Chapter 5: A Day in the Field
Alright everyone! Time for the update of Spring Fling! Their will be brief but descriptive pieces of blood and injury okay! Just to let you know...umm nothing else. I'll see if there are any pictures needed. If there are you know where to find them! Anyway on with the story! Their will be a mentioning of a book written by the author Maggie Shayne called Colder the Ice. She's my fav author!
The titans were happily munching on a round of breakfast compliment of Cyborg and Bumblebee.
"Dude! I thought you said we were going to do something fun today! So far all we've done it sit around and eat breakfast!" Beast Boy whined. He stuffed a piece of toast in his mouth. Everyone rolled their eyes.
"BB, it's like 9 in the morning, we all just got up" Cyborg said. Beast Boy shook his head.
"Nu uh! Aqualad's been up reading that dumb book of his!" Terra picked up the book and read the back.
"Actually it sounds pretty interesting" She said looking at the picture on the front.
Starfire took and interest and grabbed the book from her hands.
"Colder then Ice?" She said looking at the picture.
"How can something be colder then ice...ice is like the coldest thing on the planet!" She looked at the side of the book noticing the small letters underneath the brand company.
"And what in zal is a romantic suspense? That sounds kinda dumb!" She said tossing the book aside. Aqualad picked up the book, a blush spread on his face. He sat himself back up regaining his composer and looked at everyone who was now staring at him.
Oh well, I guess the jig is up. They all know that I read romance stories. Oh great now their all going to make fun of me! He shouted in his mind.
Cyborg took another look at him and laughed his head off. He fell to the floor laughing until Bumblebee stepped on his robotic hand.
"Aqualad, their isn't anything to be ashamed of. Just because you like romance novels doesn't mean that you're girly" Bumblebee said in a sweet and gentle tone.
"Yeah, but his hair can prove otherwise" Speedy said rising from a chair.
"What kinda man reads this crap" He said hitting the book out of his hands. It fell to the ground and the book mark was lost from the pages. Aqualad looked from Bumblebee, to the book and then to Speedy. He stared at him coldly, his black eyes filled with fire staring him down. Speedy grew nervous.
"You know what! I just thought about something! I think that I need to go now" He said rushing out of the room. Aqualad looked to the floor again but to his surprise his book was gone. He looked around frantically. His head thrashed around looking for the book. He saw a small pale hand holding it out in front of him.
"Thank you Raven" He said. Taking it gingerly from her hand. He opened the book and flipped through the pages. Skimming them he placed the bookmark back into it's place and set the book back down on the table.
"Anyway! Today I was thinking about a little old fashion, fishing and hunting trip!" Cyborg said throwing his arms in the air. Beast Boy shuddered.
"And why would I wanna do that?"
"Well you don't have to, but I think it would be fun!" Cyborg said.
"Yeah" Robin said nodding. "I think it's a good idea!"
"Well I don't! Killing animal's doesn't sound like a very good vacation" Beast Boy said pouting. Raven placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You don't have to BB" She said smiling slightly. He smiled back and put a hand on top of hers. Terra's blood boiled as she watched the two.
"Well I think it's a great idea!" Terra said.
"One thing Cyborg, how are we suppose to hunt, if we don't have any guns" Robin said looking at him confused.
"Don't worry, the place were going to allows you to rent them" He said pointing to a small booklet. "I have everything under control, but I made a reservation so we have to go like now" He said flashing a huge smile.
"Well then lets hit the road Sparky! What are we waitin for!" Bumblebee said throwing her hands in the air. Cyborg ran to the drivers seat and sat down. Strapping himself in he buckled his seat beat and placed his hands on the wheel.
"Everyone sit down!" he yelled. Robin and Starfire sat down on one side of the table across from Aqualad and Terra. Speedy was sitting in the chair across from Beast Boy and Raven. Trying to focus his gaze on Raven's chest without getting caught and slapped to kingdom kom.
Showing up over the distance was a large metal gate. That which looked like a cemetery's gate.
