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Okay - so it's been a really long time since Chapter 4. That's what school does. Just two more months, though, we all know that. Let's see where we left off those many months ago.
What will happen to Beast Boy at the zoo? Can he get enough money to buy Terra and Raven gifts? Will he choose between Raven and Terra? How much can he get for Kitten's prom dress? Well, let's find out, shall we?
Beast Boy was immediately granted a job at the zoo when he proved that he could turn into any organism known to mankind, and even some not known to mankind. The zookeeper put him in a cage all to himself, hoping he would liven up the visitors. The first "changing" show began at 9:00, and until then, BB would have two hours to do whatever he felt like doing. Whatever that was, it certainly wasn't going to be thinking about Raven or Terra. "Hmm..." He thought to himself. "I wonder what Raven and Terra are doing right now..." Crud. That oath didn't even last a good 8 seconds. He still had another 7,190 seconds to get through until show time. He tried to think about other things. The one thing he didn't want to think about (and it was probably good he didn't know about) was Cyborg in the store getting his film developed.
Cy was in the one hour photo store right when it opened at 7. He wanted these pics, and he wanted these pics more than anything. More than pictures of cars. More than pictures of babes. More than pictures of babes on cars. Once he had those pictures, he would be the undisputed king of Blackmail. Not even former president (and former Teen Titan) Franklin Pierce could out- blackmail him! He patiently waited in his seat for the pictures to develop. About an hour and a half later, they were still not developed. This was getting on the big guy's nerves before he finally broke down the developers room to find the guy looking amazed at all of Beast Boy's "handiwork." Cy laughed, took the pictures, and left.
It was now 7:15. Beast Boy thought of Terra sleeping comfortably in her bed, holding her pillow just like she held him, thinking of all their good times. She was probably dreaming about spending her birthday (six days away) with Beast Boy - and Raven being stuck somewhere where she'd never be seen again. But mainly about Beast Boy. BB switched to thinking about Raven sleeping. She was probably lying emotionless in her bed, on her back, or staring at the ceiling, thinking about him. Could BB really be that vain? Those girls couldn't think of him all the time, he knew that. Raven was not, however, thinking pleasantly of her birthday - it was more of a "Please let them forget and not celebrate something about me" kind of thought. It was much different from Terra's "Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod mybirthdayiscomingupsoonyouguys!" that was prevalent in most blondes her age - and most Tamaranians, for that matter, as Star was also thinking along those lines - though her birthday was twice as far away.
Sigh. 7:30. Ninety minutes until show time. Beast Boy was already fully made up and ready for anything the crowds might throw at him. However, those crowds were still so far away. So he drifted off into slumberland. He began dreaming of Terra's birthday, and all of Terra's attention focused on him. And Raven finding out. This dream was turning into a nightmare really really fast! He could just imagine Raven burning him to a crisp with the blink of an eye for two timing her, much as he could imagine a giant rock being dropped on his head for two-timing Terra. Neither were very pleasant thoughts, but he couldn't exactly tell the girls before their birthday. So he just sat there for an hour and a half waiting for the show to start.
8:50. The crowds outside were getting restless waiting for the unveiling of Beast Boy. BB could hear the murmur of many children outside and was hoping he'd get paid big for this. At 9:00 sharp, the curtain opened and about 900 children ran up to the cage to watch and order BB into various things. One child shouted out monkey. BB turned into a monkey. Another shouted out chimp. BB turned into a slightly different animal. A third child shouted out primate, and Beast Boy turned into his human form again. That was bizarre, and there were still 897 children left to see their wish granted! This also was only the first of five shows Beast Boy was going to do today, and the zookeeper told him this would be the least busy. After another hour or so of changing into organisms like "Paramecium", "Fungus!" "Jellyfish!", "Michael Jackson!", and "Magical Mister Mistoffelees", the first show came to a close. Beast Boy was exhausted. At least the next show wasn't until 11:00. That gave him just over 50 minutes to rest himself.
Unbeknownst to Beast Boy, two rather young girls had woken up at about 9:45 that morning, and decided on a trip to the zoo. These two girls just happened to be good friends named Terra and Raven. Yes, Raven wanted to go to the zoo for reasons beyond the capacity of any normal mind, but she wanted to go to the zoo anyway. Terra wanted to invite Beast Boy, but since he was nowhere to be found, she invited Raven instead. Raven would have preferred to stay home and talk to BB, but this was the next best thing.
