The triangular green fin sliced through the water at a high speed, penetrating the waves as it raced towards the group of teens clustered around the rocks. The adolescents, unaware of their persuer, continued with their activities, some more noisier than others.
"Robin! Do you wish to volley the ball with me?" Starfire asked, a broad grin on her face. She held a medium-sized white ball in her hands. "Cyborg, Raven, would you..." She was interrupted by a jet of water spurting towards her, and drenching her from head to foot. Upon hitting his target, the dolphin shifted in shape, and became a pointy-eared green male. Beast Boy clutched his sides and laughed hard.
"I can't believe you didn't see me coming!" He exploded, falling on to the ground and laughing even harder. Raven rolled her eyes.
"I'm going inside. I've had enough of him already..." She arose from her position on the boulders, and silently walked back in to the tower. It was more comfortable in there- little sunlight, less noise... bliss...
Cyborg raised one eyebrow. "B, apologise to Starfire,"
The changeling looked at his robotic friend, to an annoyed Robin, and a sopping wet Starfire- who, at that time, was squeezing the water out of her long tresses.
"Dude, it was only a joke," the boy protested, a weak smile on his face.
"Friends, do not worry, it was very refreshing!" Starfire beamed. "In such hot weather, days like this, it is nice to be refreshed. I enjoy the season of... uh... um..."
"Summer?" Beast Boy asked her. She nodded contently.
"Yes, Summer!"
"You know, this is just the beginning of it Star. Soon, it'll get hotter, and you know what that means!" Beast Boy paused, for a dramatic effect. Looking at their blank faces, he shrugged and continued. "Lots of cute girls out on the beach!" The male laughed, and punched the air.
The trio groaned, and simply ignored him. Beast Boy was getting increasingly annoying these days, though none of them had any idea as to why that was. Maybe the intense heat had finally melted his brain, or maybe he was just eating too much sugar.
Robin smiled apologetically. "How about we go get some ice-cream?" He asked, directing the question at them all.
Starfire's eyes lit up. "Yes!" She exclaimed. "Shall I go find Raven?" The girl didn't wait for an answer, and whizzed off, tracing the path that her friend had walked a few moments previously.
"Knock first..." Robin sighed, though a slight smile had made its way across his face. The expression slowly fading, he turned to face his team mates. "Better be on your guard. On days like this, we get weak easily. Make sure to..."
"Keep ourselves hydrated, make sure we don't over-exert ourselves... anything else?" Cyborg asked him, scratching his head.
Starfire rapped her knuckles on the dark door, stepping back as she waited for Raven to answer. Sure enough, the door partly slid open, and the hooded face appeared in the space.
"Yes, Starfire?" She asked wearily.
"We are going to get some ice-cream, would you like to come with us?" Her friend gabbled, grabbing Raven tightly by the arm, and dragging her out from the security of her room. Racing down the red carpeted hall, they soon made it to the main doors, where the boys had already gathered.
"Ready to go?" Robin asked them, standing in the aperture.
"Yes!" Starfire giggled.
"And you all thought I was hyper," Beast Boy commented, folding his arms.
"Gah..." Sparx sighed, removing her gloves and wiping her forehead, before gazing up to the fierce midday sun. She hadn't expected it to be so hot today, nor had she expected to run out of water so quickly. "I'll get there soon," she told herself. The process of walking had become quite monotonous- put one foot down on the ground out infront of you, then the other, transfer weight onto that foot, and repeat... The road she was following was also rather monotonous. Every now and then a car would whizz by, full of people on their way to the beach. "I bet they're having a great time," the girl muttered to herself, envisioning those who were splashing in the sea, sunbathing, doing things that she could not. Why'd she have to be out here, walking, on a day like this? When she'd started out, early on that morning, it wasn't like this! Yes, it had been sunny, but there'd been a cool breeze blowing about. Now, she half expected a vulture or something to swoop down and start devouring her until there was nothing left but bone. Shuddering, she began to picture even more death scenes, in which she died due to intense heat.
