"THREE'S COMPANY, VILLAIN'S A CROWD" - CYBORG, BEAST BOY AND RAVEN TRY TO PREVENT ROBIN AND STARFIRE'S DATE FROM BEING RUINED.
THREE'S COMPANY, VILLAIN'S A CROWD
The day began with Robin clutching the sofa for dear life as Starfire pulled him by his ankles. Cyborg and Beast Boy watched the scene with mild amusement while Raven looked on in boredom.
"Robin, please. You promised," Starfire said as she pulled him, the sofa dragging along as well thanks to Robin's tight grip.
"I know, Starfire, but the Titans alarm has been going off all week nonstop. We can't afford to take the day off," Starfire successfully ripped him from the sofa, a large chunk of the sofa still in Robin's hand, and he crashed to the floor. "Ah!"
"Man, Robin, don't worry. BB, Raven and I can handle Jump City. It's only one day," Cyborg told their leader.
"But-"
Starfire dragged Robin across the floor, his nails digging into the floor leaving marks. Fed up, the alien princess released her hold on him and crossed her arms. "Robin, you have been promising me the date for quite some time now," her eyes saddened. "Perhaps you do not wish to go with going out with me? Is my company not satisfactory?"
"Star, no, that's not it at all," Robin assured her, standing to his feet. "I'm just worrying too much."
She sniffled and looked at him shyly. "... Does that mean you wish to proceed with the date as planned?"
He sighed. "Of course, Star. Let me just-"
Starfire squealed while clapping her hands. She then picked up Robin bridal style and flew out the door. "Goodbye friends!"
The door closed behind the couple. There was a moment of silence before Beast Boy and Cyborg glanced at each other.
"Gamestation?" Beast Boy questioned.
Cyborg nodded. "Gamestation."
The two ran over to the sofa, Beast Boy taking a seat while Cyborg went over to turn the game on. Once it was on the two grabbed their controllers and got to work. The room soon became filled with two boys taunting each other and cheering over their victories. Raven sat in a corner, her nose in a book. She wore earplugs to block out the noises from her comrades.
Cyborg, who had the league, lost it to Beast Boy.
"Ha! Take that, Cy!"
Cyborg used his bulk to block Beast Boy's view. "No way are you winning this, string-bean."
"Dude, quit it! You're totally cheating!" Beast Boy whinned as he tried to look over Cyborg's shoulder.
"A real gamer can over come any situation."
"A real gamer doesn't have their view blocked by jolly the metal giant!"
Their game was interrupted by an incoming call. The boys groaned.
"Aw man," Cyborg whinned. "Just when I was about to kick BB's butt."
Raven plucked out her earplugs and crossed over to the monitor to answer the call. A moment later Ding Dong Daddy appeared on screen.
"What's happening, Titans?" Ding Dong Daddy greeted with a smile.
Raven narrowed her eyes. "What do you want?"
"Easy there sugar. I just thought it was a lovely day and wanted to challenge Robin and the rest of you to a race. His team against mines," Ding Dong Daddy stepped to the side, revealing Dr. Light, Mumbo, and Control Freak. "First one across the finish line wins."
"We're not interested," Cyborg declared, stepping behind Raven and crossing his arms.
"That decision isn't up to you," said Ding Dong Daddy. "Where's the boy wonder?"
"And Starfire? Where's Starfire?" Control Freak asked eagerly as he took up the screen. He had hearts in his eyes and a little bit of drool was coming out of his mouth. Ding Dong Daddy shoved him to the side.
"They're not here," Beast Boy answered. "They're on a date."
Raven and Cyborg turned to the changeling, eyes ablaze with fury. "Beast Boy!"
The green teen looked confused. "What?"
Ding Dong Daddy laughed. "Did you hear that? Little Robin's on a date. How 'bout we have some fun and join him."
The villains cheered before the screen turned blank.
Raven glared at Beast Boy. "Why would you tell them about Robin and Starfire's date?"
"I didn't mean to!" Beast Boy spluttered. "It was an accident."
"You're about to have an accident," Raven warned, her hands glowing.
