A play of Twister chp. 3
The alarm that echoed in the Titan Tower came from a far nuclear factory a few miles out of town, and guess who likes radioactive juice on its menu? Yep you got it right, its Plasmus.
The red colored blob-like creature was starving for radioactive waste, seeing the thousands of stored cans of radioactivity made the creature what I think can be called a smile?... it's hard to determine it with that ugly slimy face of his…
Upon drinking almost 10 cans of radioactive waste, the monster's meal was interrupted when the wall next to him was blown to pieces, revealing the Titans behind it, after the dust cleared out. "Ugh can't that dude look any better? His ugly face just makes me sick" said Beastboy with a sickened look on his face, which made Starfire giggle. "Well then, let's give him a makeover shall we?" said Robin before shouting "Titans, Go!"
Of course Plasmus wasn't pleased with this intrusion, his protoplasmic face angered and shrieked before charging at the Titans. He ran straight at them, but stopped when he received a few starbolts at his face and abdomen. The holes on his stomach were quickly refilled and his head was slowly reconstructed, his face couldn't give a better expression of annoyance and with range he threw a few balls of slims at Starfire, who successfully dodge them. In the meantime, Robin was running directly at him, and with speed and strength, and a staff in his hands, he stroked with all his might Plasmus's chest. Hoping to deliver damage to his enemy, Robin was deceived when he looked up to meat Plasmus's gaze, looking down at him with a smile (or a grin…idk man the dude has mud for a face). Robin knew that that look didn't mean any good, and he was right. Plasmus sucked Robin with his staff in him and expelled him out, throwing him away.
It was Cyborg's turn, he prepared his hand-blaster cannon and blasted Plasmus repeatedly. Plasmus didn't look like he was in any pain and shrieked at Cyborg instead. He ran in Cy's direction and prepared to give him a huge punch. Cyborg knew what was coming, but when he least expected it, Raven threw a huge can of radioactive waste at Plasmus. The monster's attention was brought to Raven, who was levitating in mid-air, lifting three other cans of radioactive waste. Without wasting any time, Raven threw one by one, all three cans at Plasmus. The first can hit Plasmus's left shoulder, the second one hit the other shoulder but the third stroke Plasmus's head, sending him flying to the wall and crashing into it, causing the wall to fall and crumble on him.
Thinking Plasmus was down, Starfire asked" Are we victorious?" but she soon got her answer when the Titans saw Plasmus raising from the pile of bricks and dust and screamed with all his strength "I think his upset" joked BeastBoy. Instead of attacking them, Plasmus choose to pick the nearest can of radioactive waste and drink it all. The waste gave him his strength back and he was ready for another fight. Of course upon drinking the waste, Plasmus grew little bigger, which was bad news for the Titans.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall" said Cyborg, but Beastboy didn't agree "Not if I can get bigger" and he ran towards Plasmus, transforming himself halfway into a dinosaur. But even in that form, BeastBoy wasn't strong enough to knock Plasmus off of his feet and instead he was knocked down by Plasmus, sending him toward Raven, who as usual is the victim when it comes to catch a flying changeling. Good thing Beastboy remembered to transform into his human form, or else he would have squashed Raven.
Robin was getting a little annoyed, he quickly came up with a plan and demanded Starfire to distract Plasmus with her laser-eye-beams "Star! Attack him with your laser beams!" and so did Starfire obey. Her eyes glowed green and fired at Plasmus, hitting near him for distraction. "You need to chill a little bit down" said Robin before throwing a few flying-disks at Plasmus, freezing him completely. "Cyborg! Blast him!" Ordered Robin, Cyborg followed Robin's command and fired his hand-blaster which blew the Forzen Plasmus into pieces.
The Titans cheered of their victorious battle, thinking that their enemy was finally defeated. But much to their surprise, Plasmus's broken pieces quickly reassembled and reformed the ugly slim monster. "I got this" said BeastBoy before looking at Cyborg, signing him to throw him. BeastBoy transformed himself into an armadillo and jumped into Cyborg's hand, rolling around himself to form a ball. Cyborg then used all of his mechanic strength to throw BB straight at Plasmus. On his way there, BB transformed into an ape, ready to punch Plasmus. But instead, BeastBoy landed right in one of Plasmus huge green eyes, perhaps Cyborg miscalculated and aimed wrong.
Seeing BeastBoy trapped in one of Plasmus green eyes (don't know if it's an eye or just… 'something else') Starfire gasped out of fear and screamed "BeastBoy!" before flying straight into the blob creature's green bubbles, exploding it and getting BeastBoy out of there.
