Hello everyone! Thanks for the reviews, and here is a much longer chapter 4!
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans but if I did I would go in and steal Kid Flash for myself (Guess we all know who my new obsession is now)…
On with the show…
The Titanhood of the Traveling Boots
Chapter 4
Beastboy walked out of the small airport. No one picked him up, they didn't need to. Beastboy could navigate this place with his eyes squeezed shut. He walked outside and smelled the beautiful air of the African jungle. All he had was his small suitcase and a backpack- it was easy to walk it.
He walked down a narrow path way and turned a corner. A minute into his walk a monkey jumped down from the trees.
"Yo monkey man, was sup?" Beastboy said, turning into a monkey. The real monkey gave him a quizzical look and ran into the trees. Beastboy shrugged and turned back into human form and continued walking.
After walking for about 10 minutes he reached it: home. The village of small log cabins the scientists had built so they could live in the jungle and conduct tests. A smile crept onto Beastboy's face. He started to run, his suitcase shaking as he rolled it behind him.
It hit his eye. The wooden mailbox with the words: Logan Residence. The only house in the whole village with a green door. The now- full grown puppy yapping so loud from inside that it could be heard from the street.
"Mi Casa!" Beastboy shouted with a laugh as he ran up to the door. Beastboy fished in his Green backpack for his house key. A moment later he pulled out his key ring, which held about 50 keys. Beastboy knew most of them were for something in Titans tower. He held the keys up to his eyelevel and squinted.
"Which one's my house key?"
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Another day of sorting. Another day of pricing and getting asked where the obviously placed Video Game section was.
It was a wonder Raven even showed up to work. But she did, and weirdly, in full uniform. Black pants and a purple shirt. Her Wall Marks vest and her Hi, My Name is Raven badge. Hair tucked neatly behind her ear. She could almost imagine the sound of Beastboy laughing his head off at her.
She walked through the employee door and punched her time card. Her annoying co-worker, Sally, ran up to her.
"Boss says you're pricing things today" Sally said with a smile
Raven narrowed her eyes "what things?"
"Toothpaste, I think"
Raven grabbed the price marker off the shelf and rolled her eyes "Sounds like more fun then a barrel of monkeys"
Sally beamed "Oh, those little monkeys in the little barrel that you stack? I love those!"
Raven shook her head. Sally was about college age, but Raven could simply guess that no college would take in a girl who was so stupid and gullible.
Ten minutes later Raven was placing yellow price tags on Power Rangers toothpaste. A second later two little boys came running down the aisle. They ran in between Raven's price marker and a toothpaste bottle, the price marker fling out for her hand and landing down the aisle. She grumbled and got up and walked to where her Price marker lay.
Something in the next aisle caught her eye. It was a little boy, passed out on the ground. It wasn't one of the boys who were running, and they hadn't done anything to him because they had run the other way. Raven ran over to the boy and felt his pulse: it was extremely weak.
The next thing Raven did was call for help. The ambulances came soon and took the boy, but Raven was still worried. It wasn't every day a little boy just passed out. The boy couldn't have been older then eight or nine, maybe even seven. She went back to her pricing, but the plague of worry wouldn't let her be.
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5 minutes and 45 keys tried later Beastboy finally found his house key. With a triumphant squeak he fit his key into the lock. The door swung open and he was bombarded by a large, green object that knocked him down and started to lick his face.
"Spotty! Dude!" Beastboy said laughing as he hugged his dog. Spotty had been Beastboy's best pal growing up. He had the same time of messed up DNA as Beastboy except that the Logan scientists had just changed it slightly so the dog would stay a dog.
Beastboy stood up and wiped the dog slobber off his face. The sounds of two people coming up from the downstairs lab could be heard and the lab door swung open.
"Garfield!" His mother exclaimed, hugging Beastboy.
"Hi mom!" His mother let him go and his father wrapped an arm around Beastboy and ruffled his hair.
"Look at you, son! You've gotten so grown-up!" Mr. Logan exclaimed
Beastboy stood up and beamed "That's me, Mr. Mature!"
"Come Garfield, I made you tofu, we'll eat and you'll tell us all about the nice friends you made in the United States" Mrs. Logan said, tugging her son by the arm into the kitchen.
"Tofu, sweet!"
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Raven didn't know why she was so worried about the boy. It wasn't like she was the most overly emotional person, but it just wouldn't let her go.
It was later that day. She was at home, at the tower. It was so much quieter without everyone else there. There was no Robin practicing his martial arts loudly in the gym and there was no Starfire begging Raven to go on an excursion to the 'mall of shopping, and there was no Cyborg and Beastboy fighting over the Game station controller or whose turn it was to cook breakfast.
It was too quiet, even for Raven.
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Robin walked down the long winding stairs to the huge kitchen and sat down.
"Getting used to the old swing of things, Master Richard?" Alfred, the butler and loyal friend to Bruce said, placing a steaming plate of eggs and bacon in front of the teenage boy.
"Yeah" Richard said, as he stuffed some bacon into his mouth, "This is great!"
"Swallow before you speak, Richard" Alfred said.
With all the hanging around Beastboy and Cyborg he had cast away the strict British table manners that Alfred taught to him. He swallowed.
"Sorry."
Bruce, dressed for his day job- heading Wayne Enterprises, the biggest company in the world- in a suite and tie, came down and sat down at his place in the table.
"Enjoy your first night back in the crime-filled city of Gotham, Richard?" Bruce said with a chuckle as he noticed the boy's fatigue.
Robin scooped some eggs in his mouth and remembered to swallow before saying "Real funny, Bruce."
Alfred placed a plate of the steaming eggs and bacon in front of Bruce as Richard and Bruce talked, surprisingly not about crime.
Bruce took one last bite, stood up, and placed his fork on the plate "Gotta run. Oh, and Richard, be dressed nicely and ready by 7 PM sharp, there's someone I want you to meet"
Richard mocked saluted as Bruce grabbed the keys to his Rolls Royce and headed out. Alfred placed his own meal on the table and sat down.
"Hey Al, who is this mystery person?" Richard asked.
Alfred daintily chewed and swallowed a piece of bacon
"To tell you the truth Richard, I have no idea"
To be continued…
Next Time: What happened to the little boy that Raven saved? Who is Bruce's mystery guest? And what happens when Starfire decides that she's had it with ruling a planet?