Cyborg stepped in the middle of them. "Would you guys knock it off. We have to stop Ding Dong Daddy and the others before they ruin Robin and Star's date."
Beast Boy withdrew his communicator. "Why don't we just call them and-"
"No!" Cyborg interrupted, pushing Beast Boy to the ground and snatching his communicator. He wagged his finger at the boy on the floor who had stars floating around his head. "They can't know about this. It would ruin their date. You both know how much Starfire has been looking forward to this."
Beast Boy stood up, rubbing his head, and walked over to Raven's side. The two of them were in agreement with Cyborg. They didn't want Robin and Starfire's date to be ruined. Even though the two were in a relationship they hardly ever got a chance to go out. The few chances that they did get to go out were far and few inbetween.
"And besides," Cyborg continued. "This is a chance for us to prove to Robin he can depend on us more."
Beast Boy and Raven glanced at each other. Raven then looked to Cyborg. "We're in."
Cyborg smiled. "Then it looks like we're going to the movies."
TT
Robin and Starfire stood outside the movie theater, each looking at different posters.
"Robin, how about this one?" Starfire suggested, pointing at the poster infront of her. It had a large rainbow on it with ponies.
Robin's face turned green but with a quick shake of his head he was back to normal. "Uh, we're a little bit too old for that one, Star," he took her hand and turned her so she could look at the poster he had his eyes on. "How about we see this one? It's in 3D."
She lifted a brow. "...3D?"
"Trust me, it'll be awesome."
"Very well."
Robin sighed in relief, cringing as they past the pony poster, and opened the theater door for Starfire. The two disappeared inside. A moment later Control Freak, who wore a hat and sunglasses, went in after them.
"Did you see that?" Beast Boy asked Raven and Cyborg. They were hiding in an alley across the street, their heads poking out one on top of the other. Beast Boy's head was on the bottom and his eyes looked upward at his comrades.
"Of course we saw it," Raven deadpanned. She was above Beast Boy and the changeling frowned at her words.
Cyborg, who was on top, spoke next. "Let's move."
Raven nodded and surrounded them all with her powers. When she released them they were inside the hallway of the movie theater just as Robin and Starfire were rounding the corner.
"Duck," Cyborg hissed quietly, jumping into a random door at their side, Raven following them. Beast Boy turned into an actual duck, not realizing what Cyborg meant, and the metallic teen grabbed him by his neck and pulled him inside their hiding place.
Robin and Starfire walked right past their hiding place, an assortment of concession stand goodies in their arms, and straight into the auditorium where their movie was being shown. With the two now gone the three came out of their hiding spot which happened to be the janitor's closet. Beast Boy plucked the mop that had fallen on his head off and threw it back in the closet.
"There goes Robin and Star, but where's Control Freak?" Cyborg questioned.
"Think. If you were Control Freak at the movie theater where would you go?" Raven inquired.
Question marks appeared above all their heads and only disappeared when Beast Boy snapped his fingers, a light bulb going off. "Dudes, I got it!"
TT
Control Freak stood in the projection room and peered down at the auditorium, his eyes narrowed. He spotted Robin and Starfire easily in the middle of the sixth row. Robin had already put on his 3D glasses (which looked kind of awkward considering his mask was still on) whereas Starfire turned her pair this way and that, studying it curiously. She put them on though once the movie started, gasping in surprise as the movie's title launched out. She giggled and clapped her hands and Control Freak couldn't help but smile at her antics.
His smile was short lived once he saw Robin and Starfire's hand meet in the popcorn. The two blushed at each other before intertwining their fingers. Control Freak's jaw dropped and he shook in anger, his face boiling red. He took the candy bar he had been munching on and chucked it at Robin's head.
"Ow!" Robin rubbed his head while the rest of the theater, and even Starfire, shhed him.
Control Freak smiled smugly. "Ha! A direct hit."
The door to the projection room was kicked open by Cyborg, startling Control Freak who dropped his popcorn and shrieked like a girl. Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy burst into the room.
