Dusty: Are you going to update soon?
Katy: Sorry it took me so long to update guys. It took me long time to finish chapter 14. I didn't realize it would take this long!
Robin: That's okay, Katy. We know all about your problems with writer's block.
Raven: I was hoping that you had forgotten about this story.
Katy: How could I forget about it? It's actually very popular among the readers.
Dusty: You should be careful what you say, Raven. Or the readers might attack you.
Raven: Who cares? (Everyone stares at Raven.) What?
Starfire: I cannot wait any longer for this chapter!
Cyborg: (points to BB) Apparently, Beastboy can.
(BB is sleeping because Katy has taken so long with her update.)
Cyborg: You know what this means, right Dusty?
Dusty: Oh yeah!
(Dusty pushes the red button on the remote. Beastboy is given the same electric shock as before.)
Beastboy: (wakes up) YOWCH! Will you please stop doing that! It's very painful.
Dusty: Not until you stop drooling in your sleep!
Cyborg: (whispers to Dusty) Maybe we should… (whispers in Dusty's ear so nobody else can hear him)
Beastboy: Oh no…
Katy: All right then, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans and all the other shows and characters used in this story! (aka: Terri)
Author's Note: Okay, this chapter might get slightly confusing. Every so often Robin's voice is going to switch from that of Little J to his own. Every time Robin is using his own voice there will be quotations that will look something like this: "(Robin's voice)…etc…"
CHAPTER 14:
What the Heck is Going on Here?
"I won't allow you to kill another person." –Terri's voice.
Robin turned to face the speaker. In Starfire's case, she just turned her head. As Robin turned, the scalpel was knocked from his hand and was launched over Starfire to the other side of the room, out of reach. His eyes followed the projectile until it landed on the floor. A small flicker from an object lodged in the wall caught his eye. It was… a bat-a-rang?
"We're here to help you, Robin." Raven's voice came from the darkness beside him. Robin flinched.
"And you might want to think twice before you fight back." To Robin's surprise, and Little J's horror, Batman dropped down to the floor of the basement.
"(Robin's voice) No… It can't be… you're… you're… dead…"
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"That's right Robin. You killed the bat."
"But, then, who's that?"
"An imposter. He is wearing a different costume; without the cheesy cape."
"Can it be… his ghost?"
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After staring a while at Terri, Little J brought himself back to reality with wild laughter. "You can't be Batman! I killed you! This is just not possible…I mean…how could you be Bruce? I killed him…" While muttering this, Little J began backing up into the shadows. Terri approached him steadily, while Raven began to sever Starfire's bonds.
"Friend Raven! You have come to my resc—
Raven didn't answer because she was busy thinking about what Robin was saying when he saw Terri. What should we do now to save him? I can't lose him. I… I… I love him… Did I just think that? There are two ways to save him, but which one? Both involve a large amount of risk to Robin's life. Terri can distract Robin while I enter Robin's mind to defeat Little J, or we can somehow convince Robin that Terri is really Batman, which he is…
All Raven could think of to say to Starfire was, "Are you okay?"
"I am not sure…" While she was trying to stand up, Starfire's knees gave out from the loss of blood during the torture. Raven caught her before she fell to the floor.
"I can heal you." Raven proceeded to heal Starfire's wounds from her recent encounter, although her mind was slightly elsewhere. When she was done, Raven helped Starfire to stand, "There. Done. Can you stand on your own now? I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for your boots though."
"(Robin's voice) Stay away from me! You're not real. You're just a hallucination!" Little J tossed, what looked like, a handful of gumballs in Terri's direction. Terri managed to jump over them before they exploded in his face. Robin jumped on top of a nearby table and shot his grapple at the railing on the catwalk above. When it hooked, he swung up.
Raven knew that she had to make a decision, and quickly, before the situation got quite ugly. She did want either Terri or Robin to get hurt, or worse.
"Raven, what has happened to Robin?" Starfire jolted Raven back into reality.
"He's…not himself right now." Starfire stared at Raven, not totally understanding the explanation.
"Where has Robin gone, then?"
"Oh, he's there. He's just under some form of mind control."
"But then, who is that?" Starfire pointed up towards where Robin was currently trying to get away from Batman.
"That's—never mind! Just help me keep Robin from hurting himself and Batman!"
"But did Robin not—
"There's no time to explain! We have to save Robin."
Raven: That's it? That's the chapter?
Katy: Well…yeah.
Dusty: Raven and Robin…
Cyborg: Sitting in a tree…
Both: K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
Raven: (gives Dusty and Cyborg a death glare)
(Cyborg and Dusty stop singing. Because of the singing, and since he was asleep again, BB wakes up slowly. He has been drooling.)
Beastboy: Huh…wha…
Robin: Uh… Beastboy…You were…um… (points to the pillow.)
Beastboy: Oh man…
Dusty: (grabs some meat and chases after BB with it.) Grab him, Cy!
Beastboy: Eww… No! Get away from me!
(Cyborg and Dusty continue to chase BB around the room with the meat. But eventually they corner him, and Cyborg grabs hold of BB, while Dusty force-feeds the meat to BB.)
Robin: Okay… that's just wrong.
Katy: Agreed.
