Here's chapter 2! I could have posted it all as one
thing, but I liked this version of chapter division better..
Nighttime has taken over at Titans Tower, and it's quieted down considerably from the preceding afternoon. All the Titans are in their beds, sleeping peacefully. The box that had contained the puppets sits motionless on the table, when suddenly a hand breaks through the top. The outline of the Puppet King is visible as he frees himself from the box container.
He enters Starfire's room, where both she and her puppet are sleeping, both in the same position. Their feet are at the head of their circular beds, while their heads hang off the foot. The sound of her door opening, and the movements of the Puppet King cause Starfire to awaken, and the Puppet King exits the room as Starfire sits up. However, the sound of the closing door is not lost on her, and she lets out a small scream as she brings her fists to her chest. She looks at the door, frightened.
'Who is there?' she asks, but receives no answer.
The TV in Beast Boy's room is on, a Game Over screen with a dead monkey stuck there until someone turns the game off. He's having a dream, holding a sock as if it were a girl.
'Ladies, please, one at a time,' he mumbles. 'You'll -all get to take your picture with me.'
As he makes kissing gestures toward the sock, a green light suddenly appears beside his bed. A green glow surrounds him, and Beast Boy's spirit is pulled out of his body. It continues on to puppet-Beast Boy, hanging on his headboard, and is transferred into it, trapped.
A door opens, and Starfire steps out of it cautiously. The Puppet King's shadow goes by in the background, unnoticed.
'Hello?' she calls out timidly. 'Hello?'
In his room, Cyborg sleeps, his puppet clenched up against his chest under his left hand. A hand raises itself, holding a string-less puppet control, with a green light on it. Another light shows up on it, this time white. A white light surrounds Cyborg, and he lets out a gasp. His spirit is pulled into his puppet, and his head falls back to his bed.
Meanwhile, out from behind door number six comes Starfire, still walking cautious.
'Is someone there?' she calls out to the empty hallway.
Meanwhile, in Robin's room, his body is floating in the air, surrounded by a red glow. It pulls his spirit to his puppet, and his body falls back down to his bed with a grunt.
Laughter echoes through the hallway as Starfire stands alone, obviously by now very scared.
'Huh?' she says, as she turns around and starts walking. 'If this is a joke, it is not-'
She's cut off as a door opens to her side. She lets out a scream, and so does the opener of said door: Raven. After the customary flying up of the hair and the expanding of the mouths to abnormal sizes, Starfire remembered why she was down here in the first place.
'Raven,' Starfire lets out, relieved to see her friend, and not a monster. 'You have also heard the strange noises?'
'The strange noises of you talking out side my door?' Raven said, slightly annoyed. 'Hard to miss.'
[I don't think she'd be out here without a good reason, but then again, it -is Starfire,] Raven pondered to herself.
'Oh,' Starfire said, scratching the back of her head, embarrassed. 'Forgive me, I thought there was someone—EEK!'
Her conversation was cut short by a blast coming between them. The other three Titans were running toward them. Their eyes were not their normal colors, but instead they were a neon green. Robin jumped and tried to kick Starfire, but she flew out of the way. Beast Boy ran at Raven, currently in the form of a carnivorous dinosaur. He tried biting Raven, but was met by her dark barriers.
'Beast Boy, it's -me!' she cried out, all the while fending off his attacks. 'Don't make me hurt you.'
As Raven was dodging Beast Boy's deadly chomping, Starfire was trying to avoid Robin's explosive discs. She managed to take out two of them before they got too close, but she didn't shoot the third one in time, and it exploded next to her, causing her to fall down into Cyborg's waiting arms. Beast Boy, still in dinosaur form, smacked Raven with his tail, sending her flying at Cyborg, who caught her and restrained both her and Starfire in his strong grip.
'Let me go!' Raven grunted as she struggled.
'Friends,' Starfire cried desperately, 'why do you attack us?'
'Oh,' came a voice, 'they're not -your friends anymore. They are -my puppets.'
It was the Puppet King.