The 11:00 show came and went, with Beast Boy turning into random creatures such as the "chimpanzee", "Chlorophyta", "Halophile bacteria", "Pikachu", and "Al Franken the Liberal". That wasn't such a big deal, but since the Law of Averages always came back to get him, it was Terra and Raven first on the scene for the 1 o'clock show. Boy were they surprised to meet their love interest working at the zoo - as an exhibit!
Raven smiled when she saw him. "Wow," she thought. "He's trying to save up extra money to buy me something really special! What a guy!" Terra was thinking along the same lines. Technically, they were both right - except BB couldn't exactly afford anything "special". Maybe he'd buy them both special grebnacks or something like that. They probably would like it, as long as they were from him. BB was just about to get back to relaxing when someone out of the blue yelled "Sperm Whale!" and Beast Boy destroyed the cage. He was then teleported out of sight, much to the dismay of the girls - and the 1300 kids standing in line behind them.
"Mwa ha ha!" The Master of Games laughed rather pathetically as he surveyed the second annual Tournament of Heroes. He was tricked last time into losing all of his powers, so he chose not to abduct Robin again. This time, the field consisted of Beast Boy, Speedy, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Superboy, Wildebeest, Mini-Me, and Captain Jack Sparrow. No one was sure exactly what powers the last three had, but if they were here, they had to be pretty good. Beast Boy knew what was going to happen if he lost, and he wasn't going to get absorbed just in time to miss Raven and Terra's birthdays. He valiantly fought his way through the tournament, before finally advancing to fight the Master himself. The Master knew Beast Boy's weakness, so he tied up Raven and Terra above separate pots of molten hot lava, and giving him time enough to save only one of the girls. That's when he woke up with a start.
"Ugh! It's only Quarter of One!" Beast Boy was not at all in a good mood after that dream. Raven and Terra were indeed on their way to the zoo, and Beast Boy was indeed stuck doing this show 3 more times. It was going to be a long two weeks - but at least he got a daily paycheck. It was just about then that Raven and Terra made their true debut. Beast Boy was not happy.
"Oh my god! It's BB! Raven! Look!" Terra squealed in excitement, furthering Raven's "Blonde Hypothesis". Raven was happy to see Beast Boy, and asked him what he was doing at the zoo. He responded much like he had in the dream "I'm... getting extra cash so I can buy you guys awesome stuff!" This seemed to be exactly the answer Terra was looking for, as she squeezed into the cage and gave Beast Boy a long kiss and let him run his fingers through her hair. BB was rather - okay - really frightened at what Raven would do, but Raven just simply stood back and added another note to her hypothesis. She figured Terra, being a blonde, would be over-happy about a simple birthday present, and that was her unfortunate way of showing it. BB was glad that was over with, but not so glad when Raven told him to turn into a "Walrus" and ripped his tusks out with her powers. After Terra had left to see another exhibit, Raven apologized, saying "I really wish I didn't have to do that, but - it was unnecessary." Before BB had to tell her about the entire jig, the show continued and Raven left. During this show, Beast Boy had to turn into an "earthworm", a "flower", a "tapeworm", and "MC Hammer." This was getting real old real fast.
Robin was carefully examining Starfire's grebnacks. There they were - so tempting on the wall. But no - he couldn't touch them, else he be punished again. What could he do? The urge to just grab one of them filled his entire body with primal urges. After about 11 seconds, he could hold himself back no longer and touched one. This caused Star to walk out from her room and kick him all the way to the zoo, where he landed next to Beast Boy's cage just in time for the 3:00 show - the fourth and next-to-last show of the day.
"So," Robin started. "Tell the girls about the thing yet?" Beast Boy shook his head no. "Every chance I get, something ridiculous happens. I know I'm gonna end up on the wrong end of this - I mean, Raven already knocked out my two front teeth!" This, however, was not the time to be upset. The zookeeper whipped his new acquisition, forcing him to turn into a "Cow", and then a "Donkey", and then a "Plasmodium", and finally "Shaquille O' Neal". After the zookeeper's demonstration, the 1100 kids lined up to see what they could do. This was Robin's cue to exit - and exit he did.
