AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I know, I should be finishing my otherTeen Titans fan fictions, but I still fighting against my writers-block.
I believe, that JOZXYQK can also be used as a curse.

CHAPTER 2: CAT

"Huh?", uttered the Teen Titans.

They look around and saw that they were no longer in space. They climbed out the T-spaceship.

"We've arrived already? That just was like a second to me." Beast Boy asked Cyborg.
"That's the miracle of the stasis field. It was a second for you, but it was 2 weeks for the rest of universe."
"Dude! We definitely need a stasis field in front of the bathroom in our T-tower.", smirked Beast Boy.

"Oh rejoice… this isn't my planet Tamaran?", noticed Starfire.

The Teen Titans look around. They see a huge cargo bay with containers and a fleets of big green and little blue spaceships. They walked a while to a huge door which looked like an entrance of a lobby. They entered it and found a huge carpeted room, lit with bright lamps. There were several designer elevators, some beautiful green plants and a little fountain…
It was a nice, very earth-style lobby.

"Starfire, this isn't a Tamaranian spaceship, is it." Cyborg asked Starfire.
"No, and I can't recall an alien species who has such a ship."

Robin noticed a spot on the floor and kneeled down to examine it "Hmm…", he taste it, "Lemon Curry?"

"Where are we?" asked Beast Boy.

"We are on the Jupiter Mining Corporation ship Red Dwarf." replied Raven.

"Do you know everything?" Beast Boy turned to the others: "How is it, she knows everything."

"It's written in 10-ft-letters on that wall, Beast boy." Raven said dryly.
"Oh."

Robin concluded: "This ship is definitely from Earth, why should aliens write all the signs in English and …Esperanto…" Then he gasped: "Oh my…"

There was a golden plaque in the middle of the room, baring these words:

"Jupiter Mining Corporation ship
Red Dwarf
TO MINE YOUR BUSINESS!
Commissioned at the Deimos Paradise Bay Ship Yard - 2155 A.D.
Refitted with a second mini golf course - 2181 A.D."

"Mining ship?… to mine your business?" Beast Boy cracked out in laughter, "Good one."

The others didn't laugh, they felt suddenly space sick.

"Hey dudes, don't you get it?" He asked them.

"The dates!" gnashed Cyborg.

"2155... 2181..." read Beast Boy and concluded in horror: "We are more than 100 years in the future."

"How could this happen?" asked Starfire.

"Maybe we came off course and got lost in space." suggested Cyborg.

"Great, absolutely great. I recon our collectible game cards must be worth now millions." said Raven sarcastic.

"Oh shoo Raven!" exclaimed Cyborg.

"Shoo yourself, when you would have programmed the stasis field to shut itself off after a 2 weeks limit then we wouldn't be in this mess." she shouted at Cyborg.

Beast suddenly exclaims: "100 years in the future, that's horrible… I've missed all my TV-shows."

"OH SHOO BEAST BOY!" Shouted Cyborg and Raven at him.

Starfire jumped between them: "Please friends, don't fight."

But now they were all arguing in super-deformed mode.

Only Robin kept his cool :"TEEN TITANS!"

They paid attention.

"When this is a future spaceship - then where's the crew?", he asked them calmly.

"We could ask that terminal over there." Cyborg pointed at a machine standing in a corner.

They gathered around the machine.

"This is a meal dispenser." said Raven dryly.

"How is it again, you knows everything?" Beast Boy asked.
"Use your eyes. It written right there."
Beast Boy rolled his eyes and without hesitation he presses the only button of the machine.

"Great! Finally food. I haven't eaten since 200 years." smiled Beast Boy.

The food vendor asked politely: " Hello. How can I help you?"

"What's one the menu?" he said and a monitor lighted up, showing a menu list.
Beast Boy read from it out loud: "Hmm, Curry Vindaloo, Fish Curry, Curry de Fromage. Curry Pizza. Tofu Curry… Is there nothing without curry?… Oh there: Lobster Thermidor au Crevettes served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate with a fried egg on top and... curry sauce all over it."

"I think we should go direct to the dessert." said Raven.

"No change there," said Cyborg reading from the screen "Ice Cream Curry, Curry Milkshakes, Cheese Curry Cakes…".

"EWW!" Said the Titans.

Starfire had a theory: "Maybe human taste buds have mutated in the future, so that people only can taste curry."

"WHAM!" made something falling on the floor, in a part of the lobby, where the lights have went out.

