Chapter 9 The Phantom of the…Titan's Tower?
Sweet Kiss
Disclaimer: Me no own!
A/N Hey! Thought I fell off the face of the Earth? Well I'm baaack! I just recently got obsessed with the Phantom of the Opera, so that's what I've been thinking. I wrote three ficlets of Phantom, so if you actually have read the book/seen the movie, go read them and review! I'm probably going to have lots of Phantom references here, but I will make sure you get it if you don't know what the genius of the Phantom is. Prepare for scary stalker!Raven.
Raven's PoV
So Beast Boy left the room…stupid hormonal teenager boys. I think I scared him. Hehe. Although I'm still upset with Robin and Beast Boy with the whole "bother!" and "tig" game. God. Where did they get it from? Well, my new books came in. It's hard to believe I didn't have Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, and the later version by Susan Kay. They both are pretty morbid and horrorific…my favorite.
So I started reading. I'd heard about the books well enough; a movie came out recently as well. I must say I liked it.
Wait a minute…Beast Boy and I never went to go get pizza…Ah, who cares; I don't care for pizza all that much. I wonder if Beast Boy has cleaned his room yet; I bet not. That place is a minefield. I feel like stalking him. Let's see what's in his room.
I pulled my hood over my face and left the room. I hear Starfire giggling. Well, I can chance a little spying on her. I fly out of Titans Tower and come to her window, and magically removed it and slipped in. I put it back in place; good, she didn't notice. I flew and shrouded myself in darkness and made myself a shadow. One of my new, useful powers.
I could hear some muttering and giggling now and then. Sickening, really. She suddenly whipped around to where my shadow was, but before she could see me, I slipped under her bed. I could hear her sigh with indifference.
"Oh notebook of daily occurrences today was a glorious day! Robin kissed me yet again! It was wonderful! Oh notebook, if only you could actually converse with me; it would be so much fun. I hope nobody finds you; I have hidden many of my secrets in you. Well, that's all for now, goodbye notebook of daily occurrences!"
I covered my mouth so as not to chuckle. Notebook of daily occurrences? Really, they call them diaries Starfire. I suddenly got a wicked idea, and I speedily flew towards her large mirror and placed myself inside it. It was quite easy. I watched her lie on her bed; smiling like a complete idiot and hugging her diary.
Meh, teasing time.
'Hi Starfire.'
'Oh, hi Raven. You scared me.'
'You don't sound so scared; you sound pretty happy to me.' She really does.
'Oh yes I'm happy! Robin kissed me today! It was so wonderful…'
I almost snickered. 'Yes Starfire. Wonderful.'
She smiled. 'Did Beast Boy and yourself partake in a kiss?' Whoa, she sounded sly there. Hm…
'Why yes.' No use lying. She would ask Beast Boy and he would blab, and she would get all accusing at me and not talk to me for half an hour. Then she'll forget, and talk incessantly again.
'GLORIOUS! WE CAN SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES TOGETHER!' I don't think Starfire knows the meaning of self thoughts and reminiscence.
'That's okay, Starfire. I would like to keep that to myself.'
'Oh alright. Where are you so I can actually talk to you?'
'About what? No kissing, Starfire.'
'Alright, no. But where are you?'
"In your mirror." I smile evilly as she's looks horrified at her mirror. Hehe.
"Oh, like that frightening Phantom of the Opera?" Holy shit, she knows what that is? That's…amazing!
"How…How did you know about the Phantom of the Opera?" I'm still taken aback…
"I followed you to the cinema, and watched it, too. I found it scary." Alright, good enough.
"Okay, I will appear." So I appear in the mirror suddenly, a la Phantom. She smiles.
"Let's partake in this girl talk." Great. I sigh.
So we had girl talk. For an hour. Whatever, I was half listening at the time. Too busy thinking about a special someone…Ah, I'll stalk him later.
Beast Boy's PoV
I'm playing video games with Cyborg. I'm going to win, because I'm the almighty Beast Boy, Champion of Games! I also got Raven to kiss me, which was a feat in itself. Heh. I'm so good. But now that I think about it, I wonder why I never took Robin's advice to like transform into a bird.
Because dude, birds are cool. But I guess the thought of being able to get her to let me in her room without having to traipse up the stupid Tower roof stairs and transform into a bird and find her window. Because I'm too lazy for that, I decided on the less grueling way. I'm so good.
WHOOO! I WON! BEAT THAT CYBORG!
"WHOOO! I WON! BEAT THAT CYBORG!" Hehe, I'm repetitive, aren't I? Wow….that's a big word…
"Oh shut up Beast Boy. Lucky win." What a sore loser! Go Beast Boy! Go Beast Boy! It's your birthday! It's your birthday!