Beast Boy pointed a finger at their opponent. "Don't even think about bringing the creature in that movie to life!"
Control Freak cocked an eyebrow. "Actually... I was just going to watch the movie and throw things at Robin... but that's a way better idea!"
Cyborg slapped his forehead and Raven glared at Beast Boy. "Seriously, is something wrong with your head?"
Control Freak revealed his remote. "Kiss your romantic date goodbye, Robin."
Cyborg narrowed his eyes and quickly jumped into action, tackling Control Freak. The remote flew from the villain's hand, but the resulting tackle from Cyborg forced Control Freak to crash into the projector, dropping the device to the floor and stopping the movie. The auditorium was filled with groans and complaints. The people demanded that the movie be put back on immediately.
"Robin, what has happened?" Starfire asked, looking at the boy wonder. "Is this part of the three D's experience?"
"I doubt this is part of the movie," he answered. He stood up. "I'll go check it out."
From the projection room Beast Boy shrieked. "Robin's getting up!"
Raven looked to Cyborg. "Fix it."
"I'm trying," Cyborg said as he picked up the projector. It shattered like glass in his hands and he screamed.
"Cyborg, do something!" Beast Boy called out.
Cyborg looked panicky for a moment before a lightbulb went off. Acting quickly he hooked up his systems to the movie reel, his arm converting into a makeshift projector while his sonic cannon released a light that pointed at the screen. Within seconds the movie started. Seeing this the movie watchers cheered and Robin went back to his seat. The Titans sighed in relief.
The Titans were so consumed with the movie they forgot all about Control Freak who, while unnoticed, reached for his remote. He quickly pushed a button and brought the ghostly villain on screen to life. Beast Boy, who had his eyes on the aduitorium, saw the villain float towards Robin and Starfire.
"Robin and Starfire are in trouble!" Beast Boy hollered.
Raven stepped forward. "I'll handle this. You deal with Control Freak."
The movie's villain floated infront of Robin and Starfire, it's eyes glowing red.
"Wow, this 3D is amazing," Robin commented, munching on some popcorn.
The villain reached a hand towards Robin, it's clawed finger just inches away from touching the masked hero. Raven floated above them, and with a quick zap of her powers the villain was gone, matching the scene in the movie were the hero used some device to shoot at villain. With her job done she went back to the projection room to find Beast Boy in the form of a polar bear sitting on top of Control Freak.
TT
Robin and Starfire's next stop was the museum.
"It's nice to visit the museum without us stopping a crime for a change," Robin commented.
"And it is a lot more fun," Starfire replied as she linked her arm with Robin's, causing him to blush as they drifted into a new exhibition.
From behind a statue Mumbo poked his head out and grinned. He came out of his hiding spot, ready to follow Robin and Starfire into the new exhibit. Before he could enter his path was blocked by a wall of black energy. Gritting his teeth he turned around and wasn't shocked at all to see Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy.
"Let me guess," he began. "You're all here to stop me?"
They nodded.
He sighed. "Figures," he perked up with a grin and took out his wand. "Mumbo magic!"
A multicolored type of lightning came out of Mumbo's wand, striking two statues behind the Titans. The statues were a cowboy and his horse. The horse sprang to life, galloping off and heading towards Cyborg. The horse crashed into him, sending him flying, and when he came back down he landed on the horse's back. The horse galloped off again, Cyborg screaming as he clinged on for dear life. Beast Boy stepped forward to help his friend, but his path was blocked by the cowboy.
Raven pointed a fist at the cowboy, her dark energy surrounding her hand, but Beast Boy lowered it. "I got this. You deal with Mumbo."
"Uh... okay," she said hesitantly, perplexed by Beast Boy's serious attitude.
Beast Boy and the cowboy circled each other, sizing each other up, before stopping to face each other. The cowboy spat at the floor by Beast Boy's feet. The green Titan blew a gum bubble in retaliation, the pink bubble popping.
"Nice hat," Beast Boy said flatly with a short nod.
"Nice ears," the cowboy replied, lifting his hands to his sides. "Let's get on with it."
