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Yu-gi-oh! 5Ds after hours
Chapter three: Yusei and friends do Jump City
It was evening in New Domino City, a suburb of San Francisco, California. Over at Jack's penthouse, the man himself, Jack Atlas, was lying in bed, watching the wide-screen TV that was on the dresser against the wall opposite of Jack's bed. Lying in bed next to Jack was Carly Carmine, his (current) girlfriend. The TV was currently tuned to the local news.
"And in news here along the West Coast," the news reporter said, "The resident criminal mastermind of Jump City, known only as Slade, was last seen fleeing pursuit as he fled. The last known sighting of Slade puts him somewhere in the New Domino City suburb of San Francisco. And now on to the weather. Tom?"
Turning down the volume of the news, Jack muttered, "Bloody hell. A criminal mastermind from Jump City has been seen here in New Domino? Looks like Birdbrain may end up having some competition to deal with here." (1)
"Jack? Aren't you more worried about the criminal mastermind from Jump City?" Carly asked, her tone a mix of confusion and mild worry.
"Why should I be?" Jack asked rhetorically.
"Because he's from Jump City, Jack," Carly replied, "Superheroes live in Jump City, so being a criminal mastermind in a place like Jump City and not only getting away with it, but thriving as well, should be a sign of-"
Carly was cut off when the sound of a gunshot going off resonated throughout the entirety of the Atlas Penthouse, making both Jack and Carly jump in alarm. Getting up out of bed, Jack led Carly out to the living room while grabbing an aluminum baseball bat that was leaning against the wall on the right side of Jack's bedroom doorframe.
Having made their way out to the living room, Jack and Carly came upon a sight that, while it had Carly shocked, it failed to faze Jack in the least; Jack's roommates Yusei Fudo, Kalin Kessler and Crow Hogan, along with Yusei's girlfriend Akiza Izinski and the wonder twins Leo and Luna, were all standing around the corpse of a man that was lying face-down on the floor dead. The man was wearing a black combat suit with silver-gray shoulder pads, gloves and utility belt, with a mask that was half-black-half-copper over his face. There was a gunshot wound in the back of the man's head.
Almost immediately, Jack spotted the Sig Sauer 9MM in Crow's hand, its barrel smoking. "He came into our home and looked like he was about to harm one of the twins," Crow said when his gaze met Jack's, "I had every right to shoot him." Before Jack could say anything, Crow's girlfriend Brianna Stone came walking out from one of the hallways, wearing only her undergarments under a baggy t-shirt that reached a few inches down her thighs. She was carrying a one-headed battle-axe. (2)
Handing the battle-axe to Crow, Brianna said, "Here you go, babe."
"Thank you, Brianna," Crow replied in a kind tone as he took the battle-axe from his girlfriend. With both hands gripping the axe handle, Crow raised his battle-axe over his head, only to bring it down upon the neck of the man he just shot and killed, taking his head clear off. (3)
"Was it really necessary to decapitate a corpse, Birdbrain?" Jack asked, more confused than annoyed and frustrated.
"What, and risk having the asshole come back to life as a zombie or some shit like that?" Crow replied, "Jack, you know as well as I do that zombies can't function without a head, so I took care of things before he even had a chance to be zombified, or otherwise raised as some sort of undead."
"Crow actually has it written in his will that as soon as he dies, he wants his head to be cut off so that he wouldn't come back to infect us," Yusei pointed out.
"Not that he had much of a head to begin with…" Jack muttered as he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.
"Hey, this guy looks familiar to me," Leo remarked as he gently nudged the headless corpse with his right foot.
"Leo, don't touch that," Akiza said in a mild scolding tone, "It's a dead body."
Looking to Akiza, Leo replied, "I'm serious, though. I've seen this guy before." Putting a hand to his chin, Leo continued with a look of deep-thought on his face, "But I can't quite seem to remember where it is that I've seen him before…"
As Leo continued to try and wrack his memory, Crow walked over to the dead body and began to check it for anything of value. "Crow, what the hell are you doing?" Kalin asked.
"Looting the guy that I just killed," Crow replied in a casual tone without missing a beat.
"Birdbrain is looting a person he just killed," Jack remarked in a resigned tone as he face-palmed, "Of course, he is."
