Hi, I'm back. Okay, I updated NCAB, so my promise is mostly fulfilled. Now, I had someone ask if I was going to update this. Well, here is your answer. Not much to say except that this story already has a few chapters written.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. 'Cept Celesti, cuz she's cool.
Through My Eyes
Lea Cat
6/15/06
"Dude! Tofu tastes waaaay better than any of your foods! Celesti'll definitely pick mine!"
"No she will not! My homemade huphilian will win the shiny prize!"
"This is pointless. Why did I even agree to participate in this?"
"Because! You wanted to watch my bacon take first place!"
"I'm going to win Cyborg! No doubt about it!"
The Titan's were having a cooking contest if you couldn't guess. And yours truly was the judge. The contest was started when everyone wanted to know what I liked to eat.
…I sorely regretted asking what everyone's favorite food was.
Soo…here I was, with five plates of food in front of me. I was tempted to shirk away, and they could tell because my ears were flat against my head.
Only problem was, I was chained to the chair. So, I couldn't run. I grabbed my spoon and attacked the tofu first. Took a bite. Moved to the…err…purple soup…took a bite. Swallowed.
Everyone watched my reaction. I didn't give any. Just a thoughtful pause after every bite. I took a bite of Robin's ham. Then I took one of Raven's cookies. After that, a slice of bacon.
I paused. I reached back and retested BB and Star's food. I guess I put their hopes up. I then ate another of Raven's cookies. Ham. Bacon.
"Hmmmmm…" Everyone leaned in to hear me. I pulled 5 signs out and propped them in front of each food. Tofu: 5. Purple soup thingy: 4. Ham: 2. Cookies: 3. Bacon: 1.
"The signs indicate what place your food got." I told them.
"Aw yeah! I knew it! No one can resist the goodness of Cy's bacon!" Cyborg cheered.
"No fair!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "How did Star's food get in front of mine?"
Everyone looked at me. I grinned sheepishly. "Well, in terms of Tameranian taste, it's very good. Star, you're a good cook. Do you know how to make…um…what was it called again…ah! Thormfrendlg?"
"Ah! I do! It is a very popular dish on my planet! If you wish, I can make you some right now." Starfire said excitedly.
I smiled. "Oh, yes please. It's been forever since I last had it." Starfire squealed happily and made for the kitchen.
As soon as she left, Raven gave me a critical look. "Where in Azar's name have you been? Everywhere?"
I gave her an amused look. "Almost everywhere. Still trying to figure out where else I could go."
Before Raven could retort, Starfire bounced back in the room with a plate of gunk. It looked like crystallized water with green bubbles inside. I smiled happily as she plunked it in front of me. "Thank you Star." I began ferociously digging into the jello like substance.
"Friend Celesti, where did you learn of Thormfrendlg?"
A green bubble dribbled down my chin. I wiped my lips with a napkin Robin handed me before answering, "I knew another Tameranian."
"Who and where?" Cyborg asked, seeming genuinely curious.
I blinked rapidly, searching my mind for an answer that they might accept. "I…uh…"
Thankfully I was interrupted by a loud wailing sound.
BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEP
The alarm seemed different somehow…
"It's Slade! Let's go!" Robin shouted without even looking at the computer. It clicked in my mind right away. How obsessed is he to have a special alarm for Slade? Of course, I had heard a lot about him, from my teammates and from the news. Information about villains travel fast across the country.
I folded my wings forlornly as I followed them out on foot. The moment I got outside, I stretched my wings in the warm sunshine, then, with one massive pump of my wings, took off.
I caught up to Starfire and Beast Boy fairly quickly. For fun, I reached out and grabbed a green feather. Then I yanked. Hard.
BB squawked in surprise, then turned and gave me a hawk eyed glare. I blinked innocently, the feather in my hand telling a different story. He huffed and turned his head back in front of him.
Now, on a normal basis, I would tell you that when he hit the telephone pole, it was funny as hell.
Except, for the fact, that when Beast Boy fell, he fell into petite hands.
Not just any hands though. These hands were glowing pink, and I don't think that's a good thing…
"Well, well, what have we here? A little lost bird? Not very lucky I see…" Jinx grinned wickedly. I gulped and Starfire gasped. I made a mental note about the Sladebots all around.
VROOOM
The T-car and the R-cycle screeched to a stop a few feet behind us. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg raced to join Starfire and me. "What's happening?" Robin demanded in a leader tone. God, I hate it when he uses that tone and he's only used it twice around me.
"Friend Beast Boy has fallen in the hands of the vile Jinx and she is threatening to hurt him!" Starfire uttered in one breath.
"Celesti, can't you freeze time and save him?" Cyborg whispered to me.
"I'm trying!" I whispered hoarsely. I twitched my fingers. There was a spark of blue, then nothing.
"Why can't you?" Robin asked.
"Because I'm panicking!" I twitched my fingers again, but unlike the first time, nothing happened.
"Well, shall I have fried bird or boiled bird, which do you think?" Jinx asked cockily. I could see Beast Boy's eyes widen. I gave Robin a frustrated look that said 'I give up.'
Robin compensated. "I think you should give up. Titans, GO!" Robin led the way into battle, the rest of us following not far behind. Everyone disappeared in a sea of brown and black robots.
I grabbed the nearest robot and took my frustration out on him. By the time I had mauled the tenth robot, I had calmed down by a considerable amount.
"I see you are familiar with Fate also." A female voice uttered. I turned around and for a moment, my eyes reflected pink.
