Yay! Another reviewer! Thanks to Bert the Nomad and Heathen Requiem for reviewing, and every chapter I shall be thanking every reviewer for their kindness! Oh, and I dedicate this chapter to all the Moonfire lovers out there, if there is any.
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Terrance had been with the Titans North for about a month when he started to act funny. He got closer with Beast Babe, and everyone noticed, but he would never admit anything. He spent a lot of time asking about the tower and how it worked, but Gypsie would always be too proud about how she used her powers and built it with her bare hands to get suspicious. She would always blab away about her work, and Terrance would always take notes, then run off to his room. One day when Beast Babe asked him what he was doing, he would mumbling an excuse and leave. But no matter how strange that was, he would always act normal during fights, chats, pizza time, and anywhere else.
Then one day, when no evil was anywhere to be found, Terrance walked up to his room and got on his laptop. Putting away his notebook, he logged onto the Internet and got onto his favourite music website to download some tunes. He downloaded a few and was about to listen to his favourite song when he heard someone knock on his door.
'Come in,' he said, and pressed play. 'Numb', by Linkin Park boomed out of his laptop's speakers as Beast Babe walked into the room and sat down next to him.
'So, what's up?' she said, and he shrugged.
'Nothin' much. You?'
'Nothin here either.'
'Cool.' Beast Babe listened to his song for a moment before sighing.
'So, what song is this?' This got his attention.
'Numb? It's one of the best songs ever. That's why it's my favourite.'
'Oh. My favourite is Going Under, by Evanescence. That song is great. Haven't heard it in years though,' she sighed, and he began downloading a new song. 'So, Gypsie tells me you're very interested in the tower.'
'Yeah, but how can you not be interested in it? I mean, she built it with her powers. Now that's cool. Here, I want you to listen to this song for me.' He pressed play on another song and an almost raspy voice was heard, just barely singing. Beast Babe smiled excitedly as Amy Lee began singing her favourite song, and as soon as some actually singing started, she started along with her, and Terrance grinned impressively.
'Oh, nice voice there BB,' he said as the chorus came on, and she blushed. 'No seriously. You should enter a competition or something; you would definitely win first prize with that voice.'
'Thanks,' she murmured, and he slung his arm around her neck.
'Hey, what are friends for?' suddenly a devilish grin crossed his face, and he ticked her waist. Squealing with laughter, Beast Babe tried to get away, but he chased her around the room, songs following them everywhere they went. Finally she gave up and collapsed on the bed, and he fell on top of her, both of them breathing heavily. He went to move when she pulled him next to her.
'Oh, now what's all this then?' he asked stupidly in a fake British accent, and she giggled. With a laugh, he pulled her onto his lap and he held her close and tight. Something was bugging him, and he had to let it out. 'Beast Babe, can you keep a secret?' he asked softly, and she looked up at him.
'Yes, you know I can,' she replied, and he just realized that he had made a stupid mistake.
'I – uh…' he stuttered, and tried to think of something. 'I still think about Terra,' he said, and she sat up.
'But you said that you had everything under control,' she gasped, and he looked away.
'I do, but sometimes, it feels like I don't, and I spaz out a bit. Please don't tell anyone. If they knew, then they'll probably think that I might need more help, and I'll have to leave.' Worry filled his face as he realized that what he had just said wasn't a lie like he had planned to say, but was actually true, and he really might get taken away, and as soon as he said this, he looked at his laptop and seen something that nearly gave him a heart attack: Slade. Gasping, he stood up, causing Beast Babe to fall off his lap, and he quickly helped her up and pushed her towards the door. 'You have to go,' he said, almost angrily, and she stopped at the door.
'What's going on?' There was a look of shock on her face, but he turned away and pushed the button to open his door.
'Just get out.' Slamming his fist on the button, he locked the door and fell to the floor. He pushed his hair out of his eyes and slumped over to the laptop. He quickly went onto his chatline and typed in something. The person on the other end was pleased with what he put, although he wasn't. Sighing, he exited off his chat, and shut down his laptop. He then turned off the light and walked over to his window. He stared at his reflection, and even though he stared back at himself, all he saw was the face of a stranger. 'Who am I?' he whispered, and went to bed.
