Wow, I'm completely sorry about the lack of update. I just got a new job and it's been eating up all my free time.
"Is that the best you got, you slime ball pit sniffers?" Gizmo taunted as he hoisted himself on eight metallic spider legs. Each one was protruding from his custom made backpack as he barely managed to clutch on to a burlap sack full of gold coins.
"Oh you ain't see my best yet, midget!" Cyborg said defiantly.
"Look who's talking, chrome dome!"
"I know you ain't talking about my head!"
Gizmo cackled loudly, amused that his words got under Cyborg's skin so easily. With a fierce grunt of exertion, Cyborg ripped a nearby street light up off the ground and charged full force at the H.I.V.E. graduate. Gizmo launched himself in the air using his mechanical spider legs, laughing even harder.
"Nice try, slop jockey!" he snarled, adding insult to injury by sticking his tongue out. Cyborg just smirked and chucked the metal rod, soaring like a laser guided missile as it rocketed past the evil midget by a good foot or so.
"Ha, you missed me, fart ball!"
"Or did I?" was all Cyborg said as a devilish grin spread on his face. The street light did miss the short little super villain and connected squarely with what the cybernetic Titan had originally aimed for, a large billboard right above Gizmo.
"Oh crud..." was all the evil midget had to say before the huge ad fell on him, knocking him completely out cold.
"BOO-YAH! Score another one for the good guys!"
Meanwhile, about a block away, Robin and Starfire were having their hands full with an enraged Cinderblock. With a mighty roar, Cinderblock slammed his asphalt fist towards Robin with concrete fueled fury. Robin barely managed to execute a perfectly timed back flip, as the massive granite fist connected with the Jump City street, creating a crater of wrath in it's wake.
"Starfire! Get Beast Boy and Raven over here! We need all the help we can get." he ordered. Starfire nodded and flipped open her communicator, sending an emergency page to both Titans.
"Friends! We are in dire need of your assistance!" she pleaded. Raven gave a small nod as she was already flying on her way, with Beast Boy tagging along in eagle form.
"On our way, Starfire." she said, before clicking the communicator shut.
Back with Cinderblock, Robin swung his bo-staff and connected with a savage shot that sent the monster reeling. Now on the offensive, Robin followed up with a roundhouse kick to the chest that rocked the concrete behemoth back a bit, yet still failed to knock him over. Irritated and growing a bit impatient, Robin went for a hand spring double-flip kick, but instead was swatted away like an annoying fly by the massive monstrosity.
Like a green and red rocket, Robin crashed through a door of a local bar, colliding with a pool table with such force that the table was completely decimated. Cinderblock managed to laugh a deep, cold, emotionless chuckle and, carrying the truck full of gold on his shoulder, slowly trudged his way back to wherever he came from.
Starfire watched with horror at the brutal smack down that was laid upon Robin. The alien princess clenched her fists tightly, her eyes burning a solid emerald. From within her fists grew two large star bolts, born of righteous fury.
"You will not get away with what you have done!" she shouted and, with blinding speed, zoomed across the street, ready to avenge her fallen lover. With a punch that could shatter mountains, the crimson haired beauty actually split the concrete monster in half. Cinderblock let out one last groan, before falling in two heavy chunks on the pavement below.
Beast Boy and Raven arrived just as Starfire's fist connected, the raw force sending out a shock wave that shattered all glass within a three block radius. Raven immediately threw up a shield around herself, Beast Boy and Starfire to protect themselves from the showering glass. (All the citizens and innocent by-standers had taken shelter somewhere else)
When the glass hit the ground and Raven's shield had disappeared, Starfire immediately ran to a still unconscious Robin, the alien princess not even stopping to inspect the now destroyed Cinderblock.
"Oh Robin, please speak to me." she said, innocent tears trickling down her face. Cyborg, who had just handed Gizmo to the authorities, ran quickly to the busted Boy Wonder, using his bio-scanner to check his vitals.
"It's not good, Star. He has a concussion, internal bleeding and one of his ribs has punctured his right lung." he said grimly, causing the girl to gasp in shock. Raven pushed her way closer, her hood up, her eyes a solid white.
"Move." she said, her voice null and devoid of any emotion. Starfire obliged, scooting aside to let the empath closer to Robin. Without hesitation, Raven tore Robin's shirt off, exposing his bare, well-defined chest. Taking a deep breath, she laid the palms of her hand on his now pale skin, the shock from the injury causing color to drain from it, and began to chant her mantra.
