Before we continue, I'd like to apologize about the Spanish. I don't know Spanish, but Mas y Menos would lose all the effect if they didn't speak it. So I did my best with English to Spanish translators, but I wasn't able to put them in the correct order that they're supposed to go in. To all those Spanish-speaking people out there, I'm sorry!
Okay, now we can continue.
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"Any sign of him yet, guys?" Bumblebee spoke through her communicator. She was glad they were back on. Without them working, they couldn't help the other Titans. Now that its working again, they could work better.
"(No, miss Bumblebee. There is no sign of him…)"
"(Yeah, we don't know where he is!)" Mas y Menos were holding hands, running everywhere, combing every part of the city.
"Blum co dung dung! De fee ba doo! Dlum…" Tram sighed. He was checking to see if he was in the sewer beneath the city, but Bumblebee couldn't understand him…
"He says he can't find him either. And neither can I…" Aqualad was on the river by the city, seeing if their friend was possibly there. "Oh! Its all my fault! I never should of told him to leave."
Bumblebee wouldn't take this. "Aqualad, stop it. Its not your fault. Speedy's just blowing off somesteam. Or maybe he's actually gone, we don't know," She was at the tower, checking to see if his communicator was on so they could track him. It wasn't. "If he does decide to come back, we'll be here waiting. Now come on team, come on back. Its getting late…"
Aqualad and Tram came back right away, but Mas y Menos took a little longer.
…..
"Now come on team, come on back. Its getting late…" Menos heard on his communicator.
"Mas! Su vez pues nos a caminar asilo! Le Llegar a ser cerrar a nuestros hora de acostarse! Venir, dejar nos dejar." Menos tugged on his brother.
"Contener encendido, Menos. Yo basar algo! Le aparente como una panaderia tienda. Yum! Yo deseo unas tarta o algo, cuan proximamente les?)" Mas looked at his brother, excited about the bakery he found.
"Bien...todos recto. Sino dejar solamente acoger una torta o algo..." Menos sighed, and followed his brother into 'Momma May's bakery'
"Hello kiddies!" A kind-looking elderly woman came up to them. She was really big, but she seemed warm. Mas y Menos were at ease.
"Hola!" They both said.
"Now what can I do for you, kiddos?" She quietly clapped her hands together. "Did you come here for a cake, or something small, like a cupcake?"
"Hacer les razonar nosotros poder poseer o algo?" Menos took out ten dollars.
"Ah. I see. You speak Spanish," She suddenly switched. "Esto mejor?"
[note: the dialogue in parenthesis that follows is a translation from the Spanish that the characters are speaking.
If this was an actual TV show episode here, there would be subtitles on the screen. Okay, let's go on:]
"(Woah! You speak Spanish?)" Menos totally freaked out. Mas was surprised, but he just wanted something good to eat…
"(Why yes, Sweety. I speak very good Spanish. I also speak French, Italian, Chinese, and Latin!)"
"(Woah! How'd you learn all of that?)" Mas was impressed by her knowledge.
"(Well I've been around for a long, long, long time…)" She dramatically paused after every "long." "(But anyway, what can I get for you?)"
Mas got excited. "(What would ten dollars get me?)"
The old woman paused. "(well…. I could get you both a small cookie…)"
"(Really? For ten? Man!)" Mas was upset, but Menos grabbed him.
"(Mas! Come on! Where are your manners? I'm sorry, Ma'am…)" Menos bowed slightly, apologetically. The old woman saw his communicator.
"Gasp! (That device! You're not…Are you a Teen Titan?)"
"(Why yes, we are! Does that mean we get a cake for free?)" Mas put on a noble face, then he begged.
"(Mas!)" Menos was embarrassed of his brother's behavior.
"(Hmm….I can't give you a cake…but I will give you this pie…If you promise to share it with your team mates…)"
Mas's eyes grew big. "(Yes! Yes! We will! We promise!)"
But Menos was cautious. "(Why would you do that?)"
"(Because, A. its nice for kids to share. B. I want to thank you and your team for all the good things you do in the city…)" Her voice was very kind and reassuring. Menos was convinced.
"(All right…)"
Mas eagerly took the cherry pie.
"(Thank you, Miss!)" They both said in unison.
"(You're welcome kids! I know you'll love my pies!)"