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The next day, the girls were all gathered in the living room; Terrance had not yet woken up.
'-And then he shoved me out of his room and locked the door. I really think something's wrong,' Beast Babe was saying, and everyone agreed.
'Yes, something may be terribly wrong. I mean, he lives in a tower full of girls; how can anything be wrong?' Gypsie muttered, and the room became dreadfully quiet.
'Maybe he is feeling the sickness for his home,' Moonfire suggested, and Sparky shook her head.
'That can't be it; he said he traveled for years. How can he be homesick when this is his home?' she pointed out, and Gypsie warmed up her powers.
'Maybe I can sneak into his mind and find out what's wrong,' she said, and she lifted into the air cross-legged, Crow groaning at the movement. She closed her eyes, and when they opened her power had filled every corner. Her power swam around her hands, and she looked like she was meditating, which made Crow angrier; Gypsie was always doing as Crow did, and she found that to be quite a bother. 'Tesarec Luriams Caintons,' she whispered, and her chakra nearly exploded with energy. It floated around the group before floating through several floors and into Terrance's room. It found him and she went inside his mind, nearly gasping with what she saw.
She saw a little boy running down a tunnel, a long shadow following him. She heard his rapid breathing and sensed his fear. She looked around and saw that not only had her power entered his mind, but her spirit had also, and she flew after him, careful not to make a sound. She saw him stop and look back, tears flowing down his cheeks.
'Leave me alone,' he sobbed, and Gypsie nearly screamed at what he was yelling at. It was the silhouette of a tall and muscular man, armour covering his body. He wore a mask, so his identity was sealed, but even though his face was hidden, she still knew who it was. 'Go away!' Terrance warmed up his powers and shot several rocks at Slade, who destroyed every one of them. And just when she thought that Slade was going to attack the young Terrance, a young girl of the same age jumped down from the sky and landed beside him. She had short blonde hair and was wearing a similar outfit to his, only she was wearing a crop top with a tight long-sleeved shirt that was tucked in under her short jean shorts, with sleeves that ended just past her elbows, and the colouring was a little different. Letting out a cry, and girl spun around and shot a large rock at the villain, and this one he couldn't dodge. She smiled, then frowned as her gray butterfly clip slipped from her hair. Terrance replaced it, and Gypsie saw that the girl was his twin sister Terra. Gasping as the ground rose underneath them, and she quickly followed. Terra smiled as she and her brother flew away from the area, but the smiled faded as her eyes turned yellow. She gripped her head and the rock began to fall, but Terrance was quick to keep it in the air. He tried to aid his sister as she began to squeal, and a scream rang out as the rock shattered and the two fell into the river that they were passing over.
Dodging the shards, Gypsie flew down to the water to make sure they were all right, only to find Terra and Terrance swimming towards shore. As soon as they sat down, Terra began to cry.
'God, I'm never gunna get it,' she cried, and Terrance tried to comfort her when Gypsie heard Slade speak from behind her. Gasping and turning around, she saw him dust himself off and start to back away.
'Yes, you will get it one day, and I'm the one who's going to help,' he sneered, and Gypsie flew towards the two down on shore.
'You!' Letting out a surprised scream, she turned back around to find the Terrance of today glaring at her, and she flew up to him. 'What the fuck are you doing here?' he growled, and before she could answer, he punched her in the face.
Falling back from her trance, Gypsie rubbed her face and turned to the others.
'What happened?' Sparky asked seriously, and she frowned.
'He hit me,' she said, and stood up angrily. 'The bastard hit me!' Then they heard something that made their spine shiver.
'Don't you dare try and do that again!' Terrance yelled from his room, and the very fact that they could hear him like he was standing in the doorway scared even Crow.
'How'd he do that?' Beast Babe whispered, and everyone shrugged.
'I don't know, but I do know that we need to talk to Terrance.'
Up in his room, Terrance was cursing like mad. He was kicking things around and throwing his sheets off his bed. He just about threw his laptop out of his window when he realized that he needed it, so he picked up a bottle cap and chucked it with all his might. Surprisingly, it crashed through his window, and he cursed again, but he nearly died as he realized that what he threw wasn't a bottle cap; it was his locket. Not thinking, he rushed over to his window and did the stupidest thing anyone could do: he jumped out his window after it, ignoring the shards of glass that scratched and tore at his clothes and flesh.
