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Chapter 7: Reunion:
Beast Boy was surprised to wake up not to the sound of his Doom Patrol scanner, but to the sound of someone cooking in the kitchen. Looking around he realized that Argent was no longer curled up next to him, putting two and two together he got up and walked into the kitchen, to investigate what his girlfriend was up to. "Wow, Toni you're way too good to me," he said, surprised at the sight of the vegetarian breakfast Argent had cooked. Walking up to her Beast Boy put his arms around her waist and pecked her on the cheek.
"Stop it," Argent said blushing, "Of course I'd do this for you. It's the least I can do for you; first you show up and help me take down a criminal organization, then you take me on what I will always say was the best first date ever. Then finally you offer to take me with you on a tropical trip to save the world, it's really the least I can do for you." Returning the embrace Argent was about to kiss Beast Boy back when a groggy looking Wildebeest entered the room. "Hey there little guy, how'd you sleep," she asked as both she and the changeling blushed at the situation they had been caught in.
In response to a grunt from Wildebeest, Beast Boy rather nervously responded, "Uh... no dude, we just started dating three days ago. She isn't my mate." Another grunt from the child produced an even more embarrassed response, "What do you even know about relationships? I mean sure we've slept together but that's it, we just slept. You know you're not our kid so don't even go there, we're too young to even have a kid you're age. So I don't even understand where people are getting these ideas from."
Further discussions about the misconceptions about the trio were interrupted when the communicator on the table started to go off. "Did you find the Doom Patrol," Argent asked. Seeing Beast Boy pale slightly, or well turn a lighter shade of green she continued as she embraced him and put her chin on his shoulder, "What did you find?"
"Not the Doom Patrol... somehow the Titans found a way to find me," Beast Boy replied pointing to blip on the communicator representing the T-Ship's signature. "I wonder how they found us, and what they're doing here," he continued as the blip continued to get closer.
"You don't think that they're still after you for what happened during the Beast incident." Argent replied concern becoming evident in her voice, while Wildebeest glanced nervously between the two. "Should we make a run for it, I won't let them take you for something that wasn't your fault," she continued and Wildebeest powered up nodding in agreement.
"Damn, you might be right. Immortus did say Robin and Mento were discussing putting warrants out on me," Beast Boy answered. Slightly moved by new adoptive "family's" loyalty to him, he paused to think of way to get out of the current situation. "We do need to move out but there's this girl, Raven she'd be able to sense and track us. So here's what we're gonna do," he said leaning in to reveal his plan.
Thud
"Damn Rae, remind me to buy some new landing gear when we get back. I'm pretty sure we broke something," Cyborg muttered unhappily. Then seeing how distraught the empath appeared he asked, "You alright Rae?"
"I'm fine Cyborg, it's just Beast Boy something's wrong... they're spooked, we need to move fast if we don't want to lose them," The Raven replied as she flew out of the ship.
"Titans, split up and find them," Robin order as the remaining Titans split up in search of the Changeling.
Sniff, sniff
"Yup, this way, Raven will have a hard time tracking us through all these people," Beast Boy decided after returning to his human form. He had been walking around as a bloodhound trying to sniff out the most crowded pathway. Then he morphed into a Newfoundland, a rare breed of dog in Brazil but a useful disguise as the breed had an all-black coat. "Let's hurry, I'm roasting in all this fur," he said as he allowed Argent to lock a leash and collar to him.
"But you're so cute being so fluffy," Argent teased as she started to push the stroller that had a bundled powered down Wildebeest. As she was the only one who could blend into a crowd easily, it had been decided she would be the one to move them to avoid arousing suspicion. "You sure this going to work," she asked as they started to walk down the street.
"It will work better if you don't talk to your dog," Beast Boy responded then added apologetically, "Don't worry Toni; I've done this as a squirrel once. Just try and act natural." Then seeing a tall muscular man that was half machine he quicker mumbled, "Try not to stick out, Titan dead ahead."
