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Bite Me
Crys finished up her article, proud of her work. She pretended to be a bystander who just happened to be at the bar that night. Really, you have to love being anonymous.
She had but her entire conversation with Terra into the article and had fun discriminating what she'd said.
She hit print and bolted down the hall
TT
Raven had crashed as soon as they'd returned to their apartment, and she was deep asleep when she got a rude awakening.
Boing! Crys jumped onto her bed at full speed and sent Raven flying into the air.
"Ahhh!" She hit the bed hard and Crys was bounced right off (A/N: thank the action/reaction rule of physical science that's impossible to deny :) ).
Crys laughed as she sat up from the floor next to Raven's bed, and rested her chin on her folded arms on top of the bed.
"We can't go back, you know," she said.
"What?" Raven didn't understand what she was talking about. After all, she had just been awakened...
"The Titans are tracking us. If we change back into our normals forms, alarms and beepers will go off and they'll arrive before you can change back. Seriously," she said to Raven's expression, " we need to remain looking like this for a while."
Raven sighed, but she was ok with what Crys had said. She liked being Rachel and Blair. It was fun, and cool. But she had one concern...
"We need to do something about our powers," she said suddenly. Crys gave her a curious look. "I mean, with Beast Boy my powers start going off. And as things get more serious..."
Crys nodded. "Same. My powers do that when I get a high emotion." She jumped up. "Hey, I forgot! Come on!"
She went bolting back down the hall. Raven sighed, slowly got out of bed and followed her.
Crys was in the kitchen, standing on top of the marble counter top, rummaging through the top cabinet. Raven waited patiently until she hoped down, pill bottle in hand.
"Here! These pills were an experiment of mine and Logan's years ago. They nullify your powers for 24 hours. Once a day, we can keep our powers to a 1 activity level, which is pretty much nothing. All you can do is cast spells, and those are at your own will." Crys opened the bottle and shook two pale yellow pills into her hand. She offered one to Raven, who took it cautiously, eyeing it suspiciously.
"Don't worry," said Crys, chewing hers, "It tastes like banana."
Raven popped it in her mouth and chewed it, and discovered Crys was right.
First my looks, my name, and now my powers, Raven thought wondrously. What next will I change?
TT
Beast Boy was up early, so he snuck upstairs to the roof and flew to the city. The streets were quiet, and Beast Boy walked solemnly with him hands in his pockets.
He just didn't get it. Terra wasn't his girlfriend (or almost isn't), Raven was gone and Rachel was...Rachel. He put two quarters in the newspaper dispenser and pulled out a newspaper.
Headlines...dumb. President...dumb. Weather...dumb. Gossip...dum–was that Terra's name he saw there!
He began to read:
So I was at Club Blue last night, having a great time. And I wasn't the only one–the Titans and their new recruits were there too.
We know Raven was thrown out, and the demon slayer princess has gone missing. Terra's a back stabber and Alexa's stupid but pretty. How do I know?
Terra had one beer too many last night, and she was sitting next to me. She spilled–this girl still has a Slade heart!
She made Raven angry and made it look as though she'd been attacked, when it was just Raven's emotion side effects. She got her thrown out, to keep Beast Boy all to herself! B-I-T-C-H is what her name now spells, and forever will!
Want the entire back and forth? Here's how it started...
Beast Boy was so shocked, he sat on the curb deep in thought. He couldn't believe it. How could he be so blind, and not listen to Raven? How could he hurt her like this?
No wonder she was plain gone.
Beep! His communicator chirped. He flipped it open.
"Beast Boy!" Robin's face appeared on the circular screen. "Trouble downtown, on Main Street. Meet us there." The screen went black, and Beast Boy heard a loud Boom.
Beast Boy bolted down the street.
TT
"Let's go riding." Crys and Raven were eating breakfast. Crys continued, "we having nothing to do until tonight." She stood up and grabbed her helmet from by the door. "C'mon."
Raven stood up, brushing her dark hair out of her face. "What about the dishes?"
Crys snapped her fingers and the dishes vanished. "Let's go!" she stuffed the shiny helmet onto her head. Raven grabbed hers and followed her out.
TT
As Terra flew on a chunk of rock after the Titans towards Main Street, she felt like shit. She was super hungover–so hungover she couldn't even remember last night. Was it good? She had no idea.
They reached Main Street. And there was Mumbo Jumbo, waving his wand at passerby.
"Titans, go!" yelled Robin.
Terra sprang into action, along with the other Titans. She saw a flash of Beast Boy now and then, but something was strange. She didn't know what it was, but she had a sickening feeling it had to do with last night.
Mumbo was winning. He was giving his wand a final wave–
"Mumbo–"
Screeeeeeeeeee! A loud screech of braking tires sounded and Mumbo went crashing to the ground. Terra looked up at the owner of the twin tires that now held the dizzy Mumbo down.
A girl on a black moped pulled off her purple glossy motorcycle helmet and shook out her shiny black hair. Terra sucked in her cheeks. Rachel.
A midnight blue Moped pulled up next, right on top of Mumbo's wand. This girl's red locks were glowing in comparison to her dark helmet. Terra bit her cheeks. Blair.
"Nice aim, Rach," said Blair, hoping off her Moped. She kicked away the remaining pieces of Mumbo's wand, and walked up to Logan.
"Hey," she smiled. "Nice wings."
He blushed, because all fourteen feet of feathery angel wings were exposed.
Rachel got off her Moped and walked over to Beast Boy (A/N: the other Titans are handling Mumbo for now, ok?). Terra stepped in her way.
