A/N: Don't you just love writer's block? Best thing in the world! Please note the sarcasm. I had no idea how to start or finish this chapter for such a long time. All I knew was that it would be focused on BB and I needed it to be funny sort of. Since school started I'm having trouble typing and sleeping. So I spend a long time TRYING to fall to sleep. Maybe one day my body will get the idea it needs to shut down. Watch me pass out in class. That would be fun! But that is the reason for my very late update. But please R&R. Thank you!
Disclaimer: Own, I do not. Gotta love Yoda!
Chapter 4 Shopping List
Pecker looked up as the green teen flew into the tent with a high pitched scream. He shook his head while narrowing his eyes at Beast Boy for freaking out once again. It seemed like the teen had just realized that he was stuck in an Elf world. Reality was finally coming to the surface of Beast Boy's brain.
"Where am I?" Beast Boy said as he looked around the tent as if something scary was going to jump out at him any time. "Everyone has HUGE ears! And animals talk! I'm pretty much freaked out right now."
Pecker rolled his eyes from where he sat on top of Onin's head. Beast Boy kept rambling on about how strange the place was and he started to pace. Pecker thought that this time was the best to cut into his thoughts and tell him the reason for him being there.
"Quiet!" Pecker squawked loudly.
Beast Boy winced because his ears were a bit more sensitive than others. But he shut up right away and stared at Pecker with panic written all over his face.
"Sit!" Pecker squawked again.
Beast Boy's butt was on the floor in less than a second. He was all too ready to get some answers. If Pecker was the only one to give it to him then he would do whatever the monkey/parrot told him to do.
"Now," Pecker said with a small smile coming to his lips. "You want to know where you are and why. Onin has all the answers, so listen up, green boy!"
Beast Boy frowned at the harshness of Pecker's tone and because of the mean nickname the creature had bestowed on him. But Beast Boy was quickly wrapped up in the story Onin started to tell. Of course, she never said anything. She only made weird signs in the air which Pecker translated somehow.
"Onin says that you and four other teens with ears like yours were destined to come to this world way before you were even born," Pecker said. He flew into the air with a sharp flap of his wings and landed on the ground in front of Beast Boy.
"You must mean the Teen Titans!" Beast Boy said with his eyes lighting up with hope. "So that means the others have to be somewhere around here too! Sweet!"
"Not sweet!" Pecker snapped back at him. Beast Boy jumped a little from the sudden outburst from the animal. He was about to ask why, but Pecker answered for him. "The ruler of this city most likely has one of your friends so far. Right now it will be a battle for all of you teens. And we have the stupid one!"
It took around three seconds for Beast Boy to realize that the stupid one was him. "Hey!" he yelled at Pecker with a frown coming to his face. "Shut up, bird…monkey thingy! I'm not stupid enough to turn into a bear and eat you."
"I would like to see you try," Pecker said with a smug smile coming to his lips. "Onin is not finished yet. And I'm sure you will not be smart enough to figure out what she is saying."
"Dude!" Beast Boy said while standing up. He did not like being insulted like this even if it might be true. "She's not saying ANYTHING! All she does is wave her hands in the air and make sparkles with all her voodoo crap!" As he said this, he waved his arms around wildly. Pecker had to duck to avoid getting hit. "I bet you are making this all up!"
Pecker glared up at Beast Boy for what he had just said. He gave a loud squawk while flying up to Beast Boy's face. "I am not making this up, green boy!"
Beast Boy gave the animal a smug smile and said, "Prove it."
Onin had decided that she had had enough with the two fighting like this. She shook her head with annoyance. The old lady then clapped her hands together and a big spray of blue sparkles flew into the air between the two yelling at each other.
"Dude!" Beast Boy yelled while backing up with surprise. He was so off balance he fell onto his butt with a wince of pain. Pecker settled down with a dirty frown still planted on his face. He landed on Onin's head and narrowed his eyes at Beast Boy as the teen took the hint to calm down.
