CHAPTER 17 The Leash Law
Did anybody crack the code yet? Oh well.
This chapter is going to be pretty long. So make some Tofu-Burgers, and make a cup of Herbal Tea to go while you read this...
The day is Sunday and today the Titans get a day off (But trouble never gets a day off, so be prepared.) with a trip to the park. The Titans head to the park and over their heads' is a sign that reads, 'Welcome to Jump City Park' and a little bit beneath the sign is another, a new one that the Titans have never seen yet it says, 'Keep all dogs on a leash at all times.' After Beast Boy reads this he immediately says, "Hey! That's not fair! I'm a Teen, technically I'm in my twenty's, but I'm still a Titan!"
"I guess we have to buy a leash." Cyborg says taunting Beast Boy. As Cyborg walks around laughing at Beast Boy, he bumps into a lady with a dog. But that dog is missing something. That something, is a leash. "Excuse ma'am, but I'm afraid your dog needs a leash." Cyborg always was abiding by the rules and figures that the bad guys, good guys as well, must do the same.
"Oh the Titans! I'm sorry, I didn't notice the sign, the must've put it there last night. I think it's because packs of dogs come here at night and just roam the park." The lady says nervously because she didn't want to get in trouble by the Titans the day the new leash law was enforced.
"Lighten up Cy, the new rule is probably as new to her, as anyone else in this park. Besides, that dog looks like a good boy." Robin says looking at the dog. The dog was a poodle, had little feet with filed nails, had a gold collar around it's neck that says, 'Sassy', and she looks as if she had one of those 'poofy thing-a-ma-bobs' fluff all over her face.
"Must the dogs be floating around the Durbian while blibbering? Or is it because they are Finbar?" Starfire said as everyone looked at her puzzled. "Oops! I must've forgotten that I wasn't on Tamarania. What I said was, 'Must the dogs be roaming around the park while barking? Or is it because there is five?" Everyone now understands and answer with a simple nod.
"I don't know, but I think something is up with them. When I went for a walk with Beast Boy, I saw some dogs running around, yelping their heads off. They have been acting pretty weird lately." Raven said while petting the lady's dog. The dog just stares at them. Not even trying to make a move. It was like a lifeless body lying on the cold hard pavement, after getting hit by a car.
"My Sassy would never do that! Let alone trot with those mutts." The lady says pointing to a brownish-tan with white spots dog that has been crossbred once or twice. The dog had a leash, just no owner present. In the distance they hear someone calling out, "Hey stop that dog!!" the voice was so faint, that it sounded as someone was whispering into your another person's ear. Beast Boy swooped up the dog into his arms.
"...Did...You...Find...My...Dog?" The kid who called out said reaching for his dog. The lady leaves to get a leash. The kid looked as he was nine. He wore a T-shirt (Literally, it showed the Titans' T tower.) on the back it said, 'Save the day,' it showed Beast Boy's face under the words, 'Fight crime,' it then showed Raven's face under the next set of words, 'And be home for lunch,' it showed Cyborg's face under it, 'The Teen Titans' and it showed Starfire's and Robin's face on it, he wore baggy-pants, and Airwalk shoes.
"Is this your dog?" Beast Boy asks while petting the scruffy dog and handing it to the boy. "So what's your name?" He says and then the kid finally notices that he was talking to the actual Teen Titans. His face was twisted in surprise.
"B-Beast B-B-Boy? R-R-R--" The kid got stuck stuttering on his R's, "R-Robin? R-R-Raven? S-S-S-S-Starfire?" listening to the kid say his S's was like hearing an empty tire hiss. "A-A-Are you r-r-really t-the T-Teen T-T-Titans?" the kid says really nervous and surprised. "M-My n-n-name is Davy"
"The one...err...five an only." Beast Boy says looking at the nervous Davy. "Are you like a fanatic of us or something?" Beast Boy says watching Davy nod. Slowly, then rapid fast. Davy wants to say something but for some reason, can't. Davy opens his mouth, nothing comes out. Then Davy faints. After a while of nudging Davy's knocked out body they manage to wake him up, "Davy you okay? You fainted at the sight of us." Raven says holding Davy up. Davy blinks, then blinks again. He looks around and sees all of the Titans, looking over him.
"Huh." Davy says with a high pitched squeak. "Oh!" he says loudly as his head falls back and then faints again. Davy is awaken after about 30 minutes. The Titans didn't think that they ditched him even though they were playing football. But it seemed like they didn't ditch him because every now and then someone would wait by Davy, waiting him to wake up. "Huh?" Davy says looking around with a sleepy look.