Cyborg returned home from his day of errands and put his two packs of photographs on the table. One was for Terra, the other was for Raven - their exploits with Beast Boy. He wouldn't let the girls see each other's of course - that would mean instant death for BB, and Cy really didn't want that to happen. After laying the photos down, he went to recharge himself. That's when Robin walked in the door. "Hey Cyborg?" he asked. "Did I hear you come in?" While looking for Cyborg, Robin accidentally knocked the photos onto the floor, in one big pile. He cleaned them up as quickly as he could and walked upstairs to those grebnacks again.
The 5:00 show was almost ready to start. BB had just been informed he was getting 650 dollars from this performance - not shabby at all. He decided to pace himself during this show. He turned himself into a crocodile, Steve Irwin, Steve Irwin watching a crocodile, and Jackie Chan. The fans loved him, and the show went by remarkably fast. Before he knew it, it was time to head back to Titan's Tower for rest and then another grueling day of work tomorrow. Then there would be 3 days until the first birthday celebration. Hmmmm... 1300 dollars - he could buy quite a bit with that - maybe even Ninja Kawaii Ecchi Storm 8.2. Yeah, that would be awesome.
Beast Boy got to his room and plopped himself down on the bed, exhausted. Cyborg returned downstairs after putting the photo packs on the girls' dressers. Robin looked at Cyborg. "Hey - uh - Cy... sorry about the pictures from earlier." Cyborg looked puzzled. "You mean the pics for Terra and Raven? What about them?" Robin began to look a little alarmed, just as Starfire walked downstairs (for her daily fly). "Well, I kinda knocked them both onthefloor and I reallyhopetheydidn'tneedtobeinsomekindaorder okthanksbye!" He ran upstairs and knocked Starfire into the wall, spilling her meal on her outfit and infuriating her. After the flash of green light and Robin's cries for help had subsided, Cyborg played Robin's words back in slow motion. "Well, I kinda knocked them both on the floor and I really hope they didn't need to be in some kinda order ok thanks bye." After realizing what this meant, Cyborg gulped. Beast Boy was going to be rather dead in the morning.
Will Beast Boy survive the onslaught? Will there even be an onslaught? Can Beast Boy get to the zoo for his employment tomorrow? The world may never know. Read and Review!
Okay - so it's been a really long time since Chapter 4. That's what school does. Just two more months, though, we all know that. Let's see where we left off those many months ago.
What will happen to Beast Boy at the zoo? Can he get enough money to buy Terra and Raven gifts? Will he choose between Raven and Terra? How much can he get for Kitten's prom dress? Well, let's find out, shall we?
Beast Boy was immediately granted a job at the zoo when he proved that he could turn into any organism known to mankind, and even some not known to mankind. The zookeeper put him in a cage all to himself, hoping he would liven up the visitors. The first "changing" show began at 9:00, and until then, BB would have two hours to do whatever he felt like doing. Whatever that was, it certainly wasn't going to be thinking about Raven or Terra. "Hmm..." He thought to himself. "I wonder what Raven and Terra are doing right now..." Crud. That oath didn't even last a good 8 seconds. He still had another 7,190 seconds to get through until show time. He tried to think about other things. The one thing he didn't want to think about (and it was probably good he didn't know about) was Cyborg in the store getting his film developed.
Cy was in the one hour photo store right when it opened at 7. He wanted these pics, and he wanted these pics more than anything. More than pictures of cars. More than pictures of babes. More than pictures of babes on cars. Once he had those pictures, he would be the undisputed king of Blackmail. Not even former president (and former Teen Titan) Franklin Pierce could out- blackmail him! He patiently waited in his seat for the pictures to develop. About an hour and a half later, they were still not developed. This was getting on the big guy's nerves before he finally broke down the developers room to find the guy looking amazed at all of Beast Boy's "handiwork." Cy laughed, took the pictures, and left.
It was now 7:15. Beast Boy thought of Terra sleeping comfortably in her bed, holding her pillow just like she held him, thinking of all their good times. She was probably dreaming about spending her birthday (six days away) with Beast Boy - and Raven being stuck somewhere where she'd never be seen again. But mainly about Beast Boy. BB switched to thinking about Raven sleeping. She was probably lying emotionless in her bed, on her back, or staring at the ceiling, thinking about him. Could BB really be that vain? Those girls couldn't think of him all the time, he knew that. Raven was not, however, thinking pleasantly of her birthday - it was more of a "Please let them forget and not celebrate something about me" kind of thought. It was much different from Terra's "Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod mybirthdayiscomingupsoonyouguys!" that was prevalent in most blondes her age - and most Tamaranians, for that matter, as Star was also thinking along those lines - though her birthday was twice as far away.
