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Dedicated to: VanillaSuga and Yuki-Ga-Futte-Imasu
Over Time: Chapter 9: The Mistake
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"That is SO not fair. I called shot gun!" Beast Boy complained. He was sitting all the way in the back while Starfire and Raven took the middle. Robin was in the passengers seat and Cyborg took the wheel. No one took notice to Beast Boy's whines. Starfire was observing the underwater world around them. Along the way they saw Aqualad and Tramm swimming around. The two Atlantians gave the Titan's a wave, and all the Titans except Beast Boy returned their greetings. Cyborg turned on the speaker so they could talk for a while.
"Sup Aqualad." Cyborg waved.
"Hey Cyborg. Where ya heading?" Aqualad asked.
"Down to the hospital." Cyborg informed, pointing at Robin.
"Oh I see.. what happened?"
"He was almost roadkill." Cyborg said as Robin frowned.
'Does he have to tell the whole world?'
"Wow, hope everything's alright."
'Feh. Acting like he cares. What a dope!' Beast Boy thought. He didn't exactly favor Aqualad. Beast Boy crossed his arms and slumped down, appearing as if he was trying to hide.
"Hello Aqualad!" Starfire beamed.
'Oh sure, NOW she's happy.' Robin thought bitterly.
"Hey Starfire, you're looking beautiful as always." The Atlantian complimented.
"Thank you." Starfire took it as only a friendly compliment. Aqualad spotted Raven next to Starfire.
"Hey Raven." Aqualad put on an annoying, but sexy voice.
"Hi.." Raven blushed but she quickly got hold of herself. She didn't want to cause any damage. Beast Boy quickly sat straight and his ears perked up.
'Is he trying to come on to Raven?!'
"Hey Beast Boy. Long time no see!" Aqualad exclaimed.
"..Hey." Beast Boy said ever so plainly
"You wanna race sometime? It's been a while." Aqualad offered.
"Well, you see-"
"Aqualad, come in!" A voice buzzed from Aqualad's belt. The underwater teen quickly took the small communicator from his belt and spoke into it.
"This is Aqualad."
'Show off.. since WHEN did he get those underwater takie thingies?' Beast Boy wondered.
"There has been an attack down here at Atlantis! We need you and more back up!" The voice said.
"Ok, I'll be there. Out." Aqualad put away the small device. "Sorry BBoy, we gotta eighty-six that race." He turned to Tramm, "Let's go buddy."
'BBOY?! What a STUPID name.' Beast Boy growled.
"Do you need help?" Robin asked.
"No, you go on ahead, we can handle this. Bye!" Aqualad and Tramm swam off, while Beast Boy continued his grumbling. Everything was quiet for a few minutes while Cyborg drove down the long tunnel. Beast Boy let out a sigh and Raven turned to face him.
"Look, I know you don't like Aqualad, but give him a chance. He's actually kind of nice."
"Who said I don't like that conceited jerk?" Beast Boy spat.
'Nevermind." Raven shook her head and faced forward.
"Ok guys, we're in the city. Just about 10 more minutes until we reach the hospital." Cyborg announced.
+ ++ + Eight minutes later
The T-car pulled into the parking lot of Jump City's Medical Center.
"Ok, we're here." Cyborg hopped out of the car and went to the other side to open Robin's door.
"Thanks, but I can do this myself." Robin said as his door opened.
"Whatever you say man." Cyborg shurgged and walked into the hospital to check Robin in. Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven also got out of the T-Car and went into the hospital. They figured that he could indeed do it by himself. Robin struggled to get his wheelchair out from under the seat.
"Unh!.. Almost.. got it.. THERE!" He flung the chair from under the seat and onto the gravel.
"Great.. now I just have to get on it." Robin shifted his body until he faced the wheelchair.
"Here goes nothing." Robin used his hands and arms to prop himself up. He sprung off the seat, using the force from his hands hoping to land in his wheelchair.
THUD!
He missed by a good two feet.
"Crap.." Robin talked into the gravel. Suddenly, he was lifted off the ground and put into his wheelchair.
"Thanks Raven, but I'd appreciate if you'd help me AFTER I asked." Robin said without turning his head. But when he did, no one was there.
"Raven?"
'I swear it was Raven.." He thought. A strange chill filled the air and it spooked Robin. 'Maybe I'd better go in the hospital.' He thought as he wheeled through the hospital.
"Hehe.. that gave him a good scare." A feminine voice spoke. It came from the roof of the five story high hospital. Her communicator started beeping.
"Ugh! WHAT now Slade?"
"Aroree! What do you think you're doing?!"
"Giving him a good scare! Why, do you have a problem with that?" The new apprentice asked in her sassy tone.
"I have a bigger problem with your ATTITUDE! It's bad enough you killed that Atlantian, it caused too much attention!" Slade barked.
