Beginning A New Chapter
Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Author's Note: Oh, yeah! I know this technically has nothing to do with the story, but I just have to say this: Days of Our Lives writers…WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? Killing Zach off like that. That was not cool. Not cool at all. Oh, and finally, before I continue, here's a bio on the other resident half-demon among the misfits, Raven:
Name: Raven Roth (She doesn't use a codename)
Powers: Telekinesis, teleportation, empathy, and other powers, including healing abilities. Since the defeat of her father Trigon, she has been discovering new powers. Her powers are influenced by her emotions, and she used to have to reign in her emotions because if she let her emotions run wild, Trigon would have a foothold for controlling her. However, since his defeat, Raven is able to express emotions more freely.
History: Raven is a former member of the Teen Titans, a team of teenage superheroes. She served loyally with the team, until the Titans known as Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy were killed in an attack by anti-superhuman fanatics. The attack spelled the end of the Titans. Raven, her half-brother Bard, and the geokinetic Terra found refuge in, and eventually joined the Misfits. She has, unfortunately, picked up some of Bard's bad habits and sometimes is a smartass. She also has the bad habit of arguing with Terra constantly…which usually winds up with something exploding.
Chapter 9: Time for School…Hoo boy.
The Pit
"Do we have to do this?" Bard grumbled, crossing his arms. He and several other members of the Misfit team were sitting in what appeared to be a classroom.
"Yes, you do." Low Light responded with a sigh. "We have found copies of you guys' school records…well, except for Raven's, but that is a whole different story, anyway. And according to the records, you guys never finished school for one reason or another."
"Hey, where's Terra?" Wanda looked around, and noticed several o members of the team were missing.
"We put her in a different class." Loe Light explained. "Mainly to avoid…or at least, cut down on the explosions."
"Yeah. Sorry about the dojo roof." Raven apologized sheepishly.
"Hey, where did Aja and Rapture go?" Fred remembered. "They're not in a class."
"They're out of school, already." Cover Girl told the large blond powerhouse mutant. "So they didn't have to come, actually. And Aja is teaching driving classes down the hallway."
"How can you tell?" A puzzled Fred scratched his head.
"Because I just saw her group take off in a jeep. And since Hawk hid the keys, ten to one they hot-wired the jeep." Cover Girl deduced. The jeep in question was seen racing by, a madly-cackling Aja behind the wheel.
"Who's jeep is that?" Raven blinked, pointing at the window.
"GET BACK HERE WITH MY CAR,YOU LOONS!" Beach Head roared angrily as he ran after the stolen jeep. "WHY IS IT ALL THE SPEEDSTERS ON THIS ROTTEN TEAM ARE NUTS?"
"Well, that answers whose jeep it was." Raven nodded.
"Okay, so we found Aja…" Paul Starr nodded. "But where did Rapture go off to?"
"The shrink she got roped her into trying, keyword trying, to baby-sit the Triplets." Althea explained.
"Alright you guys, it's time to start class." Cover Girl told the young heroes as she walked up to the chalkboard. "Today, we are going to study the works of Edgar Allen Poe, starting with his play The Raven."
"Aw man, his stuff is creepy." Fred groaned.
"Johnny, not one word, cowboy. Not one." Raven threatened her half-brother Bard, turning her head to face him and pointing at him.
"Don't look at me, sister." Bard shook his head, raising his hands.
"Awk, nevermore! Quoth Raven, nevermore!" Pietro mocked in a parrot voice, right before a textbook covered in black aura was dropped on his head. "I am the Duke of Earl…" Pietro mumbled.
"Pietro, shut up." Cover Girl sighed. "Raven, next time you try to kill him, do it outside the class room."
"Yes, Cover Girl." Raven nodded. A knocking was heard at the door. Cover Girl opened it up, and standing at the door was Flint.
"Hello, sir." Cover Girl greeted. "Is something wrong?"
"Sorry to bother you and everything…" Flint apologized. "But, we have a…bit of a…" He struggled to find the words. "…situation here."
"Oh, this'll be good." Althea sighed under her breath.
"Oh?" Cover Girl blinked. "What…kind of…situation?"
"It's the Triplets." Flint sighed.
"I knew it!" Althea groaned. The two Joes ignored the remark.
"Apparently, the Triplets not only drove Rapture nuts, they also gave her some coffee, and she's run off."
"Uh oh…" Cover Girl groaned.
"Okay, that's it!" General Hawk was heard yelling in the background. "There's a new rule on the base: From now on, the movie Animal House is banned!"
"I wonder where she went off to?" Lina thought out loud. As if providence heard her and decided to tell her, they heard a disturbance.