"HA! NOW MY SCORE IS 1782672162, THE NEW HIGH SCORE!" You know, I'm really good at this game.
"Uh Beast Boy? The original high score was 1782672161. You only beat it by one point." God.
"So? Who cares! I beat it! HA! In your face!" A strange thought came into my mind…I don't think he knows about Robin and Starfire along with Raven and me. He's been so busy with that stupid car and his "precious" meat…whoa…my precious I hissed in my mind. Hehe. Anyways…HOLY! I FORGOT TO TAKE RAVEN FOR SOME PIZZA! NNNOOOOOOOOO! Damn…I'm so forgetful.
Cyborg is looking at me strangely. It annoys me. Maybe I should annoy him…
I smile evilly at him and he slowly starts to move away. Am I that scary? I pounce.
"Bother!" Hehe. I still wonder where Robin gets it from.
"What the" I cut him off with another bother. I started pounding on him this time because it's not right to really punch a girl. Especially Raven. Because she would get all ticked off. And blow things up. Yeah. Besides, she looks like she bruises easily.
"Beast Boy! Stop it!" He started flailing at me, but I turned into a cat and ran between his legs, leaped onto the couch, and right before he could grasp my at my tail, leaped off of the couch.
I ran for the training room, but on my way I ran into Starfire.
"Oh!" She didn't quite fall over, but when a little green cat (which is me) runs into you at full speed, it really surprises you.
"Beast Boy! You scared me! Be careful not to run into me again." Whoops. Hehe. I transformed back.
"Sorry Starfire. I was running away from Cyborg. Do you know where Raven is?" Really, I totally have to take her for pizza now. Because dude, you don't forget promises.
"Oh yes I do! She was with" she turns around and peeks into her room. She seems to think that Raven was with her. I look at her strangely. She turns back, a little suspiciously guilty, "me. Hm. I guess she left." Something is fishy. She goes back into her room hurriedly.
I shrug and turn around and head for my room. This is creepy…why do I have the feeling I'm being watched? Oh…My…God…a black shadow just passed across the ceiling, and disappeared through the wall.
I'm totally freaking out now; this is totally creepy. I start to jog, but then remember, I'm a man! I can take little teeny black shadows that disappear into the walls.
Suddenly, I feel a slight wind pass over me, ruffling my hair. I whip around, but then remembered it passed OVER me, so it would be in front of me. It's not there.
"Beassst…Boy…" something hisses softly in my ear. An idea pops into my mind. I turn into a tiger lightening fast and whip around, snarling. I closed my eyes and blindly aim for whatever was behind me.
Surprisingly, I tackled a really sweaty Robin that had an icky smelling towel hanging around his neck. He just got out from his training room, so I don't think he said Beasssst Boy. Besides, he wouldn't have snuck up on me. Knowing Robin, if he wanted to scare someone, he would hide behind a wall, and suddenly run at you screaming bloody murder. I must admit, that would be a funny sight to see.
"BEAST BOY! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" He really stank. I transformed back to normal.
"Sorry Robin. Something scared me from behind and I turned around to tackle it. I know it wasn't you; you were just unlucky enough to be in my tackle path.
"Beast Boy you idiot! There was nobody behind you! I was just right here, and I saw nobody. You must be imagining things. Oh, and, GET OFF OF ME!" He left muttering "bloody animal." I snarled at the comment.
"Rrrobinnnn dddid notttt belieeeeve yoooou." Oh crap, the scary voice again.
"Who are you?"
The mysterious being cackled. Scary.
"Show yourself!" My voice almost cracked. Can't let it crack!
The being didn't answer.
"Where are you?"
It still didn't answer.
"WHERE ARE YOU!" I'm growing hysterical. I'm scared, okay? I'll admit it, I'm scared!
It suddenly croaked out, "Redrum. Redrum. Redrum." I gasped in horror! How did it know that The Shining scared me out of my mind?
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Ahahahahaha! Ahahahahaha, oh Beast Boy, that's a good one!" I turned around slowly, and could vaguely make out a shadow. It was long and flowing, and had a pointy head and glowing eyes. Raven.
"Ahahahahaha! Too funny!" You know, even if she's a scary shadow, she's also cute when she laughs.
"It's not funny!" I tell her half-heartedly. She's gonna mock me about this for days.
"Are you kidding? Of course it's funny!" I glared at her, but at least I got her to smile, unintentionally, and in a way I didn't plan out. Maybe being scared to death makes her smile and laugh. Must do that more.
"Do you mind not scaring the hell out of me? Please?" I know it's not going to work, but a guy can retain his dignity…
"Hell no! This was just too funny. Hehe." She smiled again. Whooo! I'm on a roll! I'm so good.
