Geez! I have fans!!
Seriously all the new e-mails that I got nearly overloaded my computer's ram (it's an Mac, go figure). Thanks for the encouragement. And for those of you who caught the "convenience" of the cavemen speaking English, there are a few reasons for that: 1. So I didn't have to make up a language 2. I don't think BB could have learned to speak another language to save his life.
And sorry about messing up BB's past. I know that it's changed slightly with the show vs. comics, but there aren't that many references to it anyway in this fic. Also, if I fixed it, I'd have to change all the dialogue, and with all the changes that I made, it just didn't work. I'm keeping it the same.
Disclaimer: I don't own TT, but I do own the cavemen characters that I've stuck in here.
On with the story . . .
Ch. 5
"Wake up young ones." Beast Boy and Raven woke to the soft voice of Gigrin. "It's morning, and we'd best be moving." He stepped out of the little hut, and began talking with the other.
BB groaned, scratched his side, and stretched again. "Mornin' Rae."
Raven's eyes protested opening, but revealed a sleepy green face. "Come on, I smell breakfast . . . Oh . . . wait . . . crud."
His stomach growled, and he reluctantly obeyed. --Ugh. Sorry little . . . er . . . mammoth . . . I guess I can get back to a tofu diet after I get back home. --
If they ever did get back home.
Raven stepped out after BB, trying to clear her head and the grogginess in it. Gigrin noticed her dizziness. "Sleep well?"
"Like a rock."
He chuckled knowingly. "I see."
BB yawned. "What? You didn't notice that powder he sprinkled on our food?"
"You saw that, and didn't tell me?"
"Hey, you needed the sleep, and he put some on his own food too, so it's not like it could have been poisoned. Though my stomach's gonna be all poisoned if I don't get something in it . . ."
"That didn't make sense to me, even though I've been around you for what . . . five, six years?"
"You learn something new about someone every day." He jogged lightly off to the campfire, and politely asked for some food.
--What's different about him? Besides the fact that he isn't snapping right back at me?-- She wondered.
That's not what the real question is, is it?
--What?--
The question is: how has your view of him changed? He's no different. He's always been the same person.
The voice faded into her head. Was that the only thing that had changed? Or had both she and beast boy changed as well?
Ugh. Her head was on fire.
She continued towards the campfire. BB was eating a leg of caribou or something. He didn't seem to be enjoying it though.
"At least you're eating it now." She said in her typical monotone.
He spit out a tendon, and picked out something from his teeth. Upon seeing her disgusted look, "Sorry," came out of his lips. He chewed a bit more, and swallowed. "We have to survive, don't we? I don't really have a choice now."
"I guess so."
She sat next to him, and Shitiu gave her a small hunk of meat, dripping with grease. "Oh joy. My biology class all over again. Keh."
Hunger had overridden her disgust, and she hesitantly bit into it. It wasn't so bad . . . for a person who knew that if she didn't eat she'd die.
BB finished his quickly, always being a fast eater. His stomach squelched in complaint of the food, but he ignored it. He saw Gigrin, and his wave beckoning him to the old man's side. He obeyed, and the two started conversing.
Raven kept eating her piece, but was suddenly aware of one of the men staring at her.
She faced him, and a strange smile crept across his face. It sent shivers down her spine. Covering her discomfort, she faced him. "Do you want something? Er . . . "
"Sheemu." She took another bite of her meat. "And what I want is you."
Spitting out her mouthful in complete surprise, her voice didn't hide any of her shock. "What?!"
"You want to know what I want . . ." He scooted closer to her. "And I want to have you as my woman."
"Not a chance." Raven's eyes were close to narrowing dangerously. He wanted her to do what?
"Oh? So you're Gar's woman?"
"Hell no!"
"Then what's stopping you?"
Raven smiled suddenly. "Ah, I thought you'd see my way." He was now right in front of her.
"Not really." Her eyes suddenly glowed black, and Sheemu backed off immediately.
--Works like a charm.-- Raven thought.
Beast Boy sat down next to Gigrin. "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"The legend. About the travelers from a different world."
"Yes?" Was all he could squeak out. He was too anxious to get home.
"The legend says, that two travelers in strange clothing would come to our world lost and confused, not even knowing who they were."
"We got the clothing part, but we know who we are!"
Gigrin's smile said his thoughts were otherwise, but he continued. "They would be young, inexperienced, but would also have incredible abilities. What they are, the legend does not say."
BB's jaw moved side to side briefly.
He continued. "Now, what it did say, is that they were to seek out a power, a power that one of them could use to . . . further, their own abilities."
"So, in other words, we have to find a power source."
"Yes."
"That's it? Does the legend say where to find it?" --Man! We can go home!!--
"No."
