AN: I do not own the Teen Titans, for if I did I would never let it go off the air for no apparent reason!
Chapter 7
As the five ran off to hide Raven noticed that they were all upset with her. She finally stopped and asked, "What?"
"Why'd you tell them your name wath Raven?" asked Robin.
"Because it is," said Raven.
"No it's not, that's your superhero name," said Cyborg.
"Nuh uh, that's my real name," said Raven getting upset. "My name is just Raven."
"Well you should have perhaps thought of a fake name?" asked Starfire.
"Why? Raven is a perfectly normal Earth name anyway," said Raven.
"Yeah, but what if they discover that you're the Raven?" asked Beast Boy.
"As long as I keep my hat on, they won't," said Raven. "Now come on, we have to hide."
The other four suddenly realized she was right and separated to find places to hide. Soon Billy had counted to fifty and the hunt was on. Now all they had to do was make it to the tree before Billy could tag them.
The first to make it to the tree was Billy's friend David. Next Starfire happily made it. She was very excited about this game. Jainy made it next and then Mark. Cyborg made a dash and nearly got caught, but made it to the tree. Billy found Beast Boy and started to chase him, trying to tag him. Luckily he just made it to the tree before Billy could touch him. Brian made it next and soon Raven followed. Sarah hopped out of the bushed and touched the bark of the tree just as Billy caught sight of her. Kayla saw her chance and made it to the tree just in time. The only one left was Robin.
Robin looked out from his hiding spot in the tube slide. He had propped himself up by pushing his feet and back against the side of it. He looked out cautiously and saw that Billy was on the other side of the playground. He slowly slid down the slide and crept out of the slide. He began to stealthily make his way to the tree, but suddenly a cry of delight broke his concentration.
"Robin!" cried Starfire. The Titans slapped their hands over her mouth before she could say the second syllable of his name, and luckily the other kids didn't really notice the mistake. They were too busy watching Billy turn at the sound of Starfire's voice and see Robin. Robin started running as fast as he could towards the tree and Billy did the same. All the kids started to scream and cheer for Robin to run faster. Robin felt as if he was going to take off of the ground he was running so fast. Billy was steadily catching up to him, determined to make Robin "it".
Finally Cyborg lent out his hand and pulled Robin to the safety of the tree. They all cheered and Billy groaned with defeat. He kicked the ground and sighed. "Okay, I'm still it. Now go hide again and I'll count."
The kids obeyed and soon they were out of sight. The game lasted a good two hours before all the children became bored and tired. In the end Cyborg had been made "it" once, each of Billy's friends had been caught as well, Beast Boy was "it" twice, and Starfire was "it" once. Now it was lunch time and they were ready to call it quits.
"It was much fun playing with you," said Starfire giving each of their new friends a hug. They were caught a little off guard by her tight hugs, but they were kids. It was okay to hug each other.
"Are you guys gonna be here tomorrow?" asked Brian.
"Uh, maybe," said Robin. "We're not sure what we're doing tomorrow."
"Well why don't you go ask your mom?" asked Sarah.
The five looked at each other tried to think of a good excuse. "Uh, well, we're not sure where our moms are right now," said Beast Boy.
"You don't?" all the children asked at once, shocked.
Robin quickly pushed Beast Boy out of the conversation. "No no, we know where they are," he said quickly. "They're jutht not here right now."
"They left you here all alone?" asked Kayla.
"Well, we're old enough to take care of ourselves," said Cyborg.
"Wow! How old are you?" asked Mark.
Darn! They just made things worse. Luckily, Raven knew what to do.
"Oh wait, there they are!" she said quickly pointing to a group of people. "See you later." She grabbed her friends and they began to run to… no one. They just made sure that the kids could no longer see them. They watched as they went to their parents and left the park.
"Good thinking, Raven," said Robin.
"I know," she smiled. "Now let's get our stuff. I'm starving."
The five headed back to the playground and grabbed their backpacks. They slipped them on and headed back to the tower so they could have lunch. As they walked home they replayed the whole day to each other. An hour later they were at the edge of the mainland and they could see their tower. Starfire flew each of them back to the roof.
Once they got inside they made lunch and put in another movie. They sat in front of it and munched on their lunch. This time, there was no food fight. In fact, Beast Boy and Raven sat next to each other on the floor as they ate.
"Star, you do know that you can take the sunglasses off now, right?" asked Cyborg.
