Here I go again! The much anticipated (at least I hope it was much anticipated...) fourth chapter is here! A day or two ago I left you all in agitation with a cliffhanger. Robin and Starfire had met on the roof and had a lovely conversation. Little did they know, they were being watched by none other than SCORPIO! Starfire gets cold and Robin escorts her back to her room where he stays until Starfire falls asleep. Then, he returns to the outside world and is almost hit with a starbolt, compliments of Scorpio. An epic battle seems to be emerging. What shall happen next? (Bum bum bum!) You'll soon know. Just ignore my stupidness and keep reading...hehe...
Chapter Dedication: To Vivian. Yeah, you kick my ass every day in tae kwan do, but we're always laughing in the end. JENNIFER LIKES FRANK...ewewewewewew...oh and the Albert who's a white belt (dont know if you know him...) yeah he's a perv...he kept stairing at me and Christina...ewewewewew...okay this isn't the place for that, I know. Moving on...I love ya, you're awsome. Next up, portable red one stripe...aka portable blackstripe.
Disclaimer: Uh...right now, I'm writing this sitting in an extreamly tiny room filled with boxes and random junk computer parts and a broken telephone. Oh yeah, I totally own the Teen Titans. NOT.
And now we begin:
"Which of you morons is fighting at this time of night now?" Raven's door slid open, her eyes flooding with hatred at the sight of Scorpio.
"We were just solving a little dispute over territory." Scorpio still held the starbolt in his hand.
"Star...is...not...territory..." Robin entire body was tensed at hearing the unwelcome alien describe Starfire the way he did. "She ... is ... a ... living ... being ... who ... can ... and ... will ... make ... her ... own ... decisions ..."
"Really? You couldn't possibly have...feelings for her could you?"
"I don't have feelings for her! I protect her just as I protect all the other Titans!" (A/N: Robin's in denial…)
"Solving a dispute?" Raven grinned evilly, her eyes turning red and her voice distorting, "Allow me to do the honors!" The Goth pulled her arm back and launched it at Scorpio, slamming into his jaw. At the sight of his limp body, Raven calmed down and returned to normal once again. "Solved." She shrugged and returned to her room. (A/N: Raven saves the day once again! I have no idea why I have her continually protecting his victims except for the fact that she hates Scorpi-Boy...I don't know...I kinda like the idea of her continually knocking him out though...)
"Wait, what do we do about...?"
"Just leave him. He'll wake up eventually." From inside her bedroom, Raven smiled to herself.
Robin shrugged and dragged himself to his room. He was glad that Raven had ended the fight. The last thing Robin felt like doing at one in the morning was waging war with Starfire's psychotic ex-boyfriend, fully equipped with alien powers.
Why did that pinhead have to wake her up? Now it would take an eternity to get back to sleep again. Starbolts at one in the morning. Raven wanted to drill a few air holes into that thick skull of Scorpio's. Who did he think he was, trying to make moves on Star when he knew she didn't want him to? Couldn't he see that Starfire wasn't his anymore? She obviously belonged to someone else now. Raven chuckled. Robin. Starfire. Could the two be any more obvious? Better question: Could the two be any more dense?
Speaking of relationships...
Where did she and Beast Boy stand, anyways? As far as she could tell, they were just a sliver above friendship. His words bounced around in Raven's head.
"If you ever need anything, my door's always open."
Why did guys have to be so...difficult?
"Beat a Madonna, you one man zoo!" Cyborg maneuvered the buttons on his controller carefully, swerving Psymon out of the way of a tree.
"I just did!" Beast Boy made Moby slide off a large ramp and perform a Vacation.
"Man..." SSX3 was dominating the morning once again.
"I WIN!" Cyborg slid Psymon to a stop at the end of the course and threw his controller up into the air.
"Nooooooo!" Beast Boy buried his head into his hands.
"It's just a game Beast Boy..." Raven flipped a page in her book.
"But...but..."
"Hey, where are Robin, Star, and Scorpi-freak?" Cyborg looked around the room and noticed their absence.
"Hey maybe Star and Robin...you know..." A large book surrounded by a supernatural black power landed on Beast Boy's head.
"Don't be vulgar." Raven's eyes narrowed, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for what she had done. Maybe she should have used a lighter book... "They were confronted by the Unwelcome One at one in the morning, so they have good reason to be sleeping in...NOT together you perverted..."
"Good morning Earthlings!" Scorpio appeared at the doorway to the living room, beaming like a flashlight.
"Here we go..." Raven promptly left the area, retreating back into her room. Cyborg and Beast Boy ignored the alien all together, too involved with the slope they were riding down.
"What're you playing?"
"SSX3," Cyborg barely spared Scorpio a glance.