Sigh. 7:30. Ninety minutes until show time. Beast Boy was already fully made up and ready for anything the crowds might throw at him. However, those crowds were still so far away. So he drifted off into slumberland. He began dreaming of Terra's birthday, and all of Terra's attention focused on him. And Raven finding out. This dream was turning into a nightmare really really fast! He could just imagine Raven burning him to a crisp with the blink of an eye for two timing her, much as he could imagine a giant rock being dropped on his head for two-timing Terra. Neither were very pleasant thoughts, but he couldn't exactly tell the girls before their birthday. So he just sat there for an hour and a half waiting for the show to start.
8:50. The crowds outside were getting restless waiting for the unveiling of Beast Boy. BB could hear the murmur of many children outside and was hoping he'd get paid big for this. At 9:00 sharp, the curtain opened and about 900 children ran up to the cage to watch and order BB into various things. One child shouted out monkey. BB turned into a monkey. Another shouted out chimp. BB turned into a slightly different animal. A third child shouted out primate, and Beast Boy turned into his human form again. That was bizarre, and there were still 897 children left to see their wish granted! This also was only the first of five shows Beast Boy was going to do today, and the zookeeper told him this would be the least busy. After another hour or so of changing into organisms like "Paramecium", "Fungus!" "Jellyfish!", "Michael Jackson!", and "Magical Mister Mistoffelees", the first show came to a close. Beast Boy was exhausted. At least the next show wasn't until 11:00. That gave him just over 50 minutes to rest himself.
Unbeknownst to Beast Boy, two rather young girls had woken up at about 9:45 that morning, and decided on a trip to the zoo. These two girls just happened to be good friends named Terra and Raven. Yes, Raven wanted to go to the zoo for reasons beyond the capacity of any normal mind, but she wanted to go to the zoo anyway. Terra wanted to invite Beast Boy, but since he was nowhere to be found, she invited Raven instead. Raven would have preferred to stay home and talk to BB, but this was the next best thing.
The 11:00 show came and went, with Beast Boy turning into random creatures such as the "chimpanzee", "Chlorophyta", "Halophile bacteria", "Pikachu", and "Al Franken the Liberal". That wasn't such a big deal, but since the Law of Averages always came back to get him, it was Terra and Raven first on the scene for the 1 o'clock show. Boy were they surprised to meet their love interest working at the zoo - as an exhibit!
Raven smiled when she saw him. "Wow," she thought. "He's trying to save up extra money to buy me something really special! What a guy!" Terra was thinking along the same lines. Technically, they were both right - except BB couldn't exactly afford anything "special". Maybe he'd buy them both special grebnacks or something like that. They probably would like it, as long as they were from him. BB was just about to get back to relaxing when someone out of the blue yelled "Sperm Whale!" and Beast Boy destroyed the cage. He was then teleported out of sight, much to the dismay of the girls - and the 1300 kids standing in line behind them.
"Mwa ha ha!" The Master of Games laughed rather pathetically as he surveyed the second annual Tournament of Heroes. He was tricked last time into losing all of his powers, so he chose not to abduct Robin again. This time, the field consisted of Beast Boy, Speedy, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Superboy, Wildebeest, Mini-Me, and Captain Jack Sparrow. No one was sure exactly what powers the last three had, but if they were here, they had to be pretty good. Beast Boy knew what was going to happen if he lost, and he wasn't going to get absorbed just in time to miss Raven and Terra's birthdays. He valiantly fought his way through the tournament, before finally advancing to fight the Master himself. The Master knew Beast Boy's weakness, so he tied up Raven and Terra above separate pots of molten hot lava, and giving him time enough to save only one of the girls. That's when he woke up with a start.
"Ugh! It's only Quarter of One!" Beast Boy was not at all in a good mood after that dream. Raven and Terra were indeed on their way to the zoo, and Beast Boy was indeed stuck doing this show 3 more times. It was going to be a long two weeks - but at least he got a daily paycheck. It was just about then that Raven and Terra made their true debut. Beast Boy was not happy.
