Howdy everyone! Thanks to all that reviewed the first chapter! Yaay it's a snow day today so I have all day to write! Anyways last time I forgot to mention the pairings in this story: Major one RobStar (if you hadn't guessed that already). The other pairing is BeastboyRaven. Yeah I'm more of a BBterra person but it just doesn't make sense for this story. Anyways here is chapter 2…
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or the Eminem song Like Toy Soldiers. But soon I will own a Robin and an Aqualad Plushie because my Dad promised he'd get me two plushies! I LOVE plushies!
On with the show…
Like Toy Soldiers
Chapter 2
Alex straightened out his suite and frowned. How he hated tuxedos. But it was the night of his parent's dinner party they held for all the top workers of Wayne Enterprises. How he loathed dinner parties. He sighed and walked downstairs.
"Alex" His mother sighed straightening out his suite jacket and tightening his tie "You look so sloppy. I know you hate dinner parties but can't you just try and smile?"
"No" Alex answered
"Alex look, just behave and once you finish eating I'll let you go upstairs alright?" She said fixing the button on his shirt "There you look wonderful now. And just try to flatter Suzy's constant flirting with you, alright?"
"But Mom she's five!" Alex whined
Starfire giggled, "I know"
Her mother was in a beautiful purple spaghetti strap dress with a purple necklace around her neck. Robin smiled as he came down the steps and whispered, "you look beautiful" into her ear.
"Alright Al, just behave okay?" Robin asked
"Sure. And I'll have so much fun talking to all the people that are old enough to be your great grandparents" Alex said rolling his eyes
"Okay Al now I'll use bribery. Behave and you can go to that Ice Hockey camp you wanted to go to this summer"
"But Dad summer break starts next week! It's to late to register"
"It's never to late for the head of Wayne Enterprises to register in something. Just remember that Al"
"I don't think you should be bribing him," Starfire whispered as Alex went to watch TV on the couch
"I know, but I think we're too overprotective. I was going to let him go to hockey camp anyways," Robin said wrapping his arms around her
"But Richard, Ice Hockey is so dangerous" She whispered
"Just look at it this way: It's a sleep away camp which means you and me will have to house all to our selves" Robin said with an all too suggesting smile
"I think I like that idea" Starfire smiled back
"Good. Because we can also take that trip to the Bahamas you've wanted to take. It will be my 'sorry that we couldn't take our honeymoon when we got married because we had to get back to Jump city' gift"
"Honeymoon huh? I love that idea, even though it is almost 13 years late" Starfire smiled
"Mrs. And Mr. Grayson the food is almost ready" Pierre the chef said, coming into the room
"Thank you Pierre. The guests will be here ay second," Robin said
DING-DONG the doorbell sounded.
"I'll get it" Alex said, having nothing better to do
"Ah Alexander! My have you gotten tall!" It was Mrs. Smith, who Alex absolutely hated
Just smile for Hockey camp's sake Alex told himself forcing a smile "Thank you Mrs. Smith. May I take your coat?"
"Oh why thank you Alexander!" Mrs. Smith said piling her coat onto Alex's arms. He took her coat and hung it up in the closet while Mrs. Smith and his parents talked.
"You always throw the most exquisite dinner party's Kori" Mrs. Smith said as Robin went to open the door for more guests
"Why thank you Mrs. Smith. Please take a seat, dinner will be served when more guests arrive" Starfire said forcing a smile and then walking over to Robin who had just finished greeting a few guests "I hate Mrs. Smith. Remind me why we always have to invite her?" Starfire whispered in Robin's ear
"She's one of our top employee's and one of Bruce's former love interests. I hate her too, don't worry" Robin whispered back, kissing Starfire on the cheek as more guests arrived.
"Mom, can I go upstairs now?" Alex asked as he saw Suzy's parents and Suzy herself approach the door
Starfire laughed "no Alex, but you can fetch some of the fine silverware and the porcelain sugar bowl from the china cabinet"
"Deal!" Alex answered zooming off towards the center of the mansion where the china closet was.
