*Garfield and Kimberly cuddled up watching Teen Titans on TV*
Kimberly: Wow, this Mad Mod is really strange. Did you guys really battle him?
Garfield: Yeah…It was very annoying. Though I don't remember the song playing…
Ron-Pool: *Walks through the FF Universe doors, panting heavily after battle with Liu Kang* Aww…Who knew our Venom and Pink Ranger were cuddling.
Garfield: What? Two friends can't cuddle at all?
Kimberly: I mean Victoria from Life is Strange: Edge of Time is currently on a date with Naruto from Reaper's Blood: Final Mix and that is, in Chloe's words, hella strange.
Ron-Pool: True. *mumbles* Man, how did that pairing come to be? *out loud* anyways, Garfield, it's your turn!
Garfield: Oh yeah! Speaking of my Fanfic, I wasn't aware that so many people liked Raquel. Though can I really handle three women? Isn't that like asking for trouble? And here I thought people liked me.
Kimberly: They do. It's just they want to see you happy is all but I wonder if you'll go for it. But if you do, she seems like a great catch. Zordon would love to make her a ranger.
Garfield: She is pretty cool. Speaking of which, where are the other rangers?
Kimberly: Zack is hanging out with the Naruto from Forged In Hellfire: Lost Soul Reborn. Billy is in the Mass Effect: Sins of the Future A/N with the Shepard twins. Jason is keeping watch on the door on his hand and last I knew, Trini was in the Son Gohan: Champion of Earth A/N with Goha-*Communicator chimes* Kimberly here.
Trini: *Over Communicator* Kimberly! Jason said for me to gather the rangers. Apparently, there are some mysterious rangers sitting in our A/Ns so we gotta jet.
Kimberly: That stinks. *Looks to Garfield* will you be here when I get back?
Garfield: Of course. Go do what you have to do.
*Kimberly smiles before she rushes out the door*
Ron-Pool: So…You and Kimberly huh? Man, I wonder what other crazy crossover pairings will come forth.
Garfield: Speaking of crossover…*points to Fanfic door*
Max: *walks out of the fanfiction Universe door* Wowsers…Where am I? How did I get to this place? Ohhh! Is that Teen Titans? Ohhh! That's the Mad Mod episode! I love that episode!
Ron-Pool:…Start the chapter already!
A Symbiotic Bond: A Venomous Titan
Chapter Thirteen
Champion City – Raquel's Apartment
Raquel "Rocket" Ervin
It was the middle of the night when Raquel found herself waking up from her slumber.
Icon had drilled it into her head long ago that she should always wake up early to enjoy the full day but this was far too early.
She turned her head to the clock beneath the TV which read "01:25am" on it and groaned.
She had only been sleeping for three hours.
Groaning, she turned her head and rested it back on the fairly comfortable spot and let out a sigh. It was then she felt it rise and fall.
She leaned up from the spot and saw a black t-shirt beneath her. Confused, she looked up and blushed when she realized what she was actually sleeping on.
She was sleeping on the chest of the hero she invited in just three hours ago.
But before she had fallen asleep, she remembered that he was wearing his suit so where did it go?
She looked down at her body and realized that she while she had her leg and arm draped around him, she was still in the same clothes she was in last night so she knew nothing heinous went down but where did it go?
Did he have some special suit that appeared and disappeared when he requested it ala Power Rangers?
She didn't know for sure but that added to the mystery. It was so weird how he appeared. One day, she was the only hero, the next, he was taking their city by storm, saving it several times over before the two became a team.
But in all the time they knew each other, she had never had the pleasure of seeing his face but as she did, she felt her face heat up.
He had a certain boyish look, with his forest green hair the fell over his eyes, his slight square shaped face with a hint of freckles on his cheeks with a was a tiny scar on the left side his jaw, which added to his attractiveness.
'It's a damn shame he hides this face behind a mask,' Raquel thought to herself with a small chuckle but then she was struck by a hint of familiarity.
She remembered seeing this face somewhere before but where?
Raquel didn't have time to dwell on it because he leaned up slightly on the couch with a tiny yawn and then opened his eyes, revealing his bright emerald green irises which nearly took her breath away.
They were radiant!
He looked at her with confusion before clarity appeared in his eyes and murmured "I must have fallen asleep after our talk last night…Sorry about that. Long day."
Raquel felt her face heat up slightly at the slight huskiness of his voice. "I-It's no…" She cleared her throat. "It's no problem," Raquel replied.
The two let out an awkward chuckle, both of them still lying down on the couch facing each other. "I-I'm starving. I should get up and grab us some breakfast," Raquel said before she sighed out "But I'm too comfortable to move."
The hero laughed softly and laid back down on the couch and replied "Ditto. Maybe we should sleep until morning time?"
"Nah…Once I'm up, I'm up," Raquel replied before she leaned up from off of him and said "Any special requests?"
He paused for a moment before he replied "Chocolate Chip Pancakes?"
Raquel grinned at him and said jokingly "This early? Hehe, lucky for you I'm in the mood of pancakes." Raquel then rose to her feet and stretched out her limbs.