"Oh, come on, dudes," Crow said, "This guy has a Batman-like utility belt, so he's got to be-" Crow stopped short upon taking out the guy's wallet and checking the ID card in it. "Hey Kalin," Crow began suddenly, "Didn't you say that your friend who lives in Jump City has a beef with this one dude called Slade?"
"You mean Cyborg?" Kalin replied, "Yeah, Cyborg and his friends are consistently at odds with Slade. In fact, if you were paying attention to the news, you'd know that Slade has recently come here to New Domino."
"Oh!" Leo exclaimed as he gave the corpse a decent kick, "Now I remember who this dead person is!" Pointing to the corpse, Leo said, "He's that Slade dude I heard about on the news!"
"Well I kind of figured that," Crow said as he handed the ID card from the dead man's wallet to Kalin.
Kalin just looked at the ID card in silence, a shocked look on his face. "…Our roommate Crow just killed Slade, the most terrifying criminal mastermind in the history of the West Coast, if not the entire fucking nation," Kalin said to the others who were gathered in the living room.
Taking some money out from the wallet of the late Slade, Crow said, "And now a dead man will be treating us to pizza!"
"Crow, it's close to nine-forty-five at night," Akiza pointed out, "Don't you think it's a little late for pizza?"
"Hey, anytime can be pizza time, Akiza," Brianna remarked.
"Shouldn't the fact that there's a dead body with its head cut off in the living room be a more pressing and immediate cause for concern?" Yusei asked rhetorically.
"Yusei's got a point," Jack pointed out, "We need to contact the proper authorities."
"I should contact my friend Cyborg, let him know that Crow killed the man who is his team's longest running arch-nemesis," Kalin said as he pulled out his smartphone.
…
A few minutes later, police came by to investigate what happened. Mid-way through the police questioning, a pizza man came to the front door with a few pizzas, which Crow paid for before it was his turn to be questioned by the police.
"So, you were the one who shot the deceased," the first police officer said to Crow; despite being in his early to mid-fifties, the police officer was in very good physical shape. His brown hair was also worn long for some reason.
Nodding once in the affirmative, Crow said, "The man came into the home that my friends and I all shared, and he looked like he was about to harm one of the twins that my friends and I are responsible for. I had every reason to believe that he was going to harm one or both of them, if not do something worse."
Nodding once in understanding, the first police officer said, "Fair enough. A dangerous man breaking into your home and posing a threat to one of the residents is as good of a justification for killing the man as I ever heard. However, I just need to ask one thing."
"What is it, officer?" Crow replied.
"I was told that it was you who had decapitated the deceased's corpse after you had shot and killed him," the first police officer said, "Is that true?" After Crow nodded in the affirmative once again, the first police officer, with a look of bafflement on his face, asked, "Why?"
"I did NOT want to run the chance of that guy coming back as a zombie or some other sort of undead," Crow explained, "I mean, I've seen some pretty fucked up shit in my life, but I do NOT want to see either of the twins getting attacked by a zombie or some shit like that."
With an indifferent shrug, the first police officer replied, "Fair enough. Well then, we'll have to arrange for transporting the deceased remains back to Jump City, as that's where the deceased came from." As the first police officer got up, Crow gestured to where the pizza boxes sat on the dining table, offering the officer a slice. The officer politely declined, saying that he had to get straight back to the station, but he did thank Crow for the offer.
After all of the police were gone, with a team from the morgue having collected Slade's remains, Yusei and the rest of the residents of the Atlas Penthouse just stood around. "So now what?" Jack asked.
"I think that you, me, Yusei and Crow should get ready to make a trip to Jump City," Kalin explained to the blonde turbo duelist, "My friend Cyborg says that he and his team want to personally ask us about our involvement in the slaying of Slade."
"Uhh, our involvement?" Yusei repeated, "The only one involved was Crow."
Giving Yusei a knowing look, Kalin replied, "Do you honestly trust Crow to make a trip out of New Domino City by himself?" (4)
Without missing a beat, Yusei said, "Good point."
"I think that I should feel offended here," Crow stated, sounding mildly lost.
"I don't care what you think, Birdbrain," Jack muttered as he pinched the bridge of his nose, giving a sigh of frustration as he did so.
"Look guys," Yusei said as he tried to defuse the tension in the room, "We got a big day ahead of us tomorrow with the trip up to Jump City, so I think that we should get to bed now and try to get as much rest as we can. Sound good?"
