Chapter 13: A Double Date and Trouble, Part 1.
Note: From this chapter on wards, Raven and Beast Boy can read each others minds.
It was around Five pm when Robin, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy got back to the Titans Tower. After putting the T-Ship away, the four Titans went to change before going out on the Double Date.
Robin was the first one ready. He waited patiently for the others to meet him in the Main Room. In about half an hour, the other Titans joined him, talking excitedly about the double date.
"Everyone ready?" Robin asked, looking at the others. He smiled seeing Starfire wearing the same dress she wore when he had to take Kitten to the prom.
"We are...I cannot wait to get to the carnival." Starfire replied, joining Robin's side happily.
"We can go on a romantic pony ride to the carnival!" Beast Boy suggested, looking at Raven with a smile.
Raven blushed, and nodded.
"Alright, let's go then!" Robin smiled, eager to get to the carnival.
"Mummy, that girl is riding a green pony, did she paint her pony?" A young girl asked, as she and her parents headed towards the carnival gates. The girl had pointed over at Raven and Beast Boy.
Raven over heard her and rolled her eyes.
"She must have sweetie..." The mother's voice trailed off, not paying much attention to the Titans that were going to the carnival.
Raven got off Beast Boy's back while he was still in his pony form.
"The girl was mean to paint the pony green! SHE should have left it how it was! EEK! The Pony turned into a person!" The young girl hid behind her mother in fright. "Mummy, do all ponies do that?"
"It would be scary if they did sweetie but no! This one appears to be a magic one." The mother replied, then her voice trailed off as she explained things to her daughter.
Beast Boy turned back to his normal self since they were getting closer to the carnival gates. Raven walked next to him, putting her left hand in his right hand. "Star and Robin are over there, waiting for us. " Raven said, pointing near the gates where Robin and Starfire were standing together, waiting for them.
"What ride will we go on first, fiance Robin?" Starfire asked, putting her arms around him lovingly, as the four Titans walked through the gates after paying for their tickets in. Robin smiled and held Starfire's hands. The four Titans wondered about as they talked about which rides to go on.
Beast Boy stood behind Raven and put his arms around her waist. "Why don't we all go on the same rides together? How about the Ferris Wheel first?" he suggested with a grin on his face. "To bring romance in the atmosphere!"
"The Ferris Wheel..Sounds um nice, then which one will we go on next?" Raven wondered, looking around seeing many people walking about going to the rides or side-shows. She knew how popular the carnival was at night time thanks to the Fireworks displays every night.
"The bumping cars!" Starfire suggested. "And the boys can pick the rides afterwards!"
"The Bumper Cars?" Raven stared at Starfire for a second. "Um okay..."
"What about the new roller coaster they put up?" Robin added, getting excited.
"And the Haunted House?" Beast Boy joined in the fun.
"Alright, it's decided. Let's go to the Ferris Wheel first, then the other rides." Robin said, after a while. He was looking forward for all the fun that they were going to have that night.
Mean while with Ember...
"Are you even sure all of this stuff about Terra is true? As far as I know she's evil! I don't trust her and never will! What if she really is evil and is trying to pretend that she's innocent?" Ember asked, looking at Seth.
"I'm most certain she's innocent! Why won't you trust her? She hasn't done anything wrong it's all Slade's doing!" Seth replied, raising his voice a bit, forgetting he was on the bus, a few passengers glanced at them.
"I wish I could believe it, I really do. But after she's tried breaking up the team I can't believe her or like her. I now know why Raven hates her! Terra is a traitor, always has been always will be." Ember sighed. "Sorry to say it Seth but it looks like you've wasted your time looking up these things with Terra! She's gone now and won't be back until at least two days later..."
"Then when she comes back I will prove that she's innocent!" Seth smiled, hugging his knees, not caring that other passengers were listening to their conversation.
"Anyone would think you've fallen in love with her!" Ember said jokingly, scowling at Seth.
"So what if I have? She is beautiful isn't she?" Seth grinned.
Ember snorted loudly when he said that. "HAH! Yeah right! How can evil be beautiful? EVEN IF Terra's name gets 'cleared' The Titans won't forgive her, nor will I. I know for sure Robin won't allow her to live in the Tower again."
"He will let her live in the Tower! As long as she's with me of course!" Seth smiled at the idea of him and Terra living together in Titans Tower.