"Well, I don't like it when people stare. Besides, they were threatening to stab me with their harpoons." Aroree crossed her arms.
"Nevermind, just don't forget your mission." Slade's blood was rushing through his head.
"What mission?" Aroree asked sarcastically.
"Aroree!"
"FINE! I was just joking. Jeez!" The purple-haired female turned off her communicator.
"Great. I'm stuck working for a bozo only because he's offering to give my good-for-nothing father all the riches he wants. He lives in Hell for crying outloud! Cheap bastard." Aroree said to no one.
+ ++ + Hospital Lobby
When Robin got into the hospital waiting room, he spotted Beast Boy and Cyborg watching tv and Raven reading a novel.
"It's about time." Raven said without looking up.
"Had a little trouble." Robin said.
"How did you manage to get on?" Cyborg asked.
"Um.. skill?" Robin lied. He wasn't about to tell them what actually happened.
"Yeah.." Cyborg suspiciously eyed out Robin. "Whatever." He always knew when Robin was lying.
"Where's Star?" Robin changed the subject.
"2nd floor, getting food." Cyborg responded, and as if on cue, Starfire walked through the door holding a bag of doughnuts.
"I did not know which type of pastry you favored, so I got two of each." Starfire said, holding up the bag.
"There's a total of 13 doughnuts at this hospital! That means.." Beast Boy started using his fingers to count. "There's 30 doughnuts in that bag!" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"Way to go genuis. It's 26." Raven corrected.
"Well whatever!" Beast Boy took the bag from Starfire. "Thanks!" Beast Boy and Cyborg ate most of the doughtnut in a heartbeat.
"It was no problem." Starfire said. She turned around and saw Robin.
"I see you have overcome the obstacle of the wheelchair." She said, smiling.
"Yeah." Robin said, smiling back. Dr. Murray came bustling out of a room.
"Robin! Hello there, please follow me. I'll be needing some data from you." The short, stubby, happy doctor said.
"..Sure." Robin said following the doctor.
"Ahem!" A petite voice was heard from behind the counter. No one paid attention except for one certain half robot.
"Um.. me?" Cyborg asked pointing at himself. The receptionist simply nodded. Cyborg walked up to the counter and the receptionist handed him a Play Station 2 and some controllers.
"You look like a video game kind of person." She smiled at him. "Hi, I'm Khavi." She offered her hand. (A/N: Kah-vee)
"I'm-" Cyborg started
"I know. Cyborg, of the Teen Titans." Cyborg seemed astounded.
"Yeah, that's right. Nice to meet you." He took her hand and shook it.
"Same here. Go ahead, plug in the game console. It seems as if you and your green friend are bored." Khavi said politely. Out of nowhere, Beast Boy popped up behind Cyborg.
"Hellooooo! I'm Beast Boy!" Beast Boy introduced himself to Khavi and whispered into Cyborg's ear, "Dude! What are you waiting for? Plug it in!"
"Uh, Yeah.. see you later, Khavi." Cyborg said.
"Goodbye." Her sweet voice said. Beast Boy was looking through the games the hospital waiting room provided.
"THEY HAVE IT! CINDERBLOCK BASH!" Beast Boy was jumping up and down.
"Man, why you gotta pick a game that I'm obviously going to win?" Cyborg said.
"Oh no dude, not this time. I'm going to win." Beast Boy put his hands on his waist.
"Oh yeah? How 'bout we set a bet?" Cyborg smiled mischievously.
"OK! I bet you the last cream filled DELICIOUS doughnut that I will win this round of Cinderblock Bash!" Beast Boy said.
"Woah now! High roller." Cyborg snickered. "Fine, whatever. I'm hungry again anyway."
"You're on!"
"Another pointless game." Raven said in her monotone voice.
"Game Over. Cyborg wins."
"BOO YAH!"
"But I wanted that last doughnut!" Beast Boy whined.
"Well I won!" Cyborg argued.
"But I want it!"
"Well I'm older!" Cyborg yelled, "But I'm younger!" Beast Boy tried to win the doughnut a childish way.
"I'm taller!", "I'm shorter!"
"I'm smarter!" Cyborg smiled. Beast Boy opened his mouth, getting ready to say the words that Cyborg wanted to hear. "WELL I'M DUMBER!" Beast Boy roared.
"HAHA! Ok, the doughnut is yours." Cyborg took the last doughnut out of the bag and tossed it to Beast Boy.
"Yeah! I won!.. HEY! I'm not dumb!" Beast Boy finally got the joke.
"You can't imagine." Raven said. "And keep it down, Starfire's asleep." Raven pointed in the direction of where the Tamaranian was sleeping. She was sitting on a chair, leaning against the wall, snoring lightly.