Diving down and looking for the silver trinket, he saw it and pulled up a rock. Clinging to the stone structure, he swerved down and grabbed the chain before it hit the ground and smashed into a million pieces. Throwing the chain around his neck with one hand as he maneuvered his way back to his room, and as soon as he jumped back through the window, someone threw their arms around his bleeding neck and began to cry.
'Oh God Terrance, please, please don't tell me your bad. Please,' she sobbed, and he patted her back in confusion. 'Everyone has their doubts now; they don't know what to believe now because of the way you've been acting lately. Please, tell me this is just a phase you're going through. Please tell me it's all going to be over soon,' she pleaded, her cries echoing off the walls of his room, and he led her over to his bed, where they sat down, her still crying.
'It's okay Beast Babe, I'm not bad. I'm just going through a rough time at the moment, and with Gypsie sneaking into my mind like that, I just got a little angry. Listen to me, listen, I would never do anything to hurt you.' He pulled her onto his lap and started to stroke her long hair when she looked up at him with teary eyes.
'Terrance, I'm scared,' she whispered, and he stopped.
'Why? What's wrong?' he asked worriedly, and she brushed away a tear.
'Well, we haven't heard from Slade in so long, and I'm afraid that he might be planning something terrible, and we would never see it coming. Oh, I'm just so frightened. He's never been away this long before.' She sniffled and closed her eyes as he wrapped his arms tightly around her.
'Beast Babe, you have nothing to worry about. I heard that Slade was attacking somewhere across the countryside. See? He's not gone; he's just somewhere else. And believe me, he's not going to attack here anytime soon. Your safe; you all are.'
'Yes, but we're the ones who are supposed to be protecting the citizens. It's them who should be safe.' A tear rolled onto his gloved hand, and he smiled faintly.
'Then you can be my citizen, and I'll be your hero. I'll keep you safe. Beast Babe, I would never do anything to hurt you.' Smiling, Beast Babe slowly closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. He stared at her sleeping form for a moment until he felt something tear at him, and he immediately knew that it was the things that he had just said. And with each passing second, his lies ate at him until he thought he could hold it in no longer. Deciding to just forget everything, he closed his eyes and began to think things over, thinking about the path he had chosen, and how he didn't want to walk down it any longer. 'But I have no choice,' he whispered, and his laptop flickered.
Terrance gently lifted her up and tucked her in, and since there were no covers on the bed yet it made it easy. Making sure she was nice and warm, Terrance gazed down on her, and he whispered something softly to her. 'You will be my Terra, and this time, I will not let you slip away.' Without another word, he grabbed a pillow and a blanket and slumped over to the couch, where he passed out immediately.
Over the next week, Terrance had begun to lighten up until pretty soon things were back to normal. He would talk laugh, leave his room, and even share funny stories about the places that he had visited. He had apologized to Gypsie for hitting her, assured everyone that everything was okay, and even started to take a few lessons on how to control his own emotions from Crow, which went along well. It was now his last lesson, and they were in Crow's room. She was meditating, and so was he, although he wasn't levitated five feet in the air. They both repeated her incantation over and over, until finally, he felt himself leave the floor. Not speaking or moving, he hovered triumphantly, and smiled as Crow noticed.
'Wow Terrance, I never knew you could do that,' she said, her voice sounding amazed, although it remained in a monotone.
'Neither could I. Wow, you're a really good teacher,' he complimented, and she blushed.
'Well you're a really good student, or – uh… whatever.' They laughed, and then Terrance stood up and stretched.
'Ahhhh! Well, I'd best be getting' to bed. G'night Crow,' Terrance yawned, and she opened up the door.
'Now remember, if you can place that emotion and thought, I bet that you can meditate and levitate by yourself now,' she said as he walked past the door, and he smiled.