Ember rolled her eyes. "Surely you've got to be joking! Robin WILL NEVER allow her to live in the Tower again after she made him and Starfire break up! He'd most likely would fight with Terra to prevent her from living with us!"
"I'll stop him from fighting Terra!" Seth said, sounding serious all of the sudden.
Ember glanced at Seth and sighed. "You really care about Terra huh? You can do better though, Terra's no good! She's tried breaking up the Titans, she's defeated them before...She's broken Beast Boy's heart...Must I go on?"
"If I can't convince you that Slade's controlling Terra, then maybe I can convince the Teen Titans themselves!" Seth sighed, folding his arms.
"Good luck convincing my friends...I doubt they'd believe you though after what they recently have gone through." Ember pointed out, as she leaned back.
Back at the Carnival
Beast Boy, Robin and Starfire talked excitedly about the rides and sideshows that were at the Carnival, while Raven just listened and stayed quiet. Something seemed to bother her and the atmosphere didn't feel right to her.
"What do you think Raven?" Robin asked, turning his attention to her.
"Huh, About what?" Raven asked, she wasn't paying much attention to the conversation.
"About us splitting up, then meeting up at the Ferris Wheel around Nine O' Clock?" Robin suggested. "Star and I were talking about it."
"That sounds fine with me and B.. Alright we'll see you at the Ferris Wheel soon then!" Raven said, with a smile.
Beast Boy sensed that something or someone was following them and wondered if Raven had the same feeling. He watched as Starfire and Robin went to a Side-Show that they wanted to try out.
"Is it me, or does it feel like we're being watched or followed?" Beast Boy wondered quietly to Raven. He was standing behind her with his arms around her, resting his head on her right shoulder.
"You're right, it does feel that way. I've had that feeling when we got here. I didn't want to say anything in-case I was wrong. It feels like four people or villains are watching us for some unknown reason." Raven replied, quietly.
"Let's try and shake that feeling off and try to have some fun, hopefully who ever is following or watching us leaves." Beast Boy suggested. "Hey that looks like fun!" He nodded over to a Side-Show where Robin and Starfire had been and won something, he watched as Starfire and Robin leave the Side-Show after winning something.
Back with Cyborg
"AH! Home Sweet home, so good to be back. Huh no one's here, I guess they went on a Double Date or something. Ember's still not here either..." Cyborg sighed, as he sat on the sofa.
Cyborg got out his communicator and went to call Ember.
Ember heard her communicator going off while she was talking to Seth. She answered it.
"Ember, its me Cyborg, I'm finally back home.. I realized what I did was wrong...And for that I am sorry..." Cyborg began.
Seth looked at Ember strangely. "Is he your boyfriend?" Seth wondered, glancing at the communicator then back at Ember.
Cyborg stared at Seth. "Hey your that ghost kid we've been trying to find! It's up to Ember to answer the boyfriend part!"
Before Ember could reply, the bus came to a sudden rough stop, some passengers almost fell out of their seats and gasped in fright.
"Ugh nothing to be afraid off other then a giant Monster out in front, I'm going to try and drive away from him!" The Bus Driver announced. Passengers screamed when they saw Plasmus trying to pick up the bus. "Or not, the monster's trying to pick us up!"
"I gotta go Cy! We'll talk later, I've got to fight Plasmus!" Ember gasped, then put her communicator away.
"You mean we've got to fight him! I'll take the passengers out of the bus while you try and distract him." Seth said, then turned into his ghost form. He quickly started to take random passengers to safety.
"Uh looks like I can't control the bus while it's in the hands of a giant Monster..." The Bus Driver then turned the bus off. He looked around at his passengers noticing Seth was taking them to safety. Ember began to distract Plasmus.
Ember started throwing Fire Balls at Plasmus, hoping that he'd put the bus down.
Plasmus looked at her and put the bus down and turned his attention to her.
Back at the Carnival...
Raven and Beast Boy walked past a few Side-Shows, only one caught Raven's eyes. She noticed a Giant Green Tiger soft toy on the prize list and wanted it. "You know, this one looks fun!" She smiled, pointing to the Side-Show with the green tiger soft toy.
"Hmm it's one where you have to throw knock down all the bottles to win the prize!" Beast Boy said. "That sounds easy enough. Let's try it, you can go first Rae-Rae!"
Raven and Beast Boy walked over to the side-show, a middle aged woman ran it.
