The Silver Wolf
Chapter 10: Beach time!
Demon: DRAMA IS AFOOT!
SilverFang: OH HELL NO!
Demon: Oh yeah? Deal with it. I'm happy with the feedback you guys, and what you're saying is making me squeal with joy. I love you guys and I'm sorry for the wait, but homeschool is kicking my tail. Okay disclaimer! I own nothing, if I had it my way, then the show would belong to me and I would be rich and happy with my life. I do not own ''I Write Sins not Tragedies'' By Panic! At the Disco
Today's the day. Everyone get split up and sent to their Towers now. Man, I'll miss them. Oh, did I mention? Beast Boy and Raven are dating now, because of me. Beast Boy wanted to ask Raven out one night, but didn't have the courage to, so I did him a favor, in exchange for something. He can't make any more wolf jokes while they're together in my presence. ''Animal's Honor'', you know? I have my reasons, and I have my pride. Hearin' a ''Big Bad Wolf'' joke makes me want to ring his neck and it's kinda offensive, given my past experiences as a criminal. Now, Green Bean and Ms. Reclusive go out often. It feels good to know that they seem happy together, even if Raven doesn't think he's very funny. I was packing my personal things (clothes, knick-knacks, etc.) into a charchol grey duffle bag, which boar my symbol; a indigo shield marked with a silver paw that had black claws. It had a somewhat thin black line running along the perimeter of the shield, and four shiny vertical silver slashes; two the top, two on the bottom. I had spent almost all my free-time designing the symbol. The blue color represents justice, the shield means ''protection'', the paw print matched my fur color and my mask, and the four silver slashes were my steel-plated incisors. I was humming ''I Write Sins not Tragedies'' in my head as I put my stuffed bulldog, named ''Fresno''(Californians will understand this), on top of my neatly folded green polo shirt. Yes, I have polo shirts. Nothing wrong with that, after all, I'm a tomboy. I was so wrapped up in my packing I didn't notice everyone walking down the hallway, and I mean EVERYONE. I didn't look up until someone walked in. ''Knock, knock.'' It was none other than Kid Flash, barging in like he owned the place, which technically was Cyborg...because he built the Tower almost completely alone. He leaned against the wall casually, drumming his fingers on the wall supporting him. ''So.'' He began after everyone was out of the hallway, running a hand through his ginger hair. Oh, this can't be good if he waited. ''Gonna be easy to adapt, huh? After all, your past isn't exactly the cleanest plate at the table, and you're used to running around.'' I set my old silver mask in the bag, eyeing him carefully. I never told him my past. I never told anyone, until about a week ago, when all the girls had a sleep-over. I told them and them only. Jinx is so dog-meat if she told him anything. I zipped up my duffle bag, rose up off the floor, and slung it over my shoulder, not once taking my eyes off of him. I stomped up to him, my fur boots making a soft THUD as I went. ''Who told you?'' I demanded abruptly, making his smug grin turn into a nervous smile and forcing him into a corner. The silence felt like an eternity passed by every second, making my anger grow until it felt like the entire room was about to fall apart. ''Who. Told. You.'' I demanded again, but a bit slower, allowing the words to sink in. ''Y-You d-did.'' Was he seriously trying to bullshit me? I felt as if I had just lost control of my arms. I let my duffle bag slid off my shoulder before I grabbed his suit with both hands, pushing him further into the corner. ''That's cute, Flash. Try and make me believe that I told you. Hahahaha.'' I chuckled. He could tell that he needed to explain what he meant before I did something violent to persuade him. ''The truth Flash, NOW.'' ''Okay, okay.'' He held his hands up defensivly. ''That sleepover you girls had, remember it?'' ''Of course I remember it. I gave out a deep, dark, secret that night to people who I forced to make a promise not to tell anybody under any circumstances. Your point being?'' He stopped to swallow, as if it was the last time he would get the chance, which it was not. I wouldn't kill him, but a punishment would come. ''I may have... eavesdropped on the conversation.'' He said slowly. My face turned a light shade of red and my face wrinkled as I openly snarled at him. ''But I didn't tell any of the guys! I didn't tell anyone else, I swear!'' He put up two fingers and stuck the opposite hand over his heart. I just dropped him to the floor, I didn't even notice that he hadn't been in contact with the floor until I let him go. I stared down at him, rage bubbling in my throat as I spat a warning. ''Don't you dare tell anybody, especially Robin. If