32 Productions Presents…
A Teen Titan Fan Fiction The Teen Titans and Spider-man in…"Does Whatever a Spider Can"
Chapter Four
Above the City
Raven grumbled as she held onto Spider-man. Perhaps wearing a dress while she knew she was going to be sailing over people's heads was a bad idea. She could swear she caught some people trying to look up it. Still, she had to admit, it felt…different swinging rather then flying. More thrilling.
Spider-man: Remind me never to let you plan children's parties.
Raven: Huh?
Spider-man: That was the most depressing place I've ever seen…and I've been to Detroit.
He was, of course, referring to the café she had them go to. It was lit by candles, smelled of incense, coffee, and tea, and filled with more people wearing make up then a circus. Oh, if only it was as amusing as a circus. Spider-man nearly hit his head on the table listening to them babble their poetry. It's a scary thing when you wear red and blue "long johns" and are still the most normal looking person in the room.
Spider-man: Why'd we need to go there anyway? You're just trying to make your boyfriend jealous, right?
Raven: (sighing) You need to understand how he works. He'll be tracking us by smell before he realizes that he can use his communicator to track the signal of mine. He'll be led right to the café, which is a normal place for me to be. It makes it all the more believable.
Spider-man: …it scares me how well you thought this through.
Raven: I always think things through. It can be a bad habit at times. Makes things take longer then they should. I…
Raven was interrupted as the webline shook. Looking up, they saw Shade hanging from it. Judging from how his teeth were bared, he was upset.
Shade: You webheaded bastard…
Spider-man: Well, he's here. Now what?
Raven: Land before he decides to snap the line and save me from going splat while letting you drop, cutting any lines you attempt to shoot to save yourself.
That sounded like a novel idea. Spider-man landed on the roof of a smaller building, letting Raven go. Shade growled as he landed as well.
Shade: I'm going to…
Spider-man: Whoa, whoa, whoa. I can explain.
Raven: He took me on the night of my life. It'll be one I remember for the rest of my days.
Raven grabbed him and lifted his mask up to his nose before planting one on his lips. Spider-man was in shock at this point. The girl was obviously insane…or trying to kill him. Shade teeth looked ready to crack from the pressure he was putting on them.
Shade: R…Raven…you…you…GET OFF MY GIRL!
Raven jumped back as Shade leapt forward, swinging his claw-like nails in an attempt to remove Spider-man's nose. Spider-man, wanting to keep his nose, dodged it.
Shade: You dirty pig faced asshole! When I get my hands on you, I'll squash you like the insect you're named after!
Spider-man: Spiders aren't…
Shade: I know they aren't insects!
Raven: He can't pronounce "arachnid" right.
Shade: And you can't say "origin"!
Raven: That was one time and I hadn't slept in two days.
Rather annoyed by Raven's blasé attitude toward Shade's attempts to cause him great physical injury, Spider-man tried to reason with the boy rather then clobber him like Raven suggested.
Spider-man: Hey, it was her idea.
Raven: No, it wasn't.
Spider-man: She was just trying to make you jealous.
Raven: No, I wasn't.
Spider-man: Would you stop that?
Shade: Stop talking to her while you're fighting me!
Shade couldn't stand it. The way he easily dodged his attacks while at the same time arguing with Raven. It was like he wasn't even trying. Infuriated, he let out a burst of shadows from every available spot. Raven's brow knitted as she watched. This was going too far. Spider-man was being pushed further and further away from Shade. At this rate, Shade might actually get him after all. Spidey's webs were blocked at every turn. Finally she couldn't watch anymore.
Raven: Shade, enough! He was telling the truth! I did this to make you jealous!
Shade stopped attacking, panting. Raven sighed.
Raven: I was upset at you for thinking you could control me.
Shade: I don't think that…
Raven: You punched out Jericho for giving me a daisy! I don't even like daisies. What, do you think I swoon over any man who presents me with a gift?
Shade: He knew better!
Raven: See, that's exactly what I'm…
Raven trailed off as both her and Shade's communicators rung. Raven sighed and answered.
Raven: Raven.
Cyborg: Hate to interrupt, but we got a jailbreak in progress.
Raven: On our way. I just need to change f…
The image changed as Robin grabbed Cyborg's arm.
