Jump City Sonata
A Teen Titans fanfiction by Jacob McDonald
Opening Notes: Part 2. Nothing much to say that I didn't say in part 1 so just read and enjoy. It's a bit shorter than the last part, but there's a reason for that too. It just breaks up better this way. Try to deal with it the best you can... this does put me just over the 10,000 word mark though, and that aint too bad for just two chapters. Well, not it this fandom any way.
Standard disclaimers apply. I don't own Teen Titans.
See bottom for responses to reviewers.
Starfire threw her hands over her head and moved her hips in perfect time with the music. She hardly seemed to be trying, but was obviously one of the best dancers on the floor. Her study of the various moves she'd seen while watching just a few minutes before had allowed her to pick and choose the best ones to fit her personal style.
Her partner, Chad, was blown away. For someone who claimed she'd never danced in a club before, she was doing a damn good job of it. And she was so sexy. He longed to just reach out and grab hold of her...
But he had to take it slow with this one. She wasn't clueless, that was for sure, and the innocent act wasn't fooling him. She knew what she was doing. But he'd dealt with her type before. He just had to ease into it, make her comfortable with him.
He'd be stuffing her before the end of the night, that much he was sure of.
He moved a bit closer to her as she faced away from him. Placing one hand on her hip, he moved his hips in circles right behind her backside, grinning when she backed into him a bit more. She was opening up, so now was when he got down to business. Bump and grind baby....
Star felt Chad grind his pelvic area into her backside, and she felt the evidence of his arousal as well. His hand snaked around her waist, pulling her closer to him, and inching up her body. She was so surprised by his suddenly bold and erotic dancing that she reacted several seconds after he started groping her.
Chad flew a good ten feet before crashing headlong into a table, sending it and the drinks it held to the floor. Star flipped her hair out of her face with a toss of her head, and she walked primly off the dance floor, followed by the astonished gazes of several dancers.
Across the room, next to the bar, a young man sipping on a V-8 followed the red haired girl across the room with his eyes. He'd just seen her slug the jerk she'd been dancing with so hard he probably had a broken jaw. Most guys would be thinking 'stay the hell away from that one!'
This young man was only thinking about how useful this chick could be...
Starfire was leaning against a table, sipping some more water and fuming about how much of a pig that man had been. Robin would never have done that, and even if he had, it was different because she knew him and trusted him.
And she half wanted him to do that kind of thing to her any way.
Thinking her chances of meeting any more boys at this club were dashed now that she'd knocked one of them senseless, she was about to ask a group of girls where there might be another one she could go to when there was a tap on her shoulder.
Turning, she saw a young man about her age, smiling and holding a can of the same strange red drink Beast Boy was so fond of. His clothing was different then the other guys in the club; black t-shirt, baggy jeans, clunky boots, and a wallet chain. Both of his ears were pierced, and he wore a gold cross about his neck.
"Hey, I just saw that right hook of yours. Impressive."
Star blushed as he spoke of her escapades, "That young man was being very rude. I had to teach him a lesson."
"You like the train your men up right huh?" the guy grinned.
"Only if they need training."
"Well, I come fully broken in. My last girlfriend made sure of that." he laughed and after a moment, she joined him.
"My name is Robert. People just call me Rob though, so feel free."
"It is nice to meet you Rob. My name is St-" she caught herself, "Kori. Kori Anders."
Rob arched an eyebrow, "Well Miss Anders-"
"Oh please, call me Kori."
"Okay then Kori, what do you say you and I blow this joint and head to a different club. There's nothing but jerks and sluts in here any way."
"That sounds wonderful! I came out looking to dance tonight, but now I feel more in the mood to try 'club hopping!'"
"Well, I'm the man to do it with then! I've been clubbing for years! Follow ol' Robert! He'd guide you right!"
Starfire giggled and followed Rob up the stairs. With a nod and a smile to the bouncer, she walked out the door with her new friend.