Alex pried open the door to the china closet and took out the fine silverware box. He carried that to the kitchen using a secret passageway so he wouldn't have to see Suzy and then raced back to get the sugar bowl. There were two of them, but the one his parents usually used for the annual dinner party had a little chip on it.
'Like I give about a chip, but I don't want Dad to get mad' Alex thought reaching for the sugar bowl that was never used and usually sat idly in the cabinet. Surprisingly, he had never seen his parents use this bowl before, but there was no dust on it and even some fingerprints showing heavy use. Or rather fingerprints on the front on the bowl. The back half did have a small layer of dust on it. As he went to grab the bowl the closet flipped around, revealing a hole where Alex was standing. He fell with a yell on to a ramp and he tumbled down into a room he had never seen before.
"What the heck is this place?" Alex whispered. It was cold down here and the walls were damp. A huge compute was up against one wall. He turned around and saw…costumes. One was black with a bat drawn on the front. One was a 2-piece outfit with green pants and a red and yellow top with an R on the side. A cape lay in the case next to it along with a mask and a yellow communicator like device. In the third case was a purple mini skirt, purple top, and purple boots.
"What the fuck is this place and what's with the costumes?" Alex asked into the air. A bunch of DVD disks lay on the computer keyboard and Alex took one and popped it into the DVD slot on the computer.
"Today another miraculous victory for the Teen Titans has occurred with the defeat of Johnny Rancid!" The announcer said as it flashed to 5 teenagers eating pizza at a pizza place. It was a little out of focus but then the camera zoomed in on a guy with…green skin…
"Dude it was easy! Robin was like 'Titans go!' and then Starfire shot her Starbolts and Raven did her Azarath Metrion whatever thing and then Cy fired at Johnny and was like 'Booya!' and then I came in and turned into a shark and bit his arm off!" The green skinned guy said
"Well there you have it folks! The Teen Titans kick bad guy butt day after day! They are truly great teens! Now back to the studio" The clip fizzled and another one was about to start when Alex heard his mother call him.
"Alexander Grayson! What is taking so long?" His Mother shouted from the kitchen area.
"Uhm I'll be there in a minute Mom!" Alex said scrambling to turn of the DVD player. He ran up the ramp and jumped out of the gaping hole in the floor. As soon as he exited the whole shut and the closet reappeared. He grabbed the slightly chipped sugar bowl and walked down the hall, looking back at the closet
'I am so going back to that place tonight' He thought with a smile and then scrambled back to the kitchen.
"Aww c'mon Dad just let me have one sip!" Alex said, pointing to the wine bottle as the whole Wayne Enterprises top employees and the Grayson's ate dinner.
Now don't get it twisted it's not a plea that I'm copying…
"Fine one sip. One" Richard replied pouring some wine into Alex's glass. Alex chugged it down and smiled
"Richard love you know he's just going to keep begging 'one more sip Dad' until he knocks himself out from alcohol" Kori smiled
Richard laughed "I'm not giving into that crap this time"
"C'mon Dad! Just one more sip!" Alex pleaded
"You're twelve! I could be arrested for letting you drink this stuff!" Richard answered back taking a sip of his own glass.
"Okay Dad" Alex said, having a more sinister plan in mind
"You gave up? Who are you and what have you done with my real son?" Richard asked
Alex laughed "I just don't fell like arguing with you tonight Dad"
"Miracles do happen!" Kori smiled as all three of them laughed
A few seconds later the doorbell rang. Alex knew they were still expecting one more guest and when his parents got up to go answer the door he took the bottle of wine and poured himself a glass. He chugged down a glass and then smiled at his genius plan.