Robin: There's no time! Get there as fast as you can!
Raven: But…
Robin: Robin out…how do you turn this th…?
The image went out. Raven growled and closed her communicator.
Raven: Great. I have to stop a prison break in my favorite dress.
Shade: …that's your favorite dress?
Raven: …don't let it go to your head.
Shade: Here.
He gave her his coat.
Shade: It's my new one…made out of something similar to Robin's cape. It should keep your dress safe. Besides…it'll offer you better protection.
Raven: I…
Raven put the coat on, trying to stop herself from blushing.
Raven: …it smells like rancid meat.
Shade: Now you're just saying that because you don't want to look too grateful.
Raven: Shut up.
Spider-man: Uh…hello? Still standing here.
Prison
Fang spat webs around a group of guards, pinning them to the wall. Smarter people would have released the other prisoners to help with their escape. …but Kitten is Kitten and Fang has a spider for a head, so neither of them are very bright. The Titans arrived in timely fashion, just before the duo can reach the gate. Terra snickered as she looked at Raven.
Terra: Nice coat. Smells like rancid meat.
Shade: It does not! I've got a sense of smell more sensitive then yours and I tell you…
Spider-man: Hey…hey, buddy. Don't look now, but you've got a spider on your…oh, wait. That IS your head.
He pointed at Fang, looking at the others.
Spider-man: Seriously, how can I compete with that? I do whatever a spider can, and he's got a spider for a head. …who's the girl? Playmate of yours?
Terra: Never seen her before.
Starfire squinted. There was something familiar about the girl.
Starfire: I know that repulsive fashion sense anywhere! Kitten!
Kitten made a noise of indignation and crossed her arms.
Kitten: MY fashion sense is repulsive?! You look like you should be walking street corners!
Starfire: And you look like you should be working in a house of ill repute!
Spider-man: Ooo, cat fight.
Raven: I should hurt you right now just for saying that.
Raising her fist, Kitten began to yell before trailing off and leaning toward Fang.
Kitten: (whisper) What's a house of ill repute?
Fang told her. Her eyes widened under her mask and she clenched her teeth.
Kitten: That's it! I'm going to break you in half, you little witch!
Raven: What did I do?
Terra: I think she meant Starfire.
Raven: …oh. Oh, of course.
Shade: …uh…Robin? Battle cry? Any time now, boss.
Kitten noticed for the first time that Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Robin were staring straight ahead, blankly. Their friends noticed too. In an unusual display of intelligence, Kitten put two and two together, remembering the guard.
Kitten: Robbie-poo, …uh…green guy and machine man! Raise your right hands!
The trio did as they were told. Spider-man sighed.
Spider-man: Wonderful. Mind control. I hate mind control.
Terra: I don't get it…why are they mind controlled and we're not?
Shade coughed and covered his nose.
Shade: Ugh! Something smells terrible!
Raven: It's your coat.
Shade: No! It's something else!
Spider-man frowned under his mask. Could it be…? Well, why not? He had heard stranger.
Spider-man: I think I get it…the blonde girl is giving off some sort of pheromone. It must be for mating purposes or something. It makes males very suggestible.
Terra: Then why aren't you spacing out? And Shade…
Kitten: Yeah! Daddy, you screw up! You always do everything half assed!
Raven's brow knitted as she thought.
Raven: …Fang isn't reacting either. It must be his spider head…thing. Spiders must not be affected…
Spider-man snapped his fingers.
Spider-man: Because it's an insect pheromone, of course!
Shade: …and me?
Raven: You're not even from this planet. Why would it affect you?
Shade: You're so smart.
Raven: Stop trying to butter me up. I'm still mad at you.
Shade: (muttering) Damn…
Kitten yawned.
Kitten: That's great and all…but…slaves, front and center!
Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy responded immediately, joining her on her side of the stand off. The numbers were now even. Terra sighed.
Terra: You'd think Cyborg would have filters for this sort of thing…
Raven: That would require him thinking ahead.
Kitten: You know, Star-bitch or whatever your name was…I WAS just going to break Robbie-poo's spirit, make him beg for me, then kill him…but making him into my mindless slave is three times as good! I can make him clean my bathroom with his tongue if I want to!