Cyborg watched Raven zip off into the night from the window in the rec-room, "Dude, Robin is so going to kill her when he finds out she took his bike."
Turning back to the couch he saw Beast Boy sprawled out, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, and his eyes blurry and unfocused. Sighing, the mechanical man walked over to his best friend and poked him sharply, "Look man! She was dressed up nice and if made your pants feel a bit warm! That's all!"
"It wasn't like that though Cy..." Beast Boy's eyes focused on his friend, "I felt... weird. Like I had to make her not mad at me. Like it was important."
"Yeah, 'cause she would have turned you inside out if you had made her angry! Now get off the damn couch and look at me!"
Beast Boy sat up and stared. Cyborg cleared his throat, "Now look: we need to get your mind off of this, right?"
"Right." the changeling nodded.
"So why should we just hang around the Tower when everyone else ran into town to have fun?"
"Hey... yeah! You're right!" Beast Boy jumped up, "Dude! Let's grab the car and go cruising! Maybe we could pick up some chicks! They all want to see the Tower! I bet we could get a couple to come how with us and-"
"Don't get too ahead of yourself there man." Cyborg chuckled.
Robin accepted his change from the cab driver with a nod and a smile. As he tucked his wallet away, the cabby leaned out his window, "Hey, you want me to stick around for a while?"
"Why would you stay around?"
"For when you bring your girl out."
"How do you know about that? Are you a telepath?" Robin narrowed his eyes. Catching a glimpse of himself in the side mirror he noted that the eye thing didn't look nearly as intimidating without his mask on. Damn.
"You don't need to be able to read minds to know that the way you were talking to yourself back there the whole way over here, son." the cabby smirked at Robin's stunned expression.
"I was... talking to myself?"
"Yep."
"I didn't say anything about... um... the Teen Titans did I?"
"You mentioned Starfire a few times. She's the cute red head right?"
"Yeah... see, I'm crushing on her bad... gonna tell her tonight." The best lies had a grain of truth at the core. Robin smirked inwardly, "I met her here a few weeks back... she said she'd be here tonight."
"Well, I'll just take off then. But hey, I like you kid," the driver pulled out a card and handed it to Robin, "just call that number if you ever need a ride. I'll be there in a flash."
"Thanks man. I'll hold on to this." Robin tucked the card in his pocket, and gave the cabby a thumbs up. As the car pulled away, Robin waved and mumbled, "Nice guy..."
Turning to Club Cityspot, he walked purposefully towards the doors. Ignoring the couple making out right next to the entrance, he pushed inside and was immediately overwhelmed by the pounding base beat.
Robin didn't like clubs. Too loud, too many people, and too much going on to pay attention to everything at once. It was a control freaks nightmare, and the Boy Wonder was one of the biggest control freaks he knew.
And he liked it that way.
Handing a few bills over to the bouncer by the door, he showed his ID absently as he scanned the crowd for Starfire. When no response came from the large man, he turned to see what the problem was.
The bouncer was staring at his ID like it was going to explode. Robin arched an eyebrow, "Is there something wrong?"
The man's eyes snapped up and met his own, "Uh, no... it's just you're the second one we've had in here tonight..."
Robin was confused until he realsized he was showing the man his Justice League ID.
"Fuck." was all he said as he snapped it shut and turned away from the bouncer.
"Um... you're under eighteen?" the bouncer asked.
Robin sighed. The guy had seen that he was Robin. He couldn't show him his Dick Grayson ID now, because even this bouncer could figure out that if Dick Grayson was Robin, then Bruce Wayne must be Batman.... maybe he could just slide by.
"Yeah. Seventeen." Robin held out his hand, his face still turned away from the bouncer, "Don't tell anyone about this, okay?"
"I-I wont Sir. Like I told Kori earlier, you kids do a good job protecting the city. Keep up the good work."
"Kori?" Robin turned to the bouncer, ignoring the fact that he was showing a civilian his real face.
