Hey y'all! How goes it? Ok, I realize that the last chapter had some MAJOR suckiness problems (wtf was I thinking?) but anyhoo, I felt like updating again cause I felt like it! MWAHAHHAA! Use that as reasoning! Oh, yeah, and up until now, I was using a negative in each of the chapter titles. I don't think I'm gonna do that any more, its getting harder. Congrats to anyone who figured that out!
Chapter Nine: Playing hard to get
After the Titans had trudged home exhausted after combing the city for hours looking for Lavender, all any of them wanted to do was to get some rest. After all, they had only gotten about two hours of sleep the previous night… erm, morning. Their exhaustion may have contributed to their loss.
The next morning…
"Ok, team," said Robin as they were finishing up breakfast. "Today I think that we should look for Nightmare and Shadow-"
As if on cue, the alarm went off.
WOOP! WOOP! WOOP! WOOP!
"The Hive Five have attacked!" Robin yelled. "Titans, GO!"
They rushed to the scene of the crime, which thankfully wasn't 21st Street. They were getting rather tired of that place.
But just because they weren't at 21st Street didn't mean that they wouldn't see some familiar faces!
Familiar faces… doing their job!
Shadow and Nightmare had beat them to the scene of the crime… and were beating the crud out of the Hive Five! They had almost been defeated when…
Mammoth hurled a flaming bus that landed on Shadow.
Nightmare either didn't seem to notice or care that a flaming bus had just been thrown on her partner. She finished tying up the Hive and looked around expectantly for her friend. Of course, emergency teams had already taken Shadow to the ER…
At the ER (NOT THE SHOW!)…
The Titans had decided to follow the ambulance, just to see what was going to happen…
In the ER, doctors surrounded the girl, who they could now see was covered in nasty-looking black burns and was seemingly knocked out.
Suddenly, she got up and tried to get away. But the nurse cried, "You should be dead! Not walking! LIE DOWN!"
"But I'm fine," said Shadow calmly. The Titans realized that she was right. The burns were really just ash. She wiped them off her face as calmly as if they were spa lotion.
"Whaaa?" said Cyborg.
Suddenly, Nightmare walked in.
"THERE you are!" she said. "I was starting to think that Mammoth was too much for you!"
"As if!" Shadow answered disdainfully.
"Umm… no offense, but why aren't you dead?" said Raven.
"'CAUSE I'M SHADOW!" said Shadow.
"Healing powers," said Nightmare, making a face that clearly said, duh. "I thought that Beast Boy was supposed to be the stupid one…"
"HEY!" said BB.
"Ok, well, I think that our business here is done," said Shadow. She and Nightmare headed for the door.
The Titans followed them.
"Y'know, when people LEAVE you're not supposed ta follow them. That's the whole point," said Shadow.
"Yeah, but dudes, I think you guys owe us," Beast Boy said.
"For what? Being better than you?" Nightmare laughed.
"No. what you guys owe us is answers," said Robin, in the kind of voice that no one likes to disagree with.
"Oh. So that's what you want," said Shadow.
"It's too bad that that stuff is for us to know and for you guys to never find out," said Nightmare.
"I'm willing to offer you guys a place on this team," said Robin. "If you prove yourselves trustworthy, that is."
"We'll think about it," said Shadow after glancing at Nightmare quickly.
"Ok," said Robin, holding up two communicators with T's on them. "Be at Titans Tower tomorrow at noon if you decide to take up our offer. Be in some kind of costume… and be ready to be tested."
"Ok," said Shadow. Nightmare was staring with eyes as large as saucers at the communicators. She seemed to be drooling slightly.
"But-" Nightmare started, but Shadow pulled her away.
"We'll see you tomorrow… hopefully," said Shadow as she dragged Nightmare away.
Back at the Tower…
"ARE YOU FREAKIN' CRAZY? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM!" shouted Cyborg.
"We don't know them… yet. They seem like they'd be a good addition to the team," said Robin evenly.
"But… what if…" Raven started.
"We'll see if they're trustworthy tomorrow. What's the worst that could happen if they join the team? At worst, we'll just get two great people on our side. At best, we'll get two great people and two good friends," said Robin.
"Perhaps Robin is right…" said Starfire.
"No. the worst that could happen is that we have another Terra incident," said Raven without thinking.
Everyone looked at Beast Boy, waiting for his reaction.
He shrugged.
"So it's agreed. We'll at least give them a chance," said Robin.
At Shadow and Nightmare's HQ…
"Why didn't you just take the offer!" said Nightmare angrily.
"It's called playing hard to get," said Shadow.
"Oh, I see the plan now," said Nightmare, an evil grin coming over her face.
They both laughed monotically as lightning flashed outside.