I don't own Teen Titans. If I did, I wouldn't have so much trouble
Christmas shopping... Also, I don't own DDR or Zelda.
Dedication: Everyone and no one at the same time. (.50ยข to 'Mel' for stealing one of her many sayings...)
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Cy smiled, despite the fact the girl sitting across from him had just kicked his butt in four burping contests...
"So, you wanna hit the arcade next?" His smile widened.
"Girl, you read my mind..." Mel grinned.
"Have you ever played DDR?" (A/N For all of you poor, deprived souls, DDR is the coolest game in the world. Short for Dance Dance Revolution. It's a pad with arrows that you step on when they come up on the screen. Kinda hard to explain, but is really cool!)
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"Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything-"
"Raven will you shut up! I'm not going to do anything stupid!" Robin hissed quietly.
"Like last time?" He looked at her.
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Remember the first time we met Walker?" She whispered.
"That's completely different!"
"Shhh!" Raven and B said together.
They all fell silent, circling the building, looking for the best entrance. The three stopped on the roof and looked down inside through a skylight, making sure not to be seen. They saw Walker and Star below them.
Robin was immediately covered in a blanket of darkness that stopped right under his nose when they saw Walker kick Star. He glared at Raven.
"Don't do anything stupid..." He continued to glare as she released him from the darkness.
"I wasn't going to do anything stupid..." B smiled.
"Dude, you had 'Jump through skylight and kill myself' written all over your face. Which, just FYI, is just a long way for saying 'stupid'." Robin sent the glare from Raven, to BeastBoy.
"I wasn't going to jump through the skylight..."
"You so were..."
"Was not."
"Was too."
"Was-"
"Shut up!" The two boys fell silent instantly, knowing better than to keep talking after Raven hushed them.
"So, right now our best option is to wait here for a while till we find a good time to break in and get Star back." They nodded at her, and the three of them sat back and waited.
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The two ran into a shop and blended in with the Christmas shoppers.
"Did we loose them?"
"I think so..." Mel answered, looking around. The pair had had to flee from the arcade after Cyborg accidentally broke the DDR pad and some angry players chased them from the place...
"So, uh...wanna head to the Tower and order a pizza?"
"You don't think the Titans will mind?"
"Nah, they won't care. C'mon. We can play some video games." She smiled.
"Do you have Zelda?"
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The blackness of night had engulfed the three long ago, but still they sat without a word. Until-
"Now." The command was short, and barely audible, but neither Raven or Beastboy questioned Robin. Raven lifted the skylight effortlessly with her powers and set it to the side. Taking Robin's hand, she slowly levitated herself downward, fallowed by a green bird. She set Robin down, then planted her feet on the ground not far from him, and saw the green bird turn back into her teammate out of the corner of her eye. Taciturnly, Robin walked over to Star's sleeping form. She stirred as he began untying the robes binding her and he quickly put a hand over her mouth, sending the girl into a panic. He put his face next her ear.
"Shh...Star, it's me." She calmed instantly and he removed his hand from her mouth and went back to the ropes. He finished a moment later and the ropes fell to the ground. Robin helped her to her feet and she immediately pulled him into a hug. He hugged her back, relived to know she was safe. They separated after a moment and, taking her hand, he walked back over to Raven, who, along with B, was making sure the coast was still clear.
"Alright, lets get out of h-" A burst of light, much like Star's Starbolt, went off somewhere to their left. They jumped and turned to see what was going on. Above them, the lights all flicked on. It took the three a moment for their eyes to adjust to the sudden brightness of the room, but a moment was all their opponents had needed. Robin was his square in the chest by an orange 'Starbolt' and sent flying backwards.
"Robin!" Star barely missed being hit with a Starbolt herself. The two girls quickly turned to see none other than Walker, his hand glowing a nice orange color, and their jaws dropped.
"You're a Tamaranian?" Raven managed to choke out.
"Of course not you fool. I wouldn't disgrace myself with even being seen on that pathetic excuse of a place." He dodged the green Starbolt with ease, and quickly pinned Star to a nearby wall while some of Slade's robots went for Raven and Beastboy, who happened to be on the other side of the room.
"Starfire...did you really think that would work?" He laughed evilly, but Star was through being controlled. She quickly brought her knee into his stomach and took to the air as he doubled up in pain. He was quickly in the air as well, and Starbolts began flying in every direction. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Slade going towards Robin, and in her moment of distraction, she was thrown back into a wall by one of Walker's Starbolts.