Starfire growled and clenched her fists.
Starfire: I shall not allow you to do such a disturbing and potentially harmful thing! I cannot even begin to imagine the sort of germs that would accumulate in YOUR dwelling, you filthy glormfat!
Spider-man: …glorm-wha?
Shade: I dare not repeat. Raven would smack the hell out of me.
Raven: I'm going to smack you now if you don't focus.
Kitten pointed at them, trying to look dramatic, her left foot resting on a fallen guard.
Kitten: Attack! Robbie-poo, five extra points if you manage to cut off the red head's hair!
Starfire made a sharp "eep" and held her hair protectively.
Starfire: I do not wish to have hair like Raven!
Raven: What's wrong with my hair?
Starfire: Nothing…
The mind controlled trio attacked their friends without hesitation. Cyborg fired his sonic cannon at Raven. She weaved around it and encased him in her power.
Raven: There's got to be a way to clear their heads. Nnngh!
The sudden grunt came from Cyborg's struggles to break free. Raven strained to maintain a hold on him, but doing so distracted her long enough for Fang to blast her with a venom bolt. Paralyzed, she fell over. Her body began to break down the affects of the beam immediately. It wouldn't be long before she was able to move again…but given how Beast Boy was stampeding toward her in the form of an elephant, that might not be an issue. Spider-man jumped in, grabbed her, and leapt over the elephant in the nick of time. Shade growled as he dodged Fang's legs and slammed his fist against his stomach. Seeing as how he so rarely used his human parts, he had little in the way of resistance there. In other words, that hurt. Starfire yelped as birdarang after birdarang went towards her head, trying to get her hair. Suddenly she was hit from behind. She realized that the thing that hit her was Shade himself…literally. He groaned and struggled to get up. Kitten cracked her knuckles and started toward him. Fang was sprawled out on the ground, the spider limbs twitching spastically.
Kitten: I'll teach you how to keep your hands to yourself, you white haired freak.
Shade: I warn you. I'm a slow learner.
Starfire dodged another birdarang.
Starfire: Shade! Take Robin! I shall deal with the bitch!
Shade: Tsk, whatever.
Shade tackled Robin, who was still focusing on Starfire. Having been attacked, Robin's attention shifted. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Spider-man dodging both Cyborg and Beast Boy, Raven in his arms. Terra slammed a large rock over Cyborg's head…but Spider-man was still holding onto Raven. His jealous thoughts were interrupted by an unpleasant clang as Robin struck him in the back of the head with his bo-staff. Fortunately, he had a hard head. Spider-man dodged Beast Boy as he lunged in the form of a giant python.
Spider-man: Is this going to wear off anytime soon, because this really isn't as easy as I make it look when I'm carrying somebody who's stiff as a board.
Raven: Just…a few…more minutes. I can…feel my…muscles loosening.
Spider-man: Uh huh. Just be careful or you'll be changing your leotard.
Raven: Funny. Just…keep dodging.
Spider-man had intended to do so without her coaching. Starfire tumbled along the ground. She stood up, holding her jaw. She hadn't expected Kitten to hit quite that hard. Nothing she couldn't handle, however. Compared to her strength, Kitten was a light weight. Kitten suddenly sprinted forward, moving at amazing speeds. She was no Kid Flash, but it caught Starfire off guard nonetheless. Gasping, she clutched her stomach as Kitten dug her nails into her. Her stomach exploded in pain. Starfire grabbed her by the head and flew up before throwing her back down. Landing hard, Kitten staggered to her feet.
Kitten: No way! You should be rolling in pain from all the poison I pumped into you.
Starfire: What poisons you may do nothing at all to me! You still think of me in human terms, Kitten.
In truth, Starfire was in agony. Her veins coursed with the venom, creating a burning sensation. Yet, she had to fight on. Shade took another blow to his face, spitting blood. This was bad. Very bad. Under Kitten's control, Robin had no qualms about killing him. As a result, he was fighting a lot harder then Shade was willing to fight against him. The first time they fought, Robin wasn't sure what he was capable of. Now he knew Shade's moves pretty well. Shade, however, lacked the attention span to memorize Robin's style in any fashion.
Shade: (dazed) Damn those shoes hurt…
As Robin leapt to attack again, a stone hand grabbed his cape and yanked. It morphed around him, forming a cocoon with only his head sticking out of it. Terra grinned as she stood over him.
Terra: You owe me, Shade.
Shade: I'll buy you a gumball…ugh, my head…
Shade pitched forward. Terra sighed as she caught him.
Terra: I was thinking more along the lines of lobster…
Kitten dodged the next valley of starbolts. Starfire may be stubborn enough to fight through the affects of the venom, but she wasn't stupid enough to go down and risk getting exposed to more of it when she could fight Kitten from above. Suddenly Kitten stumbled, rolling around in pain. Starbolt in hand, Starfire froze, staring down at the sight with confusion.
Kitten: AAH! My back! It…it feels like…AAAGH!
With her last scream, Kitten's costume split in the back as a set of huge dragonfly wings sprouted through. They flapped uselessly for a moment as the fluid on them dried. Starfire felt sick. Bits of dead skin clung to them. It was the nastiest thing she had seen since Plasmus grew to giant size and swallowed her. Kitten touched them and giggled.
Kitten: Look at me! I'm a fairy!
She flapped her wings like she had always had them and took flight. Starfire swore in her native tongue. Flying was no longer safe from her claws. Meanwhile, Spider-man was having a bit of trouble. It would seem that Beast Boy was more clever then anyone gave him credit for. Beast Boy had snuck onto him in the form of a small spider, which was so ironic it gave Spider-man a headache. The bite seemed to carry a powerful paralyzing agent…which was why his muscles were slowly locking up. Well, now he knew why Fang could shoot paralyzing beams from his mouth. His spider strength fought the effects for as long as it could, but in the end, even a spider can be poisoned by a spider. Beast Boy turned his attention to Terra and the unconscious Shade (he gets knocked out a lot). Spider-man struggled to move as Cyborg came closer, fists clenched and raised.
Spider-man: I don't suppose we could settle this over a game of Parcheesi?
Cyborg reached down and picked Spider-man up. Raven slipped from his stiff arms as he was lifted up.
Spider-man: (choked) How about a card game? Poker? Black Jack?
Raven: Stop it. Just stop it.
Raven stood up and gestured, sending Cyborg flying. Unfortunately, it also popped Cyborg's arm off, meaning Spider-man was still being choked. Raven sighed.
Raven: I told him to fix that arm…
Spider-man: (choked) Can't…breath…
Raven: Huh? Oh, right.
Starfire blasted Kitten away, clutching her shoulder. There was no terrible pain…she must have stopped Kitten before she could inject her with the venom…either that or she was just beyond it at that point.
Kitten: Not so tough now, are you?
Starfire: You have a smoldering wound upon your abdomen! How can you say things like that at this point?
Kitten: …wait a second…my costume! You burned a hole in my costume! I'll…
Kitten froze before screaming agony. Clutching her sides, her wings lowered her unsteadily to the ground. Starfire watched, curiously. Those under her sway paused as well, their heads snapping towards her. Despite the sheer amount of dislike she had toward the blonde, Starfire couldn't help but feel like SOMETHING had to be done about her screams. Maybe she should knock her out. She lowered down some.
Starfire: Uh…are you well?
Kitten: My sides feel like they're trying to burst open! Do I SOUND well to you?!
Starfire growled. Her veins still burned and her wound was swelling up. The last thing she needed now was lip from the one who caused it. Raven healed Spider-man, ridding him of the toxin in his system.
Spider-man: Is this what they mean by the magic touch?
Raven: …oh damnation, I think my dress has a tear in it. Stupid meat smelling coat di…
Raven was cut off as Kitten's screams reached a greater pitch and another pair of arms burst out under her other ones, slightly smaller then the first pair.
Terra: …ooookay. Didn't see that coming.
Kitten: Oh my god! Daddy, you id…AAAARGH!
Starfire floated back away from Kitten as she trashed. Chunks of her hair flew off, replaced by coarse blonde fuzz. The same started to grow all over her body.
Spider-man: Ah, crud. She's changing into a giant bug.
Terra: How do you know?
Spider-man: I'm older then you…well, I was older then you. I've been doing this a long time. It happens all the time. People with the power of animals eventually turn INTO that animal.
Raven: So you've been a spider?
Spider-man: Yep. You been a bird yet?
Raven: No.
Spider-man: Give it time.
Kitten: Stop talking about it and HELP ME!
Kitten's words were muffled as her mouth twisted and changed, two mandibles growing out. Drool splattered to the concrete ground, hissing as it started to burn holes.
Robin: Nnngh…huh? What the…? Terra, what the hell are you doing?
Terra: Huh? Oh, hey, you're not all puppety anymore…could you put me down now, Gar?
Beast Boy, in the form of a gorilla put Terra down on the ground, confused. He shifted back.
Beast Boy: What was I doing?
Cyborg: Yo! Where's my arm!?
Spider-man: Right here! Huh…guess since she's changing, her biological make up is making her pheromones incompatible with humans.
Meanwhile, Kitten was completing her transformation. She was huge, perhaps larger then Silkie ever got. Her body was shaped like a wasp. She had the wings of a dragonfly, mandibles of an ant, her back legs were shaped like a grasshopper's or a cricket's. Her eyes were green like a fly's and all…there's a word for it…uh…well…you know with all the tiny eyes so she sees millions of everything. Bug eyes. All human features had vanished. Wings buzzing, she took to the air. Terra released Robin and Cyborg popped his arm back into place, using a tool located in his finger. Starfire lowered to the ground.
Starfire: Raven…can you please aid me? My stomach wound…
Raven: What? It's not that deep. Can't it wait?
Starfire couldn't hold out much longer. With the immediate threat flying off, Starfire was coming down from her adrenaline high. As a result, the pain was really hitting her now.
Starfire: No…venom…blood burns…
Raven wasn't entirely sure what she meant by that. It wasn't a completely lucid statement. Still, for her to be in a state that would make her less then lucid, it must be more then the scratches they appeared to be. Raven healed the wounds and removed the venom from her system. Starfire rubbed her stomach and sighed.
Starfire: Much better. I thank you my friend.
Raven: Any time. …can I get changed now? Seriously, Robin, my dress is messed up enough.
Shade's head shot up.
Shade: Who messed up your dress?! That thing cost me a freakin' bundle!
Raven scowled. The other boys made motions toward him, indicating that he had said something very stupid. Shade stood up, rubbing his head.
Shade: And more importantly it looks so damn good on you.
Raven regarded him with a look of suspicion, trying to tell whether he was just trying to save himself or if he was being sincere. Finally she snorted.
Raven: If it makes me looks so good, you won't mind buying me another.
Shade suddenly got a mental picture of his wallet and Raven in a boxing match and she was beating the crap out of it. Sighing, he hung his head.
Shade: If it can't be fixed, you got it, honey.
Raven: Good…and don't call me "honey" in front of other people. …so demeaning…
Shade: No, calling you "toots" would be…
SMACK. SMACK. STOMP
Shade: …demeaning. …ow.
Not sure which part of his body to grab first, Shade just stood there. Raven had smacked his left cheek, Starfire, his right cheek, and Terra had just stepped on his foot. Then he realized…Terra is heavy. He grabbed his foot and hopped, swearing a long string that I shall now censor for no good reason.
Shade: Mother CHIPMUNK! GOLLY GOSH DARN that hurt! I think you broke my TRUCKING toe! It was just a PUSSYFEATHER example! I wasn't really calling you that, for PINEAPPLES sake!
Terra: Heh…sorry. It's just they took both cheeks and I didn't have anything to hit.
Spider-man: …jeez, and I thought Castle had a foul mouth.
Cyborg: Who?
Spider-man: The Punisher.
Cyborg: …still have no idea.
Spider-man: Crazy guy who shoots criminals and drives a van full of weapons. Wears a big white skull on his chest.
Beast Boy: Dude, New York is weird.
Raven's eye twitched.
Raven: Beast Boy, the girl who had her father hold the city hostage so she could go to prom with Robin just mutated into a giant bug after using her SMELL to control you, Cyborg, and Robin. How is a psycho in a battle van more disturbing then that?
Robin: …aren't you going to go ch…
Raven disappeared. Robin trailed off, then shook his head.
Robin: Forget it. Let's get after Kitten before she destroys the city.
Terra tore a chunk of rock out and floated upward. She squinted and looked off in the direction Kitten had gone.
Terra: If she wants to destroy the city, she's heading the wrong way.
Robin: She went that way? Are you sure?
Terra: Robin, I can still see her. She's hard to miss, you know?
Robin: Alright, let's get after her! Titans, GO!
Killer Moth's Lab
It was beginning to look like he would never get his next plot finished. He was thinking when a loud buzzing got his attention. What got his attention more was when the roof was torn off by a huge misshapen insect. Though Kitten's mind was beyond rational thinking now, somewhere inside, she knew she had to come to this location. The small bug…it had done something. Something that made her angry. She should kill this small gray bug. She coughed and spat a large wad of greenish fluid. Flying up and out of the way, Killer Moth watched as his desk was slowly dissolved into nothing. It hit him. This was it! This was what he needed! If he could gain control of this creature, he could use it to… His thoughts were interrupted as one of its six legs smacked him aside. Before she could kill her father, Kitten found her thorax being caught in webbing and pulled back.
Shade: She's trying to kill her father. That figures.
Beast Boy: Dude, can you blame her? She's a freak!
Shade: (muttering) Says the green skinned boy.
Beast Boy: At least my breath doesn't smell like a broken down meat locker.
Shade: It does not!
Turning away, he checked his breath. He then made a mental note to acquire the magical items known as tic-tacs.
Robin: (whisper) Starfire…we're going to attack her to keep her distracted. You sneak around and grab her antennas. Don't pull on them, just squeeze them. It'll take away her sense of balance and leave her weakened.
Starfire: (whisper) Understood, Robin.
Robin: Titans, GO!
Given Kitten's size, there was little any of them could do that disturbed her in the least. Robin's explosives were just loud and annoying. Beast Boy's biggest transformations were still easily swatted aside by the beast, just like Cyborg. The sonic cannon really annoyed her, making her shriek shrilly. Spider-man shot web strands over her, trying to keep her grounded, but she snapped them with ease. Terra's rocks were dissolved with her acid spit wads. However, they did their job. Starfire got around behind her and grabbed both antennas. Kitten shrieked again and stumbled. The world was spinning. Nothing made sense anymore. She had to get out of there. Flapping her wings, she took off. Not sure what else to do, Starfire hung on.
Robin: STARFIRE! Let go!
By now Kitten was too far for Robin's voice to reach the alien's ears. Raven appeared next to her friends, back in costume.
Raven: Did I miss much?
Robin: Raven, go after Kitten and get Starfire off her before she crashes! With no sense of balance, Kitten's bound to go down!
Shade: I'll go too…
Raven: Too slow. I'm the fastest next to Starfire.
Raven took off as fast as she could go. Her hood blew back and her cloak would have blown off if she hadn't fastened it on nice and tight. Raven frowned. She could see Kitten, but she wasn't catching up very fast. In the back of her mind she remembered Beast Boy saying that dragonflies were one of the fastest flying insects on Earth, if not the fastest and those were definitely a dragonfly's wings on Kitten's back. …why did Beast Boy even tell her that? It wasn't important. All that mattered was saving Starfire. Meanwhile, Starfire was trying to think of a way to slow her ride down. Kitten was veering this way and that rapidly and it was starting to make Starfire very nauseated. Starfire tugged on the antenna. She had heard that you could get a horse to stop by tugging the reins. If that was the case, maybe if she tugged the antenna, Kitten would stop. If anything it made it worse. Kitten veered downward, heading right for the cliffs. Hitting the ground once, Kitten bounced and flew over the side of the cliff. Starfire was hit in the head by a tree branch and she flew off Kitten's head, ripping off one of the already damaged wings as she did so. Kitten crashed into the forest below. Starfire was falling rapidly when Raven grabbed her, panting. She lifted the alien up by her arms and started flying (much slower then before) back to the others. Groaning, Starfire opened an eye.
Starfire: ...Raven?
Raven: Yeah. I got you, Starfire. Don't worry.
Starfire: …did you get the registration number of that battle cruiser?
For the first time in a long while, Raven couldn't stop herself from laughing. She quickly stopped laughing when Starfire threw up on herself. Apparently the rapid motions Kitten had made (including several barrel rolls) made her sick. Raven sighed and pulled out her communicator, holding Starfire with one arm. Dizzy as she was, Starfire still had a good grip on her friend…in fact it was starting to hurt, but she would put up with it.
Robin: Raven? Is she okay?
Raven: She's fine…though I can't say the same for Kitten. She just crashed into a forest. I think she's dead.
Robin: At the point she was at, I'm pretty sure she had already died.
Raven: True. I'm taking Starfire home. She's a bit…messy after her ride.
Robin: Okay. We'll wrap things up here.
Raven flew off with her friend in tow.
Kitten's House
Sometimes Killer Moth wondered why he ever left Gotham City. He just woke up after dreaming about a giant bug attacking his house to find out it WASN'T a dream. His house was rubble and now he was bound up tight by the Titans. This was turning out to be one of those days. Beast Boy started poking at the ray gun thing he used on Kitten.
Beast Boy: What do you think this thingie does?
Terra: Uh…Gar? Touching the stuff back in the tower is a bad idea…I think touching the stuff in a bad guy's lair is more so…
Too late. Beast Boy touched. The ray shot Spider-man dead on. Strangely, his spider sense didn't respond to the beam at all.
Cyborg: Spider-man! You okay?!
Shade: You green half-wit! What the hell did you do?!
Beast Boy's ears drooped and he hung his head.
Beast Boy: I touched the thingie…
Robin: We told you not to touch the thingies…why am I talking like this…?
Spider-man: …actually…I think I'm okay.
Shade: …you sound a little funny.
Spider-man: I think that ray just reversed the de-aging process on me.
There was silence all around.
Terra: …that's…
Beast Boy: That's just stupid!
Shade: Seriously! What are the odds that a ray gun located in the bad guy's lair would reverse the problem that just so happened to be plaguing the target when we all KNOW he didn't invent it to reverse de-aging!?
Cyborg: I've read better plots in comic books!
Beast Boy glared at Cyborg.
Beast Boy: Dude…don't knock the comics.
Cyborg: Sorry.
Titan Tower: T-ship Bay
Spider-man was ready to head back to New York, courtesy of Cyborg and the T-ship. Nobody understood how the beam fixed him…and nobody ever would. It would probably later cause some huge problem in his life…but that's another story altogether. The others watched them go, waving their goodbyes. Shade turned to Raven.
Shade: So…you just dated him to upset me, right?
Raven: Of course.
Shade: You're wicked, you know that?
Raven: Again, of course.
Shade groaned and rubbed his temples.
Shade: You're doing this all wrong!
Raven tilted her head, confused by his words. She wasn't aware there was a standard setting for this situation.
Raven: And how, pray you tell, am I doing that?
Shade: This is the part were you explain your whole plan, apologize, and I for…
Raven: Stop right there. Apologize? For what? You're the jerk who upset me enough to make me do it.
Shade: And you don't think that going out with a guy for the sole purpose of pissing me off wasn't taking things a bit too far? You could have just yelled at me. Hell, I'd have liked it better if you beat me over the head with a 2x4! The thought that I screwed up so badly that you'd not only date somebody else, but not even have the decency to break up with me first…well, it's just too unpleasant to even think of.
Raven sighed. When put that way, it did sound rather bad. Sighing, she waved her hand dismissively.
Raven: Fine. I'm sorry for…whatever.
Shade: That's it? I…I…
Raven walked off, leaving Shade standing there. He sighed before following her.
Shade: That's the best I'm going to get from you, isn't it?
Raven: …of course.
The others watched them go before turning toward each other.
Robin: Anyone else have no idea what that was about?
They all raised their hands.
Robin: Thought so.
Forest
Kitten's lower half split open…and the human-looking Kitten fell out. She stood up, popping her neck, her eyes now yellow. Obviously her costume hadn't survived her transformation. The cold night air made no impression on her as she looked up at her molted skin hanging above her. On her back was a set of wings, smaller then the first time and they folded up perfectly, making them hard to see.
Kitten: …don't remember much…why doesn't that bother me? …and why am I talking to myself? Oh well. …I'm hungry.
Shrugging, Kitten bolted toward home, jumping into the trees.
THE END