She flew a little further from the battle scene, caring BeastBoy. Before putting him down, BB said "Ewww I'm covered in Monster Boogie". Starfire then placed BeastBoy down gently" Are you alright?" Asked the worried Tamaranean girl "Yeah I'm fine, thanks for saving me back there Star" Smiled Beastboy. Both blushed when they looked at each other, smiling warmly. But their little moment was disturbed when Robin flew passed them and Cyborg firing from his hand-cannon while backing down slowly before shouting "Yo! I'm sorry for interrupting your little chat but we need your help, our butts are getting kicked over here!"
"Azarath, Metrion, Zintho-"spelled Raven before Plasmus covered her mouth and threw her away. She landed hard on the ground with a large thud, she then took off the slim that was covering her mouth, paused and simply said "Gross". Starfire didn't waist anymore time and charged at Plasmus with a raid of starbolts. However they weren't strong enough to harm Plasmus, he looked up at her and extended his arms to catch Starfire. Being unaware, Star was caught by both of Plasmus's hands and slammed down hard on the ground. Holding her head from the pain, Starfire looked up only to see Plasmus walked straight at her and getting ready to attack. Starfire She screamed out of fear, seeing the red-slimy monster approaching, but all of a sudden a huge green rhino ran into Plasmus sending flying far away from Starfire, securing her safety. The rhino transformed into BeastBoy and he extended his hand for assistance, which was taken by Starfire. "Now where're even" said BeastBoy smiling, slight shade of red printed on his cheeks, same could be said to Star, just happy to see BeastBoy rescuing her like prince would rescue a princess.
"This guy is tougher then he looks" said Cyborg "And so are we" answered Robin, "If we are going to beat him, we need a decisive plan" "You got something in mind?" asked BeastBoy "Actually I do, we need one big blast and it'll be enough to knock him out" "What is the plan?" asked Star. "Raven I want you to create a big round ball, Star and Cyborg, I want you to concentrate your powers on that ball, once its fully recharged I want you to throw it at Plasmus, BeastBoy…" BB looked at Robin's direction "Distract Plasmus" "No problemo" Answered BeastBoy before turning into a gorilla and jumped on Plasmus, wrestling the giant red monster.
Raven did as Robin commanded and formed a giant sphere in the middle of the air, Starfire shot her starbolts at it, filling it with green energy while Cyborg filled it with blue energy from his sonic hand-cannon. The ball was now fully charged with green and blue energy swirling inside of it. After Plasmus pushed BeastBoy aside, Robin commanded "NOW!" and Raven threw the ball of energy at Plasmus. But before hitting the muddy creature, Robin threw one of his flying-disks on the energetic ball. The explosion that occurred covered the whole scene, revealing then a sleeping man with scattered red stuff covering the whole place…or just the floor actually.
Finally the monster was defeated, the Titans called upon policeman who came to pick up the sleeping man, which was placed inside a big container filled with water and shipped to the Juvenile Prison.
The team gathered around to congratulate each other on the successful mission, patting each other's back, smiling, laughing, telling each other how awesome the other was, etc… But suddenly Cyborg's stomach growled, demanding food. "Hehe, looks like this Cyborg needs something to eat" said Cyborg out of embarrassment. "How about we go out for pizza?" asked Robin. All seemed pleased with the offer and with no delay, the Teen Titans head for their favorite Pizza place.
Now sitting in their usual table in their usual pizza restaurant, the Titans were finally ready to order pizza, after talking for almost two hours about their recently fought battle with Plasmus. Robin congratulated the team on their outstanding fighting skills on the battlefield, and they did the same congratulating Robin for his high skills in commanding and leading the Titans to a victorious battle. Finally when it came time for ordering a pizza, the Titans were having a little trouble making a decisive decision on what kind of pizza they would have. Cyborg wants meat, Beastboy wants veggies, Raven didn't mind, Robin wants mushrooms, which Cyborg hated and Starfire wanted Banana cream pizza with mustard on top.
The alien girl never failed to surprise her teammates and make them quiver from sickness. However after debating and decision-making, the Titans finally resolved the matter by choosing one kind pizza. No meat, no mushroom and certainly no banana-mustard, for once the whole team choose a veggie pizza which pleased Beastboy but not so much Cyborg, who then ordered a burger sandwich in case he didn't like the pizza and he was still hungry.
The titans talked, chatted, and discussed a few things, laughed at each other's jokes while enjoying their pizza. Robin was talking to Cyborg about a few ideas he had for upgrades of the Titan Tower security system. Raven was listening to Starfire's list of different Tamaranean food, some sounded like normal dishes while others weren't so much appealing. BeastBoy on the other hand was slowly eating his slice of pizza, thinking of what to do for the rest of the day.
BeastBoy was sitting between Star and Robin, while Cyborg sat between Robin and Raven, leaving Raven being next to Star. The Titans were enjoying their meal, they just need to finish the pizza and then they could finally go home to train, meditate or upgrade a few gadgets and other electronic stuff. But there was yet one slice left before everyone can go home. Starfire finished grossing Raven out with her long list of alien food and dishes and traditional meals, Robin was already full and Cyborg just finished eating his double mega meaty burger. BeastBoy however hasn't finished eating yet and when he was about to grab the last slice, his hand touched that of Starfire, who also had the same idea.
