Disclaimer: Hello, no, I don not own the Teen Titans. Nor do I own Scare Tactics or Horton Hears a Who. I do, however, own Geo and Mr. Reshly.
Author's Note: Hello! It's me again! And I'm back with the chapter you've all been waiting for! Geo finally goes home! Hope you enjoy... WARNING: Bernard is a real jerk!
Beast Boy, Raven, and George flew deeper into the night. The rain had lightened to an eerie mist, which helped carry the mysterious glow of the rainy night. The flight to the ranch seemed almost magical, though long and monotonous. At last, they reached Reshly Ranch. Mud squelched up around their feet when they landed. The large house loomed over them like death's shadow. Beast Boy watched as Raven walked up the door with sad eyes. They all held their breath as she rang the doorbell.
Meanwhile...
"Please, why do you not with to play hide and go seeking with me? It was the first game I had the pleasure of playing here on earth." Starfire asked Robin.
"Well, Star, it's not exactly the kind of game teenagers would play. Especially not at 12:30 at night." Robin said gently.
"Perhaps Beast Boy and Raven would like to play then."
"Sorry, Star, they went out and won't be back till late. They asked us not to contact them unless it was an emergency."
"Very well, Robin. You can partake in the eating of the get-well gelatin I made two weeks ago!"
Starfire pulled a bowl out of nowhere. Inside of it was some moldy green goop smothered in mustard and... something else. "Star? What is that chunky white stuff?"
"Why that's cream of chicken, Robin."
Robin looked at it like it was going to get up and crawl away any second. "I'll go get Cyborg."
With Raven, Beast Boy, and George...
Footsteps could be heard on the other side of the door over the pattering of the rain. Now a dead-bolt lock was being slid open. The swung door open. "Raven! So glad you could make it! I'll just put Geo in the barn over there and then you can come in out of the rain and have tea!" Bernard Reshly said, stepping out on to the front door.
"You were... expecting me?" Raven asked him, a look of confusion crossing her face.
"Of course I was! Don't you remember? At the end of our phone call this morning, I invited you for tea."
Flashback
"Raven, when you bring my dear George back, you must stay for tea! You and your... Beast."
"That's Beast Boy!" Beast Boy called a second too late.
End Flashback
"Ya' know that sounds like a lot of fun, but we gotta get going." Beast Boy said as he morphed into a human and began to turn around.
Raven quickly reached back and pulled him towards her by the soaking black T-shirt he was wearing (which, might I add, was made out of the same material that his uniform was, as all his pedestrian clothes, so he could still morph). "We'd like a chance to dry off." Raven said, shooting Beast Boy a sideward glance.
"Huh? Oh! Yah, sure. Why not?" He finally agreed.
"Splendid! Come in, Raven, come in!"
"Hey! What about me?" Beast Boy squeaked.
"Hmm? Oh, yes, Beast, you may come in as well."
"It's Beast Boy!"
At the Tower...
"99... 100! Ready or not! I am coming!" Starfire called gleefully.
Starfire flew through the halls of the dark tower, stopping at every room and closet and searching it thoroughly. Soon she came to the training room. She was looking behind the large set of weights when she heard a loud and startling 'thunk' behind her. Startled though she was, she kept going.
Her foot steps echoed loudly as she now walked timidly through the halls. "R-Robin? Friend Cyborg? Oliver's oxen are free!"
Crash! Starfire whirled around to reveal that- nothing was there. She turned around to keep walking when- "RAGHH!"
"EEK!"
At Reshly Ranch...
Bernard came out of his large closet holding a towel. "Here you are, Raven."
"Uh... Can I have a towel too?"
"Hmm? Oh, they're in that closet. You see that door right over there? Well, if you turn the pretty, shiny knob, you can open the door. When you open the door, the closet is right there!"
"Dude, I know how a closet works!"
Beast Boy mentally kicked himself. Oh, reeaal smart thing to say, Gar. "I wasn't implying that you didn't. I was merely-"
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Beast Boy stood up and walked over to the door Bernard had gestured at and opened it. As he walked in, he spied the towels. He pulled a towel off the top of the stack and the whole thing toppled over. "Greeeaaat."
He was about to pick up the towels when something caught his eye. He pushed aside the other piles of towels to reveal... a bunch of monkeys. Stuffed ones, ceramic ones, even little toy ones similar to the one he had stuffed in his closet at home. Weird... He was about to dismiss it when the wheels in his head started turning.
At Titans Tower...
"How dare you do that to me! You tidbisfeee youf mijwijoe ebzimjihyout pivu pig nif (scared the living daylights out of me)!" Starfire screamed at Robin and Cyborg.
"Yo, Star! The least you could do is yelling at us in English! Cyborg yelled. "Either that, or chill out!"
"Yah, Starfire, it was only a joke." Robin put in.
"Oh, I am terribly sorry, friend and boyfriend. I thought you were trying to be cruel, such as on the Tactics of Scare show. Please, let us go off and watch the 'mind-numbing screen,' as Raven calls it."
Both Cyborg and Robin were weirded out by Starfire's sudden mood swing, but shrugged it off and joined Starfire on the couch.
At Reshly Ranch...
"Mr.Reshly?" Raven asked.
"Oh, please, call me Bernard!" He insisted.
"Okay... Where is your bathroom?"
"Around the corner, first door to your right."
"Thanks."
Raven got up and turned the corner and entered the bathroom. As she was closing the door, she heard Beast Boy talking. "Okay, Bernie, I know you really hate me for some reason, but I have to do something neither of us will like."
What is he up to...?
Author's Note: Hello! Hope you enjoyed this week's chapter. Sorry for the delay, I had writer's block. By the way, I will clear up one question I probably will get right now. Bernard was not hitting on Raven, he was just being hospitable. Okay? Okay. Thank you for reviewing! I feel special again! lol dragonlore kmutt RainSprite03 spiritual-s Teleportal nibbles cookiesandmilk Thanks again! I'll give you all... cupcakes? See you all next week!