"Mmmk." Beast Boy took a bite out of the doughtnut.
Out the window, Aroree was hanging off the top like Spider Man.
'Nice. I'm watching a bunch of idiots.' She got the communicator from her belt and contacted Slade.
"Slade, which one am I watching again?"
"The one in spandex." Slade responded plainly.
"Well I don't see him."
"Patience woman. From what I heard, the doctor is running some tests on him." Aroree grunted. Slade heard it.
"Patience woman!" He yelled again, this time it was loud enough to make her jump. Aroree stuck her tongue out at the communicator and turned it off. She climbed to the other side of the building, sticking to wall, hoping to find Robin in one of the many hundred rooms.
+ ++ + In another room of the hospital
"Well Robin, the upper part of your body is working qutie perfectly. Do you work out?" The doctor asked.
"Everyday for two hours."
"Ok, keep it like that. Since you can't use your lower part of the body, stick to excersices like the bench press."
"Got it." Robin said.
"Did you noticed anything strange when you woke up?"
"Only the fact that I jumped out of bed. But I did feel something while I was asleep." Robin confessed.
"What was that?" The doctor took out a notepad, as if he were a psychiatrist.
"Some tingly feeling I guess. I felt very.. protected. It sounds dumb now, but that how I felt." Robin said. He couldn't believe he was admitting all this to a practical stranger.
"Ahh I see. A guardian angel. Many patients go through this when they are in a coma. Sometimes it actually is a guardian angel, sometimes it's just someone who's been watching over you the whole time you were in that coma." The doctor explained. Robin just nodded.
"Tell me, is there anyone that you live with that would stay by your side day and night?" Dr. Murray asked. Robin thought about it, and he figured it out.
"Starfire." He said simply.
"The pretty young girl with the flaming hair?" Dr. Murray recalled.
"Yeah, that one." Robin smiled.
"Do you two have a special relationship together?" Robin knew where the doctor was headed with this.
"Heh, she's my best friend." Robin said. 'He reminds me of my grandpa, always curious.'
Robin's grandfather was the only blood relative he remembered. He knew nothing of his mother, or his father. His grandfather took care of him after his father left him, and his mother died. When Robin was only five years old, his grandfather died of a heart disease. After that, one of his grandfather's good friends, Bruce Wayne took him in. He took good care of Robin and made him the leader he is now. (A/N: I know nothing of his past. I made this up, I only know about Batman taking Robin in as his son ^_^. Forgive me!)
"Ok Robin, you're done with your tests, you may return to your friends in the waiting room. Be sure to come back here every other week so I can check your progress." The doctor opened the door and Robin wheeled out.
Just like a vine, Aroree was hanging from the window of the room Robin was just in.
"I'm keeping look on a love sick boy? Who can't even use his legs?! Slade, what exactly are you planning?" She was using her communicator which seemed to be the only thing she talked to for a while.
"Aroree, Robin is very physically powerful when his legs are intact. He will be a perfect apprentice. So keep an eye on him until he heals. Then bring him to me." Slade shut off the communicator.
+ ++ + In the hospital
Robin arrived in the hospital waiting room, after having trouble with the many swining doors.
"Ok, I'm done let's go home. This place gives me the chills." Robin said.
"Alright, just let me get BB off the play station." Said Cyborg as he tried to pry Beast Boy away from the controller. Robin went over to Starfire and gently tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey Star, we're leaving already." He whispered.
"Hmm? Oh, alright." Starfire rubbed her eyes and got up. As soon as Beast Boy released the controller, they walked out the door. Cyborg handed Khavi the Play Station 2 and controllers and he got something in return. It was a small peice of paper with numbers on it.
"Call me later." She said smiling. Cyborg had a bigger smile on his face and began skipping to the T-Car, humming.
"Um, dude.. were you SKIPPING?!" Beast Boy asked, ruining Cyborg's momeny of happiness. You could practically hear the sound of a broken record screeching.
Minutes later, Cyborg was driving the T-Car through the underwater tunnel once more. The hybird didn't say a word because of the humiliation down at the parking lot.
'I swear I was skipping only in my mind.' He thought. Cyborg looked up and around. Something was different. Everyone saw it. Instead of seeing the beautiful, busy city of Atlantis, the Titans seemed to be looking at a ghost town.
"Woah.." Cyborg awed.
"What happened?" Robin asked.
"Seems as if Aqualad scared everyone in the whole god darn ocean." Beast Boy commented. He quickly got elbowed by Raven.
"You gave him a communicator did you not? Contact him." Starfire suggested. Robin reached into is utility belt and pulled out his small yellow communicator.
"Aqualad, come in. This is Robin."
"Hey Robin, I see the T-Car, I'll be right there." Just as he said, Aqualad was next to the glass tunnel and waited as Cyborg turned on the speaker.
