Keep in mind; I'm EXTREMELY SLOW when it comes to updating. You just have to be patient with me later on if you were about to die because I didn't have the next chapter up when you wanted it up.
And as a quick note about the story, remember in the last chapter, Drain was on the TV, and in this chapter, he still is. That was just a quick review so you don't get confused.
Disclaimer: Now what? Is it that time again already? Whatever, I don't own Teen Titans, blah, blah, blah… T.T
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Chapter 3: Drain's Plan and MoreRobin growled as he glared at Drain through the television screen. "What do you want with our powers? What are you going to do with them!"
"Now, Robin, there's no need to raise your voice. I was just about to explain…" Drain implied.
"Then explain it!" Robin demanded.
"Okay, okay! Sheesh…" began Drain. "I took your powers because I wanted you to go through a year of high school without superpowers, you know, to see how you would fit in with people, how well you would do academically, what kind of after-school activities you would join, etc. etc."
Beast Boy shrugged and shook his head. "Dude, that has got to be the lamest plan in the entire history of lame plans!"
"In fact," Terra added, "you've got to be the lamest villain in the history of lame villains. I mean, what kind of a name is 'Drain', anyway?"
"Hey! No comments on my name! It's a great name! I made it myself," he bragged.
Raven rolled her eyes. "That's why it's lame."
"Oh! Burn!" exclaimed Cyborg as he attempted to give Raven a high-five. She, knowing Raven, refused it, however, so he merely put his hand back down.
"I still don't believe it," Robin started. "It's just… too lame, if you ask me."
"We are not stupid, Drain," Starfire stated. "We are able to figure out the true intention of a villain."
Drain shrugged. "You still don't believe me?" He held the needles over a blender at a nearby table. "How about this: if you don't go to school, then I will blend these powers together and I will do away with them. But if you do, I will actually use your powers to fight crime while you're busy at school, and then when the end of the school year comes, I will drain them out of myself and give them back to you." He put the needles on the table. "So, what's it gonna be? School, or no more powers forever?"
Robin thought for a moment. "Titans, huddle." They did as they were told.
Raven was the first to speak. "We go to school. We have no choice."
"She's right," agreed Cyborg. "If we don't go to school, we will definitely lose our powers for good. If we do go, there's a better chance we'll get them back after the school year."
Beast Boy added, "Dude, now that I think about it, the lame plans are the ones that work the best. He makes it so there isn't another choice for us to make."
"I know, I know we don't have a choice. I just wish there was another way…" said Robin.
"Robin, what is wrong with the human schools here?" Starfire asked.
"Nothing, Star," Robin lied. "I'd just rather not go, that's all."
They broke up the huddle. Terra spoke up. "Drain, we'll go to school for a year, and then you will give us back our own powers. Deal?"
"It's a deal," replied Drain. "Now, you all won't live together anymore."
"WHAT!" they exclaimed in unison.
"That's right. You all will have parents and possibly siblings."
Beast Boy dropped to his knees and held his arms in the air. "Noooooooooooooooooooo!" Everyone stared at him. "Heheh… oops, sorry," he replied.
Drain's eyes were a little wide. "Uh… anyways…" They narrowed back. "I will find suitable parents for each of you. You will know who they are in a week. I will hypnotize each of them and anybody else that I need to so that no one will have trouble with legal rights. Your parents will share your last name."
Robin remembered something, so he spoke up. "Which brings me to a good question, how did you know my name? And how were you able to find any information on how to steal our powers?"
"Oh. That's right. I didn't say everything to Raven and Cyborg, nor did I say everything to you. There is much information I left out, but so little time to explain…"
"Just get on with it…" complained an impatient Raven.
"Fine, fine. Well, to make a long story short, what I did was I researched as much of you as I could, and with my genius, devised a draining power to, well, drain your powers. I researched everything I know about you on the Internet. Your past, your weaknesses, your pet peeves…"
"The INTERNET!" Robin said angrily.
"Yes, the Internet. Is there a problem?"
He clenched his fist. "Who in the right mind would post private information about us for everyone to see!"
"Dude, I don't think this chump WAS in the right mind," Beast Boy commented.
Raven turned to Drain. "Why do you feel that we have to go to school? We ARE normal teenagers inside. It's not like our powers made up our whole personality. I probably would be myself without superpowers, even though now I can unleash my emotions without destroying things."
Drain became angry. "No! You're wrong! People only like you because you have superpowers! I want to see you suffer in high school! No one will accept you anymore because you failed against ME! You don't know what it feels like to be rejected by people! It's not fair that gifted people like you never have to go to school!"
"You're being such a baby. And a drama queen," Terra remarked as she rolled her eyes.
Beast Boy agreed. "Dude, you have no idea at all what you're talking about! Heck, NOBODY knows what you're talking about! We've been rejected so many times before we became the Teen Titans!"
"Indeed," agreed Starfire. "No human being, or Tameranean in my case, carries the possession of perfection."
"Yeah, so just shut-up and give us back our powers!" yelled Cyborg.
"Yeah, Drain," agreed Robin. "Besides, we're loved because we're superheroes. But you're hated because you use your gifts for evil."
"What idiot can't figure that out?" Raven asked coldly.
Drain did not respond for a little bit. He finally spoke. "Well… I did try and do good, but everyone still rejected me, so I did what I could to make everyone fear me."