I was blasted painfully into the building behind me. I squealed in pain as my wings crumpled beneath me. Knowing they wouldn't be of further use, I allowed them to dissipate, leaving me on the ground with only my claws, fangs, and knives to defend myself. "That wasn't very nice!" I yelled at Jinx.
"Who said anything about nice?" She taunted before tossing another hex my way. I hopped out of the way. "You could work on our side you know. We both have powers given to us by Fate. We should work together."
"But I don't wanna be a villain!" I whined childishly. "Eeep!" I arched my back and a flash of pink flew right in front of me. I growled beneath my breath and swiftly grabbed one of my knives and threw it at her. It barely missed her skin and pinned her to the wall by her sleeve.
Too scared to come any closer to her, I simply threw knives until she was pinned by her other sleeve, her hair, and if she moved her neck to the side any, she would cut herself. "This is my favorite outfit!" Jinx yelled at my retreating back. "I will make you pay for this! You owe me 15 dollars now!"
I let her know I wasn't listening by flicking her off. Whistling cheerily, I sauntered out of the building, only to be knocked back in by a stray laser. I stuck my head out again, cautiously this time, to find a war zone. Lasers were flying everywhere and the only person I could see was Robin, who was currently fighting someone on a rooftop.
Normally I would simply fly above for a better view of how the battle was going, but my wings were sort of crippled right now. So, instead, I fought my way through, looking for a color other than black and brown. There! A flash of green.
The robot in front of me exploded and I flinched back. Starfire stood there, ready to blast me. Upon realizing who I was, the glow died down. "Friend Celesti! I am elated to see you!"
I held up a knife and stabbed at her. She blinked until she noticed I had stabbed over her shoulder. She looked back and found a dead robot ready to shoot a laser at her.
She almost chuckled. "Yes, friend Celesti, you are right, I should continue fighting."
As we fought in opposite directions, I shouted back, "Star! Could you take to the air and see if you can spot anyone else?" She nodded my way and took off, shooting starbolts down at robots.
I continued to stab and kick through robots, in search of everyone else. The robots were gradually beginning to decrease in numbers. I could see through them now. The rest of them seemed to have no problem. The only person I couldn't find was Robin.
Until I looked up and found him still fighting the person on a different rooftop. I saw him stumble at the edge of the building and knew right away that he was going to fall. I looked around quickly and found Starfire a little bit away.
"Star!" I called out. She looked around at the sound of her name. She spotted me. "Robin!" I motioned my free hand as best I could in the direction of Robin. Thankfully, she understood what I was saying and flew quickly to the bottom of the building he was fighting on, just in case he fell.
Which he did. Five minutes later, he fell off the building and Starfire caught him. By then, all the robots were dead and destroyed.
I don't know who was redder when Starfire dropped Robin off, Robin or Star. They were both blushing.
I nearly forgot about Jinx, until my ears picked up her far away voice, yelling bloody murder. "Hey, you guys, Jinx is over here!" I told them, before leading them over to where I had left her.
Jinx was still in the position I had left her. "You!" She yelled on sight of me. "You owe me fifteen dollars for a new outfit!"
"I do have a name you know!" I informed her.
"Let me guess," She muttered. "It's: Idiotic Moron."
Steam nearly shot out of my ears. "No. It's Celesti."
"Hey," Cyborg said. "Nice catch!" He slapped me on the back.
I couldn't help but hiss in agony. It hurt! I looked up to see Robin removing the knives from the wall and leaving them in a pile. Still hurting from the blow to my back, I hobbled over and claimed my knives. I could hear Jinx yelling obscenities until the police carted her off.
"You alright?" Cyborg asked in concern.
"No." I answered truthfully. "I broke my wings."
"Really?" Robin asked, catching the last part of my statement.
"Yeah. See?" I gently flexed my shoulder blades and my wings reappeared. Indeed, true to my word, they were broken.
"You should have Raven look at it." Robin told me. I was all for it.
"Raven?" I said as I approached her. "Robin told me to go to you for my wings. Could you take a look at them?"
"Sure." She said curtly. I turned around and she inspected my wings. I winced as she poked them. When she was done poking, I felt a coolness enter my wings, soothing the fiery pain. When I turned to face Raven, the pain was much more bearable.
"You had five breaks in your wings. All breaks are reduced to fractures." She recited as if rehearsed. "You should leave them out, they'll heal better."
I nodded, completely understanding. "Okay."
"Is that it?" Raven asked.
"Yes." I sighed.
"Good." She walked away. I sat down, gently trying to move my wings. They would twitch, but any more than that and it would begin aching fiercely. I buried my head in my hands and groaned in frustration.
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I spent the next few days wandering the Tower. Robin had told me to take a break from the fighting because of my wings, and because of that I was reeeeaaally bored.
I decided to try some video games.
I was playing happily when they came back from the latest fight. "Dude!" Beast Boy called to Cyborg as he watched me. "She beat the high score!"
"Really?" Cyborg exclaimed as he rushed in from the kitchen. "Amazing!"
I began to sweat from all the attention, feeling pressured to try harder. My car crashed.
"Hey, if you can beat the high score, you should be able to beat us." Cyborg said sitting on the couch. "Let's play!"
"Uh, no thanks." I told them, dropping the controller. "I don't do well when there's competition."
"Oh." Beast Boy said sadly.
I felt a little bad, but, well, I really was a bad competitor. I walked out through the doors and headed for my room.
…sorry…I know I'm slow at updating…sorry…
Lea Cat
