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A HIVE Team StoryThe HIVE Team (and the Teen Titans) In…
"Crossed Paths"
Chapter Two
Titan Tower: Main Room
Red X sighed. The place belonged to the Titans. Photographs, belongings, and even the names on the doors told her that much. Yet it COULDN'T be the Titans. If the Titans moved into such plain sight, the city would have to be on fire by now. Krystal, Jinx, and Blackfire returned. Sighing, Red X turned to them.
Red X: Find any…thing…what the hell is that?
Blackfire was still cuddling Silkie. She shrugged.
Blackfire: I dunno, but it really likes me.
Red X: …riiiight. Anything?
Krystal: I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Gizmo grumbled.
Gizmo: As weird as she put it, I think Krystal's right. We're in the exact same location as our tower, but this ain't our tower.
Mammoth: So…where are we?
Krystal: We must be over the rainbow! (singing) Somewhere, over the rainbow…
Inertia sped over and covered her mouth.
Inertia: And that's enough of that reference…
Gizmo: Near as I can figure? We're in a place the Titans already own. Maybe we never even existed in this world.
Red X: …I see…
Jinx wasn't so certain…Raven's things…they seemed so…unlike Raven. She was about to voice this belief when the alarms went off, blaring and loud. A blip showed up on the screen.
Mammoth: …what should we do?
Red X frowned, thinking hard.
HIVE Tower: Main Room
Robin: Let's investigate at least.
At virtually the same time, the alarm had triggered in both worlds. Perhaps the connection was greater then simply having similar people in it…or perhaps the fact that the two worlds were recently bridged had something to do with it.
Terra: Okay…but what if…you know, it's like…the people are all apes that evolved from man or something?
Beast Boy: Yeah, what if they blew it up?
Terra: Damn them all to h…
Cyborg: And that's enough of that reference…
Silence.
Raven: …déjà vu anyone?
Cyborg: Yeah…
Shade: Can we GO now? This thing keeps giving me the evil eye.
Starfire: HER name is Hikari!
Starfire snuggled the cat-girl creature, making her purr. Shade grumbled in annoyance. Taking the cat thing's side…backstabber!
Raven: You wuss…
Shade: …tsk…c'mon…
Titan's World Jump City: Downtown
Not knowing what else to do, the HIVE arrived to find the source of the problem. What they found was shocking to say the least. Just so you know, all opposite characters such as the Krystal native to their current world will be put it italics to make it easy to tell who is who. It doesn't matter now, but later on, I'll have to do that, so I'll clear it up now. Make sense? Great! The HIVE arrived to find Knife-play and Ravager having fun together.
Knife-play: So THIS is what these missions are like…I've always wondered what distraction jobs were…I mean, were they enjoyable, stupid…
Ravager: It's all in how you do it, Knife-play. Just like everything else in life.
Knife-play hurled one of his knives, intending to hit somebody in the shoulder. He didn't like killing without cause (and by "cause" he meant paycheck)…Ravager didn't seem to mind, but that was her. A blur moved in front of the knife and the passerby was left unharmed.
Knife-play: What the heck?
Inertia: You shouldn't play with these. You'll poke your eye out.
Inertia let the knife drop as he stood next to his teammates. Ravager snorted.
Ravager: What do you guys want? We're a little busy.
Jinx: Um…we're here to kick your butt?
The pair looked at each other, then back at them…then back at each other.
Ravager: …I think they're serious.
Knife-play: …it WOULD make a great distraction.
Ravager twirled her sword before holding it at the ready.
Ravager: I agree. Bet I can shave Mammoth before you can.
Knife-play: What's it get me?
Ravager: Respect.
Knife-play: That won't buy me anything! I know, I've tried to sell it before!
Ravager: Alright, alright…
Ravager whispered into his ear.
Knife-play: …okay, yeah, I'm in.
Krystal, who had hearing superior to most people, pointed at them.
Krystal: You're both SICK! Sick, sick, sick! …wait, did I say sick? I meant straight. That's what you both are. Straight, straight, straight! …at least that's what that conversation indicated…NOW WE MUST KUNG-FU FIGHT!
The two sides leapt into the fray. Meanwhile, Krystal walked out of a candy store, leaving the charred remains of the people unlucky enough to be ahead of her in line. She waved to the somewhat senile owner, a lollipop in her mouth.
Krystal: See you next time, Mrs. Marshal!
Mrs. Marshal: Good bye, dear. See you next time…oh dear, what a mess…
Bag of goodies in hand, Krystal whistled to herself as she walked, raising each foot high into the air in exaggerated steps. Her right foot froze as she watched herself…meaning the other Krystal…dodging knives and attacking Knife-play.
Krystal: Oh my god, I've got a twin! …I need a camera!
Krystal ran off to find a camera. Maybe one of those disposable things. Meanwhile, Ravager and Red X scuffled together, having gotten slightly separated from the others. Knife-play was a handful on his own since it was nearly impossible to cause him real injury.
