Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Sorry, really, for the delay. I have had this chapter done for like a month now but I lost my login to my internet… grr… and so I haven't been able to get back on til now and I still cant get my email so I cant even get all my reviews… very very annoying… I promise not to take so long in updating in the future… but enough of my babbling.. on with the story…
When candy goes bad or The attack of the left over mutant candy…
Tenshijaki
When we last left off all of our heroes had condemned themselves to a fate worse than acne… a couples only party. Yes, it is unfortunate that this had to be used as a plot device and we apologize now for any trauma that you experience in the continuation of this story. We have punished ourselves for it and are now moving on… So everyone was going to attend the party and had dates twitch. What no one knew was that within the walls of the giant 'T' shaped building, which did not scream 'bad guys attack here' contrary to popular belief, the mutant candy had laid chocolate eggs. They also did not know that the incubation period of said chocolate eggs was done and they were hatching, or more accurately melting. They also did not know that they had dust bunnies the size of hippos in the basement but that's another story all together.
So, it would appear dear friends that some time during their short mutant lives our candy had laid eggs. What could be with in these monstrous fattening sweets? Out of the chocolate egg shells emerged the most nefarious candies known to man. Almond Joys and Mounds sprung forth like baby birds from their shells, eating off the remaining chocolate from their casings. Why these particular candies? Because some times you feel like a nut, some times you don't. For some reason these candies knew that they had to attack the residents of the tower. Why? Because it was in the script. And so they gathered, and they planned.
Everyone had finally arrived for the party and assembled in the main room. Speedy was escorting Jinx, partly because she was his date and partly because the other titans had threatened bodily harm should he leave her unattended. She was a villain after all. Bee and Cyborg had walked in together, apparently each others dates. Who would have guessed? Robin came in with a beaming Star on his arm looking smug and finally Beast boy and Raven arrived. Surprisingly, to Raven at least, Beast boy did manage to clean up rather nicely. He was wearing nice slacks and a button down shirt in a blue that didn't clash with his skin. Robin too, had managed an outfit that wasn't his normal uniform. He was wearing a similar outfit to Beast boys but done in black and white. Raven and Star both wore tasteful dresses in blue and pink. This paragraph is getting to long so let's just say that all the others looked nice as well.
The boys had done a good job setting up. There were festive streamers and balloons hanging from the ceiling, food and drink set up along the bar, music was playing but low enough so that you could still hear people's conversation. The party was all set and the guest had arrived but everyone was just standing around. Apparently no one knew what to do. Suddenly Beast boy had a brilliant idea. "Let's play a game!" And so the debate began. Should they play a board game or a more 'live action' game? After five rounds of rock/paper/scissors, the only true democratic way to solve any problem, they ended up settling on 'Twister'.
This went well for a while, Cyborg put his foot on blue, Beast boy had to put his hand on yellow, Robin got red, Star got yellow, Jinx got green, Bee got red, Raven refused to play, and so on. It was going fine till Jinx lost her balance, fell on Beast boys arm, which caused Cy and Bee to both go down, resulting in Robin flying into Star and a general mass heap of bodies piled up on the floor. In the end there were two sprained wrists, one bruised rib, a scrapped knee and some complaint about a clavicle. Speedy hadn't had a chance to go yet for which he was happy about after they took the injury count. It was decided that 'Twister' was now banded from the tower. After that everyone just drifted off into their own groups around the room.
Robin and Star sat at one end of the sofa. They both wanted to hold hand and do other mushy 'couple' stuff but did not know if the other would be receptive. Raven and Beast boy were at the other end of the sofa. Raven was watching Robin and Star with disgust and Beast boy was watching Raven with longing. Raven had finally had enough. She got up and walked over to the two other teens and stood in front of them looking down. "Robin," she said pointing her finger at him, "do you or do you not like Star? And you know that I mean more than a friend so don't try to worm out of it." "I, I… I don't see why I have to answer to you!" The only thought going through Robins head was 'busted'. Starfire had been watching him and wanted to know the answer to that question herself so she decided to take Raven's earlier advice. Shockingly.
