Hey people! How'd you like that last chapter?
Oh, and by the way, this chapter is dedicated to my good friend, triola, for reasons I am not going to tell you just yet.
Thank you all you people who reviewed last chapter. And to all the readers who did not review:
May a thousand dark curses come unto you, and the wrath of Lord Voldemort, Slade, and Von Doom each lay waste upon you and your wretched existence! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Moving on…
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The Next Big Thing
About a month had passed since that fateful day at the bank that started this entire story. Many things had happened. Beast Boy and Jinx had declared themselves mortal enemies, than ate chocolate ice cream together. They had gone to the art store, the Mall, and the library.
Jinx had even discovered just how long Beast Boy could hold a grudge. Well, you see. They were at the Jump City Mall, and Jinx ran out of money. So she considered breaking into the ATM machine, and probably would have if Beast Boy hadn't have stopped her. Well, the changeling wasn't pleased, and so…but we're getting off track. That's a story for another day.
Present time…
Beast Boy and Jinx were lounging in the room they had shared for the past month. They were both reading.
Now, this may seem strange, but let me bring you up to date. You see, Jinx and Beast Boy had gone out one day, and at it started raining. Hard. They had taken sanctuary in the library, where Jinx had showed Beast Boy the wonderland a book could be. Once again, this is a story for a later time.
No one else in the Tower knew about the shapeshifter's latest hobby, and Beast Boy planned to keep it that way. Anyway, Jinx was reading the latest romance novel from her favorite author: Betty-Lou Byrd. Beast Boy was focused solely on the library copy of Phule's Company, by Robert Asprin.
Suddenly, the alarm sounded yet again. Beast Boy, out of habit, immediately leaped up, but then sat down again when he realized, yet again, that he couldn't go anywhere with Jinx attached to him. Jinx was a bit late coming out of her reading-trance. She had yet to get used to the Titans way of going from relaxed to fully alert in a total of .0004 seconds. The roommates, pocketing their paperbacks, strode into the control room to see which villain had decided to attack the quiet city that beautiful Monday morning.
Now, do you remember way, way back in chapter two when I, the author, announced that Red X was kicked out of this story? Well…I lied. I brought him back! Aren't I fabulous?!
Yes, for there on the monitor, in all his black-and-red glory, showed the Prince of Thieves himself: Red X.
"I thought you guys caught him" Jinx murmured, staring up at the profile of the villain that had immediately popped up on the screen. "How'd he get away?"
"That's gonna be my second question" Robin responded, striding quickly towards the mechanical doors. The Titan team, minus the shapeshifter, followed him silently.
"Good luck!" Beast Boy called after his friends. His hand fell limply to his side when the metal door hissed closed once more.
The sounds of a car and motorbike revving up floated up to the control room. Jinx and Beast Boy stood, waiting, in front of the huge windows. Mere seconds later, Robin's red bike zoomed out of the garage, closely followed by Cyborg's blue-and-silver T-car.
Raven and Starfire, it seemed, had both opted to ride in the car rather than fly, as neither was seen in the air. Beast Boy couldn't blame them. Red X had a nasty habit of shooting any-and-all flying subjects right out of the sky from which they came.
"How long do you think it'll take them to get back?" the pink witch inquired of her companion without averting her gaze from the window.
"Red X is tough, but he knows that he'll be caught if he hangs around too long" the green changeling replied. "I'd say about half an hour at the most."
"But you won't be around to see the return" came a cold voice from behind the duo.
The hairs on the back of their necks stood up at the emotionless tone of the voice. Slowly, cautiously, Jinx and Beast Boy turned around to face their unexpected visitor.
It's Slade, both minds screamed at once.
In .00007 seconds Slade had lifted a strange gun and shot both Jinx and Beast Boy with tiny darts tipped with just the right amount of tranquilizer.
All was black for our color duo.
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There once was a youngster named Stu
Who simply refused to review
His computer broke down
And the next day he drowned
So let that be a lesson to you
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Well, it would hardly be Roommates without me begging reviews from my readers, now would it.
JA