Greetings once again! Here we go with another chapter of my crossover fic! I hope I live to your expectations.
Regrem Erutaerc: The little problems are always the most annoying, huh? Anyway, thanks for pointing those out. I guess I'm not the one to delve into their personalities deeply, but I'll get that fixed. Your reviews help me out. Keep pointing out these things. Someday, you won't find anything wrong...or at least, I hope so.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Teen Titans or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If I did, there would be a really big, at least 2-hour event of them crossing paths on television, then immediately sent to VHS and DVD. Too bad it isn't gonna happen...
Chapter 3: We're Turtles, Not Terrapins!
The large doors of the Titans' common room slid open, to reveal Robin hunched over the computer, endlessly typing away. He'd been this way for 2 days so far. "Man, you gotta at least get some sleep." yawned Cyborg. There was barely any light in the room, most of it was just the large computer screen. "We'll find her. You don't have to worry about it."
"Still, we won't find her if no work is done to search for her. We can't afford to take any breaks." said Robin irritably. He had been in a testy mood since Starfire disappeared. Cyborg felt it was best to leave him alone at this time.
"Do whatever you want, Rob. Just don't kill yourself in the process, alright?" He placed his hand on a scanner on the wall. "Lockdown initiated. Good night." he said, and trudged to his own room. Robin continued to type away at the console, and he didn't stop, until morning, and fell asleep next to the monitor.
Meanwhile, the next morning...
In a small living quarters, Starfire lay unconscious on a worn-out couch. Five figures were standing around her.
"Where did you find her?" asked the one who had a cane in his hand.
"Out next to the manhole on South Street alley, Master Splinter. She was unconscious there. A powerful blow to the head. It must have knocked her out instantly." replied one.
"Hey, this is one of those famous heroes of this city! The...Teen Titans, or whatever." said another.
"Raph, you're right! This is that one alien girl...uhh...Starfire, I think?" questioned one.
Another figure was behind the couch, looking at Master Splinter. "Can we keep her?" he jokingly commented.(A/N Movie Reference! Heh..)
"Hmm...Everyone, fetch pillows, blankets, warm water!" commanded Splinter.
"Yes, Master Splinter!" they all replied.
After some preperations, Starfire lay propped up on pillows, under a simple quilt, and a wet washcloth on her forehead. She slept a peaceful slumber for a while, and soon began to awaken groggily. All the figures crowded around to see her awake. When her eyes opened, she saw...4 giant turtles and a humanoid rat standing around her. She bolted upright, flew into the air, and covered her arms in starbolt energy. "Who are you people! You must be the Terrapin people ofShellulon 5! And a refugee from Ratkin 7!"
"Whoa, whoa! We're turtles, not Terrapins!" yelled one with an orange bandanna.
"Actually, Mikey, Terrapins and Turtles are the same thing." replied one with a purple bandanna, rather snidely.
"Huh?"
"Nevermind. Anyway, no we are not from those planets, we are from Earth." he spoke to Starfire. She seemed to calm down, and the energy dissapeared from her hands. She floated down to the ground, and asked for an explanation.
"We'll let our Master Splinter explain. Is that alright, Master?" asked the one with a blue bandanna.
"Very well, Leonardo. Please, Miss Starfire, have a seat." Starfire did so, and looked at Splinter intently. "I shall start with my origins. I was once the pet of a great fighting master named Hamato Yoshi. I watched his training every day, mimicking his every movement. But Master Yoshi had a rival, Hiroku Saki. The competed in everything, but nothing more so than for the love of a woman. The woman preferred Master Yoshi's more peaceful ways, and she chose him. But Saki would not have that. One day, my Master came to find his lover on the floor in a puddle of blood. Before he had time to react, Saki descended on him. My cage was broken in the struggle, and after my Master had fallen, I lept at Saki, biting and clawing him, but he threw me to the ground, and took one swing of his katana, slicing my ear. After that, I was alone. I lived in the sewers, feeding off trash, when one day, I came upon quite a discovery. Four baby turtles, wading in a pool of glowing ooze."
"That was us!" interrupted the one called Mikey.
"Oh, shut up!" yelled the others, and he just shrugged and let Splinter continue.
"I gathered the turtles in a box, and awoke the next night to discover that they had doubled in size. The days went by, and they became more and more intelligent, until one day, one of them spoke! I discovered that I, too, was changing, particularly in intellect. When the turtles had grown up even more, I began to teach them the fighting arts I had learned so long ago. I even gave them names. Leonardo..." he said, indicating the one with the blue bandanna, who bowed politely. "Michaelangelo..." he continued, and the one with the orange bandanna pointed at himself. "Donatello..." continued Splinter, motioning toward the one with a purple bandanna, who shifted in his seat a little. "And Raphael." he finished, pointing at the one with the red bandanna, who was idly admiring his sai. "So now you know our story. Please forgive us for startling you."
Starfire nearly had tears in her eyes from listening to the story. She had never heard of such a story, one of someone taking power from the past, which also caused sadness. "Oh, you musn't apologize! I should never have been so suspicious! Please forgive me! But I must know, where are we now?"
"We currently reside in the sewers that we trained in, as we have for many years." replied Splinter.
"Inconceievable! I shall not permit my caregivers and new friends to reside in a place of darkness and muck! You will come stay with me and my friends! I shall contact them." She reached for her communicator, but couldn't find it. "Where is my communicator!" she yelled.
"Oh, you mean this?" asked Donatello, picking up Starfire's communicator, which was badly damaged. "I found it next to you. It pretty broken, but I can fix it within a little bit."
"Thank you, Mister Donatello!"
"Uhh...just call me Donatello, or Donny, alright?"
"Okay...Donny!" After that, Donatello went to a corner of the room that he devoted to his mechanical projects, and got to work...
Later, At Titans Tower...
Robin was still asleep next to the computer, but was awakened by a small blipping sound. He looked on the screen to find the location of the signal issued by Starfire's communicator. "Titans, let's go!" he yelled, and Raven, Cyborg, and BeastBoy ran in the room, saw what he was indicating, and ran out of the tower.
'Finally, I can get the guys who took Star!' thought Robin.
The Titans hurtled off to the "kidnappers", who were unaware that they were in danger...
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Well, I think I did a pretty good chapter here. A fight scene will be in the next chapter, so prepare for a (hopefully) epic battle. I don't know how good people think my fight scenes are, so I'll guess I'll see. The big breakthrough of the crossover happens next chapter, so be there! Please?
Now that the little preview is done, I hope your anxious to R&R!