Disclaimer: I DIS-CLAIM what I am writing. I do not claim Teen Titans. I don't even own the title; it was going to be used as an ep title.
NOTE: Whenever one of the girls is named it is referring to the body, otherwise the actual person may be specified in (these).
Chapter 4: Meet and Greet
Starfire (Raven) paced carefully toward her bedroom door, she needed to see Starfire at once, she had to see if-
Starfire had just slid her bedroom door open to spy Raven, hand poised to knock upon her door.
The two looked at each other, Starfire looked at her body and immediately felt a wave of nausea.
Raven gasped and her hands glowed briefly. "Why is...?" Her sentence fell short. She was looking at herself as though it was a mirror, but never in any mirror had her eyes been violet.
Starfire uncharacteristically leaned closer peering at her own body. This should not, and could not be right. Nothing like this had happened before.
Yet those green eyes looked back at her, throwing her entire complexion off. "We should inform the others." Starfire straightened back up taking a deep breath, just when she thought there could be no more surprises...
"Raven, is this a bad thing?" Raven was frowning, her emerald eyes bright with an alien worry.
Starfire forced her new body to keep calm, her face was a serene placid, expressionless. It was wrong to worry her now, her emotions were felt with a fire intensity and any stirring could be detrimental.
"We'll see what the others think." With that she brushed past her own body heading for the next door in the hall.
ROBIN was printed neatly on its steel surface, and Starfire tapped it twice with a little more force than she meant to. She could see small dent marks, but moved a little so that Raven who had just appeared behind her wouldn't see.
There was shuffling behind the door and a crash followed by some muffled cursing.
Robin jumped out of bed, the sharp knock jarring him from the light sleep he had finally accomplished. His room seemed to sprout the morning's sunlight as he moved toward the door.
Half awake he smacked his hip on his desk causing the papers and weapons that had been precariously stooped on top to crumble. The pain shot through his body quickly making an early morning curse escape as he moved past the mess he'd have to clean later.
Whoever was at the door was dead; waking him from the little peaceful slumber he had gotten all night.
Clumsily he hit the button beside the door and it slid open. Violet eyes leered down at him. On reflex he backed up, those were Raven's eyes.
Then the reality came crushing back down, amethyst eyes no longer meant Raven. Robin peered back at the girl still looming over him, a scowl in place. It was Starfire, but then...
"It's too early to be messing with my head." Robin groaned seeing Raven just over Starfire's shoulder; her eyes were a vivid green.
"Yes, well we have a problem." Starfire added sourly.
Robin blinked hard trying to get his brain up and running, lack of sleep seemed to have left it lagging. "Wake the others and have everyone meet in the living room." Robin added before turning back inside as the door slid shut behind him.
"Someone's had a rough night." Starfire barbed before turning for Cyborg's room.
Raven stood looking at the script on Robin's door. What was so troubling for her boy?
The two girls sat on the far left couch, the rest of the team on the far right. Raven's (Starfire's) emotions had gotten the best of her, tendrils flinging about her vicinity. No one really wanted to sit near her.
Robin made sure to avoid both girls eyes, he felt a bit treacherous having to space himself from Starfire in her condition, not to mention some of the thoughts that had broken into his tired mind throughout the night.
Finally Cyborg decided to stand seeing no one else was willing to make a move. "So you two switched eye color, this could be a good thing. I mean maybe you two are like gradually switching back...?"
"I don't think so." Starfire added brushing back her still tangled mass of hair.
By accident Robin had turned his head to look at the speaker. Starfire threw him a quick look with piercing dark eyes. Forcefully he turned his gaze, Raven was still fiddling with her cape, her own emerald eyes downcast.
"How so?" Cyborg asked stepping over a dog-form Beast Boy; he had decided to get some extra rest.
"It wouldn't be taking this long for only one thing to change."
"It could be slow." The boy suggested.
"I don't think so, I think the remote messed up."
"So the switch wasn't as complete?" Cyborg tilted his head slightly thinking to himself.
