Chapter Twenty-Five:

Terra scrambled down the stairs with annoyance and tugged another sweater over her head. She grumbled to herself as she took hurried steps down the stair way that took her into the rec room. She had forgotten that the only place those stairs would lead her too where Raven's room and the tower, and not the exit. Which she couldn't seem to find in this giant tower of mazes.

Later, Terra decided,she was going to have a talk with Cyborg about how he designed this place. Then see if she could get him to put up signs that pointed to the most important places like the exit, and the bathroom... and okay maybe Beast Boy's room. -wink wink-

Your a pervert, Terra scoffed at herself. But then she grinned with a little hint of mischief
and yanked her hands threw the sleeves of the red sweater. Already ideas how of to keep BB busy where running through her mind, not all real clean either... but those where just little mini fantasies everyone had every now and then. And she shook them away as soon as she felt her cheeks flush at her own thoughts.

Terra reached the end of the stares and was ready to set out to find the exit this time when her eyes rested on Ryder. She paused, her brows narrowing in remembrance of what the girl had done. Terra noticed that Ryder was sitting by herself at the bar, her hands folded quietly in her lap as her eyes stared at the floor in paleness. For those first few moments, Terra felt no pity though. Her mouth tightened as her body tensed, to be all honest- Terra wanted to protect her reservation with BB with a good office girl slap.

But she was a little more mature than that. After a moment, Terra noticed the submissive and passive body language Ryder sent out, her shoulders hunched and her eyes wandering anywhere but near Terra's. Slowly, the geomancer started to feel a little bad for her. Okay, she reasoned, Ryder DID kiss Beast Boy. Which had started a fight that had greatly upset both of them...

But, what girl -not counting Raven and Starfire- wouldn't want to kiss that cute face?

Well, Terra also argued, that didn't give Ryder ANY right.

But she didn't seem to know Terra had already called dibs on the changeling.

Maybe she was too blonde to see the obvious signs of Terra's ownership. Blonde's ARE kinda feather brained like tha-... wait she was blonde.

Okay, this arguement was going no where, and daylights was waisting. Terra tossed out a loud sigh and shook her head, pushing her hair around her head. She looked Ryder over then cleared her throat loudly, getting her attention.

Ryder looked over at Terra, a small frown on her face. Terra glanced off and placed her hands on her hips. "You know," She started. "I have this weird feeling, that there is going to be a snowball fight today." She glanced from her position to Ryder, who had a hopeful grin. "And ya know, I might need some back up... if your interested, and think you can survive."

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Beast Boy shivered again as he pushed more snow from the pathway Cyborg and himself had designed. He stopped for a second and let the shovel dropped from his hands, to land with a frigged thump in the snow. Beast Boy rubbed his palms together and breathed out, watching his breath freeze in the air. He moaned, it was so cold outside, he felt like a
snow cone. Moving his hands to his armpits to keep himself warm, the changeling moved up onto the doorstep so he could look down at the progress.

As he took his break, Beast Boy morpthed into a polar bear and sat down, keeping himself warm. Down below (not far, but
the snow was pretty deep) there was a maze of pathways. The three feet of snow blocked easy exit ways that weren't made. Some paths stopped, and random ones started. Beast Boy had to admit it looked pretty choppy as he cringed the best a bear could. But he figured, that most super hero's, or at least those coming, could fly. So... there was little
need for much of a pathway. Besides, seeing everyone get frustrated at the snow maze would be funny to watch from all the way up in the tower.

This party SHOULD be totally awesome. As long as two certain blond girls could get along. He only thought on that for a little bit before shrugging it away from his mind and letting it just drift to Terra. The excitement from the morning was still in his gut, and he twitched in anticipation to see her again. Even if it had only been a few hours since they had been so rudely separated by chores. He grinned to himself and sighed out, though from his bear form it was more of a grunt.

Beast Boy then twitched, his face cringed as he got a strange feeling. Like a approaching danger, drawing closer and closer.
he twitched again and looked up, just in time to see a GIANT heap of snow come crashing down on him. If had been in human form, the changeling would have screamed bloody murder, instead, a crazed roar emitted right before the sploosh STHUMPPPH of falling snow. Beast Boy sorted out what had just happened before digging himself out of the snow, and resuming human form. He looked around, spotting Cyborg a little ways off- who was laughing. He cringed his face and looked up to see where the snow had fallen. What he saw made his mouth drop.

"OH YEAH! BLONDES RULE!" Ryder shouted, holding her hand out for a high-five, and getting one from Terra, who joined in the evil cackling.

"THAT'S LOW!" Beast Boy shouted up at them, shaking a fist in mock anger.

"... Or is it high? DEPENDS WHERE YOUR STANDING!" Ryder shouted back at him.

"You DO know what this means, right?!" Beast Boy shouted next.

"That you look like a green snow cone?" Terra laughed.

"That would make him lime," Ryder put in, still loud enough for it to echo down to the changeling.

Beast Boy tightened his face, it was obvious from the taunting they wanted him to challenge them to a snow ball fight. He grinned, "THIS MEANS WAR- " PH-SPLAT "-AH!" Beast Boy was knocked over and thrown back by the sudden, and hard snowball that had been dropped right onto his head. "CHEATERS!" He cried. "You can't stay up there-" PH-SPLAT! "-STOP THAT-!"PH-SPLAT "-OW!"

Growling, Beast Boy wiped the snow from his hair then stood back up and glared up at them, okay, why did he want them to get along again?! Talk about the worst mistake ever... PH-SPLAT. The changeling brushed the snow from his shoulders and glared up. "STAYING UP THERE IS CHEATING!" He called again.

"I CALL IT HIGHER GROUND!" Ryder cried back as she shook a taunting fist in the air. Then tossed another snow-ball at the green teen ager, not giving much care if it actually hit him or not. Therefor Beast Boy easily dodged it before looking to Cyborg.