"Oh my god! It's BB! Raven! Look!" Terra squealed in excitement, furthering Raven's "Blonde Hypothesis". Raven was happy to see Beast Boy, and asked him what he was doing at the zoo. He responded much like he had in the dream "I'm... getting extra cash so I can buy you guys awesome stuff!" This seemed to be exactly the answer Terra was looking for, as she squeezed into the cage and gave Beast Boy a long kiss and let him run his fingers through her hair. BB was rather - okay - really frightened at what Raven would do, but Raven just simply stood back and added another note to her hypothesis. She figured Terra, being a blonde, would be over-happy about a simple birthday present, and that was her unfortunate way of showing it. BB was glad that was over with, but not so glad when Raven told him to turn into a "Walrus" and ripped his tusks out with her powers. After Terra had left to see another exhibit, Raven apologized, saying "I really wish I didn't have to do that, but - it was unnecessary." Before BB had to tell her about the entire jig, the show continued and Raven left. During this show, Beast Boy had to turn into an "earthworm", a "flower", a "tapeworm", and "MC Hammer." This was getting real old real fast.
Robin was carefully examining Starfire's grebnacks. There they were - so tempting on the wall. But no - he couldn't touch them, else he be punished again. What could he do? The urge to just grab one of them filled his entire body with primal urges. After about 11 seconds, he could hold himself back no longer and touched one. This caused Star to walk out from her room and kick him all the way to the zoo, where he landed next to Beast Boy's cage just in time for the 3:00 show - the fourth and next-to-last show of the day.
"So," Robin started. "Tell the girls about the thing yet?" Beast Boy shook his head no. "Every chance I get, something ridiculous happens. I know I'm gonna end up on the wrong end of this - I mean, Raven already knocked out my two front teeth!" This, however, was not the time to be upset. The zookeeper whipped his new acquisition, forcing him to turn into a "Cow", and then a "Donkey", and then a "Plasmodium", and finally "Shaquille O' Neal". After the zookeeper's demonstration, the 1100 kids lined up to see what they could do. This was Robin's cue to exit - and exit he did.
Cyborg returned home from his day of errands and put his two packs of photographs on the table. One was for Terra, the other was for Raven - their exploits with Beast Boy. He wouldn't let the girls see each other's of course - that would mean instant death for BB, and Cy really didn't want that to happen. After laying the photos down, he went to recharge himself. That's when Robin walked in the door. "Hey Cyborg?" he asked. "Did I hear you come in?" While looking for Cyborg, Robin accidentally knocked the photos onto the floor, in one big pile. He cleaned them up as quickly as he could and walked upstairs to those grebnacks again.
The 5:00 show was almost ready to start. BB had just been informed he was getting 650 dollars from this performance - not shabby at all. He decided to pace himself during this show. He turned himself into a crocodile, Steve Irwin, Steve Irwin watching a crocodile, and Jackie Chan. The fans loved him, and the show went by remarkably fast. Before he knew it, it was time to head back to Titan's Tower for rest and then another grueling day of work tomorrow. Then there would be 3 days until the first birthday celebration. Hmmmm... 1300 dollars - he could buy quite a bit with that - maybe even Ninja Kawaii Ecchi Storm 8.2. Yeah, that would be awesome.
Beast Boy got to his room and plopped himself down on the bed, exhausted. Cyborg returned downstairs after putting the photo packs on the girls' dressers. Robin looked at Cyborg. "Hey - uh - Cy... sorry about the pictures from earlier." Cyborg looked puzzled. "You mean the pics for Terra and Raven? What about them?" Robin began to look a little alarmed, just as Starfire walked downstairs (for her daily fly). "Well, I kinda knocked them both onthefloor and I reallyhopetheydidn'tneedtobeinsomekindaorder okthanksbye!" He ran upstairs and knocked Starfire into the wall, spilling her meal on her outfit and infuriating her. After the flash of green light and Robin's cries for help had subsided, Cyborg played Robin's words back in slow motion. "Well, I kinda knocked them both on the floor and I really hope they didn't need to be in some kinda order ok thanks bye." After realizing what this meant, Cyborg gulped. Beast Boy was going to be rather dead in the morning.
Will Beast Boy survive the onslaught? Will there even be an onslaught? Can Beast Boy get to the zoo for his employment tomorrow? The world may never know. Read and Review!