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Disclaimer: I do actually own We Were Once and everyone in it (Except BB, duh) and the story. I don't own the Titans because if I did I'd force CN to do season 6.
Recap:
The Titans discover that the fantastically talented rhythm guitarist of their favourite band is in fact their resident green changeling and now he needs to explain his way out of this hole.
Go!
Beast Boy jumped from the stage to land in front of his friends, who were stuck in a kind of paralysis.
'So, yeah…I'm a rockstar.' He said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
'But you never said…anything about this kind of thing.' Raven was the first to speak, fighting against herself not to throw herself at the member of her favourite band.
'I didn't want people to know I was in a band as well as being a Titan, too much pressure, y'know?' He confided.
'So all this time we've been living with a member of the best band on the planet.' Robin noted.
'Well, no, I only joined around the time Terra became…well, incapacitated. I needed something to take my mind off things so I went into a bar in the city and these guys were playing. I talked to James afterwards and he said he'd help me.' Beast Boy explained.
'Nothing like music to heal a wound.' The singer said from a nearby bench.
'Anyway, for a while he taught me to play and then said 'You should join my band, you're plenty good enough.' and I was all; 'Wow!' So that's how it happened.' He grinned a little.
'So that's why so many We Were Once songs have titles relevant to missions we've been on!' Robin shouted.
'No, that's a coincidence.' James said.
'Even 'I hate Aqualad.'?'
'Actually that was Jake's idea; he thinks Aqualad is a crap hero. Don't ya Jake?' James shouted to the drummer.
'Don't talk to me about that fishy spaz.' Jake shouted from his drum kit.
'Funnily enough 'I hate Aqualad' is Aqualad's favourite song. He says he loves the riff.' Cyborg explained. 'Bee was telling me.' He explained more.
'We please to aim.' Beast Boy said with a chuckle.
'Your little Beast Boy there has actually written a few songs himself. 'Take My Money With You', erm… 'I'm An Animal'. He made us cover 'I Am The Walrus.'' James explained, stubbing out his cigarette and marching over, already rolling another.
'Our Beast Boy?' Robin said, confused.
'Yeah, BB to you, EG to us.' He gestured to Jake and Suzy and himself.
'So, can I go or do we have more to do?' Beast Boy asked suddenly.
'Well, we're done with the sound; we just gotta rig Jake's drums to the strobes and make sure the pyro doesn't kill us. That's important; you might wanna stick around for that.' James said, walking over to a pipe protruding from the stage.
'Nah, I'm ok with that, it'll be fun, like last time.' The green boy replied.
'Ah yes, that was hilarious.' James chuckled slightly and gestured to a person in a box somewhere, a jet of flame leapt from the pipe and he leant into it, lighting his cigarette. 'Thanks, John.' He shouted to the unseen pyrotechnic controller.
'I'll see you tomorrow then. We're checking beforehand right?' He asked, gaining a nod from his front man.
'See ya, Titans.' Suzy shouted from where she was sitting with Jake.
'EG!' James shouted running after them.
'Yeah?' He turned to look.
James stood for a second looking very serious until he could hold it no longer and his face split into a large smile.
'Which one?' He asked, not giving anything away.
'I told you, not until we know where you're from.' The changeling laughed a little and set off walking again.
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Back at the tower Robin went to change from his off-duty clothes, for some reason he preferred his uniform.
The rest of the team went to sit on the couch, where they were silent for a long time. Eventually Starfire broke the awkwardness.
'Raven, it must be a revelation to find your friend is a member of your favourite band. Are you not excited?' She asked.
'Not really.' Raven said, though her lying was less convincing than usual.
'Well, I'm gonna hit the recharging table, that took it outta me. See y'all in the morning.' Cyborg faked a yawn, winked at Beast Boy and ran out of the room.
'I also must leave, for slightly less technological reasons.' Starfire almost vanished, she had left so fast.
That left Raven alone with a person she had obsessed over for a year or so.
'So uh… what did you think of the last album?' Beast Boy asked, sheepishly.
'It's my favourite, also I don't believe that a lot of your song titles don't relate to things we've done.' She told him.
'Like what?'
'Stop her, she's marrying a blob.'?' Raven asked.
'Ok, but it just fit.' He tried.
They again sat in silence, savouring the quiet until Beast Boy deigned to speak again.
'I actually wrote one of the songs on the newest album too. It's probably the only one that actually does relate to a mission. It's also the only one that isn't super fast.' He told her.
'Which is that?' Raven asked.
'Like you haven't memorised the track-list.' He laughed.