'Cool.' He yawned again, and she shut her door. 'Man, when that day comes, I'm gunna be the talk of the town; or what's left of it. Jeez, it almost seems a shame to leave,' he said quietly as he practically slept-walked to his room. By the time he got there and was punching in the code for his room – he had asked for one for privacy, seeing as was the only guy in the tower – he was practically asleep altogether. But just before he plopped down on his bed he had a quick chat with someone on his laptop, and lazily shut it down. Not having the energy to go any further, Terrance flopped down on the floor and slept away. He was so out that he didn't notice the cloaked figure as her soul self floated into the room and logged onto his laptop. She typed in a few codes and his conversation popped onto the screen. As she read, her eyes grew wide with fear, and she was so distracted that she didn't see his alarm detect her, and in a second she was knocked out, her memory was erased, and she was brought back to her room.
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The next day, Terrance was up in his room, writing away in his notebook, when Beast Babe ran upstairs and started talking about a little game he and the girls were going to play.
'Terrance! Get your ass out here! We're gunna play Truth or Dare in the main room!' Beast Babe shouted from the other side of his bedroom door, and he rolled his eyes.
'Truth or Dare? Really, how can that be fun? All it is is asking questions and daring people to act stupid,' he muttered as he scribbled something down in his notebook, and as he turned off his music and shut down his laptop he pulled on his tight light gray turtleneck shirt – not sweater! – and made sure his locket was tucked in. He had never taken it off since that troublesome night – besides for showers of course – because he wanted Terra to always be with him. He picked up his notebook, looked over his work, and then tucked a pencil in-between the two pages he was working on to save his page. He then walked over to his dresser and hid the book in a secret compartment in his drawer. Making sure everything was done, he walked over to the door and opened up to find an impatient looking Beast Babe standing in the doorway.
'C'mon! Everyone's waiting for us!' she said, and grabbed his wrist. She led him down the hallways, and after the third one, he spoke up.
'Seriously, how in the hell is Truth of Dare going to be fun? It's just questions and stupid dares,' he asked, and she grinned.
'You obviously haven't played with girls before, have you?' she asked mysteriously and mischievously, and they walked into the living to find the girls chatting excitedly. 'Alright girls, Terrance is here, so we can finally start!' she exclaimed happily as they sat down, and Terrance pulled out something from his pocket.
'Hey, I was wondering, since I'm like, the only guy here, um, could I call a few friends over?' he asked slowly, and they nodded happily and devilishly, as if they all shared some evil secret that was begging to get out. 'Thanks.' He punched in a few numbers on his cellphone, and in a moment it was ringing. A sleepy and sexy-sounding voice answered on the other end with a yawn.
'Hello?'
'Hey, Craig, is that you?' Terrance's eyes went wide as he heard one of his best friends' voices.
'Yeah; who is this?' Craig asked, trying hard to place the voice.
'It's Terrance Markov, remember me?;'
'Holy hell Markov! God, what has it been two years? Jeez man, you don't just leave and call two years later! Man, how's it been? You got a girlfriend yet? You made out? Had sex? What's the deal? Why are ya callin'?' Craig went crazy with questions as Terrance laughed, and he had to shut up his friend so he could talk.
'Dude, just shut the hell up for a sec; look, I'm at the Titans' North tower, and the girls and I were gunna play T or D. You wanna get Dean and come over?' Craig let a curse of happiness and nearly dropped his phone.
'Sorry 'bout that, and sure! I'll get Dean and we'll be right over!'
'Wait, I just wanna know; how can playin' T or D be any fun?' Craig laughed so hard at this question that even the farthest person away from Terrance heard his laughter.
'Ohhh, that laugh is fine,' Gypsie commented to Sparky, who nodded with wide eyes.
'Oh man, are you just plain stupid or have you never played this game with girls before? Hot damn, we could get lucky night! Everyone knows that girls who play this are always willing to get or do action! Man, don't you dare fuckin' start without us! Bye!' Craig turned off his cellphone and shoved it into his jeans pocket before grabbing a shirt and pulling it on as he headed out the door for the last member of their trio.
'Okay everyone, my two best buds in the world are comin' over to join us, and their names are Craig and Dean. Now at first, they might seem a little weird, but since we're all alike here, it won't matter.' As soon as he finished his sentence, the floor started to rumble, and he grinned. 'Ah, speaking of the devils…' He looked at the window as a glowing figure flew at them, and in a moment everyone was scurrying out of the way. The figure threw his hand out in front of him and the window vanished for a second as he flew through it. He landed gracefully, and just as he was about to take one step another person flew in after him and crashed right into him.
