Ah yes - the sixth chapter. I still don't own this show - rather sad really - at least I would have aired Season 2 in a row instead of making fans wait several months. I also don't own American Idol, because if I did, I'd cancel it immediately because it disgusts me. That's just me though.
I know I have not updated in over two months. The creative juices are never at a trickle. Either they are stanched, or they are flowing like the Ganges River. For those of you requesting naughty pics of Robin & Star, BB & Rae, BB & Terra, or Rae & Cy, I cannot help you. For those of you requesting naughty pics of Rae & Star or anything of that sort, I unfortunately also cannot help you. For those who requested naughty pics of Robin & Cy, I can help you. E-mail me and I will give you the number of a very good psychologist.
Or go to - that's good too.
Cyborg had had a stroke of luck. He went up to the girls rooms the night four days before, and convinced them both that Robin had delivered the pictures early - they were supposed to be birthday presents, so they would just have to wait. He then reorganized the pictures and hid them as well as he could. Beast Boy would never have to know what he could have been in for in the morning, though he was going to be in for a long day anyway. It was but three days until the first birthday, and BB had to work that extra day at the zoo in order to get enough cash.
Slade smiled. His thirst for grebnacks could not be quenched, but his thirst for an apprentice could. He had been watching the young Terra. Watching her style. Watching her moves. Watching her behavior. Watching her shower. Well... um - he might have been, what with those cameras yet to be removed from the Tower's many bathrooms. He had decided that if Robin could not be his adopted son, then Terra would be. His adopted daughter - anyways. He laughed to himself as always. He knew just the way to get Terra to join his side, and it was a way that was really going to screw up those birthday parties. The Titans would learn not to dismiss Slade from any future invitations.
He looked up again. "Mammoth... Jinx... Thunder, and Lightning - get over here now." The four soldiers arrived rather quickly. Slade gave his order. "You four will fetch the blonde chick from Titans Headquarters and bring her back here!" Jinx was the only one to speak up.
"Uh... where did that Gizmo guy go?"
Slade laughed again. "Gizmo is off making me some new technology - special sharks with laser beams attached to their heads!" Jinx looked at her boss. "Um, Slade sir - I'm pretty sure that's already been done." Jinx then got to meet the wall face first and didn't regain consciousness for a very long time. Oh well - Slade just called on the Master of Games to replace her.
Beast Boy was faring well at the zoo this time. No unexpected transformations into Shrek or the Green Giant, and no abuses from the zookeeper. He knew, however, that it was only a matter of time before either Raven or Terra, or worse - both, came to check on him. And that's what happened as soon as the 1:00 show ended.
"Hey, BB!" called Terra from across the "expanse" that was the zoo. She ran over as quickly as she could and jumped into the cage. She gave the Changeling a great big hug and stood there for everyone to see. Several onlookers snapped pictures, and four onlookers decided to walk closer to the action. Mammoth, Thunder, Lighting, and the Master of Games were ready to grab Terra and bring her back to Slade, as his orders requested.
Terra was not going to go down without a fight, however.
Rocks began lifting off of the cobblestone pathway that led to Beast Boy's cage. Giant pillars of stone were coming up all over the place. Monoliths were appearing out of nowhere. Then they began to fly. A giant boulder landed on the Master of Games, taking him out of commission. A large stone flew through the air and got Mammoth right where it counted. As he writhed in pain, he could have sworn he saw a rock whiz past his head that looked like a sculpture of Michaelangelo's David - except with Slade's mask on. Then he fainted.
Thunder and Lightning began the storm. The rain began to get harder, matting Terra's hair to her face and making her look similar to Slade, what with the one-eye look. Raven luckily had her hooded cape that day, so she remained unfazed. She also remained unfazed in terms of her "friend" being attacked by the four evil-doers. Beast Boy, at least, was stuck in his cage, so he had an excuse. Terra looked to the sky, trying to find the two weather-themed "badness-bringers", but she wasn't able to do so before she was tackled by the just-arrived Jinx.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" asked Terra, clearly furious. It was also clear that she had no idea who Jinx was. Jinx looked over at the blonde titan in disgust. "I'm a member of the wonderfully villainous HIVE organization, which contains only the best the world has to offer!" This didn't suit Terra's need for an explanation, and she just plain out asked, "So who ARE you?" Jinx was livid. If there was one thing she didn't like more than the sheer amount of bluish-purple hues in Raven's wardrobe, it was not being recognized. It didn't really matter though.