"You should just give up now. I've always been the better fighter." Her eyes went wide as her thoughts went to her sister. After a second, her face broke out into a grin and she told him what she told her sister all those years ago. "Not anymore."
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"Hello? Anybody home?" He listened for a moment, then looked at the girl next to him, shrugging. "Guess no one's home..." He took her jacket and hung it on the coat rack next to the door and led her inside. "So, you wanna tour of the Tower, or do you just wanna play video games?"
"You don't think the Titans would mind you showing me around? I don't want to annoy anyone by going through their home..." He shrugged.
"I doubt they'd mind, as long as we stay out their rooms...especially Raven's room..." He laughed a bit. "How about I just order the pizza while you pick out a game?" He pointed to the game rack and she nodded as he went over to the phone, wondering in the back of his mind where his teammates were...
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Raven and BeastBoy had been forced back-to-back in the middle of the warehouse, surrounded by Slade's robots.
"Well, it could be worse..." The green boy said as an attack flew past his right ear, destroying a large stack of crates in a nearby corner.
"How?" She replied, quickly getting a shield around them, working hard to keep it up.
"Well, um...it just could be." She gave him a look. "What?" The lavender haired girl was about to reply, when a strong force hit the shield, and she had to put all her focus into keeping it up.
"I can't hold this up for long..." Her voice was strained, and he struggled to think of a plan, before it was too late.
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Robin sent a quick attack as Slade, but like most of his previous attacks, it was avoided easily. To make things harder, they had to dodge horribly aimed Starbolts, though it didn't seem to be too much of a problem for Slade.
"Robin, look around you. You're losing. Why don't you just surrender? Become my apprentice. Then I'll let your little friends go safe. As long as you do what I want..." He looked over at Raven and BeastBoy, hidden beneath a dark shield, and then up at Star.
"Starfire..." He murmured under his breath. His teammates weren't going to surrender, and neither was he.
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"NOT AGAIN!" Cyborg yelled, his voice filling the empty Tower. Mel fell over, laughing as she, once again, kicked his butt. He groaned louder as her name replaced his as new high score. A knock echoed through the Tower and Cyborg went to answer it, grabbing the pizza money and stepping over a still hysterical Mel. He comes back a moment later and sets the pizza on a table. Melissa wiped her eyes, calming down, and walked over to the table. Cy opened the box, handing her a paper plate.
"Dinner is served."
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"Give it up Star. You can't win. In fact, you've just lost." Walker threw one of his most powerful Starbolts at her, and she flew up, smiling. Walker stared in horror.
"Its not smart to attack your own teammates like that...especially if its Slade."
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Robin watched Slade drop to his knees and looked up to see Walker's terror- stricken face and smiled. He went back to a defensive position as Slade got to his feet, but Slade didn't attack.
"Until next time..." He pulled something from his pocket and hit a button. Lights started flashing and a computerized voice was heard over the fighting.
"15 seconds till self destruction. 14, 13..." Slade vanished, and along with him, his robots. Robin didn't waste time worrying about Slade though.
"Star! Raven! Beastboy! Get out of here!" Raven and BeastBoy ran to the exit. Robin followed, but stopped and turned, seeing Star and Walker, still locked in battle.
"STAR! GET OUT OF HERE!" She looked over at him and got hit with a Starbolt, right in the stomach.
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"STAR! GET OUT OF HERE!" She glanced over at Robin and got hit in the stomach, falling into a load of crates. Walker smiled down at her.
"See you soon." He flew straight up and out through the skylight. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the pain.
"7, 6, 5..." She groaned. A timer. That couldn't be good.
"STARFIRE!" Her eyes widened. Robin. She flew upward, and towards him. Catching him around the middle, she carried him from the building.
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The four wandered into the Tower slowly. Raven and Star collapsed on the Tower's living room couches, not fairing as well as the boys. Robin dropped to his knees next beside Star, B doing the same next to Raven.
"Rae? You alright?" She nodded.
"Just worn out. How's Star?" B looked over at Star and Robin. Her face was scrunched in pain; her small form crouched up, holding her stomach. Robin got a first aid kit and went to work on her burns from Walker's Starbolt. "BeastBoy?" He turned back to Raven and gave her a fake, reassuring smile, that was very convincing.