"So, what are you doing in an ho" Hey! Where'd she go? That's totally not fair. "Raven? Raven? Where are yoooouuu?" Hmm…she's gone. Wonder where she went…
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Holy. She just scared me. Again. I was going to read my comic books because I couldn't find her, but she scared me. Again. Yeah.
So there I was, sitting on my bed, reading my comic books, when suddenly I hear strange tapping on my window. Nothing was there, but I knew better. Raven, with her new shadowy hiding-in-places-to-scare-you-senseless form, could have done that. But for some strange reason, I felt compelled to look at the mirror. Whoa, another long word. I'm on a roll again.
Anyway, so I look at the mirror, nothing there. Didn't think much of it. Kept reading. Then I realized something. I have a reflection. So I look up, and there she is. It was horrible! I screamed yet again, losing my manly dignity while she laughs her butt off. She's going to mock me about THIS too. Bloody girly shrieks that somehow wind up coming from my throat…
I lead a sad life.
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I'm once again the saddest person alive. I told Robin after my third ordeal, but he didn't believe that Raven could do that. So I'm here to wallow by myself and my totally patheticness. I sigh.
So I fell asleep. No harm in that. But I've learned never to fall asleep when the DEMON that is my girlfriend (oh yes, I asked her out after it. Why I did, I don't know. It seemed like a good time when she was distracted. She was laughing so hard, she said yes anyway) has special powers that make her a shadow that can go through walls. Obviously I talk in my sleep. And she found amusement in what I said.
"Uh…the sea monkeys have my money…yeah……Coo-coo-cachoo……said it was called a butt…that's a pretty big butt" I was startled from my sleep by laughing. It was Raven. Oh god.
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God this is so retarded.
'What a wonderful choice of words, Beast Boy."
'Oh my god Raven. First the stalking. Then the you in the mirror. Now you in my mind? I've had enough of this!'
'Heh, just to let you know, you've succeeded in making me laugh. Finally. Did you realize that, yet?' No I didn't.
'No, actually I didn't.'
'You know, I'm still slightly laughing.'
'I bet. You going to mock me forever about this?' I hope not.
'Possibly.'
'Raaaaven. Do you promise not to tell the others?'
'Maybe.' Argh. I think she's trying to spite me.
'Raven! Please!'
'What are you going to give me so I won't tell them?' Oh god. I HATE it when people can blackmail me. Damn.
'Uh, some comic books?'
'Be realistic, Beast Boy.' I leave the room. I have a feeling she's on the roof.
'It doesn't help that you are irascible about my only valuable possession.'
'Irascible?'
'Yes, irascible. You know, annoyance.' I'm so good.
'Wow Beast Boy. Didn't think you had that in your vocabulary.'
I snarled in my mind. 'Well, what else can I get you?'
Silence.
'Hello?' Oh well. I'm in the living room now. I climb the stairs and I open the roof door. I see a midnight blue cloaked figure floating in the air.
"Hey Raven." I turn into a kitty. I like my kitty face. I've perfected my googly eyes. So I walk up to where she is and stand in front of her.
She opened one eye and closed it. I jumped into her lap. She opened her eyes, startled by the sudden weight of me. Surprisingly, nothing blew up. I wonder why. I stare up at her with my famous googly eyes. YES! BOOYAH! A miniscule smile! Score!
"Hi…Beast Boy." She scratched my head lightly. SHE SCRATCHED MY HEAD! Boy, she knows how to scratch little kitties behind the ears. Oooooh, it feels good.
Her smile grows slightly bigger as she can hear me purr. So we both sit there, contented with the setting sun in the background. She slowly sits down on the ground and I crawl up farther up to her head so I can rub it with mine.
So I did. She slightly smiled even more. Heh. Still purring while she still scratches my head. I transform back to normal. Meh. She looked surprised. I took advantage of this and kissed her. Feels so good...Wonder why I never asked her out before...So she kisses me back now after her initial surprise. We kiss for a bit more until she stops and closes her eyes. I noticed nothing blew up. Maybe she's getting her powers into control...
I turn back into my kitty and let myself be held by her. She starts scratching my head again and I hear her sigh happily. So I purr louder.
I think I'll keep her. Because I mean, cats are the ones who own their "owners." Am I right?
A/N Just saw Finding Nemo again. I got Beast Boy's third ordeal from that. A little more Beast Boy/Raven pairing. I like them a bit more. Beast Boy seems a little off to me…haven't seen the show in a while. Bloody homework. REVIEW PLEASE! REVIEWS HELP ME WRITE:gives Beast Boy's googly eyes: SAY YES TO THE KITTY!