Starfire stayed silent. There was a gruff snuffle from the green dog but no one else made any movement.
There was a lone silence where no one knew what to say. Raven sneezed and a black wave melted one of the last standing lamps in the room. "Sorry," She sniffled a little timidly.
"Anyone up to making the Mad Mod trip with me?" Robin stood up suddenly tired of the awkward tension.
"I am willing to go." Raven looked up, her boy would not look at her.
"I might as well join you, Mod may need a little extra coaxing." Starfire added while trying to pull her purple mid-drift a bit further down. Robin averted his eyes.
Beast Boy yawned loudly transforming back to his original green form. "So can I go back to video games now?"
A deep-set frown formed on Starfire's complexion as she glanced at Beast Boy. Muttering something that sounded like 'if only I had my powers', she turned for her room, her hair needed a bit of taming before going out. "I'll meet you two in the garage." Starfire threw over her shoulder before climbing the steps to the next level.
Robin smirked before turning his attention to Raven. She was standing carefully fixing the cloak so it settled around her body.
"Dearest Robin?" She moved closer delighted the cloak stayed in sync with her movement. "If I am to be playing Raven won't it be noticed my iris is the wrong color?"
Robin cleared his throat abruptly, hating the way Starfire moved inside Raven's body, her cloak moving in such a way... "Well I'm sure we could get some contacts made or something...?"
Raven tilted her head unfamiliar with his wording. "They're things that go in your eye to change the color." Robin tried to explain.
"Robin, I do not wish to have things put in my eye, it would be most painful!" Raven bit her lip still a bit confused with Robin's suggestion. She tried to move closer, she missed being able to touch her boy, if she could only hold his hand...
"Um, we should get to the garage," Robin rushed just as it seemed Raven would move a bit closer.
Raven watched Robin turn and head from the room; she couldn't understand why he was acting so strangely.
"Can you at least attempt safe driving?" Starfire glared at the bike Robin had revved up.
"Aw, don't like the thrill of breakneck speed?" Robin raised an eyebrow under his mask.
Starfire gave an indignant sigh before throwing her leg over his bike. "I just don't want to be buried under a stone that states 'Starfire' for the rest of eternity'."
Robin laughed and pushed the kickstand up with his foot. Raven was flying to the penitentiary, so she was probably already there waiting.
"You got a strategy for this working?" Starfire asked trying to push down her skirt, it was most ineffective on a motorcycle.
Robin's response was gripping the gas quickly, and Starfire again found herself gripping the boy she'd rather strangle.
"We'd like to see Mad Mod, he's said to be residing in your facility." Robin asked the clerk in the front desk. She wore a smug look that was only amplified by the tight bun holding back her dark hair.
"Yes, well let me see if he's accepting visitors." She turned her chair picking up a cordless phone on the desk.
Starfire was present at Robin's side for appearances only, her flame red hair she had spent countless minutes brushing had become ragged and wind-blown thanks to boy wonder.
She cursed him silently under her breath.
Robin couldn't help but take enjoyment at catching some of her mumblings.
Raven was looking about the small office through hooded eyes. It was a large white room with one door off to the right guarded by a short burly man.
Finally the woman put down the phone with a loud click. "Yes, he's in cell 257, just through that door." She frowned pointing a blood red fingernail toward the guarded door.
"Thank you." Robin added leading the two girls toward the door.
The man easily stepped aside with a grunt and pulled a set of keys from the holder at his waist. Unlocking the door he pushed it open calling inside the echoing hall: "Visitors to cell 257!"
Raven swallowed following Robin and Starfire through the door. All the villains they had fought and defeated were in here, it wasn't a pleasant thought.
A man in a white and blue security uniform and an ugly scowl was the next in line. "Follow me please." He added in a not-to-pleasant voice before turning his back to the trio.
The four walked in silence.
Cells passed with men and women alike, many unhappy at the sight of the titans.
Raven tried to keep her eyes down, the people were most vulgar sending sneers in their directions.
Robin kept his eyes straight ahead; he had an air of determination now, his leader side taking hold.
