SUMMER WOES!

Ice Cream

Frisbees flew around in the air. A green dog leaped up high and caught the plastic toy, then it shift back into it's human form, tore the Frisbee from out of his mouth, and tossed it back to his leader. The masked boy could have easily caught the gliding toy but instead he allowed it to drop on the green grass. "Beast boy! You drooled on that!" shouted Robin.

Beast boy waved his hands in the air. "Dude, why do you care? You're wearing gloves!"

"But still."

Beast boy screamed in frustration. Robin inwardly laughed.

Cyborg was in a friendly game of football with two boys that he met a while back (The Sum of His Parts-episode five). He ran down the park and caught the pigskin. He ran some more with his robotic legs and finally returned the ball. The football soared in the air and the kid with the prosthetic hand backed up and caught it. Then the kid swiftly passed it to his redhead buddy. The two boys were having fun playing with Cyborg.

On the other side of the park, Starfire had forced Raven to go flower picking with her. "Why me?" Raven moaned. Starfire analyzed a daisy. "It is not that bad, homie."

Raven rolled her amethyst eyes. "Would you cut it out with the slang?"

Starfire looked in fright towards her psychic friend. "If you cut the slang out, will it hurt?"

The telepath responded by slapping her own forehead.

Many people hung around at the park. There were picnics being held by different families. Several fathers would play a game of football with their sons or tomboyish daughters and young teenage girls would just relax under a shade tree to exchange the latest gossip. No matter how good of a day it seemed to be, the temperature was rising higher. It was going to be a very hot day.

Now as we take a look out of Jump Park and more towards the city. One of the manhole covers on one of the Jump City streets began to vibrate. Soon it seemed like something was bubbling from under the small metal cover. Purple-ish goo spewed out from the sewers and climbed up to the surface. It immediately grew eyes that were a piercing yellow and eventually formed arms that it used to push itself up. Next it formed its legs and began walking through the hot blacktop of the city streets. As it witnessed people running from it, it laughed in it's sick little way whilst marching to it's unknown destination somewhere located in this concrete jungle.

"Remember," the voice boomed from the goo monster's intercom. "The factory is located to the West Side of Jump City. Whatever you do, do not go to the factory on the east!"

"Bye Cyborg," the prosthetic-handed kid waved. "See you some other time!" Then the kid ran off with his friend. Cyborg returned the wave as he watched the kids scamper away. "Bye kids!" He hunched over and wiped a bead of sweat forming above the brow of his organic side. The tin man perceived the sound of someone calling him and rotated his head to find four teenagers approaching him. "Hey guys," he hailed.

"Had fun?" Robin interrogated. Cyborg nodded. "Is it just me, or is it getting hotter out here?"

Starfire brightened up. "It seems like delightful weather!"

The hooded teen scoffed. "Delightful weather if you like getting sunburns."

Beast boy squat on the grass, sweating like a pig. "Can we get a drink or something?"

"Why not." Robin shrugged. "I can't handle all this either. Plus everyone else seems to be getting restless too." he pointed to people who began to leave the park since it was beginning to get so hot. "Anyone wanna go to that pizza place?"

Raven nodded. "Sure, but can we stay inside?"

"Yeah. No problem. Let's go Titans!" Robin took lead to the T-Car. Raven assisted Beast boy in getting up. He thanked her and they followed the others.

As Cyborg sat in his precious creation, he switched the air on. "Ah, air conditioning...How could we survive without it?"

"On Tamaran, the sun provides energy for all of its inhabitants. The harsher the heat, the better." Starfire excitedly chatted. Well, she was the only one filled with energy.

The T-Car drove through the streets and as the Titans (sans Cyborg) looked through the windows, they observed many people who suffered from the massive heat outside. Beast boy shielded his eyes from the sun that gleamed through the side of his window. Since it wasn't that long of a drive, the T-Car arrived and parked at the destination. As soon as the car stopped, Beast boy raced out of the car as a sparrow. He charged at the front door that was just opened by some people exiting. The green sparrow sped up in flight. Sadly, he was not fast enough and before he was able to reach the inside, the poor green bird ended up slamming beak first into the just closed door. He slid down in a cartoon fashion and converted back into a dizzy Beast boy. "Look at the birdies..." His eyes tried following the miniature birds soaring around his head.

"You okay Beast boy?" the leader concerningly inquired.

"I'm feeling grand." Beast boy replied, resembling much of a drunk.