"Oh yes, I had forgotten," said Starfire with a smile. She slipped them off and her eyes fluttered. She didn't expect it to be so bright and she blinked a few times and squinted. This made the others laugh as well.
"You know, Thyborg, you're really good at football," said Robin taking a bite of his sandwich.
"Well I should be," said Cyborg proudly. "I was the star player on my team in high school."
"You didn't let me finish," said Robin with a smirk. "You're really good at football, but I'm the betht climber."
"That's because you were trained to climb and stuff," said Cyborg quickly. "I'm a real, trophy winning football player. And I bet I could out-climb you any day."
"Ecthept today," said Robin with a smile.
"Please, why do you and Cyborg fight?" asked Starfire, who was growing upset.
"Don't worry about it Starfire," said Raven. "That's just what boys do."
"Well I do not like it," said Starfire shaking her head.
As soon as they were done with their lunches they suddenly felt very tired. They tried to stay awake to watch the movie, but soon they each nodded off. Starfire was asleep in the same fashion she had earlier that morning, curled up with her doll with her head on the arm rest. Cyborg was sprawled out with one leg up on the couch and the other hanging off. Robin had fallen asleep sitting up and slowly fell over and ended up half on Starfire. On the floor Beast Boy had fallen asleep sitting up with his back against the bottom of couch, his head resting on the cushion and his mouth slightly open. Raven had fallen asleep sitting up as well and her head was resting on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"HELLO!" came a loud voice from the television in front of them. The five jumped awake and screamed. On the screen was a large picture of Bumble Bee's face looking around. "Hey guys, we…" She looked around and saw five startled children sitting in front of the screen. "What the?"
"Uh oh," said Cyborg.
"Hi Bumble Bee," said Robin.
"Robin?" she asked, very doubtful.
"Yeah," he said standing up. "Can we help you?"
"Can you help me?" she asked with wide eyes. "What the heck happened to you guys?"
"We have been turned back into children by Warp's time clock," said Starfire rubbing her eyes.
"Oh my God," said Bumble Bee trying not to laugh. She then turned her head and called out, "Guys, get over here quick!" Soon the other members of the Titans East filled the screen with the same shocked look Bumble Bee had had. Then they all started to laugh.
"Do you want something or not?" asked Raven.
"I was just checking in," said Bumble Bee trying to suppress her laughter. "How long have you been like this?"
"Two days," said Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy? Is that you?" asked Aqualad.
"Yeah, this is what I used to look like," said Beast Boy crossing his arms. "So now you can see that I'm much cuter than you are."
"I'll say," said Bumble Bee. "I just want to eat you up!" Beast Boy growled and blushed while the others continued to laugh.
"And Cyborg, you look… normal too," said Speedy.
"Duh," said Cyborg.
"Are you done laughing at uth? Cauthe if you are you can jutht leave uth alone," said Robin.
The Titans East paused for a moment at the sound of Robin's lisp. Then they all literally fell over, hooting and howling with laughter. Mas and Menos were rolling around and repeating lines in Spanish that made each other laugh even harder. Robin was angry now and new that when he was back to himself again he was going to make them pay.
"Oh, this is too much," said Aqualad holding his sides.
"Okay," said Bumble Bee calming down. "Okay, we're sorry. It's just. Wow! I never saw this happening."
"Neither did we," said Raven.
"Do you need anything?" asked Speedy, still smiling. "Can we help you in any way?"
"No, we're good for now," said Cyborg. "We're waiting for a wire to come so we can repair the time clock thingy. It takes a week to ship."
"Well if you need anything call us," said Bumble Bee.
"Please promise that you will not tell anyone about our current condition," pleaded Starfire.
"Yeah, if you do our city will probably get attacked," said Beast Boy.
"Don't worry about it, our lips are sealed," said Bumble Bee.
"Thankth," said Robin. "We'd really appreciate it."
"No problem," said Bumble Bee in a smile. "We'll check in on you guys in a couple days. You can go back to you nap now."
"We were not napping!" said Beast Boy.
This only caused the Titans East to bust out laughing again before signing off. The five Titans sighed and sat back down. They were still a little shaky from being woken up so abruptly and they were also still tired.
"Well that went well," said Raven sarcastically.
"At least we have someone to contact if we need help," said Cyborg.
"You know they're never gonna let uth live thith down, right?" said Robin. The five nodded and stretched.
