Chapter 6
Later that week, on Friday night, the Titans and their guest gathered around the arced couch, eyes glued to the screen in horror. They were watching Wicked Scary 0.5, prelude to the original Wicked Scary. Starfire clung to Robin, who was staring at the movie, eyes wide and mouth agape. Beastboy was a scared little kitten on an emotion-hiding Raven. Meht buried her head between the couch and Cyborg's right shoulder as she hid from the movie, hugging his upper arm tightly. The six days that she had been with the Titans, Meht had grown quite fond of him, although she didn't know if the feeling was mutual, even if it was. Cyborg flinched as another person died a horribly death. His whole hand was twitching, laced with streams or red electricity. Meht's powers, influences by fear at the time, were streaming through his arm. And then, the grand finale...the adolescent monster crept toward the final victim in that small town, and then....
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A scream was heard; a real scream, not a scream from the video. All that was seen was a bright flash and all the power went out.
"R-r-robin, why h-has the p-p-power g-gone aw-way?" Starfire stammered.
"Raven?" asked Beastboy.
"It wasn't me." replied the shadowy girl.
"Meht?" inquired Robin.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to!" exclaimed the girl. The power went on. The Titans all began to laugh, except for Cyborg. Meht stared at him. "Cy?" she asked. She looked hard at him. "Cyborg..." Everyone stared. A string of red electricity sparked in his arm. Meht then realized what happened. She set her hand on his shoulder and was... "shocked" so to speak... as electrical energy surged into her body. Cyborg came to a few minutes later. He fixed his gaze on Meht, who had been waiting for him to wake up. "Where'd everybody go?" he asked her.
"They all retreated to their rooms."
"So...what happened?"
"You had an energy overload, I suppose. I caused a power surge through the whole tower. Do you feel ok?" she asked.
"Yeah. Did you like the movie?"
"It was a bit too scary for me..."
Cyborg laughed at her. Meht wasn't amused. She hit him in the arm, zapping him slightly. Cyborg winced. "Come on, don't be mean!" said Cy. "Ya love me and you know it!"
Meht growled. She did, but she wasn't going to let him know now! She tackled him and he fell over on the couch. She came over to his side, her hand lightly on his arm. Her face came closer and closer to his. Cyborg was confused. Was she going to kiss him? But her lips never reach his. Instead, the came and inch from his ear, and then....
"Ha ha, you can't catch me!"
Then Meht was off like a rocket, laughing. Cyborg shook away his confusion and gave chase. It started in the living room, Meht running around like a headless chicken. Then she decided to take it outside. She rushed into the elevator and closed it, taking it to the first floor. Cyborg waited agitatedly for the elevator to come back up. She probably got away by now! He entered the elevator and waited as it went down. Finally, the door opened. Meht sat cross-legged, facing the door, but a few yards away. Cyborg began to creep slowly, just as slow as Meht began getting to her feet. Finally she was up, but Cyborg was almost an arm length away. Suddenly, Meht dashed outside of the tower, Cyborg close behind. She tripped on a rock, still laughing like a maniac, and Cyborg tripped over her. His face was in the sand. Meht was laughing even harder now, and so was Cyborg.
"You know," said he, his laughter still slowing. "This is just like how we met!"
"Really, now?" said Meht in response with kind of a breathless laugh; he was crushing her. "Did it take you this long to get off me?"
Cyborg scrambled off of Meht. "Sorry." He said.
"Are you always this clumsy?" she said, sarcastically.
"You know, you're starting to make me wish I just threw you in the ocean again after I tripped on you!" He said, also sarcastic.
"Awe, come on! Don't be mean! Ya love me and you know it!"
"Hey! You little line-stealer!"
"Cow killer!"
"Squid chewer!"
"Pancake burner!"
"Coral eater!"
"WAFFLE ADDICT!"
"YOU...YOU...FISH...EATER...PERSON!"
"Ha!" Meht taunted "You can't think of anything, can you?"
