turned out, Beast Boy had transformed into a Kinecelerian. Now he was really fast. The cameras were having a hard time tracking his movements.
Dr. Animo thought that maybe he should pause the footage.
He decided to do so.
He then realized that there was a Kinecelerian in his lab. The mad doctor was rather surprised.
For a moment, he thought that Ben had somehow managed to find his top secret laboratory. Perhaps he had drawn too much attention to himself using his mutated animals.
However, on closer inspection, he noticed that this Kinecelerian happened to be green.
Apparently, it was Beast Boy, not Ben.
Although...Dr. Animo wondered how Beast Boy knew that aliens existed. He didn't know that aliens existed until he had met Ben Tennyson.
Now that he thought of it, wasn't one of Beast Boy's teammates an alien? Perhaps she happened to know Ben. He happened to have met a lot of aliens.
"So, he transformed into one of Ben's aliens, did he?" questioned Dr. Animo. He thought that creature looked rather familiar.
This gave Dr. Animo an idea.
He put on a coat and then began to alter the air conditioning.
He set it to a much lower degree.
Dr. Animo smirked. Something told him this was going to work against a certain reptilian alien.
"He's going to have a hard time running very soon..." noted Dr. Animo.
Apparently, his experience with fighting Ben Tennyson was coming in handy.
As Beast Boy continued to look for an exit, he suddenly began to feel rather tired.
Unfortunately, Kinecelerians were cold-blooded, as their reptilian appearance would suggest.
"So...sleepy..." murmured Beast Boy.
Beast Boy passed out on the ground, reverting to his normal form in the process.
Dr. Animo smirked. Now to pick up Beast Boy and take him back to his container.
Of course, maybe he should wrap Beast Boy in something tight beforehand. That shapeshifting power of his was a problem.
He turned the temperature back to normal and went to pick up Beast Boy.
Fortunately, he knew the layout of the laboratory pretty well, so theoretically he would be able to pick up the Teen Titan fairly quickly.
He began to make his way towards Beast Boy.
Meanwhile...
"Dr. Animo sure has a lot of fish guarding his base..." noted Ben.
Perhaps they could use some assistance.
Fortunately, at that very moment, Raven arrived on the scene.
"Raven? Is that you?" asked Starfire.
"Yes. It is I." nodded Raven.
"That's Raven alright." remarked Ben. She had a familiar expression on her face.
Chanting a familiar spell, Raven drew the mutated fish away.
"Thanks, there were a lot of them..." noted Starfire. Just how many fish had Dr. Animo mutated? She couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor little fishies.
"Why can't you be more like Beast Boy?" asked Lucy.
"If I don't control my emotions, my powers could get seriously out of hand..." explained Raven.
"Oh...well, you should still loosen up a bit more!" remarked Lucy.
"I suppose..." answered the mage. To be fair, being serious all the time had its perks. It protected her from Zombozo's laughter-draining powers for example.
The four of them entered the top secret laboratory.
Strangely enough, Raven was the only one of the four without the ability to shape shift.
She felt a bit left out.
As it turned out, Beast Boy had been wrapped up in a strait jacket.
"I find that to be ironic." thought Raven.
Unfortunately, the strait jacket was too tight for him to transform.
As it turned out, Dr. Animo had successfully obtained a DNA sample from Beast Boy.
A wide smile formed on his face. His plan was almost complete!
Soon, he would be able to shapeshift into any animal that he pleased. He would be playing with power!
However, he hadn't actually thought about what animal he should shape shift into first.
Well, he was sure he would think of something...eventually.
He placed it in a machine.
The machine proceeded to create a serum.
Now, all he needed to do was drink it and he could obtain Beast Boy's power.
However, at that very moment, Ben, Starfire, Lucy, and Raven arrived on the scene.
"We'll take that!" exclaimed Ben.
Using XLR8, Ben took the serum.
"Interfering in my plans as always, are you, Ben Tennyson?" asked Dr. Animo. Part of him was actually hoping that he would show up. Evil schemes actually weren't as fun without some sort of hero trying to stop him.
He had a feeling that Ben would show up. He always seemed to appear whenever he was performing an evil scheme.
Well, he wasn't going down without a fight.
Suddenly, a long tongue grabbed onto Ben's ankle.
"Huh?" asked Ben.
As it turned out, it was none other than Animo's mutated bullfrog. It looked like he had decided to aid his master, as usual.
"Ribbit!" shouted the mutated toad.
"I guess I should have known that things weren't going to be that easy." remarked Ben to himself.
He ended up dropping the vial.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Ben.
Dr. Animo smirked and grabbed the vial.