'-These are -your friends,' he said as he thrust forth the puppets of Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy. Only now, they weren't just puppets, they contained the spirits of the three Titans.
'Starfire!' puppet-Robin called out.
'Raven!' this time from puppet-Cyborg.
'Helllp!' pleaded puppet-Beast Boy.
'Release them!' Raven demanded, refusing to give up.
'Sorry,' came the Puppet King's reply, 'but -you're not in charge here. -You don't command me, -I command -you.'
He held up his magic control as the zombie Robin and Beast Boy held up Raven and Starfire's puppets. Blue and yellow glows surrounded Raven and Starfire, respectively.
'And with the Puppet King pulling the strings, the Teen Titans will command the entire city.'
[Gotta.. save.. Starfire..] Raven thought to herself.
'Azarath Metrion Zinthos' she got out, weakly, before both hers and Starfire's spirits were pulled from their bodies.
A black, bladed disc appeared, and got bigger and bigger, until its energy knocked over Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and the Puppet King, sending the puppets and the control flying.
'My control!' the Puppet King exclaimed, worried.
Blue and yellow lights came out of the magic control, and Raven and Starfire's spirits came out of their puppets, going back to the girls' bodies, who by this time were lying motionless on the ground. They got up and started running away.
'After them,' the Puppet King commanded, and the zombie Titans got up, beginning pursuit.
Raven and Starfire dropped into a sewer duct, and waited until the zombie versions of their friends passed by them.
'The boys,' Starfire whispered. 'Raven, what are we going to-'
Raven turned a light on, only it wasn't Raven's body that had done it; It was Starfire's. Starfire in Raven's body stared, wide-eyed, at herself.
'Starfire?' Raven questioned, unbelieving of their current situation.
'-Raven?' Starfire called right back, and let out a startled gasp. 'You are -me!' She let out a bigger gasp. 'And I am -you!'
Then, energy came out of Starfire's head and blew out the light.
fade to black
I realize that this part might get confusing, but, I'll use character names to refer to the person in that body, i.e. 'Raven' means Raven in Starfire's body. Cheers!
Nighttime has taken over at Titans Tower, and it's quieted down considerably from the preceding afternoon. All the Titans are in their beds, sleeping peacefully. The box that had contained the puppets sits motionless on the table, when suddenly a hand breaks through the top. The outline of the Puppet King is visible as he frees himself from the box container.
He enters Starfire's room, where both she and her puppet are sleeping, both in the same position. Their feet are at the head of their circular beds, while their heads hang off the foot. The sound of her door opening, and the movements of the Puppet King cause Starfire to awaken, and the Puppet King exits the room as Starfire sits up. However, the sound of the closing door is not lost on her, and she lets out a small scream as she brings her fists to her chest. She looks at the door, frightened.
'Who is there?' she asks, but receives no answer.
The TV in Beast Boy's room is on, a Game Over screen with a dead monkey stuck there until someone turns the game off. He's having a dream, holding a sock as if it were a girl.
'Ladies, please, one at a time,' he mumbles. 'You'll -all get to take your picture with me.'
As he makes kissing gestures toward the sock, a green light suddenly appears beside his bed. A green glow surrounds him, and Beast Boy's spirit is pulled out of his body. It continues on to puppet-Beast Boy, hanging on his headboard, and is transferred into it, trapped.
A door opens, and Starfire steps out of it cautiously. The Puppet King's shadow goes by in the background, unnoticed.
'Hello?' she calls out timidly. 'Hello?'
In his room, Cyborg sleeps, his puppet clenched up against his chest under his left hand. A hand raises itself, holding a string-less puppet control, with a green light on it. Another light shows up on it, this time white. A white light surrounds Cyborg, and he lets out a gasp. His spirit is pulled into his puppet, and his head falls back to his bed.
Meanwhile, out from behind door number six comes Starfire, still walking cautious.
'Is someone there?' she calls out to the empty hallway.
Meanwhile, in Robin's room, his body is floating in the air, surrounded by a red glow. It pulls his spirit to his puppet, and his body falls back down to his bed with a grunt.