"He awakes!" Starfire says, it was her turn to take watch and as she does she sees him wake up. When the other Titans hear Starfire call them they quickly run to Davy and the first one to reply is Cyborg, "You alright kid?" Cyborg says looking at a puzzled Davy, "Don't even think about fainting again!" Cyborg says as he sees Davy tilt his head back. So Davy just says to them something they can't hear so he repeats it.
"Hello...Where is my dog?" Davy says, at that a dog races over to him. "Duster! There you are!" He says and smiles meekly. "I'm so sorry about that. I was just nervous at meeting you guys and I guess I fainted." He says as he turns his head in shyness. Davy looks at Raven when she asks him something, "So did you see that leash law?" Raven asks Davy looking confused. Davy nods. "So I guess your dog over-powered you and he ran off eager to meet us as well. But without the fainting. Davy nods again. The Titans look at Davy and Davy just says, "Thank you."
After their talk with Davy they send him home. It begins to be nightfall and as they leave they see something. A dog. Then another. And another until there was five separate packs of dogs just roaming around the Titans occasionally barking up at them. "Where did they come from?" Starfire says now floating in the air after she tried to pet a dog, it growled at her so Robin growled at it back.
"So these are the dogs that they were talking about!" Beast Boy said picking up a puppy and it yelped. All the dogs stared at Beast Boy and started to walk towards him. "What did I do?" the dogs go near him and--do nothing?! The dogs just sit there, one inch away from the Titans.
"What are they doing?" Raven says looking at the dogs and when the leader dog goes near them it bounces off an invisible force field and hits a nearby tree. "I didn't do it!" Raven said waving her hands back and forth.
"Then why did he just fly off us?" Beast Boy said looking a bit freaked-out. "And why did they just stop in front of us?" Beast Boy said as Cyborg pushed a button on his arm, it was the one that calls the T-Car. "Was it because that thing Terra did to our computers' or maybe it was that flashy thing that happened as Terra left?" Beast Boy said to Raven already knowing that the rest of the Titans didn't witness a their computers' screen go blank.
"Oh well there is are ride." Cyborg said as all the Titans scrambled into the T-car and waited to go home. When they got home it was like 10:00 p.m. Raven heads up to her room and Beast Boy to his. When Raven got to her room and looked on her computer, she had three E-mails.
From Terra to Raven:
6:00 p.m.
From Beast Boy to Raven:
now
From Terra to Raven:
now
Raven looked at Beast Boy's first and it said:
From Beast Boy to Raven,
Wicked night huh? I know that somewhere is an owner who is missing all their dogs. Any ways, got any idea what that code is?
Love B.B.
And then she read the 6:00 one:
From Terra to Raven,
So did you miss me? Well I miss the team--oh wait! I'm not part of the team any more am I? Oh well that's too bad! YEAH RIGHT! I HATE THAT CRUDDY TEAM OF YOURS AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS! AND AFTER BEING PETRIFIED FOR SEVEN YEARS, IT MAKES YOU WONDER, WHO WAS THE PERSON THAT GOT YOU INTO THE MESS!
So she read the last one:
From Terra to Raven,
JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, I'M COMING BACK AND PRETTY SOON!
She only responded to Beast Boy:
From Raven to Beast Boy,
Yeah I know, and I bet you're right, and the code, no I don't know yet. So good night.
I love you too, Raven.
So after she wrote her letter, Beast Boy comes in and gives her a hug and a kiss. "Good night Rae." Beast Boy says while looking into her purple eyes, the one's that lead to eternal light.
"Good night B.B." Raven says and Beast Boy slowly closes her door. And Raven falls asleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
Raven wakes up with a big yawn and gets dressed and ready for the day. As she goes down the stairs she sees Beast Boy sitting on the couch. "Good morning Rae!" he says to her while patting the spot right next to him. She sits down next to him and says, "Morning B.B." and then watches TV. When Raven is watching TV Beast Boy puts his arm around her and watches TV also.
"You lovebirds gonna get off the couch and eat?" Cyborg says when cooking breakfast. Right next to him Starfire and Robin are talking to each other. "--and that's how you say Mississip--" Right next to Robin a light bulb blows up and Starfire starts to laugh at him.
"Oops!" Raven apologizes for blowing the light bulb up. "I must have done something." She says and looks at Beast Boy mouthing the words, 'They never have to know.' And then giggles, another light bulb blows up. "I'll get it." Robin says heading up to where he heard the light blow up. Raven says to Beast Boy, "Wanna go on another walk?" She says.
"Sure." Beast Boy responds.
Everyone loves the second to last chapter! In that case this one was it.
On to the final Chapter, Chapter 18.
