Beast Boy and Cyborg found the convention without very much trouble. The flashing green neon light that read "Ghost Hunter's Convention" was pretty much impossible to miss. "So uh… where is it?" asked Beast Boy.
Cyborg gave his team mate a worried glance, "Please tell me you're joking."
Beast Boy rolled his eyes, "Of course! What kind of idiot do you take me for?" he asked.
"I think it would be safest for the both of us if I didn't answer that question," Cyborg joked.
"Hey!" said Beast Boy, his fur becoming a slight red tinge.
"I'm just kidding. Now, you turn into a blood hound so we can sniff the place out, kay?" Cyborg asked.
"Uhhh, I need a reference smell. Duh!" said Beast Boy, as if he was talking to a three year old.
Cyborg produced a piece of charred robot. "Will this do?" he asked in a smarmy tone.
Beast Boy rolled his eyes, "I guess," he said sulkily.
"Good, now come on," said Cyborg.
Beast Boy gave him a withering look and he turned into a green blood hound. Cyborg held the metal up to his nose and Beast Boy took a smell. He sneezed then looked up at Cyborg with big green eyes. "You got the scent?" asked Cyborg.
Beast Boy nodded and sniffed on the ground trying to find the solitary smell. There were hundreds of other smells packed onto the ground, he could smell mostly chemicals and foot prints. There was the smell here and there that he couldn't identify but the smell that came off the charred bit of metal was nowhere to be found.
He wandered over a bit farther to another area and began sniffing there. Same thing as the last place, chemical, footprint, spilled soda, and then he caught a vague whiff of what seemed like the metal. It was most certainly a metal but he wasn't sure if it was what he was looking for.
He wandered to the left, and the smell disappeared, then he went to the right and the smell was stronger. He sniffed around frantically until he caught the strongest part of the scent. He followed it a few feet just to make sure it was a trail, then he took of at a run.
"Found it?" asked Cyborg.
Beast Boy barked in his dog form. Which sounded like a "Yes" to his ears.
"Lead the way!" said Cyborg happily. They ha found there man… robot… whatever.
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"Friend Raven, I cannot seem to find any trace of our bad guys," said Starfire.
"That's strange, I'm sure we fought here. But there's no wreckage, no traces… nothing," said Raven.
"Perhaps they have been stolen?" asked Starfire.
"Maybe taken back by whoever sent them," Raven said.
"But why?" asked Starfire.
"Maybe to prevent what we're trying to do. Tracing," she said.
"Then what do we do?" asked Starfire.
"Return to home base and tell Robin. This is bad if they know what moves we're making. That means that Beast Boy and Cyborg could be in danger," Raven said.
Without a word the two super heroines flew into the night sky towards the luminescent Titans Tower.
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Danny had just finished telling Robin of the Box Ghost. True, it was certainly a villain to laugh at but it certainly seemed that the ghost was getting stronger each time they fought. Not that Danny would say anything.
"So, what is the worst villain pun you've ever heard?" asked Robin.
Danny thought for a bit then he opened his mouth to reply when his cell phone rang. "Hold on," he said and opened it. "Hello?" he asked.
"Danny where are you?" asked Jazz.
"Ummmmm, can't say?" he said a little sheepishly.
He heard a rush of static on the other end and guessed Jazz had sighed into the phone. "What happened at meeting up at five for dinner?" she asked.
"I, uhhh, forgot?" asked Danny.
"Well, are you going to be coming back anytime soon?" asked Jazz.
"I… well… I don't…" Danny stuttered.
Robin held out his hand, "Can I see it?" he asked quietly so only Danny could hear.
"Be my guest," Danny said holding out the small phone.
"Hey, are you his sister?" Robin asked into the phone.
"Yeah, and who might you be?" asked Jazz.
"My name is Tim, he and I met up earlier at the mall and I invited him over to my house. He's gonna sleep over tonight, is that okay?" Robin asked.
"I guess…" Jazz said doubtfully. "Just tell him he needs to get back here before mom and dad come back tomorrow."
"I will, thanks," he said.
"Okay, can I speak to my brother?" she asked.