"Dude, I thought we were going hunting, not to the graveyard"
"This is it! I know it had a weird fence but trust me I know were in the right spot! They also allow fishing here to" He said stopping the rv in a parking spot.
"Everyone get out of the rv!" The titans scrambled to the exit and ran outside standing on the gravel parking spots.
"Okay there are going to be a few rules" He said clearly looking at all the titans.
"Rule 1: The gun given to us are not toys and you CAN hurt someone with one" Terra looked at Raven evilly.
"That mean's you Terra" Cyborg said looking at her. She blushed.
"Right, sorry" She rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment.
"Rule 2: Everyone is going to be distanced apart with a partner! There will be one group of three. So I suggest you get your partners right now" Cyborg side stepped toward Bumblebee. Robin moved slowly over to Starfire's side with a face as red a cherry. Beast Boy marched happily to Raven's side. Terra looked around and sighed. She moved to Aqualad's side. Speedy looked around desperately. "Umm I think I'll go with BB and Rae" He said running to them. Raven rolled her eyes while Beast Boy gave him a high five.
"Good then, everyone has a group?" Everyone nodded.
"Well then yall follow me!" There was a small log cabin a little ways over the hill. The outside was decorated in elk, deer, and moose heads. They walked inside. It was covered in antlers and furs. Animal heads of different shapes and sizes were mounted on the walls. Huge fish were attached to large boards. Beast Boy shuddered and hide beneath Raven's cape, only to be slapped.
"I wasn't trying anything! I don't like this place is all!"
"Yeah uh huh and next thing your gonna tell me that Speedy isn't a pervert" Speedy was looking in fascination.
"Well you never know, he could have changed"
"I don't think so BB, I caught him looking over at Raven earlier today and I don't mean her face" Robin said looking at the fascinated Speedy. Raven scoffed.
"This is why I don't want him in our group"
Beast Boy slung his arms around her shoulders.
"Don't worry Raven, I'll be there watching you" She smiled. Starfire gazed around the small cabin.
"Ohh what cool stuffed animals!...but why are only their heads here, and why are the on the wall?" She said looking around at the many heads.
"Well Star, these aren't stuffed animals, because...because their real" Robin said.
"Real? Then why are they not moving?"
"You see that's what most hunters do, they kill and animal worthy of prize, then they...well they cut of their head and mount them on the wall like trophies" He said .
"That is terrible! Why would anyone want to kill and adorable animal?" She batted her eyelashes.
"Because, sometimes it's for fun, sometimes it's for money and sometimes it's for food"
"What are we doing today Robin?"
"Were hunting for food, it's hunt your own food today" He said watching Cyborg talk to the man behind the counter. He was holding up 2 different types of guns.
"So what is Cyborg bringing back Robin?" She said as Cyborg neared them.
"Well there guns Star, remember, the villains use them all the time and they try to hit us, well that's what were going to use to hunt"
"Alright yall! I got 5 rifles and 4 pistols. Those of you who are going to eat something small tonight like rabbit or quail take the pistols and those who are going o eat something generally large take a rifle" Robin took a rifle and told Starfire that she should take one too because she had 9 stomachs she would have to eat more. Cyborg took a rifle and the final rifle Aqualad took. Raven, Beast Boy, Terra, Speedy and Bumblebee all took pistols.
"Okay ya'll lets head outside!"
Outside the cabin they walked to were the forest opened up. Birds chirped and the rustling of leaves could be heard.
"Now, each of you will also be given a box of spare bullets. The guns are loaded now. There are 5 different paths leading to different places. Each of them have a lake at the end. Here are some rods for fishing. He gave each group 2 rods. Also there is a rule that I want you to be aware of...if you get into trouble and you need someone to help you take your gun and shoot three times in the air" Everyone nodded. Robin handed each group a black backpack.
"These are filled with snacks, water, extra bullets, room for your guns and rods, and they have medical supplies in them" Raven took the backpack and swung it around her back.