And with that, Mas y Menos sped home carrying the pie. But Menos was wondering why she said "pies", when they only had one…
Oh well. Maybe it was an "old-person" thing.
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Tram and Aqualad had been home for about 15 minutes, but where were Mas y Menos. It wasn't like them to be late. IN fact, it was impossible.
"Guys, do you know where Mas y Menos are?" Bumblebee was looking around the room, to see if they were hiding again.
"Uh… no. Don't tell me they left too!" Aqualad smacked his palm against his forehead.
"Les injuriar nos, Aqualad!"
"Por que dignidad nosotros alguna vez abandonar les?" Mas y Menos rushed in, and Menos separated from Mas, who was holding the pie, to apologize to Bumblebee.
"Yo muy pesaroso, Senorita Bumblebee, sino Mas deseado pues algo a comer...)"
Bumblebee couldn't understand him. She was mad at him for being late! But…the tone in his voice sounded so sad…She patted him on the head.
"Its okay, Menos. All's forgiven! Now whatcha got there?" Bumblebee smiled down on Menos.
"Le torta! Una cereza torta!" Mas was showing it to everyone. He couldn't wait to eat it.
"Where'd you get it, guys?" Bumblebee asked. It was weird. Speedy was gone, but everyone was getting excited over pastry!
Maybe it was just a way to make people a little more cheery. 'Cheery for Cherry?' As Bumblebee chuckled at her own joke, Tram piped up.
"Woaha! Dee gubba! Doodooa Cherry!"
"I know, buddy. I can't wait to eat it either," All four of the boys, quickly zoomed over to their table with a fork and knife, napkins tucked into their shirts, cartoon fashion.
"Let's eat!" Aqualad cried. They all started to chow down.
Bumblebee sighed. 'Hmm. Somehow, this doesn't seem complete without Speedy. Ah, well. He'll come around.'
She went over. "Hey, don't hog it all yourself, guys! Leave some for me!" Joining the messy brawl, she too ate the pie like there was no tomorrow.
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When they were finished, exactly three minutes later, they all sighed with contentment. Bumblebee sat there. Somehow, she could feel all her troubles, and problems, and free thoughts going away.
Somehow, she didn't care. Oh, she just wanted more of that pie! That, and something else…She loved someone! Now the love was the only thing there! It was all that burned in her!
Sluggishly, she glanced over at her teammates, they looked dead. Either that, or passed out.
But she didn't care. She didn't care if they rotted in that very spot!
No, the love wasn't for them. She couldn't care less for them. No, the love was for…for…
Suddenly, the pie shell was glowing purple. It had become a vortex.
Lazily, Bumblebee stared at it. Then her eyes grew wider. She had found the one she loved so much!
On the table, in front of everybody, stood a beautiful, plump, elderly woman.
Mas y Menos recognized her as the woman before, but there was something about her now…that made her…made her…
"Mm…Mm…" All the Titans were stuttering.
"That's right, kiddies! Mommy's back, and here to take care of you! Here to love you all to itty bitty pieces!"
"Yay!" All the Titans cheered.
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It was a sunny day in Steel City. White, fluffy clouds were all over the sky, and everyone was happier then they had ever been before. Well, everywhere but the city park, where a familiar scene was taking place.
"Ah ha ha! I told you, brats! You can't keep Johnny Rancid in jail forever! I'll always be back out to come see you! Do you know why? Because I love you, that's why!" Johnny Rancid, detestable as ever, stopped a woman running away with her baby. He grabbed her wrist.
"You and all your children…" He whispered.
"Let go of her, dude!" From nowhere, Johnny heard an annoyed tone.
"Huh?" Rancid showed a look of confusion at every angle. What was going on?
After about 2 seconds, an arrow with a boxing glove on the end of it flew in and socked Johnny Rancid square on the jaw!
Speedy jumped in onto the park's green grass, and picked up Rancid.
'Uh…" Rancid looked at the one who defeated him. "Yi! Don't hurt me, please!"
"No, I'm not gonna hurt you, but I am going to hand you to the cops, but only after you tell me why my friends aren't here! Where are they?" Speedy could be as intimidating as Robin. But not quite…
"Pff. I'm not telling you anything. You think I'm scared of you? I'm not even scared of Batm-"
"That's a lie, and you know it. In fact, I think you lied to me twice. I think you are scared of me. Especially,"
He pulled out one of his arrows. A real one. "When I'm about to put one of these down your throat. Now…Where are my friends?"