Beast Boy lifted his hands to his sides too, the cowboy and him locking eyes. Sweat dripped down their foreheads and their fingers twitched. In a split second the cowboy had reached for his guns and withdrew them, whereas Beast Boy reached into his pockets and pulled out two packs of gumballs. He squeezed and the packs broke, spilling gumballs on the ground. The cowboy slipped on them and fell on his back.
Meanwhile... Mumbo used his want to fire random shots at Raven who blocked them all with her shield.
"I've had enough of this," Raven said as her eyes glowed. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"
A black band of energy wrapped itself around Mumbo's body. Then with a flick of her wrist a mummy's coffin opened and Mumbo was flung inside. Raven then turned her eyes towards the horse Cyborg was still riding. She said her chant once more, turning the horse and cowboy back to their original forms. Once they turned back to normal they froze up, an action which caused Cyborg to be thrown over the horse's head.
He crashed to the floor, groaning. He then noticed the pink gumball in front of him and picked it up, grinning. "Well alright!"
TT
Raven and Beast Boy were on the roof opposite of the restaurant Robin and Starfire were having dinner in. Cyborg had left the two moments before to search the area for any villains.
With his gaze focused down below Beast Boy was able to see a couple leaving the restaurant. Their arms were linked and the woman rested her head on the man's shoulder.
"Must be nice going out on dates," Beast Boy said suddenly, glancing at Raven. She caught his eyes and he looked away, his cheeks red. "I mean, if you're into that sort of thing." He glanced at her again. "Are you... into that sort of thing?"
"Now's not the time, Beast Boy."
He grinned at her. "Now you sound like Robin."
She sighed.
"Do you remember Valentine's day?"
She blushed and pulled her hood over her head. "How could I forget."
"We were the only ones without dates so we spent the whole day together," he said, smiling fondly. "We had a lot of fun that day, didn't we?"
She looked away. "So?"
"So... I was just thinking maybe we could do it again. If you wanted..."
"I can't."
"Why not?" he asked, his ears dropping. "I figured we could have fun again. Just like on Valentine's day."
"That was different."
His eyes narrowed. "How?"
She sighed. "I'm an empath. I can feel other's emotions, and sometimes that can influence my own..."
"So you're saying that you only had a good time with me because your powers picked up on other people's moods? So that kiss you gave me, was that because of your powers too?" he asked angrily. Although they never spoke about the before, both of them as well as the team just sort of writing it off as if it never happened, he figured that it had meant... something. And now to learn that he had been wrong this entire time. He couldn't help but glare at her. He felt like an idiot.
Raven didn't get a chance to answer him because her communicator started to beep. She took it out and flipped it open, seeing Cyborg's face.
"I just spotted Dr. Light. He's in the alley behind the restaurant."
"We're on our way," Raven told him before putting away her communicator. She looked at Beast Boy who had his back turned to her. "Beast Boy, I-"
"Save it. The mission comes first," he interrupted bitterly before changing into a falcon and flying off. Silently Raven followed him towards the alley.
When the two got there Cyborg was on the ground struggling to stand up.
"Cyborg, what happened?" Raven asked, helping him up.
"Dr. Light's stronger than I expected him to be," Cyborg responded, rubbing his head.
"And it's all thanks to this battery pack," Dr. Light announced, pointing his thumb over his shoulder and at the large silver battery on his back that had wires connecting to his gloves and other places on his suit. He laughed. "My powers have increased tenfold!"
Dr. Light raised his arms, firing balls of light at the Titans from the palms of his hands. Raven created a shield to protect them, but Beast Boy jumped over it and headed for Dr. Light. He shifted into a monkey, jumping over the balls of light shot at him and leapt onto a trashcan. The ball of light hit the can while Beast Boy leapt onto Dr. Light's back and began hitting him on the head.
"Ugh, get off of me you disgusting animal," Dr. Light said as he fumbled to get a hold of Beast Boy. He grabbed him by the tail and threw him into a wall.
"Hey, Dr. Light," Cyborg called.
"What?" Dr. Light snapped, turning his head to the side.