"Idiot." Raven murmured, shaking her head in disappointment. But it wasn't shocking since Beast boy always ended up harming himself in someway or other. 'I wonder how many brain cells he's knocked out.' she wondered.

All of the Titans entered into the pizza place. The waiter arrived and took their order of a large pizza with pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, soy cheese, and mint frosting. Beast boy would just have to pluck the pepperoni from his slices. As the waiter left to get their food, Robin Titan comlink ™ beeped its familiar Teen Titan tune. "Titans! Trouble!"

After some complaining by Beast boy over how he didn't get his drink yet, they sped off to the location of danger.

The goo monster lifted a canister of some type of liquid into its mouth and drank. "This is terrible!" the voice roared from the intercom. "I can't believe this...I actually screwed up for the first time. I must be getting old. You were supposed to go to the factory on the east. I must have messed up the location of the factories. Get out of this one quick and head for the factory toward the east!"

The goo monster gurgled the substance in its mouth, threw the empty canister down, and marched for the exit but its way was blocked by five superpowered teenagers. "Plasmus, this isn't the place for you!" Robin roared. Plasmus screeched loudly and got into some sort of battle stance, ready to pound on the Titans. "Titans, GO!" the command came and all the Titans separated.

Cyborg charged his sonic cannon and shot it at the living mound of ooze. Plasmus slapped the beam away with its gooey arm. "Aww man!" Cyborg screamed as some disgusting slime landed all over his form. Raven threw some containers at the raging monster. The containers broke open to reveal sprinkles. There were different colored sprinkles ranging from chocolate, which was brown to rainbow colors. "Sprinkles?" Raven questioned aloud to herself before aerial dodging a swipe of the arm from Plasmus. It was then that she noticed the goosebumps forming on her legs. 'It's freezing in here...'

"Aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh!!!!" boy wonder shouted, charging at Plasmus with his Bo Staff pointing forward. He struck the long weapon against the floor, launching himself into the air and releasing many exploding energy disks. Plasmus screamed and sheided it's face from the explosives. Robin landed on Plasmus's head and began stomping on it. Arms reached up and grabbed the leader but not long did it take until a shower of starbolts came raining down upon the slimy monster. It immediately dropped its hostage. Starfire swiftly flew to Robin, catching him in midair and landing him down on the ground. Elephant Beast boy rammed his powerful tusks into the oozy enemy. Plasmus screeched in annoyance and possible pain. It thrashed around violently trying to shake the massive animal from off of it. Beast boy converted to normal, still holding onto the opponent. "Woooaaaaahhh!! I'm gonna lose my lunch that I never had yet if this keeps up!" Cyborg rammed into Plasmus, attempting to lift it up. It worked and Cyborg slammed the monster to the floor wrestling style. He brushed his hands together. "I guess all that wrestling watching really paid off!"

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" came a familiar chant as the telekinetic raised huge canisters filled with some creamy liquid. The canister came flying forward to the fallen Plasmus, smashing into it with such force that each canister broke open and the liquid spilled out all over the titanic creature. "What is that stuff?" Cyborg inquired. The question remained to be unanswered as Plasmus shot up from the cold floor and grabbed each Titan with goo that stretched out from its body. Now Plasmus appeared to have five arms. On of them exploded with neon green energy. Starfire kept on shooting starbolts in hopes to free her friends. She shut her eyes tightly and spun around, shooting the green orbs from her hands. Everything was exploding around her and Plasmus. The monster roared in agony and released each of the teens. Starfire eventually ceased her attack and reopened her eyes.

The other Titans looked up from the gooey puddle each of them were lying in. Everything was a huge mess and Plasmus was covered.

"Ice-cream." Robin mused to himself as he licked chocolate ice cream from off his gloved finger.

"Dude, sweet!" Beast boy licked everything that was covered with the cold, creamy snack. He morphed into a dog and licked Raven's cheek. "Ugh! Get offa me!" she yelped, pushing him away from her and wiping her wet face with her leotard sleeve. Beast boy converted back and gave a cheezy smile. "What? Didn't like my kiss?"

Raven sighed. "I must be a bitch since I always attract the male dog species..." She thought of the time she was chased by another green canine. Later they found out that the dog could talk and that he seemed to come from another planet. That dog had an attraction to Raven. She shivered at the thought.

Beast boy giggled at her "joke". Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by screeching. Plasmus was up again but this time he looked taller. "Dude, is it just me or did the ice cream power up Plasmus?"