Onin nodded with a satisfied smile. She then continued with her story. Pecker watched her for a few minutes then translated it for Beast Boy. "She says that a long time ago an eco sage prophesized that you five would come to this planet at around this time to help save it. It said nothing on how to save it, so I'm guessing at least one of you knows about this."
Beast Boy said nothing. He did not want to say that no one on his team had any idea what was going on. Even Robin looked dumfounded when they were checking out all those eggs. And Robin was one of the smart ones of the group. But once he thought about it, Raven had been trying to avoid going anywhere that day. The more Beast Boy thought about it, he was very sure that Raven knew this would happen. This was all her fault!
"Raven might know what is going on," Beast Boy said in thought. "But this will be easy. Me and my team always fight bad guys and save our city. It is our job."
"My team and I," Pecker corrected while narrowing his eyes at him once again. "Do you people know how to talk where you come from?"
"Yes," Beast Boy mumbled. He didn't like Pecker too much. "So what do I do till we find Raven?"
"Now that you ask," Pecker said with a smile. "The Shadow is coming over soon for dinner and he is going to bring someone with him. I have not done my shopping for the food yet, so I need you to do it for me. You might be noticed with your butt ugliness, so here is a cloak to hide it all."
"I would say thanks but you don't deserve it," Beast Boy muttered to him while taking the purple cloak. Pecker returned the comment with a smug smile. It was very similar to Raven's he noticed as he put it on. He pulled the hood up over his head and smiled at his new disguise.
"Now here is the list of foods, green boy!" Pecker said while throwing the parchment paper into the air. Beast Boy caught it and a wave of deep confusion washed over his face. He had no idea what these things were.
"Wait, dude," Beast Boy said. "I'm having a hard time understanding why I have to be the one doing this and not you. And I have no clue what these things are."
"You have a hard time understanding a lot of things," Pecker said. Beast Boy frowned again but waited for his answer silently. Pecker thought for a while. He didn't want to do his own shopping because he was just lazy that way, but Beast Boy would not please the Shadow if he didn't know what he was doing. He finally said, "Ask around. It is not that hard, green boy."
Beast Boy gave a long sigh of frustration and walked out of the tent in defeat. He quickly forgot about Pecker and his annoying attitude. His eyes sparkled with wonder at this new and amazing world before him that he had to explore. He casually walked through the outside market with a smile crossing his face.
The green teen went around to different stands asking them for different fruit and vegetables that were all different colors and shapes. Some of the Elves gave him weird looks because he didn't know what fruit or vegetable was what. But this way Beast Boy got to know the letters of the Elf alphabet.
It was close to sunset when Beast Boy was done with his shopping. He was actually having a fun time here. He had been out there for hours getting Pecker's food and he was a bit worn out. He sat down at a small outdoor bar with some purple creature that was not Elf working there. He gave a long, tiered sigh and made a mental check at all the things he had gotten.
"Does new Elf want drink?" the purple creature asked Beast Boy suddenly.
"Oh," Beast Boy said while looking up at him. He smiled and said while shaking his head, "No thanks, dude. I have to get this stuff back to Pecker right away."
"Dude?" the creature asked him with confusion. He then looked at Beast Boy closely and asked him, "You wanted short eared Elf? Erol look for you."
"Um…" Beast Boy said while standing up. "I got to go." Before the creature could shout a protest, Beast Boy took off through the city. He didn't want this Erol guy to find him. He was sure that Pecker's side was the better of the two that wanted them.
Beast Boy finally found the tent he was looking for after a long run through the market. He had to ask around a few times to find it. He walked through the flaps and came face to face with Starfire and another old guy with green skin.
"Raven!" Starfire squealed in happiness as she crushed Beast Boy in a tight alien hug. Beast Boy was quickly cut off from all breathing and wondered why she had called him Raven. Then he realized that he still had his cloak on with the hood that looked exactly like Raven's dark blue one.
"Stupid girl!" Pecker yelled at Starfire. "He is turning blue! Let go of him!"
"He?" Starfire asked Pecker with confusion. She dropped Beast Boy and his hood fell back to reveal is face. He smiled weakly up at her and she blushed for a few seconds from pure embarrassment. "I am so sorry, friend Beast Boy! I thought you were Raven because of your cape. Do you forgive me?"