"Azarath...Metrion...Zinthos...Azarath...Metrion...Zinthos"
A pale blue hue began to glow from her hands, as the sorceress stared straight ahead, her eyes unmoving, unblinking in her concentration and focus. Starfire watched on with muddy, cloudy vision as Robin's groans of pain slowed down to nothing more than a whisper. His bruises vanished into thin air, his cuts sealed themselves closed. Cyborg's bio-scanner went crazy as Robin's rib mysteriously re-attached itself to it's cage, the hole in his lung closing shut.
Raven kept this up at a consistent pace for at least 5 minutes, till the glow from her hands finally dissipated. At the exact moment, Robin slowly opened his eyes, before jerking up in a panicked, frenzied state.
"Cinderblock! We've got to stop him!" he said, reaching towards his utility belt for his retractable bo-staff. The Boy Wonder was too quick for the others to catch up and he was out in the street in a flash, with a loud "TITANS GO!" as his battle cry. Though, much to his surprise, he saw the SWAT van pull off with Gizmo chained in the back, and a the Jump City PD gathering what was left of Cinderblock.
"What...just happened?" he asked. Starfire was right behind him, placing a gentle, reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"You were injured when Cinderblock attacked you. You wounds were most serious and friend Raven performed the spell of healing."
Robin turned around to thank the pale empath, but was just in time to see Raven collapse, fainting into Beast Boy's arms.
"Raven!" Robin shouted, running quickly to his fallen teammate. Raven was being held sturdy in the jade skinned prankster's arms, her eyes half open, her breathing slow and hard. "Are you ok? What's wrong?"
"...healing you...took a bit out of me...your wounds...were quite..severe..." she said softly, her arms clutching tightly to the one she loves. "...just need a nap..."
Robin nodded. "Beast Boy? You and Cyborg take Raven back to the Tower. Let her stretch out in the back seat of the T-Car. I'll stay behind to fill out the police reports and Starfire can fly back."
"Gotcha dude. C'mon Rae, let's get you comfortable." Beast Boy said, morphing into a gorilla to make it easier to carry her. Not that she weighed much to begin with, but scrawny Beast Boy wasn't exactly the strongest of the Titans.
Back at the Tower, it was once again business as usual, with everyone falling into their familiar routines. Raven was peacefully sleeping on her bed, her amethyst hued eyes closed as her powers slowly restored themselves. She was asleep by the time Beast Boy and Cyborg returned to Titans Tower. Carefully and lovingly, her green beau had taken off her cloak and hung it up, pulling the satin sheets up to her chin and kissing her softly on her lips.
"Sleep well, Rae." he said. He watched as a faint smile spread on the empath's face, before tip-toeing about of the room, as to not disturb her.
Once Robin had finished the police reports and answering the reporter's questions and such, he returned back to the Tower, only to be practically ambushed by an over-zealous Starfire. The crimson haired beauty was dead set and determined on taking Robin to new 24/7 "mall of shopping." Robin grudgingly agreed. Although he was eager to spend time with Starfire, the Boy Wonder knew that they would visit every store in the mall at least three times.
That left Cyborg and Beast Boy, who instead of their normal GameStation rituals, decided to pop in a DVD and watched RISE OF THE ZOMBIE COWBOYS: DIRECTOR'S CUT for the umpteenth time since they had purchased it a week ago.
"Dude, my favorite part is when that one cheerleader totally falls in love with the zombie!" Beast Boy said gushingly. Cyborg agreed, nodding eagerly.
"Oh yeah B, definitely. Or when the head Zombie Cowboy bites the other guy's head off and there's BLOOD EVERYWHERE!" he said, his metal arms waving with gusto. Beast Boy rubbed his gloved hands together, eager to get the splatter fest ready and rolling and wasting no more precious time, Cyborg pressed PLAY on the Deluxe ZissCo 25in1 Remote.
As the body count rose, the gallons of viscous liquid spilled, and the rubber heads having been rolled, the two Titans became so enthralled in their gore-fest that they never noticed the dark, lingering clouds that jammed up the normally azure Jump City sky. They also failed to notice that it suddenly began to pour down rain, the clouds seemingly wringing themselves dry of the excess moisture they had acquired in vast amounts, drenching Jump City and its contents. The boys did finally manage to pay attention when a huge bolt of lightning flung from the sky, accompanied by a hellacious boom of thunder, causing Beast Boy to jump a bit.
"Ha, you ain't scared of the storm, are ya B?" Cyborg asked with a slight smirk. Beast Boy shook his head defiantly.
"Dude, of course not! I'm a super hero and super heroes do not get scared of thunderstorms! No way! It's totally un-possible." he added, still feeling slightly uneasy with the storm brewing. Cyborg just gave a knowing grin, shaking his head in amusement.
