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Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates! The moment I got done with finals, my boss at work pretty much said 'We own you now!' Don't blame me, blame my boss.

Also I'd like to make a note. When I'm writing my stories, I take every review into account. And it has come to my attention that my writing has somewhat wandered off its original style. I'm trying to fix this problem so let me know if you notice anything that could use improvement.

Now then, ON WITH THE STORY!


Chapter 11

Alistor chuckled again and turned over on his bed. "Very well then, not a word."


Back in his base, the Collector was busy chewing out Control Freak. "You idiot! Moron! Stupid Neanderthal! How could you let Red X get away? You should have had enough power to easily capture him." Control Freak just stood there and took the verbal abuse without even batting an eye.

The Collector sagged in his chair and put a hand over his eyes. "The only thing wrong with mind controlled servants," he said, "is that you can't yell at them after they mess up." He looked at Dr. Light, who was standing next to Control Freak. "At least one of you is competent. You may have failed to collect any of Titans East, but all of the Titans have now gathered in Jump City. Which means it's time to start the ritual." He looked at a door on the side of the room. "Puppet King!"

The door opened and the Puppet King walked into the room. "Yes master." He said with a bow.

"The time has come." He got out of his chair and walked to the back of the room, where a large machine was sitting in a spotlight. He stepped toward a lever next to the machine and pulled it. The machine began to glow with blue energy and a portal appeared in front of it.

He stared at the machine in awe and said, "I will never tire of watching this machine. With the magic I harvested from that boy's staff, I finally have my own personal teleporter." He grew serious again and turned to his servants. "Puppet King take my men, go to Jump City, and collect every Titan and metahuman you can find. You can take Dr. Light with you, but leave Control Freak with me. I have plans for him."

A series of lights turned on behind the Puppet King, revealing a small army of the Collector's men. The living puppet bowed. "Yes, Master Collector."


Beast Boy groggily opened his eyes. "Ugh." He groaned. "What time is it?" He looked at his clock and groaned again. "Seven a.m.? No way am I getting up this early." He rolled over to get more sleep when he felt a weight press against his back. His eyes shot open and he slowly turned his head to look behind him. What he saw was Teether curled up next to him, snoozing silently.

Whoa!" Beast Boy yelled. He jumped up only to painfully remember he was on the bottom bunk. "Ugh." He groaned, rubbing the sore spot on his head.

Alistor's head lowered into view from the top bunk. He blinked some sleep from his eyes and yawned. "What is it?" he asked.

Beast Boy looked at Alistor and pointed at the kid next to him. "Dude, what's Teeter doing here?" he asked back.

Alistor was going to answer when Teether groaned and started to wake up. "Ah, he's waking up."

Teether finally opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He looked at Beast Boy's astounded face and started laughing.

Beast Boy grinned and picked him up. "Hey little dude, when did you get here?"

"Last night." A monotone voice said.

Alistor and Beast Boy turned their heads to see Raven standing in the doorway. Teether waved his arms around and cooed in delight at the sight of her. She gave a quick glare at Alistor.

The mage shrugged and jumped down from the bed. "I can take a hint." He said. Going over to the dresser, he grabbed his cape, hat, and staff and left the room.

Once the door closed behind her, Raven walked over to the bed and sat next to Beast Boy. "I woke up last night and found him in here. I don't think he liked my room very much."

Beast Boy raised an eyebrow and looked at Teether, who was sitting in his lap. "Is that it little guy? Was Raven's room too scary for you?"

Teether nodded his head and gave Beast Boy the big puppy dog eyes.

Beast Boy blinked a couple of times. "Is this what it's like when I give you guys the face?" He asked his girlfriend. He looked back at Teether and sighed. "Fine, I guess you can sleep in here."

Teether cooed happily and started waving his arms around.

Raven rolled her eyes and picked up Teether from Beast Boy's lap. She stood up and held out a hand for her boyfriend to take. "Come one, breakfast is almost ready."

Beast Boy grinned. "Sweet!" he yelled. He jumped up and grabbed Raven's hand. Still smiling, he led her out of the room.

They entered the Common Room to see that not everyone was awake yet. Cyborg was at the stove cooking, Robin and Starfire were sitting on the couch with Melvin and Timmy, Red X was on the other end of the couch reading a magazine with his feet propped up, and Alistor, Speedy, Hotspot, and Kid Flash were at the table talking. Everyone else was probably still sleeping.

Alistor, Speedy, Hotspot, and Kid Flash looked up at the sound of the door opening. The four of them watched as the couple walked over to Robin and Starfire, still holding hands, and set Teether down next to them.