The alien sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought. These two were the video game drones. If they were going to be this hard to reach, that freak Goth and Starfire would be impossible. Robin, well, it didn't really matter with him.
"Would you mind if I tried?" Beast Boy and Cyborg both swung their heads around to look at Scorpio in surprise.
"What?"
"Can I try?"
Cyborg and Beast Boy grinned at each other evilly.
"Sure. Sit down."
Beast Boy hooked up an extra controller and restarted the game while Cyborg demonstrated how to use the buttons. The last step, Beast Boy had said, was for Scorpio to choose a character.
"Well, you can't have Moby, he's mine, and Cy likes Psymon, Robin plays with Mac, Starfire uses Elise, and the one time we got Raven to play, she was Zoe, so you're pretty much left with Allegra, Viggo, Kaori, Nate, and Griff.
Scorpio chose Viggo.
Cyborg selected the easiest course on the easiest mountain.
Snow Jam. Peak One.
"Filet O' Stalefish baby!" Beast Boy jabbed his buttons quickly.
"While ya'll were doing your wimpy fried-fish trick, I did an ubertrick!" Cyborg slid off an edge.
Scorpio kept silent, making his way down the mountain. The yelling match between Cyborg and Beast Boy continued and the two were becoming more careless, both slamming into trees left and right. Neither noticed the blond haired Viggo surpass their own characters on the way down the mountain.
Starfire slowly opened her eyes, light pouring though her window. After staring at the ceiling for a few unsettling seconds, she rose, greeting the morning sun with a smile. As the covers slid off of her body, she noticed an unfamiliar object wrapped around her shoulders.
Robin's cape.
The events of the past night came flooding back to her, and she couldn't help but continue hugging the cape to her slim frame. The cape...it smelled like a mixture of hair gel and sweat. Starfire smiled.
It smelled like Robin.
The alien girl wanted to keep the cape and never give it back, it's scent so familiar in so many ways, but that wouldn't be right. She had to return it. It was the least she could do for Robin's hospitality the night before. He didn't have to cheer her up. He could have completely ignored her all together.
He hadn't.
"How you beat both of us four times in a row?" Cyborg was practically bowing at Scorpio's feet, respect for the suddenly welcome alien flooding through him at an alarming rate. Beast Boy was quite literally bowing at Scorpio's feet.
"Teach us, oh Master of SSX3."
"I'll teach you another time. Right now I have some business to attend to." Cyborg shrugged, just reminding Scorpio to come back soon, but Beast Boy went chasing after him.
"Dude, whatever you need, I'd be honored to help you."
"I'm glad. Do me a favor would you?"
"Anything..."
"I need some assistance..."
"Miss Raven?" Scorpio knocked on the cold steel door before him.
"State your name in business. I'll consider your request, then probably ignore you. However, there is a slight chance that I'll come out and talk to you. Step any closer and you die. Thank you have a nice day." Scorpio heard a few clicks, signifying that the recording was over and that the real Raven inside was listening.
"It's me, Scorp-"
"Most definitely denied." A cold voice rang out from behind the door, causing Scorpio to shudder. What was with that girl?
"Aww...c'mon Rae. He's not so bad..." Beast Boy stood beside Scorpio. The door suddenly slid open quickly. An arm surged out of the tiny crack and grabbed the Changeling, dragging him inside.
"He's got bad vibes about him Beast Boy. I can feel it. Just because he beat both you and Cyborg on Ruthless Ridge doesn't mean that-"
"How'd you know he-"
"How else could he have gained your utmost respect?"
"Okay, okay, good point, but still..."
"Beast Boy, use your head! That guy tried to starbolt you to kingdom come yesterday afternoon! I'm only looking out for you..." Raven was glad that her room was so dark, for she was blushing furiously, "...a-and the rest of the Titans..."
Beast Boy grinned slyly, patting the empath on the back.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful...and I'll remember your advice about Scorpio." Beast Boy exited the room quickly. 'Whoa, was I actually in Raven's room by invitation?...I must be irresistible...I can't believe she was blushing...I barely even noticed it but it was there...'
"Well? What's the verdict? Can I talk to her?" Scorpio looked a bit impatient.
"She's...she's not in the best mood right now. We can come back later. Do you wanna try the GameStation again?" Scorpio smiled and laughed heartily.
"Why not?"
Under Scorpio's smile, however, there was an agitated frown. It was clear that he wasn't going to make any progress with Raven, at least not without some...persuasion. Unfortunately, in order for him to convince her, she'd have to open her door first...
The end to chapter four has come. Sorry! I hope you liked it. Not much of a cliffhanger I guess. I used all my cliffhanging talents on the last two. Anyways, imma go work on the next chapter now, okay? Okay!
Love always,
SushiChica aka Linka
Edited 6/22/05