First, a note or two:
This is the second of my stories, and once again, I beg those of you who know everything about the included series not to complain. I am not trying to be as faithful to the comics or TV series as possible, so if you want accuracy, I suggest you look somewhere else.
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'Blah' = thought
"Blah" = speech
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No new notes needed now (say that five times fast...)
And now, on with the show.
The land around Jump City trembled in surprise. The sun had just started to warm the face of the cold earth, and it was still recovering from its nightly slumber. A small squirrel fell out of his tree with a second of the deep booming vibrations, and landed on the ground with a whumph, utterly surprised and slightly peeved that such deep booming vibrations had come to disturb his part of the forest so early in the morning. He promptly lifted his tail and walked off, very angry indeed.
Out in the center of the forest, not far from where a titanic crater had been dug and trees had been uplifted by a previous battle, a huge, square, stony foot placed itself noisily on the earth once more.
"I do not believe dear Raven will be joining us for a considerable time," said Starfire morosely. She had just emerged from the sorceress' room after attempting to convince her friend that Beast Boy would return. But Guilt, Anger, and Depression threatened to disturb the delicate balance of Raven's mind, and she would not risk emergence before her meditation was absolutely complete, and her emotions contained.
"So we're down to three," said Robin in a semi-stunned voice. None of them had been prepare for Beast Boy's sudden departure. They had never thought that anything could drive the jovial green changeling to just up and leave the Teen Titans. But something had, even if it was entirely not of her own will, and was a logical and safe decision on her part. "Let's just hope nothing goes wrong."
Just then, an light began to blink on the control panel, and Robin swore loudly. Then he frowned. "That's funny," he said, blinking back at the blinking light, "the system can't identify whoever it is. I don't think Slade's that good."
And then he felt the vibration. A low, resonant thumping that shook the Tower. He looked at the others. "It can't be. He's returned?"
"I'd say Soto's back alright," replied Cyborg glumly, "unless Slade's decided to go for the heavy artillery and is trying to shake us out of here."
"We are not able to stop such a thing with just us three," uttered Starfire fearfully. She was right: they were too weak in their diminished numbers. Before, it was only when the five of them had combined forces that they were able to defeat the stone giant.
"I'm calling up the CamVu now," said Robin, typing away on the keyboard. Then a picture glowed to life on the screen. It was obviously some being from the same planet as Soto, but it was larger. Much larger. Almost twice the size of Soto, but with an angry, round face and spiky blue hair.
"I think it's his mom," suggested Cyborg in utter disbelief.