However, he found himself being blasted by Starfire.
"Nobody kidnaps my friends!" exclaimed Starfire.
"Aah!" screeched Dr. Animo. Unfortunately, it seemed that Ben Tennyson had decided to bring some friends with him.
In the meantime, Lucy was rescuing Beast Boy.
"Thanks, that scientist was cuckoo crazy." said Beast Boy.
"I bet!" shouted Lucy.
Raven grabbed onto the formula.
"Can't let you have this." said Raven.
Suddenly, one of the rabbits that Beast Boy had let loose began to run towards Raven.
"Hmm?" questioned Raven.
It bumped against her ankle and caused Raven to spill the formula.
It ended up landing in her mouth.
"This has a wild flavor...how ironic..." said Raven.
"You swallowed the formula?!" exclaimed Dr. Animo.
"Whoops." spoke the sorceress. Luckily, since Dr. Animo was planning to swallow it, it couldn't have been poisonous.
Even so, that potion made her feel rather strange.
Suddenly, she began to transform...
...into a dragon.
Dr. Animo gasped in shock.
Beast Boy, Starfire, and Ben were surprised as well.
"Is there something on my face?" asked Raven.
"This is just like a fairy tale!" shouted Lucy.
"Hmm?" questioned the girl.
She decided to take a look in the mirror.
"Well, my dad did have the power to shape shift..." noted Raven. Perhaps it made sense that she would eventually develop shape shifting abilities as well.
Even so, this was kind of unusual for her. She was reminded a bit of Melchior...but she wasn't exactly an evil dragon now, was she?
Since Dr. Animo was frightened of Raven in this new form, he decided he would flee.
Fortunately, he had a giant bird for that purpose.
Immediately, he began to fly.
"So long, Ben Tennyson!" shouted Dr. Animo.
"Oh no..." said Ben.
Dr. Animo began to fly away.
However, for some strange reason, they were heading straight towards to the asylum.
"Why are you taking me to the asylum!?" shouted Dr. Animo. That wasn't where he wanted to go.
"Psyche!" exclaimed Lucy.
Dr. Animo gasped.
He had been bamboozled!
"Noooo!" shouted Dr. Animo.
Sure enough, the mad scientist was sent towards the asylum.
Incidentally, it was the same asylum that Mad Mod had been sent to.
A few minutes later...
"It's been fun!" shouted Lucy.
"We'll see you later!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
"You were a good help." remarked Ben. Otherwise, Dr. Animo might have gotten away.
After seeing Lucy off, Ben went to visit Grandpa Max.
"Did you have fun with Lucy?" asked Ben's paternal grandfather.
Ben nodded.
Meanwhile, Raven was testing out her new powers.
Apparently, she could transform into fantasy creatures now.
It was a bit confusing. Sure, Beast Boy had the power to shape shift, but he never had the ability to shape shift into fantasy creatures, especially not a fire-breathing dragon.
Unsurprisingly, whenever she shapeshifted into something, it happened to be blue.
"Interesting..." said Raven.
Beast Boy knocked on her door.
"Are you here to discuss the serum that I accidentally drank?" asked Raven.
"Yep." said Beast Boy.
Raven shrugged. Why not talk about it?
She decided to let Beast Boy in.
"Why don't you ever turn on the lights?" asked Beast Boy.
"I like the darkness, I guess." noted Raven.
"Well, I do prefer the darkness whenever I transform into a bat." remarked the boy.
"Robin used to be Batman's sidekick. I'm sure you two get along." said Raven.
"Heh heh, yeah." nodded Beast Boy.
"You don't suppose the serum might have mixed with my half-demon DNA, would it? My new shapeshifting powers seem to work differently from yours." noted Raven.
"I suppose." answered the boy.
"Well, I'll let you know if the serum wears off." noted the sorceress. She wasn't sure whether the serum was designed to be temporary or permanent...although Dr. Animo would probably prefer it if it was the latter.
Beast Boy left and Raven went to read a book.
"Maybe the fairy tales will give me ideas as to what to shape shift into." said Raven.
Somebody requested that I include Charmcaster and Hex in this fanfic. I think maybe I will. I've already included a few Ben 10 villains though they didn't appear in this story for long.
I guess this fanfic is about to get more magical. Heh heh.
I figured since Beast Boy and Starfire got a power boost, why not Raven? Then again she was rather strong already. That, and I figured that since Trigon had the power to shape shift (into a human, anyway), why not Raven?
You were probably reminded of a certain Disney movie.
And yes, Max is Ben's paternal grandfather. Hit 'Em Where They Live confirmed it, I believe.