Slade's Fembots (Slade-lookalike bots) arrived completely unnoticed. Once at the zoo, they mugged Raven and tossed her into Beast Boy's cage. Then they picked up Terra, as if in a mosh pit, and carried her off to Slade's lair. Beast Boy couldn't believe his eyes. "Terra! Oh no! Terra! Bring her back you little punks! I'm gonna get you all! You can't do this to me!" After about 5 minutes of Baywatch style running, the Fembots had taken Beast Boy's blonde girlfriend out of sight.
Raven, surprisingly unobservant, made a comment. "Look, Beast Boy, I know she's your friend and all, but she's all of our friends too. But people come and people go. This was just one of those times where people go." Not being the most sensitive girl in the world was Raven's specialty, and this was one of the times that it irritated BB. He glared at her, rather angrily. "Why couldn't you use your 'Azarath Metrion whatever' to help her? What do you mean 'People come, people go?' What kind of a philosophy is that? You just watch your friends get beaten up and taken to Slade? What if it was me? What would you have done?" Raven actually looked like she was going to cry - apparently the gray-cloaked timid Rae was the main personality of the moment. She grabbed hold of her green love interest and began to sob, in front of 350 or 400 spectators. "Oh I'm sorry! I'm sorry! You're right! I never would have let this happen if it were you! Please don't get made at me! Please don't leave me for someone like her! You'll love me forever, won't you?" Beast Boy cringed at her request, and at her question. It had occurred to him that Raven still didn't know, and he was lucky for that. He was also lucky that green- cloaked brave Rae wasn't in charge at the moment. He ran his hand through her hair. "It's alright, Raven - but we have to get in touch with the guys at the tower, because who knows what Slade has in store for her!" He looked at his purple-haired "girlfriend" and smiled reassuringly.
The zookeeper let Beast Boy out with half pay at 2:00. He had only two thoughts running through his mind. One was blackmailing Raven about her public crying incident, but first and foremost was rescuing Terra from Slade's evil clutches. The last time Slade had tried to kidnap one of the Titans, he tried to make a pornographic film with Aqualad. It would have got off the ground too, if Slade hadn't wanted to do the nude scenes with his mask on.
Robin was sucking on one of Starfire's grebnacks (chapter 2) when Beast Boy and Raven arrived. Quickly spitting it out, he turned and assumed leadership pose. "BB, Rae-Rae? Where's Terra?" Raven, back in normal mode now, first lectured Robin on why snow globes were not edible, and then kicked him in the crotch for calling her Rae-Rae. That was a name reserved only for Beast Boy, in her opinion. And Johnny Depp. No one was supposed to know that though.
Beast Boy helped the now soprano Robin on to his feet and explained what happened to Terra. Robin was well aware of Beast Boy's situation, and was going to help in any way he could short of seducing Aqualad. Still in high- pitched voice mode, he gained the location of Slade's headquarters and was off with BB, Aqualad and Cyborg as quickly as he could, and exited with a very awkward gait. Starfire was a little behind, looking at Raven strangely. "Friend Raven?" she began timidly, as always. "Why does my Robin walk with such an ill-chosen posture?" Raven looked at her friend and sighed. "Starfire, this is gonna be difficult to explain, but..."
Robin and the boys were well ahead of the two girls now. Cyborg had updated the T-car's settings so that it could travel fast. Really fast. Faster than it could before Star blew it up that one time. Robin was in the passengers seat, and Aqualad sat behind Cyborg twiddling his thumbs like an idiot. Beast Boy was staring out the window, thinking of his blonde "girlfriend", and worrying what Slade might do to her. Just about the same thing Raven would do to him, he figured, when she finally did put 2 and 2 together. Just about the same thing Star did the first time she saw Robin chewing on a grebnack. It was not a pleasant thought. He wanted to get there and save the girl who he cared about and get back to Titan's tower to prepare for Raven's birthday. Raven's birthday - the first of three birthdays that he had not bought a present for yet. "Oh, crap." Beast Boy thought to himself. "This may be the worst day ever."
Slade laughed. He now had Terra right where he wanted her. Terra was chained to his bedpost with an iron bolt and steel links. Slade smiled. (Not that anyone could tell.) Terra was bug-eyed as Slade approached her, and screamed at him. "NO! YOU CAN'T! THE TITANS WILL FIND ME! BEAST BOY WILL SAVE ME! I WON'T LET YOU DO ANYTHING TO ME!" Slade stopped and frowned.
"Stupid girl." the masked one said. "I'm not interested in anything of that sort." Terra gave a sigh of relief, then sat rigid again. "Then what do you want with me?" Terra, though relieved Slade wasn't going to ahem rock her world, was still extremely scared of what he could do.