'Well the only slow song on the album is 'I fell in love with the end of the world', what's that got to do with anything?' She wasn't on top form, it seems, after meeting her idols.
'Nothing at all. I'll talk to you tomorrow, k?' He stood and set off for the door.
'Goodnight Evergreen.' She shouted after him.
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'Rae, hurry up, we're gonna be late!' Cyborg shouted outside her door. It wasn't like her to take hours on her appearance.
Beast Boy had been picked up earlier in a limo and now the Titans were ready to set off.
All except Raven, who hadn't come out of her room since midday.
'If I have to break this door I wont be pleased!' Cyborg shouted, about to bang on the door when it slid open.
Raven stood, wearing a different We Were Once shirt from yesterday, a black skirt and some scuffed converse shoes, she had on all of her accessories, studded belts, wristbands, even a lip spike.
'I didn't know you had a pierced lip.' Robin stated.
'Well, I do.' Was her abrupt reply.
'Lets go!' Robin shouted.
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'Passes.' The burly guard from the day before shouted as they approached.
They showed him their backstage VIP passes and he opened the door for them, flashing a rare smile at the sight of the city's protectors in typical rock-show garb.
In the back they were once again ushered to a door with a star on it, though venturing inside revealed a much larger room than yesterday.
Beast Boy sat on a couch on the far side of the room, Suzy the bass player on his left, discussing the virtues of certain effects.
'Phased bass is cool but why would you need flange as well?' He said loudly.
'Because it…hey, your friends are here.' She said suddenly.
'Oh, hey guys, make yourselves at home, we've got a while before we go onstage.' He said, standing up and moving to them.
'Hey everyone, anyone seen James? He left a while ago, another of his moods building.' Jake had wandered in and proceeded to drum on everything that was near him with his hands.
'Oh no, not again. He needs help.' Suzy chuckled a little.
'Hey, leave him alone, you know he can't help it.' Beast Boy shouted at them.
'You guitarists take yourselves too seriously.' Jake said, grabbing a glass of water that conveniently happened to be on the table.
'What's he talking about?' Raven asked the green teen once everyone had settled into a seat.
'James occasionally has 'moments' where he gets a little…depressed I suppose.' BB explained.
'He seems to believe he isn't good enough for his fans.'
Just as Raven was about to question this the door swung open and James stalked in, a look of sheer hatred on his face.
'Don't say a word.' He warned Jake, who was about to speak.
Stamping over to a cabinet, he grabbed a glass and filled it with some kind of whiskey, downed it in one and stood staring into the mirror on the wall, not moving.
'He gets really bad sometimes.' Beast Boy whispered to the empath.
'You make me sick.' James said quietly to his reflection.
'FAILURE!' He shouted suddenly, throwing his glass into the mirror, shards of silver raining from the wall. A shattered image of the singer remained, fragmented and distorted.
He glanced around the room and spotted the Titans. His expression softened a little.
'I'm sorry, if you feel uncomfortable I'll take this elsewhere.' He said to them.
'Let yourself go, man, it's good for you.' Cyborg said, trying not to sound like he wanted the famous person to leave their own dressing room.
'I'm done.' He said, simply, sitting into the sofa he had jumped onto. 'Sometimes it's just…the pressure, y'know? 'The greatest musician alive' Yeah, I don't even like myself a lot of the time.' He continued almost to himself.
'Five minutes guys.' A head had popped around the door to tell them.
'Thanks.' James shouted.
'Dude, you know you always feel better onstage, we'll get out there and just rock them hard. By the way, did you think about my suggestion?' Beast Boy sat next to his mentor and front man.
'Oh, go for it. It'll definitely get you in, if you know what I mean.' James seemed to have brightened a little.
'Dude, why the sick jokes?' Beast Boy leapt up, though still laughing and turned to his friends.
'You guys should go back out if you wanna see the show properly.' He told them, so they turned and filed out, Raven dragging behind.
She was staring at the singer, who seemed to be bleeding from cuts on his hand. No surprise, really, he'd gone back over and run his hand down the smashed mirror.
'This isn't over.' He said threateningly to himself.
'Raven, there's a little bit of the show I think you may enjoy,' Beast Boy was saying, 'It's kinda dedicated to you.' He added, sheepishly.
'Uh, thanks, I guess.' She replied and followed the others.
'Time to make Led Zeppelin glad they quit, guys.' Jake said, moving towards the door.
'Yeah, sounds great.' James sighed and stood.
This was going to be a good show, something in the air told him.
There we go, kinda short but you love me for it really.
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Reamis is out.