"Robin, please answer Ravens question." Star looked at Robin the same way a devoted lap dog looks at its owner. It was loving, cute, disgusting. Robin was desperate to get out of the situation. Now any normal person would have told him to grow up and just get it over with but we know Robin. It would be easier for him to let a bad guy go than to actually fess up to his feelings. So he did what any young man would do, he shifted focus. "Well what about you and Beast boy? You two were all hot and heavy for each other one day and then you blame me and Star for the break up. Look at him, Raven. He loves you, it's obvious. Are you just going to let him suffer?" Raven just looked at Robin, she knew what he was trying to do. Besides, she knew that Beast boy didn't love her, the mere thought was ridiculous. "Don't you try to change the topic Robin. You're not getting out of it that easily."
Just as the two were about to get into a verbal sparing match all Hades broke loose. Explosions went off all over the tower. All the power was cut and the only light to see by was what was coming in from out side and what the individual titans could produce. Robin tried to lead the charge but ended up tripping over the sofa in his attempt to get to the center of the room. 'Titans Go' came out as "Tit – ahhh!" Eventually everyone got together in the center of the room and was given their orders. Cyborg and Bee were to take the entrance hall, Speedy and Jinx, much to her amusement, were to take the bedrooms, Robin and Star were going to take the evidence room and medical room while Raven and Beast boy took the basement. If all was well in their areas they were to then proceed to the roof where they would all rendezvous.
"Any questions?" Robin did his best to look at all the teens arranged around him. "Yeah, can we make a dying giraffe sound if we get into trouble?" Raven smacked Beast boy and told him that he was not allowed to watch any more Southpark episodes. "All right. Titans Go!" Everyone went off to meet their doom, er, we mean everyone went off to their assigned areas to make sure there wasn't any intruders or aliens or giant killer dust bunnies, you know, the usual.
Cyborg and Bee made their way down to the entrance hall. They had to take the stairs since the elevator was out but amazingly made it with little to no problem. When they got there they saw that the sounds of explosions had been caused by the walls bursting in, as if something within had come out. Aside from the debris from that and a few scattered candy wrappers that they attributed to Beast boys messiness nothing appeared out of the ordinary.
Speedy and Jinx were going through all of the bedrooms along the hall. They hit Robins and both were commenting on how anal retentive he was about 'order'. They went to Cyborgs next and then to Star's making random comments about each of the member's rooms they were in. When they got to Beast boys they decided that since they didn't have Haz-Mat suits they weren't crazy enough to venture forth and when they reached Ravens they both came to the conclusion that since neither were trained to perform exorcisms that they could leave that one alone as well. They went through all of the guest rooms next and found a few scattered candy wrappers but other than that nothing out of order in those either.
Robin and Star were going through the evidence room slowly, checking every nook and cranny. When Star asked Robin to explain what a nook and cranny was he was at a lost and just told her to look everywhere. "See anything yet Star?" "No Robin, I do not." They continued their search until they were sure the area was clear and then moved on to the medical room. While they were searching something was nagging at Star and she finally had to act. "Robin?" Robin was looking under the beds, "Yeah?" "I was wondering, about what Raven asked you earlier. Do you like me, more than a friend?" Robin got off the floor where he had been and looked at the orange alien girl.
"Well, you see Star…" "Robin. Perhaps Raven is right. Perhaps we should not complicate things any farther." Robin felt his face fall at this statement. He thought that this meant she didn't want to be more than friends. When she walked over to him and grabbed him by the shoulders he was not prepared. "Wha…," he didn't get to finish due to Starfires mouth sealing over his. Not that he was complaining mind you. Everything in Robins brain officially shut down. Slade could have been right next to him doing the Mexican hat dance and he wouldn't have been able to do a thing but return the kiss that he had been longing to get from the girl he loved. Star was having a similar reaction and that would explain why they never heard the rustling of candy wrappers as something went out the door.
