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Date night
Beast boy paced around his room with the number in hand.
Should I call her? He asked himself. I shouldn't call her.
He had no idea what he should be doing.
The green teen had decided not to tell his team about Rose, the Ravager. Robin would go into his 'Slade Obsession' mode and lose his sense of rationality. Then the others would blame him. Starfire would become heartbroken because of Robin. Then the others would blame him. Cyborg would try and play big brother, which could fail. Then they would blame him. And Raven...The green teen could only sigh.
No matter what it was, it would come to him.
He didn't even know if the girl was evil. All because of the one line she spoke
"Next time, tell Slade to send his best after me." She ordered. "He should know I don't die that easily!"
Either she was messing with his head, or she didn't work for Slade.
But that only raised more questions! Who was she? What was her agenda?
No wait, those were questions they didn't already know.
Why would Slade send us after her?
He could spend the entire night pondering over the questions, but that wouldn't solve anything. Plus, he didn't want to turn into Robin.
"Well, let's get this over with."
"This had better be good, it's one A.M." Rose growled over the other line.
She wasn't tired, but she didn't like being called in the A.M. No one did, something about it seems wrong.
"Hi." A voice squeaked on the other end. "It's Garfield, we met earlier."
"Yea, I remember." She spoke.
"I was wonder...if you aren't busy tomorrow-I mean today." He paused. "Well would you..."
"You got the number." Rose spoke. "That means I'm interested, so ask."
"Would you like to go on a date!" He rushed.
Rose took a moment to pause before she answered, just to make him sweat a little. She already had an answer for him, but she wanted to have a little fun.
"Yea, alright." She answered.
"Really, sweet!" He shouted. "Where do you want to go?"
"Don't know, new to town." She answered. "But..."
"But what?"
"Well I know this one place." She began.
Rose hung up the phone and thought.
Either he's dumb, or has brass balls. She thought. Maybe both.
She knew who he was, she was also sure he knew about her. Yet he still called.
"Could be interesting." She admitted.
Beast boy hadn't slept in this time even though he had been up late. When he woke up he felt well rested.
He spent a bit of time preparing for his date grooming. She may be a villain, but she was still a date and Garfield Mark Logan always did his best for a date.
He made his way out of his room before coming to a stop a a specific door.
"I better check on Raven." He thought as he knocked on the door.
He hadn't heard from her since she turned in the night before after the mission.
It took a moment of knocking before she finally responded. She opened the door partly enough to see who it was.
"What do you want?" She asked.
"I came to check on you, see how you were after the mission." He answered.
"I'm fine." She answered.
"You sure, you took quite a few blows back-"
"I said I'm fine!" She snapped. "Now leave."
"I'm just worried about you Rae!" He spoke hastily.
"It's Raven." She growled.
"I-"
"Look, I had a pleasant day with you gone yesterday." She stated. "Let's try and repeat it."
Beast boy had stood outside of the door his team mate had closed. He sighed and left, not wanting to be late for his date.
That w-wasn't very n-nice. Timid stated
He'll get over it. Raven stated.
We'll don't push too hard. Knowledge stated. Everyone has a limit.
Not him, he's a glutton for punishment. Raven stated.
Beast boy, or rather Garfield, had just arrived to his destination.
He realized earlier that he was in the bad side of town. He wanted to be surprised that Rose recommended this place, but he wasn't. He probably would have been more surprised if she hadn't.
He made his way into the bar that had the name of his destination.
He looked out of place in such a seedy area.
Everyone there was one of those hardcore bar flies that rode a motor cycle and had tattoos. Everything on them was over-sized, their muscles, their piercings, even their beards.
Where is she? He wondered.
He couldn't see her in the crowd of muscle. Neither could he smell her with all of the liquor and sweat in the air.
In the distance he could see an open table, the only one. That wasn't what stood out. On the table was a vase with a rose in it.
He made his way to the table, aware of all the eyes on his back.
As soon as he sat down, most of the men stood up. They made their way over to him and glared down at him.
"C-Can I help you all?" Garfield asked a little timidly.
The men each dropped something onto the table in front of him. They were small and green with a sharp end. They were thorns from a rose.
What do you know about thorns Gar? He asked himself.
He knew one thing and the only thing that mattered. Thorns hurt.
The men began cracking their knuckles.
Raven had just finished meditating when she looked at the clock.
Two in the afternoon? She thought in shock. I never even meditate to noon, I never have the peace.
Now that she thought about it, it had been pretty quite. Not a single Titan had knocked on her door, not since Beast boy.