The large man shrugged, "That's what she said to call her."
"Alright. I'll just go find her then."
"Good luck. We're packed tonight."
Robin nodded and walked down into the fray. After a quick walk around the floor, an inspection of the bar, and a sweep of the tables, he determined Starfire wasn't there. Seeing a young man with a noticable black eye holding an ice pack to his jaw, Robin frowned and walked over. He sat down at the guys table and smiled at him, "How'd you get the shiner?"
"What?" the guy looked up and saw Robin, frowned and shrugged, "Nothing to tell really. I got fresh with this chick, and she slugged me."
"Looks like she's got a mean right hook."
"Tell me about it. Knocked me clear across the room. Red haired little bitch."
"Red hair? Greed eyes, and nice high cheek bones too?" the young man nodded, "She have a locked around her neck?"
"Yeah! You know her?"
"She's my room mate. Frisky, isn't she?" Robin grinned. Way to go Star!
"You can say that again. You banging her?"
"Huh?" Robin felt a blush creeping up his neck. No wonder she decked him. Robin had half a mind to smack the crap out of this asshole himself, "No, I'm not banging her! We're just... good friends... say, you know where she is?"
"No clue. She took off out of here about fifteen minutes ago with this guy named Rob. He's a hood, always getting into trouble. I think he just comes here to deal 'cause he knows he can rip off the kids that don't know any better."
"What's he deal?" Robin's mind was starting to work overtime. Starfire was out running around town with a drug dealer? What the hell was she thinking?
"Pot, mostly. X if he's got it."
"Thanks man." Robin slapped a twenty down on the table, "Get that jaw looked at, it looks like it might be fractured."
"Uh, thanks..." the young man watched Robin as he made his way back to the doors. Stopping at the bouncer, he glared.
"You could have told me she left."
"I didn't see her go out... she must have just snuck by while I was carding someone." the bouncer shrugged, "I'm sure you can find her. You're the Boy Wonder after all."
"Yeah, yeah. Don't rub it in." but Robin smirked any way. It was always nice to get praise from someone who benefited from his work, "I'll see ya' around man."
"Take care." and the bouncer turned to take some more cash as Robin walked out.
Out on the street, Robin sighed. No telling where Star had gotten off to now. He would have to start scouring every club in the city. If only she had brought her T-Comp with her, he could have just run a location scan...
He was startled out of his musing by a female voice screeching, "What do you mean he ran off with some red haired chick?"
Robin turned to see a girl, maybe fifteen, yelling at a guy who had to be at least twice her size. The punk in question had a green mo-hawk, leather pants and vest, and combat boots on. He had a few too many pircings in his face, and he was leaning down to shout back at the girl, who was short, blonde, and wearing a simple skirt and blouse.
"Just like it sounds Kia! Your brother left with some chick! So what? Maybe he'll score!"
"Listen you pig, if my brother gets in any more trouble, he'll lose his job, and we'll have no fucking food to eat! You guys in the gang are always letting him take the fall! Get your own dumb ass arrested for once, and leave him out of-" she was cut off by the back of the guys hand, as it crashed across her face. The girl fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
"Shut the fuck up you little-" the punks sentence was also cut off. This time by Robin's foot. As the hit the ground, he grunted.
"That wasn't a very nice thing to do, buddy. Maybe you should apologize to the nice girl." Robin looked as imposing and stern as he could, "Now."
"Why you-" as the punk lunged for him, Robin slammed a fist squarely into his nose. He went down again, this time with a howl of pain. Robin was on him in an instant, holding his arm behind his back and pushing him into the ground.
"This girl your friend left with, did she have really bright green eyes? Almost glowing?"
"Yeah!"
"And a locket around her neck?"
"She had a silver necklace! That's all I know!" Robin jerked him to his feet and slammed him against a wall,
"Where did they go?" he growled.
"Rocco's! The place under the Wayne Hotel!" the punk cried out in pain as Robin twisted his arm harder, "I swear! That's the truth!"