"And where are you going?" she sneered.
"To talk to Beast Boy."
"You wish. Stay away from my boyfriend."
"I'm not your boyfriend, Terra."
Everybody turned.
"W-what?" Terra shook. This can't be happening. What went wrong last night?
"Have you read the paper today?" he asked coldly. Terra noticed Blair's mouth curve up a little, but she didn't care.
"Why?" she demanded. "What does it say?"
"BB, what's goin' on?" asked Cyborg, as Robin put cuffs on Mumbo.
"Terra got Raven thrown out!" he blurted.
"WHAT!" there was a loud reaction from everyone–except Blair.
"No I didn't!" Terra was shaking. Shit shit shit! She ripped the paper out of Beast Boy's hands. Terra had one too many...Slade heart...shit!
"Lies!" she threw the paper to the ground. "There's no proof this is true!"
"Wanna bet?" Blair walked right up to her. "Who's the writer?"
"Gossip columnist. We don't know the name." Terra replied angrily. Duh, who didn't know that!
"Also known as me." Blair smiled.
"WHAT!" every Titan looked at the two girls.
"It's true," said Blair. "You can get a mind-reader or Club Blue bar camera tapes and check it out." she gave Terra an icy look. "And I bet you remember zilch of it, with all those beers you downed."
Terra was shaking. But this time out of anger. Her eyes started to glow.
"You..." Terra started to rise, on a large block. "BITCH!" Rocks down poured in Blair's direction.
"BLAIR!" yelled Rachel and Logan at the same time.
"Terra, stop!" Beast Boy yelled.
Blair still hand her helmet on, so a lot of rocks were bouncing of the shiny helmet. Blair took a bolt down an alley. Terra followed her.
TT
Crys ran across three trash cans, two dumpsters and then grabbed a long electrical line. She snapped her fingers and a thick piece of cloth appeared in her hands. She held on to it and went flying down the cord.
Whoosh! The whole world seemed to be flying by. It was like being on a waterhover as home, but she was holding onto a cloth, was in Jump City and had no idea–or choice, for that matter–where she was going.
She could hear crashing behind her and a loud voice. Terra was catching up to her.
Damn, damn, damn! Why couldn't she have remember the pill tomorrow?
Because then you would've blown her up before a single rock could touch your face!
Crys sighed. What is it with smart consciences?
Terra's voice rang out, "I'm going to kill you for this, Blair!"
Crys gritted her teeth. "Bite me, bitch!"
Crys laughed as rocks flew by her, but she could feel Terra getting very close. Crys needed to speed up.
Thank God she still had spells.
"Mores-vored!" a gust of wind knocked Terra off course and Crys's speed nearly doubled.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" she was tens of feet above the city, going maybe fifty miles per hour, holding on to a rag. She was so going to die today!
Whoosh! Honk! She was flying through the middle of a busy road–Main Street. She flew past traffic and could see dim figures of the Titans and Raven.
Crys was suddenly hit by a rock, knocking the wind out of her and causing her to let go out the rag.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" she racing towards the ground at an angle, so at the same time she was getting closer and closer to where the Titans were standing...
She was so close she could count the grass blades...
Shwoop! Crys was snatched out of the air and swept into someone's arms. Familiar arms, the familiar beat of strong wings...
Logan.
She looked up at him, pretending to be bewildered and then breaking into a smile. He flew her to the ground and set her on her feet.
Raven threw her arms around her. Raven's eyes where huge with fear.
"I thought you were in for it!" she whispered in her ear.
Crys grinned. "Nah. I was just counting the grass blades when Logan caught me..."
"You eyes were open?"Logan was staring at her.
"Yeah. Why?"
He looked dreamy and distracted all of a sudden. "Nothing...just...reminds me of someone...she used to dive at the ground and keep her eyes open, and shoot back upwards at the last second." he gave a small laugh. "Half the time she was too late and I had to catch her."
Crys felt a rock on her back. And another, and another...
"I was hoping I'd finished you, but it looks like someone pitied you," Terra spat.
Crys turned around and smiled. "More like my guardian angel came to my rescue."
"Like those delightful Citi credit card commercials!" said Starfire happily.
Crys laughed. "Exactly."
Robin stepped forward. "Terra, you're under arrest for attacking an innocent." he held up a pair of handcuffs.
Terra's mouth dropped open. "No!" she cried, recoiling and backing up a few feet.
"And for lying about Raven and verbally attacking her and getting her thrown out," Beast Boy snarled.
Terra looked shattered. Then she turned angry and looked back at Crys, ignoring for a moment the advancing Robin, Cyborg and Starfire. "You BITCH! This all your fault!" A shower of rocks headed for her but she was instantly covered by Logan's thick white wings. Crys couldn't see a thing but she could hear Terra yelling.
"Let go of me! Let go! Let go...Beast Boy..." Logan's wings parted and Crys saw Terra in handcuffs, begin pulled away and shooting desperate looks at Beast Boy. But Beast Boy kept his poker face on and an arm around Raven. Terra let out a sob right before she was pushed into a police car.
Logan leaned over and whispered into Crys's ear, "Well, all I can say is things are going to get interesting at Titan's Tower." He looked down at her, smiling. "But at least gossip has served some form of justicve."
Crys just smiled.
I KNOW I took forever, but I have a baby brother, seven best friends and never ending chores. And this chapter was surprisingly hard towrite.But REVIEW PLEASE and another update will come at you at full speed!