"Are you just going to stand there while I get murdered over here?!" He asked, shaking his head in disbelief.

"... Yeah." Cyborg looked up to the roof then crossed his arms.

"Some 'best friend' you turned out to be." Beast Boy snorted, crossing his own arms, but keeping a watchful eye to the roof.

"Hey man, when they are actually in our range, then we'll talk. For now..." Cyborg grinned. "It's really more amusing to see you get socked."

"Thanks... that was real heart warming."

"Noooo problem."

Meanwhile, the girls where plotting stage two, and putting it into action. "Ryder," Terra turned to her, and she looked back and grinned.

"Yess?"

"Let me see your T-com," Terra held her hand out.

"Technically, it's Hot Spots. For being a guy who stops thieves all the time, dude, he is so easy to pick pocket." Ryder dug the T-com out of her black coat pocket and placed it in Terra's hand, since she had yet to get her own as well.

Terra would have just used hers... if, well... she had one. But you kinda had to be a Titan to get claim of a T-com. She shook the thought away however and pressed the red button. "Terra calling Robin... Terra- oh screw this. ROBIN PICK UP YOUR PHONE!" She screamed.

"T-com." Robin corrected as his face showed up on the screen. "Where'd you get-"

"Never mind that." Terra interupted as her face became serious. "Beast Boy needs your help."

"...Why?"

"Must you question everything?"

"When your telling me to do something- yeah, yeah I do."

"Stop going off subject, now-"

"But you are the...-"

"-Beast Boy needs your help outside. He's having... issues."

"How can he be having issues?" Robin sighed. "All he had to do was-"

"Just trust me."

"Stop interrupting me." Robin said, though it was stern Terra ignored him as he opened his mouth to talk.

"So hurry up, and get outside before he like... dies or something."

"If this is some kind of-"

"Terra out," She cut him off... again before the screen went blank and she handed the communicator back to Ryder. "Now..." She peered over the edge, "we wait for the fun to really start." She grinned with an evil tint, and soon her partner in crime did the same and watched for their new target to arrive.

"They haven't thrown anything at me for like... three minutes." Beast Boy said as he continued to stare up at the roof, every now and then catching a glimpse of blonde.

"Don't worry, I'm sure it wasn't the end." Cyborg comforted as he scooped some more snow to the side.

"Yeah..." Beast Boy paused then and looked to Cyborg. "Dude, why don't we just fly up to the roof?" He blinked in question.

"Because, we kinda gotta get this done." His friend responded.

"Oh c'mon, most of the people coming can fly anyways! Whats the point in making a path threw this stuff?" But Beast Boy went ignored as he crossed his arms and continued to glare up at the roof. He sure as heck wasn't flying up there by himself, that just screamed 'HIT ME OUT OF DA SKY!' So he snorted instead and braced himself for evasive maneuvers. But his attention was drawn to the side, as Robin walked outside in his winter wear.

"What did you need help with?" Robin asked with annoyance as he crossed his arms.

"... what?"

"Terra said you needed help."

Beast Boy barked his laughter. "That's an understatement!"

Robin raised his brow, tilting the edge of his mask as he turned to look over the pathway. "Looks like you two have gotten it under control..." He trailed.

"Far from it! I'm getting slaughtered, and Cyborg wont even help!"

"It looks like Cyborg is doing all the work."

"AS FAR FROM IT AS IT GETS! I'm taking the KO hits over here!" Beast Boy threw his hands in the air.

Robin turned back to Beast Boy, confused as crap. He then turned around to look over the whole area, turning his back to Beast Boy as he did so. A fatal mistake, as a snowball splatted over his hooded head like an egg on the roadway. SPLAT. It hurt about as much too, and the boy wonder whirled around, "Don't start that," he warned, shaking a finger the changeling's way with deadly impatience for the game.

Beast Boy backed away with his palms out in defense. "Dude, I didn't do anything!" He looked to his buddy for help. "Right, Cyborg tell him I'm not the one throwing snow balls!"

"I wasn't looking, I can't confirm that."

"CYBORG!"

Robin narrowed his eyes, this time in more annoyance than anything as he sighed and looked away. "I don't have time to mess around, I got work to do. Did you really need help, or was this just some kind of joke?" PH-SPLAT, "BEAST BOY!"

"I DIDN'T DO IT!" He cried back. "If I did, I would have been running for my life, don'tcha think?!"

Robin stared at him then sighed and started back to the door. "Just finish the path way!" He shook his head. As he was leaving though, about FIFTY MILLION (Or okay... maybe ten.) snowballs pelted him down, and he had about as much chance of not getting hit as a turtle running from a torpedo. Robin froze, and ever slowly turned around when the assault died down. Beast Boy shook his head and pointed up, and Robin followed his gesture and looked to the roof. He saw the heads of two teenagers laughing. Blonde, teenagers.

"AIM AND MARK! OH YEAH!" Ryder cheered loudly.

"EAT THAT!" Terra cried, shaking her fists in the air and laughing wildly.

Robin raised his brow again and then turned to Beast Boy. "We just got a change of plans," he said, not yelling so as the girls could hear it.

Beast Boy raised his brow as well and grinned wickedly. "Does that plan, maybe include the roof, and lots of snow?"

-gets on hands and knees and begs- FORGIVE ME! I'm so sorry for taking so long! SO many things have been going wrong with updates, that I was getting so frustrated I had to take a break. This chapter wasn't even done... but I couldn't wait any longer to update. I AM SO SO SO SORRY!! -Runs to work on Walking SideLines next-

If I have any readers left- please review and don't kill me xD! Or if you kill me, at least bring me back to life. It's hard to write as a ghost, ya know?