"If you say so, B. I won't argue." he said, his amusement showing broad as day. Beast Boy just crossed his arms over his chest, clearly upset.
"I told you, dude, I'm not scared of the storm!"
"Whoa, whoa, easy grass stain! Just yanking your chain!" Cyborg protested, using all his strength, both cybernetic and human, to resist from laughing in hysterical fits. The metal Titan returned his gaze to the carnage at hand, leaning closer and closer to the LCD screen as the action became more and more intense. Chainsaws roared, axes were swung, jugulars were severed, large breasted blond women were taken out like wild game, and gallons and gallons of B-movie Hollywood blood were tossed around by the bucket full. Any other person would have rolled their eyes over the over-the-top ridiculousness and cheese-ball acting, but not Cyborg and Beast Boy.
The two Titans were captivated by the violent images which flashed before their eager young faces. Though, as desensitized as they were, both of them jumped when Robin stumbled in OPs, collapsing on the carpet at the exact same moment as a brilliant crash and flash of thunder and lightning shook the heavens.
"DUDE! Robin is dead! The Zombie Cowboy ate his brain!" Beast Boy squealed, barely peaking his eyes up over the back of the couch. Cyborg slowly climbed up from the couch and tip toed his hulking metal frame to the downed Boy Wonder, gently poking him with an elongated finger. Robin just groaned slightly. "See what I mean, dude?" Beast Boy said, now finding enough courage to approach Robin, but hiding behind Cyborg in the process. "He totally sounds like a zombie."
More lightning flashed, casting brief, but eerie shadows on the various furniture and equipment that littered OPs, causing Beast Boy to jump a bit. The green changeling leaned a bit closer to Robin, inching himself near the leader's black, spiky hair, looking for bite marks.
"...I'm not a zombie..."
"AH DUDE! The zombie said something!" said a squealing Beast Boy, jumping into a surprised Cyborg's arms. Robin groaned loudly and sat up on the floor, leaning his back against the wall next to the OPs door.
"I said...I wasn't a zombie." he said, slowly making his way back to his feet.
Beast Boy, still resting comfortably in Cyborg's arms, looked skeptical at the Boy Wonder.
"Oh yeah Mr. Brain Eater? If you're not a zombie, explain why you fell on the floor all dead like. And dude, you're groaning totally tells me you're a brain eater."
Robin sighed and stretched his muscles, every cell alive and on fire in the Boy Wonder's body.
"I groaned because I'm wore out, Beast Boy. Starfire wanted to go to the new 24/7 mega mall and I don't care how many villains I may fight, keeping up with her was the most grueling experience ever." he said, shivering slightly as he recalled the crimson haired beauty eagerly zooming from store to store, leaving him in her dust.
Cyborg at this point, grew tired of carrying the green changeling and released him from his arms, dropping Beast Boy flat on the ground with an unceremoniously loud thud.
"I'm going to bed, guys. I'll catch you in the morning." Robin said, yawning loudly to himself as he slowly hustled his exhausted body to his bedroom.
"Dude, let's get back to movie." Beast Boy said, softly rubbing his sore butt. "I think we missed the part where the head cheerleader gets strangled with her own guts."
"Oh man, B that was one of the parts that didn't make it in theaters! C'mon, I'll go skip back a couple of scenes." the metal Titan said, plopping back down in the couch with remote control in hand. Though, as much as he'd like to have said the aforementioned gut strangling, he never received his chance as a huge bolt of lightning struck the power generator on the roof of the Tower.
"Aw man, that seriously bites." Cyborg groaned. "The storm took out our generator and I haven't had time to install the backup yet. Looks like no movie for us tonight, B."
Beast Boy's green face grew long as he frowned out of disappointment. "Dude, this really sucks." he said dejectedly. Cyborg just nodded grimly.
"Sure does. Once the storm stops it'll be real easy to uplink the power again, but for now, I say we hit the hay. It's getting kinda late."
Beast Boy nodded softly, stretching his skinny, lanky limbs. He scratched his side as he nodded to his best friend.
"Right. Gotcha. I'm gonna go ahead and crash out with Rae. I'll see ya tomorrow, dude." he said as he walked down the hallway towards his destination. He hadn't seen his Azarathian goddess all day and he was eager to wrap his arms around and take in her familiar scent of incense and rain, with a hint of jasmine. Either way, her aroma was intoxicating and the jade skinned prankster was getting weak in the knees just thinking about it.
"Cool, you do that, B. And remember, always use protection." Cyborg said, trying to fight back a smile. Beast Boy blushed three shades of red, causing his green skin to almost turn brown.