Starfire met no eyes and walked with indifference uncaring about those they were now passing.
After a few minutes the man stopped in front of a cell that was different than the rest, it was a room instead of a cell, with a large heavy looking door. He pulled his keys out and unlocked the door quietly. "Call when you're done." He grumbled before pulling out the key and returning it to his belt loop before turning to walk back down the hall.
Here goes nothing, Robin thought to himself as he pulled the door open for the two girls to go through first.
Inside Starfire noted all the walls were white, and across the room was a small white bed.
Mad Mod was perched atop hunched over staring aimlessly at the floor. His usually florescent clothes were absent; he wore white pants and a large white shirt that matched his graying white hair.
"Mad Mod." Robin stated moving closer into the room. He had never visited any of the criminals he had put into this jail, so he wasn't exactly sure how it would go.
The old man stiffened slightly before straightening his back. "Well now my duckies, to what do I owe this occasion?" He turned to give Robin a strange look.
Raven looked about curiously, she had always wondered what a jail cell looked like, and no one had ever really explained where the villains went when they caught them.
"We have a slight problem." Starfire stepped forward, her voice brazen and cold. Her dark eyes watched Mad Mod.
Mod stopped a second, puzzled. He had fought the Titans enough to know such a chilly touch wasn't the girls taste. His eyes glazed from a purple-eyed Starfire to an emerald-eyes Raven, who was lacking all intimidating aspects.
A wide grin spread across his face. "Smashing." His English accent was thick and he looked on the verge of hysterics.
"So you've heard of this technology?" Robin demanded, his voice sharper at the criminals grinning.
"That be right. Who pulled it off this time?" The man pushed his flyaway white hair back.
"It was Control Freak." Raven turned to look at the man; her green eyes and quiet tone startled him for a second before another grin appeared.
"And my dearies, you lot want dear ol' Moddies help, is that right?" The man straightened his square glasses before standing.
Robin nodded his head watching Mad Mod carefully. There was a definite ominous feeling to the room, though he couldn't tell whom it was coming from.
"I'm afraid not, I don't do charity work laddie. Off you go now, it's been quite a show." Mod rounded the bed, seeming strange without his ever-present cane.
Starfire who had been looking around during the conversation snapped around so quickly the room froze. Using her new bodies height to her advantage she stalked right up to Mad Mod looming over him. "I'm afraid so." She glowered.
Mod's smile shredded instantly, trying to figure out whether or not to challenge the girl.
Before he could, Starfire took action. Her fists glowed vibrantly as her eyes bled neon green. The girl seized the front of his shirt forcibly and lifted the old man nearly off the floor.
"Now, now let's not do anything hasty!" Mad Mod flailed in her grip, a bit of fear in his old eyes.
"So you'll help?" Starfire let her grip slacken so Mod's feet were more firmly on the ground but didn't let go of his shirt.
Robin looked on impressed, while Raven backed away a bit; she never knew she could be so scary.
"Silly 'ol American, what I meant was-" He started but stopped when Starfire jerked him a bit closer, her hands tightening in fierce threat.
"Hmm?" Starfire droned still watching the old man squirm.
"I'll help with your little plan." Mod resigned, sighing deeply as Starfire dropped him. He quickly backed away.
"That all we wanted?" Starfire (Raven) turned questioningly at Robin.
"Uh, yea." Robin was still looking between Starfire and Mad Mod.
"I'll be waiting." Starfire added carelessly sliding past Raven and Robin and out of the cell.
"Quite the persuader, that one." Mod tried timidly from the corner where he resat himself on the bed.
Robin shook his head grinning, that was one way to get him to cooperate.
Ahh, writing Mad Mod's speech is so hard. I had to rewatch his episodes and take notes, so I hope I didn't butcher it too bad.
(Blushes) Oh my, so many reviews. Thank you all my readers!
How did you all get so good? Cookies to everyone who guessed eye color! And I made sure the wait wasn't too horrible (I fear the hamster!). Hmm and those who mentioned her chakra gave me an idea...muwhaha.
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