Jack, Crow and Kalin all gave affirmative responses to Yusei's suggestion; Akiza, Carly, Brianna and the twins all gave affirmative responses as well, even though none of them were going on the trip to Jump City. They just wanted to get back to bed is all.
The next day, Yusei and the guys were driving along a road in Jump City inside of Yusei's Volkswagen van. "So Kalin," Yusei began, "You said that your friend Cyborg lives here in Jump City. Where exactly does he live?"
"There's this one island a little bit off of the Jump City coast," Kalin explained, "With a giant T-shaped tower on it. Cyborg and his teammates live there."
"Now just hold the bloody phone a minute there, Kalin," Jack interrupted. With all attention on him, Jack continued, "You mean to tell us that your friend Cyborg is the same Cyborg who is a member of the superhero team known as the Teen Titans?"
"Hey, I sell pot to the guys on that team!" Crow remarked as he held up his right index finger.
"Yes, yes," Kalin replied as he nodded in the affirmative, "The Cyborg that I'm friends with is the same Cyborg who belongs to the Teen Titans."
"So how are we going to get over to the giant T-shaped tower on that island?" Yusei asked as Titans Tower just started to appear in the distance.
"I'm going to call Cyborg to let him know that we're approaching the tower, and for him to keep a look out for the van," Kalin replied as he pulled out his cell phone. A minute after Kalin made the call, Yusei pulled up to the shoreline of the Jump City coast; Titans Tower was more or less directly in front of the shore where the Volkswagen van was parked.
About a minute after Yusei pulled up to the shoreline, a giant orange flying sea vehicle, known as the T-Sub, flew overhead and landed in an open area of the beach along the shoreline. After the T-Sub shut off, three teenagers got out; one was a dark-skinned boy who was half-robot, one was a fair-skinned boy in a red and green outfit, and the third was a girl wearing a dark purple cloak with a hood.
"Kalin, my man!" the half-robot teen called out as he and his fellows walked up to Yusei and company. Kalin walked up and did a fist-bump with the half-robot teen.
"Glad to see you're doing well, Cyborg," Kalin remarked. Shooting a quick look to Cyborg's friends, Kalin said to Cyborg, "Are these some of your teammates?"
"Oh yeah," Cyborg replied as he jerked a thumb over his shoulder, "Those guys are Robin and Raven."
"Oh god," Jack muttered to himself as he face-palmed, "More people named after species of birds. I just hope they aren't morons like Birdbrain."
"Oh Robin," Crow said as he walked up to the other two titans that were on the beach, "I got the order that you, Cyborg and Beast Boy requested." Crow pulled out a sandwich-sized plastic bag that contained a leafy substance that, aside from the pinkish-purplish color, looked exactly like a certain brand of oregano.
"Twelve ounces of Mewni Mulch (5), right on time," Crow said with a hint of smug pride in his tone. Tossing the sandwich bag to Robin, Crow said, "I'll be collecting my payment sometime before the boys and I head back to New Domino City."
Looking at the sandwich-sized plastic bag, the leader of the Teen Titans let out a whistle that sounded impressed and appreciative. "Thanks, Crow," Robin remarked, "Cyborg, Beast Boy and I will make sure that Starfire doesn't get any of the good stuff this time."
"This time?" Yusei asked, giving Robin a confused and curious look.
"The last time that Robin, BB and I smoked some pot that Crow got for us, Starfire unknowingly smoked some as well," Cyborg explained, "As a result, she ate everything."
"So, she ate all of the food you guys had over in Titan's Tower?" Kalin asked his friend.
"No, no, that's not what Cyborg meant," Robin clarified, "When Cyborg said that Starfire ate everything, he meant everything. Several plates, at least four of Raven's books, half the sofa… Jump City experienced a week-long mustard shortage after Starfire got some of the good stuff."
"That was not eating," Raven said in an emotionless monotone, "I've seen eating. What Starfire did back then was pure chaos."
"Word to the wise, Kalin," Cyborg said to his turbo duelist friend, "Never let a Tamaranean smoke any pot. They will literally eat you out of house and home."
"D…duly noted," Kalin replied in something of a stammer, shocked by what his friend was telling him.
"Well this is all well and good and all," Jack began, "But how the bloody hell are we going to get over to your tower?" Pointing to the T-Sub, Jack continued, "Because that thing doesn't look like it can hold seven. Also, I don't think it'd be a good idea to leave Yusei's Volkswagen unattended here along the shoreline."
