Chapter Seven: Starfire's Insanity, Volume III

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Beastboy screamed as he ran away from Starfire and her evil dog sweater. "WhatDoIDo?WhatDoIDo?" Beastboy chanted, not knowing how to escape her death-uh I mean dog-trap. Suddenly getting an idea, (Wait, is that possible?) he transformed into a mouse and hid behind a nearby trash can.

"Friend-Beastboy-Where-Are-You-I-Must-Find-You-If-I-Am-To-Put-This-Adorable-Outfit-On-You-Come-Out-Right-Now-Before-You-Make-Me-Angry!" Starfire yelled as she rounded the corner and realized that Beastboy had evaded her.

Beastboy tried to be as quiet as a… mouse, not uttering a sound as Starfire passed.

"I-Said-Come-Out-Here-This-Instant-Or-Else-I-Will-Be-Forced-To-Sing-A-Traditional-Tamarainian-Folk-Song-And-"

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"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" the titans heard from the distance.

"Um," Raven started, "I think that's Beastboy."

The titans covered their ears when they heard a loud screeching, like a thousand nails scratching a chalkboard.

"Ugh, I think that's Starfire." Robin shouted above the din.

"Then maybe we should put her out of her misery." Cyborg replied, receiving a scolding look from Robin.

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"Oo! a TOY STORE!" Starfire exclaimed in the middle of her super-fast, high pitched and screechy, glass-breaking solo.

Beastboy sat, still cowering in fear, not behind the trash can, but under it, since Starfire's singing had caused it to fall over, along with half the other things in the vicinity.

"Beastboy?" He heard from his hiding place, "Where are you?"

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"I think he's over there." Raven said, pointing to an overturned trash can as she used her powers to scan for highly traumatized animals.

"You go and find him, Cyborg and I will try and capture Starfire before she does anymore damage." Robin commanded before leaving with Cyborg.

Raven cautiously approached the trash can, hearing some mutterings:

'No, Beastboy good doggie, NEVER disobeys mama Starfire, no, never… DON'T HURT ME!'

"Uh, Beastboy? Is that you?"

'Beastboy GOOD doggie, Beastboy ALWAYS wears his sweaters…'

"You okay?" Raven levitated the trash can with slightly strained effort to find a hysterical Beastboy in a fetal position, muttering.

'Beastboy good bo- RAVEN!" he exclaimed then jumped up and embraced her, scaring her half to death. "You saved me! WHERE'S STARFIRE! TELL ME SHE'S GONE! PLEASE! I BEG YOU!" he asked before returning to his mutterings of 'No, Starfire is nice, Starfire be GOOD mommy, yes, good klorka-kaka-whatever.'

Wincing since Beastboy's sudden embrace caused her still-healing body to give a little cry of pain, Raven pushed back the urge to whack the petrified changeling back to reality and instead began to coax him to calmness.

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"Starfire!" Robin exclaimed, trying to get the attention of the hyper-active princess who happened to be swimming through a sea of stuffed animals.

"Oh-What-A-Glorious-Animal-Of-Stuffing!It-Is-Positively-Adorable!"

Suddenly Cyborg had an idea. He took an animal identical to the one Starfire had and began saying in a sing-song voice, "Oh lookee, Star, this one needs a home." Then he threw it out of the store so she would follow it and they would be able to ambush her as she went past them. Much to his surprise however, Starfire was going so fast that she was beyond their grasp before they could even think of moving into position.

The toy didn't keep her busy for long, however, for she had spotted something even better…

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"BEASTBOY I AM TELLING YOU TO SNAP OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW!" Raven shouted, her cheeks flushed as she was seething, her temper adding more damage to what had already been done by Starfire in the mall. She had started transforming into some sort of hideous creature in her anger, black tentacles peeking out from under her cloak.

"Gahhhhhhh!" Beastboy exclaimed, finally ending his mumbling.

"There, that's better." Raven said, immediately returning to her normal self and regretting slightly that she had to resort to such tactics when her coaxing had not worked.

"O-okay." Beastboy stuttered, barely able to speak after he had been scared to death by two of his friends one right after the other.

"I'm going to my room and never coming out again, not with two crazy FEMALES running around!" Beastyboy muttered under his breath.

"What did you say?" Raven said whirling around, demon fire returning to her eyes.

"N-nothing, I-I-I didn't say n-nothing." He said, whimpering, although he couldn't help but smile a little bit after Raven had turned her back.

"Well stop fooling around then, we need to find the others." Raven said, seemingly unphased.

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"Starfire put that down RIGHT NOW!" Robin commanded as Starfire grabbed a 2 liter bottle of mountain dew.

"NO!I-Need-It!I-Won't-Do-It,You-Can't-Make-Me!" She replied, a mad look in her eyes.

"Star," Robin said, softening his tone, "Please don't do it, it's not good for you." Deep concern etched across his face as his eyes pleaded with the madwoman.

Starfire still gripped it in her hands, not at all herself, wanting the mountain dew and determined to do anything to get it. She glared at Robin for well over a minute before her gaze finally softened and her eyes took on a tired and sorrowful look. Her grip loosened on the mountain dew for only a second. That was all it took, as Cyborg, quick as a wink, took it away from her. Immediately, she resumed her demonic stance, kicking and throwing firebolts as she tried to get the confiscated beverage. "GIVE IT BACK NOW!" she roared.

"I'm sorry Starfire." Robin said as he snuck up behind her, then administered a sedative from his utility belt.