Raven and Beast boy were going through the basement. They had run across a few of the giant dust bunnies but since Beast boy spoke their language they didn't have any problems with them. Beast boy wanted to talk with Raven but everyone knew she wasn't one for small talk, if any talk at all. The silence as they searched started to get to him. It had been a whole five seconds since they had started searching and he wasn't coping well. "So, uh, Rae, I had a good time tonight." Raven just gave him her normal 'why are you wasting air' look. "Yeah, so um we should do this more often." Sighing Raven looked at him. "What do you want Beast boy? What is it that you want from me?"
Beast boy knew what he wanted to say but thought better of it. Thinking hard he tried to explain. "It's kinda like this; a good friend Rae, will bail you out of jail but a best friend will be in the jail with you saying 'Dude, that was awesome!'. I want us to go to jail together." Raven looked at him with one eyebrow raised. "First don't call me Rae, second I would never say dude or awesome and third that made no sense what so ever." "Damn it Raven!" Raven was in shock, she had never heard Beast boy swear and she certainly had never expected it to be at her. "Look, I, I… I love you. This whole pretend to go out with you wasn't pretend for me ok. I know you think I'm just a green loser but, but I… I love you. Cant you try and love me back?"
"Don't, Beast boy just… shut up." Raven put her hands over her ears like she would be able to shut out his words. Beast boy said he was in love with her, it was not acceptable. He was still talking, she could hear the words but they weren't registering in her mind any more. Whirling on him she started screaming. "Did you inhale a lot of glue fumes some time in the past few weeks? Sniff some aerosol cans? Anything that would explain your sudden memory loss as to the fact that I CANT FEEL EMOTIONS!" It wasn't fair, how dare he confess his misguided feelings for her of all people, he knew that she couldn't ever return them yet he had the audacity to ask her to try. "Raven, you know that's not true." Just then the light above them blow out. "Listen, take a deep breath and just hear me out ok. Please."
Raven did just that. She took a deep breath and started to count to fifty. She looked over at Beast boy and felt a little bad for yelling at him. "Fine, I'm calm now, what?" "Ok, well, you see I've been thinking on this, a lot, and I know that you normally have to worry about blowing things up and stuff if your mad or scared or whatever, but I don't think the positive emotions are dangerous." "Oh really?" He didn't even need to see her face to know the look she was giving him. It was the same look she gave him when he told her that it hadn't been he who threw out all the meat products in the fridge and replaced it with tofu. "Yes really. I mean remember when you had that thing for Mr. Dragon man? You didn't loose control while you felt happy and in love with him did you? No, you only lost it when you found out he had betrayed you. I hate to bring up painful memories for you but think about it."
And think about it she did. Could he be right? No, this was Beast boy they were talking about but still… What if happy emotions wouldn't get her in trouble, could she risk it? "Look Beast boy…," "No you look Raven, stop lying to yourself. If you don't like me fine but don't make excuses around it. If you have feelings for someone, if you love someone or if it's even a possibility, especially for people like us, you should try to make it work, no matter what." Raven just looked at him for a few minutes. Finally she sighed and threw up her hands. "Do you realize that within the past few days that you have come up with two fairly good ideas and now you're actually having a conversation that some people would call deep and insightful? I think you may actually be growing up Beast boy." She gave him a small smile. "Yeah, haha, think of that and tremble." He gave her a watered down version of his usual dashing smile in return. "Serious Rae, would it be that bad to try?" "I don't know Beast boy, really I don't, just… just give me some time." Surprisingly he did, he left it alone after she asked because he realized something. He had just got away with calling her Rae. And it was enough, for now.
Duh duh duhhhhh….
An: This chapter wasn't so much funny as … er… emotions and resolutions and stuff… sorry for all of you wishing to spray drinks over the key boards. I will endeavor to help you wash them next chapter. I had to get all this stuff out of the way – and if there is a way to make all the mushy stuff funny and meaningful at the same time, well I haven't found it. One or two more chapters and this monster should be wrapped up… let me know if the candy should win, or if we should wipe them out … personally I don't like almond joys or mounds so I say die die die… er… okays. Ignore my mental instabilities. I do know that our captive peep queen shall live… but that's because I have a soft spot for them… I think they made it too… too many peeps are bad for your figure lol.