The Justice League or even the God damn media got word of this, my hero career, my life and everything I've worked to achieve... POOF,'' I snapped my fingers close to his face,'' gone, just like that. If I get thrown into jail, I'll know who couldn't keep their mouth shut.'' I growled with spite dripping off every word. ''Leave.'' He sat there. ''NOW!'' I yelled. He picked himself up and stumbled to the door, hastily opening it and running down the hall with his blazing speed. I eyed the door with my lips drew back in a semi-snarl. I reached down and grabbed my duffle bag, angrily throwing it back over my shoulder. I'll just have to take Flash's word for it that he won't be a tattle-tail. Why would he break his promise? He knows I'll chase him down to the ends of the Earth if he told a soul. It was about noon when I had a thought. All the Titans, yes even Titans East, were here, so let's have one final hurrah before we split into our respective teams? Let's go do something fun, I thought, like go out to the movies or go to the beach? It was spring after all, and Jump gets hot during the first few days of spring. I set my bag down on the counter top, and looked for Robin. He'd let us go if enough of us pleaded. I found Kole and Jericho sitting together on the sofa with Gnarrk eyeing Jer cautiously. Kole was sitting in Jer's lap, due to the fact that there was little room on the sofa to begin with. I saw Kid Flash sitting with Jinx in one of the booths, and shot him a glare. He didn't notice, of course. Argent was sitting with her boyfriend on the floor near the huge window. They were having a contest to see who had better control over their powers, by making little shapes and such in the air. Hot Spot was losing, big time. Thunder was playing with the little ones while Lightning hovered above, watching this act of ''foolishness with infants''. The others were just hanging around, quite literal for Beast Boy. I hadn't noticed him on the ceiling as a koala bear, so when a sudden weight dropped onto my shoulders, I screamed at the top of my lungs. Everyone stopped to look at the cause of distrubance. I was trying to pry the annoyence off, but he was just out of my reach. Being as agile as I am, I back-flipped and managed to knock him off. Before he could change back, I grabbed him by the scruff and held him up. ''Raven, come get your boyfriend before I rip his ears off.'' And there she was under the counter, nose buried in a book as always. She looked up from the page and saw the green koala in my grip. She sighed, closed her book (but not before marking her page), and walked over. She looked down at him with one of those rare smiles, and took him off my hands. She cradled him in her arms for a second bfore he was set down on the ground. He changed back with a red blush over his face. ''Raven, that wasn't funny.'' He whispered, leaning in so only she could hear. Raven smacked him over the head. Oh, so that cradling thing was to embarass him? Jeez, talk about cold. I laughed at them for a second before I spotted Jeice and Simba Bot on the ground. Jeice comes from the same background I do. Not the same family, mind you. His ancestor was ''Panther who treads on gold'', a brave warrior who was respected and thought to be a god. He was wise and had a very kind heart, so I've heard. The books I've read on him say he was never real, that he was a myth. Jeice knows better. His family once guarded the tomb of the fabled warrior. My ancestor at the time was no one important, just a regular warrior who fought under ''Panther who treads on gold''. Panther actually saved my ancestor from being killed by settlers. You won't find any of this in the history books, because the story of the golden panther was just assumed to be a lie. The white settlers that believed the story once went after the Panther of Gold, assuming it was just a statue made of gold that they could steal. They found the panther's most prized possession instead. A pendant, to be exact. An emerald encased in a thick piece of clear crystal with a chain of gold and bones. A settler touched the stone, and out of it came a ghostly panther of golden light. The settlers were killed by a cave-in caused by the panther, but the stone was completely fine. The emerald's in some stupid museum in Texas now. Jeice can't prove his relation to it, so they get to keep it. Jerks. Jeice was batting Simba's face, making the lion cyborg want to play. Yes, Simba's half robot. Did I forget to mention that? Oops. ^_^' My bad. The little lion wriggled his haunches and pounced on Jeice, grabbing the back of his light blue shirt with his powerful jaws. Jeice couldn't react fast enough before the little lion was on top of his master. Simba Bot used to call another boy master. Jeice's brother, Erin, was on a safari trip