"Aqualad, what has happened to your beautiful city?" Starfire asked.
"There was an attack. An invader from the sky swooped down and killed one of our men."
"And the other Atlantians?" Cyborg questioned.
"The Atlantis warriors are out looking for that bastard right now. And we informed all the others to stay indoors incase whatever came might come back." Aqualad answered.
"You're sure you don't need help?" Raven asked.
"I'll contact you." Aqualad said sternly, and with that he swam off.
"I really think we should go help him." Robin said.
"Hey! You heard the man! He'll contact us when he needs help!" Beast Boy whined incohenrently.
"Yes, that is what he said." Starfire joined Beast Boy.
"You think a bird killed that Atlantian?"
"Shut up BB."
When they got home, Robin was surprised to see that it was almost sunset.
"Wow, was I in there for that long?" Robin seemed to be taking a lot of time lately.
"I don't know. I guess time flies by when you're kicking butt." Cyborg bragged, referring the the defeats of Beast Boy.
"Sure, you laugh now. But watch, I WILL beat you someday." Beast Boy threatened. Cyborg just laughed in his face.
'Where's Star..?' Robin wondered.
"Sleeping. In her room." Raven said outloud.
"Great, you can read minds now?" Robin asked.
"I've been practicing." Raven replied.
"Why is Star always sleepy all of a sudden?" Robin wondered. They all just shrugged.
+ ++ + Somewhere else
Aroree was walking down a dark alley looking for something on the ground. You could hear her high heeled boots and she walked on the cold hard road.
"Here it is." She said as she lifted a manhole cover off the ground and jumped into the sewer. After almost five minuites of walking through an odor filled tunnel, Aroree reach a large steal door. She knocked on it once. Then twice. She became impatient and began pounding on the door.
"Damnet Slade, let me in!" Suddenly, the large door swooshed open and she fell into a dark room while the door closed behind her.
"Slade, this is such a cliché hideout. You know that right?" Slade ignored her snobby question. He was all about the mission.
"You're here, and Robin's not." Slade growled from his desk. "What's wrong with this picture?"
"First of all, the picture is perfect. I'm very photogenic." Aroree said conceitedly. "And second, I don't have Robin here because I made a mistake. "
"Aroree.." Slade said in a harsh tone.
"Before you start, you know that 'special dust' I was holding?" Aroree said, holding up an empty leather pouch.
"Yes. You did sprinkle it on Robin, did you not?"
"Yeeeeeaaa- no. You see, I was about to. I was right above him and then a pigeon pecked me. So I dropped the whole caboodle on someone else." Aroree confessed.
"Please don't tell me you spilled it all on the Tamaranian!" Slade hoped. He didn't want to use a naive alien to lure Robin in. It was too much like a gang movie.
"No! Course not. I spilled it on the red haired girl." Aroree said, not knowing Starfire was the Tamaranian.
"FOOL!" Slade yelled, pounding the desk, causing the coffee mug to move.
"Oh. She WAS the Tamaranian wasn't she?" Aroree questioned. "Well ANYWAY, that dust can knock you out for three whole days, so why don't you just kidnap the girl and lure Robin here?"
"Because the plan was to specifically sprinkle that dust on Robin and bring him here once he's in that deep sleep! It's more simple that way!" Slade complained. Aroree burst out laughing.
"I have never seen you act like a baby before!" She said, holding her stomach and pointing at him with her free hand.
"Ok, we'll do this the long way. Just take Starfire and bring her here. And if you fail me again-"
"You'll call my father on me." Aroree finished for him.
"Precisely."
"WHAT is he going to do to me? I'm not afraid of that demented excuse for a man." Aroree said in the tone that Slade hated.
"Your father is different. You see, Lucifer isn't like many of those caring fathers. He doesn't really give a damn if you 'accidentally' hurts you." Slade explained. (A/N: LUCIFER?! WHERE DID YOU ALL HEAR THAT BEFORE ;p)
"No no no, you see my father and God made an agreement. If he harms someone, then he loses hell." Aroree argued.
"But what if I get someone else from your father to do that?"
"I see your point. But who in the world would you get from my father that could possibly hurt me?" Aroree asked.
"Devion." Slade said in a simple tone. Aroree stared with wide eyes. (A/N: Does THAT name ring a bell?!)
'Devion?' The name seemed to echo in her head as she lifted up her left sleeve. There, on her left bicep was the name 'Devion' embedded in it.
+ ++ + A/N: I want to thank VanillaSuga *sniff*. She has been so great with helping me with my story! Much love to you! By the way, if you didn't catch my A/N's.. Lucifer and Devion are from VanillaSuga's story, RIDICULOUSLY ROMANTIC. If you wish for this story to make sense, go read her story NOW. ^_^; Much Love, Seventy 5ive!
