It was morning, and the sun was shining bright. It was the perfect morning for combat practice. Bumblebee had the boys out of the tower at 6 AM sharp. Mas y Menos were up and they were speeding through the course that had been set up. Aqualad and Bumblebee were cheering them on, while Speedy was asleep on the side lines. He was slumped over the machine with a string of drool coming from the side of his mouth. Mas y Menos finished the course and signaled for the next person to go. "You're up Speedy." Bumblebee said. She turned and saw him asleep. "Speedy!"
"What? What?" he snapped awake. Aqualad laughed.
"You know, that's what you get for abandoning us and staying out so lateā¦" and she did small quotations with her fingers for the next part, "Practicing."
"You don't know what I was doing, so you can't assume anything!" Speedy countered as he wiped the drool from the side of his face.
"He has a point Bee." Aqualad said.
"Whose side are you on?" she asked him.
"Nobody's. I just watch from the sidelines." Aqualad replied. Bumblebee turned back to Speedy and crossed her arms.
"You need to stay with the team more."
"You can't tell me what to do, I have other things going on other than the team!" Speedy fussed.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Like what?"
"I have friends!"
"You do?" Aqualad asked out of nowhere.
"Shut up!" Speedy lectured. "The team isn't the only thing on my mind, is all. You should understand that." Bumblebee snorted and turned around. She just decided to run the course herself. Forget Speedy, at least she would stay dedicated to the team.
Later was lunch time. The team came down from the gym and into the kitchen where they expected Speedy to have fixed a meal for them, like he always did, but today was different. There was no barbequed meat or sandwiches or anything. Instead they saw Speed packing up his bow and arrows. "I'm going out." He said. Bumblebee was appalled.
"Again?" she fussed.
"Yes, again!" Speedy snapped back.
"Where?" Aqualad asked.
"I'm going to see a friend."
"Who is your friend?"
"No one." Speedy retorted, not looking at them. Their faces dropped.
"Sounds like a real friend." Aqualad teased. Speedy glared.
"No carne?" Mas y Menos spoke in sad voices.
"Has Green Arrow been working you a little too hard, Speedy?" Aqualad asked.
"I'm not going to see him." Speedy said. And then he walked to the doors. "I'll be back later." And he let the doors close behind him.
An hour after Speedy left, everyone's communicators went off! "Titans, go!" Bumblebee called out and what was left of the team went downtown. The scene of the crime was at the city dump, in a building that engineered advanced chemicals. Plasmus was eating the sludge and growing bigger with every bite. The titans burst through the door and sprang into action! Bumblebee used her lasers and shot at him! Aqualad conducted water from the pipes and shot it at him, and Mas y Menos went to run into action but got stuck in some goop!
"Ewww!" they said as they struggled to get free from the sticky mess. Plasmus spit up sludge and it hit Bumblebee, sending her down onto the ground! She tried to get up but her wings were glued to the floor. Aqualad soon went down as well after Plasmus hit him with his nasty fist! All four were stuck to the floor as Plasmus walked away and continued to eat the toxic waste.
"We need Speedy." Aqualad said.
"No, we don't need him!" Bumblebee shouted as she jumped free of the sticky mess and then pulled the other boys free. "We can take care of this loser ourselves!" and she flew up into the air and shrank down to the size of a fly. She flew into Plasmus's mouth and he swallowed her! Aqualad gasped!
"Bumblebee!" and he took more water from the pipes and threw it at Plasmus. Plasmus bellowed and shrieked as the water splashed up against him and washed away some of his goop. But then Plasmus began to shriek and grab his gut as it grew bigger! Aqualad and Mas y Menos stepped back as he grew bigger and bigger and bigger until he exploded! Sludge went everywhere! Aqualad and the twins got covered in it! "Oh, yuck!" Aqualad complained and brushed some of the goop off of his unitard. Bumblebee stood in the middle of the mess, covered in it from head to toe and Plasmus's human form at her feet.
"See, we didn't need Speedy." Bumblebee said and she spit out some of the sludge that was in her mouth. Aqualad shook his head. Bumblebee sighed. "I'm going to kill Speedy." And as if magic, Speedy came running through the doors with his bow and arrow ready!
"I'm here! I'm here!" he called out and pointed his arrow at Bumblebee.
"You're a little late, buddy." Aqualad said. Speedy looked at the mess and started to laugh.
"How dare you laugh!" Bumblebee scolded and walked towards Speedy. "You're communicator went off at least fifteen minutes ago! Where were you?"
"I was hanging out." Speedy replied and put his bow and arrow away. "Sorry I missed the show." He said.
"Yeah, you should be sorry!"
"Perdedor." Mas muttered and Menos laughed.
