Give me that!
KURAMA: No.
Please?
KURAMA: Not a chance, psycho.
Kurama, give me that camera.
KURAMA: No. You'll take pictures of me and put them on eBay.
What ever gave you that idea?
[Disclaimer: Considering what I do to the characters, I bet it's a good thing for the general public that I don't own anything important.]
[Foreword: This chapter is a little light, but it's a tie-together with the whole storyline.]
"So, what do you want to watch?" asked Beast Boy, holding up several DVDs. "We have The Ring, Paulie, Signs, Silence of the Lambs, Spiderman, Master of Disguise, Eight Legged Freaks, and Bend it Like Beckham." Raven thought for a minute. She'd seen The Ring at least four times in the last three weeks, hated Signs, was tired of Spiderman, had memorized the Master of Disguise, could quote Eight Legged Freaks, and had seen Bend it Like Beckham just the other day. That left Paulie and Silence of the Lambs.
"Paulie," she said definitively. Beast Boy put in the DVD and they began to watch, sitting a respectable distance away from each other.
This didn't last very long. The power went off again right when Ivy was about to buy Paulie. They both sat on the couch and fumed for a second or two.
"I'm going to go meditate. Holler if you need something." Raven stood up and began to walk towards the stairs. As she left the room, she caught a glimpse of Beast Boy still staring stubbornly at the TV screen.
After she was gone, the changeling grew somewhat tired of staring at a blank black screen, so he sort of looked around the room for a minute. He saw the book Raven had been reading earlier that morning and picked it up. The Telltale Heart and Other Classic Tales of Suspense. Seemed just like her, to be reading something so creepy. He looked inside at the table of contents. The Telltale Heart, The Birds, and a bunch of other things he didn't recognize were there. He started to read it and was almost halfway through The Birds when the lights came on again.
It had been about an hour since the others left, and they were supposed to be back any minute, unless they had been held up for some reason or other. He hoped they weren't; he was kind of lonely. With Raven off meditating, it was almost like he was home alone.
But that was no more. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg came busting in the front door, wet as drowning otters and just about as happy. Beast Boy dropped the book on the coffee table and jumped up to meet them.
"What happened?" he asked. Starfire wrung water out of her hair as she answered.
"The storm was so bad that the pizza restaurant was not open for business."
"The storm was so bad that there was a sixteen-car pileup at the intersection."
"The storm was so bad that my baby was number nine in that pileup." Beast Boy stared, open-mouthed, at his three sopping-wet friends.
"So what happened to the car?" he asked. Cyborg growled something about replacing the bumper, straightening the hood, and repainting the whole thing as he went off to take a shower. Starfire sat down on the couch, still attempting to get the rain water out of her hair.
"It was an awful trip. We did not get to eat any pizza, or even dry off by going inside the restaurant."
"So what did you and Raven do here?" asked Robin. Beast Boy looked at the TV.
"We were going to watch Paulie, but the power cut out on us again," he said. "You guys want to watch it?"
"Of course! I shall go make the popcorn!" said Starfire, forgetting about her hair. Robin followed her, wondering if she was a good thing to happen to the microwave. Beast Boy went to go find Cyborg and Raven.
.
.
.
"Hey, Raven. We're going to watch Paulie now. Do you still want to see it?" he asked when she cracked the door. She shrugged and went to the living room. It took Beast Boy a little searching before he found Cyborg, fuming over his wrecked car. After a bit of coaxing, everyone was in the living room, eating the popcorn that Robin had coached Starfire through making—"Wait, don't set it that high!"—and waiting for the movie to start.
As was their proven luck, or lack thereof, the power went out again, just as Ivy's RV was about to run off the road. Cyborg stormed back down to his garage, determined to see to the well-being of his poor, mangled car. Starfire decided to go take a shower, and Robin resolved to train in the gym. Raven started looking around for her book.
"What did you do with my book?" she asked. Beast Boy handed it to her, still munching on the popcorn. He handed it to her, his hand lingering in the air where her arm had been a second before after she took the book. After she had been reading an excerpt from The Shining for about five minutes and his hand was still in the air, she asked him what was wrong.
"What are you doing, Beast Boy?" she asked. He didn't answer. "Beast Boy?" She waved her hand in front of his face. "Beast Boy..." she snapped her fingers and he blinked, seeming to pop out of his reverie.
"Huh? Oh...I was thinking."
"First time for everything..." Raven couldn't stand not to quip. He glared at her quickly before putting his hand down. It landed lightly on top of her hand. They both blushed and jerked their hands back. It had stopped thundering outside, but the rain kept falling as hard as ever, pelting against the tower unrelentingly. The windows behind the TV showed the bay, waves rough from the high winds.
"You think the storm will turn into a hurricane?" asked Beast Boy listlessly.
"In California?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Good point."
.
.
.
But it might have been a good thing if the storm had turned into a hurricane, that way the Titans would have all been busy helping the citizens escape it that night, when instead something happened that changed the scenario for the worse.
[A/N: I hope you like my movie choices! For those of you who don't know, the movie they watched is about a parrot who tells his life story to a janitor who helps him escape from an animal research facility and find his owner. The other movies I just thought of off the top of my head. And for those of you who don't know, there are three main cities in the American comic world: Gotham City, Metropolis, and Jump City, otherwise referred to as New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco. Just for future reference...
KURAMA: As if anyone would want advice from you.
Why wouldn't they?
KURAMA: You're a PSYCHO!!!
I take pride in it.
KURAMA: You would do something like that, wouldn't you?
