Sweet Temtation.
Chapter 5
Death is Our Enemy.
A few weeks has passed since the April Fools thing. Raven and Beast Boy have been ever more closer. She really did need to let out her emotions every once in a while. The Titans were all in the living room hanging out. They haven't been attacked by anybody for weeks. Tarak didn't attack either.
Beast Boy and Raven had their backs against each other for support. He was reading one of his favorite manga and Raven was reading one of her favorite books.
Robin was teaching Starfire how to make human foods the correct way. Everytime she cooked something it came out mutated or it just tasted like pure death.
Cyborg was out getting some supplies for the T-car. That was three hours ago and strangely he hasn't returned from his journey to the store just five blocks down into the city.
Robin kept staring at Beast Boy in confusion, "What's Beast Boy doing...reading?"
"I do not know Robin," Starfire whispered back, "Perhaps the strong relationship has taken Raven and Beast Boy as well. He has never read before...even if it is the comic."
"Maybe Star..." Robin whispered, "Let's just keep an eye on them for a while. You know, just to see what's up with those two. Ever since he got that sword they've been spending a lot of time around each other."
"But Robin," Starfire said, "Isn't that wrong?"
"Yeah...but not for me," Robin said proudly, "I'm the team leader, which means I have the authority. Heehee!"
Beast Boy read the same panel again as he thought of something. Suddenly it hit him, "Hey Raven. I just got some ideas for Guild Galaxy. You coming?"
"Sure."
The two stood up at the same time and walked into the hallway. Robin ran up to the side of the hallway. Starfire walked up to him, "Okay Star. I want to use a tiny bit of of your Starbeam to drill a hole in the wall. Only then can we truly spy on them."
"Robin..." Starfire sighed as she did what she was told. Once the hole was drilled through, Robin peeked through the hole. He could bearly see Beast Boy bobing his head back and forth to the beat of his new creation. Raven was leaning over the chair with her hand and a smile on her face.
"Well what do you see, Robin?" Starfire asked him.
He sighed and pulled back, "Not much. Just Beast Boy listening to his music and Raven smiling. Still, its unusual for Raven to even be in Beast Boy's room."
"Hey ya'll!"
Robin quickly tackled Cyborg onto the ground, "Shhhh!"
"Get off of me!" Cyborg yelled as he pushed the masked leader off, "What's there to be quiet about? Ohh man! Look what you did to my burger!"
Starfire helped him pick up the parts of food, "Robin is spying on Beast Boy and Raven. He thinks spying is better then asking them if they have the relationship."
Cyborg raised an eyebrow, "Well thats just plain silly."
Starfire grinned, "So you agree with me, Cyborg?"
"No! Spying is way better then asking them straight up!" Cyborg quickly equipped his spy clothes, "So Robin, what have ya dug up so far?"
Suddenly the door opened and Raven looked at all of them. Robin was on the floor, Starfire was picking up burger parts and Cyborg was in spy clothes, "Whats with all the noise out here? Beast Boy is trying to work."
Starfire quickly flew up to her friend, "Raven! How would you like to 'hang out' with me? We can go to the mall and do our hairs!"
"No."
Robin stood up, "Then how about we train. You know, to hone our skills?"
"No."
"We can have a professional meat eating contest." Cyborg suggested with high expectations, "Huh? Huh? You know you wanna have a meat eating contest."
"No. Now keep the noise down." She slammed the door in Cyborg's face and walked back to Beast Boy. He looked up from his work to see Raven walking to the center of his room.
"Who was it?" Beast Boy asked looking as she assumed her meditating position.
She opened one eye, "I'm meditating..."
"Heh, sorry." He was about to grab his headphones and plug them in the slot where the speakers went, but Raven used her powers to stop his hand from going any futher.
"Keep that track playing..." She said with her eyes closed, "Its very soothing..."
He nodded as he pluged the headphones into Input two, "Okay then." He then got started on his 31st song. Beast Boy has gone a long way since his first day on the job. Already 30 songs done in such a short period of time. He was just about to start when a loud crash was heard from the living room window.
The Titans alert system went off like crazy. Soon a loud voice could be heard. Beast Boy growled knowing who it was. It was Tarak, "Hello Titans!"
Beast Boy ran over to the side of the room and unsheathed the sword from it's sheath. Almost instantly he felt it pulsate and the zig-zag blade appeared. He was about to run out the door when Raven stopped him and planted a passionate kiss on his lips. She pulled back and said, "Let's come back alive, okay?"
He grinned, "C'mon. You always say that. It's not like you to be worried during a fight. Let's treat this one like we always have okay Raven?"
"You really have changed, Beast Boy."
He huled the sword over his shoulder, "Yeah, but you've changed even more."
Soon a call was heard from the hallway, "Titans! Assemble!" Soon all five Titans appeared behind Robin at the front of the living room. All of them glaring at Tarak. His monster minions were back and bigger, "Titans Go!"
Starfire was the first to make a move. She quickly flew up to the highest point of the room and began hurling Starbolts at the beasts, "We must push them away from our home!" She yelled trying to make them back up. If only they could leave the tower, the Titans could fight at full potential.
Robin quickly extended his pole and ran for Tarak. The others could deal with the monsters. He saw Tarak grab his favorite guns and begin shooting widly. Robin quickly dodged the bullets by moving to the side. He then nailed Tarak right in the face. Tarak stumbled backtowards a bit but quickly regained composer and punched Robin in the face.