'Get off me dumbass,' Craig growled, and supposedly Dean stumbled off. 'Goddamnit, you made look stupid in front of girls again. Thanks,' he grumbled, then straightened up. Terrance grinned as he watched Craig adjust his sunglasses and backwards hat. He pulled down his muscle shirt and dusted off his faded blue jeans, the ripped knees showing that he had a pretty good tan, even down there. He was happy to find that his friend had not changed a bit in 2 years. Dean, on the other hand, had tried to take on a whole new appearance. Instead of wearing his usual light clothing, he was now dressed darkly, and his brown hair was now dyed pure red. He had cut it, and it was spiked in the front. His clothed were torn, but he didn't seem to care in the least. His running shoes were also black, and his left ear was pierced.
'May I present, with great honour, my two best friends in the universe: Craig and Dean.' The two boys bowed as their names were mentioned, and the girls were practically drooling as they stared in awe at them.
'Hello, there, hotstuff. Maybe you would not mind to do the chilling with me?' Moonfire asked in a sexy voice as she flew up to Craig, and he looked her over.
'How did you know my other power?' he asked in an amazed yet calm voice, and he raised his hand up. Beast Babe gasped as she seen his hand erupt in a blaze of fire, and Moonfire whistled. 'Yeah, I know; I rock,' he said, and Moonfire sat back down with him right next to her.
'Excuse me, but, the last time I checked, I noticed that I haven't seen my best bud in two years,' Terrance said suddenly and Craig jumped to his feet and rushed over to give his friend a hug. 'Nice to see ya,' he said, and Craig eyed his long blonde hair.
'I see you did grow your hair out afterall. Man, the last time I saw you it was like, this short.' He held up his hand and held his thumb and index finger a few centimeters apart to show how short Terrance's hair used to be, and he laughed.
'Oh yeah right; it was longer than that,' he laughed, and he heard a cough from behind him.
'You know, that last time I checked, I hadn't seen my best bud in two years either,' Dean said, and Terrance grinned and waited for a hug. 'Oh, do you expect that after two years and no contact, that me and you are gunna be tight again?' He raised an eyebrow as Terrance shrugged.
'Yeah, I guess,' he answered, and Dean snickered.
'Yeah you're right. Come here.' He gave his friend a hug, but it was only a millisecond later when Terrance asked about his new wardrobe.
'What's up with the clothes and stuff man? Jeez, what did ya do?'
'The dumbass went Goth on us buddy. He says it matches his powers or somethin' like that,' Craig groaned, and Dean frowned.
'Well it does. Look.' He closed his eyes, and when he opened them everyone saw that his eyes had turned black. The lights flickered as every colour on him, including his clothes, shoes, and hair, slowly turned black like he was being splashed with paint, and a black aura formed around his hands. Terrance saw with a smirk that Crow was suddenly looking every interested in him. He turned back to his friend as Dean muttered a small curse, and the window shattered behind him. He muttered something else – most likely a counter-curse – and every single piece of glass lifted off of the ground and flew into its correct place until the window was completely repaired. Completely floored by his work, Crow rose into the air for a moment, and in split second she fell out of the air for no apparent reason, and in the blink of an eye Dean disappeared and reappeared right below Crow and caught her daintily. Blushing as they had a small moment, Dean returned to normal and everyone clapped and whistled. 'Yeah, I know I rock harder than Craig does,' he said smugly, and Craig folded his arms.
'I still think that you are the better one of you two,' Moonfire said, and he smiled. Laughing a little, Terrance realized that he felt happier than he had ever been before as he got reacquainted with his friends, and after what felt like and hour even though it was actually a minute, Gypsie jumped up and groaned.
'Can we please play our game now?' she said in exasperation, and the guys exchanged excited looks.
'Hell yeah!' Craig exclaimed, and they all sat back down in their circle. There was Terrance, with Beast Babe to his left, then Dean, then Crow, then Sparky, then Gypsie, then Moonfire, then Craig. Everyone was all right with this, although Terrance wanted to sit next to three people at once. 'Alright, who's goin' first?'