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Dedicated to: VanillaSuga and Yuki-Ga-Futte-Imasu
Over Time: Chapter 9: The Mistake
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"That is SO not fair. I called shot gun!" Beast Boy complained. He was sitting all the way in the back while Starfire and Raven took the middle. Robin was in the passengers seat and Cyborg took the wheel. No one took notice to Beast Boy's whines. Starfire was observing the underwater world around them. Along the way they saw Aqualad and Tramm swimming around. The two Atlantians gave the Titan's a wave, and all the Titans except Beast Boy returned their greetings. Cyborg turned on the speaker so they could talk for a while.
"Sup Aqualad." Cyborg waved.
"Hey Cyborg. Where ya heading?" Aqualad asked.
"Down to the hospital." Cyborg informed, pointing at Robin.
"Oh I see.. what happened?"
"He was almost roadkill." Cyborg said as Robin frowned.
'Does he have to tell the whole world?'
"Wow, hope everything's alright."
'Feh. Acting like he cares. What a dope!' Beast Boy thought. He didn't exactly favor Aqualad. Beast Boy crossed his arms and slumped down, appearing as if he was trying to hide.
"Hello Aqualad!" Starfire beamed.
'Oh sure, NOW she's happy.' Robin thought bitterly.
"Hey Starfire, you're looking beautiful as always." The Atlantian complimented.
"Thank you." Starfire took it as only a friendly compliment. Aqualad spotted Raven next to Starfire.
"Hey Raven." Aqualad put on an annoying, but sexy voice.
"Hi.." Raven blushed but she quickly got hold of herself. She didn't want to cause any damage. Beast Boy quickly sat straight and his ears perked up.
'Is he trying to come on to Raven?!'
"Hey Beast Boy. Long time no see!" Aqualad exclaimed.
"..Hey." Beast Boy said ever so plainly
"You wanna race sometime? It's been a while." Aqualad offered.
"Well, you see-"
"Aqualad, come in!" A voice buzzed from Aqualad's belt. The underwater teen quickly took the small communicator from his belt and spoke into it.
"This is Aqualad."
'Show off.. since WHEN did he get those underwater takie thingies?' Beast Boy wondered.
"There has been an attack down here at Atlantis! We need you and more back up!" The voice said.
"Ok, I'll be there. Out." Aqualad put away the small device. "Sorry BBoy, we gotta eighty-six that race." He turned to Tramm, "Let's go buddy."
'BBOY?! What a STUPID name.' Beast Boy growled.
"Do you need help?" Robin asked.
"No, you go on ahead, we can handle this. Bye!" Aqualad and Tramm swam off, while Beast Boy continued his grumbling. Everything was quiet for a few minutes while Cyborg drove down the long tunnel. Beast Boy let out a sigh and Raven turned to face him.
"Look, I know you don't like Aqualad, but give him a chance. He's actually kind of nice."
"Who said I don't like that conceited jerk?" Beast Boy spat.
'Nevermind." Raven shook her head and faced forward.
"Ok guys, we're in the city. Just about 10 more minutes until we reach the hospital." Cyborg announced.
+ ++ + Eight minutes later
The T-car pulled into the parking lot of Jump City's Medical Center.
"Ok, we're here." Cyborg hopped out of the car and went to the other side to open Robin's door.
"Thanks, but I can do this myself." Robin said as his door opened.
"Whatever you say man." Cyborg shurgged and walked into the hospital to check Robin in. Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven also got out of the T-Car and went into the hospital. They figured that he could indeed do it by himself. Robin struggled to get his wheelchair out from under the seat.
"Unh!.. Almost.. got it.. THERE!" He flung the chair from under the seat and onto the gravel.
"Great.. now I just have to get on it." Robin shifted his body until he faced the wheelchair.
"Here goes nothing." Robin used his hands and arms to prop himself up. He sprung off the seat, using the force from his hands hoping to land in his wheelchair.
THUD!
He missed by a good two feet.
"Crap.." Robin talked into the gravel. Suddenly, he was lifted off the ground and put into his wheelchair.
"Thanks Raven, but I'd appreciate if you'd help me AFTER I asked." Robin said without turning his head. But when he did, no one was there.
"Raven?"
'I swear it was Raven.." He thought. A strange chill filled the air and it spooked Robin. 'Maybe I'd better go in the hospital.' He thought as he wheeled through the hospital.
"Hehe.. that gave him a good scare." A feminine voice spoke. It came from the roof of the five story high hospital. Her communicator started beeping.
"Ugh! WHAT now Slade?"
"Aroree! What do you think you're doing?!"
"Giving him a good scare! Why, do you have a problem with that?" The new apprentice asked in her sassy tone.
"I have a bigger problem with your ATTITUDE! It's bad enough you killed that Atlantian, it caused too much attention!" Slade barked.
