Chapter 3
"Cyborg, we've been walking forever! Where are we going?" Raven was fuming, she hated to walk.
"You'll see! We're almost there. Okay. Take off the blindfold."
Raven tore it off, dreading what she was about to see.
"Oh Ducky. Why are we here?" Raven stared straight up at the ten story, glass, Titans Tower.
"I thought we could spend your birthday like old times, here. It will be awesome."
"Lovely." Raven looked down at the flying toasters and remembered why she was there in the first place.
They both walked, hand in hand, into the front door of the tower, to find Robin molesting Slade on the living room floor.
"Holy shit! Cyborg? Raven! What the hell are you doing here?" Robin shouted.
"Who cares why we're here, man, what the fuck are you doing? He's dead!" Cyborg took another look at the motionless Slade on the floor, and he Realized it was a sex doll with Slade's mask crudely painted on it.
"Dude, that's wrong."
Raven turned to face the wall; she didn't want to see that. Not only was it sick, but Robin was naked. Not something she ever wanted to see.
Robin stood up, Cyborg winced.
"Dude! Put some clothes on!" Cyborg said
"Yes, please, I think I'm going to be sick…" Raven managed to say through a fit of gagging.
Robin stomped off, Slade dragging behind him.
"That was interesting… Anyway," Raven said.
Just then, Cyborg looked up to see Beast Boy rummaging in the kitchen.
"Hey guys! How's it going? I'm making breakfast, you want some?"
"Yeah…" Cyborg said, "Hey, BB. How've you been?" Cyborg said.
"Great. Wonderful. Perfect." Beast Boy said bitterly. "I'm just making waffles for Terra." His eye started to twitch.
Raven and Cyborg looked sideways at each other.
"Beast Boy," Raven started carefully, "Terra? Terra's dead"
Beast Boy snapped around, "She is not. She's upstairs, in my room. Waiting for her breakfast," he had an insane look about him, "I'm taking Terra her breakfast. I'll see you later." Beast Boy loaded up his plate with waffles and turned on his heel.
A black waffle flew through the air and landed in Ravens palm. Cyborg gave her a what-the-hell-are-you-doing look.
"You know how much I love waffles." She claimed.
"Yeah, I've heard. More than life itself," he sighed.
Raven munched delightfully on the edge of her stolen waffle.
"What the hell is up with those guys? They've snapped!" Cyborg said lightly.
"Obviously Robin has issues with Slade. We all saw him dead, but Robin won't believe it. Slade was never really gone, not to him anyway. Maybe there's more to it than we thought." Raven was sympathetic. More than anyone had ever seen from her. "Poor Beast boy," She got even more depressed, "He's imagining Terra. I know they had a thing, but I never liked her. She was always a bitch. I know that's horrible, because she's dead, but it's the truth. It's sad, really." She licked her fingers and looked up, "I think I'll go talk to him…" and with that said, she left Cyborg standing, by himself, to go comfort the hallucinating changeling.
Robin took Slade by the hand back to his room and shoved him into the closet, slamming the door in his dripping face.
"He deserves what he gets. They can't tell me what to do," He mumbled.
Robin stood up and glimpsed at himself in the mirror. He'd let himself go over the years. He was smeared in the Slade-paint and his hair was matted. Not the perfect boy wonder he used to be.
"I look like shit, I need a shower." He said to no one.
He shuffled to the bathroom and stepped into the hot water stream. As it coursed over his naked body, he felt a bit better.
"I need a drink," His words drowned in sorrow.
"Beast Boy," Raven knocked softly on his bedroom door. She heard talking on the other side, "Beast Boy? I need to talk to you! Come on, open up."
The door creaked, one lone hazel eye could be seen.
"What, I'm kind of busy here."
"Can I come in? I really need to talk to you."
"Okay. Come in!" He smiled widely, and his eye twitched.
"Beast Boy, are you Okay?" Raven was trying to be nice, but that smile was creepy.
"Oh, I'm perfect," The door clicked and Beast Boy whipped around.
"Beast Boy, about Terra-"
"Oh, don't worry, she won't bother us."
"What?" Raven turned around, and stared into the statues face. "Oh, god! You brought her back here? You're just as sick as Robin!"
Best Boy pounced on top of Raven and pinned her to the floor, holding her mouth shut.
"Shh, it will all be over soon," he littered scraps of flying toasters everywhere, tearing at them like an animal. His hand slipped.
"AZARATH METRION ZYNTHUS!" Raven shouted, and Beast boy imploded in a black blur.