The green one got a glare from everyone. "Okay, guess it's obvious..." He sweatdropped.

The new ice cream covered Plasmus slammed his fists down on the ice cream factory floor. The tiles broke apart and moved in a wave fashion. Starfire lift Cyborg up into the air. The Tamaranean fired her eye beams as Cyborg used his Sonic Cannon. Somehow the ice cream acted as a shield so that the attacks did not hurt it. The blob monster roared again and sent white icy goo as a counter attack. Starfire couldn't avoid it quick enough while holding the two ton metallic Cyborg causing them both to be hit. Crashing into the ground after falling from such a height knocked them both out. Raven threw canister after canister as well as some gears and other factory parts at Plasmus. The canisters would break open to reveal a large supply of sprinkles, chocolate chips, nuts, chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup, caramel, and cherries. Plasmus looked good enough to eat. Some of the syrup was the kind that would freeze on contact with the ice so Plasmus hardened up a bit but enough wasn't on him to keep him still long enough. The ice cream monster grabbed Raven.

Beast boy screamed and transformed into a raging Allosaurus. He swiped Plasmus with his long tail but Plasmus grabbed it with his free hand, throwing Beast boy into a wall. The Allosaurus slid down while changing back into human. Robin wouldn't take defeat. It was never an option. He threw all the disks he had, making a really huge explosion. Plasmus was knocked off his feet and was lying on its back. The boy wonder used his grappling hook to reach the top of the enemy and get a freezing ice cream covered Raven out of its grasp.

"Hey Raven, you okay?" Robin asked. A slight amusement etched across his face from seeing Raven even a paler color. Her skin turned a pale shade of blue and icicles comically formed from her nostrils. Her teeth chattered together impersonating what a squirrel looks like when chewing on a nut. Raven's hair looked stiff and even if she were hanging upside down, her hair would not move from its place. Raven's eyes were the funniest looking of all. Her usually calm glassy eyes now have tiny pupils looking like a single purple dot in each eyeball. Her eyebrows stuck up as if in shock and her eyes were round like golf balls instead of the same narrow eyes full of malice that Raven always had. Robin shook his head and chuckled lightly. Suddenly, evil eyes returned and gazed on the masked teen.

"W-w-what is s-s-s-so f-funny?" Raven shivered. Her round eyes began to narrow but the sound of cracking came from the movement of her face.

Robin brushed it off. "Nothing." He sloshed over the winter wonderland of Plasmus's body to Raven and extended his hand to her. "I'm gonna get you out of here." he declared confidently. Raven tried to move her arm but Plasmus still held a tight grip on her. Suddenly, Robin's feet sank into the ice cream surface. "Woah!" he yelped. "Let go of me you giant ice cream covered zit!"

Raven stared in horror as Robin continued sinking into the monster. "R-Robin!" She used her dark powers to try and pull him out but the cold was getting to her and she couldn't keep her mental hold on him forever. Soon enough, all of Robin was consumed. Raven started knawing on Plasmus's hand. The blob sat up and laughed. He blew on the telepath and she became and instant Titan-cicle.

Starfire and Cyborg began to come to. Starfire rubbed her aching head as Cyborg helped her up. "Where have Beast boy, Raven, and Robin gone?" she questioned. Cyborg spotted Plasmus returning to his feet and noticed Raven who looked like she had come from the Ice Age. "I don't see Robin or BB but I don't have to to know that somethin' is wrong!"

Cyborg leaped onto Plasmus's leg and blasted it. The cannon fire died quickly. "Come on you walking ice cream sundae!" he yelled, running away from the insulted goo thing. Plasmus angrily chased the android down. Starfire could tell that Cyborg was distracting it so that she could attack. She powered up for a super starbolt. "Ka...me...ha...me...HA!" she shouted, impersonating a character from one of Robin's favorite shows. The green super beam raced toward the giant ice cream blob and impacted. Plasmus screeched in pain as he whipped his head to where he was hit. A gooey arm reached out and engulfed Starfire. She was now the one who started screaming. Soon she stopped screaming when she saw a cherry. She reached over and plopped it into her mouth. "Mmmmmmm...Cherry."