"Well, I don't like it when people stare. Besides, they were threatening to stab me with their harpoons." Aroree crossed her arms.
"Nevermind, just don't forget your mission." Slade's blood was rushing through his head.
"What mission?" Aroree asked sarcastically.
"Aroree!"
"FINE! I was just joking. Jeez!" The purple-haired female turned off her communicator.
"Great. I'm stuck working for a bozo only because he's offering to give my good-for-nothing father all the riches he wants. He lives in Hell for crying outloud! Cheap bastard." Aroree said to no one.
+ ++ + Hospital Lobby
When Robin got into the hospital waiting room, he spotted Beast Boy and Cyborg watching tv and Raven reading a novel.
"It's about time." Raven said without looking up.
"Had a little trouble." Robin said.
"How did you manage to get on?" Cyborg asked.
"Um.. skill?" Robin lied. He wasn't about to tell them what actually happened.
"Yeah.." Cyborg suspiciously eyed out Robin. "Whatever." He always knew when Robin was lying.
"Where's Star?" Robin changed the subject.
"2nd floor, getting food." Cyborg responded, and as if on cue, Starfire walked through the door holding a bag of doughnuts.
"I did not know which type of pastry you favored, so I got two of each." Starfire said, holding up the bag.
"There's a total of 13 doughnuts at this hospital! That means.." Beast Boy started using his fingers to count. "There's 30 doughnuts in that bag!" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"Way to go genuis. It's 26." Raven corrected.
"Well whatever!" Beast Boy took the bag from Starfire. "Thanks!" Beast Boy and Cyborg ate most of the doughtnut in a heartbeat.
"It was no problem." Starfire said. She turned around and saw Robin.
"I see you have overcome the obstacle of the wheelchair." She said, smiling.
"Yeah." Robin said, smiling back. Dr. Murray came bustling out of a room.
"Robin! Hello there, please follow me. I'll be needing some data from you." The short, stubby, happy doctor said.
"..Sure." Robin said following the doctor.
"Ahem!" A petite voice was heard from behind the counter. No one paid attention except for one certain half robot.
"Um.. me?" Cyborg asked pointing at himself. The receptionist simply nodded. Cyborg walked up to the counter and the receptionist handed him a Play Station 2 and some controllers.
"You look like a video game kind of person." She smiled at him. "Hi, I'm Khavi." She offered her hand. (A/N: Kah-vee)
"I'm-" Cyborg started
"I know. Cyborg, of the Teen Titans." Cyborg seemed astounded.
"Yeah, that's right. Nice to meet you." He took her hand and shook it.
"Same here. Go ahead, plug in the game console. It seems as if you and your green friend are bored." Khavi said politely. Out of nowhere, Beast Boy popped up behind Cyborg.
"Hellooooo! I'm Beast Boy!" Beast Boy introduced himself to Khavi and whispered into Cyborg's ear, "Dude! What are you waiting for? Plug it in!"
"Uh, Yeah.. see you later, Khavi." Cyborg said.
"Goodbye." Her sweet voice said. Beast Boy was looking through the games the hospital waiting room provided.
"THEY HAVE IT! CINDERBLOCK BASH!" Beast Boy was jumping up and down.
"Man, why you gotta pick a game that I'm obviously going to win?" Cyborg said.
"Oh no dude, not this time. I'm going to win." Beast Boy put his hands on his waist.
"Oh yeah? How 'bout we set a bet?" Cyborg smiled mischievously.
"OK! I bet you the last cream filled DELICIOUS doughnut that I will win this round of Cinderblock Bash!" Beast Boy said.
"Woah now! High roller." Cyborg snickered. "Fine, whatever. I'm hungry again anyway."
"You're on!"
"Another pointless game." Raven said in her monotone voice.
"Game Over. Cyborg wins."
"BOO YAH!"
"But I wanted that last doughnut!" Beast Boy whined.
"Well I won!" Cyborg argued.
"But I want it!"
"Well I'm older!" Cyborg yelled, "But I'm younger!" Beast Boy tried to win the doughnut a childish way.
"I'm taller!", "I'm shorter!"
"I'm smarter!" Cyborg smiled. Beast Boy opened his mouth, getting ready to say the words that Cyborg wanted to hear. "WELL I'M DUMBER!" Beast Boy roared.
"HAHA! Ok, the doughnut is yours." Cyborg took the last doughnut out of the bag and tossed it to Beast Boy.
"Yeah! I won!.. HEY! I'm not dumb!" Beast Boy finally got the joke.
"You can't imagine." Raven said. "And keep it down, Starfire's asleep." Raven pointed in the direction of where the Tamaranian was sleeping. She was sitting on a chair, leaning against the wall, snoring lightly.