"Booyah!" Cyborg exclaimed, firing his sonic cannon at the villain. Dr. Light cowered in fear at the attack, turning his back, causing the blast to strike his battery pack.
Sparks flew from the battery and Dr. Light's eyes widened in fear. "You fool! You've damaged my-"
The rest of what Dr. Light was saying was cut off by the battery skyrocketing into the sky where it exploded, creating a blast of multicolors that illuminated the sky...
Robin and Starfire had exited the restaurant, and upon looking up at the sky their eyes filled with lights.
Starfire gasped, her eyes wide in amazement. "Robin, it is the works of fire!"
"Fireworks, Star," he corrected, smiling at her. "I guess the restaurant here must have set it up to enhance the mood."
Meanwhile... Back in the alley Raven lowered her shield that covered her and the others.
"Uh... What happened to Dr. Light?" Beast Boy asked after a moment, scanning the alley.
"There he is," Cyborg informed, pointing at the kicking legs sticking outside of a garbage can.
TT
A sweatdrop fell down Robin's forehead as he gazed up at the monster of a roller coaster Starfire wanted to ride. He didn't even know she was into that sort of thing. "Uh, Star, are you sure you don't want to ride the ferris wheel?"
Yes, the ferris wheel which was a nice, calming slow ride where they could spend quality time together and perhaps even snuggle. Much more romantic than the five loops and drop of death coaster.
"Yes! I have read many positive reviews," Starfire answered, clasping her hands together.
"Well alright then," Robin said, taking her hand. "Let's go."
The two headed towards the ride, and once they were out of view Raven and Cyborg revealed themselves from behind a game stand.
"No signs of trouble yet," Cyborg noted, looking around. A question mark appeared over his head. "Where's Beast Boy?"
Raven looked around, and after a moment she nudged Cyborg and pointed. Cyborg followed her line of vision and was surprised to see Beast Boy with a bag of popcorn in his hand. He was standing by the cotton candy cart and the man managing it handed him a blue cotton candy.
"Thanks dude," Beast Boy said smiling. Suddenly Cyborg and Raven were behind him, their eyes shining furiously. Beast Boy could feel their eyes on him and his ears dropped. Slowly, he turned around. "Hey guys. Want some popcorn?"
"No we do not..." Cyborg began furiosuly, then paused, his tone changing. "... Actually, yeah. I'll have some." Cyborg finished, plucking the bag of popcorn from Beast Boy's hand and swallowing it whole. He liked his lips. "Mmm..."
"If you think that's good you should check out the ice cream cart."
"We didn't come here to eat," Raven reminded the boys while they shared the cotton candy.
"Relax, Raven, there's no trouble," Beast Boy told her nonchalantly as Cyborg's mouth acted as a vaccum, inhaling the rest of the cotton candy.
Someone screamed, alerting the three Titans.
Speeding down the pavement was Ding Dong Daddy in his car.
Raven's flat gaze fell to Beast Boy. "What were you saying about no trouble?"
Ding Dong Daddy pulled to a stop. "Well what do we have here? I suppose the three of you have come to spoiled my fun."
"It's over man," Cyborg said as he stepped forward. "Let's just end this quietly."
"Or we could end it with a bang," Ding Dond Daddy countered, pushing a button on his dashboard. The hood of his car opened, revealing a rocket. The rocket blasted off, passing the Titans who jumped out of the way and made a bee line for the tracks of the roller coaster Robin and Starfire were currently riding. It connected, creating a large gap in the tracks.
"Raven, you handle the ride," Cyborg commanded. "BB and I can handle Ding Dong Daddy."
Raven nodded and flew off.
Ding Dong Daddy narrowed his eyes, pushing another control on his car that released a net at Raven. "You're not going anywhere dollface."
"Think again!" Cyborg roared, firing his sonic cannon that blasted through the net and straight for Ding Dong Daddy's car.
Seeing the oncoming attack and having no sort of defense to counter it Ding Dong Daddy jumped out of his car just before Cyborg's sonic cannon connected with it, forcing the vehicle to tumble over backwards. Ding Dong Daddy gasped in horror and gritted his teeth. Turning away from the scene he attempted to sneak off but discovered his path was blocked by Beast Boy who was in the form of a gorilla.