Where is that green idiot? She asked no one, but received an answer none the less.
He never came back. Knowledge stated.
That was unlike the green teen. Usually he would have visited several times in an attempt to get her out of her room.
Maybe he's mad at us. Timid whimpered.
Beast boy isn't mad at us. Raven assured.
She said that, but her emotions didn't believe her. They wanted her to go and check on him and apologize. She agreed to check on him, but she wouldn't be apologizing.
Raven phased through the wall towards the common room to see her team. They weren't there. Where could they be? Her question was answered when the com-door opened and the team, minus Beast boy, walked inside.
Did they go somewhere?
Obviously. Rude answered.
"Hello friend Raven." Starfire greeted. "Are you well?"
"I'm fine." She answered. "Where were you all?"
"We went to the mall of shopping and then we enjoyed a seeing of sights in town!" Starfire happily stated. "We hope we didn't disturb you, we know how you like the peace of being alone."
"No, it's fine." She stated monotonously.
"We no it isn't your type of thing." Robin stated.
I would have gone. Raven thought.
Yeah right. Rude snorted. You!
I would have! Raven repeated hotly.
Well that's what happens when you always demand to be alone. Knowledge stated calmly. You get it.
Beast boy wouldn't have let us be alone. Timid whispered.
That statement brought a large question to each emotion. One she voice aloud.
"Where is Beast boy?"
Well Gar, you got yourself into trouble. He thought. Again!
There was only one question for escaping his predicament. Fight or flight? He couldn't use his powers in the open, that would compromise his identity. He could probably fight them off and leave, but that would raise suspicions on him. That left him with flight, he had to find someway to escape.
"Look it's a hot celebrity in a bikini!" He shouted at the top of his lungs.
Nothing, no one so much as glanced over their shoulder. They just shook their heads at him in disbelief. He sat back down in disappointment.
I'm ashamed I thought that would work. He thought.
"Well, plan B." Gar stated.
He flipped the table and jumped into the fray.
Raven sat on the couch in...awkwardness. This was something she hadn't felt when in the tower since she first moved in when the team was formed.
The others were doing there own thing. Star in the kitchen. Robin going over some important files. Cyborg was playing the video game.
Raven felt left out. She knew she could go and ask to join any of them in their activities, but that wasn't her. Usually Beast boy would drag her into something and then she'd be involved.
Where is that green idiot? She repeated.
She had asked the team, but none of them knew for sure. That wasn't cause to worry though, they all did things on their own.
Garfield had just escaped the last guy from the bar. He had put up a decent fight, but he didn't want to draw attention to himself. So he made an exit during the middle of the fray.
That was when it came to him. Like a punch to the face, the smell returned. Sweet like a rose with the sharpness of it's thorns.
Rose! He thought.
He looked up and saw, not Rose, the Ravager.
She stared down at him with a smirk that promised pain.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Quit the act Garfield, or should I say Beast boy." She taunted.
He stared at her for a moment before removing his ring. He shifted into a bird and made his way over her head to the opposite side of the roof. He turned back to his human form and took a defensive stance.
"What are you up to Ravenger!?" Beast boy demanded.
"Nothing." She answered.
"No games, what're you planning?" He snapped.
"Like I said, nothing." She spoke.
Beast boy had had enough of her games. He took a step forward but stopped and took one back, her smile was throwing him off. Villains that smiled were always sure of themselves, and she was an unkown variable.
"Good, I-Get down!" She shouted as she drew her gun.
Beast boy shifted into a cheetah and lept to the side avoiding the bullet. It sailed past him and into the wall next to...Slade.
"Hello darling, your aim's getting better."
"Where is Beast boy?" Raven mumbled.
"It is getting late." Robin stated, having overheard her.
"Relax, if he was in trouble he'd call." Cyborg stated.
"Slade." Ravager hissed.
Beast boy drew is communicator, only for it to fly out of his hands in peaces. He looked at Ravager, who hadn't taken her eyes off of Slade.
"Don't look at me, I wouldn't mind the backup." She stated.
"No reason to bring the rest of the Titans." Slade spoke as he holstered the gun. "It would ruin the date."
Since when does Slade use guns? Beast boy asked himself.
Ravager charged Slade with her sword drawn and went for a diagonal slash. Slade grabbed her wrist in mid swing, stopping her completely. He smashed his open palm against her wrist, forcing her to drop her blade. With a powerful kick, he sent her flying to the other side of the roof.