"Shut up!" he snapped, grinning.
"Make me!"
"FINE I WILL!"
"I bet you ten green, paper, American currency that you cannot!"
"It's a deal!"
"You know you will not win this bet!"
"I will too!"
"I would like to see you tr-"
Meht was cut off as Cyborg went and kissed her. It was a short kiss, but when it was finished, Meht was speechless.
"You owe me!" said Cyborg, smirking.
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Meht awoke to the sun glaring in her eyes. Nice day it was today. She looked around. Cyborg was asleep in his sleeping bag about a foot away. She escaped her borrowed sleeping bag and walked to the shore. Hmm, now what would she eat for breakfast today? She looked around and suddenly she didn't feel like sea food. Maybe she would try one of those "waffles" Cyborg liked so much.
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Meht stared at the food before her. "It looks...peculiar..." she said.
"Eat it." Urged Cyborg.
Starfire was watching some soap opera. Beastboy was watching too, almost crying. Raven was meditating on the roof. Robin was training.
"Come one, try it..."
"Must I?"
"Yes."
Cy watched intently as his green haired, female companion took a bite-sized piece to her mouth with her fork, syrup dripping slowly. It passed into her mouth and she chewed it thoughtfully. Meht swallowed.
"So...how does it taste?"
"Hmm..." said she. She hesitated, taking a dramatic pause.
Cyborg crossed his fingers.
"They are simply delicious! What is this sticky stuff? Stirrup? Stick up? Make up? It resembles the sap of trees..."
"Syrup."
"Oh, I love this syrup! I shall pour me a cup!"
"Meht, Syrup isn't a drink."
"But it is so delicious! Why should it not be a drink?"
"Because....umm..."
"See, you do not know, do you not?"
"I know, it's just...ugh I'll get you a cup."
Robin ran in out of the blue. "Come on! The Hive is breaking into the museum! Titans, go!"
Meht watched as they all left, except Robin. "Meht, are you coming?"
"But, I am not a Titan..."
"We'll see how you do. Then you might be. Let's go!"
Meht smiled and followed the others, floating in the air. Cyborg was held up by Raven, Robin by Starfire, and Beastboy flew as an eagle. In a matter of minutes, they arrived at the Jump City museum, where there was a gaping hole where the entrance was. They all entered and scattered to find the criminals.
—Meht's POV—
I looked around, searching for anybody who looked somewhat evil. I did not know who I was looking for. That was stupid, sending me off after criminals I do not know. Something shone out of the corner of my eye. I turned to face it. Could it be? Yes! I looked at the ring, eyes wide. It was a golden ring with little words, foreign to most but not to me. As I came closer to it, it began pulsing with a deep red glow. I suddenly shrieked as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Raven. "Um, hello." I said sheepishly.
"Robin forgot to tell you what the people from the Hive look like." She said. She described them all to me. "And now you can actually look instead of looking at old jewelry." And in a blink of my eyes, she vanished before me. I looked around cautiously. I heard shouting ahead and floated to it quickly. There I saw the three described "Hive" offenders fighting my friends. Raven and Starfire were in a heated battle with the one called Jinx, Robin and the Boy of Beasts...err, Beastboy (oh, I still have yet to get accustomed to his name!) were fighting the one called Mammoth, and Cyborg was going against Gizmo. I stood, unsure of what to do, looking from friend to friend, trying to determine who needed me most. Then the one called Gizmo stuck an object upon Cyborg's back which caused my friend to discontinue his movement. I flew to confront Gizmo. As soon as I arrived to aid my friend, an arm-like thing originating from a metal device in Gizmo's hands, grabbed me and rendered me immobile. I squirmed, trying to become released. Gizmo used a controlled and brought me to be eye level with him. He was suspended in the air by four metal legs that resembled that of a spider. "Let me go!" I screamed in his face.
"Shut up, snot eater!" he exclaimed. Snot eater? That would be what Boy of, I mean, Beastboy would consider 'lame'. "Who are you? You don't look like a Titan."