Meanwhile... Raven flew below the tracks of the roller coaster, the shadows concealing her. The cart was drawing closer, and she could spot her two teammates in the front seats (Starfire was laughing while Robin appeared to be knocked out). Quickly saying her mantra her hands glowed black, releasing her dark energy as it shifted into a makeshift track. The screams of the riders filled her ears as the cart safely passed by, her makeshift track working perfectly.
Once the car zipped past she sighed in relief and shifted her attention down below to see how her other two teammates were doing. She was glad to see Ding Dong Daddy on the floor, Cyborg's foot on the villain's back while Beast Boy gave a thumbs up.
TT
With the help of Raven's powers the Titans were able to clean up the damage down by Ding Dong Daddy very quickly before Robin or Starfire could notice. With the threat removed the Titans returned to the tower, all of them quite exhausted, and lounged about the living and waited for Robin and Starfire's return. It wasn't until a few hours later that the couple arrived.
"Friends, we have returned!" Starfire announced gleefully as she entered the common room, her arms filled with goodies. "And we have brought gifts!" She floated over to the boy's first, placing pyramid shaped hats on top of their heads. "We got this at the museum."
Cyborg grinned. "Thanks, Star."
"Cool," Beast Boy exclaimed, sporting a grin as well. "I totally look like royality in this."
"And this is for you, Raven," Starfire said as she handed her a giant chicken with a pink bow on it's head. She smiled brightly. "Is it not glorious? Now you have a pair!"
"...I love it," Raven told her bubbly friend sarcastically.
Starfire lifted a small stuffed frog. "I must find Silkie. I am most eager to see the expression on my little bumgorf's face when he see's what I have won for him."
Starfire flew out of the common room, but not before giving Robin a kiss on the cheek. The boys grinned at him.
"Well, it looks like someone had a good night," Cyborg observed, smiling at their leader.
Robin couldn't help but smile back. "Yeah, Star and I had a great time. But we couldn't have done it without you guys. Thanks for stopping Ding Dong Daddy and the others from ruining our date."
Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy's eyes widened.
Beast Boy spoke on behalf of himself and the others. "Dude, how did you know?"
Robin smiled coolly and crossed his arms while he took in the eager faces of his teammates as they leaned forward in their seats. His answer to their question was a simple one. "I'm Robin."
It was an answer that had the Titans falling out of their seats.
TT
SPECIAL THANKS TO Agent of the Divine One, BGuate224, CheeseWithSnakes, Angel-of-Energy, BerryDrops, chipmunkswillrule AND Tijah FOR THE AWESOME REVIEWS! I HOPED YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER!
To Tijah, I'm sorry put your email didn't show up in the review you sent me. So I'll just answer your question here: The sequel to Hanging By A Moment will start after I've completed this story. There's only six more chapters left to this story so please be patient :)
Extra thanks to Agent of the Divine One for helping me with some of the details with the Robin/Starfire date! It was Agent of the Divine One's idea to have the creature from the movie Robin and Starfire watched just come like inches away. And it was also Agent's idea to have Dr. Light come in and to make fireworks happen.
So... I remembered that back in my story Teen Titans GoI had Raven and Beast Boy go on a date and they kissed. Now when I made that story, at first I never planned for it to have a sequel, and another sequel after that, but it happened, the sequels happened. I realized I never made an attempt to touch upon what happened between them in that chapter (chapter 9 for those of you who are wondering), and in all honesty I wish I had never made them kiss, it was out of character, but hey it was my first story and I was testing the waters and very sloppy...
Anyways, remembering that I decided to resolve some things for Beast Boy and Raven because this is apart of the Teen Titans Go series, so I can't ignore that kiss even though I wish I could. But don't worry, even though Beast Boy and Raven had a spat I still have something planned for them. Winkwink nudgenudge.
NEXT CHAPTER: RED X IS BACK!
REVIEW
REVIEW
REVIEW