32 Productions Presents…

32 Productions Presents…

A HIVE Team Story

The HIVE Team (and the Teen Titans) In…

"Crossed Paths"

Chapter Four

Jump City: Titan's World

The alarm had gone off again not long after they got back. The HIVE were stunned to find that their opponents were none other…then themselves. Mammoth and Billy Numerous were in jail, but Blackfire and Krystal were more then happy to replace them. Krystal teleported in front of her double.

Both: Oooo…! You shaved! No, you did! Quit it! Grr…! Blackie, she won't stop copying me! Rootie tootie fruitie! …hmm…GAAAAAAAAAAH! …you ARE good. Thanks! Who does your hair?

Red X: Krystal!

Both: What? She started it.

Both teams groaned and smacked their heads. Shimmer whistled.

Shimmer: Well kick me in the crotch and call me a guy. If he ain't the spittin' image of my big bro.

Jinx jumped off the car she was sitting on when the HIVE arrived, popping her neck.

Jinx: We don't take kindly to people who come around here and ruin our reputations with pointless acts of heroism.

Red X: There's nothing pointless about saving lives.

Krystal: Bull feces on a silver platter! That's the ULTIMATE form of uselessness.

Krystal: Buh whaaaaaaaa?!

Gizmo: Let's just kick the crud munching look-a-likes around and go home already. Being near Krystal is giving me the creeps.

Krystal squealed and picked him up.

Krystal: He's just the most precious thing I've ever had the desire to drown in a bath tub EVER!

Gizmo: Um…should I be as scared as I feel?

Blackfire: At this point? More so. Krystal, hon, put him down. You can drown him later.

Krystal: Aw, shucks.

With that, Krystal simply dropped Gizmo to the ground…painfully. Red X sighed.

Red X: Looks like we have no choice then. HIVE! Together!

Jinx: A battle cry? How lame. Let's kick their asses.

Let the first half of the most confusing pair of fights ever begin. Out of almost an instinct, those who had double instantly attacked them. Mammoth went after Shimmer, perhaps because he didn't like the idea of someone else hitting his sister, evil double or not. Red X found herself facing Kid Wykkyd. She leapt at him, swinging her foot at his head. He teleported behind her, backhanding her. Stumbling, Red X turned and hurled a X-rang at him. Vanishing again, Wykkyd teleported behind her once again…only to get an elbow in his gut for his troubles.

Red X: I'm not that stupid.

The Blackfires floated in front of each other, both hands with bolts charged in them.

Blackfire: I see you can't resist her charms either.

Blackfire: There's something to be said about the mentally unbalanced, I guess.

The two fought for a moment, neither really gaining the upper hand.

Blackfire: Tsk…you're such a wuss. You're holding back.

Blackfire: Not my fault I'm stronger then you.

Angered, Blackfire formed a larger bolt by putting her two hands together and hurled it. Caught off guard, it slammed into Blackfire, sending her crashing into a building.

Blackfire: Shut up! Just shut the hell up!

Groaning, Blackfire pulled herself out. Well…that went well. Jinx had her hands full as well. Her double seemed to have ever trick she did (which stood to reason, really).

Jinx: What's with the ponytail?

Jinx: I LIKE my ponytail, thanks. What's with YOUR hair? How do you even make it do that?

Jinx: Lots of gel and a molding helmet.

Alright, YOU tell ME how she gets her hair to do that.

Jinx: That just seems like a waste of time.

Jinx: What?! You jerk, if you weren't stuck in there, I'd hurt you for that!

Jinx: What?

Jinx: Sonic. He's been reduced to pure sound and he's lodged in my right ear.

Jinx paused in mid-battle.

Jinx: …really? Mine's just dead.

Jinx paused as well, rubbing her arm slowly.

Jinx: Oh. …sorry to hear that.

Jinx: I'm dating someone new, but…I still miss him.

Jinx slapped her right ear, an annoyed expression on her face before shaking her head and turning back to her double.

Jinx: Nice guy?

Jinx: Greg? Yeah, he's wonderful…just…not Sonic.

More uncomfortable shifting took place.

Jinx: I feel for you, I really do…but we should probably get back to fighting now.

Jinx: I guess so.

Jinx cast a hex on the ground, but her double jumped back away from the cracking concrete, casting one on a nearby streetlamp which nearly fell on her.

Jump City: HIVE World

Like their HIVE counterparts, the Titans had met their doubles at last. Starfire edged away from the glare of her doppelganger. Starfire looked as though she wanted to rip her legs off and beat her with them. Raven was also feeling uneasy, though for a different reason.

Raven: Azar protect me, my dimensional double is a whore.

Raven: Nonsense. Whores charge money.

Raven: Oh, excuse me. A slut then.

Raven blew her a kiss, running a hand along her body seductively. …then Raven realized it wasn't directed at HER.

Raven: Oh you dirt bag!

Shade: What? She's you! It's okay if she's you, right?

SLAP. Apparently not. Raven pouted.

Raven: Yours can talk? Hmph. Well, I'll bet mine is a better lay then yours, right, Shade?

Raven pet Shade's head. Raven blanched.

Raven: I certainly wouldn't know either way.

Shade sighed.

Shade: True enough…

Raven: Shut up.

Raven: Trigon, have mercy! Are you saying you've never even slept with him? You pansy!

Shade: Wow, she's like a demonic version of you, Terra.

Terra: Oh go to hell, asshole.

Terra's eyes widened and her hands went to her vest that kept her warm despite her cold body.

Terra: Y…you…you're me?! What's with that hair?!

Terra: It's a new body, okay? The chia pet doesn't come out of the box covered in grass, you know.

Terra: Th…that's…that's not FAIR! I'll crush you into pulp!

Again, as though on instinct, the teams attacked their doubles. It just seemed…right to do it. Each time the Robins staves clashed, the metal clanged, echoing around.

Robin: How could YOU be a criminal?!

Robin: It's easy. The stuff I tend to do is against the law.

CLANG!

Robin: You know what I mean!

Robin: Well, why the f not? Being on the other side did jack crap for me. Didn't make me any less angry, didn't make my parents any less DEAD!

Robin: And this is?!

Robin: Well, I'm a lot less angry.

Meanwhile, Cyborg was having some trouble with his double. At least, he assumed he was his double. With his fake robot parts covering what flesh he had left, Cyborg wasn't sure if he was looking at a machine or what.

Cyborg: Yo, are you supposed to be me or what?

Cyborg: The hell do you think, man?

Cyborg: How should I know? You ain't got a face anymore!

Cyborg: It's a face plate, dumbass!

Beast Boy yelped, turning into a monkey and dodging the panther that was attempting to bite his head off. Changeling was far more vicious then himself. He wouldn't dream of actually turning into something and BITING someone…well, all that hard anyway. He could hear it in the growls, see it in the way Changeling held himself…he wanted to eat him.

Beast Boy: Something tells me you're not a vegan, dude.

Changeling shifted back to normal, looking appalled.

Changeling: A WHAT?! Dude, are you a VEGAN?!

Beast Boy: Duh!

Changeling: But you're with Terra!

Beast Boy: What? …dude, a vegan is someone who doesn't eat anything from an animal, even cheese and stuff.

Changeling paused.

Changeling: …oh. I was thinking of venereal diseases…

Beast Boy: Dude! I'm with Terra!

Well, they aren't that different, really.

END PART FOUR