BB's jumps for joy abruptly stopped. "But, then how are we supposed to get home?"
"I'm guessing, that is for you to figure out."
--Man, that smile is really starting to get annoying.--
The old man noticed Raven's outburst, and smiled even more so, if it was possible. "Perhaps that is a clue."
Question marks appeared everywhere in BB's head, and the immediate vicinity, but he swatted them aside. Was this guy always going to speak in riddles?
"Sheemu!" Gigrin's surprisingly loud voice broke Beast Boy's "trance". "Sheemu! You should know better than to do that! Respect this young one's privacy. Or maybe I should just let her take it from here . . ."
--Can't imagine what would come from that . . . Keh.-- Beast Boy thought. "Wait . . . What are you talking about?"
Raven rolled her eyes. "Do you need everything spelled out for you?"
He pouted slightly. "Only sometimes . . ."
"As if there aren't enough cavemen around here . . ."
"Hey!"
"Enough, you two!" Gigrin's calm, but firm, voice wedged through the argument forming. "Now. I have just told Gar the summary of the legend, and I believe that you have some catching up to do, eh?"
"Er . . . right."
"Yeah . . . oops."
"What is this . . . 'oops' that you speak of? Is that someone from your world?"
"No, Gigrin. It's just a saying." (a/n: I'm gonna have fun with this in later chapters, Hehehe!)
"Oh. In what way?"
"It's not important, Gigrin. If you hear us say it, just pay no heed."
"Very well." The old man trudged off, and grabbed Sheemu by the ear as he passed, the large man complaining like a six year old girl. (no offense intended, it's just that little boys tend more to bite rather than to complain about something lol)
"Since when did you talk like that?"
"Since I got stuck with a little green man in an ice age and started talking to cavemen."
"Oh. So, just now?"
No immediate answer. "Why don't we go somewhere, a little, more private?" He agreed.
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A few minutes later, (after telling Gigrin about leaving for a short while) found them in yet another clump of trees. The pines that consisted of it made an ideal spot for speaking without the concern of eavesdroppers. Plus, the fact that Raven could sense anyone within fifty feet of them, anyway.
"So, what exactly did the legend say?"
BB sighed. "Nothing that we didn't already know. Find the power source, boost yours up, and then we get home. The question is: what's the power source, and where do we find it?"
"You're actually thinking logically, Beast Boy. I'm impressed."
"Well, beneath this beautiful green exterior beats the heart of a champion, and there is the brain of a genius!" He puffed out his chest proudly.
"I see . . ."
"Do you always have to make fun of me?"
"Why shouldn't I? You make it so darned easy!"
He pouted, and then a smug smile appeared on his face. "What?"
"Oh, nothing." The smile disappeared, but the smugness remained. "I just realized something."
"What's that?"
"Gigrin said that your little 'mishap' with that cave dude was a clue."
"Clue to what?"
"The legend! And the power source!" The smile returned. "Now who needs everything spelled out?" BB folded his arms to emphasize the point.
"How come you're figuring these things out before me?"
"All of Cy's beatings on my head must have knocked something into place . . . and besides, you're too full of 'disgust' right now to think straight."
"Meaning . . ."
"Your powers are controlled by your emotions, right?" She nodded.
"Well, what if you need to fully harness your emotions? Then we could get home."
"Beast Boy, are you actually getting an IQ higher than zero?"
"WOULD YOU KNOCK IT OFF!!! I'M TRYING TO HELP HERE!!"
"Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning."
"You're getting in the habit of making too many jokes."
"Hey, look who's talking."
"Mine are at least funny!"
"'Why did the chicken cross the road?' Ooh. Real rich."
"Fine, I've got a good one: what is white, pink and red?"
Raised eyebrows.
"A dead baby in a blender."
That actually was relatively funny. A small smile crept at the edges of her lips.
"What's the difference between a whoopee cushion and a dead baby?"
Raven shook her head, trying to stifle a laugh. His face was just too precious: the look on it was just hilarious.
"I don't find the cushions entertaining."
The pure grossness of the joke was truly funny, and she laughed.
Raven, the Goth, laughed.
It only lasted a few moments, but Gar saw what he had been looking for. The real Raven had come out, if even for a few moments.
The Kodak (©) moment passed quickly, and she soon returned to normal. Her eyes didn't lose that sparkling light, though.
An awkward silence followed. "I guess we'd better get back."
"Yeah."
Neither wanted to leave, but Gigrin's voice echoed through the trees.
They were going to have an interesting day.
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That took longer than I wanted to. So, I'm really glad that I have all the fans now. Your encouragement has kept me going!
Also, there is one fan that does need support. I wrote an Inuyasha fic, and it's not very good, but a fellow fic writer wrote another story, and it was really good! I forgot what the name was, but the author was "spice lily"