"She'll be just fine."
Dedication: Everyone and no one at the same time. (.50ยข to 'Mel' for stealing one of her many sayings...)
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Cy smiled, despite the fact the girl sitting across from him had just kicked his butt in four burping contests...
"So, you wanna hit the arcade next?" His smile widened.
"Girl, you read my mind..." Mel grinned.
"Have you ever played DDR?" (A/N For all of you poor, deprived souls, DDR is the coolest game in the world. Short for Dance Dance Revolution. It's a pad with arrows that you step on when they come up on the screen. Kinda hard to explain, but is really cool!)
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"Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything-"
"Raven will you shut up! I'm not going to do anything stupid!" Robin hissed quietly.
"Like last time?" He looked at her.
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Remember the first time we met Walker?" She whispered.
"That's completely different!"
"Shhh!" Raven and B said together.
They all fell silent, circling the building, looking for the best entrance. The three stopped on the roof and looked down inside through a skylight, making sure not to be seen. They saw Walker and Star below them.
Robin was immediately covered in a blanket of darkness that stopped right under his nose when they saw Walker kick Star. He glared at Raven.
"Don't do anything stupid..." He continued to glare as she released him from the darkness.
"I wasn't going to do anything stupid..." B smiled.
"Dude, you had 'Jump through skylight and kill myself' written all over your face. Which, just FYI, is just a long way for saying 'stupid'." Robin sent the glare from Raven, to BeastBoy.
"I wasn't going to jump through the skylight..."
"You so were..."
"Was not."
"Was too."
"Was-"
"Shut up!" The two boys fell silent instantly, knowing better than to keep talking after Raven hushed them.
"So, right now our best option is to wait here for a while till we find a good time to break in and get Star back." They nodded at her, and the three of them sat back and waited.
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The two ran into a shop and blended in with the Christmas shoppers.
"Did we loose them?"
"I think so..." Mel answered, looking around. The pair had had to flee from the arcade after Cyborg accidentally broke the DDR pad and some angry players chased them from the place...
"So, uh...wanna head to the Tower and order a pizza?"
"You don't think the Titans will mind?"
"Nah, they won't care. C'mon. We can play some video games." She smiled.
"Do you have Zelda?"
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The blackness of night had engulfed the three long ago, but still they sat without a word. Until-
"Now." The command was short, and barely audible, but neither Raven or Beastboy questioned Robin. Raven lifted the skylight effortlessly with her powers and set it to the side. Taking Robin's hand, she slowly levitated herself downward, fallowed by a green bird. She set Robin down, then planted her feet on the ground not far from him, and saw the green bird turn back into her teammate out of the corner of her eye. Taciturnly, Robin walked over to Star's sleeping form. She stirred as he began untying the robes binding her and he quickly put a hand over her mouth, sending the girl into a panic. He put his face next her ear.
"Shh...Star, it's me." She calmed instantly and he removed his hand from her mouth and went back to the ropes. He finished a moment later and the ropes fell to the ground. Robin helped her to her feet and she immediately pulled him into a hug. He hugged her back, relived to know she was safe. They separated after a moment and, taking her hand, he walked back over to Raven, who, along with B, was making sure the coast was still clear.
"Alright, lets get out of h-" A burst of light, much like Star's Starbolt, went off somewhere to their left. They jumped and turned to see what was going on. Above them, the lights all flicked on. It took the three a moment for their eyes to adjust to the sudden brightness of the room, but a moment was all their opponents had needed. Robin was his square in the chest by an orange 'Starbolt' and sent flying backwards.
"Robin!" Star barely missed being hit with a Starbolt herself. The two girls quickly turned to see none other than Walker, his hand glowing a nice orange color, and their jaws dropped.
"You're a Tamaranian?" Raven managed to choke out.
"Of course not you fool. I wouldn't disgrace myself with even being seen on that pathetic excuse of a place." He dodged the green Starbolt with ease, and quickly pinned Star to a nearby wall while some of Slade's robots went for Raven and Beastboy, who happened to be on the other side of the room.
"Starfire...did you really think that would work?" He laughed evilly, but Star was through being controlled. She quickly brought her knee into his stomach and took to the air as he doubled up in pain. He was quickly in the air as well, and Starbolts began flying in every direction. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Slade going towards Robin, and in her moment of distraction, she was thrown back into a wall by one of Walker's Starbolts.
"You should just give up now. I've always been the better fighter." Her eyes went wide as her thoughts went to her sister. After a second, her face broke out into a grin and she told him what she told her sister all those years ago. "Not anymore."
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"Hello? Anybody home?" He listened for a moment, then looked at the girl next to him, shrugging. "Guess no one's home..." He took her jacket and hung it on the coat rack next to the door and led her inside. "So, you wanna tour of the Tower, or do you just wanna play video games?"
"You don't think the Titans would mind you showing me around? I don't want to annoy anyone by going through their home..." He shrugged.
"I doubt they'd mind, as long as we stay out their rooms...especially Raven's room..." He laughed a bit. "How about I just order the pizza while you pick out a game?" He pointed to the game rack and she nodded as he went over to the phone, wondering in the back of his mind where his teammates were...
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Raven and BeastBoy had been forced back-to-back in the middle of the warehouse, surrounded by Slade's robots.
"Well, it could be worse..." The green boy said as an attack flew past his right ear, destroying a large stack of crates in a nearby corner.
"How?" She replied, quickly getting a shield around them, working hard to keep it up.
"Well, um...it just could be." She gave him a look. "What?" The lavender haired girl was about to reply, when a strong force hit the shield, and she had to put all her focus into keeping it up.
"I can't hold this up for long..." Her voice was strained, and he struggled to think of a plan, before it was too late.
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Robin sent a quick attack as Slade, but like most of his previous attacks, it was avoided easily. To make things harder, they had to dodge horribly aimed Starbolts, though it didn't seem to be too much of a problem for Slade.
"Robin, look around you. You're losing. Why don't you just surrender? Become my apprentice. Then I'll let your little friends go safe. As long as you do what I want..." He looked over at Raven and BeastBoy, hidden beneath a dark shield, and then up at Star.
"Starfire..." He murmured under his breath. His teammates weren't going to surrender, and neither was he.
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"NOT AGAIN!" Cyborg yelled, his voice filling the empty Tower. Mel fell over, laughing as she, once again, kicked his butt. He groaned louder as her name replaced his as new high score. A knock echoed through the Tower and Cyborg went to answer it, grabbing the pizza money and stepping over a still hysterical Mel. He comes back a moment later and sets the pizza on a table. Melissa wiped her eyes, calming down, and walked over to the table. Cy opened the box, handing her a paper plate.
"Dinner is served."
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"Give it up Star. You can't win. In fact, you've just lost." Walker threw one of his most powerful Starbolts at her, and she flew up, smiling. Walker stared in horror.
"Its not smart to attack your own teammates like that...especially if its Slade."
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Robin watched Slade drop to his knees and looked up to see Walker's terror- stricken face and smiled. He went back to a defensive position as Slade got to his feet, but Slade didn't attack.
"Until next time..." He pulled something from his pocket and hit a button. Lights started flashing and a computerized voice was heard over the fighting.
"15 seconds till self destruction. 14, 13..." Slade vanished, and along with him, his robots. Robin didn't waste time worrying about Slade though.
"Star! Raven! Beastboy! Get out of here!" Raven and BeastBoy ran to the exit. Robin followed, but stopped and turned, seeing Star and Walker, still locked in battle.
"STAR! GET OUT OF HERE!" She looked over at him and got hit with a Starbolt, right in the stomach.
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"STAR! GET OUT OF HERE!" She glanced over at Robin and got hit in the stomach, falling into a load of crates. Walker smiled down at her.
"See you soon." He flew straight up and out through the skylight. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the pain.
"7, 6, 5..." She groaned. A timer. That couldn't be good.
"STARFIRE!" Her eyes widened. Robin. She flew upward, and towards him. Catching him around the middle, she carried him from the building.
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The four wandered into the Tower slowly. Raven and Star collapsed on the Tower's living room couches, not fairing as well as the boys. Robin dropped to his knees next beside Star, B doing the same next to Raven.
"Rae? You alright?" She nodded.
"Just worn out. How's Star?" B looked over at Star and Robin. Her face was scrunched in pain; her small form crouched up, holding her stomach. Robin got a first aid kit and went to work on her burns from Walker's Starbolt. "BeastBoy?" He turned back to Raven and gave her a fake, reassuring smile, that was very convincing.
"She'll be just fine."