"It had better be. I'll find you if it isn't." Robin spun him around to so they were face to face, "Trust me."
The punk nodded, blood running freely down his face from his broken nose. Robin jerked his head towards the street, and the guy took off running as fast as he could. Dusting off his shirt, Robin turned to the girl, "Hey, you okay?"
"Yeah...." she was looking at him in awe, "How the hell did you do that?"
"He wasn't so tough." grinning, he extended his hand to her, "What's your name?"
"Kiandra. You can just call me Kia. Everyone else does."
"Right then, Kia, I'm Dick."
"Oh no..." she blushed, "I don't think I could call the guy that just saved me Dick..."
Robin arched an eyebrow, "Richard will do then."
"Richard." she nodded with a grin and a giggle.
"What do you say we find your brother and my friend? I want to get her home, and you want to get him off the street. Sound good?"
"Really?" her eyes lit up, "Oh, that'd be great!" she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, "Thanks Richard!"
"No problem. Now just hold on a sec, and I'll call us a cab." Robin pulled the card the cabby had given him out of his pocket along with his cell phone and dialed.
Raven took off her helmet and placed it on the back of the bike, which instantly shot out two mettle clamps to keep it in place. She was grinning wildly. The ride had been fantastic, and she was in a very good mood. As she turned to walk into the super market, the window of a car exploded.
Jumping at the sound, Raven took a moment to center herself. Breathing deeply, she got her emotions under control again. It wouldn't do to blow up all the produce in the store before she could buy any...
"What is it with me today?" she mumbled as she walked through the doors and grabbed a cart. She was losing control too easily. It was starting to get dangerous, and she knew that if it kept happening, she'd have to lock herself in her room to meditate for days to get things back to normal.
She easily fell into a routine as she walked up and down the isles of the store. She would look for good prices on some items, and pick up the brand names she knew her team mates liked better then the generic kinds. Cyborg wouldn't make wings with anything other than Mike's Red Hot, but didn't mind the off brand bacon. Beast Boy loved China Rose tofu, but was always willing to go cheep on the spaghetti sauce. Robin wouldn't eat generic cheese, he always demanded Kraft. Other then that, he didn't really care. Star had developed a taste for Franks mustard as well.
She herself didn't much care what she ate. It was all just food to her, and she ate most of what the other Titans made, even Beast Boy's tofu burgers. (She did avoid Starfire's home made Glorp though...)
Every now and then she would catch herself levitating things into the cart, and stop quickly. When she was dressed as a civilian, she tried to act like one. Even though she didn't have a secret identity like Robin, she still liked to stay low on the radar when she was just out kicking around. That meant no powers.
As she shopped, he thought turned once again to the Boy Wonder. Was there something more to their relationship than what she had thought before? She had scanned his thoughts, and read his emotions. She knew he cared for her... but he truly loved Starfire. So there was no hope for her to start any kind of relationship with him then, right?
With her heart still screaming for love, he thoughts turned to the others. Cyborg? Well, they already had a special relationship. As the two oldest members of the team, they almost took the on the role of parents to the others. Cyborg would cook and clean, while Raven would break up fights. She was subtly pushing Star and Robin together, while Cyborg talked to Beast Boy about his relationship troubles, especially after the whole Terra incident.
Really, they shared a brother sister relationship. They got along, and they worked on the T-Car together. Strictly platonic. Nothing romantic.
Beast Boy then?
Raven almost laughed. She couldn't possibly be considering Beast Boy for any kind of serious relationship could she? There wasn't a serious thing about Beast Boy! He was a goof, and immature, and funny, and charming, and-
Raven suddenly didn't like the direction her thoughts were going in. Sure he was a nice guy, but he wouldn't be able to handle a romance with someone who wasn't.... well... romantic. She would never be able to express love, because if she let herself fall too deeply in to it, bad things would start happening.