"Yeah, sure," Beast Boy said with a smile and simple shrug. He glared over to Pecker and said, "I got your food. Happy now?"
"Not with you in my tent," Pecker muttered. Only Beast Boy caught it and gave him a dirty look. Pecker's mood quickly changed as he smiled to the old guy who Beast Boy assumed was the Shadow. "Everyone sit down, please," he said to them as he quickly put all the food into a bowl and placed it on the floor.
"This looks wonderful, friend!" Starfire said with joy in her voice. Beast Boy could not help but smile to have her back. Of all the people he missed on his team it had to be her. Her joyful attitude and constant kindness always brought a smile to anyone's face.
They all sat down and started to eat the fruit and vegetables as Pecker and the Shadow shared information that Beast Boy didn't care too much about. It was all about something called Metal Heads and the Baron and the Underground. Some war was going on and that was all he got from listening to them talk.
"So what have you been doing, Star?" Beast Boy asked the alien girl across from him.
"My day has been glorious," Starfire said with a wide smile. "I have met many friends, here. One is the Elf, Jak, and his talking animal, Daxter, who likes to call me sweetheart. He says it is a nickname."
Beast Boy looked at her with confusion. So many times he had no idea what she said. This time it was no different. The teen just nodded like he understood. He then asked, "Have you seen any other of the Titans?"
Starfire shook her head and said with a sad sigh, "I have not. I am afraid that the Baron has found our friends already. I worry about them."
"Me too, Star," Beast Boy said with his voice serious for once. "Wait. Who is the Baron?"
"What are we going to do about these two?" Pecker asked the Shadow while throwing his head over in Starfire's and Beast Boy's direction. "I am afraid we got the short end of the stick."
The Shadow studied the two friends for a few seconds then finally said, "Starfire is brave and strong I have heard, but Torn says that she is very naive and too sweet and kind for this world. But Torn also says that she has made the choice of staying on this side. We do not have to worry about her wanting to go over the Baron's side."
"It's better than the green boy," Pecker said with a sigh. "He is not the brightest. But I guess I would have to say that he likes to obey. He is not a leader. We need the leader of this team of theirs. Whoever has him has them all."
"I know," the Shadow said while in deep thought. "Then we don't need to look for the others but him. Starfire said his name is Robin. I will alert the Underground and Torn about him. He has to be somewhere in this city, so let's find him."
Pecked smiled sheepishly at the Shadow before asking, "Can you take the green one back to Torn with you? He bugs me."
The Shadow smiled slyly back at him while saying jokingly, "I thought you liked him doing your shopping." Pecker rolled his eyes. The Shadow then nodded and said, "He will be safer with Torn anyways. I'll take him with us."
"Thank you," Pecker said. On the inside he was rejoicing, though.
- Robin -
He took out three ice disks and swiftly threw them at the two Metal Heads coming at him. One dodged the quick attack and lunged at Robin with his jaws snapping as the other was frozen in place. With a sharp yell of surprise, Robin jumped back and took out at bird-a-rang from his belt. He swiped the air and sliced into the creature's paw and cut it right off. The thing cried out in pain as it snapped at Robin once again.
Robin barred his teeth as he skillfully took out his Bo Staff and knocked the creature away with one bone crunching hit. The teen then heard another Metal Head behind him and jumped into the air. He did a flip and landed behind the Metal Head. He struck out with his Staff and made it fly into the air with a yelp of agony.
"Nice one, kid!" Sig yelled to Robin while running past him. He started to shoot a few Metal Heads out of his way with his Peace Maker. "Follow me!"
Robin swiped a bead of sweat off his forehead as he stood there for a few seconds to catch his breath. They were at the Pumping Station taking down a few Metal Heads for trophies for Krew. The creatures were blood lusting and ruthless, yet most of the time easy for Robin to take down. Robin didn't like doing it for the slim ball Krew, but it would get him food in his stomach and a bed to sleep on. So he kept going.