Slade looked at the thin blonde teen sitting tied to his bedpost. After realizing he should have done that to Robin, he answered the girl. "Well, Terra - I am in need... of an apprentice." Terra gasped. Slade had brought her here to be his apprentice? No! She couldn't do that! Beast Boy, the love of her life, would never ever ever ever forgive her. "He'd probably leave me for that ugly Goth skank!" she cried out without meaning to. Slade looked at her, with a puzzled expression under his expressionless mask.
"Terra," he continued, trying to pretend she never had any outburst. "I am 45 years old, an aging man who once had many talents. I was an amazing dancer back in the day, and a wonderful singer. I didn't turn to a life of crime until my band mates killed my family out of jealousy, during the Cold War in the Communist Soviet Union!" Okay - so none of that actually happened aside from the wonderful singer part, but Slade had Terra listening anyway. "Until I turned to crime, all I had ever wanted to do was be a singer - but it was not to be. But I can still live my dream. Vicariously through you, as cliché as that sounds. You, Terra, will become my apprentice. You Terra, shall become the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL!" Slade laughed maniacally, clutching a grebnack at his bosom. Terra really couldn't respond at first, but then she made her stance.
"I'm sorry Slade, but I can't be your apprentice. Beast Boy would never forgive me." She glared at the once-menacing, now just plain cockamamie Slade. Slade turned to face her, and then went back to his menacing, calculating form. He knew just the way to get Terra to his side. Those cameras in the Titans' bathrooms had been of some use to him. He found out secrets about Beast Boy. Secrets that were about the two girls that he cared about. From the cameras, he had also found out their bust sizes, but he wasn't going to go into that.
"Terra - Beast Boy doesn't love you in the least." Slade started. Terra figured Slade would try a very dirty trick like this, so she slapped him, dislocating her wrist. Slade continued his plan. "He's been two-timing you. With that "Goth skank", as you called her." Terra gave another gasp, half believing, half not. "He's been taking you both out to the movie theatre, to the restaurant. He's planning to take you both out to the beach on your respective birthdays. He's been running his fingers through both of your hair. He's been giving you both kisses, tucking you both in at night. He's two-timing you, Terra. You deserve better. You deserve to be the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL!" Slade had reverted to his featherbrained behavior again.
Terra was going to create a whirling tornado of stones around her, but then came to the realization everything in the room was metal - even the bedpost she was still chained to. It was about this time she noticed that Slade was not wearing his normal metal bodysuit. He was wearing a very skimpy French Maid's outfit now, complete with little feather duster. She was too irate to care though. She didn't believe a word he was saying about Beast Boy. She demanded proof, and Slade obliged. He went to his video collection and pulled out one of what seemed to be about 179 and 4/5 videotapes labeled Titans. He placed it in the VCR, fully expecting a tape of Beast Boy and Raven cuddling, and not expecting Robin in the shower singing "It's Raining Men."
Slade turned that tape off quickly. "Umm... you didn't see that, apprentice." The next tape he put in was one of Robin munching on Starfire's grebnacks while wearing her clothes. The 3rd tape consisted of Starfire in the shower, thinking of Robin. The 4th tape he tried wasn't the right one either - it was the Cyborg - Justin Timberlake incident at the superbowl. The 5th tape failed to give him what he wanted either - it was just Aqualad and Kitten. Terra stored that naughty tape in her backpack for future use.
The 42nd tape (out of nearly 180) was the one that he wanted. It consisted of Beast Boy sitting in the bathroom, on the clothes bin, wondering what he should do about his situation. He wondered aloud. "Should I take Terra, or should I take Raven? They're both equally beautiful, in equally amazing ways. Oh, insatiable fate, why have you chosen me for this deed?" (Among other very un-BB-esque things to say) Then it went to Beast Boy taking a bath, at which point Slade turned the tape off again.
Terra was in shock. She still could not, and would not believe it. She couldn't stand to think that Beast Boy's lips had not only touched her lips, but the lips of a girl like Raven. She got a terrible vision of him tucking her in at night. She began to scream, and Slade began to sing "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts." Terra ran out of Slade's hideout, with him calling after her "Leave the green elf and come with me, Terra! You will be the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL!" Terra needed some time to think to herself. She couldn't let Beast Boy know she saw that video. She still cared about him, and wouldn't even let her think of him being with Raven. "I know," she said to herself quietly. "I'll talk to him about it at the beach!" She forgot, however, that Raven's birthday was closer than hers was.
Robin, Aqualad, Beast Boy and Cyborg had waited for Raven and Starfire to catch up with them. After they did, they all boarded the T-Car and headed for Slade's hideout. Raven really didn't want to rescue Terra much, but since they were friends, and since it was what her BB wanted her do, she went along with it. Starfire also was in a hurry to rescue "Friend Terra". She seemed to show almost as much affection for the blonde teen as Beast Boy did.
