Chapter 11: Jealousy and Confusion
Blackfire has now changed her look and name so she can be a Tamaranean again.
Jealousy: Bumble Bee appears to be very jealous about Ember and Cyborg, will Bumble Bee win him over or will Ember win him?
Confusion: 'Thanks' to Terra, Starfire isn't sure about her relationship with Robin, can Robin save their relationship?
Dark grey storm clouds covered the sky like a thick blanket, thunder rumbled loudly, lightening followed after, then rain began to pour down heavily in Jump City. Strong winds picked up soon afterwards. Raven watched the storm from the Main Room.
"That was quick, I didn't expect for a storm to come tonight, I thought it was going to be fine like today was!" Beast Boy commented as he joined Raven's side. "So, are you ready Rae-Rae for our date?" He added a flirty tone of voice.
"Mhm!" Raven smiled, then opened up a portal near them, she held his hand and jumped into the portal with him.
Moments later, they arrived at a restaurant's doorstep, the rain poured down heavily as Raven and Beast Boy made their way inside the restaurant, only getting a little bit wet.
"Wow it's rather quiet in here!" Beast Boy said quietly as he looked around only seeing a few couples sitting at the table with their children.
"It's not normally quiet, I guess it's because of the storm!" A waitress told him. "It's usually busy at this hour."
Thunder rumbled across the sky again, lightening lit up the sky, hail followed afterwards. Suddenly the power went out in the restaurant just as Raven and Beast Boy sat down at their table. The wind howled loudly.
Some of the customers gasped in fright when the power went out, others just whispered to one another.
"Now what?" Beast Boy wondered quietly, as he put his arms around Raven protectively.
Raven shrugged, she wasn't sure what to do now the power was out. "Should we go somewhere else or back home?"
"GREAT! Now we can't get out since the door is powered by electricity...We're locked in here!" A waiter sighed, trying to feel his way around the dark restaurant over to the counter. "I knew I should've had the day off!"
A young girl began crying. "Mummy I'm so scared! What if the big scary monsters come out?"
"I'm sure they won't come out sweetie. Besides there's no such thing as monsters and I'm sure the Teen Titans would save you if any were to come!" A mother's voice said, trying to add a comforting tone to her voice.
'Cute!' Raven thought, overhearing a mother comforting her child. Raven looked through the windows and noticed that every store and building near the restaurant had no power on.
"We could go back to the Tower and continue our date there." Beast Boy suggested.
The waiter over heard him. "How can you get out? Like I said earlier the door is powered by electricity." He reminded them.
"We have our way!" Raven said, getting up. "Don't you have any other way out of the restaurant?"
"Unfortunately not. Everything here is powered by electricity and to make things worse we don't have a back up generator." The waiter replied with a groan. "The boss never thought of the back up generator, she said it would've been pointless."
"Some boss she is! Can't you even open the windows?" Beast Boy asked, also getting up after a while of listening to the conversation.
Thunder rumbled across the sky, louder then before, lightening flashed several times and rain poured down heavier then normal. The wind continued to howl.
"I could...This is urgent and people do need to get home..I wish the Titans were here..." The waiter complained, not realizing that two of them were.
"We are here...Well two of us are..." Raven began, she and Beast Boy then began to help the others out of the restaurant.
"So what are you going to do now that the T-Car is fixed?" Bumble Bee asked, watching as Cyborg, Aqualad and Speedy began to polish the car.
"You mean after polishing her? I'll stay here for a couple of days to figure out why my communicator isn't working then I'll head back I guess." Cyborg replied, as he polished his car.
"What about Ember?" Bumble Bee wondered, secretly hoping that Cyborg had forgotten about her.
"I have to figure out a way I can contact her to make another day for our date..." Cyborg sighed. "Since the communicators are still offline."
Bumble Bee scowled and folded her arms in annoyance. 'Of course he'd say that!' she thought jealously.
Speedy nudged Aqualad noticing the way Bumble Bee reacted, both of them laughed quietly to themselves.
"Perhaps you are mistaking things...Robin seemed to really care about you when you first came here with your friends." Galfore said, watching Starfire sitting on her bed, still crying. He stood nearby her and tried thinking of what other ways to help save her relationship with Robin.
"But Terra said..." Starfire began.
"Now if Terra said the others, didn't like you would you believe her?" Galfore wondered, he was trying to prove to Starfire that Terra was lying.
"I..." Starfire began, though she didn't know what to reply to that. She held Silkie in her arms and hugged him.
"I'm going to leave you alone for a while to let you think about your relationship with Robin." Galfore said gently, wanting to give her some space to clear her mind. He wanted Starfire to be with Robin.
Starfire nodded, she watched Galfore leave her room. "Oh Silkie..What do you suggest I should do?" She whispered softly as she gently pat him.
"I believe you should move on and marry someone else, he obviously doesn't love you enough if he cheated on you!" A familiar female's voice suggested.
Starfire gasped and looked around, only seeing a blonde haired Tamaranean, climbing through her window.
"Sister? But how I thought I had banished you..." Starfire clung onto Silkie protectively.
Ember sighed as she sat at the back seat of a bus, which was heading to Steel City. She wondered if she and Cyborg were in a relationship or not. 'What will I say to him when I see him?' she thought to her self.
'I can't just say: "Hey Cyborg let's go on our date now! Or are we still dating?"! That's rushing things...I think I'll let him work things out...It was he who asked me out after all and I've never had a boyfriend before.' Ember began thinking to herself, she held her back pack on her lap and watched the rain pouring down.
'GNH! What if Bumble Bee ends up with him?! That is possible...I know she likes him that way since I saw her glancing at him back at Raven and Beast Boy's party...' Ember sighed deeply then soon fell asleep. The bus wasn't due to arrive in Steel City until the next day.
Back with Raven and Beast Boy
"I know of another way we can still have our date, considering we're back at home now!" Beast Boy said after a while of thinking. He and Raven were back at home after seeing all of the stores in Jump City had no power.
"How?" Raven asked, smiling to him, wondering what he was planning.
"We could still have a romantic candle light dinner...With some music on in the background..." Beast Boy grinned then headed towards the kitchen, meaning to prepare their dinner.
"Shadow? But sister why did you change your name?" Starfire wondered, still hugging Silkie in her arms. "And the colour of your hair?"
"Because, Blackfire is banished from Tamaran, but Shadow is not!" Blackfire explained. "I over heard you talking to Galfore earlier about Robin, I suggest that you move on and marry some one else! Robin clearly doesn't love you enough...Did he cheat on you with Raven?"
Starfire stared at her sister in disbelief and shook her head. "No...Besides Raven is in the love with Beast Boy, she would never part from him. Robin was kissing this girl..." Starfire showed Blackfire the picture of Robin kissing a black haired girl.
"Hmm...Yes...He clearly loves this girl more then you!" Blackfire said, then looked away to smirk. "I can find you another boyfriend if you wish."
"But why would Robin 'cheat' on me with this other girl, when he and I became engaged?" Starfire wondered.
"He's obviously a two timer! Who ever told you that Robin was cheating on you told you the right thing!" Blackfire said, pretending to look sad for her sister.
"It was Terra who told me..." Starfire sighed deeply, not knowing who to believe. She was so confused about her and Robin. "I do not know what to do sister...I still have the feelings for Robin..."
"Terra did the right thing then sister dear...You need to push those feelings that you have for Robin away. I will help you find a new boyfriend, someone who wouldn't cheat on you." Blackfire said, looking at Starfire.
"But how will you find a new one? And I'd rather try and find one my-self.." Starfire began,as she pulled Silkie closer to her. She remembered the last time Blackfire had tried to set her up with Glgrdsklechhh, she shuddered at the thought of being paired up with him again.
Blackfire sighed, she looked over out side the window and gasped softly seeing Robin outside the balcony, running towards the window. "I'll be right back sister!" She smirked, then flew out to the window.
Starfire sighed, and watched Blackfire, she gasped noticing Robin was out side with Blackfire. Starfire got up and put Silkie down on her bed then flew outside the opened window.
Blackfire changed her voice to talk to Robin, not wanting him to know it was her. "Sorry, but Tamarans do not want cheaters here!" She began. A Star-Bolt appeared in her hand.
Robin stared at Blackfire, he immediately recognized her considering her hair was blonde now. "Then...Why are you here too? Star banished you from coming here Blackfire!"
"That is one thing you will never find out!" Blackfire smirked, then threw the Star-bolt at Robin, aiming to hurt him.
"ROBIN!" Starfire exclaimed, she flew in front of him and took the hit from Blackfire's Star-bolt, knocking her out.
"Star!" Robin exclaimed, kneeling down to pick her up.
"Don't even think about going near her, cheater!" Blackfire smirked, producing another Star-Bolt in her hand.
Robin frowned for a moment, then an idea came to him, he took a smoke bomb out of his utility belt and threw it hard onto the ground, he then quickly joined Starfire's side when thick smoke appeared, he quickly took Starfire back to her room while Blackfire coughed in the thick smoke.
"Finally...Think I'm back online..." Cyborg grinned, as he finished fixing his communicator.
"Now what?" Bumble Bee wondered, as she sat with him.
"Now I'm going to call Ember and see if it would work! The other four are probably on a date..." Cyborg said.
Bumble Bee sighed quietly as she watched him. 'If only I can tell him that I love him...But it's easier thought then said!'
Cyborg grabbed out his communicator and tried contacting Ember, apparently it finally worked.
Ember woke up in fright, as her communicator went off. She answered it. "H-Hello?"
"Ember, its me Cy!"
Ember smiled in relief. "Cy? Is it really you?!"
"Yes, its me Em...I'm at Titans East...What Terra told me was a lie..Everything is rather quiet here...I'd ring the others but I don't want to interrupt them if they are on a date."
"I've got so much to tell you Cy!" Ember began. "But I'll wait until the bus takes me to Steel City so I can tell you when I meet up with you again."
"Can't wait to see you again Em..." Cyborg smiled. "Til then I've gotta go!"
Mean while back with Slade...
"My next plan is way too easy..." Slade began, as he turned his attention to Megumi.
"What is it?" Megumi asked, sitting down, she had just returned from Gotham City and got defeated several times.
"I'll let you know when she comes." Slade smirked. "You see...I have a shape shifting friend who can turn herself into anyone she sees..."
"A-Anyone?" Megumi gasped. "Who do you have in mind?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out...Knowing you, you'd most likely tell the other villains then that would warn the Titans."
"That's what you think!" A voice suddenly cried out.
Slade and Megumi glanced around and saw nothing.
"Show yourself!" Slade demanded, getting ready to fight.
"No..Besides.. I already know your plans..I'm going to warn the Titans before you start!" The voice began.
"Megumi, attack!" Slade commanded, looking around still trying to find out where the voice came from.
A giant ball of Ice appeared in Megumi's hands, she then threw it towards the direction where the voice came from. "Show yourself!"
"HAHA! You missed!" The voice teased. Megumi tried again but missed.
"Missed again~ You fail at aiming! I can see why the Titans can easily defeat you two!"
"MEGUMI! FOCUS!" Slade snapped, losing patience with her.
"I'm trying...This Ghost kid just won't show himself or what ever he is.." Megumi snapped back. "Why don't you do something instead of standing there?"
"I am! I'm trying to work out where this voice is coming from..." Slade began, before he suddenly got pushed over by an unseen force. "Oof!"
"Slade!" Megumi exclaimed, rushing to his side, she gave him her hand to help him up but Slade refused it.
"I'm fine...I can get up myself." Slade responded, picking himself up from the ground, only being knocked over again.
"So, what do you think, Rae Rae?" Beast Boy asked, as he put two lit candles on the table for the final touch, he looked over at her as she walked into the kitchen, joining his side again.
"It's beautiful..." Raven began, as she looked around admiring the restaurant themed kitchen.
"R-really? I'm glad you like it..." Beast Boy smiled, he waited for her to sit down on the chair at the table, he then gently pushed the chair in.
Beast Boy gave Raven her meal, then turned on the radio, which began to play 'I'm a Believer'.
"Like it? I love it B..." Raven said, watching as he put his plate on the table, he joined her side again. "Thank you..."
Beast Boy smiled to her then began eating his meal. Raven began to eat hers too.
"There is something I would like for us to try afterwards..Or when we're ready." Raven began, after she finished a mouthful of food.
"Hm? What would that be Rae?" Beast Boy wondered curiously.
"I want to try and see if you and I can 'connect' our minds so we can communicate by thoughts..." Raven explained. "It might take a while to make it work..."
"Hm sounds interesting... Let's try it...If it works this would mean we could 'talk' while we're kissing or if we're in battle..How does it work anyway?" Beast Boy wondered, as he finished his meal.
"It's a bit complicated from what I've read...Like I said earlier it may take time to work but it'd be worth it..." Raven replied. "When should we try?"
"When your ready Rae-Rae!" Beast Boy chirped, with a smile.
The next afternoon...
Ember had finally arrived at Steel City's Bus Station, meeting Bumble Bee and Cyborg there.
Bumble Bee stood as close to Cyborg as she could get, she even wrapped her arms around his left arm. Cyborg didn't seem to mind he just talked to her while waiting for Ember to get off the bus.
Many people got off the latest bus which Ember was on. She was last to get off the bus, when she did she looked around and waved over to Cyborg when she saw him with Bumble Bee waiting nearby.
Bumble Bee glanced at Ember who was running up to them, she then turned her attention to Cyborg, pressing her lips against his, locking lips with him. At first Cyborg was startled by Bumble Bee kissing him, he then returned the kiss enjoying the moment with her, putting his arms around Bumble Bee.
Ember stared at Cyborg in disbelief. 'But I thought he was meant to be with me...He asked me out...Maybe he was just being nice...Now it appears that he's with Bumble Bee...'Ember looked as if she was about to cry. 'After all this effort to find him...He 'cheats' on me with Bumble Bee? GNH! I guess he and I weren't meant to be after all...I can't believe this!' Ember thought, as she watched Bumble Bee and Cyborg kissing.
Ember fell onto her knees in shock and disbelief as she watched them, she then began to cry, she was rather hurt inside knowing that Cyborg was now officially with Bumble Bee.
Cyborg broke the kiss for a moment. "You really do love me then don't you Bumble Bee?" He asked, curiously, with a smile across his face.
"More then anyone I've ever met Cy!" Bumble Bee replied, before kissing him again. Cyborg grinned then deepened the kiss.
Ember continued to watch, she tried fighting back the tears. 'Maybe I don't belong with Cyborg...This is just so unfair!I wonder how long they've been together then...Ugh I'm going back to Titans Tower! I'd rather watch Raven and Beast boy then these two!' Ember frowned, upset she caught the next bus with out saying a word to Cyborg or Bumble Bee.
Will Robin win Starfire back or will things become more complicated between them?
Why did Blackfire change her look a bit?
Will Raven's 'Mind Communication' work?
What will happen to Ember now that Bumble Bee and Cyborg are dating?
Find out in the next chapter!