with some friends when they found the half-dead lion-cub. Simba's mother was dead, shot by poachers for her fangs, and they were ripping out Simba's when Eric's truck pulled up. They took off, and Eric helped the poor thing survive. Simba without armor would have no legs, one ear, no bottom jaw, and only half of his teeth. Poor guy. Eric passed away a couple years ago, after a pipe bomb blew up his caravan SUV in Iraq. Jeice said that Eric managed to save his commanding officer, his teammates, and a few bystanders, but not himself. Eric went up a rank for it; Jeice carries the medal on a chain under his shirt. And, I've notice four dog tags on Jeice. Two belong to him, but I think the other two are his brother's. I wouldn't know, because I can't see them. It explains why he loves the military so much, though. Let's get back on topic here, shall we? I went around the room, asking everyone if they wanted to go to the ''Moss Cliffs'', a place I know near the ocean were the cliffs vary in size and do not get dangerously tall. Your chances of hitting any of the cliff sides are about as good as finding a pair of bicycle handle bars in your couch. Unless you're very weird, the chances of that happening are .01%. I got most of the guys to agree, but with the girls? A whole nother story... until I brought up the tide pools and romatic views at sunset. I know, I know, I'm evil. But hey, I never said I'd be 100% good all my life, now did I? Now, all that's left is to get Robin to agree. Won't be hard, after all, I've got almost everyone backing me up. Moment of truth. I walked up to Robin nonchalontly, letting my tail swish back and forth with excitement. I stopped right behind him, and turned to the others, who had all gone silent. I freaked. I lifted my hand up and turned my palm toward the ceiling, rising it up in circular motions, trying to get them to talk again. Too late. Robin turned around on my actions. Jericho noticed before anyone else did. He got my attention by snapping his fingers and when I looked at him, he pointed to the person behind me. I froze. ''Why is everyone so... quiet?'' He asked like someone just crashed a big party. I spun on my heel and faced him, my hands interlocked behind my back. ''Hey, fearless leader.'' Nice job, you dumbass. Way to be a suck-up. ''I went around and asked everyone, and I do mean everyone, if they wanted to go to a place called 'Moss Cliffs'. It's not too far from here, it's very fun and safe, plus it's got tide pools for the little ones and at the end of the day... the most beautiful sunset at the greatest spot in the city. Everyone said that it sounded like fun, so... can we go?'' I finished with my puppy-dog face, the one that not many can resist. He sat there for a moment, pondering the idea. The wait was killing me. I felt like I was about to explode from the sheer thought of him saying no. That's where I was wrong. I saw the corners of his mouth curl a bit before his desicion was final. ''Titans, let's go have some fun.'' A collective cheer went up amoung the resonable group of heros. Some high-fived, others fist-bumped, but me? I just let out a ''Whoo-hoo!'' and fist-pumped. ''But...'' Oh no. ''We have to be back before the sunset is over.'' A small murmer of disapproval came from the group. I turned my head around. ''Oh come on! At least we get to do something!'' I said, my temper starting to show. That shut them up. Everyone scarmbled to get ready. The boys who wanted to swim got their swin trunks and such. The girls got ready too. I did not. I was leaning against the wall when I saw Hot Spot walk up, in all of his flame-print glory. I tried to contain my laughter at his outfit. He stopped walking and looked at me, seeing me in nothing more than a surfer's suit. He raised an eyebrow at this. ''You surf?'' I got myself under control. I made the ''50/50'' gesture. He scoffed. ''What? Oh, haha, a girl who surfs. Must be a first for you, huh, Spot?'' I saw him grind his teeth at the nickname. ''Won't be surfing though, don't have a board... yet. I'm cliffing-diving instead. It's fun. I can teach you if you want.'' He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by Beast Boy running in and shouting ''SPRING BREAK!'' Raven slowly trailed in after him, book in hand, and her cloak covering her entire body. Hot Spot was rolling on the floor laughing at Beast Boy's snorkle goggles, given that they were neon green. ''Beasty, you don't need snorkle goggles, you can turn into a a freaking fish.'' I deadpanned. It's as if the idea just dawned on him as he ripped the snorkle mask off his face. ''Oh, that's right.'' I just facepalmed. Raven grabbed the googles and threw them onto the counter. I caught sight of her hand, no sleeve cuffs. I thought she didn't like water. I smiled. Oh, this is going to be fun.
