Perhaps I ought to start giving myself deadlines. So I can get my chapters done on time.
Naaaaahhhh.
So, anyway, here's the long-awaited (hopefully) chapter seven. It might be just me, but it seems like this is a little longer than my other chapters. I typed most of this up when I was at this art show my father was participating in.
Anyways, I don't own Teen Titans.
o0 start chapter seven 0o
It seemed as though the world had gone quiet. Blackfire couldn't even hear the wind around her as she stared at the dark-skinned girl in front of her.
Her first reaction was to laugh. She almost did, but then she remembered: This was a girl who she had known for less then a day. How had she figured that out so quickly? Blackfire's jaw twitched and she straightened up, her look of slight disbelief quickly transforming into a mask of cool indifference.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Blackfire finally said, pushing a section of her hair behind her ear. BumbleBee's laser hadn't stopped twirling, and if possible, her eyebrow arched even higher. "Why would I have powers? You don't even know me."
"Have you ever gotten a feeling that someone is more powerful than you think? Like, you can tell even though they didn't say anything?"
"... No."
BumbleBee shrugged. "Then I can't explain it to you. Sorry."
"Bu--" Blackfire was cut off by another electric blast to the gut and she doubled over. Staggering a bit, she took a step forward, while raising her head up to look at BumbleBee again. "Stop! That hurt."
BumbleBee allowed a small smirk to form on her face. "I will once you admit it." She raised the lasers again, as if challenging her.
Blackfire growled. "I told you, I don't have powers. If I did, why would I be here?"
"Wrong!" Another blast hit the girl in the arm, and she took a step back. "Stop!" She shouted. "This isn't funny."
"I think it is." Two more blasts and Blackfire fell to her knees as BumbleBee floated to the ground and began walking toward her. "Ooh, that last one looked like it hurt." She taunted, stopping in front of the other girl. "You don't have to stand for this, you know. All you have to do is attack me."
Blackfire growled and lowered her head. No, she told herself. Don't get angry. You'll blow your cover and you wouldn't have anywhere else to go.
"Come on." BumbleBee said, kneeling in front of Blackfire. "Just one eye beam or a sonic cannon or something. Anything."
"I can't show you something that does not exist!" Blackfire said, her head snapping up. Then she blinked. BumbleBee was gone.
She looked around in wonder. Where did she go? She couldn't have disappeared.
The she felt a short, violent sting on her wrist. She yelped, and felt another one on her upper arm. Standing up shakily, she attempted to bat away whatever was stinging her.
Wait a minute. Stinging...
A short blast hit her in the back of the neck. Snarling angrily, she whirled around only to come face to face with a miniature BumbleBee, arms crossed and smirking.
"Give up?"
"No!" BumbleBee was smacked away by a backhand from Blackfire, and she flew a few feet away before reverting to her original size.
They both stood staring at each other. Then BumbleBee began speaking again.
"Well, I guess you're right. You don't have powers. I guess I should have figured it out in the beginning, seeing as you're so weak."
Blackfire's lip twitched, but she didn't say anything as BumbleBee continued.
"I mean, I could tell by looking at you. You're all skin and bones. You can't even spar properly."
Don't say anything, don't say anything, don't say anything...
"I guess you are staying here so you can get better, instead of wanting to spend time with AquaLad..."
Blackfire bit back a snarl as her hands clenched into fists, nails digging into her skin.
"Hmm. you know, you look kinda like Starfire from the Teen Titans. It's a shame you can't take lessons from her."
That did it. All of the anger and pain she felt from the whole workout were channeled into her hands and in one venom-clouded movement, her hands were brought up in front of her, glowing with a sphere of pink energy that grew larger and larger.
"SHUT UP!"
She let the large energy blast fly and for a second all she could see were BumbleBee's eyes go wide before she was hit directly. A cloud of dust and dirt rose up as BumbleBee flew back and landed violently on the ground, skidding about a couple of feet more before coming to a stop.
Blackfire lowered her hands and watched to other girl, who showed no signs of consciousness. Oh great. Now she'd gone and done it. Not only had her secret been revealed because of her temper, but now she killed this girl who hadn't really done anything.
Calm down, she told her self, breathing heavily. It was in self-defense.
She took a step foreword, then another one, suddenly exhausted. She might as well check if BumbleBee was still alive.
The said girl suddenly gave a short cough. Blackfire's eyes rose as BumbleBee coughed again, then blinked her eyes open and began trying to sit up. Blackfire trudged toward her and kneeled down, reluctantly offering a hand to pull her foreword. BumbleBee shook her head, however, and pulled her self up, raising her knees so she could rest her elbows on them.