Speedy couldn't take it anymore. He burst out laughing, followed quickly by Hotspot and Kid Flash. Alistor tipped his hat so it covered his eyes and groaned. "This won't end well." He warned the other three. They ignored him and kept on laughing.

The couple walked over to the table and they both raised an eyebrow. "What?" Raven asked darkly.

Speedy managed to choke down his laughter and looked at the empath. "Oh nothing. Just making an observation." He said. Alistor stood up at this point and slowly started backing away from the table. Raven just looked at the archer, expecting him to continue. Speedy grinned cockily and leaned back in his chair. "It's just that I was walking down the hall last night when I noticed that I wasn't the only one awake." He looked between the two before settling back on Raven. "And I was kind of wondering what you were doing in Beast Boy's room during the middle of the night? Had yourselves a little midnight fun?" He burst out laughing again and Hotspot and Kid Flash couldn't help but join him.

Alistor, who was a safe distance away by now, decided to speak up. "I tried explaining to them that she was just looking for Teether, but they insisted on this story." He explained, hoping to avoid getting caught up in what was inevitably going to happen.

The three just kept on laughing until Speedy was suddenly wrapped in dark energy and raised into the air. Speedy started struggling to free himself while Hotspot and Kid Flash looked at Raven. The flinched. If looks could kill, Speedy would be six feet under. Raven was furious.

Kid Flash gulped and looked at Beast Boy, who was blushing slightly at what Speedy had been hinting at. "We should start running shouldn't we?" he asked worriedly.

Beast Boy laughed and said, "Totally dude."

The two wasted no time in running over to the couch to sit next to Melvin, Timmy, and Teether who they were hoping would be adequate protection against Raven's wrath.

Speedy continued to struggle against his bonds until Alistor stepped in. "Now, now Raven. There shouldn't be any need for a hospital visit today. Why don't we settle down and get ready for breakfast?" he said soothingly.

Raven glared at Alistor before taking a few deep breaths. She calmed herself down, but instead of letting the archer go, she threw him across the room… and into a wall.

Speedy hit the wall with an, "oomph" and groaned as he slid onto the floor. Beast Boy and Alistor cringed in sympathy.

Cyborg turned the stove off and set plates filled with waffles and eggs onto the table. He looked between Raven and Speedy and sighed. "Can't we have a single morning without someone doing something to tick off Raven?"

Beast Boy laughed while Alistor walked over to the downed Titan and crouched down to his level. He lowered his voice so that only Speedy could hear him and said, "I tried to warn you this would happen."

Speedy smiled painfully at him and groaned, "Worth it."

Alistor smiled wickedly. "Well in that case, for the sake of adding insult to injury, I have an 'observation' of my own." Speedy raised an eyebrow and Alistor continued. "I may not be able to see people's emotions any longer, but I'm pretty good at guessing. And my guess is that you weren't just going to the bathroom last night." He chuckled a little. "Off to a little 'midnight fun' of your own perhaps?"

Speedy visibly tensed. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Alistor sighed and helped Speedy to his feet. "Very well then, I'll keep my nose out of it. But please try to not make things too obvious. Observation is my specialty after all."

Speedy was about to reply when the alarm went off. The room was bathed in red light and Robin ran over to a computer console and hit a few keys. "There's a disturbance in front of City Hall. It looks big." He turned to his girlfriend, who was still sitting on the couch with the kids. "Star, go wake up Bumblebee while the rest of us go see what's going on. You two are in charge. Beast Boy, go get Kyd Wykkyd."

Starfire stood up and said, "Most certainly, boyfriend Robin."

Beast Boy gave him a mock salute. "On it dude." He said as he and Starfire left the room.

Beast Boy returned a few minutes later with a very groggy Kyd Wykkyd. 'What do you want?' he signed while blinking away some sleep from his eyes.

Robin turned to him. "You're coming with us to check out City Hall. Just in case the Collector shows up." He explained.

Kyd Wykkyd nodded his head and opened a portal to City Hall, which everyone in the room started running through. Melvin, Timmy, and Teether tried to follow, but Raven cut them off. "No way you three. You're staying here." The kids pouted but went back to their spot on the couch.

Robin turned to Red X, who hadn't moved from the couch. "You too X. You're coming with us."

The villain raised an eyebrow behind his mask, but followed the Titans through the portal.


I hope the chapter was to your liking.

Now because of the above mentioned boss, I won't be able to update for a while. Until Christmas is over, I work pretty much all day, every day. :( Sorry.

What is the Puppet King's ritual? What's happening at City Hall? Next time in Chapter 12!

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