"No problem" She said. Robin nodded. "Also, there is a watch in their, we'll meet back here at around...5 pm, we'll go to that little place right there and we'll cook all this up and eat it" He said pointing to a little outdoor place with a large pit. "There is also some large and small bags in their for assortment of uses. You could put small animals in them and if there is anything you find out there that you want to keep then by all means keep it" Cyborg said.
"Well I think we've done covered everything so, lets go"
Cyborg and Bumblebee headed down the path on the very right. Robin and Starfire took the one in the middle. Aqualad and Terra chose the one next to Cyborg's toward the left and Beast Boy, Raven and Speedy chose the one of the very left.
Cyborg and Bumblebee walked down their dusty path looking for any sight of animal. A few squirrels past them by, but they were too hard to hit. Besides, squirrel didn't sound to appetizing to Bumblebee.
"So what are you looking for Sparky?"
He growled at the use of the nickname. "I'm gonna try to find some kind of deer, that's what I want" he said looking for any large meadow.
"Well wouldn't you need a meadow, since that's where they hang out?"
"Yes...that's exactly what I need B" He said angrily. She looked around.
"You know where we are?"
"No! I don't! Now be quiet"
She stared at him sadly.
"Yeah sure" She said quietly. He sighed he knew he hurt her feelings but he didn't act on it at all. They came to a large open field. Covered in long grasses and wildflower it looked like a picture in a calendar.
"It's beautiful" She said looking around the place. Cyborg set the backpack down on the ground and knelt down in the grass.
"B this is where you gotta be quiet okay? This is were I'm gonna hunt"
"Sure Cy" She said sitting down facing away from him, facing the way they came. She tossed her gun back and forth. Stuffing it into the bag she pulled out a bottle of water and snapped the kid off. Pouring the cool liquid down her throat she drank chugged half of it. releasing the bottle she took it away from her lips quenching her thirst.
Cyborg was focused on a small dark opening across the field where there were 3 deer grazing.
"Haha, I gotcha" he whispered. His finger slid over the small metal trigger.
He pulled the trigger back and released the bullet which flew through the air. Then he heard.
"WAHOO!" A female voice shouted. The deer picked up their heads seeing Cyborg they darted off. The bullet hit a large tree behind them pinning a leaf to the tree trunk.
"Damn" He said walking toward the bullet's resting place. Bumblebee picked herself up and skipped over to him.
"It got away?"
"This is why you need to be quiet, I'm gonna kill her when we get back"
"Kill who Cy?"
"Terra, didn't you hear her yell?"
"Yeah I heard her, she scared me"
"Well come on, we better try and follow them deer as best we can" He said trudging through the damp forest. Bumblebee followed quickly.
Terra was twirling around in circles.
"Oh yeah! No more big bad spider!" She said in triumph.
"Terra, can you please pay attention, you killed a spider, big deal were hunting for something we can actually eat" He said annoyed. The blond girl followed him skipping through the forest.
"Yeah well it's an accomplishment for me! I usually can't touch those things! I think I'm beginning to like the outdoors Aqualad!" She said. She skipped happily until she tripped over a log she didn't see and she landed in a patch of wet dirt(otherwise known as...mud)
Aqualad turned around to see the now flailing Terra.
"Ewww it's mud! I landed it mud!" She said screaming.
"Shhh, Terra your going to scare away our dinner" he said whispering.
"I don't care I landed in mud!"
He sighed. Taking off the backpack he pulled out another set of clothes.
"Here, go behind that tree and change into these" He said handing them to her.
"You wont peek will you?" She said with tears in her eyes.
"No, I have no interest in peeking Terra" He said walking away from the spot. She smiled and ran behind a wide tree. She changed from the muddy pair of jeans and shirt to a fresh new pair. She emerged from behind the tree to see Aqualad looking her way. Her belly shirt showed most of her flat stomach and the jeans hugged her figure tightly.
He cleared his throat and brought to her a wet cloth.
"Here, wipe your face with it" He said. She took the cool cloth and wiped the caked mud of her face. It was a dark brown color once she was done with it. He took it back from her and wrung it out.
"Well come on Terra, we better keep moving" he said placing the damp cloth in the backpack. She hurried her pace and walked beside him. He smiled and they walked across the meadow.