Raven sighed. Life just wasn't fair some times. As she pushed her cart up to the check lanes, she shook it off and pulled a small mettle case out of her small purse. It held all of her money.
The cashier looked like she was about to faint as Raven walked up, "Um... you want... ALL of this?"
Raven looked at the huge pile of food that was stacked almost as tall as she was, "Yeah, I think I got everything. I'll be charging it by the way."
"Um... okay..." the cashier gulped and started pulling items off the top of the pile to scan.
Starfire looked around Rocco's with a mix of joy and amazement. She had never seen so many people dressed up in such strange clothing, and the music had such a unique sound to it that it made her dance a little dance right where she was standing by the entrance of the club.
"Ready to have some fun?" Rob asked as he led her from the doors to the bar. He bought two bottles of water for them, handed one to her.
"Thank you very much! Have you seen the friends you were talking about?"
"Not yet, but they'll show up. They're here at the same time every week."
"Would you mind dancing with me while we wait?" Star was grooving in spot again.
"Sure, why the hell not? Let's get down Kori!" and Rob led her out to the floor.
"Alright then," Beast Boy said as he and Cyborg sat in the T-Car, "system warmed up?"
Cy hit the stereo and it kicked out some heavy base notes, "Check."
"Threads?"
Cyborg checked out his own khakis and t-shirt, and Beast Boy's baggy skater get up, "Check."
"Car all tuned up?"
Cy hit the gas and watched the red line point, "Double check."
"Emergency rations?"
Pulling out the huge bag of candy and several bags of potato chips, Cy grinned, "Triple check!"
"Rubbers." Beast Boy pulled out the condoms and held them up with a crazy grin.
"Che- hey!" Cyborg snatched the condoms away and tossed them in the glove box, "You will NOT be needing those."
Beast Boy arched an eyebrow, "That a fact?" he was still grinning like an idiot.
"That," Cyborg said as he leaned forward and his red eye glowed in a sinister manner, "is a fact."
Beast Boy giggled nervously and the two of them resumed their face forward positions. Cyborg cranked the system up, and Beast Boy hit the Street Glow.
"Alright dude! We're set! Let's hit the city and find us some chicks!" Beast Boy shouted over the booming of the stereo.
"Watch out Jump City!" Cyborg yelled, "Cyborg and Beast Boy are on the prowl! Booya!" and they were off.
Rob was careful to not dance too closely to Starfire as they grooved on the floor. He was also careful to face the doors much of the time. When he saw several men wearing red bandanas walk in, he smiled grimly.
"Hey, Kori! My friends just got here! You want to keep dancing or come with me to meet them?"
Starfire gave him a megawatt grin, "I would be delighted to meet more new freinds!" she grabbed hold of his arm, and he was suddenly very aware of her breasts pushing against his side.
The little tease....
As they walked over to the group of red-bandanas, Rob found himself hoping that everything went down well, and the deal went off without a hitch. He wouldn't want Kori gerring hurt, even though he knew she could handle herself in a fight if she needed to.
He just really didn't want himself to get hurt.
Raven glanced around the empty parking lot of the supermarket before opening a black void in front of her and shoving all of the food she'd just bought into it. Couldn't exactly strap it all on to the bike.
A few minutes latter, she was pulling a hard right turn at Haverd Street and East Main. Seeing no cops up ahead, she opened up the throttle and hit almost 115 MPH before she had to start applying the brakes to slow down for her next turn.
Whipping into a small parking lot (room enough for just four cars) she parked the bike and hopped off. The building was small, and the only identifiying mark on it was a black sign above the door that had a simple eye staring out from a crystal. This was the Seeing Eye Emporium.
Kind of an outlandish name for a new age remedies store, but it was the best place in town to get the kind of tea she liked.
Walking in the door, Raven took in the vibe of the place with a deep breath. The shop was just one room with several rows of shelves, and one counter at the back. The whole room pulsed with an aura of calmness and tension at the same time. It was one of the more exhilarating experiences Raven partook of on a regular basis.