A scratching sound of metal filled the room. The Titans look into the direction of the noise and went into battle mode. Raven and Starfire lighted up their fists. Cyborg activated his cannon. Robin pulled out his retractable bo-staff and Beast Boy morphed into a wolf.

They approached the source of the noise. They heard a figure speaking wining to himself.
"I don't want to live. Someone, please. Shoot me in the head."

Soon they could see the moaning life form. He was wrapped up in rags, had dark skin, dark curly hair. He look like a human but he had two tiny fangs pointing out his upper jaw. While dragging himself towards them, he was staring all the time down at the floor. So he didn't noticed that he was soon surrounded by the battle ready Titans.

"Hey! It smells like… Teen Spirit?" said the stranger, he looked up and saw the Titans.

"Space Invaders! I'd better make myself look big!" he stood up on this toes, raised his arms show them his fingernails and snarled rather pathetically at them.
The Titans lowered their weapons.

"Hey! It works," he smiled and continued to snarl at them.

But not even Beast Boy felt any kind of threat, so he morphed back, hold up his hand and greeted like a Vulcan: "Uhem… we come in peace?"

"Hey! Trekkies." said the stranger. He lost his fear and made the Vulcan blessing gesture too. And said: "Live long and prosper."

"May I ask, why have you said before, that you don't want to live?" asked him Starfire.

"Look at these horrid rags I am wearing now.", he wined to them. "The last time these were fashionable, was 6 minutes before the Big Bang. From where are you Star Trek geeks from?"

"We've arrived with that orange spaceship over there…" replied Starfire to the stranger.

"AHH! You're the ones from the 21st century, who made the distress call. We made a detour to save you."

"We're very thankful… but, who are you?" asked him Robin.

"Hey traffic light boy… Oh, I am loving this cape. It's positively luscious!" he answered.

"Uh thank you." said Robin.

"And you purple girl, two shades of violent violet, one very good look."

"That's nice of you." blushed Starfire.

"Robot guy: These cybernetic implants, white shining plate, blue glass fibre. When you were a car, then you are the king of the road."

"Boo-yah. I knew it." smiled Cyborg.

"Ow… blue witch? One primary colour is always a sin. But I am standing right now in front of the only person in the universe that can go with."

"Okay." muttered Raven.

"And…. UHHHHgggg", he turned away with disgust from Beast Boy, "Purple on green.! JOZXYQK! Put on a potato sack or I puke at once."

"HEY!" shouted a disgruntled Beast Boy.

"So anyway, nice to meet you Trekkies…" said the stranger and walked happily off.

The Titans saw how he went out of the lobby into the cargo bay.

"Hey", yelled Robin, "you didn't tell us who you are."

The Titans followed him.

"Well" ,said the self-absorbed stranger , "I'm the most handsome guy on the ship. But I'll have to resign my post if I don't get into some coordinated evening wear very soon." He points at one of the green spaceships: "That's Starbug 9. I have an emergency wardrobe there."

"Why are you wearing rags?" asked Starfire.

"I was attacked by a huge space monster."

"A space monster?" asked Cyborg alarmed.

"Yes, you know," whispered the stranger. "That's because it's a monster… from other space."

"Thank you, that's very profound." quirked Raven dryly. "What's your name again?"

"The others call me: Cat.", he said.

"Who are the others?" asked Robin.

"There's the metal dude, goalpost head and the buddy who's opening the tuna cans for me."

"So there's only a crew of four?", concluded Robin.

"Yes… and there's the ship's computer, but it broke down after the first space monster attack."

"This space monster… can it rip whole space ships apart?", asked him Beast Boy while pointing at Starbug 9 which looked intact from one side, but was disembowelled from the other side. Metal parts and clothing scraps scattered the floor. Cat fell on his knees and lamented the remains of his suits.
"You monster, you horrid monster! Have you got no fashion sense in you!", just when it seemed that Cat would break out in tears, he stood up and said smooth to the Titans.

"Never mind, I still got several emergency wardrobes on the other decks."

And he strode off again. The Titans saw how he went out of the cargo bay back into the lobby.

"Cat!", yelled Robin. "Where can we find the others?"

Cat turned around and told them the back story with a serious voice.
"I don't know. Just when we were about to recover your ship, the space monster attacked. We fought it but no matter how much we kicked his butt, he always came back and wrecked the ship more and more.
Finally I lost contact to the others and I found myself dressed in these rags… Oh please, oh please, help me."

"We will help you to find the others." Robin solemnly promised him.

"The others? Nooo! First we need to find one of my wardrobes, afterwards we can search the others."

The Titans rolled their eyes.

TO BE CONTINUED