Robin was crouched down aiming at a small quail which was picking bugs from the ground. Releasing the trigger the bullet sliced through the air and hit the bird straight on. It fell to the ground. Robin blew across the barrel of the gun and set it down. Starfire rushed after him with a large bag and picked up the gun. Robin picked up the dead bird by it's feet and stuffed it into the bag.
"Very good Robin! You have shot yet another little bird called the quail!" She said. She looked happy on the outside, but on the inside she was dying to cry, seeing him kill all these little birds tore her up.
"Thanks Starfire, I guess were safe to know we'll have something to eat tonight" He said holding onto Starfire's pistol. The silver gun caught the rays of the sun making it glow.
"Starfire how come you haven't hit anything yet?"
"Oh well, I suppose it is because I do not know how to use the gun" She said lying. He chuckled.
"You don't have to lye to me Star, I know the real reason you don't wanna even pick up that gun"
"You do?"
"Yeah, you don't want to hurt anything, you don't want to hit the little birds do you? You think it's a terrible thing to do and I bet your crying on the inside"
"Robin, how did you?"
"Because Star, I can tell" He set the bag down and walked closer to the saddened alien.
"You don't have to cover up your feelings with fake ones, because I can tell when your lying Star"
"Robin I didn't want you to think that I was too weak or something"
"No Star never" He pulled her close hugging her.
"I don't think your weak just because you don't wanna hunt. I don't think Beast Boy is a girl because he doesn't eat meat, it's just something that makes you, you" She sighed softly.
"Thank you Robin, I feel much better" She said looking out toward the meadow. It was like Cy's meadow. There was long grass covering the ground and many wildflower's. He let her got and walked toward a flowering bush with large pink flowers. He picked on off so it had a long stem. Starfire had followed him watching his every move. He smelled the flower and turned to her. Pushing back a few strands of hair he placed the flower's stem behind her ear. When he hair fell back into place, you could only see the large pink flower.
"I think it suits you" He said. She blushed and threw her arms around his neck.
"Thank you"
"Your welcome" He said pulling away and placing the backpack back on his shoulders he walked out of the meadow and back into the forest. Starfire following him close behind.
Of course not everyone was having such a good time.
"That is the fifth time you have 'accidently' touched Raven's chest Speedy, your it's getting annoying and your upsetting Raven!" Beast Boy yelled.
"Yeah well at least I'm actually doing something! You haven't done a damn thing!"
"I can't help it if I don't wanna hunt! I don't even eat meat! How in the world do you think I'm going to kill something?"
"I don't know the least you could do it try"
"It's already like 1 pm Speedy and we still haven't got anything!"
"Enough with the fighting" Raven yelled. She pulled out a pistol and aimed toward a gap in the forest where the forest met the field. Pulling back on the trigger the bullet flew from the barrel. S few feel away something fell to the ground. She blew on the barrel of the gun.
"The next time I catch you bickering, that will be you" She aimed the gun toward Speedy.
"And the next time you touch me anywhere on my body, this bullet is going right through your head" She said firing the bullet in the air. Speedy shook in fear and picked up a pistol running over to the fallen animal.
"Umm looks like a...rabbit I think" He said picking up the fallen rodent.
"Yeah that's a rabbit" She said bringing a bag. She placed it in. Blood smeared in the plastic bag. Beast Boy shuddered. Raven pulled back her cape. She was facing off to the side. He could see the ribs through her skin, it didn't look as bad as last time though. Speedy was also watching her but he wasn't looking at her ribs. Beast Boy slapped his forehead.
"Speedy?"
"Yes!"
"Can you take this gun and walk down that path their...I need you to scout ahead, just to see how far this lake is from here"
"Why can't you do it?"
"Because!"
"You just wanna have time with Raven! Look I want time with her too!"
"You don't wanna spend time with her, you just wanna wait until I leave and feel her up!"
"Nu uh!" He yelled
"Just go!"
"No way! I'm not letting you have her all to yourself!"
"JUST GO!" Raven yelled. Speedy shook his head.