"Welcome to Knock 'em Down! If you knock all these six bottles down in one turn you win a prize, pick a prize any prize! If you manage to knock them down in three tries you can win these tiny soft toys!" The woman said. "Who would like to go first?" She glanced at Raven and Beast Boy then at the bottles which were lined up on the stand.
"Me...So to win that Giant Green Tiger, all I need to do is knock down these bottles in one go? That sounds easy..." Raven said, hoping that she could win the tiger.
Beast Boy watched Raven hand the money to the woman. The woman gave Raven five balls then watched her.
Raven rolled one ball towards the bottles, the ball ran towards the bottles but at last minute, it made a left turn and rolled onto the ground. Raven tried the second ball and it did the same thing, she tried three more times only getting the same results.
"Are you sure this surface isn't on a lean?" Raven asked, looking at the woman suspiciously. "I've had the same result five times."
"It's just a case of bad luck miss. You can always try again if you want to, it would still cost the same amount of money though." The woman responded. She glanced at Beast Boy and back to Raven.
"You can win this Raven! I know you can!" Beast Boy chirped, giving her a quick hug.
Raven smiled. "Alright, I'll try again...I won't give up this easily...Even if it takes me all night!" She tried again to knock the bottles down,surprisingly the ball didn't roll onto the floor this time.
Raven glanced at the Giant Green Tiger and looked at the woman who was running the side show. "Is that Green Tiger included as a prize?" She asked, sounding hopeful.
"It is, only if you knock them all down in one go!" The woman replied.
After about ten tries, Raven ended up giving up, she had no luck knocking the bottles down, either the ball would gently touch the bottle or the ball would just roll onto the floor.
"Would your husband like to have a go?" The woman asked, noticing Raven's two rings thinking that she and Beast Boy were married.
Raven looked at Beast Boy.
"You bet I would!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "I'll win the Tiger for you Rae-Rae!" He smiled. He paid for the side-show and received five balls just like Raven did.
Beast Boy rolled one ball fast towards the bottles, knocking them all down instantly.
"Congratulations! You've won the Tiger!" The woman said, she then took the tiger down from the stand and passed it to Beast Boy. "Enjoy the rest of your night!" She smiled. Beast Boy gave the four remaining balls back to the woman after he won the Tiger.
"Thank you...Here you go Rae-Rae!" Beast Boy smiled, giving the tiger to Raven, once they left the side-show.
Raven held the Tiger in her arms, as Beast Boy stood behind her once more, putting his arms around her lovingly. He stole a kiss from her lips. "I told you I'd win you a prize!" He chirped.
"Thank you, Beast Boy. I have to admit, that was fun!" Raven smiled, looking at him.
"What should we do next Rae-Rae?" Beast Boy wondered, as they walked along the Carnival.
"We have two hours until we meet up with Star and Robin, how about we have something to eat?" Raven suggested.
Beast Boy nodded. "Then we can go on some rides and finally meet up with Robin and Star again."
Back with Ember
Ember had just defeated Plasmus much to her relief. She and Seth helped the people back onto the bus and then got back onto the bus themselves.
"Good thing you two were here! Thank you for your help kids! Never knew there were Teen Titans on the bus." The Bus Driver thanked them.
"Any time! That's what we're here for." Ember smiled, sitting at the back once more.
"That was unexpected...What was Plasmus doing out here anyway?" Seth wondered, sitting next to Ember.
"Maybe Slade sent him? I have no idea. He's gone for now, so it's all good..We're an hour away from Jump City!" Ember shrugged.
Back at the Carnival
Robin and Starfire had been walking around the carnival, wondering what to do next. Starfire hugged her new Giant Bear Soft Toy that she had won from a Test Your Strength game. "Isn't he adorable?" Starfire asked, looking at Robin then back at the bear.
"Um he's cute?" Robin began. He wasn't really into Soft Toys like Starfire was. He loved seeing her happy though.
"I wonder what I should call him." Starfire wondered.
"Bears have names?" Robin stared at her in surprise.
"Mine do back at the Tower!" Starfire smiled, stealing a kiss from Robin. "I am sure Silkie likes to play with them too while we're out."
"Is that the green one the boss wants?" A person from the shadows asked softly, watching as Beast Boy and Raven at the carnival, the couple had just left the Side-Show.
"Yes..." A second person replied.