"That's what Raven's here for," Cyborg replied to Jack as he pointed at Raven, "I just need you, Kalin and your two friends here to get back into your van for a minute." Doing as Cyborg asked, Yusei and company all got back into the Volkswagen van. As Robin and Cyborg got back into the T-Sub, Raven floated up and aimed the palm of her right hand at the Volkswagen van.
Her hand glowing with a black aura, Raven said, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." Suddenly, the Volkswagen van became surrounded with a black aura, similar to the one surrounding Raven's hand. As the van started to float up, Yusei and Jack immediately became alarmed. (6)
"Yusei, Jack, relax," Kalin said in a calming tone, "This is just Raven using her magic to levitate the Volkswagen."
"She's going to be gentle with my baby, right?" Yusei asked in a worried tone, "Please tell me that she's going to be gentle with my baby."
"I know that I've done some jump tricks on my duel runner, but this is ridiculous!" Jack could be heard exclaiming as Raven, using her magic, carried the van over to the island where Titans Tower was located.
A few minutes later, Yusei and company were inside of the living room of Titans Tower. It was there that they met Beast Boy and Starfire. Seeing Crow, Beast Boy said, "Crow, dude, please tell me that you brought the good stuff."
"I already handed it off to Robin, but you two and Cyborg are going to have to keep your alien friend from getting any," Crow replied.
"Did I do something wrong?" Starfire asked, looking concerned. In response, Raven pointed to something behind Starfire, making the Tamaranean turn around to see what her friend was pointing at; it was half of a sofa, the missing half looking like it was bitten off. "I see," Starfire replied, "Even so, I have apologized many BURRRRRP!"
Starfire let out a loud belch midsentence, coughing out something in the process. After the item landed, Beast Boy's eyes widen in surprise, apparently having recognized the item that Starfire belched out. "Dudes! It's my lucky decoder ring!" Beast Boy exclaimed as he went over to pick it up, "And it's still in one piece and everything!" As he picked up the decoder ring, Beast Boy said to Yusei and the other guys, "I got this thing out of a box of cereal two days after Titans Tower was first build, and I've had a lot of luck ever since." Looking at the saliva-covered decoder ring in his palm, Beast Boy said in a mildly disgusted tone, "I think I'll wash it first."
As Beast Boy went over to the sink to wash his decoder ring, Robin turned to face Yusei and the guys. "So, let's get down to business," Robin stated in a business-like tone.
"To defeat the Huns?" Crow asked rhetorically; having heard Crow say this, Jack promptly smacked Crow in the back of the head.
"No man, Robin is talking about what Kalin and I discussed over the phone," Cyborg explained, "The fact that one of you guys killed Slade."
"Oh, that's Crow you're talking about," Yusei remarked as he pointed to Crow, who was rubbing his head where Jack smacked him.
"Slade was without a doubt the single greatest enemy the Teen Titans have ever faced," Robin said in a serious tone, "And yet thanks to your efforts, Slade's terror has been stopped forever."
"I also chopped his head off with an axe, if that helps," Crow stated.
"…Why?" Robin asked, regarding Crow with a confused look.
"To keep the asshole from rising as a zombie or some other shit like that," Crow replied in a mildly annoyed tone, "Do you know how many times I have had to explain this to someone?"
"Hey, I have a rather pertinent question," Yusei said as he raised a hand, "Since Jump City's greatest criminal threat has been offed, aren't you five worried about a potential power vacuum occurring in the Jump City underground?"
"What do you mean?" Cyborg asked.
"Don't you think at least one member of your team's regular rouge's gallery might try to start something if and when they head that Slade's dead?" Yusei asked, clarifying his original question, "I mean, if this Slade dude was as bad as you say he was, then much lesser threats may try to move in and claim Slade's old stomping grounds as their own."
"…Huh," Raven remarked in a mildly surprised tone, holding a hand to her chin in a gesture that conveyed deep thought, "I don't think any of us have thought of that."
"You sound like you're the team's smart one, and yet even you haven't thought of the possibility that some minor villain may try to move in on Slade's now vacant turf?" Jack asked, pointing an accusing finger at Raven, "Bloody hell! You're worse than Crow!"
"I think that I should feel offended here," Crow stated, sounding mildly offended.