"I'll help you Star!" Cyborg assured Starfire of her near rescue. 'That monster must have eaten the guys.' Cyborg gulped. 'If he eats the guys, that means he's gonna eat me! What's he gonna do with the girls?' Cyborg pictured a group of half Tamaranean/half blob things and half human/half demon/half blob things. "No way! I'll save you guys!" With a new urge to fight, Cyborg ran back over to Plasmus's feet and began pounding on them with his metal fists. He then backed up a bit and charge cannons from both of his hands. "Eat crap and DIE!!" He began firing and Plasmus just absorbed the energy. The ice cream would melt a little but since it was freezing in the ice cream factory the melting ice cream froze over. Plasmus sighed and stepped on Cyborg. The metal Titan was sucked up through the foot. Plasmus laughed and confidently pound on its chest.

Meanwhile, outside turned into a furnace. No one was outside...well except for a few people who had no working air conditioning. Those people occupied the pools and were found soaking up water at the beach. Other people were found lounging in their own homes watching TV (like me). Coincidentally, almost all of the air conditioners broke leaving only a few people at home. It was too hot of a day. Ice cream was overpriced as well as a trip to the beach. Public pools were even put on charge for $10.00 a person.

Back to the trouble in a cold place, Plasmus roared and danced in victory. Beast boy, who was still lying in a distant corner where he was forgotten, began to wake up. "Ouchies...What happened?" He looked up at a dancing ice cream blob. "Where did the guys go?" Soon he noticed a frozen Raven-cicle and a cherry fanatic Starfire in the arms of his enemy. Beast boy gasped. "Oh no! He must have the guys too!" Beast boy was about to strike when he realized that he couldn't win by strength. "There is something that I have to do." he mused to himself. The young shape shifter scurried outside. It was only then he noticed how hot it was and how many people were left outside mourning over their broken air conditioners. A light bulb appeared above his head. "Hey, I always wanted to get one of those!" he noted, staring at the light object above him. "That must mean I'm bright!" He wriggled his eyebrows up and down. The light bulb suddenly cracked and shattered leaving glass to fall all over the green hero's face. "Ouch."

He ran over to a group of people. "Hey people of Jump City! Pass on the word! Get free ice cream if you follow Beast boy!"

This immediately got the civilians' attention. Word spread around quicker than a blonde girl named Terra going through a hard wall after meeting troubled-ego. Beast boy had people everywhere following him to the ice cream factory. Once he kicked the doors down, people ran all over him to get to the living ice cream monster. A huge question mark appeared over Plasmus's head as people began climbing up on him and licking him away. Starfire fought over the cherries that the people were eating and several Goth boys were licking at a Raven-cicle. A stomped on bloody Beast boy sat up and shot a thumbs up. Plasmus ran around to get the people off of him, but before he knew it, all of Plasmus was gone and only a sleeping man lay there in the cold factory. Robin laid on his back as Starfire pressed on Robin's chest to get him to spit out any of the ice cream that had entered his lungs. Robin coughed and woke up. He was greeted by a bone-crushing hug from Starfire.

As the Titans walked outside, the heat began to melt Raven. She finally thawed out and shivered. "I-is it o-o-over?"

Robin placed a hand on Beast boy's shoulder. "Thanks to Beast boy."

Beast boy smiled, holding up a piece sign. He managed to smile even with his two black eyes, loose teeth, bruised body, and hurting form. Cyborg laughed at beat up Beast boy. "What happened to you?"

"Eh," Beast boy began. "Doesn't matter. Anyone want some ice cream?"

The whole team groaned. They had way too much ice cream in one day.

YAY! I'm done with the second chapter! Sorry it took so long for me to get this one up but I couldn't get on the computer when my parents were home. Ahhhhh, the wonders of having both parents working full time... Also I've been playing a lot of PSO (Phantasy Star Online). I got my first manga the other day at Barnes and Nobles! It's Rurouni Kenshin volume 5! It's so awesome! I should keep reminding myself to buy Shonen Jump. I'm probably speaking foreign to some of you...oh well! Also Betrayal was just an awesome episode. Terra got figured out! Yeah, now the Titans see who she really is! I felt bad for Beast boy though. Stupid Terra! She crushed Beast boy's heart! Told ya she was evil! Well, I like Raven and BB together better anyway. I'll try to get up my chapters sooner but evil approaches. What am I talking about you ask? Well, school's returning for me. I hate school more than anything! I'll be a sophomore this year. Hey, maybe I could pick on some freshmen preps! Oh yeah, that would be fun! Hm, maybe school isn't that bad...

Next chapter includes road trip, Starfire singing, Kalis, Universal Studios, rides, Evanescence, and a singing contest between Raven and Beast boy! Don't miss chapter three!!!

Beast boy: I can't feel my face...