"I am a friend of the Titans! Now release me, you stupid roatsvivek!"
"Hey! You better not be insulting me like that, barf brain!"
"Barf brain? Raven was right! You have terrible insults!" I felt the arm squeeze me uncomfortably tighter. This child was beginning to get on my nerves. Then I flew towards a wall, the arm still gripping me forcefully. He started to hit me against a wall. He then began taunting me, insulting my companions and I one at a time.
"And then there's that Cyborg! He's such an outdated waste of inorganic, metal materials! You should just ditch him in a junk yard! The only thing he's good for is scrap metal! In fact, after I win, I think I'll take him apart and build a device to destroy the rest of the Titans! Yeah! That'd work! That would totally w-"
I interrupted with a massive stream of crimson electricity danced through my hair. My eyes were glowing red, as was the orb on my necklace. Gizmo's eyes widened. Red lightning surged throughout the arm, coming to his evil devices, and eventually to him. I was released immediately and the child lay on the ground, unconscious. I turned my attention to Cyborg who still lay on the ground, motionless.
—Omniscient Narrator POV—
"Is he alive? He does not move, what is wrong?" Meht asked Robin, worriedly. The Titans had won and had gathered around their half-robotic friend. She watched as he yanked an odd piece of machinery off of Cyborg. Cyborg got up, drowsily.
"Thank Tzech, you are alive!" exclaimed Meht.
"Oh, how joyous! Meht's sadness began to convince I, too, that you may be dead!" Star chimed in.
"Not that big of a deal, just another piece of Gizmo's junk." said Cyborg.
"That is good! Now let's go and watch a movie on the picture box!" Meht said, smiling.
Then they all went home, calm and happy; all except Meht. Sure, she was happy, but the more that ring flashed in her head, the more she knew what needed to be done.
A/N: Sorry I didn't update for a spell. I was busy! Well, happy Independence Day to all y'all Americans! REVIEW!!!
Later that week, on Friday night, the Titans and their guest gathered around the arced couch, eyes glued to the screen in horror. They were watching Wicked Scary 0.5, prelude to the original Wicked Scary. Starfire clung to Robin, who was staring at the movie, eyes wide and mouth agape. Beastboy was a scared little kitten on an emotion-hiding Raven. Meht buried her head between the couch and Cyborg's right shoulder as she hid from the movie, hugging his upper arm tightly. The six days that she had been with the Titans, Meht had grown quite fond of him, although she didn't know if the feeling was mutual, even if it was. Cyborg flinched as another person died a horribly death. His whole hand was twitching, laced with streams or red electricity. Meht's powers, influences by fear at the time, were streaming through his arm. And then, the grand finale...the adolescent monster crept toward the final victim in that small town, and then....
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A scream was heard; a real scream, not a scream from the video. All that was seen was a bright flash and all the power went out.
"R-r-robin, why h-has the p-p-power g-gone aw-way?" Starfire stammered.
"Raven?" asked Beastboy.
"It wasn't me." replied the shadowy girl.
"Meht?" inquired Robin.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to!" exclaimed the girl. The power went on. The Titans all began to laugh, except for Cyborg. Meht stared at him. "Cy?" she asked. She looked hard at him. "Cyborg..." Everyone stared. A string of red electricity sparked in his arm. Meht then realized what happened. She set her hand on his shoulder and was... "shocked" so to speak... as electrical energy surged into her body. Cyborg came to a few minutes later. He fixed his gaze on Meht, who had been waiting for him to wake up. "Where'd everybody go?" he asked her.
"They all retreated to their rooms."
"So...what happened?"
"You had an energy overload, I suppose. I caused a power surge through the whole tower. Do you feel ok?" she asked.
"Yeah. Did you like the movie?"
"It was a bit too scary for me..."
Cyborg laughed at her. Meht wasn't amused. She hit him in the arm, zapping him slightly. Cyborg winced. "Come on, don't be mean!" said Cy. "Ya love me and you know it!"