"Wha-wha?" he stammered.
"I said, always use protection. Wear a safety belt when riding in the T-Car." the cybernetic Titan said as he roared with a deep, hearty laugh. Beast Boy's face went pale, feeling slightly weak in the knees. No one knew about having sex with Raven and no one definitely knew about Raven's little 'mishap' she had, nearly sending her green beau to the hospital.
"Heh heh...you got me, dude." the changing said weakly.
"You make it too easy, grass stain." Cyborg said and yawning slightly, slowly walked to his room, whistling a little tune to himself. Beast Boy sighed and wiped his forehead, glad that whole situation was over. He knew if Cyborg ever found out he was sleeping with Raven like this, he'd never hear the end of it.
But now, all Garfield Logan could think of would be to curl up next to the one he loved. His Azarathian goddess. His pale beauty. His Raven.
Only once the door slid open, she wasn't there and the air felt suddenly cold, though all her windows were closed. The heavy black curtains were pulled over the windows, blocking out the flashes of lightning, though the thunder seemed to rumble extra loud for some reason.
"Umm...Rae?"
With a loud WOOSH, candles all over her room lit themselves, casting an eerie glow on the surrounding. Large, ominous shadows danced on the walls and Beast Boy suddenly felt the room's temperature drop again, getting so cold that his breath was even starting to condense.
Slowly, he backed up towards the door, before blindly wheeling around and trying to push the buttons to open it, though nothing happened. Just a faint buzz sound, as if the incorrect code had been given.
"Dude, c'mon! Don't do this to me!" he hissed through clenched teeth. Every time he entered the code (11909) he was greeted with the buzz that the code was incorrect. His heart began to beat out of his chest as the the hairs on his neck stood up like wire bristles on a Brillo bad. Even with his back turned, he could feel the Demoness staring at him through the shadows.
"Hello, lover." came her voice, as it snarled through the darkness like a serpent stalking it's prey in a steamy jungle. Beast Boy frantically tried to input the code over and over again, but was met with buzzing rejection each and every attempt. "What's the matter, lover? Don't want to cuddle up next to your Raven?" she hissed.
Beast Boy's eyes went completely wide as the Demoness stepped through the darkness into the candle light. She was clad in just Raven's matching black underwear and nothing else. Her eyes were once again blood solid red, her face slit into a sadistic grin. The jade skinned prankster quickly morphed into a house fly and zoomed under the door, flapping his little wings as hard as he can to look for cover.
"You can run, but you can't hide, lover." she said with cackling laughter as she phased through the door itself. Beast Boy zoomed through OPs, hoping to wait out the storm in one of the room's many dark corners. Buzzing hurriedly to himself, the green fly finally rested just above the main LCD monitor, his segmented eyes scanning the room for any sign of the Demoness.
"Please let this be a dream...please let this be a dream..." were the only thoughts that kept racing through the changeling's brain. His insectoid eyes continued to glance around the room, darting in various directions as he tried to track the presence of the Demoness.
Silence.
All of OPs was bathed in a dark, deathly stillness, the only sound coming from the hard rain pounding against the glass and the low rumble of the thunderstorm outside. The random shots of lightning flashed frequently, exploding blinding light in near apocalyptic flashes. The bursts of white were so intense, that it was starting to hurt Beast Boy's segmented eyes.
"Beautiful weather, isn't it?" hissed an all too familiar voice. Beast Boy glanced over to see the Demoness floating a mere inches from him. "It turns me on when you play hard to get, lover." she said through a wide, Cheshire grin.
Without another thought, Beast Boy zoomed straight ahead, unsure of where he was going or what he was going to do, but finding himself hell bent on avoiding the Demoness. He made it about half way when he noticed he was suddenly back to his human self. The changeling barely had any time to change back into a fly, before he went crashing head first into the couch, knocking it back with a loud THUD.
"DUDE! Stay away from me!" Beast Boy shrieked. The changeling was now crawling backwards away from the red eyed Demoness, her face slit into a permanent snarl, as she stood over the battered jade skinned prankster, like a lion on the prowl. With a wave of her hand, thick, black tendrils sprung forth from her palm and wrapped the jade skinned prankster up like a mummy, making sure to cover his mouth so he couldn't scream for help. Beast Boy squirmed and shifted his muscles, attempting to morph into an elephant, a moose, a fly, anything, but found his powers were being denied somehow by the Demoness.
"Now, now...is that anyway to act, Garfield? Come. Let's retire to our chambers. I want to see just how durable that body of yours is."