"I don't care what you think, Birdbrain!" Jack snapped, turning sharply to face the broom-headed turbo duelist.
"Well aside from my father, who is also dead," Raven began in her usual monotone, "And possibly Mad Mod, I can't think of anyone from our usual rouge's gallery who could be a serious threat to us."
"What about Cinderblock?" Robin asked.
"Or Plasmus?" Beast Boy suggested as he returned from cleaning his decoder ring.
"Or the Mind Control Squid?" Starfire pointed out.
"Or Trogaar?" Cyborg offered.
"…Okay," Raven said after a bit of thought, "Aside from villains we know are deceased, the only villains that we've faced that I believe can pose a serious threat to us are Mad Mod and the Mind Control Squid. Other than those two, we can pretty much steamroll whatever villain may try to move in and make him or herself the new criminal mastermind of the Jump City underground."
"Heh, yeah," Robin said with a laugh, "Can you guys seriously imagine if someone like Ding-Dong Daddy tries to insert himself as the new criminal mastermind of the Jump City underground?" This idea got the rest of the titans to start laughing; even Raven, who normally does not show much emotion, gave a few chuckles.
"Or that Fang guy who robbed a jewelry store that one time?" Cyborg said, getting Robin and Beast Boy to laugh while Starfire and Raven looked mildly annoyed.
"Or how about Doctor Light?" Beast Boy suggested, getting all of the titans to laugh now; Raven in particular found Beast Boy's suggestion to be funny. (7) Yusei and the guys also joined in on the laughing as well. However, all laughing was cut off suddenly when they all heard an explosion coming from Jump City.
"Aww shit," Robin muttered as he face-palmed, "Please don't tell me that one of the harmless villains we were just making fun of is actually trying to take over Jump City."
"I am sick, and tired, of these motherfucking villains in this motherfucking city!" Cyborg exclaimed, throwing his hands up into the air.
"Let's fuck 'em up!" Beast Boy yelled, getting everyone else to let out a battle cry, even Yusei and the guys who are not heroes.
Over in Jump City, the Teen Titans and Yusei's group all arrived on scene, where a number of civilians were running around, their arms over their heads as they screamed in fear and for their lives.
"Hey, I just realized something," Jack began, "Yusei, Crow, Kalin, what the bloody fuck are the four of us doing here? We have no way of facing off against whatever villain is attacking the city, so at best we're a liability to the Teen Titans."
"If it wasn't for the fact that I left all of my weapons that I brought with us in Yusei's Volkswagen, we may have actually been able to help Robin and the others," Crow remarked, pounding his fist into his hand in a 'dang it!' gesture.
"Maybe we can assist with helping getting the civilians out of harm's way?" Yusei offered, "I mean, what the worse that can HOLY SHIT IT'S A GIANT FUCKING SPIDER!" Yusei stopped midsentence as he pointed to a giant spider that was wrecking random cars within eyesight of Yusei and the others. For some reason, the giant spider was actually the head of a teenage boy.
"Huh, well what do you know?" Cyborg said in a mildly amused tone, "I totally called it."
Scoffing, Raven said, "The fucktard is probably just pissed that Kitten dumped him, and he's going on a rampage to vent."
"That dude has a girlfriend?" Jack asked in an incredulous tone as he pointed at Fang.
"It would be correct to say that he had a girlfriend," Starfire pointed out, "Fang used to be dating Kitten, but he was acting like a Klorbag Varblenelk, so Kitten gave him the dump."
"Eww," Crow said in a disgusted tone, "Just because he was acting like a whatever doesn't give the girl who was dating him the excuse to take a shit on his lap!"
Sighing in an annoyed tone, Raven said, "That's not quite what Starfire meant. What she meant to say was that Kitten dumped Fang because he was being a jerk. Starfire just has trouble with earth dialect sometimes."
"Oh," Crow replied in a dumbfounded tone, "…Well okay then. That's loads better."
"Titans!" Fang could be heard shouting angrily, getting the attention of the Teen Titans and Yusei's group; when they all turned to look, they saw that Fang was approaching them. "About time I found you bastards," Fang said as he pointed an accusing finger at the Titans and Yusei's group, "Both you and your friends here are going to be six feet under by the time I'm through with you!"
"You are a Klorbag Varblenelk, and Kitten was in the right to give you the dump!" Starfire shouted angrily, her eyes glowing with green energy.