::smile::
KURAMA: No.
Please?
KURAMA: Not a chance, psycho.
Kurama, give me that camera.
KURAMA: No. You'll take pictures of me and put them on eBay.
What ever gave you that idea?
[Disclaimer: Considering what I do to the characters, I bet it's a good thing for the general public that I don't own anything important.]
[Foreword: This chapter is a little light, but it's a tie-together with the whole storyline.]
"So, what do you want to watch?" asked Beast Boy, holding up several DVDs. "We have The Ring, Paulie, Signs, Silence of the Lambs, Spiderman, Master of Disguise, Eight Legged Freaks, and Bend it Like Beckham." Raven thought for a minute. She'd seen The Ring at least four times in the last three weeks, hated Signs, was tired of Spiderman, had memorized the Master of Disguise, could quote Eight Legged Freaks, and had seen Bend it Like Beckham just the other day. That left Paulie and Silence of the Lambs.
"Paulie," she said definitively. Beast Boy put in the DVD and they began to watch, sitting a respectable distance away from each other.
This didn't last very long. The power went off again right when Ivy was about to buy Paulie. They both sat on the couch and fumed for a second or two.
"I'm going to go meditate. Holler if you need something." Raven stood up and began to walk towards the stairs. As she left the room, she caught a glimpse of Beast Boy still staring stubbornly at the TV screen.
After she was gone, the changeling grew somewhat tired of staring at a blank black screen, so he sort of looked around the room for a minute. He saw the book Raven had been reading earlier that morning and picked it up. The Telltale Heart and Other Classic Tales of Suspense. Seemed just like her, to be reading something so creepy. He looked inside at the table of contents. The Telltale Heart, The Birds, and a bunch of other things he didn't recognize were there. He started to read it and was almost halfway through The Birds when the lights came on again.
It had been about an hour since the others left, and they were supposed to be back any minute, unless they had been held up for some reason or other. He hoped they weren't; he was kind of lonely. With Raven off meditating, it was almost like he was home alone.
But that was no more. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg came busting in the front door, wet as drowning otters and just about as happy. Beast Boy dropped the book on the coffee table and jumped up to meet them.
"What happened?" he asked. Starfire wrung water out of her hair as she answered.
"The storm was so bad that the pizza restaurant was not open for business."
"The storm was so bad that there was a sixteen-car pileup at the intersection."
"The storm was so bad that my baby was number nine in that pileup." Beast Boy stared, open-mouthed, at his three sopping-wet friends.
"So what happened to the car?" he asked. Cyborg growled something about replacing the bumper, straightening the hood, and repainting the whole thing as he went off to take a shower. Starfire sat down on the couch, still attempting to get the rain water out of her hair.
"It was an awful trip. We did not get to eat any pizza, or even dry off by going inside the restaurant."
"So what did you and Raven do here?" asked Robin. Beast Boy looked at the TV.
"We were going to watch Paulie, but the power cut out on us again," he said. "You guys want to watch it?"
"Of course! I shall go make the popcorn!" said Starfire, forgetting about her hair. Robin followed her, wondering if she was a good thing to happen to the microwave. Beast Boy went to go find Cyborg and Raven.
.
.
.
"Hey, Raven. We're going to watch Paulie now. Do you still want to see it?" he asked when she cracked the door. She shrugged and went to the living room. It took Beast Boy a little searching before he found Cyborg, fuming over his wrecked car. After a bit of coaxing, everyone was in the living room, eating the popcorn that Robin had coached Starfire through making—"Wait, don't set it that high!"—and waiting for the movie to start.
As was their proven luck, or lack thereof, the power went out again, just as Ivy's RV was about to run off the road. Cyborg stormed back down to his garage, determined to see to the well-being of his poor, mangled car. Starfire decided to go take a shower, and Robin resolved to train in the gym. Raven started looking around for her book.
"What did you do with my book?" she asked. Beast Boy handed it to her, still munching on the popcorn. He handed it to her, his hand lingering in the air where her arm had been a second before after she took the book. After she had been reading an excerpt from The Shining for about five minutes and his hand was still in the air, she asked him what was wrong.
"What are you doing, Beast Boy?" she asked. He didn't answer. "Beast Boy?" She waved her hand in front of his face. "Beast Boy..." she snapped her fingers and he blinked, seeming to pop out of his reverie.
"Huh? Oh...I was thinking."
"First time for everything..." Raven couldn't stand not to quip. He glared at her quickly before putting his hand down. It landed lightly on top of her hand. They both blushed and jerked their hands back. It had stopped thundering outside, but the rain kept falling as hard as ever, pelting against the tower unrelentingly. The windows behind the TV showed the bay, waves rough from the high winds.
"You think the storm will turn into a hurricane?" asked Beast Boy listlessly.
"In California?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Good point."
.
.
.
But it might have been a good thing if the storm had turned into a hurricane, that way the Titans would have all been busy helping the citizens escape it that night, when instead something happened that changed the scenario for the worse.
[A/N: I hope you like my movie choices! For those of you who don't know, the movie they watched is about a parrot who tells his life story to a janitor who helps him escape from an animal research facility and find his owner. The other movies I just thought of off the top of my head. And for those of you who don't know, there are three main cities in the American comic world: Gotham City, Metropolis, and Jump City, otherwise referred to as New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco. Just for future reference...
KURAMA: As if anyone would want advice from you.
Why wouldn't they?
KURAMA: You're a PSYCHO!!!
I take pride in it.
KURAMA: You would do something like that, wouldn't you?
::smile::