The punch was hard and full of force. It sent Robin hurling towards the wall. Starfire saw this and quickly grabbed the masked leader before he hit anything. Before she could take any more action, one of the Beasts grabbed her by the hair and threw her out of the Tower along with Robin.
Beast Boy clentched the handle of his sword and charged towards one of the Beasts. He slashed right through one like it were made of butter. He turned around and smirked. Too bad his victory didn't last long. The "dead" monster regenerated the other half of it's body and turned around towards Beast Boy, "Oh no!" He watched as the Beast swung its mighty fist at him. Beast Boy quickly changed into an armadillo and dug into the next floor of the Tower.
Once downstairs he reverted back to his normal form, "Heh. Looks like changing into animals isn't all that useless." He gasped once the Beast crashed downstairs to meet him in battle once more, "Die already!"
Raven flew up into the air, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She grabbed the couch and hurled it at one of the Beasts. Her aim was off a little bit so she slammed right through the head. Instantly the beast chattered into billions of glass bits. A little gold piece was all that was left. Raven gasped, "He's using alchemy. Aim for their heads!"
Beast Boy nodded then slashed right through one of the beasts head. It shattered into billions of glass bits as well. All that was left were five hundred dollar bills. Beast Boy smirked as he stuffed the money in his pocket, "Heheh. I didn't know my bro was an alchemist."
"There is alot you don't know about me, Beast Boy."
Beast Boy growled, "Why are you attacking us? I don't understand any of this. Marina came back, then you came back. Why are you both back?"
"M-Marina is here?" Tarak said taking a step back, "Damn it. I'm going to have to wait a while. Tch." He furiously shot widly at the ground in the form of a transmutation circle. He then threw some gold pieces and used his alchemy to create around ten more of his monsters, "Bye Brother. Titans." He dissappeared.
Beast Boy scoffed as he ran towards the newly spawned beasts. He was about to slash the head off when another quickly grabbed his arm, twisted it, then slammed him right through the wall.
Once Robin was finished with the old ones he jumped downstairs using the giant hole in the floor. He aimed his pole right for the head but one of the beasts kicked Robin back into the air. Another quickly grabbed his arm and flung him outside.
Cyborg slapped his hands together. He secretly lured about 15 beasts away and kicked their asses easy. He ran out into the living room and began blowing their heads off the long distance, "Oh yeah! Easy as meat!"
One of the monsters snuck up behind Cyborg and started to fiddle with his systems. He quickly turned and and nailed a blow right into his face. The head flew off and a few hundred dollar bills floated around.
"Ahhh!"
The 4 Titans looked in the direction of the scream to see Beast Boy. He was bleeding all over and was badly wounded. Around 10 beasts surrounded him then dissappeared with him. Off to who knows where.
"Beast Boy!" Robin yelled trying to get there in time. He didn't. He cursed at himself and kicked the ground, "Titans! We need to fine Beast Boy."
"But we have no idea where he is," Raven said looking around for any clues the enemy may have left behind. She flew over to the spot where Beast Boy was taken.
"Heh, you guys worry too much." Beast Boy called dropping from the ceiling onto the ground. His clothes were stained with blood. He sighed and wiped his hands, "That sword is really powerful. It just did some dissappearing attack. I ended up in some weird room in purple goo. I slashed up the monsters easy and here I am. Pretty weird."
" Friend! I'm so glad you are back!" Starfire exclaimed hugging him, "You made us all worry!"
"Heh, thanks Star."
Robin grinned, "Hey Beast Boy. Something is different about you. Care to tell us what?" His grin widened when he saw Beast Boy give Raven a thumbs up, "Nevermind."
"Listen guys, I hate to break up this Beast Boy-tastic moment, but we have some cleaning up to do," Cyborg said easily fixing some things that were broken down, "After that we need to take this guy down."
Starfire began putting pieces of the wall back in their places. Cyborg had the job of heat sealing everything up. Robin and Beast Boy began setting back the furniture and Raven tended to the windows.In about 2 hours everything was as good as new.
Robin got started on tracking down Tarak's location. It was very late. It was time to take the offensive instead of defense. He sighed in frustration, "Damn it! No trace at all!" Hours passed and he still wasn't finished.
Starfire walked over to him, "Robin...it is 3:13am. Maybe it is time you have rest." She sat next to him and tiredly rested her head on his shoulder, "You can continue your search in the morning."
Robin wrapped one arm around Starfire and pulled her close, "Sorry Star, not today. You get some rest alright? I need to figure all of this out."
"Do you need my help?" Beast Boy said putting on his shirt. He promised Raven he would be there when she woke up so he had to make this quick, "I mean, Tarak is my brother."
Robin turned around, "Your awake? Sure I could use some help." He kissed Starfire goodnight and watched her walk into her room and shut the door.
Beast Boy yawned and looked at he screen, "So how can I help?"
"You can start by finally telling me your past," Robin suggested, "We know everybody elses' but yours. Starfire's heritage, Cyborg's accident, Raven's father. Now its your turn."
"We still don't fully understand your past, but alright." Beast Boy sat down on the couch, "It's like this...
Author's Note: Just to let you all know, I will get to explaining his past when the time is right. I was thinking of doing it earler but to tell the truth, I really haven't gotten his past 100 into the story yet. Hopefully the finished product will be perfect.
Oh and to "Because I can", my favoritereviewer, thanks for the suggestion. To tell you the truth, I already have what happens to Beast Boy and the sword written down already. Its smiliar to your suggestion in a way. When the time is right you'll see. Thanks again.