She then made her way to the kitchen as she asked "So Spidey, how does your suit work?"
"My suit?" she heard him reply questioningly as she stepped into the kitchen and bent down to where her pots and pans were located.
"Yeah," Raquel replied as she pulled out her large pan and began to mix the pancakes batter then looked into her cabinet and only saw white chocolate chips in there. "I don't have any regular chocolate chips left. White chocolate chips okay?"
"That sounds delicious," he replied.
She poured the chips into the batter before mixing it again and started to pour it into the pan. "Like I was saying, the reason I asked was because your suit vanished and I remember you wearing it last night so I was curious."
"Oh…" he replied softly.
"Oh? Good answer," Raquel said jokingly.
"Sorry it's just I wasn't expecting my suit to actually disappear through the night," he replied, his voice coming closer to her ears, letting her know he was closer to the kitchen now.
"I hope that me seeing your face isn't a problem," Raquel said as she turned to face the hero, who was now at the entrance to the kitchen.
"I trust you," he replied genuinely. "Besides, who is going to know who I am without my suit? I'm practically a nobody in this city."
Raquel nodded in agreement and said "It's funny though, it's like I've seen your face before…"
"I mean…You did rescue me from that pit when I first showed up in this city," he replied, which made Raquel blink in surprise.
That's right…She remembered saving someone that looked just like him due to some large crater slamming into the Champion City Park.
"Wow, I didn't know that was you," Raquel said as she turned back to the food, flipping it over. "I guess that means we're square over the Oblivion incident."
He stayed quiet for a moment, as if he was deep in thought then he said "Hey Raquel…I still owe you one for talking to me after said incident…You have no idea how much that meant to me."
"You needed to hear it. Icon gave me the same advice when I killed my first villain..." she admitted.
"So you went through the same thing?" he asked her.
Raquel nodded and said "His name was "The Spot" and I know the name is terrible. I couldn't stop laughing when he first said it," Raquel said, seeing the amused look on his face.
"Basically, The Spot could instantly move himself or any part of his body from one area to another over an unlimited distance and he was a serial killer. Icon and I had to hunt him down for a year and when we did, he was damn near unbeatable. Only reason we managed to do to me."
Raquel stopped for a moment and let out a small sigh. "My belt, the Inertia Winder, allows me to absorb, store, and redirect any kinetic energy used against me. With this belt, it allows me to have super strength, force field and allows me to use powerful energy blasts from my hands but…There was an ability that I hadn't. If I store up enough kinetic energy, I can turn the energy around me into a powerful explosion."
"Long story short, he landed so many blows against me using those stupid portals that the energy around me was massive. Finally, it reached critical mass and I couldn't control the energy any long so I released it…The entire area we were battling the Spot in was gone…Leaving a huge crater in the desert we were fighting in. There was nothing left of The Spot…It took Icon six months to recover from the damage and I was left powerless for the better part of the year…"
Raquel removed the freshly made pancake from the pan and poured in another as she said "I remember feeling so guilty over taking his life that I was going to hang up my belt but Icon told me the same thing I told you…"
"He sounds like a very good man," he told her.
"He's like father to me. More so than my real one," Raquel replied softly. "Maybe someday I'll tell you how we met."
She then flipped the pancake and said "So since I've seen you mask-less Spidey, what is your name?"
"Garfield," he replied before he added "Yeah, like the cat but I hate lasagna."
"You haven't tried mine yet," Raquel teased. "Maybe when we get this Mandarin business handled, I can cook it for you. Maybe make a night."
Garfield grinned at this and asked "Are you asking for me to stay the night? Official I mean?"
"Why not? You saved my life and I've helped you out quite a bit. Plus I like you Garfield," Raquel replied as she finished the pancake and placed it on a plate and held it towards him. "So what do you say?"
"Just tell me when and I'll come swinging," Garfield replied as he took the plate from her with a smile.
Just then, the pair got a knock on the door. Raquel exchanged a look with Garfield before she walked to the door and when she opened it, she was face to face with a teenager female with flowing platinum white hair with sparkling blue eyes wearing a white tank top and a black skirt.
While the teenage male beside her had icy blue eyes with short black hair with white bangs wearing a black shirt with a large red "X" within a bat insignia with brown leather jacket above it and black jeans was at her door, both of them wearing collars around their necks.
While it didn't take a genius to know who these two were, the shock of seeing them, especially her made her heart stop. "Raq…Rocket…Hi…" Felicia said with a sheepish smile.
Kimberly: *falls back on the couch* I'm back. Did I miss anything?
Garfield: *points to Max* A new arrival
Max: Wowsers. Tons of crossovers
Ron-Pool: Yep. Now if you just follow me and I can show to my world.
Kimberly:...I meant with Rocket.
Garfield: Things was going well. More fluff than a action filled thing until those two showed up. It's fine I'm sure. But who knows what's going to happen. Welp, I guess we want until the new chapter
Kimberly: Yeah. Until then...Can we cuddle some more?
Garfield: *smiles* Hehehehehe