"Okay but if I find you two on the ground naked, I'm not explaining to it to Robin!" He said walking away. Raven blushed.
"Hey don't think about that Raven, besides were only 19 that's too young" He said whispering.
"Well at least I know your not thinking about anything like that"
"Nah..."
"So what did you wanna say?"
"Huh?"
"Well you obviously wanted to say something, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten Speedy to leave"
"Yeah, there is something that I wanted to talk to you about" He said
"And?"
"Well it's about...it's about your little...problem"
She shied her head away from him.
"Raven, why are you trying to starve yourself?"
"It was just one of those things Beast Boy, I thought I was fat okay, not much else to say"
"Your not fat, and you never were"
"Your just saying that" She said looking away from him. He shook his head.
"No I'm not, I really mean it, what really made you do this?"
"You'll laugh at me"
"No I wont go ahead tell me, you can trust me" She looked into his eyes.
"Alright, the reason I did this was because, I...I was upset that you chose Terra over me, I was jealous"
"You, jealous?"
She nodded. Crystal tears formed around her eyes. He put an arm around her waist and pulled her closer.
"Come here" he whispered. He stood up taking her with him and pulled her closer. She buried her head in his chest. She sob silently.
"I'm sorry I hurt you Raven" He said rubbing her back. She sniffled and placed her head in the crook of his neck. He held her there. His ear twitched and he pulled away from her.
"What is it?" She said
"I hear something" He said crouching down. Across the way Terra was holding her gun to the shadow across the path.
"Gotcha" She said pulling the trigger. The bullet came so fast. White hot pain skinned the top of Beast Boy's arm. He hissed in pain pulling way his arm. Blood covered the front of his arm. Raven stared at the rising blood. She ran to the backpack realizing it was with speedy. She took her gun from underneath a pile of leaves and held it to the air shoot three times. The gunshots echoed through the forest. Robin and Cyborg picked up their heads and the signal and ran toward it. The girls on their heels. Speedy turned around and ran back toward the field. Knowing it was either Raven or Beast Boy in trouble. Aqualad and Terra reached them first.
Terra stopped and cursed under her breath
Dammit! I was suppose to hit the bitch! Not the hottie! Great how can I live with myself...oh I know, they wont know it was me unless I tell them.
"Beast Boy!" She yanked the backpack from Aqualad and pulled out the medical box. Cyborg and Robin came to the scene. Cyborg looked at the wound.
"He'll be okay, and he doesn't have to fo to the hospital, it just skimmed the top" Cyborg said
"I think we should get out of this hunting place" Robin said
"With crazy people killers on the loose I agree we go back to the rv" Starfire said.
"That's murderers and I agree with Starfire" Raven said focusing on Beast Bot's wound. As soon as it was wrapped she kissed the bandage and helped him up. Robin stuck his tongue out.
"That's sick! I should be the one cuddling with Raven!" Speedy said. Everyone glared at him.
"Well it should be me!"
Later on in the evening the were all back from the hunting place. They gave all their shootings to the man who owned the place and they got a full refund back.
"Well I guess we can have a normal dinner then huh" Cyborg said. They all nodded as Cy pulled into a McDonald.
"Order up people"
Cyborg was in the back obviously still up. Beast Boy was still shifting for the fear of landing on his bad arm.
"Beast Boy settle down" She said whispering.
"I can't it hurts"
"I think I know how to take the pain away" She said smiling. She leaned closer to his face and kissed his softly. She pulled away and looked at the starstruck Beast Boy.
"Better?" She said asked.
"Much" He said lying back down.
He laid on his side with his arms around Raven's waist. She smiled and closed her eyes.
Cyborg laid on his bed with a small light on and his journal out.
Today we went on a little hunting trip, but it didn't go so well. Beast Boy was shot, well not really but it gave him a good bandage. Anyway, I have decided that we are going to go to Las Vegas but were gonna work are way their, next stop Tonopah, Nevada!
That's it for this chapter! There are no pictures for this place though! Hope u had some fun reading this chapter. Please review!