Hello all! Sorry for the long wait for an update, i was having computer problems. Thank you for all the reviews! This chapter is kind of short and pointless but it just fills the gap between one part of the story to the next. The next chapter will be up much quicker! Please review! Thanks.
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or Batman, but Batman Begins comes out on DVD Tuesday! Yay!
On with the show….
Like Toy Soldiers
Chapter 9
After a few hours on Bruce's private jet the two children were growing antsy. Alex sat cross-legged on his seat, swaying back and forth, and singing off key.
"I'm leaving on a jet plane; don't know when I'll be back again…" He sang, swaying back and forth
"Oh for gosh sakes Alex, shut UP!" Becky, finally fed up with the singing, shouted.
"Awww man Beks, I wasn't even at the third verse!" Alex complained
"What a tragedy" Becky remarked, turning towards the window
"It is! I mean, since you said I couldn't watch anymore MTV I have NOTHING to do!" Alex exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air
"Then find a way to entertain yourself" Becky grumbled as she turned over and closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep.
"But I was!"
After a few minutes of silence Alex unbuckled his seat belt and walked to the huge window the encompassed the back half of the plane.
"Clouds….Clouds….hey, that cloud looks like a checkerboard! Ha! Clouds……" Alex then thought he saw something faintly below the clouds. It was just an outline but….
"Becky!" He said, shaking her violently, "Wake up! We're here!"
Becky opened her eyes slowly "we are?"
"Yup! I saw the outline of the huge McDonalds golden archy M shaped thing that's on the top of the Ritz Gotham!"
Becky lifted an eyebrow "There's a huge McDonalds….on the top of a fancy hotel?"
Alex nodded "Yup!"
"Let me guess: There's a huge Starbucks on the floor below that"
Alex nodded "yeah! How'd ya know?"
Becky shook her head "What has this world come to?"
After the plane landed and Becky had said her hellos to Richard and Kori she headed to her room to unpack. It had been her room years ago, before she moved with Bruce. The walls were still pink and her Minnie Mouse bed spreads were still on her bed.
"This room needs lots of work" Becky said to herself…..
"Feels so good to be home!" Alex exclaimed as he plopped down on his bed
"Alex, please put your clothes back in the drawer instead of on the floor this time" Kori said as she entered the room
"Yeah, whatever"
"Alex?"
"Yeah mom?"
"How would you feel if you had a baby brother or sister?"
Alex dropped the entire contents of his duffle bag on the floor with a blank expression.
"Alexander? Are you okay?"
A moment later he toppled over laughing "I'm away for, what, a week? And I come back and you're pregnant! HA! I guess you and Dad did need some alone time"
Kori shook her head "Alex, sometimes I don't know what to do with you"
He smiled "Yeah, me too"
Three hours and two cans of black paint later Becky had totally transformed her room. Two of the walls were black. She had black pillow cases and blankets on her bed, and punk rock posters on her walls.
She stepped back and admired her work "I should be a home decorator"
"Hello, Becky. I see you've moved in" Richard said with a laugh
Becky smiled "Yeah. Hey, I have this Minnie mouse stuff from when I used to live here, where should I donate it?"
"Oh, we'll take it. We'll be needing it soon. If Kori has a girl, that is"
"A baby? Wow, Alex'll be surprised"
"Nah, Kori told him and he rolled over laughing"
"Typical"
Becky's alarm clock went off at 3 AM. She sprang out of bed and got dressed and ran downstairs and to the china cabinet. Slowly moving the sugar bowl like Alex had told her a door opened in the floor and she fell down to the cave.
"OW!"
Alex laughed "Told you there was a fall"
"No you didn't!" Becky exclaimed
"Hmm, yeah, I am evil, aren't I?"
"Whatever. Do you have the uniforms?"
Alex threw her the black batgirl attire "Yup"
During the day Gotham city looked like a grungy, poor excuse for the largest city in the world. But at night it was beautiful. Street lamps and billboards and skylights lit up the sky. Becky and Alex had been sitting on top of one of the apartment complexes for a while now.
"You know, this is pretty, but I really thought that we were here to, I don't know, fight crime?" Becky said sharply
Alex glared back "If there is no crime going on how are we supposed to fight it? That's why we're waiting here, duh" He replied
Becky stood up "well, if we're here, mine as well practice some moves while we wait"
Alex smiled and stood up "You got it"
"Sea monkey stole my money" Doug slurred in his sleep, "No, my tennis racket, evil monkey of doom!"
Everything was quite in the apartment for once. No rain dripped from the window and no one was holding a house party on the roof. Peacefulness was something Doug liked.
A giant Thud sound disturbed his sleep. He rolled over and tried to ignore it until it sounded again.
"What is that?" Doug whispered as he rolled out of bed. After five more clanking sounds and a giant "Ow" Doug decided to investigate. He pulled on a purple shirt, green cargo pants and a official Teen Titans sweatshirt he headed for the door of the apartment and closed it softly. He walked over to the small set of stairs and walked up to the door of the roof. Through the window he could see to people in super hero costumes fighting. Switching into a Tiger he barged the door down and knocked the two people down. The boy caught himself before he fell but the girl slid and nearly fell off the roof.
The boy, who was wearing a Robin costume, punched Doug down and then his eyes and hands turned blue.
Doug turned back into a human and then used his powers to push the boy onto the ground, causing his mask to fall off.
"Hey! I know you!" The both said at the same time.
The boy stood up "You're Doug, the guy with the weird hair from the arcade"
"And you're Alex, the guy with the….normal hair from the arcade!" Doug exclaimed
Becky stood up and rubbed her head "Did I miss something?"
"I'm confused" Doug said, shaking his head.
"I'm not," Alex said "You're Beastboy Raven's son, of the Teen Titans. I'm Robin and Starfire's son"
"And who's she?" Doug asked, pointing to Becky
"Oh, that's Becky. She's Batgirl's daughter"
"Who?"
"Ya know, Batman's sidekick, Batgirl?"
"I thought your Dad was Batman's sidekick"
"No, he had two"
"Oh"
"So why did you come up here and beat us up?" Becky asked
"I thought you were villains"
"Oh"
"Wait, now I'm confused again…"…
To be continued…
Next time: Doug, Becky, and Alex form an alliance to save the city and the Titans, but will 3 teenagers be enough to resurrect an old team and stop a restless villain?