Howdoo peeps! Sorry I've been away for a little, had some importante 'bidness to handle. Business that so happens to include watching "Things Change". Uhh...best episode ever anyone? I know there are some mixed reactions about it, but to me, it was absolutly brilliant. Totally Different than anyother TT ep. Totally Different, and Totallt Wonderful. It's episodes like this that makes me sad to see it go. Although with all the hubbub behind this ep, it gives me hope that they'll bring it back for another season. Here's wishing. Now...on to the reviews...
Mage kitty: Your review made me feel so good, I just had to type another chappie. Please...keep it comming, its my crack!
Break4Angles: I know i didn't have to bow...but i did anyways, cause your beautiful! And you just listed some of my favorite things in the chappie.
Silverchild of the Winds: Yes, the animorphs book is a little babyish for Raven's tastes, but, ill explain how it got there. And, believe it or not, it actually plays an integral role later on in the story.
nonengel: Thanks, I'm glad you think it's funny so far, and i'm really glad you picked up on the more serious bits . Please believe it's all about to start comming down in a big way. So watch out...and bring an umbrella or something...
VeelaChic: Chhhhaaaaaaa DUDE! I'm...like...totally STOKED your digging my vibe so far. Righteous! And...like...I thought that line was totally awesome TOO! DUDE!
The Mad Shoe1: I thank you...from the very bottom...the deepest corners...the darkest abyss...every part of my heart. Well, maybe not that much, but it was a nice thing to say! Cheers!
Taliesin Sage: Glad you liked it, but don't expect some as cliche' as a Beast moment...at least not like that. Beast Boy would never get THAT sour towards Raven. Although that's not to say things don't get bumpy for them. And about the animorphs book...all will be revealed in due time.
Morning: You Know I Luvs 'Ya!
Darth Cruel: Yeah..i noticed that about alot of fics...it's NEVER Rae's fault. I mean Come'on! Noone's never at fault.And don't sweat it..the update has NOw arrived!
P.S: This Chapter is a branch off of chapter 2...so it's a little bit silly and not very important towards the progression of the story. But it's not COMPLETLY pointless. Expect things to really pick up in chapter 4. HEHE...it'll be a dusie!
Enjoy!
Cyborg sniffed hard into the aroma of a promising day.
"Ahhhh, what a day to be alive!"
With that he removed the plug from the middle of his chest and leapt of his bed, which was nothing more than a long, swiveling, sturdy sheet of metal. Cyborg was especially ebullient, at least, more so than he normally is. It was evident in the way he went about stretching to jump-start his day. Cyborg always thought it was pretty ironic how he still had to stretch, even though he didn't have any genuine muscles to stretch with. Really, it wasn't even necessary. He had just found it easier for him to go through the beginnings of his day if he did it anyway. The stretch motions actually warm up the servos and circuits that serve as his muscle now, kind of like turning on a computer and letting it run for a little bit before you use it. Not to mention, of course, that this little ritual of his is just another wisp of nostalgia that reminds him that he's human.
After finishing his routine, Cyborg looked around his room with a smile. His eyes passed over his computer, his recharge station and his metallic floor, and finally resting on his full-body mirror (ThinkDeception). His smile fell to the floor.
Why do I even keep one in my room? It's not like I can exactly change into something"prettier". I should probably take that out sometime.
In his years of living with his prosthetics, Cyborg had learned that dwelling on one's infirmities will not make them go away. Remembering this, and not being a person to let things keep him down, he bucked up and headed towards his door. Remembering the day's agenda Cyborg's face lit up, and a mischievous grin plastered itself onto his features.
"Today is definitely going to be a good day to be alive."
And he exited out his door.
(o.o) (n.n) (X.x)
"And that is why the Flypinos Hyspoxies of my home planet are a delicacy of the richest tastes." Starfire explained.
"Tantalizing." Raven replies in her usually stoic manner.
Raven had been trying her best to entertain the exuberant member of the team, enduring all types of chatter; things ranging from toe-nail painting to the mating patterns of beavers. You never know what would come out of the girl's mouth, and frankly, Raven was beginning to lose the fight of trying to actually listen. Listen and participate, it was starting to be too much for her. She wondered how Robin could handle her toddler-like energy, accompanied with her otherworldly customs.
He can't be human. Raven found an error in her thinking. Wait…I'm not fully human. He must be something else, something worse. Something cooked up from a madman's imagination.
"…Raven…Raven?" Starfire inquired.
"Huh…? What is it Starfire?" Raven asked, startled out of her thoughts.
"I was questioning you if you were aware of the wonderful process in which the candied corn is manufactured. It is most wondrous! Especially the method they use to put those majestic stripes onto the individual pieces!" Starfire excitedly repeated.
Raven inwardly sighed; silently wishing the Boy Wonder would make an appearance and save her. The doors coincidently swooshed open, causing Raven to think wishes actually come true, only to have her hope shattered as she saw it wasn't her savior, but Cyborg walking through the doors. Despite her disappointment however, she did notice the unusually snide smirk on his face. Ironically, not one to like being kept in the dark; she decided to investigate the source of it.
"Slept well did you?" Raven questioned.
"You can say that." Cyborg smugly said as he took his seat on the couch, facing the TV screen.
"I thought I was the only one on the team allowed to answer cryptically."
Cyborg's smirk just got wider at the response and, before being further questioned, one very pissed off bird barreled through the doors, face matching the color of his shirt.