"Exactly!" Crow shouted at Fang, "You're a whore-bag barber-elk and your ex-girlfriend was in the right to take a shit on your lap!"
"Titans, go!" Robin exclaimed, rousing himself and his teammates up for battle. As the titans charged at Fang, Yusei and the guys looked to each other.
"Shouldn't we take cover?" Kalin asked the other guys rhetorically.
"Yeah, I need to get my crossbow out," Crow remarked in a tone of agreement.
"Wait a bloody minute, Birdbrain," Jack began, "You said that you left all of the weapons you brought with you to Jump City back in Yusei's Volkswagen!"
"That's not actually true," Crow explained, "You see, I just remembered that I have my crossbow on hand, but I'm going to need a few minutes to get it out."
"Why do you need a few minutes?" Yusei replied, "In fact, where do you have your crossbow hidden on your person?"
"I have it securely hidden in my anus," Crow answered. The other three guys just starred at Crow; Jack's right eye was even twitching.
Facepalming, Yusei said in a resigned tone, "Fine, whatever. Look you guys, let's just get to safety so we won't be a liability to the Teen Titans and so that Crow has someplace safe so he can literally pull a crossbow out of his ass." As Yusei and the others ran into a nearby parking garage, the titans were busy fighting Fang.
Fang tried shooting some venom at Robin, but the Titan's leader swiftly dodged the attack while skillfully throwing an explosive disk at the mutated teen. As the explosion blew up in Fang's face, Starfire fired a star bolt at Fang while Raven used her magic to levitate a trashcan and chucked it at Fang. The star bolt struck Fang in the face, but he recovered just in time to see the flying trashcan, surrounded by a black aura, come flying at him.
Using one of his spider legs, Fang smacked the trashcan aside, causing it to fly towards Cyborg, who was aiming his arm cannon at Fang. Although the force of the trashcan hitting Cyborg wasn't enough to deter Cyborg's aim on its own, the surprise of being hit more than made up for it. Cyborg's cannon arm was knocked about ninety degrees off from Fang, causing the cannon to hit an unoccupied family car, making it blow up and go flying backwards surprisingly.
As the Yusei, Kalin and Jack hid, Kalin turned to face his friends to say, "How long do you think it will take Crow to pull his crossbow out of his ass?"
"Given that Birdbrain has actually managed to hide much larger things up his ass than a crossbow, I'm going to guess three minutes at most," Jack replied.
"All I hope is that Crow remembered some crossbow bolts," Yusei remarked, "I mean, what good is a crossbow if you don't have the ammunition for-" Yusei was cut off when the family car that Cyborg accidentally sent flying crashed down on top of him, killing him. (8)
"Holy shit!" Jack exclaimed in shock as he and Kalin watched a small stream of blood trickle out from under the car. It was around this time that Crow came over, having returned from a private area so that he could pull his crossbow out from his ass in peace.
"'Sup, hoes?" Crow greeted in an easy-going, casual tone, "I finally got my crossbow out. So, what the fuck did I miss while I was gone?"
"Yusei's dead!" Kalin exclaimed in a panic.
"I am NOT going to be the one to explain this to Akiza!" Jack swore in a worried tone, panic clear on his face.
Peeking out from where he and his friends hid, Crow said, "I'm guessing that the dude with the big ass spider for a head threw the car that landed on, crushed and killed Yusei." Aiming his crossbow at Fang, Crow said in a mildly bored tone, "Well, looks like it's up to me to avenge Yusei's death."
With the shot lined up, Crow pulled the crossbow's trigger, bending the bolt flying right at Fang. As the Teen Titans were fighting Fang, the crossbow bolt struck Fang in one of his right eyes, making him howl in pain as he cupped the bleeding area with his hands. "Sweet merciful fuck!" Fang exclaimed in agony, "Someone shot me in the fucking eye! Holy shit!" As Fang stumbled around in pain, the titans proceeded to attack him relentlessly.
Once Fang was beaten and laying on the ground, Jack, Crow and Kalin came out of hiding. Aiming his reloaded crossbow at Fang's head, Crow said, "The Penthouses send their regards." Crow pulled the trigger once again, resulting in him shooting Fang in the head, killing him.
"I know that Fang was a villain," Robin said to Crow as he and the other titans approached Crow and his friends, "But there was no need to kill him."
