Chapter 2: Uh.... Who are you?
They landed in a large heap in front of the titans. When they finally stopped screaming Raven fainted. The other titans were still shocked at the new group's arrival to notice. First one to recover, Numbah 1 put his sunglasses into place and looked up. He gasped, and looked at his team.
"Kids Next Door, Battle Stations!" The other four jumped up immediately and faced the titans with gumball guns and slingshots. The titans had acted in defense position by the command, but nearly burst out laughing at the kids puny weaponary.
"Gumball machines? And I thought Cyborg's sonic cannon was weird enough." Beast Boy stated.
"Hey! Why you little!" Cyborg made a move towards Beast Boy, but BB instantly recoiled.
"Guys, enough about that. Who are you?" Robin asked the unknown newcomers.
"We'll never tell you, filthy teenagers." Numbah 1 said, raising his weapon at the boy wonder's face. A green bolt fired and blasted the gun into smitherins. Numbah 1 grabbed the air that once held his gun.
"You are in no position to say that!" Starfire growled. "Besides, what have you done to friend Raven?" All attention swung over to the blue cloaked girl against the wall. Starfire flew over and touched Raven carefully, as if afraid her touch would kill Raven somehow.
"I think we should take her to the infirmary. She doesn't look that well." Flame stated out the obvious. Starfire nodded and picked up Raven gently, as if cradling her in Starfire's arms. Starfire actually gave a look of gratitude to Flame, then swooped out of the room. The KND squad watched speechlessly, and looked back at Robin, who had his arms crossed.
"Well, Beast Boy, what do you think we should do? Today is Tuesday, and that's your day for decisions." Robin asked his teammate. He turned, and found the green boy had disappeared. Cyborg gave him a quizzical expression, and looked back at the KND. The 10 year old group stared back patiently.
"Robin, may I suggest we get to know them? After all, this staring will get tiring after a while." Flame suggested, all eyes upon him. Robin sighed, and held his hand out. Numbah 1 gave a weird look at it, and hesitantly took the hand and shook it. The other KND gasped in surprise.
"Numbah 1? You forgetting something? Rule #1, never shake hands with teenagers!" Numbah Four suddenly outbursted. This time it was Numbah 1's turn to sigh.
"We are in no situation to obey such rules." he said. Meanwhile, Numbah 5's mind clicked. Why did this seem so familiar? The thinking light bulb flicked on as she understood. Rainbow Monkeys. Numbah 3's words from earlier echoed in her ears. "And Purple Rainbow Monkey nearly died!" Raven, as the red head called her, must resemble the purple monkey. Which means the other "Titans" represent the other Rainbow Monkeys! Numbah 5 groaned loudly, receiving weird looks. All this thinking began to hurt her brain.
"So, how'd you get here?" Robin asked. And so the tale of the KND began.
In The Infirmary
Starfire had been setting up the health insturnments, ensuring that Raven would be okay. (Starfire wanted to take some Health classes, and therefore knew these things) She sighed, watching her friend take long, slow breaths. Raven started floating in the air. Starfire recalled what Robin had said before. "She's healing herself." That day had not been too long ago in fact, when Beast Boy had turned into... The Beast Within. Starfire sighed and continued watching her friend, her chakra glinting in the light every few moments. After three minutes of sitting there, Starfire remembered the new guests, and rushed out of the room. A small fly above the doorway gave a sigh of relief, and fluttered down beside the white bed. It transformed back into its original form, which undoubtly was Beast Boy. He resumed Starfire's position on the nearby chair, watching Raven intently. After five more minutes of floating, Raven's eyes squinted as in pain, her mouth burrowed in a frown. Her eyes flashed open, scanning around the area.
"Raven... You okay?" Beast Boy asked. Her ears twitched and her face flung in his direction. Though the bruises she had had disappeared, her eyes still remained unfocused.
"Beast... Boy..." Raven murmured. Her body settled on the bed and she lifted her hand. Beast Boy took it, giving her special care and attention.
"Don't worry Rae, I'll take care of you." He whispered. She gave a small smile, but quickly it switched back to its emotionless path. Raven felt buzzing in her head. She tried to keep from showing the pain, so Beast Boy wouldn't worry. But he saw the pain in her eyes, no matter how well she covered it up.
"What's wrong.." He crooned softly, allowing his well being to go through their linked hands into her pocession. Raven gasped in surprise.
"How on earth do you know Reiki?" She asked. He just gave her a big grin, and she sat up.
From an invisible camera a shadowed figure watched intently. He could see the love building up inside of Beast Boy, and yelled in digust. Now it would be nearly impossible to get Raven for himself, unless... was she in love with him? He watched Raven and Beast Boy for the rest of the night.