Beast boy charged the villain in cheetah form to build up momentum before jumping and shifting into a gorilla. With both fist raised over his head, he intended to crush Slade under his massive being. The villain then jumped into the air and delivered a powerful spin kick to the gorilla's face, knocking Beast boy into the ground and back into human form.
Slade grabbed the downed hero and pulled him into a beat hug, where he proceeded to squeeze Beast boy to death.
Has he always been so strong? Beast boy thought as he struggled against the villain.
Try as he might, he couldn't break free of the hold. Because it was so tight, he couldn't focus enough to become larger.
Beast boy's sensitive ears picked up three very loud sounds as Slade grunted in pain before releasing the hero.
He turned to see Ravager holding her gun to him.
Beast boy lunged at Slade again, this time turning into a rinkhals snake. Slade caught the serpent by the neck and tried to throw it away, but the snake wrapped it's body around his arm.
Now that he was closer, he opened his mouth and sprayed a stream of venom into Slade's single eye. This both blinded and distracted him with pain.
"Get down!" Ravager ordered as she fired a volley of shots.
Each one hit Slade, before knocking him down.
When the villain didn't get up, or so much as stir, they made their way closer. As they did, Beast boy noticed something important.
"Another robot." He grumbled in annoyance.
"How can you tell?" Ravager asked.
"No smell of blood." He answered. "Or pheromones in general."
The two moved even closer and Ravager removed Slade's mask. There was no face, just a small screen. On it was Slade.
"Well done, I'm impressed." He stated. "Hope this made your date more exciting."
With that, the screen when black with the number five on it. 4...3...
"Run!"
The two dove off the side of the roof as the bomb went off.
"Well that was exciting." Ravager stated with heavy sarcasm. "Well, later."
"Wait!" Beast boy shouted as she turned to leave. "You can't just leave!"
"Of course I can." She stated. "You have nothing to detain me on."
"What?" He asked with skepticism.
"Yup." She smirked. "I have committed no crimes."
"Assault of an officer." He stated.
"I was being harassed by a man." She stated. "When the officer finally arrived, it was to abuse his power to get me to sleep with him." She shuddered at the memory. "Still makes me sick."
"Trespassing." He stated.
"Can't trespass in an abandoned area." She answered.
"You attacked the Titans." He smirked with his arms crossed. Got'ya.
"You all were after me." She retorted. "I thought you were working for Slade, I know he was involved."
"Well...he was." He admitted. "But what about the fake date?"
"That was just for fun Garfield." She chuckled. "Then Slade ruined it. I had a bunch of more interesting things for us to try."
"What's your connection to him anyway?" Beast boy asked.
"...Interrogating your date?" She asked in false fear. "For shame." She chuckled before becoming serious. "We have...family ties."
"He's your..." Beast boy trailed off.
"Bingo." She stated before he could finish.
"Why is he after you?" He asked.
Ravager removed her mask and looked Beast boy in the eyes, well...eye. He now saw that she had on an eye-patch. It had been covered by her long hair.
"We have some issue's we haven't worked out." She stated as she tapped the patch.
"You mean he..." He trailed off again.
"Yes and no." She answered sadly. "He...assisted me into doing it myself."
Beast boy had nothing to say to that, what could he say?
"So...what are you?" He asked.
"Complicated." She answered as Beast boy face-palmed. "Hehehe, I'm a merc." She raised a finger to stop him before he could speak. "I haven't done anything on U.S soil or been involved in any form of terrorism, so I'm untouchable for all foreign crimes seeing as you have no authority or jurisdiction there, even to a Titan."
"Then you can help us." He stated happily. "We could use you in our fights with Slade."
"No, I'm not joining one of those tools." She stated with disgust.
"...What?" Now he was confused. "We help people."
"No, you beat up villains, you don't help people." She states.
"What's the difference, we're protecting civilians." He retorts.
"Helping and protecting are two different things." She states. "You can save a person from falling off of a cliff, but what if they jumped instead of being pushed?"
"I, uh..." She had him there.
"It's been fun, we should do it again without my dad." She states as she leans in and gives him a kiss.
There was a noise that caused him to turn around, but all he saw was nothing. When he turned back, it was still all he saw, Ravager was gone.
"It's more cool when Batman does it." He mumbled.
He could track her and find her, but for what reason. She was basically clean and already denied helping, it's not like they could force her to help.
Though I doubt Robin would let her. He thought. Better head home.
It was late when he returned to the tower, past sunset.