"Alexander should you be drinking wine?" Mrs. Smith asked as she had the seat next to him
"Oh no you see this isn't real wine, it's just grape juice" Alex said convincingly
"Really? Well then I'm glad you're drinking it! Grape juice is filled with Vitamins" Mrs. Smith exclaimed and then turned around to talk to some one else.
"The word gullible is written on the ceiling Mrs. Smith" Alex whispered to himself with as he took the last sip of wine from his glass.
His parents sat back down at the table and they began to eat their lovely meal of Steak. Alex took the steak sauce bottle and started to pour gallons of it on his steak.
"Alex I think that's too much" Kori said
"I like lots of steak sauce" Alex said
"Yes I know son but it's really unhealthy" Kori stated "And you couldn't care less could you?"
"Yup!" Alex smiled finally putting the bottle down and devouring his steak quickly "can I go upstairs now?"
"Yes Alex you may" Richard said
"Thanks dad!" Alex said as he ran up the steps into his room.
Alex quickly pulled off his Tuxedo and dress shirt and slipped on a baggy blue shirt that read 'just keep staring- I might do a trick'. He slipped off his dress pants and pulled on his baggy Khaki jeans. He pulled his dress shoes off and quickly put his Vans on. He grabbed a baseball cap that read 'what rules?' and put it on backwards. He grabbed his chain wallet and stuck it in his pocket just as he heard some pebbles hit his bedroom window.
"Hey Alex you coming?" Nick called from outside
"Yea I'll be right down man" Alex replied opening his window and using a fern bush on the side of the mansion to get down.
"All right A-man lets go" Nick said as the slapped hands. Alex grabbed his motorcycle from the garage and then hopped on. Nick rode beside Alex on his Motorcycle and they raced to Gotham Arcade.
"I win! In your face Nick" He said jokingly
"I was only getting warmed up- on they way back I'll beat you" Nick said as they both unstrapped their helmets and walked in and raced to their favorite game: Streets of Gotham- X.
"Dude someone grabbed it" Nick said in disappointment as they saw some other guy getting way high scores on their favorite game.
"Let's see how he does." Alex said as they watched the kid. He looked about their age and he had spiky purple hair and green eyes. He wore a black shirt and baggy black pants and had an S shaped but not quiet an S tattoo on his arm. The kid played for minutes racking up pretty high-scores. When he finished Alex nodded at Nick and they walked over.
"Hey you're pretty good at this game. New around here?" Alex asked
"Yeah. Just moved here," The purple haired kid answered
"Where you from man?" Nick asked
"I'm originally from Jump city, then we moved to Metropolis, and now here" The kid answered
"Nice. What's your name?" Alex asked
"Doug. You two?"
"I'm Alex and this here's my friend Nick" Alex answered
"So Doug, what's your natural hair color?" Nick asked pointing to his purple hair that was streaked with green.
"This is my natural hair color. Anyways, it was great to meet you two, I'll see you 'round" Doug said leaving.
"That Doug kid is spooky! His hair is purple and his skin is gray! And did you see that piercing on his forehead?" Nick said
"Yeah man. He seems nice though. Maybe he'll be in some of our classes" Alex said as they started to play the streets of Gotham-X. They played for a few minutes before Alex won, being the champion of the whole arcade at that game. They bought some smoothies and then headed back to the motorcycles and raced back to Wayne Manor.
"I win again N-man!" Alex said
"Aww I never win! Well see you on Monday Alex" Nick said wheeling his motorcycle to the entrance
"Yeah see you man" Alex said climbing back up to his bedroom. He walked down the hallway. His parents where still eating dinner, obviously they hadn't noticed he left. Alex smiled and headed back to his room.
'Later' he thought 'I am so going back to that cave place'
To be continued…
Next Chapter: After the dinner party a strange person comes to the door. And while Robin and Starfire…erm I mean Richard and Kori are talking to this person Alex decides to check out the cave again…
Well please review y'all! Chapter three might take a tad longer because I have some catching up do on my other stories. But I'll try to get it up fast!