Looking at each other, both of them retrieved their hands, feeling a little bit embarrassed. "Go ahead Star, the last slice is for you" said Beastboy, getting a little nervous "No it is you who must have the last slice, you are the one who saved me from the giant monster, you must have the last piece" said Starfire, not having the courage to look at Beastboy yet. But then Beastboy said something that made Starfire lift her head and look at him, something that made her smile "Yeah but you're the one who saved me first, I owned you but then I saved you so it's even." Said BeastBoy smiling. Both's hearts started racing and their cheeks burning red. Beastboy then took the last slice and gave it to Starfire, which took it from him, thanking him for his generosity. Starfire never knew Beastboy could be so gentle and sweet, his smile made her heart pump with speed and made her feel as if she ate butterflies who started swirling in her stomach… in a good way… and made her feel a wonderful joyful emotion that just made her day the best day ever.
She ate the last slice with one big bite, which made BeastBoy chuckle "Mama I never knew you can do that" said BB laughing, "Did I do something wrong?" asked' Starfire confused "No no I just thought it was cool the way you ate the last slice, one bite and the whole thing's gone! That's totally awesome!" screamed BB, lifting his hands in the air, while Star was smiling embarrassedly, not in the negative way, she was happy but just shy.
Back at the Tower, everything went back to normal. Cyborg went back into upgrading his car, Robin into training and Raven meditating in her lonely dark room. BeastBoy however was in the living room, all by himself, playing one of his favorite games, alone. "Man this is boring, I wish Cyborg was here…so I could kick his butt in this game haha" chuckled BB but soon fell silent and continued playing the game. After a few minutes, his ears perked up and sensed someone walking. He got off the sofa and walked to the door, wondering who that person might be. "Yo Cy, is that you?-"said BB before he realized it was Starfire who was just passing by. "Oh hello friend BeastBoy" said Star "Are you looking for someone?" "No… I just thought I heard someone and thought it was Cyborg but it turned out it was you" said BB in a sad tone "Oh…well I am sorry for disappointing you…" said Starfire, hurt that BeastBoy wasn't happy to see her, or just what she thought he felt "N-no! You haven't disappointed me Star, it's just I thought you were someone else-""Well I am not, now if you'll excuse me I must proceed walking" humphed Starfire and kept on walking with her head high giving a feeling of apathy, annoyance and dissatisfactory. "Wait Star!" called BB "What is it?" asked Starfire with the most annoyed tone and expression you'll ever see and hear. "Well um… I thought that maybe you would like to join me…play a videogame together… if you don't have something else to do…" said Beastboy nervously, tapping both his index fingers together. Starfire on the other hand was surprised, her annoyed face turned into a soft gentle look. Her heart raced in that moment causing her cheeks to blush, she placed a heart on her chest, as if to calm her overbeating heart.
"What game are you speaking of?" asked Starfire shyly, "Come, I'll show ya" Said Beastboy telling her to come in. Starfire walked slowly and sat next to BeastBoy on the couch. "This is 'Mega Furious 4: Cars of the Future' it's a racing game where you choose a car and race against your opponent, in either to win, you must cross the finish line first" explained BeastBoy, Starfire just nodded as a sign telling him to continue in the explanation "Now each car has its own tricks, weapons and gadgets. You can use them to help you win the race faster. Like here, with this car I can release oil which will slow down any car that runs on it, that's why you should avoid it" BB looked at Starfire, making sure she wasn't confused or anything, much to his surprise Star was leaning closer, carefully listening to every single detail BeastBoy tells her of, and doesn't seem troubled at all. After a few other details he added, that he thought would be important for a beginner like Star to know, he gave her the controller and told her "Okay, now that I explained to you everything you need to know, let's start racing!" But Starfire didn't look like she was ready and timidly asked "Umm Beastboy?" "Yeah Star?" "Um… I do not know how to use this 'controller'…" "… Oh well its easy…" said BB before moving closer to Star and placed his hands on top of that of Star which was still holding the game controller.
Starfire jumped in shock when BeastBoy placed his hands on her, now she was furiously blushing, almost all of her face was red. Her heart accelerated and was beating so hard she thought it'll break out of her chest. BeastBoy was too occupied explaining the controls and the buttons that he didn't realize how close he was from Star and that his hands was touching hers. "…and this button is for turbo, basically a boost to speed the car for a limited amount of time. And there you go, explained everything for you, are you ready to give it a shot?" But Star didn't answer, she was stuck in her pose, as if frozen in place, thinking deeply about the situation she was in. She did hear what BeastBoy told her so she did know but not hearing him speak anymore, that was strange, Starfire thought before she shook back to reality, realizing BeastBoy was calling her name "Star? Are you ok?" "Hm? Oh yes I have understood the controls and the use of the buttons" "You ready then? "Indeed I am" smiled Starfire at BeastBoy, he blushed upon seeing her beautiful smile. "Gulp… A-alright then let's start the engines!" and both started playing. For hours and hours, Starfire and BeastBoy played the game without stopping, each round one wins over the other. When BeastBoy wins he smirks and teases Starfire, but when she wins Starfire simply cheers and claps her hands, which indirectly angers BeastBoy (not in the negative way).
The two kept on moving side to side, clicking the buttons with their fingers and thumb faster and leaning closer to the screen for more concentration, BeastBoy as usual exaggerates and even stands on the couch as if it'll help his car jump higher or things like that. In the end, Starfire won 5-3, she was so happy she flew in enjoyment and her grin was never any bigger. "I won! I won! I am victorious! I did it!" she screamed with joy and excitement "yeah you got lucky this time, I would' have totally kicked your butt, I was just tiered that's all" She flies down to BeastBoy and hugs him tightly "Oh friend this was the most pleasant game I have ever played!" "Uhh...Star?" "yes?" asked Star "You're…crushing me…" she releases him as soon she realizes how hard she was holding him "I am truly sorry, are you alright?" "Yes I'm fine…few…just give me a few minutes to breathe…" Star giggled on BB look, he looked funny to her. "What are you laughing at" asked BeastBoy still recovering from Star's tight hug "Oh nothing" said Starfire innocently.
"Anyway, did you enjoy your time?" "Oh most pleasantly" "Well it's good to know that BeastBoy can make anyone smile-"And it's in that moment, when Starfire kissed BeastBoy on his cheek. Beastboy's eyes widened when he realized what was going on, the soft kiss, he can feel it. Starfire chose to give BeastBoy a kiss on his cheek as a reward, pretty much another way of saying 'thank you'. The kiss took only a few seconds before Starfire stood up and said "Thank you BeastBoy, you truly are a great best friend, I have indeed enjoyed my time and would love to repeat this moment in another time perhaps. But now I must go, Goodnight friend" Said Starfire before she dashed flying out of the room, giggling as she left 'Tehehe, he's so cute!' And with that she left BeastBoy all alone, the poor green boy was confused and shocked at the same time. He placed his hand on his cheek where Starfire kissed him, his face became so inflamed you would think someone painted him red. He stayed there staring at the emptiness while his mind was processing the recent kiss Starfire gave him. His heart was beating, his body was warming up and his heart was also emitting a strange feeling, it felt…good and warm and fuzzy and… lovely. He did not know what is was but for some reason BeastBoy was just happy. His face grew a wide smile and as soon as he regained consciousness he sat back down on the couch and continued playing before saying "Nice".
Starfire was on her way to her room. She was happy, smiling and even humming a cheery song (maybe a tamaranean song about happiness or something like that, those dudes have just so many songs). Once she entered her room, and made sure the door was closed behind her, Starfire jumped on her bed with glee. She then noticed Silkie lying on the floor, walking randomly. She picked him up and told him "Silkie! Oh you must hear this grateful news!" She then placed him down on the bed and sat on the chair in front of the desk and picked up a hairbrush to brush her hair. "Today BeastBoy was most like a young Gurbenglof (Gentlemen in Tamaranean language) he saved me in the battle and then he offered me the last slice of pizza, Oh and then he invited me to play this car racing game! It was most enjoyable! Although I did give me the 'cold shoulder' when I thought he wasn't pleased to see me but Oh was I wrong!" Silkie of course didn't understand a thing, he was just lying there smiling as always.
"BeastBoy showed me his kind and warm side, now it is my turn to show mine. From this day on I shall be kinder, gentler and more tolerant to BeastBoy than I ever been to anyone else! Huzzah!" Said Starfire before she extended her arms and fell backwards on her bed. She clapped her hands to turn off the light and told her little bunglof "Goodnight Silkie" before she drifted to sleep with a smiling face.
(Well there you go you guys, another chapter of 'A play of Twister'! like I said in the previous chapter, BeastBoy and Starfire are getting along much better now than they did before this chapter. Now about the ending I'm thinking of ending the story in Chapter 4 or 5. If you want more, I have a great idea that may make the story even more interesting than it is. Tell me in the comments what you think and if you want more chapters, I'll be uploading new chapters this week-end :3 Hope you are enjoying the story so far, the comments are opened to any criticizing and/or demand for more chapters. If you want me to keep writing for about more than 5 chapter I can do that. And as always, appreciate comments and likes and see you guys in Chapter 4 of 'A play of Twister'!)