Beast boy tried to enter as silently as possible. Though it made no difference when his teammates where all waiting for him in the common room. Each wore a look of suspicion, though Raven's was more of a glare, directed to the green teen.
"And where have you been young man?" Cyborg asked with folded arms.
"I uh..."
"I have been worried sick about you!" He yells. "No calls, texts, not even a note!" He pointed to the kitchen. "You even missed dinner!"
Cyborg proceeded to stomp away into a corner where he began crying. Star Fire flew after him and began patting in.
"There there." She soothes. "Ignore the glorbag and cry away the tears."
Aw man, I'm a glorbag again! He sighs. "I was on a date."
This brought the entire tower into complete silence but with an array of mixed emotions.
"What!?"
"I met this girl at the comic shop yesterday and...we hit it off." He explained with a blush.
"Ah yeah!" Cyborg cheered. "That's my boy!"
"Congratulations!" Star stated as she flew into the kitchen. "I shall prepare the pie of romance."
"How can you all just congratulate him!?" Raven asked in outrage.
"What's the big deal?" Beast boy asked in shock.
"You break up with her!" Raven ordered. "Now!"
"No way, you're overreacting." He states.
"You're being stupid!" Raven snapped. "Though that's nothing new."
"What is your problem, I thought you'd be happy to have me out of your hair!" Beast boy yelled.
"Not when you're dating some bimbo!" She retorted. "What did you do, use your hero status to get her to go out with you?"
"No, I wore a holo-ring!" He answered. "She didn't need to know about me being Beast boy."
"So a relationship based on a lie." Raven snorted. "You sure are off to a great start."
"Friend Raven, why are you so angry at him dating?" Starfire asked.
"Can't you all see, this is another Terra waiting to happen." Raven stated.
"How is this anything like her?" Beast boy asked, finally losing his cool.
"You like some girl, she turns bad, you bring enemy in."
"Right, because you have such experience with good relationships!" He snapped.
Raven stepped back as if he had struck her. Beast boy never acts this way, he always acts stupid and runs when she get's angry.
Instead, he had a comeback. One that actually made her stop and even hurt.
"I'm going for a fly." The changeling spoke as he walked away.
You overreacted. Wisdom stated.
I did not. Raven angrily states. He's being an idiot.
For going on a date? Knowledge asks.
Because of him, I missed a whole day! Raven snapped.
How is that his fault? Knowledge asks.
...Raven was silent.
Oh, I get it, Raven's jealous! Happy chuckled. Mad that B.B isn't here to pull you into the group.
I am not jealous of some bimbo! Raven declares.
How do you know she's a bimbo? Knowledge asks. You've never met her.
She can't be any good. Raven states. Why else would she go out with Beast boy?
He's funny. Happy answers.
He's immature! Raven snaps.
He's courageous. Brave added.
He's careless!
He forgiving. Timid added.
He's stupid. Raven stated with finality. This whole thing is! Him and some bimbo, it'll crash and burn like with Terra.
You haven't exactly had much success in the romance section yourself. Rude states.
Don't ever mention him! Raven orders.
Why, you seemed fine pointing out his bad experience. Knowledge retorts. He had a point, maybe you should apologize.
Me apologize to him? She asked. He should apologize to me, he knows not to bring Malchior up!
You did so to him.
It's for his own good. Raven stated.
Since when do you care about his own good? Rude asked.
Is Beast boy going to stop spending time with us? Timid asked. Will he stop being our friend?
No, that idiot will come back and try to apologize. Raven states.
As soon as she says that, she feels his presence at her door.
Right on time. She smirks.
Much to her shock, he doesn't knock. He just goes on by her door as if it weren't even there. As if she weren't there.
What happens to us if Beast boy stops being our friend? Timid asked.
Beast boy made his way towards his room, ignoring Raven. He had had enough of her tantrums to last a long while.
Instead, he decided to make a call.
"Hel-"
"When you ran into me at the comic book store, did you know who I was?" Beast boy asked cutting her off.
"...No." She answered. "But I saw you take of the ring and change, you should find a better spot to do that."
He had the decency to blush at that.
"Well, since you aren't a criminal...would you like to, you know...go on a proper date?" He asked with growing worry.
"How big are they?" She asked.
"How big are what?" He asked.
"Those brass balls you have." She answered.
He had the decency to blush at her crass statement. So that's how you want to play it. Well, as a proud prankster, he couldn't back down.
"How big you want them?" He asked. "I am a shape-shifter."
"Hmm, meet me at the comic shop at 3 tomorrow." She stated before she hung up.
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