Back in the main room...
"So you were thrown into a purple vortex and ended up here? Interesting." Robin recalled the KND's story. The five kids nodded.
"Well, as soon as Raven recovers perhaps she could make a teleport for them?" Starfire asked, floating into the room. Robin agreed with a nod. A sudden loud alarm went off, startling the group. Beast Boy rushed in, with Raven following.
"Dr. Light's robbing a bank again!" Cyborg exclaimed, turning the giant tv onto full screen. Sure enough, Dr. Light was blasting away at vaults, stealing the gold inside.
"Raven, you better stay at home and rest." Robin said, taking a step backwards.
"But..." She said, before she was cut off by Beast Boy.
"I'll stay with her and the company, you can take Flame." He answered, taking Raven's hand. A dark cloud seemed to glower over Raven, but she said nothing, and heard the other titans leave. Beast Boy led Raven onto the couch, and sat her down. She sighed, she hated to feel handicapped.
"I could of helped them..." Raven murmured.
"I didn''t want you to get hurt, and besides, we have company to attend to." Beast Boy notioned over to the KND who were whispering urgently to each other. They stopped at the word company. Beast Boy shook his head, this was going to be a long night.
At the Bank Robbery...
The titans had attacked without much luck. Robin was blasted 5 blocks down by Dr. Light's newest invention, the cosmic ray bomb. Starfire's volley of starbolts never seemed to affect the doctor, and she was often thrown into walls or windows. Cyborg used his sonic cannon often, but a light shield was all that was needed to deflect it. Flame was nowhere to be seen. Cyborg decided to go physical (Like last time, lol) and rushed towards the doctor, his fist about to impact across the opponent's face. All Cyborg saw before he was felled was a flashing light. Flame watched from above a tall building as Dr. Light went back into the bank, with no titans to defend. It didn't seem right somehow, leaving Raven alone with Beast Boy and the newcomers, known as the Kids Next Door. He jumped down, landing softly without any noise. He hid in an alleyway, watching, waiting. Dr. Light finally walked slowly out of the building, looking at the unconsious Robin the whole time. Flame punched the ground and let his powers go loose. Dr. Light heard the noise and looked his way.
"Not another..." Dr. Light watched the earthquake going his way. It suddenly stopped, and Dr. Light laughed. "So much for.... Ahhhh! Hot, Hot!" A giant burst of magma thrashed forwards into the air, with Dr. Light in its mist. It burned off all his tech, and Dr. Light was soon defenseless. Flame sprouted a fire shield to save the Doctor from burning to death. Soon the magma flow shortened, and soon took once more into the ground. He kept the Doctor in the bubble, using it as a cage. Soon Robin and the others came to, and rushed over to the scene. They noted the burned outfit, but no scars could be seen. They looked at Flame, who was grinning. The big grin quickly turned into a scowl as he felt a distinct buzzing sound in his head. The bubble disappeared, leaving Dr. Light for an escape route. That was if, however, Dr. Light wasn't knocked out. Flame landed on his knees, his face embedded in deep pain. As quickly as it came it left, and Flame looked towards the tower. It seemed normal, until... BOOM! The main room window thrust outwards, the shards and other pieces crashing into the ocean.
"Titans, go!" Robin ordered, jumping into the T-Car. Starfire, being the only one capable of flying, left the boys driving homewards, and flew up and over herself. She arrived a few minutes after the explosion, because the Tower had been so far away. She landed on the blackened carpet, and looked at the destruction within. Had it been their guests? No, it hadn't been, because four of them lay unconsious nearby. She looked around for Raven and Beast Boy. There he was, on top of one of their cooking counters. But where was Raven? Starfire searched high and low, looking for any clues. She finally found one at the edge of the couch. It was a burnt piece of her cloak. Starfire gave a sob of sadness, beginning to cry. The elevator doors opened and the boys jumped out.Robin rushed to calm Starfire, Cyborg went to Beast Boy's aid, and Flame went over to the KND. It suddenly dawned upon him that the girl in the baggy green sweatshirt was gone as well! Beast Boy began to stir. Shaking his head roughly, he whispered.
"He... took Raven... Slade..." Beast Boy managed to whisper. He gave bellowing coughs, and wiped out again. The other titans looked at each other, worried.
To Be Continued...
Yayness I finally updated! Sorry for the uberly long wait, I've decided to start making up Teen Titans Music Videos, so don't hurt me! (Silence) Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, hope to hear from ya soon! (I finally got my email to start working :)