"Toga! Toga! Toga!" Rapture chanted as she ran by, clad in, you guessed it, a toga made out of sheets.
"Ask a stupid question." Craig Starr cracked.
"What kind of insane asylum is this place?" Bard muttered as he saw Raven leap out of her chair, about to strangle Pietro. "Never mind. Hey, I wonder where the others went off to?"
Bayville
As some of the Misfits dealt with English class, other members of the team were dealing with the driving class, which was taught by Aja. Unfortunately, Aja's idea of driving was to hot-wire a jeep and ignore all road signs.
"Yahoooooooooooo!" Tara Markov, aka Terra, whooped happily as the jeep flew down the road.
"Are we even allowed to do this?" Lina Chakram mumbled as she gripped the back of the front seat tightly.
"Hey, I won't say anything if you won't." Aja ahrugged. "Let's see how fast this baby goes." With that said, Aja slammed the gas pedal, and the jeep suddenly sped up to 150 m.p.h., making the kids scream in fright and Aja hoot in delight. "Now THIS is fast!" Lance Alvers then noticed someone walking down the street, whistling.
"Hey, look." Lance pointed out. "Isn't that Duncan Matthews?"
"Yeah…" Aja narrowed her eyes. "That's the punk I met that dumped Deirdre for some cheerleader."
"Who's Deirdre?" Terra scratched her head.
"One of the foster girls I used to take care of." Aja explained. She then looked at the students with an evil grin. "What do you think, guys?"
"BUZZ HIM!" Everyone shouted. Aja turned the car so it would drive on the sidewalk. Duncan noticed the car was bearing down upon him.
"Ahhhhhh!" Duncan screamed girlishly as he nearly got flattened. He managed to jump out of the way in time, but he landed in a puddle of mud.
"What is the purpose of 'buzzing' people?" Xi asked, scratching his head.
"Xi, to be honest…I don't really know." Lance shrugged.
"So, where to now?" Spyder wondered. Even though she was too young to get a license, Spyder wanted to come because she enjoyed Lance's driving.
"Hey yo, Aja…" Todd remembered. "Didn't you say earlier that you wanted to go over to that guy Rio's house?"
"Oh yeah…" Aja smirked. "Hey, I have an idea."
"Really, Aja?" Terra blinked. "What?"
"I can sum it up in two words: DRIVE-BY EGGING!" Aja whooped. "Toad, set the coordinates on your teleporter watch! We're hitting LA!"
Los Angeles, shortly later
"Why is my house covered in eggs?" Rio's jaw dropped as he walked out of his house, and discovered that it was covered in eggs. "WHO DID THIS?" The Misfits were observing from a distance away with the aid of binoculars.
"Heh. That ruled." Lance smirked.
"I wanted to steal his fridge for Blob's birthday." Terra groaned.
"And how would we get it out of there before he woke up?" Lance countered.
"We can steal his fridge next time." Aja promised.
"So, how do you think its going with the others?" Angelica Jones surmised.
The Pit
If Angelica could see the English class the Misfits were in right now, she would've realized things had degenerated into their usual chaos.
"Die, you jerk!" Raven yelled angrily as she chased after a screaming Pietro with a floating desk.
"Raven, no!" Bard exclaimed as he chased after his half-sister. "Raven! Let me kill him!"
"Not now, Bard!" Raven snapped.
"WHEEE!" A hyped-up Rapture whooped happily as the rest of the group tried to calm her down.
"Rapture!" Fred exclaimed. "Calm down! It's us!"
"TOGA!" Rapture whooped.
"Oy…" Cover Girl moaned, putting her head on the desk. "What a day."
"Wanda, no!" Low Light exclaimed, trying to separate Wanda and Raven. "You cannot fight with Raven over who gets to kill Pietro first!"
"But he's my brother!" Wanda defended herself.
"It's me that he drives nuts!" Raven retorted. Yelling was heard from outside. Obviously, the driver's education group had come home.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! OF ALL THE IRRESPONSIBLE THINGS!" The voice of General Hawk was heard yelling. "First, you guys egged that Rio guy's house! I know you have problems with him, Aja, but that gives you no right to vandalize his home! And then, to top it all off, you guys did donuts in Senator Kelly's front yard!"
"Well, they deserved it!" Aja countered sharply. "Not to mention the other Holograms got a good laugh out of it!"
"Sounds like the others are back." Lina mumbled with a sigh.
"I swear, these kids are going to drive me to an early grave!" Hawk groaned.
"My Jeep!" Beach Head's voice was heard screaming from the motor pool. Evidently, he noticed the severely damaged jeep that Aja's group left there.
"Some of us sooner than others." Hawk groaned.
End of Chapter Nine