Sparx was so wrapped up within her thoughts, that she did not notice the large, bright blue welcome sign standing in her pathway, not until she collided with it. "Ouch," was all she uttered, as pain seared through her skull. Stepping back, her grey eyes scanned the board- whilst one hand rubbed her head- and then they widened. "Yes!" She squealed, forgetting all her thirst and pain, and jumping up and down on the spot, clapping her hands. Removing her back pack, she pulled the zip, and withdrew an energy bar. She quickly devoured it, just in case she happened to run in to any trouble whilst looking for the teens. Slinging it back across her shoulders, Sparx stepped aside, so that she wouldn't stumble in to the sign, and began to run- picking up speed in mere seconds. First, she would find a shop that sold sodas, and then she would seek them out. That sounded like a good plan to her.
"Can we go to the place where they serve non-dairy ice cream?" Beast Boy chattered, as they drove down the road in the T-Car.
"Non-dairy ice-cream?" Cyborg made a face, imagining the food.
"With chocolate sprinkles, it's so..." Drool made its way from his mouth, sliding down his chin. Cyborg shook his head.
"Doesn't chocolate have milk in it?" He queried.
"I don't think dark chocolate does," Robin muttered.
Raven said nothing- she couldn't be bothered to make a comment. Starfire quickly broke Raven's attempts at not speaking.
"Which flavour will you be having?" She asked.
"I don't know... not chocolate..." Raven replied in her gravelly tone.
"Oh. I shall be having the vanilla. Or maybe strawberry. Robin, do they serve the mustard flavour that I like?"
"No, Starfire, but they have mint..."
"Mint!" She cried, and the rest of the group shook their heads slowly.
"Oh great, we're here," Raven commented, a few minutes later. She ignored the identical expressions pictured on both Starfire and Beast Boy's faces, expressions of great excitement.
"Lemme out, lemme out!" Beast Boy wailed, tugging at the door handle. Cyborg sighed, and released the child lock he had installed on the door next to the changeling's seat. The metal swung open, and he leaped out- Starfire following suit. Robin emerged from the car in a rather lackadaisical manner, and Raven was the last.
"You guys go in, I'm gonna set the alarm," Cyborg waved at them, "make sure no punks steal it."
The two enthusiastic Titans raced oneanother in, whereas the other pair walked at normal pace. Cyborg flicked a switch on his forearm, patted the car on the bonnet, and joined his friends inside the building. He just missed Sparx, who had just turned a corner, and was now trekking down the pavement, her thirst quenched by the can of soda she was holding in one now gloved hand. Finishing it, she tossed it at a nearby bin, smiling as she heard a clunk of it falling in.
"Now all I gotta do is find the Titans!" She grinned to herself, and placed her hands behind her head as she plodded down the road.
At first, she didn't notice the T-Car, not until she had passed it anyway. Walking back, she admired it from afar for a few moments, wondering who could've made such a beautiful machine. She felt a tingling in her fingertips. The sensation rippled down her digits, along her hands, then danced up her arm. "Oh no," she moaned, closing her eyes, and trying to reverse the effect. But, she was not strong enough- she was magnetised to the metal frame of the vehicle, and could not break free. As soon as her body was in a hair's width of the car, a shrill noise sounded, piercing the atmosphere. Those who were milling about on the streets turned to stare at her, and Sparx felt herself turn scarlet. "I'm not trying to steal..." She whispered, trying her best to dettach her hand from the door, though failing miserably. Her sentance, not that anyone could hear it, was interrupted by a crash, and the entrance of the Teen Titans.
"GAH!" She yelped, panicking.
"Hey, you, whaddya think you're doing?" Cyborg yelled, moving towards her, and grabbing her free arm, but instantly regretting it his body was engulfed in electricity. "He-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-elp me gu-u-u-u-u-u-uys!" He chattered, letting go and crashing to the floor.
Instantly, two dark circles formed at Raven's clenched fists, Starbolts at Starfire's hands, and Robin and Beast Boy helped a temporarily paralysed Cyborg to his feet.
"No! Please! I'm not a criminal!" Sparx cried, her eyes screwed up tightly. "No!" And with that, a giant wave of electricity erupted from her whole body, spreading all over the car like an infection. There was a large bang, and a huge cloud of dust billowed up, concealing both the girl and the vehicle. Once it had cleared, with a help from a pteradactyl Beast Boy, all that could be seen were the charred remains of the car.