Ravager: I heard you were actually a girl, Red…but I heard you were Mexican or something.
…SHE said it, not me! I swear, it was Ravager's idea!
Red X: I don't know what you're talking about.
Ravager: For that matter, your leg is supposed to be busted. Oh well.
The girl was fast, but Red X saw her weakness. The eye. She was clearly missing an eye. If Red X attacked from that side of her head…attacking in a way only that missing eye would have seen…
Ravager: Nnngh!
Ravager's helmet flew off her head as Red X got a solid kick in.
Rose: …okay…now I'm pissed.
Red X: It…it can't…
Red X reached up and pulled her own mask off. Rose's jaw dropped.
Rose: Who the hell are you?!
Rose: What the hell happened to your eye?!
Rose: I got hit with a jagged rock, okay? Now put that damn mask back on, I don't want to look at you…with…with your…TWO FREAKING EYES!
Rose swung her sword. Rose dodged and pulled the mask back over her face, filled with disbelief. What…what was SHE…and by "she" Red X meant her…not herself…ARGH! Red X felt like her brain was going to pop. Rose grabbed her helmet and put it back on before running out to Knife-play.
Ravager: I want to go, NOW!
Knife-play: (dazed) I got'em on the ropes…just…yeah…
Ravager: We've distracted long enough, let's GO!
Ravager tossed something up into the air, a small metal sphere. It began going straight through buildings and cars at high speeds.
Ravager: Imagine what that'll do to someone's face. Better catch it while you can.
With that, the two took off, leaving the HIVE to chase after the device. A well placed shot from Gizmo's pack managed to destroy the orb's inner circuitry, leaving it fried and useless.
Red X: We need to go, now.
Mammoth: But they're going to get…
Red X: Never mind them, we have to…!
Police: FREEZE! You're under arrest!
Krystal blinked and leaned over to Inertia.
Krystal: I told you to return those library books…
Inertia: They were YOUR books! You took them out.
Krystal: But I told YOU to take them back, didn't I?
HIVE World: Downtown
The girls were in total shock when they realized that the criminal they were fighting was none other then Aqualad. He was attacking a bridge with a squad of giant…um…squid. A squid squad, I guess you'd call it. They were ripping it apart. It wouldn't be long before the cars trapped on it went down.
Raven: He's been brainwashed, there's no other explanation.
Starfire: None that handsome can be evil! It is not possible.
Beast Boy: …are you kidding me?! He's wearing flipping fishbones as clothes!
…well, he did have pants on. Terra wiped her mouth…drooling again.
Terra: Chest, buns…muscles pecs abs…
Cyborg: Terra, try that again, this time look at a squid.
Terra looked at a squid.
Terra: Yes, well…either way we got to stop him. …wow, it made a lot more sense that time.
The squids had to go first. Raven began tying their tentacles into a knot. Robin used his explosives to scare them off. They also fled from Cyborg's sonic cannon and Starfire's bolts.
Aqualad: Hey! What the hell are you guys doing?!
CRACK! Shade punched Aqualad across the face.
Shade: And that's for being attractive to my girlfriend!
SLAM! Beast Boy plowed into Aqualad in the form of a pterodactyl. He quickly shifted back.
Beast Boy: That's for making my girlfriend sputter crap about muscles!
CLANG! Robin hit him with his bo-staff.
Robin: That's for…um…yeah, I got nothing.
Unfortunately, the bridge had sustained too much damage. Even as Aqualad fell unconscious, the bridge began to fall with him.
Robin: Raven, Terra, Shade, keep the bridge up for as long as you can! Everyone else, get these people off!
Instantly the team went into action. With the three working together, the bridge was held up, but it was still off balance and cracking. It wouldn't last. The others began getting people off the bridge…but they were being very resistant for some reason. In fact, many seemed to rather want to take their chances on the bridge. It became especially apparent when Starfire was returning a child to his mother.
Mother: Don't hurt him! Please!
Starfire: He is fine, I assure you.
Gently, Starfire placed him down on the ground.
Mother: Cory, get over here, now!
Starfire blinked in surprise as the woman grabbed her son and pulled him away quickly. She held him protectively.
Mother: Leave us alone, I beg you! Don't kill us!
The plea rang in Starfire's head as her eyes widened in shock.
Starfire: K…kill…kill you? I…I would not…
Robin: Starfire, get back here! We're running out of time!
Nodding, Starfire flew back a little.
Starfire: Y…you had best flee. I know not why you fear me, but you must go now.
That said, she flew off as fast as she could to the next car. After managing to save everyone on the bridge, they gathered nearby.
Beast Boy: Um…is it just me or did all of those people wet themselves more when they saw us coming then they did when the bridge started to collapse?
Starfire: They seemed to believe we wished to exterminate them…
Robin frowned. He had a bad feeling about…
Police: FREEZE! You're under arrest!
Terra: I was going to return the video! I swear to god, I was!
Raven: Yeah…about that…
….
Terra: What do you mean you broke it?!
Raven: I said sorry…
END PART TWO