Laughter echoes through the hallway as Starfire stands alone, obviously by now very scared.
'Huh?' she says, as she turns around and starts walking. 'If this is a joke, it is not-'
She's cut off as a door opens to her side. She lets out a scream, and so does the opener of said door: Raven. After the customary flying up of the hair and the expanding of the mouths to abnormal sizes, Starfire remembered why she was down here in the first place.
'Raven,' Starfire lets out, relieved to see her friend, and not a monster. 'You have also heard the strange noises?'
'The strange noises of you talking out side my door?' Raven said, slightly annoyed. 'Hard to miss.'
[I don't think she'd be out here without a good reason, but then again, it -is Starfire,] Raven pondered to herself.
'Oh,' Starfire said, scratching the back of her head, embarrassed. 'Forgive me, I thought there was someone—EEK!'
Her conversation was cut short by a blast coming between them. The other three Titans were running toward them. Their eyes were not their normal colors, but instead they were a neon green. Robin jumped and tried to kick Starfire, but she flew out of the way. Beast Boy ran at Raven, currently in the form of a carnivorous dinosaur. He tried biting Raven, but was met by her dark barriers.
'Beast Boy, it's -me!' she cried out, all the while fending off his attacks. 'Don't make me hurt you.'
As Raven was dodging Beast Boy's deadly chomping, Starfire was trying to avoid Robin's explosive discs. She managed to take out two of them before they got too close, but she didn't shoot the third one in time, and it exploded next to her, causing her to fall down into Cyborg's waiting arms. Beast Boy, still in dinosaur form, smacked Raven with his tail, sending her flying at Cyborg, who caught her and restrained both her and Starfire in his strong grip.
'Let me go!' Raven grunted as she struggled.
'Friends,' Starfire cried desperately, 'why do you attack us?'
'Oh,' came a voice, 'they're not -your friends anymore. They are -my puppets.'
It was the Puppet King.
'-These are -your friends,' he said as he thrust forth the puppets of Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy. Only now, they weren't just puppets, they contained the spirits of the three Titans.
'Starfire!' puppet-Robin called out.
'Raven!' this time from puppet-Cyborg.
'Helllp!' pleaded puppet-Beast Boy.
'Release them!' Raven demanded, refusing to give up.
'Sorry,' came the Puppet King's reply, 'but -you're not in charge here. -You don't command me, -I command -you.'
He held up his magic control as the zombie Robin and Beast Boy held up Raven and Starfire's puppets. Blue and yellow glows surrounded Raven and Starfire, respectively.
'And with the Puppet King pulling the strings, the Teen Titans will command the entire city.'
[Gotta.. save.. Starfire..] Raven thought to herself.
'Azarath Metrion Zinthos' she got out, weakly, before both hers and Starfire's spirits were pulled from their bodies.
A black, bladed disc appeared, and got bigger and bigger, until its energy knocked over Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and the Puppet King, sending the puppets and the control flying.
'My control!' the Puppet King exclaimed, worried.
Blue and yellow lights came out of the magic control, and Raven and Starfire's spirits came out of their puppets, going back to the girls' bodies, who by this time were lying motionless on the ground. They got up and started running away.
'After them,' the Puppet King commanded, and the zombie Titans got up, beginning pursuit.
Raven and Starfire dropped into a sewer duct, and waited until the zombie versions of their friends passed by them.
'The boys,' Starfire whispered. 'Raven, what are we going to-'
Raven turned a light on, only it wasn't Raven's body that had done it; It was Starfire's. Starfire in Raven's body stared, wide-eyed, at herself.
'Starfire?' Raven questioned, unbelieving of their current situation.
'-Raven?' Starfire called right back, and let out a startled gasp. 'You are -me!' She let out a bigger gasp. 'And I am -you!'
Then, energy came out of Starfire's head and blew out the light.
fade to black
I realize that this part might get confusing, but, I'll use character names to refer to the person in that body, i.e. 'Raven' means Raven in Starfire's body. Cheers!