"WHO….DID….THIS…!" Robin said clearly and slowly, visibly fighting the urge to plunge a bird-a-rang into the neck of everyone in the room.
Recovering from the initial surprise of having someone barge into a room yelling, Raven finally took notice of what the enraged hero was referring to. And Raven's eyes bulged. On the black outer ridge of Robin's infamous mask, were randomly drawn pink bat symbols with red hearts amorously drawn in the center of every…single… one. Raven had to turn her head, lest her bubbling laughter surface. And her diverted eyes fell upon Cyborg, who hadn't even turned around. Suddenly, she realized exactly why he slept so well.
"Robin, your mask is Glorious! I did not know you harbored such affection for the Fellow Hero Batman!"
Cyborg lost it, he just couldn't hold on any longer. He laughed a hearty laugh, one that echoed all throughout the tower. Raven concentrated, she couldn't let them make her crack. She couldn't laugh.
"YOU!" Robin said with more venom than a cobra, and treacherously advanced towards the metal man.
Raven knew Cyborg was smart. Raven knew that an angry Robin is not a Robin you want to be around, especially not being the source of his anger. Raven thought Cyborg was smart, but he was proving her wrong. He wasn't running away, and that was a very stupid move.
He just stood there, watching his demise quickly approach, his pink, heart-filled demise. But the oddest thing was that he was smiling. Robin withdrew his bo-staff from his utility belt and swung back, ready to teach his 'friend' a lesson. Cyborg brought his arm up, for what Raven thought was to block the incoming blow. But no. He raised his arm up and just tapped his temple; A temple that rested right next to his red, metallic eye.
And Robin froze in place. Hands and Bo-staff far above his cranium, nervous sweat pouring off of his forehead. He looked like a living snapshot of himself.
"You…you wouldn't…" Robin weakly said, trying to call him on his bluff.
"Oh no?" Cyborg challenged as he calmly strolled over to a very puzzled Starfire. Not to say that Raven was any less confused. Robin, however, sweated more and more with each ridiculing step.
"Starfire, I have the most captivating picture of Robin that I don't think I've shown you yet, would you like to see?" Cyborg nonchalantly asked of her, well aware of who was listening.
"Oh yes Friend! Please, do show me!"
"NO!" Robin interjected, as Cyborg thought he would.
"Robin?" Starfire questioned.
"Starfire, you can't see that picture!"
"You do not wish for me to see a photograph of you?" Starfire said a little hurt, like a kitten.
"No..i-it's just..I…you see…uh…" Robin stammered.
Cyborg's grin couldn't be measured. He thoroughly enjoyed watching Robin squirm, especially when his on devices are the reason for it. Raven had to admit too, she was enjoyed it just as much; she just hid it a lot better. But, she was beginning to lose that ability.
"You do not trust me to see this photograph?"
"No…NO! I trust you with my life Star..it's just…"
"Or is it because you do not think of me as a friend?"
"Starfire I-,"
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Surprisingly, a blood curdling scream came as a relief to the Boy Wonder, who was very quickly getting backed into a corner.
"What wa-," Starfire started, quickly getting an answer to her unfinished question as the automated doors slid open, revealing an extremely angry shape-shifter.
"WHO…DID…THIS?" Beast Boy demanded of everyone present.
"Who did what?" Raven asked, looking over to a still very smug Cyborg.
Uh oh…Raven thought.
"THIS!" He exclaimed as he thrust out his fist in the air, holding a strip of bacon.
"Um, stop me if I'm wrong, but I think you have TYSON to blame for that." Raven explained.
"Oh really…does TYSON package they're bacon with TAPE ON EACH STRIP!" Beast Boy rebuttaled sarcastically, now holding the strip by two fingers, allowing everyone to see what exactly he was so mad about. On one end of the meat slice was a piece of duct tape with what appeared to be a lock of green hair caught on the adhesive side. And on the other end of the strip, there appeared to be…a bite mark.
"WHO TAPED BACON TO MY FOREHEAD LAST NIGHT!"
Cyborg bust out laughing, collapsing on the couch from the severity of it.
"YOU!" Beast Boy exclaimed, instantly changing into a gorilla as he made his way over to the culprit behind his ingestion of meat.
Raven knew Cyborg was smart. Raven knew Beast Boy was dumb. But Raven also knew that, when mad, Beast Boy turned into a whole other person. A violent person. She hoped Cyborg had a way out of this one too, like he did for Robin. She wasn't disappointed.
Just as the green ape reared his fist back to clock Cyborg in the head, Cyborg, calmly tapped his temple once more. The green gorilla stopped in place, reverting back to his human form which didn't look half as threatening in the same pose.
"I-Is…that?" Beast unsteadily asked.
"Mmmmhmmmm." Was all Cyborg said.
And then all was quiet. At least until Cyborg decided to make his victory all the more sweet.
"Well boys, all this fun sure has made me hungry. Why don't you two fix me up some grub."
It was at this point that Raven's opinion of Cyborg greatly improved.
The two defeated boy's walked over to the fridge, pulling out all sorts of meat, much to Beast Boy's chagrin. Robin walked over to the counter to prepare it for cooking and Beast Boy got the pan and put it on the stove. As Beast Boy turned on the flames, he took notice of Robin's fashion statement.
"Nice mask," Beast Boy said.
Robin then threw a piece of bacon squarely into Beast Boy's face.
"THE MEAT…IT BURNS!"