As soon as we got there, I ran to the highest cliff I could find, which was about 70-feet tall. The cliffs were set up very well. Curving out to the left was the Minor's Jump, which was only about a 10-foot drop. Curving to the right was the Daredevil's Plunge, a 45-foot man-made slide that was as heart-pumping as it was smooth. It curled like a real waterpark ride and had a waterfall inside which is why it's so fun. You ahd to jump over the mouth of the waterfall to ride it. That last was one that no one ever dared to jump off. There was a sign planted in the grass, with bold black letters. ''Dead Man's Drop. Be careful.'' I just shrugged it off. Whatever man. I saw the others below, and I let out a howl. They all looked up at me with awe, some even with horror. ''ATTENTION! THIS CLIFF IS NOT TO BE JUMPED OFF BY ANY OF YOU! THE RISK OF DEATH IS TOO GREAT FOR INEXPERIENCED CLIFF-DIVERS! CLEAR THE MIDDLE!'' I just wanted to warn them. This thing has been known to kill people, hence it's nickname. I saw them fan out from the center, which was where I aimed for. I stepped back about 6 feet before getting into formation. ''3...2...1... GO!'' I heard from below, and I sprinted for it. As soon as my feet left the edge, I felt the cool air rush past me. It's hard to describe. My whole sense of gravity didn't exist anymore, and it was thrilling! I wanted to do some tricks, so I did. I changed to wolf and used my claws to catch the grey rocky wall. They thought I chickened out, until I back-flipped off and jumped onto the Daredevil's slide. I switched back to human and surfed it down. Good thing the walls of the slide are kinda tall. I saw the end of the slide and the white water and prepared myself. I almost slipped off, but managed to stay on until it was over. I popped up to the surface, seeing smiling faces and the smell of hot-dogs entered my nose. I pushed my hair back out of my face as I got praise for my trick. ''How'd you do that?'' I heard Melvin ask from the tide pools. I leaned over the edge of the rocks, smiling. ''It takes years of practice to cliff-jump properly, and what I just did? Ooo, that takes a lot of courage and a lot of power. No fear and no mistakes, or else it won't go right. It's easy to get hurt up there.'' Her face protrayed such amazement. ''Bobby says that he wants to try.'' I blinked. ''Bobby wants to try? Off of there?'' I pointed up to Deadman's Drop. She nodded with a bright smile. ''Uh...'' My mouth hung open. A little girl's teddy bear wanted to jump off the deadilest drop on the West Coast? This gonna be fun.
Demon: NO MORE FOR TODAY!
SilverFang: I wanted to see Bobby jump off the cliff. *pouts*
Demon: Well, maybe next time. I need a break. I've writing this for the last... *checks calander* ... 6 weeks. Homeschool is kinda easy, but what's not is the fact that I'm farther behind than anyone else. So I have to catch up by the time TCAP's (TN state tests) come around, which will be after Spring Break, which is next week.
*a collective gasp from the Titans*
Demon: HOW ARE YOU ALL IN HERE!
Melvin: Magic!
SilverFang: At least she's happy about it.
Demon: *sighs* Okay, I'm too tired to say goodbye. So can you all do it for me?
Everyone: BYE!