Robin ran to catch up with Sig with his Staff still out in case a sneak attack was on the minds of some Metal Heads. The two stopped behind a rock while panting quietly from so much non stop fighting. Sig smiled down at Robin and nodded his head to the side for Robin to look around. The teen peeked a look around the rock and saw one big Metal Head with crab like feet. This was the Metal Head Krew wanted the most.
"The Peace Maker will take out that bad boy in one shot," Sig explained to Robin in a low whisper. "But it needs time to load up for that one shot. I need you to protect me till that time comes, kay?"
"Sure," Robin said with a frown. "Anything for Krew," he said with sarcasm.
Sig gave a small chuckle and said, "I can see the overwhelming joy on your face, kid. Just don't leave me as a sitting duck. Do you have my back?"
"Yeah," Robin said with a smile. Sig nodded to him with another smile and started to load up his gun. Metal Heads were already trying to attack them from behind. Robin took out two bird-a-rangs from his belt and threw them at the five Metal Heads attacking. One sliced into a Metal Head's stomach and lodged itself there as the thing fell and died. The other one only injured another Metal Head a little.
Robin threw himself at the group of Metal Heads with a loud battle cry. He jumped into the air at the last second and came down hard on top of a Metal Head vertically and knocked the creature to the sandy ground with a loud thud. Robin could hear its bones being crushed under his feet.
The Metal Heads were on Robin in seconds. The boy was thrown off the crushed one and landed face first in the sand with a loud uuff escaping his mouth that quickly got filled with the sand. He spat out the nasty stuff as he reached out for his Staff that he had dropped when landing. He cried out in pain as a Metal Head swiped at Robin's arm and made four red lines to remind the teen of his pain.
Robin quickly rolled away from the one Metal Head. He spotted at the corner of his eye a Metal Head getting too close to Sig. The teen took out his last ice disk and barely took aim at the creature. The bold Metal Head was an ice sculpture in seconds. Robin smiled slightly while seeing this but quickly went back to fighting the Metal Heads now attacking him.
Suddenly a flash of blue light sparked up from where Sig was. Robin looked his way and saw the Elf fire at the big Metal Head. The creature screamed in pain as it was electrocuted to death and slumped over. Sig gave a victory yell while retrieving his well fought for prize. Robin finally destroyed the rest of the attacking Metal Heads and stood there panting to catch his breath.
"You did good, kid, for your first time," Sig said while patting Robin on the shoulder. "And you don't even need a gun. Now that's amazing."
"Thanks," Robin said with a nod. They started to walk back to the door that would take them back to the city. Robin glanced at the brown sack Sig had over his shoulder. He almost didn't want to know what was in there.
There was silence between the two till Sig finally asked him, "So you're a leader of some superhero team?"
Robin looked up to him with surprise on his face. He didn't think that Sig cared that much about him, but maybe the big guy had some heart under that tough shell. The teen smiled and said, "Yeah. I wonder where they all are right now. I can't help but worry about them and how we are going to get back to Earth."
Sig nodded with a look of thought in his green eyes. "You might want to stick with Krew for a while, kid," he said down to Robin. "The guy might be creepy and rude, but he knows almost everything about this city. If you make him happy he might repay you with some information. He might know how you can go back to your…world, whatever you call it."
"Earth," Robin said with a smile. It just struck him funny that no one knew what Earth was.
"Yeah," Sig said. "I'm not saying he knows how to, but there is a big chance he does. Just keep working for him and then ask questions. I'll have your back covered the whole time."
Robin thought over the matter for a few seconds. They said he could race and Sig had said that he was a great fighter when it came to Metal Heads. He had the skills to do anything for Krew. But the iffy part of the deal was Robin's morals. He didn't want to do anything against the law or hurt anyone for that man. He didn't trust him one bit.
"I'll stick with you and Krew for now," Robin finally said. "But if something happens that I don't like then I'm out. I don't trust him."
"I understand completely, kid," Sig said with a smile. "But welcome to the family!"
A/N: Once again, I'm sorry for not updating in forever. The next update should be quicker than the last. I'm having a hard time with my other fics at this moment, so you never know. But please give a review! Thanks!