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Chapter Four: Well, I Never!
Finally, the two clerks came back with Starfire's seven mustard-flavored lattes.
"That comes to… $10.50," said S, who seemed to be good at math.
"So…" started Robin, "what are you guys doing working in a coffee place at this time of night? Isn't it kind of late?"
"I could ask you the same thing," said N, who seemed to be good with words. "What are you guys doing in a coffee shop at this time of night? Isn't it kind of late?"
"Well, I…" said Robin, trailing off, clearly baffled by this come back.
"Do you two have super powers?" said Raven in a blunt manner.
The two glanced at each other nervously for a split second, but then looked back at the Titans confidently.
"What would make you think that?" said N coolly.
"The fact that you two were able to take on Dr. Light single-handedly and come away completely unscathed," Raven shot back quickly.
"Well…" started S, who though was not as good at quick thinking as N, was clearly sharp-witted, "Dr. Light is a pretty pathetic excuse for a villain. We knew that we could take him on, so we just decided to save you guys some time."
"But that's kind of dangerous, dudes," said Beast Boy. "Since you guys are just innocent civilians-"
"But what makes you think that we're just innocent civilians?" N cut him off.
"To suggest that would suggest that you are more than innocent civilians," said Raven.
"Well I never…" said S, clearly starting to get nervous now. She obviously wanted to get out of there, and fast. The way her eyes darted toward the exit illustrated this very clearly. "The Java Hut is now closed."
"But it's an all-nite coffee place!" said BB in protest. "It's still night time! You can't close up-"
"Oh, yes we can," said N, catching on to S's plan. "This is an all-nite coffee place."
"But-" Beast Boy started.
"Well, it is…" S paused to consult her watch, "four AM. Technically, it's morning now, and this is an all-nite coffee place, not an all morning coffee place. So if you want to come back tomorrow night, you're welcome to do so. But now the Java Hut is closed." There was a note of finality in her voice.
"Well, before you close up shop, don't you have to clear up and stuff?" said Beast Boy. "My manager was really strict about that."
"Oh, erm…" S and N could not deny that the place needed tidying. S said, "Well, we'll clean up and you guys can show yourselves out."
"Okay," said Robin. "But do you mind if we take a look around the place first? I've never been to a tiki-themed coffee place before."
"Well, okay. But don't hang around for too long," said S.
The Titans ambled toward the front of the shop as S and N frantically cleaned up the counters and tables. They took in everything, and they al knew that Cyborg was recording everything with his cy-eye.
Suddenly, there was a sound like a crash of lightning. All of the lights went out. Starfire held up her glowing-green hand as a source of light. The Titans turned around, and saw that S and N were gone.
"Where'd they go?" said Beast Boy incredulously.
"Where ever they went, something tells me that they didn't go naturally," said Raven in a quiet voice.
"Well, there's not much we can do about it now, since they didn't do anything wrong. Maybe we'll look into it tomorrow if we have some spare time," said Robin.
As the Titans walked toward the front of the place, something caught Starfire's eye.
"What is this?" she asked.
"It's the employee of the month award," said BB quickly.
"Those two… seem to have won recently. Their picture is up here. Perhaps their names will be on it," Starfire said.
Sure enough, under the picture of the two blondes was some writing.
"Can I have a little more light here, Star?" said Robin as he got closer to the poster.
As she held her alight hand next to the paper, the Titans could see that the original names printed underneath the photo had been scribbled over with Sharpie. Someone had scrawled two new names beneath it.
"Shadow and Nightmare," whispered Starfire.