"What was the plan again?" The first person asked.
"Weren't you listening Damian? The plan was to capture the green one, take him to the boss, then the boss will make the green one forget about that girl in blue, what ever her name is, I can't remember it, then finally send him back to the Titans Tower." The second person replied.
"But what would be the point of this?" Damian wondered, still keeping his voice low.
"To distract the Titans, while we wait for Terra to come back of course, then when she does come back we can fight against the Titans and hopefully win!" The second person said. "But the boss said not to do anything until he gives us the signal."
"What was the signal again?"
"UGH! Didn't you listen when the first boss was talking? UGH! I'll tell you later, right now we can't let these two out of our site!"
"Looks like they're going on a Roller Coaster..See they're joining the queue of people, obviously that won't be a good time to capture him! What was the green one's name again Zeth?"
"The green one's name was Beast Boy? Yes that sounds right and the girl in blue is his fiancee, Raven! I heard they're inseparable but I'd like to see how they get out of this mess!" The second person explained, then laughed quietly to himself.
After getting off the Roller Coaster, Raven began to feel that she and Beast Boy were being watched by two people. "Let's think to each other for a while B...I don't like this feeling I am getting here." She began.
Beast Boy nodded. "It's a good thing we can read each others thoughts now..."
'Did you enjoy the Roller Coaster Rae?'
'It was fun, to be honest it was my first time going on one...Where should we go now?'
'Maybe we could get something to eat and have a moon light dinner, over there and then head towards the Ferris Wheel after a few more goes at the Side Show?'
Raven and Beast Boy walked towards the food courts at the carnival, and already had in mind what to eat. Beast Boy was behind Raven, with his arms around her once more. He still could sense that they were being watched, and wished the feeling would leave them.
After getting what they wanted to eat, Beast Boy and Raven came to a clear grassy spot, a bit away from the carnival. The two sat down, Raven put her Tiger soft toy next to her, then hugged Beast Boy.
"I'm really enjoying tonight B...Apart from the feeling of being watched, I'm having a great time with you." Raven whispered softly to him, as she hugged him. "I love being with you."
"I love you Raven, I love you all day and every day Raven, nothing could ever stop me from loving you Rae, you are everything to me, I love knowing that your my fiancee, soon to be wife." Beast Boy smiled, as he put his arms around her. "I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have you."
"Beast Boy..." Raven began, then pressed her lips against his, pulling him into a deep and passionate kiss. Beast Boy returned the kiss, deepening it. He didn't care if they were being watched, by two unknown villains. Raven kept her arms around him, enjoying the moment with him.
Mean while...
"When will the timing be right, to go on with our plans, Zeth?The Second Boss will be back in two days, and then she can continue the plan when we've captured him! Can't we do it now?" Damian wondered, getting impatient. "Waiting is boring, I've got everything ready for the plans.."
"I'll let you know when the timing is right Damian...Hold your horses! We've got all night to do this, the other two, who are with us are still lurking the shadows to help us with our plans." Zeth replied quietly. "If we rush things we'd get noticed, and the Titans would attack us, that's why we should do things when its unexpected."
"But being impatient is so boring, I want to go on with the plans now!" Damian complained, folding his arms.
"Well keep on wanting, I say you have to wait until the boss gives out the signal." Zeth sighed. "I can always do this alone if I have to!"
"NO! I want to be apart of my plan, and get a praise from our boss." Damian gasped. "Why don't we capture the girl in blue, what was her name again? instead."
"Because the second boss ordered us to get Beast Boy...Raven would be useless in our plans...Beast Boy would be more helpful. Let's see our plans are to erase Beast Boy's memory of Raven, make him think he loves Terra, uhm, he'd still have memories of the other Titans except for Raven who will be a complete stranger to him!" Zeth explained. "Second boss thought of it, isn't she a genius?"
"But what if Raven tries to bring back Beast Boy's memory of her?" Damian asked quietly, watching from a distance as Raven and Beast Boy ate dinner together.
"I don't think Raven has the power of doing that...So things should go well according to plans. Providing that things go well for us and not them!" Zeth replied, with a smirk. "Now, let's stay quiet they're getting up..."
How will the rest of the Double Date go?
Will trouble come out from the shadows?
Will Ember get reunited with Cyborg or will something distract them?
Who is the second boss that Damian and Zeth are talking about?
Find out in the next chapter!