"Ah! Geez, man! Give me a break! I…I…don't know where they are! Okay? They haven't been fighting crime lately!" After Speedy put the arrow away, Rancid calmed down. "You know, people could be asking where you were these past few days too…"
When he heard this, Speedy punched him, knocking him out. He tied him to a tree, and used his communicator to call the police. Then he got on his motorcycle. He rode around town, collecting his thoughts.
'Come on! I go out of town to take care of…business…and when I finish with that business, I hear that Titans East haven't fought crime in three days! What is up with that? Can they just not fight crime without me there?'
He rode to the tower and went inside.
"Guys? Its me…Speedy. I know I said I wouldn't come back, but I didn't think you were gonna quit!"
As he walked around, going upstairs, downstairs, and up and down the stairs, he kept calling.
"You guys seriously need to get a life. I know, I'm awesome. And I'm glad you realize that now. But if I leave, that doesn't mean you just give up on life! You know, when it gets hard, and you feel pointless, sometimes you just need to keep moving! Keep fighting! It doesn't matter if you don't have any powers…Or you're not in charge…Or you're not second in charge…" Speedy stopped when he realized he was giving the answer to his own problem.
"Sigh. I'm sorry guys. I'm sorry for leaving. But I'm back now. Okay? Can you forgive me?"
After he said this, he felt really stupid. He finally realized that the place was empty!
"Dang it! I've been talking to no one for all this time! Ah, at least no one can prove it…
Unless, somebody watches the security tapes…I better erase that."
So Speedy walked to the operations room, and got on the computer.
He tried to find the recordings of him talking, but he found that the camera had been turned off.
'oh phew…' He thought to himself. 'But I wonder why the cameras are off…?'
He checked to see the last thing recorded. When he saw it, he became horrified.
"That's right, kiddies! Mommy's back, and here to take care of you! Here to love you all to itty bitty pieces!"
"Yay!" All the Titans cheered.
Speedy couldn't believe it. What was going on? He saw a horrifying creature with warts, and green skin, and a long disgusting nose, and…
"Huuibugah!" Speedy nearly threw up, she was so distasteful. Wait, had he seen that face before?
He quickly looked at the Titans mission database. He scrolled through many different missions.
He saw the files when Mad Mod locked the Titans in a school, when Robin had become Slade's apprentice, When Terra had let all the Sladebots into the tower, when Larry came for a visit, when Cyborg helped out Titans East, When alien tofu invaded the earth…
"Here!" He had found what he was looking for.
It was the file on Mother Mae-Eye. If a pie, made by her, was eaten, the eater would love her, like a child loves his mother. That was under the section, "power-set."
"Creepy." Wait, he thought. Mother Mae-eye? Pies? That sounded a lot like Momma May's Bakery down on Druly lane!
He raced outside, got on his bike, and rode to his next destination.
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When he arrived, there was a large crowd in front of the bakery, and they were all eating pies. Even more were coming, at the request of their friends.
"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" The crowd was starting to look more like a mob, especially when Speedy showed up. When he got off his bike, the crowd parted to let through the one, most important person in their lives…
"Speedy! I'm so glad you finally came? Would you like some pie?" The warm elderly woman didn't look a thing like the monster he had seen before…
"…You put a spell on this block to appear human to all who came through, didn't you?" He pointed an accusing finger. "I know who you are, Mother Mae-Eye! A monster!"
"Hey, how dare he call Mother that!"
"Yeah, who does he think he is!"
Momma May spoke over the crowd. "You really think so? Well. I'm sorry it has to be that way Speedy." Just before she told the entire crowd to attack, she said one more thing, "Are you sure you don't want any pie?"
Speedy quickly answered, "I'd rather you sent a hundred of those crowds after me!" He stood his ground, and grabbed his bow.
"So be it," She signaled her "children" to attack. They ran, madly, toward their target.
Speedy now fully realized what was about to go down.
"Oh…dang…"
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The conclusion to this story will be up before the end of the week. Hopefully, tomorrow!
For anyone who is actually interested in Spider-Man, I hope to have my first episode for that up by Monday. At least I hope.
So what'd you think of chapter 2? Too long? Good plot? Too much Speedy? Coolest idea of mine yet?
I want to know your opinion! Please, leave a review!
Again, sorry for the bad Spanish, n4m4w45 out!