Meht growled. She did, but she wasn't going to let him know now! She tackled him and he fell over on the couch. She came over to his side, her hand lightly on his arm. Her face came closer and closer to his. Cyborg was confused. Was she going to kiss him? But her lips never reach his. Instead, the came and inch from his ear, and then....
"Ha ha, you can't catch me!"
Then Meht was off like a rocket, laughing. Cyborg shook away his confusion and gave chase. It started in the living room, Meht running around like a headless chicken. Then she decided to take it outside. She rushed into the elevator and closed it, taking it to the first floor. Cyborg waited agitatedly for the elevator to come back up. She probably got away by now! He entered the elevator and waited as it went down. Finally, the door opened. Meht sat cross-legged, facing the door, but a few yards away. Cyborg began to creep slowly, just as slow as Meht began getting to her feet. Finally she was up, but Cyborg was almost an arm length away. Suddenly, Meht dashed outside of the tower, Cyborg close behind. She tripped on a rock, still laughing like a maniac, and Cyborg tripped over her. His face was in the sand. Meht was laughing even harder now, and so was Cyborg.
"You know," said he, his laughter still slowing. "This is just like how we met!"
"Really, now?" said Meht in response with kind of a breathless laugh; he was crushing her. "Did it take you this long to get off me?"
Cyborg scrambled off of Meht. "Sorry." He said.
"Are you always this clumsy?" she said, sarcastically.
"You know, you're starting to make me wish I just threw you in the ocean again after I tripped on you!" He said, also sarcastic.
"Awe, come on! Don't be mean! Ya love me and you know it!"
"Hey! You little line-stealer!"
"Cow killer!"
"Squid chewer!"
"Pancake burner!"
"Coral eater!"
"WAFFLE ADDICT!"
"YOU...YOU...FISH...EATER...PERSON!"
"Ha!" Meht taunted "You can't think of anything, can you?"
"Shut up!" he snapped, grinning.
"Make me!"
"FINE I WILL!"
"I bet you ten green, paper, American currency that you cannot!"
"It's a deal!"
"You know you will not win this bet!"
"I will too!"
"I would like to see you tr-"
Meht was cut off as Cyborg went and kissed her. It was a short kiss, but when it was finished, Meht was speechless.
"You owe me!" said Cyborg, smirking.
¤¤¤»ð«¤¤¤
Meht awoke to the sun glaring in her eyes. Nice day it was today. She looked around. Cyborg was asleep in his sleeping bag about a foot away. She escaped her borrowed sleeping bag and walked to the shore. Hmm, now what would she eat for breakfast today? She looked around and suddenly she didn't feel like sea food. Maybe she would try one of those "waffles" Cyborg liked so much.
¤¤¤»ð«¤¤¤
Meht stared at the food before her. "It looks...peculiar..." she said.
"Eat it." Urged Cyborg.
Starfire was watching some soap opera. Beastboy was watching too, almost crying. Raven was meditating on the roof. Robin was training.
"Come one, try it..."
"Must I?"
"Yes."
Cy watched intently as his green haired, female companion took a bite-sized piece to her mouth with her fork, syrup dripping slowly. It passed into her mouth and she chewed it thoughtfully. Meht swallowed.
"So...how does it taste?"
"Hmm..." said she. She hesitated, taking a dramatic pause.
Cyborg crossed his fingers.
"They are simply delicious! What is this sticky stuff? Stirrup? Stick up? Make up? It resembles the sap of trees..."
"Syrup."
"Oh, I love this syrup! I shall pour me a cup!"
"Meht, Syrup isn't a drink."
"But it is so delicious! Why should it not be a drink?"
"Because....umm..."
"See, you do not know, do you not?"
"I know, it's just...ugh I'll get you a cup."
Robin ran in out of the blue. "Come on! The Hive is breaking into the museum! Titans, go!"
Meht watched as they all left, except Robin. "Meht, are you coming?"