When the T-Car arrived at Slade's headquarters, Terra was nowhere to be found. The Titans all stayed in the T-Car except for Aqualad, Robin and Starfire, who went to look around. Raven wouldn't let BB go and look for her, despite his protests, and Cyborg was manning the wheel in case they needed to make a quick escape. About sixty feet into the building, they encountered Slade, laughing.
"Ah, Starfire - you want a pony for your birthday? I mean - um... Aqualad, Robin - you're lookng for Terra, aren't you?" The titans stepped back, surprised. Robin spoke up.
"Slade - how did you know?"
"Ah, Robin - I have a special power that allows me to read females minds. They made a movie about it once, with that hunk Mel Gibson playing me - er... um, what I was saying is yes." Robin frowned. "I asked how did you know - you can't respond 'Yes!'"
Slade spoke again. "Robin, I can read minds! I know you're looking for Terra. She ran away after I told her she could be the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL! She wanted no interest in it. All she wanted to do was be with that two- timing snaggled tooth elf of yours. It's too bad. She really loves that guy, but he can't make a decision. I personally think he's best off... with you."
Slade's seduction attempt of Robin didn't go over well with Starfire present. She blasted him through a wall and began to hunt for "Friend Terra." What she didn't know was that Terra had begun running back to Titans' Tower. She was thinking of nothing but Beast Boy and all the fun times they had together. She was the girl for him, and was going to pretend like nothing ever happened. That would start with the making of waffles.
Robin got a fix on Terra's position as soon as she entered the tower. Robin called the team together and they all went back home, where the waffle meal was ready. Raven frowned and asked for some herbal tea, which Terra got for her kindly. Terra then looked at the calendar, and remarked how Raven's birthday was the next day. Raven frowned, and went upstairs. Beast Boy frowned and checked his wallet. This was going to be bad.
Terra plopped herself down on her bed, her head a mess. Her pure thoughts were waging a violent battle against her impure and evil thoughts, with a draw apparent. She wanted nothing more to wrap her arms around Beast Boy and never let go. She also wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around Raven's throat and never let go, but she wouldn't let herself. She was going to be the good person in this fight. She wouldn't take the low road.
Raven sat on her bed meditating. She hadn't been in pure control of her emotions since her first night out with the green one. This had led to random destructions of random objects. Her dark bluish-eyes darted from one corner of the room to the other. No one was going to celebrate her birthday tomorrow - she was sure of it. When not thinking about her upcoming birthday, she was thinking about her loved one and all the kisses they had shared. That was really not like her. She ran her hand through her hair the way he would - also not like her. Raven, however, was not concerned with the blonde girl a few rooms down the hall.
The Green One who is the focal point of the story rested on the floor of his room between two piles of junk staring at the ceiling. Raven and Terra's birthdays were both coming up. Right now he had two girlfriends - if he didn't get them anything he'd have none. He vacillated between thinking himself an immoral pig and a true man's man for having two girls. Robin walked in and sat on his bed.
"Hey, BB - there a problem?" The Boy Wonder asked, knowing full well that there was a problem. He was fully expecting the response he received.
"Yeah, dude - still not set yet." Beast Boy frowned. "How can I pick between the two of them? They're going to hate me forever no matter how it turns out. I just wish I could have one girl to worry about like you with Star and Kitten with Aqualad and..." he trailed off, leaving Robin to puzzle over his last comment. If he even noticed, Robin showed no concern over that disturbing detail. "Beast Boy - I know that you're upset. I know that you haven't gotten anything for their birthdays yet too - so we gotta go shopping for them tomorrow morning." Beast Boy had once again forgotten about the girls birthdays. He was planning to take Raven and Terra to the beach on their respective birthdays, and turn into a pony for Starfire. He knew how much that girl loved ponies.
BB spent the rest of the night dreaming about his girlfriends. Raven's penetrating eyes and gorgeous purple hair, not to mention wonderful figure. Terra's great personality. Her long, flowing blonde hair and her sparkling blue eyes. He couldn't stop wavering between them until finally settling for a happy merger between the two - but that just made him feel worse inside. It was going to a long two weeks.
With Raven's birthday in 24 hours, what will Beast Boy do? Will there be any hope for the changeling? Will Terra crack, or will she finally tell Beast Boy she knows the truth. Will Beast Boy die for his transgressions? Who will be the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL? What the hell is Blackfire doing in a gentlemen's club? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in Double Trouble Chapter Seven!
Cyborg: Read and review, y'all!
Kitten: DO IT, Laddy-Poo!
Aqualad: All right! All right! Please give ideas and requests in your reviews! I'm on my knees begging you to!
Slade: If you do, you could be the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL!