Bunny raven: a hell of an accident in this chapter…I almost pity him…
Amy: how cruel you are sometimes…
Bunny raven …evil grin… I know
Disclaimer: I would make tragic deaths in every episode if I did
Chapter 2:
He threw an ice disk at the meta-human but as usual, it didn't work…it didn't work the first time either…
Starfire levitated over-head, shooting an array of starbolts at their opponent. Cyborg was using his sonic cannon while raven smashed various projectiles onto its clay-type skin. Beastboy had his arms full, trying to deflect everything the monster threw at them.
Why am I sitting idle? Robin wondered and finally attacked the monster with his own kung-fu skills. The monster seemed to back away from them as it felt its wounds stinging. Cyborg smiled at robin and he smiled back, then both of them started their 'sonic boom' routine and this time they did it without falling on top of each other.
The blast seemed to be too much for the meta-human and it morphed back into in to its original form—a sleeping man covered with mud.
'We are victorious!' starfire yelled happily and touched the ground. Beastboy and raven walked towards them 'dude, that took less than two minutes!' he exclaimed while raven rolled her eyes. Cyborg's sonic cannon turned back into his right arm 'man, we totally kicked some bad butt' and turned towards his masked friend 'see? Going out tonight wasn't a complete mistake after all' robin looked at him, his face as emotionless as raven's 'I guess so…' his voice trailed off.
Cyborg and beastboy looked at him in confusion 'what do you mean you think so?'
Starfire also stared at the spiky-haired teenager as he sighed. 'I don't know guys; don't you think plasmus attacking a circus was a bit…odd?' beastboy looked at him, his eyes wide 'no, don't say it!' cyborg frowned 'at least don't say it right now, I hate to see a grown boy cry' he motioned towards beastboy.
The green changeling glared at his robotic friend 'hey!' robin smiled 'fine, I won't but let's head back to the tower; I have some work to do'
Beastboy's ears drooped, just when he was having fun…damnit!
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'But doctor, please! You could get hurt! The side-effects are too great' Dr.Benson pleaded
'Im sorry Benson, but I have to, I need to find out if it is successful or not' Dr.James replied, comforting his assistant. 'Don't worry, if it fails, you can take over and ill be joining my wife and children soon'
Dr.Benson looked at him with a sad look in his eyes 'but-' Dr.James silenced him with a frown. Dr.Benson nodded and turned towards the rest of the crew 'proceed' he said confidently. One of the wards nodded and touched the huge metal switch. Dr.Benson looked at the determined man who had been his partner and superior and turned back towards the ward 'do it'.
The ward threw down the switch and the machine sprung to life. Dr.James immediately felt like as if electricity was coursing through his veins, blood was rushing to his head and his vision blurred. Pain built up inside him until he couldn't take it anymore…it seemed like as if his head was swelling. He screamed painfully, letting the pain take hold of him as his head felt ready to explode. A crackling sound filled his ears as he blacked out…im coming Chris, Mary, Dick…im coming… he thought verily as darkness engulfed him.
'Shut it off! Shut it off!' Dr.Benson yelled and stumbled towards him. Wounds had appeared on the doctor's ghostly skin and blood was pouring from them.
'What are you waiting for? Get me some bandages!' he yelled angrily as the wards stared at them, dumb founded.
'B-Benson…is that you?' the doctor asked weakly as his assistant tended to his wounds. 'Dr.James! I thought you were a goner! Thank God you are alive! I-' he stopped short as he stared into his eyes.
'What are you looking at?' Dr.James asked. One of the wards started screaming which confused him even more. 'Your eyes…' Dr.Benson trailed off, his eyes wide with shock
Instead off his usual bright green eyes, now there were narrow and glowing red. Dr.James looked at his reflection in the cold metal of the contraption no! He thought as he touched his face. Did the invention backfire? This was not supposed to happen! He stared back towards his team who had started to back away, except for Dr.Benson
'I-I' the poor man stuttered and stared at his hands. His so called "team" moved closer to the door except for his loyal assistant. Suddenly, Dr.James looked them, his eyes glowing and instantly, the floor beneath them broke. The air was filled with shouts as the whole team (except Dr.Benson) fell to their deaths in a crumbled heap below…
'James…' Dr.Benson began but silenced himself when Dr.James turned his gaze towards him. 'Benson, whats wrong with me?' the poor doctor asked with tears glistening in his red eyes.
Dr.Benson looked at his friend 'it seems that the experiment backfired sir, it recorded your brainwaves and REM motions and the DNA duplicating process as planned but im afraid, it showed some side effects' he said in a level tone. Dr.James stood up with a remising look on his face 'I should have foreseen this' he rubbed his left temple 'what are the side effects?'
Dr.Benson turned to the computer 'im thinking that along with the conversion of the structure and color of your eyes, telekinesis and something else which is hard to detect'. Dr.James approached his assistant 'well that explained the floor breaking' he commented offhandedly 'let me see' but what he saw nearly popped his eyes out.
'What is it doctor?' Dr.Benson asked in a worried tone. Dr.James turned to his assistant with a hopeful look in his eyes 'I can change my appearance Benson, although it will take up some concentration' Dr.Benson looked slightly amused 'that means you wont stick out like a sore thumb?' the red-eyed man laughed 'precisely, but now that ive seen my reports, this curse of a side-effect could turn into a blessing'. Dr.Benson raised an eye brow 'what do you mean sir?' the man smiled weakly 'you will come to know soon'
Dr.Benson looked at him and then at the huge hole in the floor. Dr.James followed his gaze and lowered his head…he didn't want to kill anyone but at that moment he had felt deceit at his fellow workers and the floor had collapsed…but then again, he didn't feel to guilty, after all, they had betrayed him and they were going to because he could hear their thoughts……speaking of thoughts…he looked at his assistant verily…at least he didn't betray him…
'Dr.James, don't mind me asking but how did the floor break?' the man asked his superior. 'im not sure Benson, I felt angry towards my workers and the floor fell…I guess this counts as another ability' Dr.James replied and smiled slyly 'but somehow I don't feel guilty of killing them…they deserved it'
Dr.Benson eyes widened and he reluctantly took a step towards him 'doctor are you feeling all right?' the doctor smiled evilly at him 'im fine, just fine' his voice contained more than a hint of savor in it and Dr.Benson dreaded that his new found abilities were not the only side-effect…
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Hes come back to haunt me robin thought angrily as he looked over his files…why doesn't slade give up? Must he be such a pain? Wasn't his last encounter enough to make him realize that robin wouldn't join him?
Nope…not in a million years…
His stupid hallucinogenic dust was bad enough to drive him crazy…oh how he wanted to murder that man!
'Friend robin, are you all right? You have been in your room ever since we returned from our 'the night of outing'' starfire asked from the door. 'im fine starfire, im just … working' he replied.
'but friend robin, you have not consumed anything for quite some time now and all of us are getting worried' the red-head added and glided through the door where he was standing 'please eat something, for friend raven and cyborg say that if you don't, they will drag you out and force you to eat and I don't want that to happen' her emerald eyes shimmered in worry.
Robin looked at her with a stubborn expression 'don't worry star, im fine, im just not hungry' he answered in a comforting tone. 'Are you certain?' she asked with concern. 'Yes' he said reassuringly. Starfire brightened up 'wonderful, I shall go inform the others but please come out of your room soon' and she flew away.
Robin sighed…he hated lying to starfire but he couldn't get her or the others worry…they would start going to drastic measures…he remembered he time when they strapped him down the bed too well.
He turned towards his work-table where various clipping and pictures from news papers, not to mention his own case files littered it. Why me? Why couldn't you haunt someone else slade? He thought verily and looked at his enemy's mask which he had collected when he had fell in the lave…at least he had thought he had fell…nobody falls into a burning pit of lave and lives to tell the tale……
'You are so weak robin, why do you run away from the truth?' robin spun around, his heart-beat quickening…please don't let him be here…his masked eyes scanned the room in worry
He finally realized that he was imagining … again
The masked teenager angrily thumped his fists on the table…damn you slade! Stop haunting me!
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Starfire paced in the main room…she was worried sick over friend robin! Why couldn't he stop worrying about slade and live peacefully like friends cyborg and beastboy? He wasn't eating, he wasn't resting and she was sure she had heard him thrash around at night…she feared that he was on the edge of sanity…
'Stop it star, you're making me dizzy' said beastboy and put an assuring hand on her shoulder. Starfire looked into his dark green eyes 'but friend, I am so worried! Friend robin can fall seriously ill and I fear he shall go insane if this goes on' tears welled in her big emerald eyes, making them shine.
Cyborg and raven looked at each other. 'Do you think we should call him?' the gothic girl asked, referring to him as batman. Cyborg shook his head 'did you see how mad he was when we called him the last time? If we call him now, he may bite our head off'
All three titans looked at him 'what?' the android asked with confusion. 'I think we should call the 'man of bats' which you speak of. He has an influence over friend robin and he might be the only one who can stop him' said starfire 'but he will take him away, you know what he said, if he knew how robin was these days, he would drag him all the way back to gotham' raven countered, her indigo eyes showing a hint of emotion in them.
'You are correct' the tameranian agreed, lowering her head 'but I cannot bear to see him like this, he might kill himself' she looked at raven, tears glimmering in her eyes. The Azrathian felt pity at her and comforted her by saying, 'he'll be fine starfire, don't worry' she smiled at her; starfire gave a small smile and nodded, taking down a seat next to her.
'Hey guys, im going for a walk' came robin's voice from behind them. All four surprised teens looked at him 'dude, you finally came out of your room' beastboy said slowly. Robin smiled 'I had to. Needed some fresh air. Ill be back later' and he walked away before any of them could say anything.
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Dr.James looked up from his work, his long hair wet from sweat. 'Now all we need is a test subject' he panted and looked over to his assistant. 'But who?' he asked 'you know, the effects could be disastrous' he added in a grave tone. 'Ah who cares?' Dr.James answered off-handedly as he put on his trench coat. 'Where are you going?' his assistant asked curiously 'to find a test subject' he answered with an evil grin an walked out the door just as the first rain drops started falling.
The water was cold…but he didn't mind much, he was used to coldness by now…on the outside and on the inside…when he had lost his favorite son Chris, by the hands of HIV which had spread all over his body before anyone could detect it…he didn't mind admitting that he had killed his wife…they had too much fights anyway, the reporters referred to it as 'a tragic fall' when he had pushed her off the roof in sheer anger
But his three kids had died in a lab accident, when he took them to a presentation being held at star labs and they had unfortunately died in a chemical blast…he never felt guilty about the murdering part…but he always regretted the accident which killed his children, especially Chris…
He felt tears well up inside his eyes…Chris would've been turned out to be so great if he had lived…the perfect son but on the villain side of course… he was so active and full of great ideas and he would have been so great! He wiped the tears from his eyes, no matter what, he would continue with his life and right now, he needed a test subject…even with the remorse of Chris's death…
He laughed out loud…was he going mad? Most probably…he passed a few people and read their thoughts easily…he needed a test subject who had a strong mind, a hard nut to crack in other words…hmmm would slade agree to it? Nah! He would probably bite his head off and kill him later…speaking of slade, what had the master mind in store for him now? Whatever it was, he was sure he could handle it…besides, he needed the money…
His red eyes glowed as he saw a black-haired teenage boy from a distance. He squinted his eyes, trying to get inside the youth's mind but was unable to…perfect he thought and started laughing again, this time more loudly and with an air of madness.
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He sighed, he had heard everything they had said about him in the main room…were they that worried about him? Couldn't they trust him enough?
An odd sound of laughter awakened him to his senses. A man in a large trench coat was trudging in his direction, laughing as he went. Sounds like a lunatic, looks like a lunatic…must be a lunatic…he thought quickly and hid in the shadow of a big tree as the man approached his location.
'Hey boy blunder, I know you are here so stop hiding' the man said with a huge grin. Robin frowned I think this guy is crazier than the joker 'what are you doing in jump city? Shouldn't you be in the asylum? Don't worry, you'll be going there soon where you will meet other people like you' he swung his bo staff at the strange man but surprisingly, the man quickly dodged it 'fast, but not fast enough I see' the man cackled and looked at him with his red eyes.
Robin stared but quickly regained him self and sent another blow at him, and this time it hit him squarely in the chest. 'Oomph' the man stumbled back wards and robin took the advantage of pinning him to the wall with his birdarang.
The man looked unconscious and robin reluctantly took a step towards his immobile form. Suddenly, the man shot out his arm and grabbed him by the arm and before robin could think of what he was doing, he was thrown against the wall with incredible speed. As much as robin struggled, he could not get away and the man was about to knock him out when he stopped
His red eyes glistened with silent tears and he dropped the boy wonder and disappeared into the mist (as in he ran away). Robin regained his balance and stared at the place where that man had been…why didn't he finish me off? He had the perfect chance he slowly grabbed his bo staff and looked away…some night this had been he thought verily first I get in a fight with a lunatic and when he has the perfect chance to put me out of my misery he cries and runs away?
That didn't make any sense…did it?
He sighed and turned back to go home…this was one night he didn't want to remember…
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He couldn't do it, he reminded him to much of his son Chris … Dr.James quickly made his way back to his hideout, what was with his sudden wave of emotion? He had never felt like this before… was it another side effect? Damn! … Stupid emotions! He had the perfect chance but he blew it…
He quickly stepped inside and took off his coat. 'So? Did you find anyone?' Dr.Benson asked 'nah, nobody in this town is suitable' he lied, trying not to sound too obvious that his feelings had gotten in the way
Dr.Benson sighed 'then let's call it a night' he walked towards the door 'oh yes, that slade person called, he said he wanted to speak to you about the experiment…I wonder how he found out about it' he added. His skin quivered with the sound of the madman's name…what did he want now?
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Bunny raven: poor doctor James…
Amy: what the hell did you do to him?
Bunny raven: I don't know…I always wanted a bad guy with red eyes and the cartoon I saw fueled the rest of him…
Amy: whats REM?
Bunny raven: you should know, you take biology doy!
Later guys,
Bunny raven
And slightly confused,
Amy