"Hey there pretty lady, what's going on?" Cyborg asked as he walked up to Argent, who quickly became uncomfortable in the unfolding situation. "Relax Grass Stain, I know it's you my cybernetic eye can read your DNA signature. You must be Argent, and that means the baby is Wildebeest," he added once the dog on Argent's leash started to growl. Receiving a confirming nod from Beast Boy as he morphed back into his normal form Cyborg inquired, "So, you wanna tell me why y'all were trying so hard to go unnoticed?"
"What do you mean, why were we trying to avoid you guys? Aren't you all trying to arrest Garfield and take him back to the US?" Argent interrupted as she lifted Wildebeest out of the stroller.
"I never told them my real name Toni..." Beast Boy said uncomfortably as Cyborg raised his non-robotic brow. "But seriously dude, is Robin so uptight he had to go to a whole different continent to arrest me even though I didn't even do anything wrong," he added, trying not to let his anger get of hand.
"Let's all just take a step back and calm down," Cyborg said in what he hoped was a soothing tone. Both Argent and Beast Boy had adopted a defensive stances and Wildebeest was now fully powered. "I don't know why y'all think that we're still going on about the Beast incident, but that's not why we're here. We miss ya BB, the tower hasn't been the same without you," headed as the others eased up.
Beep, beep
"Mazter, Immortus reportz zhat all zee new troopz are ready to move," Mallah reported as he walked entered the Brotherhood's control room.
"EXCELLENT. MADAME. ROUGE. HAVE. OUR. FRIENDS. REPORTED. IN?" The Brain asked
"Yes, those idiots in the Doom Patrol walked right into your traps," the French villainess reported.
"GOOD. MENTO. HAS. PROVEN. TO. BE. A. MOST. AGREEABLE. FOE. IN. RETURN. FOR. THIS. WE. SHALL. SPARE. THEM. FOR. NOW. SO. THAT. THEY. MAY. SEE. THE. FRUITS. OF. THEIR. FAILURE. IMMORTUS. MAKE. YOUR. MOVE." the literal evil master mind ordered.
Clank, clank
"Sweetie please stop, tapping your fork on your plate. I know this awkward but that's not really helping," Argent asked, causing Wildebeest to merely grunt as he complied with the request. "So, Gar told me you built your own car was it difficult," she asked Cyborg in an attempt to end the awkward silence that hung over the table. Cyborg had thought it would be a good idea to take everyone to lunch to get past everything but, Robin and Beast Boy had gotten into an argument and Raven kept glaring at Argent for some reason,
"How come you tell her your name the day you met her, but didn't tell us once throughout the two years we've been a team?" Raven asked cutting off Cyborg's reply and taking the joy he had over talking about his "Baby" off his face.
"She has a name Rae its Antonia," Beast Boy replied annoyed at his friend's attitude towards Argent. "Simple Toni actually introduced herself to me," he then added answering the question.
"Tell me friend Toni how did you and friend Beast Boy do the meeting," Starfire asked hoping to end the brewing fight before it began, then turning to Beast Boy she asked; "Friend Garfield why are you named after the orange cat, when you are green?"
"I found him asleep in the cargo hold of passenger jet," Argent answered not mentioning that she had attacked him assuming he was a member of the Wildebeest society.
"I wasn't originally green Star," Beast Boy answered. Then hearing Argent's response he added with a joking grin, "You left out that you came at me with a scythe."
"Well um, I didn't know you were a good guy Gar. How would you react if you found a green guy who morphed into snake?" Argent countered slightly embarrassed by the looks that the other Titans had given her.
"Relax Toni; I was only messing with you. I understand why you did that completely," Beast Boy assured her as he draped an arm across her shoulders, causing Raven to roll her eyes and Argent to blush.
"So what are y'all doing here in Brazil? From what I managed to learn you guys met in New Zealand," Cyborg asked in an attempt at civil conversation.
"Well at first we were going to form our own team in New Zealand, but one of the captured Society members informed us that General Immortus had mentions them having a base somewhere in the Amazon," Beast Boy replied.
"The Brotherhood of Evil? Well then I guess we'll just have to spread out and search for them," Robin said speaking up for the first time since Beast Boy had revealed that he knew about the warrants.