"But, I am not a Titan..."
"We'll see how you do. Then you might be. Let's go!"
Meht smiled and followed the others, floating in the air. Cyborg was held up by Raven, Robin by Starfire, and Beastboy flew as an eagle. In a matter of minutes, they arrived at the Jump City museum, where there was a gaping hole where the entrance was. They all entered and scattered to find the criminals.
—Meht's POV—
I looked around, searching for anybody who looked somewhat evil. I did not know who I was looking for. That was stupid, sending me off after criminals I do not know. Something shone out of the corner of my eye. I turned to face it. Could it be? Yes! I looked at the ring, eyes wide. It was a golden ring with little words, foreign to most but not to me. As I came closer to it, it began pulsing with a deep red glow. I suddenly shrieked as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Raven. "Um, hello." I said sheepishly.
"Robin forgot to tell you what the people from the Hive look like." She said. She described them all to me. "And now you can actually look instead of looking at old jewelry." And in a blink of my eyes, she vanished before me. I looked around cautiously. I heard shouting ahead and floated to it quickly. There I saw the three described "Hive" offenders fighting my friends. Raven and Starfire were in a heated battle with the one called Jinx, Robin and the Boy of Beasts...err, Beastboy (oh, I still have yet to get accustomed to his name!) were fighting the one called Mammoth, and Cyborg was going against Gizmo. I stood, unsure of what to do, looking from friend to friend, trying to determine who needed me most. Then the one called Gizmo stuck an object upon Cyborg's back which caused my friend to discontinue his movement. I flew to confront Gizmo. As soon as I arrived to aid my friend, an arm-like thing originating from a metal device in Gizmo's hands, grabbed me and rendered me immobile. I squirmed, trying to become released. Gizmo used a controlled and brought me to be eye level with him. He was suspended in the air by four metal legs that resembled that of a spider. "Let me go!" I screamed in his face.
"Shut up, snot eater!" he exclaimed. Snot eater? That would be what Boy of, I mean, Beastboy would consider 'lame'. "Who are you? You don't look like a Titan."
"I am a friend of the Titans! Now release me, you stupid roatsvivek!"
"Hey! You better not be insulting me like that, barf brain!"
"Barf brain? Raven was right! You have terrible insults!" I felt the arm squeeze me uncomfortably tighter. This child was beginning to get on my nerves. Then I flew towards a wall, the arm still gripping me forcefully. He started to hit me against a wall. He then began taunting me, insulting my companions and I one at a time.
"And then there's that Cyborg! He's such an outdated waste of inorganic, metal materials! You should just ditch him in a junk yard! The only thing he's good for is scrap metal! In fact, after I win, I think I'll take him apart and build a device to destroy the rest of the Titans! Yeah! That'd work! That would totally w-"
I interrupted with a massive stream of crimson electricity danced through my hair. My eyes were glowing red, as was the orb on my necklace. Gizmo's eyes widened. Red lightning surged throughout the arm, coming to his evil devices, and eventually to him. I was released immediately and the child lay on the ground, unconscious. I turned my attention to Cyborg who still lay on the ground, motionless.
—Omniscient Narrator POV—
"Is he alive? He does not move, what is wrong?" Meht asked Robin, worriedly. The Titans had won and had gathered around their half-robotic friend. She watched as he yanked an odd piece of machinery off of Cyborg. Cyborg got up, drowsily.
"Thank Tzech, you are alive!" exclaimed Meht.
"Oh, how joyous! Meht's sadness began to convince I, too, that you may be dead!" Star chimed in.
"Not that big of a deal, just another piece of Gizmo's junk." said Cyborg.
"That is good! Now let's go and watch a movie on the picture box!" Meht said, smiling.
Then they all went home, calm and happy; all except Meht. Sure, she was happy, but the more that ring flashed in her head, the more she knew what needed to be done.
A/N: Sorry I didn't update for a spell. I was busy! Well, happy Independence Day to all y'all Americans! REVIEW!!!