"Mmmk." Beast Boy took a bite out of the doughtnut.
Out the window, Aroree was hanging off the top like Spider Man.
'Nice. I'm watching a bunch of idiots.' She got the communicator from her belt and contacted Slade.
"Slade, which one am I watching again?"
"The one in spandex." Slade responded plainly.
"Well I don't see him."
"Patience woman. From what I heard, the doctor is running some tests on him." Aroree grunted. Slade heard it.
"Patience woman!" He yelled again, this time it was loud enough to make her jump. Aroree stuck her tongue out at the communicator and turned it off. She climbed to the other side of the building, sticking to wall, hoping to find Robin in one of the many hundred rooms.
+ ++ + In another room of the hospital
"Well Robin, the upper part of your body is working qutie perfectly. Do you work out?" The doctor asked.
"Everyday for two hours."
"Ok, keep it like that. Since you can't use your lower part of the body, stick to excersices like the bench press."
"Got it." Robin said.
"Did you noticed anything strange when you woke up?"
"Only the fact that I jumped out of bed. But I did feel something while I was asleep." Robin confessed.
"What was that?" The doctor took out a notepad, as if he were a psychiatrist.
"Some tingly feeling I guess. I felt very.. protected. It sounds dumb now, but that how I felt." Robin said. He couldn't believe he was admitting all this to a practical stranger.
"Ahh I see. A guardian angel. Many patients go through this when they are in a coma. Sometimes it actually is a guardian angel, sometimes it's just someone who's been watching over you the whole time you were in that coma." The doctor explained. Robin just nodded.
"Tell me, is there anyone that you live with that would stay by your side day and night?" Dr. Murray asked. Robin thought about it, and he figured it out.
"Starfire." He said simply.
"The pretty young girl with the flaming hair?" Dr. Murray recalled.
"Yeah, that one." Robin smiled.
"Do you two have a special relationship together?" Robin knew where the doctor was headed with this.
"Heh, she's my best friend." Robin said. 'He reminds me of my grandpa, always curious.'
Robin's grandfather was the only blood relative he remembered. He knew nothing of his mother, or his father. His grandfather took care of him after his father left him, and his mother died. When Robin was only five years old, his grandfather died of a heart disease. After that, one of his grandfather's good friends, Bruce Wayne took him in. He took good care of Robin and made him the leader he is now. (A/N: I know nothing of his past. I made this up, I only know about Batman taking Robin in as his son ^_^. Forgive me!)
"Ok Robin, you're done with your tests, you may return to your friends in the waiting room. Be sure to come back here every other week so I can check your progress." The doctor opened the door and Robin wheeled out.
Just like a vine, Aroree was hanging from the window of the room Robin was just in.
"I'm keeping look on a love sick boy? Who can't even use his legs?! Slade, what exactly are you planning?" She was using her communicator which seemed to be the only thing she talked to for a while.
"Aroree, Robin is very physically powerful when his legs are intact. He will be a perfect apprentice. So keep an eye on him until he heals. Then bring him to me." Slade shut off the communicator.
+ ++ + In the hospital
Robin arrived in the hospital waiting room, after having trouble with the many swining doors.
"Ok, I'm done let's go home. This place gives me the chills." Robin said.
"Alright, just let me get BB off the play station." Said Cyborg as he tried to pry Beast Boy away from the controller. Robin went over to Starfire and gently tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey Star, we're leaving already." He whispered.
"Hmm? Oh, alright." Starfire rubbed her eyes and got up. As soon as Beast Boy released the controller, they walked out the door. Cyborg handed Khavi the Play Station 2 and controllers and he got something in return. It was a small peice of paper with numbers on it.
"Call me later." She said smiling. Cyborg had a bigger smile on his face and began skipping to the T-Car, humming.
"Um, dude.. were you SKIPPING?!" Beast Boy asked, ruining Cyborg's momeny of happiness. You could practically hear the sound of a broken record screeching.
Minutes later, Cyborg was driving the T-Car through the underwater tunnel once more. The hybird didn't say a word because of the humiliation down at the parking lot.
'I swear I was skipping only in my mind.' He thought. Cyborg looked up and around. Something was different. Everyone saw it. Instead of seeing the beautiful, busy city of Atlantis, the Titans seemed to be looking at a ghost town.
"Woah.." Cyborg awed.
"What happened?" Robin asked.
"Seems as if Aqualad scared everyone in the whole god darn ocean." Beast Boy commented. He quickly got elbowed by Raven.
"You gave him a communicator did you not? Contact him." Starfire suggested. Robin reached into is utility belt and pulled out his small yellow communicator.
"Aqualad, come in. This is Robin."
"Hey Robin, I see the T-Car, I'll be right there." Just as he said, Aqualad was next to the glass tunnel and waited as Cyborg turned on the speaker.