'I will,' Sparky said as Moonfire pulled up her shirt a little more to try and impress Craig. 'Hmm, Moonfire, since you're always pulling up your shirt, I dare you to take it off completely and leave it off for the rest of the game.' Moonfire's eyes went wide for a moment, but as Craig cheered with his friends, she grinned mischievously, and pulled off her blue top. The guys slapped each other a high five as they stared, and the girls looked away.
'That's terrible,' Crow muttered, and Moonfire threw her shirt behind her.
'Okay, it is now my turn to ask the dare,' Moonfire said happily, and shot an evil and happy look in Sparky's direction. 'To get you back, Sparky, I dare you to do down Dean's pants.' Craig gave Dean a look of envy as Sparky muttered something and reluctantly crawled over to him. 'Ah ah ah, no gloves,' she said evilly, and Sparky's hidden eyes went wide.
'What! Oh come on!' she squealed, and Moonfire wagged her finger at her friend.
'It is either this, or you will be forced to get, the "chicken", and you will have to do the strip,' she snickered, and Sparky gasped. 'So, what will the choice of yours be?' Sparky muttered something, and pulled off her gloves. Dean smiled greatly as Sparky's bare hand traveled down his pants and into his boxers, and Craig was envying the whole thing.
'Okay enough of that,' she said quickly, and reached for her gloves. Pulling them on, she glanced around the room for her next dare. 'Heehee, Gypsie, I dare you to give Crow a lapdance.' The boys hooted happily as Gypsie crawled over to her friend and hastily preformed the terrible task, with Crow looking terribly ill the whole time.
'Okay, thankfully it's my turn now. Hmm… aha! Beast Babe, I dare you to let Terrance go up your skirt,' she grinned, and Beast Babe gasped in a high pitched squeal.
'Oh no way!' she squealed, and Terrance let a real disappointed look cover his face.
'Fine. Then you get a chicken. Two more and you have to lose the shirt or skirt. Your turn,' she said simply, and Sparky snickered.
Frowning, Beast Babe looked around the room and noticed the Craig had not yet gotten any action. She thought for a second before noticing that Craig was very plainly looking at the very comfortable and topless Moonfire. She soon put two and two together and came up with –
'Closet!' Everyone looked at her as a large grin creeped across her face. 'I got it. Moonfire, I dare you to do "7 Minutes in Heaven", with,' - she paused for effect – 'Craig.' Craig's smile then became so big that it almost threatened to fall off his face. Moonfire, at this time, was already rushing towards the closet, hurriedly wrapping a ripped off sleeve from someone's coat as a blindfold around her eyes.
'Hurry please! We have only the 7 minutes!' she exclaimed, and Craig slapped a highfive with Dean and Terrance before rushing to the closet, which was only a few feet away, and slammed the door. It was quiet for about 5 seconds before Crow smiled deviously.
'I got an idea,' she whispered evilly, and signaled for Gypsie to come over. She whispered in her ear for a moment, Gypsie giggling as she did so. 'Got it?' Gypsie, nodded, then closed her eyes. A bright and pale purple colours soon formed around her chakra and made its way over to the closet door, where it stretched across the door until the wood began to disappear. The group held back burst of laughter as they seen Moonfire lying sexily on top of Craig, whose hands had found every place of her body. They were locked in a tight kiss, none of them pausing for a breath. as they watched, Dean raised an eyebrow hintingly at Crow, who blushed and tried to look away. Terrance, on the other hand, looked at Beast Babe, but she was too busy laughing to notice. Feeling a little down at the thought that he might never get his chance. Suddenly Moonfire looked up, her small, sexy eyes wide in fear. She squealed as Craig tried desperately to pull his jeans back up, both of them stumbling.
'I thought that we had 7 minutes, not 7 seconds,' Craig hissed at them, and they couldn't hold it in any longer. They all burst out in hysterical laughter, their voices echoing off the main room walls. His face flushed, Craig warmed up a ball of fire and flung it at them in blind fury. At the same time, Dean and Crow reacted, Crow putting up a shield as Dean warped from his spot to in front of Craig, who was, literally, fuming. 'I finally get a chance, and you ruined it. Thanks a lot bastards,' he growled at them as Dean cooled him down, and he looked to Moonfire, who was smiling instead of frowning.