Only one other shopper was in the shop at the moment, as was the owner, a balding man by the name of Yoni. Raven was sure he'd made the name up to try to sound cool, and cater more to the younger crowd that frequented his shop. The other shopper was wearing baggy clothes and had bright pink hair.
Raven ignored the two of them and browsed the crystal selection before moving on to the Seeing mirrors. She already had one, a real one, but the mirrors here were very well made, and looked remarkable.
Having had enough of the shop for one day, Raven headed to the back to buy her tea, which Yoni kept behind the counter. As she made her way over, the pink haired shopped turned and saw her. They both froze as their eyes met. Raven's narrowed, and the other girls grew wide.
Baggy low rise jeans, torn in the knees and cuffed to show off thin ankles and red Sketchers , and a tight black top with the words 'I just figured out what your problem is: you're stupid' screen printed across the front of it, topped off by a thin gold necklace supporting a green jewel. The clothes were different, and her hair was down, but Raven would never forget this girls face. Those penetrating violet eyes that seemed to seer you down to your soul.
"Jinx," Raven said with a deadly calm, "you have ten seconds to explain why you're here, and why I shouldn't kick your ass." she glanced at a clock on the wall, "Go."
For those of you that reviewed: Thank you very much! Two in a matter of hours after it went up, and two the next day, and two the day after! You all get cookies and personalized responses!
TheUltimateNewbie- First of all, thank you for reviewing so promptly! Second of all, read the summery dude. :) Raven is working to push Robin and Star together not drive them apart. And she's really horny. But who can blame her really? As the story progresses you'll see that I'm a big Raven fan. I have Big Plans for this story line, and it will definetly spawn at least two sequals, one of which will center on Raven almost entierly. But just so we're clear, no Raven and Robin hook ups. Hope this chapter unmixed your feelings. :)
chickiidoo- Thanks for the encoragment. Your review was short and I feel like adding something extra here just for you so... um.... I think half of the Kalamazoo Police Department and about three quaters of the Fire Department just drove past my house. It took like, four minutes. No shit dude. City Hall must be burning down or something. Thanks again!
Brogramn- Nice to know I'm not alone in the old man department. :) I've actually found several websites run by twenty somethings who dig the new Teen Titans animated series. If you like the cartoon, I highly recomend the comic books as well. The ones based on the cartoon that is. They're pretty sweet. And yeah, I don't consider anything less then 4,000 words to be a good chapter, an even then it's kind of short to me. Some of my Tenchi fanfics ran 20,000 a chapter, but I was also dealing with a more mature audience then. I'm just trying to hold the attention span here. :)
AnimeHimeko- I think I found your review the most helpful, as well as one of the most encoraging. You've 'prolly noticed that my spelling goes to crap when I'm not using a spell checker (all of the review responses are done without one) so I have to give mad props to whoever thought of that little devise. Grammer is one thing you can't really make a checker for though, and I'd like to thank you for saying mine is good. I try. As I said up in TUN's response, there's no future Rob/Rea planned, so don't worry about that, and if you think Jealous! Robin is funny, wait until you get to see Sexually Frustrated! Robin. He wont be cheating on Star, but let's face it: he's a 17 year old guy. He's gonna look, and he's gonna have reactions to other girls. Hell, I still do and I'm 23! The really great girls are the ones that understand that, and only smack us around a little bit for it. Not that I have that problom at all... my girl likes going to the strip club more than I do.... :)
dogdemon8343- "Yeah". One word, yet it expresses so much... feeling. Your review was so profound, it made me add an extra scene to this chapter. Well, no it didn't, but it made me laugh. One word reviews are great. :)
Next Chapter: Starfire does inhale, Robin kicks some more ass and gets treated to a show, Cyborg and Beast Boy cruise for chicks, and Raven has a little chat with Jinx, and then a little adventure...