"Aqualad, what has happened to your beautiful city?" Starfire asked.
"There was an attack. An invader from the sky swooped down and killed one of our men."
"And the other Atlantians?" Cyborg questioned.
"The Atlantis warriors are out looking for that bastard right now. And we informed all the others to stay indoors incase whatever came might come back." Aqualad answered.
"You're sure you don't need help?" Raven asked.
"I'll contact you." Aqualad said sternly, and with that he swam off.
"I really think we should go help him." Robin said.
"Hey! You heard the man! He'll contact us when he needs help!" Beast Boy whined incohenrently.
"Yes, that is what he said." Starfire joined Beast Boy.
"You think a bird killed that Atlantian?"
"Shut up BB."
When they got home, Robin was surprised to see that it was almost sunset.
"Wow, was I in there for that long?" Robin seemed to be taking a lot of time lately.
"I don't know. I guess time flies by when you're kicking butt." Cyborg bragged, referring the the defeats of Beast Boy.
"Sure, you laugh now. But watch, I WILL beat you someday." Beast Boy threatened. Cyborg just laughed in his face.
'Where's Star..?' Robin wondered.
"Sleeping. In her room." Raven said outloud.
"Great, you can read minds now?" Robin asked.
"I've been practicing." Raven replied.
"Why is Star always sleepy all of a sudden?" Robin wondered. They all just shrugged.
+ ++ + Somewhere else
Aroree was walking down a dark alley looking for something on the ground. You could hear her high heeled boots and she walked on the cold hard road.
"Here it is." She said as she lifted a manhole cover off the ground and jumped into the sewer. After almost five minuites of walking through an odor filled tunnel, Aroree reach a large steal door. She knocked on it once. Then twice. She became impatient and began pounding on the door.
"Damnet Slade, let me in!" Suddenly, the large door swooshed open and she fell into a dark room while the door closed behind her.
"Slade, this is such a cliché hideout. You know that right?" Slade ignored her snobby question. He was all about the mission.
"You're here, and Robin's not." Slade growled from his desk. "What's wrong with this picture?"
"First of all, the picture is perfect. I'm very photogenic." Aroree said conceitedly. "And second, I don't have Robin here because I made a mistake. "
"Aroree.." Slade said in a harsh tone.
"Before you start, you know that 'special dust' I was holding?" Aroree said, holding up an empty leather pouch.
"Yes. You did sprinkle it on Robin, did you not?"
"Yeeeeeaaa- no. You see, I was about to. I was right above him and then a pigeon pecked me. So I dropped the whole caboodle on someone else." Aroree confessed.
"Please don't tell me you spilled it all on the Tamaranian!" Slade hoped. He didn't want to use a naive alien to lure Robin in. It was too much like a gang movie.
"No! Course not. I spilled it on the red haired girl." Aroree said, not knowing Starfire was the Tamaranian.
"FOOL!" Slade yelled, pounding the desk, causing the coffee mug to move.
"Oh. She WAS the Tamaranian wasn't she?" Aroree questioned. "Well ANYWAY, that dust can knock you out for three whole days, so why don't you just kidnap the girl and lure Robin here?"
"Because the plan was to specifically sprinkle that dust on Robin and bring him here once he's in that deep sleep! It's more simple that way!" Slade complained. Aroree burst out laughing.
"I have never seen you act like a baby before!" She said, holding her stomach and pointing at him with her free hand.
"Ok, we'll do this the long way. Just take Starfire and bring her here. And if you fail me again-"
"You'll call my father on me." Aroree finished for him.
"Precisely."
"WHAT is he going to do to me? I'm not afraid of that demented excuse for a man." Aroree said in the tone that Slade hated.
"Your father is different. You see, Lucifer isn't like many of those caring fathers. He doesn't really give a damn if you 'accidentally' hurts you." Slade explained. (A/N: LUCIFER?! WHERE DID YOU ALL HEAR THAT BEFORE ;p)
"No no no, you see my father and God made an agreement. If he harms someone, then he loses hell." Aroree argued.
"But what if I get someone else from your father to do that?"
"I see your point. But who in the world would you get from my father that could possibly hurt me?" Aroree asked.
"Devion." Slade said in a simple tone. Aroree stared with wide eyes. (A/N: Does THAT name ring a bell?!)
'Devion?' The name seemed to echo in her head as she lifted up her left sleeve. There, on her left bicep was the name 'Devion' embedded in it.
+ ++ + A/N: I want to thank VanillaSuga *sniff*. She has been so great with helping me with my story! Much love to you! By the way, if you didn't catch my A/N's.. Lucifer and Devion are from VanillaSuga's story, RIDICULOUSLY ROMANTIC. If you wish for this story to make sense, go read her story NOW. ^_^; Much Love, Seventy 5ive!
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