"He threw a car that landed on our friend Yusei, resulting in Yusei's death," Crow explained, "My remaining friends and I wanted bloody vengeance."
"Eh, fair enough," Cyborg replied with an indifferent shrug.
Back at Titans Tower, Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy were talking to Jack, Crow and Kalin. "Thanks for helping us save the city," Robin said to the remaining guys. Tossing a Titans communicator to Crow, Robin said, "Here's a communicator so we can keep in touch."
"But we already have each other's phone numbers," Jack pointed out, "Hell, Kalin and Cyborg are apparently good chums, and Crow sells the three of you pot!"
"The communicators are essentially video phones with unlimited data and minutes," Robin countered, "And you don't have to pay anything to keep them going."
Walking into the living room of Titans Tower, the six guys saw that Starfire, Raven, Jinx, Bumblebee and a fifth girl were all lazily lying about, giggling softly like loons. Face-palming, Cyborg said, "Ah hell, the girls got to the Mewni Mulch."
Pointing to the girls, Kalin asked, "The hell is all this?"
"Starfire and Raven like to get together with Bumblebee, Jinx and Kitten for girl time," Robin explained, "Although Starfire and Raven should have checked with us before inviting their friends over, especially since we have a dead body to-"
Robin was cut off when the doors behind him and the other five guys opened, making all six of them turn around to see Control Freak standing there. "Sorry for the intrusion, Titans," Control Freak greeted in a mildly apologetic tone as he walked up to them, "But Kitten called and asked me to come pick her up."
Looking over to where the guys were standing and seeing Control Freak, Kitten gasped and said, "Andrew! Sweetie!" Lazily getting up, Kitten walked over and threw her arms around Control Freak's shoulders.
"This prom queen stereotype is dating a basement dweller?!" Jack exclaimed in a tone of surprised shock.
"His real name is Andrew?" Beast Boy remarked in a confused tone.
Sniffing Control Freak's face, Kitten said, "Andrew, you smell like Cheetos. Are you a Cheeto? Because I could really go for some Cheetos right now."
As Kitten threw her head back to laugh loudly in a loon-like manner, Control Freak turned to face the guys. "…Did she smoke pot with Starfire, Raven, Bumblebee and Jinx again?" Control Freak asked, giving the six guys a confused look.
"Twelve ounces of Mewni Mulch," Crow confirmed, "And my friend Jack, Kalin and I were only going to collect the remains of our friend Yusei so we can get him back to New Domino City. Also, the keys to Yusei's Volkswagen are still in his jacket's side pocket."
"Speaking of Yusei," Jack remarked, "Where did his body go? I remember that Cyborg laid it on the floor in here and covered it with a white sheet."
At that moment, Starfire let out a loud belch, coughing up a saliva-covered jacket. The jacket that Starfire coughed up was unmistakably Yusei's jacket. Walking over to the drenched and slightly tattered jacket, Crow fished around in one of the front pockets until he pulled out a set of keys. Jingling the keys before the guys, Crow said with a sheepish grin, "At least we can still get ourselves home."
"I am SO not going to be the one to explain this to Akiza," Jack swore, pinching the bridge of his nose as he sighed in frustration.
END, CHAPTER THREE
Author's Notes:
(1) Crow's the kind of person who likes to nip his problems in the bud.
(2) Think Gimli's axe from LOTR.
(3) …Told you.
(4) I wouldn't.
(5) This will come up in the next chapter.
(6) Given that Kalin and Crow are familiar with at least one Teen Titan each, it shouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that Kalin and Crow may have some idea of what some of the Teen Titans are capable of.
(7) Most of Doctor Light's appearances feature him getting decimated by Raven, so yeah.
(8) It's just a flesh wound.
I was originally going to make Control Freak the villain that the Teen Titans fought, but as I was doing research on the wiki for this chapter, I discovered that, apparently, Kitten is a possible love interest for Control Freak. Additionally, I learned that in some of the Teen Titans comics, Kitten is on at least amicable terms with the heroes. Not only did all of this give me pause, but it sparked my interest. So, I reworked some of the scenes in this chapter to make Fang the villain that the Teen Titans faced. Additionally, I had planned to make Yusei the main character who dies in this chapter, and Fang has a giant spider for a head (Yusei reportedly has a fear of bugs and/or spiders), so it works out perfectly.