Raven crossed her arms. "Typical adolescent behavior…"
"Wow, you're stupid…" Terra said sarcastically.
Drain pointed his finger. "And you may do the same thing! I would like to see what you would do if you were in that situation."
Cyborg spoke up. "Wait a minute! You keep changing your reasons! First, you were curious. Next, you wanted people to reject us. And now, you want to know how we would handle a situation similar to the one you just explained not to long ago."
"Ah, but I'm not changing my reasons. All three of those reasons are mine, and I'm sticking to them!"
"We still think they're idiotic, though." Raven commented.
Drain became furious. He finally blurted a point that could not be argued. "It doesn't matter what you think of them. I have your powers and abilities, and the only way to get them back is to go to school for at least a year. There's nothing you can do about it because I won't give them back to you for any other reason."
Each of the Titans exchanged glances, each of them knowing Drain had a point.
He continued, "I will inject your powers into my body and you can have them back after the school year. Tomorrow you will receive a course catalog and you will choose your classes. Have fun with your friends for one last week! Drain, signing off." The TV turned off.
Robin clenched his fists and grinded his teeth.
Starfire approached him. "Robin, you look upset. May I see you alone in the hallway?"
"Sure," he responded, still a little angry.
They turned a corner so the others could not see them. Starfire began comforting him. "I know you are upset about the loss of your abilities, but perhaps this earth school will not be so bad. We can make new friends, join some activities that occur after school, or perhaps play the balling of the foot…"
He sighed. "It's 'football', Star." He sat down on the floor. "And I refuse to go to another school in Jump City."
"What is wrong with the schools in our beloved city that we would save? They are not the same as that school that Mad Mod sent us to, are they?"
"No, it's just that…" He began to walk away. "I don't wanna talk about it now. I should be finding out who posted classified information on the Internet."
She grabbed his wrist. "Do not worry about that right now. Come. Let us talk with the others in the other room. I am sure that our final days together must be special, or they will be wasted. Let us cheer ourselves up and talk about… regular human information."
Robin turned to face her and smiled. He could not turn down an invitation from Starfire. "All right. But I will find out who posted it eventually."
She smiled back. "Thank you Robin." They headed back to the game room.
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While Robin and Starfire were talking in the hallway, the other four had their own conversation.
Beast Boy became curious about Robin and Starfire's conversation. "Dude, what could they be talking about over there?"
"Whatever it is, it's none of our business, so let's leave them alone and not ask them when they come back," Raven told Beast Boy.
"She's right, BB," agreed Cyborg.
Beast Boy shook his head. "Dude, you're always taking HER side! Why are you agreeing with her all the time?"
Cyborg blushed. "Aw, come on! I don't agree with her ALL the time! Besides, why would I even care about Robin and Starfire's conversation, anyway?"
"Because it's juicy!"
Terra elbowed his shoulder. "Beast Boy!"
"What?"
"Don't talk to him about Robin and Starfire!"
He was beyond confused, until he figured out why he should shut up. "Why… oh…" He smirked. "Oooo… Cy and Raven sitting in a tree…"
Raven blushed and put her hood on her head.
Terra slapped him across the face. "Beast Boy! Did Drain suck your brains away, too?"
Beast Boy thought for a moment. "You know what, he just might have…" he said, obviously joking.
Terra laughed. "Oh, BB! What are we going to do with you?" She gave him a side hug around his shoulders.
Robin and Starfire walked back to the game room.
"What is up?" asked Starfire.
"Oh nothing…" responded Raven. She took off her hood.
"We were just talking about school…" Cyborg lied as he was looking innocently at the ceiling. The other three were doing the same.
A smile was planted on Starfire's face. "Oh, glorious! I must say, I wonder what people in school are like. Perhaps they like the shopping of the mall, or they like the playing of video games, or…"
Robin stopped her. "I'm sure that they like all those things."
"That is wonderful!" she exclaimed, jumping for joy. "But, in order to make new friends, we must give up our superhero names and go back to our original birth names," she finished.
Cyborg shrugged. "I guess so, especially since I'm not much of a cyborg anymore. I'd be Victor."
"Yes, and I would be Koriand'r."
"But… that's not a human name," commented Robin.
"Do you have a last name?" asked Terra.
She shook her head. "No, I do not."
"Then… your first name will be Kori, and your last name would be Anders."
She smiled. "Then it is settled. I am Kori."
"I'd be Gar, short for Garfield," stated Beast Boy.
"I'd be Dick," said Robin.
Beast Boy became confused once again. "Dick? That's a weird name. Why did your parents…"
"They just did, okay? Enough said," Robin responded to him.
"Okay, whatever…" Beast Boy said, knowing to shut-up.
Terra rolled her eyes. "Beast Boy… honestly…" She returned to the former subject. "Well anyway, I'd still be Terra, but spelled T-A-R-A."
"I'd still be Raven. Spelled the same and everything."
Cyborg looked at a nearby clock. It read 7:00. "Well, let's have dinner. I'm hungry."
They went to the kitchen to have dinner. Then they continued the night with their usual activities, and then they went to bed to be prepared for the next day.
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Major editing took place in this chapter. I actually had to print a hard copy of this chapter and I made red marks all over it. But you should see the hard copy now, it's been butchered! Well, I'm tired of talking, just review, and I'll be happy with whatever you tell me, I guess. Most likely, it's better than the original, so you can say that, but whatever, I'm done talking! Later, dudes!
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