'I have the excellent idea,' she announced, and everyone stopped laughing long enough to hear her proposal. 'Perhaps, we would have, the sleepover, and Craig was to do the sleeping in my room,' added with a wink, and Craig cheered up.
'Yeah. It looks like Dean and Crow could use some alone time together as well,' Sparky continued, and they whistled and 'wooed' as the two tried to hide their emotions for each other.
'Alright, that was enough excitement for one day,' Crow said quickly as she forced and yawn and stood up. 'I guess it's time for bed now so you can go home and we can sleep and never speak of this again,' she said quickly, and Dean stood up.
'Fine, but not before I say goodbye,' he said, and, before anyone could even breathe, he grabbed Crow by the arms and pulled her into a tight kiss. The group cheered and everything in the room exploded with a white aura, then fixed itself with a black one. Terrance tried again to catch Beast Babe's eyes, and this time he succeeded, but in the light of the events, he panicked and looked away. Disappointed, she too looked away and the newly formed couple broke apart. Speechless, Crow stood there for a moment, her eyes open wide. Mumbling a few absurd words, her face turned red as she backed away. 'I'm sorry; what was that?' Dean asked, and she repeated herself.
'I don't know if I'm – what am I talking about? I know I'm not ready for this. My emotions, they are too unstable,' she told him, and the room went silent.
'Oh, I get it. Don't worry I get it all the time. No big deal. I'll get over it,' Dean muttered, and Crow stepped towards him. No one noticed their hidden messages in their eyes.
'Dean, I –'
'I said I'll get over it!' he yelled, and the girls flinched. It felt like they were the ones getting yelled at. It was them who had started it with the suggestion. He realized what he had done as quickly as he had done it, and, after sending one last message, he turned black and warped away. Crow, smiling inside, put on a sad face, turned into her white crow soul self and flew through the floor and into her bedroom.
'Wow. No wonder he went Goth on us,' Craig muttered, and everyone exchanged worried looks.
'Oh, what if our friend is weeping now? You know, because she has been dumped,' Moonfire asked sadly, and the girls looked away guiltily.
'Sorry about that. It was very unexpected,' Sparky apologized to Craig and Terrance, her mask curved downwards over her eyes.
'It's okay. Dean's been acting rather stupid lately anyways. Surprised he didn't act sooner actually. On a happier note, we still gunna have that sleepover Moony?' Moonfire cheered immediately at this, and dragged him off to her bedroom, forgetting her abandoned shirt on the floor.
'I don't understand that girl,' Sparky said to herself as she picked up the shirt and draped it over her shoulder. 'Well, goodnight. See ya tomorrow.' Yawning, she sleepily rose into the air and drifted off to her own bedroom.
'Guess I should get to sleep too,' Gypsie agreed, and too floated off to bed, leaving Beast Babe and Terrance alone in the room.
'So, uh, that game went by pretty quickly huh?' Beast Babe choked out after a moment of awkward silence.
'Yeah. I still don't see what's so exciting about it though,' Terrance agreed, and his friend shook her head.
'What part of "willing", and "girls to make-out for an hour", do you not understand?' she asked with a smile, and he shrugged.
'I dunno. Usually I would gladly take that offer, but today, I guess girls aren't on my list at the moment.' Beast Babe looked down sadly for a second or two, seeing as she was a girl, and she really wanted to be on his list, but since he didn't want any, then she had no point in telling him.
'Oh. I guess I'd better go to bed too then. Got a big day tomorrow. Combat practice and all is gunna be a killer without rest. So, goodnight.' Sighing sadly, Beast Babe slouched off to her lonely and messy bedroom, expecting Terrance to follow suit to his own room, but he didn't. In fact, he remained in the main room for a moment before walking over to the big screen T.V. and turning it on. Typing in a code that only he knew, a face appeared on the screen, and he and the person chatted fore a while before Terrance shut the T.V. back off and walked stiffly to bed. It was going to happen tomorrow. All he needed was the final touch.
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Ha! Another cliffhanger I suppose! I hope everyone enjoyed that - it was inspired by my friends by the way - and now I shall be off until next time. But just to tell you, I'll be gone for about 10 days, resulting in my early update, but as soon as I return I shall update again. And remember Dean and Crow's hidden looks?... mwahaha
Tiff