"Listen--" Blackfire began, but BumbleBee held a hand up, signaling for her to stop. After what seemed like hours, BumbleBee looked up, a weary grin on her face. "That was one hell of a light show, huh?"
Blackfire stared. She opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again.
BumbleBee laughed, then quickly coughed again. Blackfire didn't know what to do. Should she try to help her? Well, besides the fact that she was hit with a gigantic blast of energy and sent flying a few meters into the air, there really wasn't anything wrong with her.
"Kory? BumbleBee?"
Blackfire froze as AquaLad's voice drifted through the wind. Oh God. Had he seen?
BumbleBee abruptly stood up and dusted herself off, then began flexing her wings to make sure they were in working order. "We're coming." She called out.
She began walking back towards the cavern, an ever-so-slight limp in her left leg. Blackfire stared after her. That was it? She wasn't going to do anything?
"Wait!"
BumbleBee didn't look back and kept walking. Blackfire hurried after her.
"BumbleBee!" She caught up and fell into the same pace as the other girl. "You-- you're not going to say anything? About my powers?"
BumbleBee grinned again. "I told you so."
"Told me so what?"
"That you had powers. But you know, we could have avoided all that conflict."
"But-- You're not mad?"
BumbleBee laughed, then coughed once more. "No. I was the one who provoked you, remember? I'll recover.
"And don't worry about me telling AquaLad." She added with a wink. "He doesn't have to know if you don't want him to."
Blackfire let out a mental breath of relief. Well, this was good. She was pretty sure she could trust BumbleBee, and if she couldn't, well, she wasn't going to be on this planet for long, right?
AquaLad came into view, and Blackfire felt a sudden jolt of comfort. It was something she couldn't explain, and even when she looked back, she still wasn't sure what it was she felt.
BumbleBee raised her arm and waved, and AquaLad jogged up to meet them. His eyes widened when he saw BumbleBee's condition, and when he reached the two he put his hands on BumbleBee's shoulders and held her away from him to examine her." What happened to you, BumbleBee? Did you step on a land mine or something? Are you okay?"
BumbleBee brushed him off. "I'm fine. Just a little tired. Your friend Kory is really quite strong."
AquaLad glanced at Blackfire, then turned back to BumbleBee. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"Better. Maybe you should train with Kory some time." BumbleBee jabbed him in the stomach with her elbow. "God knows you need it."
"Hey!"
BumbleBee chuckled, then stretched. "Well, I guess I should return to Steel City. Before Mas y Menos drive Speedy crazy." Her wings fluttered, and she rose up into the sky. "Bye!"
"Wait!" Before she could stop herself, Blackfire ran foreword. BumbleBee looked down at her in surprise.
Blackfire met her gaze with a small smirk. "I challenge you to another fight next week."
BumbleBee raised an eyebrow, then grinned. "Fine. You're on." With a short nod, she flew away.
AquaLad looked at Blackfire as she walked back over to him. "What was that all about?"
"Nothing. What's for dinner?"
o0 end chapter seven 0o
cha-11- Sorry! I'm hoping this one is longer, but I'm quite delusional so I could be wrong. Maybe they bore you because I suck at fighting things. But I don't really know what that has to do with it…
Well, now you know?
King Phoenix- Why thank you.
Kikyou-sama- No, thank YOU. 0o Thanks for all your support, and especially your contributions to the fanart world. Heh.
gracie320-Ah, well, they both kick butt. So you can cheer for both!
Story Weaver1- I guess so. ?
Dakyu- Thank you! It was supposed to be an AquaLad solo fic, but there are some things in future chapters that will involve other people. Like when the Teen Titans find out. Hehhehheh.
HamHamDude-I hope this one is long. Seriously.
Okay. Right. Principal.
Well, since I'm already in trouble with my parents, I can't really do anything. But, when I'm annoyed with her or something, I just stand next to her. I make me feel better since she's like four foot six. It's fun.
Dude, 1.6 million words? Maybe my English teacher will let me do a book report on it. Heh.
I like writing longs reviews too. I just can't think of stuff to write.
Hmm. What about Moving Indian Antiques? Or Moron/Idiot Association? Malfunction In Australia? Making Instant Apples? Gosh, this is fun. Michael is Absent? –cough- Actually, it stands for Missing In Action. But it's still fun.
Thanks about the fight scene thing.
Um… Well, my outdated 2001 Microsoft word spells it that way, so I probably did it again in this chapter. (I just recently noticed that I use the word 'foreword' more than I use the word 'backward'.) So now I'm all confused. I need a dictionary.
DarkShadowGryphon-Eventually you will. I think. Thanks.