Robin handed the cell phone back to Danny who took it. "So, you're not mad?" he asked.
"No, I think it's great you're making new friends," she gushed.
"Really?" asked Danny, a little surprised.
"Yeah, hope you have fun. Night Danny," she said.
"Night Jazz, see you tomorrow."
Danny sighed and hung up the phone. "Wow, I totally forgot what time it was," he said.
Robin laughed, "It happens. The others should be coming back soon, want to order some pizza?" he asked. Then he thought over his words, "Can ghosts eat?" he asked.
Danny shrugged, "I've never eaten in this body, I actually have no clue."
"Well, care to try?" he asked.
Danny laughed, "Sure, I like just plain cheese."
Robin put in the phone call and Danny gazed out at the city. It was very beautiful and all the lights were twinkling in the last rays of twilight. He saw something in the distance and squinted, a few seconds later he could make out the forms of Starfire and Raven coming towards the tower.
"That will be all," Robin said. "Thanks," and he hung up the phone. "Okay, we got the pizza and… um, Phantom, what are you looking at?"
Danny pointed out the window, "Starfire and Raven are back."
"Good, now they…" Robin trailed off. "They're empty handed. Did something happen?" he wondered out loud.
Danny got up and flew out the window intangibly. He flew over to Starfire and Raven and reappeared. "Did something happen?" he asked.
"Maybe," said Raven. "We might have a problem."
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Cyborg followed Beast Boy to a smaller makeshift warehouse behind the convention center. "You sure this is it, BB?" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy nodded his head and Cyborg pushed open the door. "Looks just like a warehouse to me," he said.
Beast Boy sniffed the ground and followed the scent to a small section of earth that was slightly less packed then the rest. He whined and sat on it.
"It's here?" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy nodded again and Cyborg hit the patch. It made a deep ringing sound as his fist hit it. "It's hollow?" he asked.
Beast Boy resumed his human form, "Yes! I told you so, who's the man!" he cheered.
"Hush!" said Cyborg, putting his hand over Beast Boy's mouth. Then he searched for something that would trigger the door. "Nothing," he said.
"Well, maybe you can't get in from here," said Beast Boy.
"Or maybe…" Cyborg's eyes widened as it dawned on him. "You need the ability to go intangible," he said.
"In other words?" asked Beast Boy.
"We need Phantom. Come one," Cyborg said, pulling Beast Boy out of the shed and running off.
A small security camera followed them until they were out of sight.
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"So, you're saying that Cyborg and Beast Boy may be going into a trap?" asked Robin.
"It's certainly a possibility," said Raven.
"Well in that case, we need to…" the door opened.
"Listen to us?" asked Cyborg.
"Cyborg! Beast Boy!" Starfire flew over and gathered her two friends into a bone crushing hug. "You are all right!"
"Take it easy, Star, we're fine," said Cyborg.
"Can't… breathe…" said Beast Boy, turning a blue tinge.
"What happened?" asked Robin.
"We found the entrance, turns out you need to be a ghost, or have ghost powers to get through," Cyborg said.
"There must be another entrance," said Robin.
"Oh there surely is, but the robots are getting out through that part, and that's the one we could find," Cyborg said.
"Excellent," Robin complimented them. "Anything else?" he asked.
"Not that I can think of," said Cyborg.
"Well Phantom, looks like you're our trump card," Robin said.
"I just hope I can do all you think I can," said Danny.
Robin put his hand on Danny's shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm sure you can."
The door bell rang and Beast Boy cheered, "PIZZA!"
"How did he…" asked Danny.
"Don't ask," said Cyborg. "He just does. So, are we havin a pizza night or what ya'll?" he asked.
"You bet," said Robin and retrieved the pizzas from a bedraggled looking pizza guy. "Thanks," he said and handed him a $10 tip for carrying three large pizzas up 4 flights of stairs.
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Oh... my hands. Two fics today Because i've been a bad girl and slaking off. Now if you'll excuse me goes off to find some warm water to soak her hands in
(14 pages on MS word in two hours, I don't like school essays, they zap all my creativity)