"Hey, there hold on a minute. Who put you in charge, I don't know about the rest of you but me and the small fry aren't just gonna listen to whatever you say. Gar should lead, he knows what were up against," Argent interrupted and Wildebeest nodded in agreement
"We should go about this like we always do; the Titans rarely fail when we work together. Isn't that Garfield?" Raven replied drawing a glare from Argent and Wildebeest, while Robin merely nodded and Beast boy looked like he wanted to be anywhere else right now.
"Toni's right, no offense Robin but these guys are like the other villains we've fought. I know what they think like, and even better I know what they think we think like," Beast Boy answered to the shock of the Titans and joy of his traveling companions.
"Hold up y'all need to see this," Cyborg interrupted and pointed at the TV in the corner of the restaurant. On it there was a breaking headline that said "Brasilia Occupied" while footage of destruction and chaos was played. Strange animal/human mutants carrying various weapons were rampaging through the city while the center of the city was occupied by the Brotherhood's army. Standing in front the National Congress building, were the members of the Brotherhood who appeared to be preparing some sort of announcement.
"CITIZENS. OF. BRAZIL. YOU. ARE. TO. SURRENDER. TO. US. IMMEDIATELY. THERE. IS. NO. ESCAPE. WE. ARE. INCONTROL. NOW. YOUR. GOVERNMENT. HAS. FAILED. YOU. DO. NOT. ATTEMPT. TO. RESIST. US. LESS. . TO. BRING. A. SIMILAR. ATTACK. UPON. YOUR. OWN. CITY." The Brain demanded in his mechanical voice before continuing, "TO. ALL. OTHER. GOVERNMENTS. OF. THE. WORLD. YOU. HAVE. APPROXIMATYL. 24. HOURS. TO. SURRENDER. OR. ELSE. WE. WILL. UNLEASH. OUR. MUTANT. HORDE. THROUH. OUT. YOU. NATIONS. NO. WHERE. WILL. BE. SAFE. DO. NOT. . HIDE. WE. WILL. FIND. YOU. DO. . TO. RESIST. ELSE. WE. WILL. KILL. YOU. RESTITANCE. IS. FUTILE. JUST. ASK. THE. DOOM. PATROL. "At this point a group of soldiers brought out the captured Doom Patrol, and tied them to poles. Robotman was the only current member of the patrol not present; however his absence was shortly explained as Monsieur Mallah pulled the robotic head out from a bag. "TELL. US. MENTO. HOW. DOES. IT. FEEL. TO. HAVE. FAILED." The Brain demanded as a squad of robots lined up next to General Immortus.
"We will stop you, no matter the cost. Here this Brain, no matter what happens to us someone will stop you," was Mento's response.
"A. . YOUR. FINAL. WORDS. SHALL. BE. A. LIE," The Brain droned before continuing, "I. WOULD. HAVE. PREFERED. AN. ADMISSION. . BUT. IN. THE. END. IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER. IMMORTUS. FINISH. THEM."
Argent embraced Beast Boy tenderly while Wildebeest put a comforting hand on his shoulder as they watched the aged General swing his sword. The Brotherhood robots nearly immediately upon receiving the signal, opened fire and killed the changeling's adoptive family. "I'm so sorry Gar," Argent told him in a comforting voice.
Before he could respond however the Brain spoke again, "WHO. AMONG. YOU. CAN. STOP. US. NOW? A. TEAM. OF. THE. WORLD'S. MOST. POWERFUL. HEROES. HAS. FAILED. THIS. IS. THE. PUNISHMENT. OF. RESITSANCE. JUSTICE. LEAGUE. MEMBERS. DO. NOT. ATTEMPT. TO. STOP. US. IF. YOU. TRY. WE. SHALL. UNLEASH. OUR. HORDES. ONTO. THE. CIVILIAN. POPULACE. EVIL. HAS. PREVAILED. SURRENDER." With that the signal was lost and the screen went blank.
"Thanks Toni," Beast Boy replied holding her for a bit before turning to the others. "Ok dudes, I know what to do," he said.
AN: Sort of a cliff hanger, but I hope you guys still like it. Anyways Titans North's update will be up either later or tomorrow.
Next Time: Beast Boy's plan is revealed and the battle with the Brotherhood begins
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